Chapter 65. NET {24}. Rune Monarch.


    However, since the prince hadn''t yielded the fight yet, the officials continued to watch closely to see the oue of their fight.


    Meanwhile, Orion continued to be dragged into the sand.


    However, he finally understood what was going on. Before their fight began, Orion had assumed that he knew Luna''s strengths and weaknesses.


    She was clearly a moon elf whose specialty was being proficient in using magic, with her magical affinities being wind and nt magic.


    He had watched all of her previous fights in the arena, so he had expected her toplement her inexperience inbat by making use of her vine warriors.


    This was why he hadn''t been surprised when Luna created ten vine warriors to fight him.


    Luna had also been able toplete the first activity of the tournament within six minutes by creating twenty vine warriors who helped her to hunt ten horned rabbits, so he predicted that she would use them again when fighting against him.


    However, he forgot to take into ount her innate bloodline magical ability which allowed her to create illusions.


    This was an innate abilitymon to all moon elves.


    Until now, Luna had never used illusions on any of her opponents so he thought she couldn''t use it yet.


    However, he hadn''t expected her to use her spirit guardians to increase the effect of her illusions.


    If Luna had created the illusions on her own, Orion would have probably been able to counter it on his own, but right now, she was creating this illusion with the help of her two spirit guardians, so technically, the fight was three against one.


    Moreover, Orion had noticed for a while now that he couldn''t activate any of his skills.


    It had been like this ever since the magical barrier was erected by the fairies who transformed into butterflies.


    He had been trying several times now to use some of his skills but he couldn''t, and the reason for that was because of the Gale Wing fairy.


    Not only was the Gale wing fairy nullifying his ability to use any of his skills, but the moonlight fairy kept absorbing his mana as he was being sucked into the sands.


    If Orion weren''t a high elf with a huge mana capacity, he would have probably been unconscious by now due to mana exhaustion.


    But right now, he wasn''t the one exhausting his mana. Instead, his mana was being forcibly absorbed by the moonlight fairy.


    With the rate at which his mana was being absorbed, it was only a matter of time before he became too weak to do anything.


    At least, this was what Orion wanted her to believe.


    The moment Luna''s fairy erected the mana barrier, Orion''s system had warned him of what the mana barrier could do.


    That was when Orion finally understood what Luna''s intentions were.


    If Luna''s spirits were to drain his mana and prevent him from casting a spell or even using a skill, it would have been easy for Orion to lose hope in the battle, allowing Luna to have the upper hand, and all she would have had to do was sit back, rx and watch as Orion became unconscious the moment his entire body got dragged into the sands.


    It was the perfect n, and Luna couldn''t wait to see it all unfold before her.


    A smile spread across her lips when she noticed that only Orion''s head was above the sand and he would soon bepletely sucked in.


    Since Orion couldn''t use any of his skills, this meant that he wouldn''t be able to summon his spirit guardian and if he couldn''t summon his spirit guardian, then he would have no one to depend on. Thereby making it an easy win for Luna.


    However, Orion was done ying around.


    ''Disappointing,'' Orion''s words reverberated loudly within Luna''s mind, causing the moon elf to stagger three steps backward.


    "Huh?" Luna''s eyes widened in disbelief. She was certain that she had heard Orion''s voice in her mind just now.


    But how?


    Shouldn''t his skills have been nullified by her fairy,? Then how…


    Also, how can a ten-year-old elf speak telepathically to her when he wasn''t even her spirit guardian.


    ''Truly disappointing,'' Orion''s words emerged once again in her mind, shocking the moon elf.


    ''So, this is the extent of what you''re capable of?''


    ''I expected more from a moon elf.''


    "H-How?" Luna''s eyes widened even more as she watched Orion''s head slowly emerge from the sands.


    Orion had been watching closely, to see what Luna would be capable of doing if she was given the chance to summon her spirit guardians.


    If he wanted to, he could have defeated her and won the fight even before she summoned her spirit guardians.


