The Greatest Sinner

Whoosh.

Immediately after the blow, Evan quickly cast the "Magic Missile" and the snow-white beam rushed toward Soren's shoulder. The beam easily pierced Soren's armor, punching a hole through his shoulder.

It was worth noting that Soren's armor was high class and should easily withstand the "Magic Missile", but, unfortunately for Soren, the spell was not the most ordinary one.

Thanks to Evan reaching the first stage of "Awareness" in "Magical Missile," he was able to penetrate Soren's tough armor.

Evan was aiming for his right shoulder and for good reason now Soren would have a much harder time wielding his sword.

"Bastard!" Soren shouted loudly, gritting his teeth in pain. He quickly stepped back trying to buy some time, but Evan wasn't about to let him go.

Bam.

Seeing his opponent retreat Evan cast another "Magic Missile". The white ray flew swiftly towards Soren.

Bam.

Soren reacted in time to put up a shield, which the "Magic Missile" wouldn't be able to penetrate. Evan didn't expect to hurt Soren again with the same action.

The moment Soren deflected the beam with his shield, Evan had already gotten close to him.

Whoosh.

He made a sharp lunge with his spear, aiming right where the "Magic Missile" had hit last time. Evan was about to wound Soren's left arm even more.

Crack.

The spear sank deep into Soren's flesh and he howled in pain the same second.

"You allow yourself too much!" Soren shouted loudly and the two rings on his left arm glowed brightly. This time he used two Magic Artifacts at once, which greatly strengthened his next spell.

Whoosh.

Suddenly the lightning completely engulfed his triangular shield and a second later turned into a giant ball of lightning.

Bam.

He slammed his shield into the ground with all his might, then there was a deafening explosion.

Evan and Soren were thrown several meters away from each other. The blast was powerful enough to cause serious wounds to the rookie magician. But to the surprise of everyone present, Evan was not injured as badly as expected.

Once in the air he regrouped and landed smoothly. His left arm was badly burned, but he didn't sustain any other wounds thanks to his sturdy body. Although, even Roland would have been badly hurt by such a powerful blow.

Of course, Soren was unharmed. His armor protected him perfectly, but his condition was terrible. He was wounded and exhausted. He had spent most of his available mana on this spell.

Using two Magical Artifacts at the same time had put a lot of strain on his body. If Evan hadn't pinned him against the wall, he never would have done that. Soren only had mana left for one spell and he had no way to enhance it with Magic Artifacts.

As for Evan, he was perfectly fine. The burns on his left arm were nothing. He'd had worse wounds in his training, and it didn't matter to him at all.

Whoosh.

Without a second thought, Evan dashed straight for Soren. Victory was nearly in his hands, and all that was left was the final step.

He quickly reached Soren and began to attack him. He made several quick lunges with his spear, which Soren easily blocked, but his plan was a bit different.

After another blocked blow, Evan changed his tactics. His next punch he was going to hit into a completely different place.

Whoosh.

Suddenly the spear changed its trajectory and went towards Soren's foot. He saw it and hurriedly ducked, but suddenly he felt something hard squeeze his left arm.

"Now you're caught, now the fun part starts." Evan said coldly with a cruel smile on his face.

His original purpose was not to wound Soren's leg, but to distract his opponent and get close to him.

Evan squeezed Soren's arm with all his might and the next moment attacked him again.

Whoosh. Bam.

Evan threw aside his weapon and grabbed Soren by the hair with his free hand. In the next moment, he delivered a crushing knee strike to Soren right in his face.

It all happened too fast for Soren to react at all, much less defend himself.

The force of the blow was so great that Soren's teeth were knocked out and he almost lost consciousness.

Everyone was surprised by Evan`s actions. No one had expected to see such a thing from a young man unknown to anyone. While the other participants were popular in certain circles or belonged to a noble family, Evan was a no one.

His connections and acquaintances in Mossy Vulture were limited to Zak, Marcel, and Koen. He knew none of the other powerful magicians.

Everyone was amazed at Evan's power, and they knew that Evan's full victory was just around the corner. But, none of them even suspected that Evan's main goal was not victory at all.

Whoosh.

In one swift movement, Evan twisted Soren's wrist, thereby breaking it. The triangular shield fell to the ground.

Evan then did the same to Soren's right arm. Within seconds, he had broken two of his opponent's arms, and Evan had no intention of stopping.

He picked up Soren's silver sword and gripped it tighter. He was going to overpower his enemy with his own weapon.

When the girl in black clothes saw Evan attack, she was about to intervene in the fight and stop Evan, but suddenly she heard Fane's harsh voice.

"Don't move."

The girl was taken aback by Fane's words, but she dared not move.

"Mr. Fane, he's going to kill him now!"

The girl tried to save the situation, but Fane simply replied.

"Do you really think he's going to kill him? You are deeply mistaken. Evan will do anything to keep Soren alive as long as possible."

She didn't know what Fane was talking about, but when she saw Evan's next move she understood. She had never imagined that one of the participants would be so violent.

Whoosh.

Evan gripped his sword tighter, and the weapon was instantly covered in a thick layer of ice.

Whoosh.

Evan swung the sword and cut Soren's right arm off in one swift movement. As Evan had used the "Ice Veil", the flesh was frozen and bleeding had not begun.

Soren was in real agony, he felt like he was in hell with his personal demon-executioner.

Unfortunately for him, Evan wasn't going to stop there. He swung his sword once more and Soren's left arm flew aside.

Bam.

Soren just fell to the ground without strength. He no longer thought of winning he had been smashed to smithereens. For him, it was the greatest failure of all.

Crack.

Suddenly Soren heard a strange sound, as if something was breaking. Lifting his head, he saw that Evan had broken one of his rings. Soren was horrified. These Artifacts were far more valuable than his victory.

"I surren..."

Soren tried to surrender so that this fight would finally be over. He had already lost, but he couldn't let Evan destroy his Artifacts.

Whoosh.

However, no sooner had he uttered two words than two spiky ivies emerged from the ground and wrapped around his mouth like a gag.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA." At the same moment, Fane's eerie and satisfied laughter spread through the whole arena.