Chapter 224 - Return To Ishar {2} Let The Dual Commence (1/2)
”Now, let us go inside.” Amell said with a smile, ”Sebas, I will need a full report on the state of the world.” Sebas nodded and everyone followed him inside. The group made their way through the halls of the castle. The endless sparkling coming off the floors and the walls made its beauty breathtaking.
”How is Acnologia doing?” Amell asked while navigating these massive halls. He remembered every path in the castle, and he seemed to know exactly where he was going as his pace increased, indicating that he was a little excited about this.
”He spends most of his time in the rocky area far off to the West. And he rarely leaves his cave. Over the years we have noted one important thing about him. He seems to be waiting for something, or someone, that we still don't know.” Sebas reported it all in an orderly manner. He didn't seem nervous or flustered in the slightest, he was a true professional.
”Good. Does he know we have been watching him?”
”No, my lord. We have observed all targets with utmost caution. They never even suspected that they were being watched.” Sebas didn't hesitate. He spoke only with absolute certainty.
Amell nodded in acknowledgement. And finally, they had arrived at the place Amell was looking for. And that place was the massive arena located in the courtyard of the castle. ”Here we are. Alora, you and I will spar, I want to see how strong you have become.” He said and gestured for her to walk to the arena.
”Yes, my lord, I can't wait!” She said and ran up to the ring with an excited smile. Sebas and the maids immediately combined their efforts to create an incredibly powerful barrier around the arena.
”Are you ready Alora?” Amell said while standing there with his hands behind his back. Amell was wearing his long martial robes, it was white with golden lining along the arm and shoulders.
”I'm ready, my lord!” She took a battle stance against him. Now they both just waited for Sebas to announce the start of the match. The butler looked at them both then said, ”Ready?” and after getting a confident nod from Alora, and a casual nod from Amell, he yelled out, ”Begin!”
The ground cracked under Alora's feet as she took off at supersonic speed. He raised his right hand and blocked her fist and the collision caused a shockwave that almost destroyed the barrier.
”Whoa, lady Alora is strong!” Lupus said as she stood off to the side twirling her red hair with her index finger. Yuri glanced at her in annoyance, ”Of course she is. She was the first Overlord of this island and the first one to bow her head and accept lord Amell as God. She is the strongest dragon in the world.”
”I know, I know, I have just never seen her fight before, so I was just a little shocked that our barrier could barely handle their initial clash.” Lupus said with a sour expression.
”About that, Sir Sebas, we should strengthen the barrier further.” Yuri turned to Sebas and said respectfully. And he quickly nodded.
”I'll take care of it.” He said and walked forward. He put his hand on the barrier and released his magic power. [Thousand Layer Barrier] He said loudly and a thousand extremely thin but powerful barriers appeared on top of the already existing barrier.
Inside the barrier, Amell and Alora were trading blows with each other. Or to be more accurate with it, Alora was using both her hands and throwing thousands of punches and Amell was blocking them all with his right hand. She was getting a hands-on experience on the disparity between their strengths.
”Good power, and even better speed. You have grown splendidly, Alora,” Amell said with a smile while casually blocking thousands of blows from her. Her expression went from determination to anger to annoyance, ”Can you please not say that with a smile while still only using one hand, it's kind of hard to believe I've grown at all.” Alora increased her speed as much as she could, but she still couldn't force Amell to use two hands.