    However, he had been hoping that Luna would provide him with some kind of entertainment, but s, he was disappointed with what he had seen so far.


    Orion stretched his right arm forward and countless orange glowing runes flowed out of the palm of his hand.


    The countless runes hovered in the sky before attaching themselves to the magical barrier set up by Luna.


    The dark magical barrier suddenly changed from ck to orange, causing light to shine down on the arena.


    The once dark magical barrier had now been reced with a glowing orange barrier.


    Merely looking at it, the orange barrier looked a lot stronger and more rigid than the previous ck magical barrier.


    Orion''s runes had restructured the barrier itself, turning it into a defensive rune barrier.


    With a click of his fingers, the rune barrier shattered into a million magical particles, shocking everyone who was watching what was currently going on.


    Even Luna was left speechless as she still couldn''t understand how Orion could prevent his skills from being nullified by her fairy.


    This was thanks to Orion''s system.


    With the system by his side, he was able to easily prevent Luna''s spirit guardians from stopping him from casting spells.


    Currently, Luna''s illusion had already been dispelled but Orion wasn''t done with her just yet.


    He swiftly stretched both of his arms wide and flowed mana through his hands.


    His hands glowed as mana began to swirl and converge at his fingertips.


    A crackling sound echoed around his hands as two, long, whip-like tendrils of lightning erupted like serpents.


    Orion swiftlyshed out with the lightning whips. The first strike hit the Gale wing fairy, shing through the fairy with its body separating into two halves.


    The second whip instantaneously cracked out, shing the moonlight fairy into two, just like the Gale wing fairy.


    The moment the whips made contact with both fairies, their bodies ignited in mes, returning them back to the spirit realm. n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    The lightning whips also dissipated as quickly as they appeared.


    Everyone watched the fight in dead silence as they couldn''t believe what they were seeing.


    Not only had their future king disyed to them a glimpse of what a rune monarch was capable of doing, but Orion had also single-handedly fought against two spirit guardians on his own with a bizarre kind of magic.


    The likes of which none had ever seen before.


    Meanwhile, a few minutes ago, before Orion''s fight against Luna began.


    Ariel, Karen, Elena, Evelyn, and Mia walked into the section reserved for the royal family.


    Everyone sat down and a couple of maids walked in to give all of them snacks and something to drink.


    Karen held her mug and drank from it, feeling nourished and satisfied as the tea slid down her throat.


    With a contented sigh, she said. "I miss this, elven tea is always the best, right Karen?" Ariel asked Karen, who was sitting right beside her.


    "Indeed, your Majesty."


    "We have to get the recipe before returning back home."


    "Your Majesty, you say this every time, but you always forget to ask for it."


    "Then make sure to remind me."


    Hearing this, Karen straightened her sses before replying. "I''ll try, but Your Majesty should try informing Queen Evelyn now before it''s toote."


    "Fine," Ariel nodded her head in understanding before turning her head towards Evelyn. "You''ll remind me too, right, Evelyn?"


    Evelyn smiled and agreed with a nod.


    "Good, you had better remind me, or else I''ll grope your– *nom* *nom*," Karen shoved a cookie into Ariel''s mouth before she couldplete her sentence.


    "Please eat, and enjoy the fight."


    The moment Karen said this, Orion and Luna stepped into the arena and it didn''t take long for the fight to start.


    "Is that the prince?" Ariel asked, pointing at Orion while zooming her vision to see him more clearly.


    Impressed by the prince''s good looks, a huge smile appeared on Ariel''s face and she spoke. "Wow, well done Evelyn. The little prince is cute," Arielplimented Evelyn about her adorable little son and Evelyn smiled after hearing her words.


    "Yes, he is. My baby really is the cutest."


    "Well, let''s see if he''s as good as his mother," Ariel leaned back into her chair before watching as Orion sessfully neutralized every single spell Luna cast towards his way.


    "Interesting, so you''ve taught him how to cast spells without chanting?"


    "Of course, he''s my baby, so it is expected of him to learn it from his mother."