Phoebe had trouble walking forward and almost fell a few times in the process; however, she indicated to everyone nearby that she was fine. Everyone was clearly extremely worried about her at the moment since she had just woken up from a life-threatening injury.
Still, with quite a lot of struggle, she finally managed to reach me as she sat next to me.
I had to admit that Phoebe was quite the beauty. She had long brown hair that flowed in the light breeze, and her piercing blue eyes would make most people blush in an instant. However, I wasn’t most men, so I stared right back at her.
“It’s nice to meet you,” she said as she extended her hand in my direction. “I didn’t think that I would have survived that one, so I thank you for saving me. If you need anything from me, just don’t hesitate to ask.”
“Ah, about that. If possible, I would want you to help me find Zero. Is that fine?”
“Z-Zero? Why do you want to meet with this monster?” she asked, her voice feeble. She was still clearly traumatized by him. However, that wasn’t a problem that I cared about. “You should leave while you still can; there’s no way you will win against him.”
I sighed at how stupid that statement was.
“I’m not interested in what you have to say about him. Are you going to help me or not? If you can’t, then just give me information about where I can find him.”
I could see shivers all around her body. She was definitely traumatized, and seeing that, I felt that it might not be that great of an idea to have her with me, as it would only cause problems for me in the future.
“I-I don’t know…but I can tell you more about him if you want.”
“Yeah, that’s fine. We can talk later about it. You should rest for now.”
After those words, Phoebe stood up and left me alone once more as almost everyone in the village glared at me as if I was some kind of villain. However, I didn’t think I had done anything wrong. I knew that she was still hurt about Zero, but it wasn’t like I could wait here for months and months without doing anything. I wanted to catch him now that I was powerful enough to deal with him.
I had no time to waste any longer. I needed things to move at a fast pace, without a doubt.
The rest of the day passed quietly as everyone was busy doing their own thing. Then, the next day arrived. A day that will mark the end of the tournament.
I had not lost a single fight since the very beginning of it, and neither had Zoe, who completely dominated all of her opponents. As I had thought at the very beginning of this tournament, Zoe was bound to be my first real challenge, who would let me know if I could face Zero in my current state.
Everyone around the village had gathered to watch our fight. All my students were there, the tribe members were also there, Zale was there, and his daughter, too.
I still hadn’t spoken to his daughter ever since I had made my request. However, it was only a question of time since as soon as I was done with this fight, I would rest and leave the next day in hopes of finding Zero as fast as possible. After all, the faster I found him, the better it would be in the long run, since he wouldn’t be able to hurt as many people as before.
“Are both fighters ready?” a loud voice exclaimed, making me come out of my thoughts.
After all, I was in the middle of the arena where the fighting was taking place. I had no time to think about anything else at the moment.
“We are!” Both Zoe and I shouted at the same time.
She was already holding that axe of hers, and I was already onto my sword.
I laughed as it reminded me of our first battle against one another. “So, you’re taking out your axe this time, huh? Scared?”
“I don’t want to give you any excuses for when you lose. That’s all.”
People listened to our little chatter as they were quite confused, since they hadn’t heard of us fighting against one another at all. After all, it had happened during the seclusion training; it was normal for everyone to be unaware of it.
“The fight will start in 3…2…1…GO!” the announcer shouted as loudly as he could.
I coated my sword with both my aura and my flame, making it one of the deadliest weapons in the entire world. Without wasting a single moment, I activated [Future Sight] since I could use it for a much longer time than Zoe, which was giving me quite the advantage.
“This time, you will be the one suffering from my attacks!” I shouted as loudly as I could.
I knew that as long as I forced her to activate the tribe’s power, this would be my win. I needed to push her into a corner as fast as I could.
“Is that as fast as you can attack?” she said with a smirk as she dodged each of my attacks easily, and the worst thing about all this was the fact that she still hadn’t used the tribe’s power.
If things continued this way, then this would end in my loss. I needed to increase the intensity of this fight, and fast. I moved away from Zoe and deactivated [Future Sight] for the time being. I hadn’t wanted to show this power to my students, but I wanted to win. I wanted to fight with my absolute all right now to see if I had a chance at beating Zero.
That’s why, when I moved away from Zoe, I called out to Mother Nature, which was normally a power that only Elves could have.
‘Mother Nature, come to me!’ I shouted in my mind.
