Finn didn''t charge at Nial after the bright ball of illumination stopped dazzling the young man. Meanwhile, Nial didn''t move either because something was bothering him about the eerie calmness of the young man.


    Finn had only two more Origin rings, which meant that the young Original was not necessarily much stronger than Nial. It shouldn''t allow Finn to feel as calm as he was, right now!


    Nial didn''t think that Finn was stupid enough to believe that he would be able to win the U21 Runicier tournament by killing all his opponents.


    Everything woulde to light, and the entire Balgris race might face trouble with the races Finn had just offended.


    It was nothing umon for beings of the same race, and especially of other races to fight each other once in a while. However, things changed the moment a merciless murderer started to ughter prodigious talents of other races, in an official event at that.


    The U21 Runicier tournament was a renowned event that all the races liked, especially since it was possible for young Runiciers to learn and improve a lot. If they won the tournament it would increase their reputation drastically and it would allow the entire race to gain more fame.


    The benefits of joining the tournament were obvious but it was also dangerous because all the prodigious Runiciers would gather at one ce.


    In the end, every race had to sign a special peace treaty to be allowed to join the U21 Runicier tournament and enter the Golden City.


    This special peace treaty was pretty simple, forcing all the members of a race to remain peaceful for the period they were inside the Golden City.


    All interracial conflicts that happened during the U21 Runicier tournament would be considered as an attempt of a race to stir trouble and weaken other races.


    Thus, Finn''s actions were beyond stupid because the Balgris race would face immense trouble and the wrath of all the other races the moment Finn would be discovered.


    "Nial, there is no need for you to overthink anything. Nobody will find out that I am the one who killed you and the others," Finnughed out loud before a prideful and arrogant smile appeared on his face.


    "Who would believe that a kid, a mere teenager at the 5th Mirae rank, can kill Originals at the Prometheus rank? Literally nobody would believe this, especially since it makes no sense, at all," He added with an even broader smile on his face as he spun the pitch-ck dagger in his hand.


    It spun in his hand freely, barely influenced by Finn''s faint and almost inconspicuous movements that were extremely hard to perceive.


    Fortunately, Nial was able to visualize everything and he could perceive it with his other senses as well. Finn''s calmness was slightly weird. He had yet to activate an ability or charge forward to kill Nial even after he had activated the Copper sphere.


    ''He definitely knows about the warning signal… but why hasn''t he attacked yet? Was he able to cut off the signal? No…he didn''t activate anything and I cannot perceive any kind of frequency distorting runic armaments either…'' Nial thought in frustration.


    He couldn''t believe that the only friend he had made in the U21 Runicier tournament was a mindless murderer. It was ridiculous, and shocking to the least.


    Nial felt weirded out and he began to question how he could have fallen for someone''s acting like this.


    "Everyone thinks that I''m naive and that I am very kind to everyone, but it is quite hrious that they don''t even realize what is going on right in front of their face before they die at my hand. Their faces were really great when I drove my weapon into them.


    They only understand that they were dying when their body had been cut open. There are even some idiots, who didn''t realize it at all!" Finnughed heartily, and it was not hard to understand that he was enjoying the current situation.


    He was basically making fun of Nial, by being as unbothered as he was right in front of him. Nial didn''t really care about being made fun of right now. He was pretty sure that Finn''s confidence had a definite reason which was the most troublesome.


    "Are you not worried that someone wille to stop you?" Nial asked the obvious question. He tried to stall for time but Finn seemed to notice this as his smile widened even further, if that was even possible, to begin with.


    "Do you really think that I''m foolish enough to stay around here, talk to you as if I didn''t just kill more than 6 Runiciers? You''re really funny, to think that stalling me will help you in any way," Finn was stillughing like an overconfident fool. He made a big show of calming himself down and continued to speak as if there was nothing wrong with the murders he had justmitted,


    "Nobody noticed that I killed everyone, except you, and after I kill you, I can clear all the traces that lead to me and go back to bed. Who will think that I killed you, after all?!"


    Finn sounded insane to Nial right now. He had no idea what his reason for behaving like this was but it was a fact that it was necessary for him to fight!


    "You might have notified the authorities but you will die before they arrive," Finn suddenly said as something changed about the dagger he wielded. Cracks appeared on the de as it turned into apressed mass of energy, which Finn controlled precisely.


    The mass of energy engulfed the cracking de that broke when Finn shed out the air right in front of him.


    A de of energy shot straight in Nial''s direction, ready to cut through him.


    ''So that''s how he kills his opponents?'' Nial inferred as he released a hugepressed wall of dark energy in the direction of the energy de.


    Simultaneously, he twisted his body because he could clearly perceive the tremendous power the energy beam harbored.


