Absolute Soul
25. Dark Red and Jade Green

"Isn't that Jade Phoenix?! One of the call animals is rare even among Summoners?!"

"Getting a Blazer candidate with Jade Phoenix.... Skymaze Academy is terrible."

"I don't think there's this much 'golden egg' in one batch. Skymaze Academy is really something."

The figure of a green giant bird on Cecil's shoulder is the attention of the entire audience, because the Soul Arc in the form of a calling animal is very rare, let alone in the form of a Phoenix which is one of the four guardian animals of the wind, because the article Soul Arc in the form of a call animal is very rare, let alone in the form of a Phoenix which is one of the four guardian animals of the wind, especially the Jade Phoenix.

Jade Phoenix is said to be one of the rarest and sought after forms of Summoner-type Soul Arc because in addition to being Phoenix-shaped and powerful, it is, his green flame was able to heal physical injuries as badly as any provided the target was still breathing and the user's soul energy was sufficient.

Cecil is one of the few Jade Phoenix holders that can be counted on fingers all over the world.

While the audience had a heated discussion while cheering, Carlos in the middle of the arena widened his smile to not expect himself to be able to fight one of the Blazer candidates with the rarest Soul Arc today.

"I'm honored to fight you, Cecil Vermillion." Carlos saluted Cecil before throwing dozens of fireballs at his opponent.

Ogwine's family was famous for his creativity in each attack using soul energy, but Carlos' opponent this time was really no match for him. As the holder of the Jade Phoenix flame Carlos was nothing to Cecil.

With a single swing of his right hand, Cecil created a green flame wave that wiped out Carlos' entire attack in an instant while simultaneously attacking the young man surnamed Ogwine.

The Jade Phoenix on Cecil's shoulder flapped its wings soaring into the air just before Cecil created the green flame wave roll, making all who noticed him gawk violently. No spectators could distract them from the match this time around, not even Verna and Jack could blink to watch.

Even though both of them already knew Cecil's ability as a Summoner, but Cecil could never bring out his strength until like this. At least Cecil could only summon a bird as big as an owl instead of the Jade Phoenix.

"His strength is that big but unheard of, isn't that strange?" Heru first commented among his groupmates, Haikal and Salvia.

It is true that with the power as big and as flashy as it should be Cecil has become the center of attention of the world per-Blazeran maybe even more than Salvia or Verna, that is the big question Heru in his mind.

Heru's question made Haikal and Salvia wake up from their respective daydreams, starting to think about the oddity, "Maybe he had made a scene with the statistics and form of his Soul Arc, but it was immediately muffled by the small Soul Arc form that he had taken out earlier." Salvia first expressed her guess.

Salvia's guess is not wrong, considering there is almost no advantage that can be obtained from the Soul Arc in the form of birds as small as sparrows in the fight or supporting the Blazer from behind the scenes like the owner of the Job Support type.

There was no news about Cecil not only that, but it was covered by Verna's achievements which were touted as the strongest Wizard-type Blazer in the Skymaze academy as well as the influence of nobles from the surrounding environment. It is not impossible that nobles will pass the news of Cecil's talented son before being pressed further or even finished off.

Seeing his entire attack could be annihilated easily using a single strike Carlos was wide-eyed. Since Carlos has often received various trainings that can improve his abilities as a Blazer in the future, he really did not expect the results of hard training was nothing in front of a true genius.

"But I'm not done yet!" Unable to be defeated so easily, Carlos burned both his hands with a deep red flame and took out the horses, then swung them in the same direction simultaneously, "Crimson Fire Lotus!"

The deep red flames in Carlos hand then revolved around him and formed a lotus flower throwing down Cecil's green fire wave scroll, leaving most of the spectators agape. It was not easy to find a Fire Wizard-type Blazer that could dispel the flames from the Phoenix.

"Next, Crimson Fire Palm!" Not intending to stop the action from getting there alone, Carlos shot towards Cecil and delivered a pair of palm punches that had been coated in deep red flames.

