Absolute Soul
26. The Power of the Witch Queen

The name of the winner in this game announced by the lawyer surprised many people. How not? The owner of one of the rarest Wizard-type Soul Arc, Jade Phoenix can be defeated by an ordinary Fire-type Soul Arc? That is beyond most people's expectations.

Although the Jade Phoenix was rumored to be extremely powerful and sought after by many, the real factor of Cecil's defeat was not that.

Carlos has been practicing since an early age and always put all his abilities, be it in the match practice or regular training so that his strength is much greater than the candidates for High School Blazer in general.

Cecil who hardly trained because of the pressure from the environment and distrust in himself was difficult to beat Carlos despite having the Jade Phoenix from the beginning, even some suspect it is impossible Cecil can win.

"Win.... I'm winning...." While trying to stand up with both of his legs trembling, Carlos clenched his hands tightly, "I am becoming stronger." After that Carlos collapsed to the floor exhausted.

Soon the medical staff came to the two fallen participants to give first aid before being fully treated, especially Cecil who suffered burns almost all over his body. Finally Cecil was eliminated from the list of lottery participants, it is impossible for him to continue the match if only elected.

Carlos himself did not suffer any injuries that put his life at risk, he only collapsed exhausted after expelling all his strength. Although Carlos was not injured much the level of fatigue also did not allow him to immediately return to the match today.

Before being taken to the medical room for intensive care, Cecil regained consciousness from his stupor when Verna and Jack followed the medical staff from behind, fearing, "I'm sorry I couldn't win...." Her tears flowed looking at the two of her groupmates.

"It's okay, you've fought as much as you can. Your spirit in the last seconds of the game gives us more motivation" said Verna a little tears to see the state of Cecil who still had time to think about himself and Jack.

Jack rubbed Cecil's head slowly trying to comfort the poor girl, "Don't think, you've stepped forward. This match is your first step before becoming stronger."

Both accompanied Cecil until finally told to leave by medics because it could interfere with the treatment process.

Watching Cecil fight with all his might for the first time Verna and Jack determined in their hearts, "We will win a landslide to avenge your defeat, Cecil."

The two then returned to the arena with even greater vigor than before.

On the other hand in the room of Salvia's group, the three disciples were discussing about the things that had happened in the match just now, "Cecil does have a powerful Soul Arc, indeed, but without enough practice it's useless." Haikal first commented among the three.

Haikal can see the condition of Cecil's body that is so burdened by the pressure of his own soul energy, from this it can be known that the exercises undertaken Cecil is not suitable for the development of his talent and Soul Arc.

Different from Cecil who is not so trained, Haikal knows Carlos can have this kind of strength not only from his talent, but also training that is not less hard than him. That can be seen from the many techniques and creativity that ordinary High School Blazer candidates should not have.

"A genius can lose to an ordinary person who works hard, huh?" Haikal glanced at Salvia who was thinking of something.

Salvia is one of the four most famous geniuses in their generation, although he has trained hard from an early age does not mean Haikal can beat Salvia now.

Haikal clearly knew that Salvia's strength came not from sheer genius, but also from the hard training that was done every day with his father, Veindal Volksky who was one of the high-level Blazers in Wulodhasia.

"Hm? What's up, Haikal? Is there something on my face?" Salvia realized Haikal's gaze was centered on his face, "No, no." Haikal immediately denied the question, dismissing all the difficult thoughts to be realized.

"The next game is one of the battles that have been awaited so far this tournament has begun!" The lawyer's call was met with considerable furore by the audience, "The group's chief against the group's leader, Verna Galvoria against Gadriel Silverwood!"

Without further ado the two disciples selected for the next match immediately stepped into the designated arena boundary. The figure of the most genius girl in his class who is nicknamed the Witch Queen, Verna Galvoria against a handsome young wavy blonde who is no less famous, Gadriel Silverwood.

"I don't think I can fight you this fast, Verna." Gadriel smiled gently trying to break the silence between them before the match started.

"No need to mince words, quickly take out your Soul Arc and get ready," said Verna who immediately released a huge and powerful soul energy pressure, shaking the entire arena causing all spectators to stumble to watch.

The words that came out of Verna's lips contained not only strength, but also vexation and impatience.

Gadriel sighed seeing Verna being swallowed by emotion due to the previous match which resulted in Cecil being severely injured. He did not think Verna could get out of control just because of something as trivial as the tournament.

Not many know that Gadriel and Verna had known each other since childhood, even before Verna knew Haikal and Heru. That's because Gadriel is one of the most famous nobles in Wulodhasia, but not as famous as the Galvoria family.

Gadriel knew Verna quite closely considering that she was almost betrothed to the purple-haired girl by her parents, she did not expect Verna to fall so far.

"It looks like you're a little infected by the vices of your lover. Okay, I'll give up all my energy to wake you up." Gadriel instantly released a soul energy pressure that was no less powerful than Verna, creating several cracks in several places.

Although he was almost betrothed by his parents in the past, Gadriel secretly fell in love with Verna from childhood so that when she learned that Verna had a lover, especially from the commoners, Gadriel was not very fond of Heru.

One of his goals trying to get to this point was arguably to attract Verna's heart moved to him, but his efforts so far have been almost meaningless. Verna's eyes were always on Heru who was somehow special compared to her who was a noble.

"Game begins!" The lawyer's call made Gadriel act immediately, creating a silvery-white ball of light in both hands and throwing it at Verna with all her might.

In response to Gadriel's attack, Verna raised her right hand and deployed one small purple energy ball on both of Gadriel's white balls. But despite the sheer number and size of the outnumbered, Verna's energy ball was not only able to destroy both of Gadriel's attacks, but to penetrate and attack the wavy blonde youth.

With his reflexes and sufficiently trained abilities Gadriel can evade Verna's attacks easily, then create five dazzling silvery-white spears, "White Javelin – Barrage!"

Gadriel immediately threw the five spears as hard as he could at Verna, but the next thing that happened was enough to shock most of the audience.

"Elemental Dress...." Verna quickly expended a large amount of soul energy and formed a beautiful dress wrapped around her body like Cecil's Jade Empress Robe, only Verna's had more diverse colors.

Verna then concentrated all of the soul energy she released on her right hand, then formed a small energy ball that emitted a wide variety of dazzling colors, "Elemental Unison – Divine Elements!"

A moment later Verna's body emitted a dazzling radiance, then Verna unleashed all the power she held in her right hand to sweep away the entire silvery-white spear and threw Gadriel out of the arena in a single breath.