His response was just a crooked smile, while he was thinking about how to continue this fight, the hand-to-hand battle was a bit difficult, as he felt that all the mana around 5 meters from Yuri had wind characteristics and were easily manipulated to get rid of him. become blades, even if the air was glued to their body.
Kayden began to throw dozens of rays at Yuri without pausing between them, his opponent was very fast and managed to get out of the area of effect, but slowly he was guided to points where Kayden already had rays practically falling.
Several aura attacks came nonstop from Kayden, he didn’t stop attacking for even a second, after thinking for a while he decided to just suppress Yuri through brute and stupid force, one time or another his attacks would hit his opponent.
The typhoon wasn’t even active anymore, Yuri had no way to focus on it, his only actions were to dodge and throw wind attacks at Kayden, he was starting to panic, as his attacks known for being discreet were easily found by Kayden.
" Ugh !" the prince groaned in pain as his shoulder was pierced by an aura attack, it was quick and violent and opened a deep wound that exposed the bone. There was no change on Kayden’s face as he continued attacking relentlessly.
The minutes dragged on as Yuri’s injuries accumulated, but what hurt was his pride, in just a few minutes he was made into a doll, while Kayden hadn’t even moved from where he was.
That was the difference between someone with four rays and someone with five rays, levels were easily skipped, apart from Kayden’s path which made him a real monster at skipping levels and doing things beyond the capacity of his rank.
Finally, lightning struck, causing the prince to fall unconscious and receive several serious injuries to his organs. Fortunately, the teacher in charge took him out of the arena and healed him in seconds. At that moment, he just needed to wake up naturally.
Unlike the coliseum, there was no voice from anyone announcing the victory, the match just ended dully, it wasn’t even an exciting fight it was just a one-sided massacre.
"I didn’t expect you to be so strong," Thomas said as soon as Kayden returned to his side. Kayden didn’t have time to respond when he felt a person appearing in his spiritual sense.
"Hello, Count Kayden, can we talk?" Athena’s voice resounded behind Kayden, taking him by surprise, the boy didn’t expect to ever hear that phrase right after this match, especially since he had no reason for her to come to him.
"Of course, Mrs. Athena," Kayden had no reason to refuse and after asking Thomas for permission he found himself floating next to the woman and climbing higher and higher, their speed was absurd and in a short time they reached above the clouds.
"Can you please sit down," Kayden found himself in front of two metal chairs with beautiful curves that looked extremely uncomfortable, but as soon as he sat down he changed his mind when it molded to his body and sat perfectly on his body.
"They are living metal chairs, a kind of metal capable of adapting to any rune and changing its shape, it can only be found in some meteorites bathed in mana," Kayden paid attention to the explanation and was surprised, there were still many things for him learn in this world.
"How much did each one cost?" Kayden asked, thinking about buying one for his meditations, especially when he could make it tiny and carry it in his pocket.
"They were gifts, not for sale in the market," Kayden was disappointed but left it aside.
"What is the reason for this conversation, Lady Athena?" Kayden asked directly, he still had a lot to do.
"I would like to buy the method you use to manipulate large amounts of mana outside your body and the technique you use to absorb the mana and not poison yourself."
Kayden was surprised as to why, but he quickly put it aside and began to think a little, his manipulation technique was his way, he could make an inferior version for her similar to what he did for his subjects, but the way he absorbed mana was a sum of his mana heart with his ability to draw well from mana.
"The mana manipulation technique I can negotiate openly, but the second one I can only pass on to people in my family," Kayden doubted that Athena would abandon everything for a mere small chance.
"I don’t care, I’m willing to join, I don’t care about your strength or wealth," the woman’s voice quickly responded to Kayden, the boy was surprised for a second, but when he looked into the woman’s eyes he understood everything.
She had already overcome simple motivation, discipline no longer meant anything to her, her state of mind was the purest obsession, and the means didn’t matter in the face of the end, Kayden recognized this because that was exactly how he felt.
"For the first technique, I would like at least 1 dozen treasures for each kingdom up to the fourth, preferably aimed at accelerating cultivation and learning concepts, other than that I want direct access to private classes with you at least twice a week lasting exceeding three hours," Kayden threw out a ridiculous request and just watched as Athena’s face turned grim.
"Count Kayden, I don’t mean to be rude, but you are greatly overestimating your techniques. The combined value of what you ask of me can easily elevate a mage to the peak of this world. Each kingdom probably has resources for three or four people at this level." Kayden just smiled and...
He opened his path as much as possible, and instantly the mana from over 200 meters became lethargic and under his control. Under Athena’s surprised gaze, Kayden pulled all this mana around him and compressed it, leaving a light blue hue for a few meters.
Using his finger as a sword, Kayden made a small cutting motion and an immense and ridiculously powerful aura attack shot out of his finger at high speed. This was not a degree of strength that any mage should display.