Cecil who did not have high agility was hit by both attacks decisively and retreated a few steps but did not get out of the arena, "Jade Flame Cloak." After slightly muttering Cecil let out a green flame that immediately formed a robe enveloping his body.

The robe healed all of Cecil's wounds in visible speed, making most of the audience round his eyes.

"The healing flame of Jade Phoenix is indeed different."

"I heard that the fire healing speed of Jade Phoenix is incredible, but after witnessing it firsthand it seems like I underestimated the abilities of the Jade Phoenix."

No audience could distract them from Cecil this time, they were all as if they were bewitched by Cecil's Jade Phoenix ability, even the large Guilds in his room were watching as he discussed how to recruit Cecil into their Guilds.

Carlos' forehead shriveled violently at the Jade Phoenix's healing ability, he was underestimating the Jade Phoenix thinking it could win without exerting all of its strength, "I won't hold back anymore!"

Together with a shout that caught the attention of the audience, Carlos unleashed all the power he had. A huge soul energy pressure immediately flowed all over the surface of the arena and a crimson-colored flame shot out as well as enveloped his entire body.

A lot of people misunderstand me in this game thinking Carlos is the type of person who is cruel to women, but actually Carlos is just a person who is passionate and always wants to exert all his strength in the fight.

But even though Carlos is an overzealous person, he does not forget to hold back when dealing with opponents who look weaker than him, especially women. Carlos still has feelings as a man.

The attention of most of the audience who had previously focused on Cecil was now distracted by Carlos, whose entire body was emitting a deep red flame in numbers that were difficult to find at the High School level.

Carlos then raised his right hand to the height of his chin, then focused all his fire on the palm, condensing everything into one small fireball but emitting a dazzling light.

Although Cecil did not have much experience fighting Cecil could feel and fathom how much soul energy Carlos was focusing on his right palm.

"Receive this, Crimson Fire Blast!" While shouting loudly Carlos released all the fire centered on his right palm on Cecil in the form of a horizontal dark red beam pole, but it was actually a collection of fire soul energy that had been condensed to such an extent.

Cecil who saw Carlos attack was slightly stunned amazed at his opponent. So far he was considered to be untalented and useless among the nobles can, but there was an opponent who exerted all his strength just to fight him? No, there's no one but Carlos until now.

"I don't want to disappoint the people who support me behind my back, so I have to...." Following Carlos who was exerting all of his strength, Cecil unleashed all of the remaining power within him, "Jade Empress Robe!"

In an instant Cecil's body created a blazing green flame, then formed a beautiful jade green colored dress, leaving everyone stunned to witness it. Suppose it is not made of fire that has no fixed shape other than controlled by its users people who see Cecil think the girl will follow the fashion design competition.

Cecil then put his hands together in front of his chest and concentrated all of his soul energy into his two palms. A few seconds after Cecil released the soul energy, "Jade Flame Storm!"

That massive amount of soul energy that had been centered immediately shot towards Carlos, or rather his Crimson Fire Blast attack. It didn't take a single blink of an eye until the two attacks met.

The explosion thanks to the clash of the two attacks not once, but several times followed the amount of soul energy that Cecil and Carlos continued to exert. After the attack lasted for more than ten seconds, the last and largest explosion was created in the middle of the arena as the attack from the two ended.

Blaarrr!!

The huge explosion sounded so loud that those who heard it from close range could be deaf, but fortunately the Skymaze academy arena was equipped with an impact-absorbing wall and sound so that the spectators could sigh in relief.

"W-what happened...?" The lawyer wanted to comment further, but the vision of the entire arena was blocked by the explosive dust floating in the air.

It took some time until the dust disappeared until the state of the match was seen again.

"What a surprising result!" The lawyer exclaimed as he watched a person still standing in the middle of the arena but with a wound that could not be considered trivial, a silhouette with a hint of flames around his body among the remaining blast dust, "The winner of this match came from Gadriel's group, Carlos Ogwine!"