"Teacher Kayden Heart, my boss is requesting a fight against you to verify your ability as a teacher. You claim that you do not have the necessary qualifications and should be removed from the academy." Kayden was surprised by the helper’s speech.
"Who is it?" he didn’t show any feelings.
"Bruno Keilypson, a fourth-level five-ray realm wizard," Kayden remembered Brunno as someone only at the third level, perhaps it was this advancement that gave him confidence.
"Just give me the date and place. Furthermore, ask Bruno to prepare all his possessions and treasures to be passed on to me if he loses them. This must be done under contract. After that, notify me."
Kayden didn’t wait for the answer and went back to cultivating on his mountain. He didn’t have to wait long, just three days later the same messenger returned with a date, a time and proof that Bruno signed the contract. It would be a week from now and open to all people in the elven kingdom. Bruno seemed to want to make this a big, highly promoted event. Kayden had nothing to fear, regardless of Brunno’s strength, he was not capable of rivaling Kayden.
Time passed quickly. During that week, all of his students expressed concerns about him. His teaching skills and patience made everyone like him. In addition to them, his son and Milena came to discuss their actions. Only Felix confidently accepted his decision.
A week after the invitation, Kayden left the gym towards the kingdom’s coliseum. As they were not a kingdom of many cities and people, they only had one coliseum in the city, but its capacity was for around 1 million people and extended to a few kilometers in range.
Everyone was waiting. Bruno had already made his entrance to applause in the huge dome, only Kayden was missing. During the week, there were several publications of his name and others defaming Kayden as a professor who rose only through his contacts.
After that day when Kayden treated him like dirt in front of hundreds of people who represented the peak of power in this world, his obsession with him increased to much greater degrees. At this moment, his reason was slightly clouded by his negative feelings.
"Won’t this trash show up?" Bruno grumbled loudly to the crowd and his words were accompanied by mockery from the elves.
Even though they were different races and different creations, all rational beings driven by feelings followed a common basis of herd-driven actions and collective feelings. A few seconds later, Kayden appeared in the skies and floated down. All conversations stopped for a few seconds and then came back with boos about Kayden. If there was one thing that elven culture valued, it was talent above all else, and someone who achieved the position of professor at the most coveted academy in the kingdom through nominations was the target of all their negative thoughts.
Kayden didn’t even flinch seeing this negative reception. His face was devoid of any emotion as he floated in the air unwaveringly and confidently. One of Kayden’s students was cheering him on and was harshly reprimanded by his father.
"Daddy! I’m telling you, you’re going to regret this." Only a few people were betting on Kayden at the betting stands.
It was a very similar situation to the time he entered the academy centuries ago. Time passes and never comes back, but it is undeniable that history repeats itself. Kayden this time wasn’t part of this bet, he simply didn’t care about crumbs.
"Good morning to all the elves present in my reign." The empress herself came to present the event, which, like it or not, was a high-level fight that took place a few times a decade. "Today we will face Professor Bruno and Professor Kayden, a wizard from the third realm and a wizard from the fourth realm." The empress pointed to each of them and let a judge begin to present the battle.
A fully covered person stood in the center of the arena, his identity hidden by several layers of clothing. He appeared to be in the fourth realm as well and with enough strength to interfere in the battle if necessary.
"The two gentlemen agreed to give all their possessions to each other and have a life-and-death fight. The two possessions were verified by our inspectors and are by the rules. The battle is a one-on-one fight without any external assistance or pre-programmed weapons. We will start in 1 minute."
Kayden already expected something . He received the request for details of possessions the day before the battle. It wasn’t anything very specific and he just put it on paper and signed a contract.
When there were only a few seconds left, Kayden focused on the battle and left everything aside. Instantly, the moment it began, he pulled the mana of his entire spiritual sense into him.
For the general public, who hadn’t seen this before, they were left wide-eyed at the speed and amount of mana coming towards Kayden. Bruno didn’t pay much attention to it. There was no point in having a lot of mana if you couldn’t use it.
At least that was Brunno’s thinking. His ego was very high, he was literally at the absolute top of this world. While no one with six rays could ascend the realm, that changed when Kayden appeared.
He spent centuries fighting the feeling of inferiority that spread over him and it appeared again when he was humiliated. This made his feelings take over him. For a year he just brooded and at one point he burst.
All the basic elements gathered around Bruno, and his spells worked based on bringing together mana and elements and just using them in a pre-ready way to launch them with more force.
Kayden conjured several pentagrams around him and dozens of aura slashes shot toward them and then toward Bruno. His casting speed was very fast and caused his opponent to have to go on the defensive first.
Author’s note: bonus chapter first as an apology for the other delay.