Chapter 1680 Victor [7]
??The Dawn Dragon n was the strongest under the Auroran''srule.
Their power was madeto mimic the horizon as it shifted and changed.
That was whyMikael''sentrance was so grand.
He immediately made a break towards August, who turned his attention over immediately.
''Tch!''
August jumped back and dashed towards the 4th terminal. Hewas barely able toactivate it before an entire horizon bashed into him.
BOOOOOOM!
Mikael''sthought process was simple.
There were four people left in thebyrinthordingto the map. The fourthwasn''there,which meantthis was a fight for the top three.
If the two who were here before he arrivedwere able todo as they pleased,thenhe''dbe stuck in third ce.
Like hell he was going to let that happen!
Especially when he sawthat there wasa 3rd ss in the boss room before him?
He wasobviouslynning to end August in a single move, but he was soon to learnexactlywhy someone so weakwas able tomake it so far.
By the time he attacked, August was already gone.
He''djumped into the air.His arm was already extendedandmana had alreadybeen mobilized.
BOOOOOOM!
Azure Dragons were rulers of the sea. August could heat and freeze water, hecould use it to create projectiles and barriers as well. But,his heritage was always meantto control thewaters of the world.
It wasstrong,domineering, and oppressive.
That was somethingAugust had awakened to in the two weeks before thebyrinth challenge began.His previous opponentshadn''tforced him to draw it out, and Eris was too powerful for himto even try.
Mikael,on the other hand, felt just strong enough to force August to try harder.
A massive tsunami of water sted out ofAugust''shand and flooded the nearby area. Mikael was immediately washed away along with his zing horizon.
Augustnded on the water. He was able to stand on iteasilyand run uninhibited.
While his enemy was still struggling to gain his bearings, he checked the terminalonce more and did justasmamount of work on its puzzle.
Fighting Mikael was important, but itwasn''tthe most important thing.
After all, August still feltthathe could beat him if theywere to fightit out for first ce.
Eris was his main problem, andto take care of her,he needed toplete the terminals.
All while not letting her catch on to what he was doing.
Mikaeldefinitelymade that easier.
It was as if Augustdidn''thave time to think about anything else.
Just a few seconds after his original attack, his attentionwas grabbedby a shining light at his side.
Hedidn''tlook directly at it since that was never a bright idea, but hedidspread his awareness to locate its source.
Naturally, it wasMikael''spower of light.
There was heat involvedas well, but the light was mainlybeing usedas a weapon on its own.
It shot through the air, barely perceptible inAugust''seyes.Ifnot for his already mobilized awareness, hewouldn''thave seen it at all.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
With minute movements, he avoided them, hearing them whizz past him.
''I''llhaveto at least trap himfirst.''
Augustwouldn''thave the chance to do anything to the terminal until Mikael hadbeen obstructed.
He could worry about defeating the genius afterhe''dfinished the puzzle.
At that point, Eris would be in a situation where paying attention to his actions would cost her the victory.
''Okay, then, to immobilize him…''
It actuallywouldn''tbe hard at all.The entire central area was filledwith traps that wouldsthimages. Itwas packedso that if the fighters stepped out of the inner ring,they''dinstantlybe forced backinside.
Mikael wasing towards him, but he was severely limited in speed by the waterthat hewas traveling through.
After all, waterwasn''tnecessarily the best medium for light.
Itgave August the timeto locate the nearest traps and activate them one by one.
Just as Eris had suffered upon their first meeting, Mikaelwas subjectedto a rain of arrows, stones, and pitfalls galore.
Everything around him became a weapon aimed only at taking him down.
Instead of charging forward, hewas forcedto push back, protecting himself withbarriers of light.
His steps led him closer to the inner ring, but that was a ce heabsolutelydidn''twant to go.
Both Eris and the beast were far above his weight ss.
''Good, now…''
August sent his senses into the ground.
For a while now,he''dbeen sensing the presence of an immense water source from underneath thesurface of the earth.
It spanned over arge portion of the maze, but only here was it close enough to the surface for August to feel.
He stomped into the ground and sent mana crashing through its surface.
The tiled floors shattered instantly, and the bare earth belowwas litteredwith cracks.
August''scontrol over the underground reservoir became far more fluid when there were holes that allowed him to ess it without barriers.
BOOOOM!
Mikael eventually escaped the traps August set off.
His opponentwasn''tying fair, but now thathe''dsuffered twice to trickery, hewasn''tgoing todo it again.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Four cannons appeared in the air, peppering it with light beams.
They were like turrets that zoned in on August and followed his every movement, making it impossible for him to do anything but dodge.
BOOOOOM!
August erected rgewall of ocean water to block and refract the light beams.
They split into countless pieces and shot into the smooth walls of the room, shattering them and interfering with thestructure''soverall stability.
August looked at his opponent through the wall with a grin.
''Ifinally have an elemental advantage.''
Itwasn''tdirect, but it wasdefinitelypresent.
Mikael could attack August with all the light he wanted, but as long as August could urately refract it away from himself, itwouldn''tbe able to do any real damage.
That was why he was confident in making another move.
Mikaelwas still focusedon trying to make it through the barrier.
Since hewasn''treallypaying attention to his surroundings anymore…
BOOOOOOM!
August''spower red, and the underground reservoir burst into the surface world.
August slid across the ground as it turned to ice under his feet.
Behind him, Mikael got stuck in the massive geyser of water.
It had formed something of a vortex cage around him, forcing him to do some puzzle-solving of his own if he wanted to escape.
Arriving at the 4th terminal once more, August nced at Eris.
''Ishould be fine.''
He made sure to do alittlebit here and there while he was still inbat with Mikael to make it seem like he was slowly putting things together and solving the puzzle. Perhaps Eris would still be a bit suspicious, but shewasn''tin a positionto do anything about it anymore.
The beast was getting more and more powerful. Shewas strugglingto keep it at bay while being limited to the space in the inner ring.
She had tokeep herfocus on the battle athand,lest she embarrass herself in front of everyone.
As such, when August approached the terminal and used the small amount of timethat hehad before Mikael escaped to solve it, shedidn''tsee anything wrong.
It was easy. After solving the third puzzle, August understood the underlying nature of the three-dimensional challengeshe''dbeen presented with.
The 4th terminal wasdefinitelymore difficultthan its predecessor, but at the end of the day, it functioned on the same concept.
BOOM!
August had barely enough time. By the time he finished, Mikael was already charging at him again.
Mikaelwasn''taware of it. His arrival put August in a one versus three situation.
Mikael, the beast, and Eris. All of them were targets that August was nning to eliminate.
But, with his newfound confidence, hewasn''tworried.
He had a n, hat would leave him as thest one standing.
And as long as nothing unexpected happened, he wasabsolutelycertainthat it would work.