In a large open training ground just behind a large estate building similar to a castle and between two large buildings which were knight and mage houses…
Some strong-looking barriers were covering two people, and these two people had a fire burning in their eyes.
A young man with light indigo hair, strong muscles, and a tall body covered in light armor was standing with his peculiar blade in one hand, his sharp gray eyes locked on the boy on the other side.
This was a saber sword. A single-edged blade with a curved shape at the frontal part of the blade.
This was a saber and a blade that can be used in both thrustings, cutting, slicing, and quickly attacking opponents at a high speed.
The blade itself looked ferocious and the clear blue metallic surface of the blade, the finest making, the golden handle, and the guard, was enough to tell that this was a high-level blade.
On the other hand, there was a boy with gold-like blond hair, ruby red eyes, clear skin, and a tall, strong, attractive build standing with a normal-looking wooden bow and a silver quiver filled with arrows on his back.
His eyes were shining and there was a similar smile on his handsome face as the man on the other side.
They both were excited and so were the two groups of people on the other side of the ground.
A group of mages with a gorgeous elf lady at the front and a group of knights with a beautiful girl at the front.
Both ladies were the most attractive beings on this big ground after the two men in the barriers so many eyes which couldn't focus on the two inside the barrier were locked on these two.
But most of them weren't looking at them for their beauty, but for the interesting conversation, they were having right now.
"My barrier was just a normal (tier-6) earth element barrier. And my mages are still lacking compared to the two of you."
The elf lady said as she looked at the barriers and smiled at the girl.
The hot ahem! The beautiful-looking girl smiled back at her and shook her head.
"Mine is alright and I know it's stronger compared to same-tier magic as the other mages, but... you can also see his spells right now.
His astonishingly gorgeous spells that even my grandma couldn't help but admire.
Oh... you know the headmaster, right? He was shocked stiff when he saw him cast a special kind of magic.
I won't say what magic it was, but just the fact that it was great enough to shock that person is shocking, no?"
Her words sounded genuine and the beautiful eyes of the lady elf widened with deep shock.
"You mean THE headmaster? He... was shocked by something? R-really...?"
Her wide eyes looked cute, but the way her long, pointed ears were moving as if expressing her hidden excitement was even more adorable.
The beautiful girl nodded seriously with a smile and confirmed again.
"Hmm~. That very (bitch like) headmaster."
This was actually shocking to her even though she knew the boy inside the barrier had fought with the headmaster, but... he did something that shocked him?
Just this fact was enough to earn her respect, but she couldn't help looking at the beautiful magic barrier he had created in the innermost area of the other barriers.
This was a strong barrier, and just the simple, understandable, but unique structure of the spell was spellbinding.
And his special magic wasn't the only thing special about him. His bow was special too…
"Why is master Eon using that simple bow? Doesn't he have that special green bow that he used against us?
Is it because it's too big and can't be used when moving swiftly and in a one-on-one fight?"
Someone closely observing the two of them asked from behind them.
It was from the knight's side and the mages as well as the two ladies laughed at this question. Mostly because he called the bow that the boy was holding 'simple'.
The elf lady shook her head at them and started speaking while looking at the very simple looking but... something too unreal kind of bow in the boy's hand.
It was a short wooden bow with a white bowstring. It was also shorter than his height. Even less than a meter in height.
But... this was definitely anything but an ordinary bow.
"It's a bow that even my (Indigo) level appraisal skill couldn't understand.
A bow that has power far exceeding a simple (level-11) artifact from energy flow alone.
A bow literary covered with enchantments that I'm astonished could be placed at the same time on a single simple-looking bow.
It's not even a magic bow and just a normal bow. So the power it has doesn't even make sense, much less the bowstring made from a high-level energy beast material.
It's a bow that's anything... but normal."
Her explanation in her charming voice... exquisite.
Just this much was enough for the knights who couldn't see the magical enchantments of the bow and mages that didn't know about the actual power of the bowstring to fall silent.
They all fell quiet after her words, but... the things that the girl standing before the knights said made them even more shocked. And this included the elf lady.
"His sixth favorite bow. The bow he only uses when using his special technique of pure physical archery. The bow of strength and swiftness, Tay.
Pure physical archery. Something you won't be able to see anywhere else, respectable knights and mages.
I don't know how good your eyes are and if you will actually be able to even see what will now happen there, but I advise you to forget to even blink if you want to see something unreal.
Something inspirational. Something that every one of us may never be able to ever achieve.
Archery is the art of breathing, eyes, muscles, bows, and arrows… but his version of these simple actions is quite fabulous.
Stick your eyes to see just how deep that simple archery can go if perfected to the very soul. And still, be not at the epitome of it; from what he says...
There was a bright smile on her gorgeous face. And what she had just said was… absurd sounding to all of these knights and mages.
But the elf lady wholeheartedly believed what this girl was saying was true.
Maybe these still young people couldn't see it but, inside those barriers where only the two of them were standing still, glaring into each other's eyes, a fierce battle had already taken place.
A battle that even she failed to properly follow.
She had already lost the track of how many times the both of them had exchanged these mental imaginary blows or just how can that young boy was following up with Mel's absurd attacks.
But from what this young witch was saying, she was sure the actual fight the two of them will now have will be even grander than she had thought.
There was a similar smile as the girl on her face now, and the knights and mages were even more confused by this strange smile on their faces…
"How many of you have experienced the [ZONE]?"
The young girl asked whiteout taking her eyes away from the fabulous fight happening inside that barrier.
They were knights directly under a king-ranked knight and they were actually elites of their field, be it mages or knights.
But even for them, the well-known concept of the [ZONE] was something they couldn't even dream of reaching at their level.
In the first place, however strong a person was, achieving the state of the [ZONE] was not something up to them.
Many worldly things played a part in that process.
Unless they were at the level of their vice-captains who were on a separate mission right now, they couldn't even think they were qualified to even touch the surface of that realm.
But... when she didn't get any reply from her back and not even from the mage captain lady elf that didn't understand her sudden question, the girl spoke unbelievably outrageous words.
"You all are strong enough so, look with wide eyes and open hearts.
Give yourself away to just this fight and... I know every one of you will at the very least understand the surface of [ZONE].
Maybe some of you will actually enter [ZONE] and see the absurd fight that will happen in a while."
The elf lady, as well as many mages' and knights' faces, distorted as if they had just heard something absurd.
Something that clearly didn't make any sense at all, but something that was strangely but surely seemed believable.
The one who said this was the closest person to the boy they all had just lost to a moment ago and someone that they knew very well.
They knew just how strong this person was and if... just if this person was saying these absurdly mindless words, they just wanted to believe her words.
She didn't say anything after that. They didn't ask either.
Everyone fell silent… even the ground and almost the whole world in their minds.
The match they were so eagerly looking forward to... has just started after all.