    It cut through his dark energy as if it was merely a strong gust of wind that brushed against the de. The energy de was slowed down a tiny bit, which was barely enough for Nial to finish twisting his body to fully evade the attack.


    Nial''s range of perception, his [Mana Sense], and all of his senses were fully unleashed. He had predicted Finn''s attack moments before it actually happened.


    When Finn moved his muscles, Nial''s entire body reacted defensively. Finn hadn''t expected Nial''s reaction to be so fast. However, that was not all.


    Nial''s speed was much higher than one ought to have at the 3rd Mirae rank. The young man sted forward, his entire body enveloped in darkness.


    Nial didn''t even wait until the energy de cut through the wall behind him, destroying it easily.


    He sted forward, and knives manifested in his hand. Nial mantled them in darkness before he threw them at Finn without wasting a second.


    Before, he had been a little bit hesitant to attack Finn directly, but the moment he perceived the power behind the energy de, it was obvious that Finn wanted to kill him.


    Nial understood clearly that if he wouldn''t kill Finn he would have to die. Rather than epting his fate or relying on the guards toe and save him


    Finn didn''t try to evade the tang knives engulfed with Nail''s dark energy. He activated the runic chestte he was wearing, manifesting a whitish shield right in front of him.


    Cracks formed all over the runic chestte but it didn''t break like the runic ck dagger he had been using. Finn had used his Innate ability [Limit breaker] to overclock the runic constetions engraved on the Tier-0 runic armaments which he activated with traces of mana.


    A new dagger, looking exactly the same manifested in Finn''s hand as the tang daggers had been deflected by the white shield that dispersed only momentster.


    He activated [Limit breaker] on the dagger he used, increasing the lethality of the activated runic constetions while breaking the weapon as the energy de was released.


    Nial was right in front of Finn, and it was basically impossible for him to evade the new energy de Finn fired at him.


    At least, that was impossible if Nial were to be an ordinary Original. When Finn''s focus was on Nial, he released his dark energy through the ground and the walls of the hallway.


    There was more than enough space for Nial to make use of the surrounding energy. And that was exactly what he did by releasing bits of his ck Miasma as he disappeared into the darkness below his feet.


    The energy de cut through the ck miasma that dispersed momentster, leaving behind nothing but remnants of the ck Miasma.


    Finn''s eyes widened, and he instinctively activated his Innate ability on one of the mana rings he was wearing. An azure sphere manifested around him, moments before thorny darkness vines shot out of the darkness around him.


    Hands manifested out of darkness crawled out of the ground, and the tip of a zing spear emerged behind him, only for everything to be blocked easily.


    A small crack appeared on the protective sphere that shrouded the young Balgris, whose expression turned frantic.


    ''How can he be so powerful?! I thought he was only a good Runicier and not abatant…'' Finn grew a bit worried while retrieving several needle-like weapons from his spatial ring.


    All of them possessed different engravings, which the young man nned to make use of right now!


    He activated [Limit breaker] on all ten Tier-0 runic needles he had retrieved. They were mantled in mes, lightning currents, darkness, light, wind and water just to be thrown out at Nial, one after another.


    Their speed was slow but the attacks were extremely powerful as the needles turned into the purest form of the element, destroying the hallway the moment the elemental needles pierced inside it.


    However, Nial had already disappeared from his location again. He disappeared and reappeared every once in a while, releasing ck miasma wherever he was.


    Slowly, the hallways were shrouded in darkness, which made it more difficult for Finn to determine Nial''s location.


    And just when Finn had released thest elemental needle in the direction of Nial''s most recent location, he merely evaded the attack by hair''s breadth.


    His shoulder was grazed but Nial epted this without hesitation as a highlypressed dark spear shot toward Finn.


    Finn was forced to sacrifice several runic armaments to survive the sudden attack, and the young Balgris began to breathe heavily.


    It looked like the battle would be over soon, with Nial being the most likely to be victorious!


    "Stop right here, you vile murderer!" A demanding voice echoed through the hallways, startling Finn, who instinctively stored away the new de that had manifested in his hands.


    However, Nial had already expected the guard because his [Mana Sense] had allowed him to sense his arrival.


    He was d that a guard finally came. As a participant in the U21 Runicier tournament, it wouldn''t be great for Finn to kill another fellow participant, even if he was a mass murderer.


    He sighed in relief and smiled faintly as he took a step backward.


    "I told you to stop, you bastard! I will use force against you if you don''t listen!!" The Guard shouted, shing his longsword in front of him, pointing the razor-sharp de straight at Nial.


    "Are you talking to me? Why would I be the vile murderer you''re looking for, you dumb idiot!?"


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