Chapter 100: Unbridled Insolence!
[Second consecutive victory!]
[Continue the victory streak to multiply your gains at the end]
Priam read the message excitedly. The System counted it as two fights! Finally, he had found a good way to earn points!
In the hall, all the clan leaders were shocked, and even Grand Elder Ladomi’s face remained stiff for a long time. The final result was so absurd that even he, extremely cunning as he was, was deeply impacted.
A single blow... twice, Priam had made Gadcu collapse to the floor, gravely injured and bleeding from every orifice in her head!
The way everyone present looked at Priam changed drastically. Until then, the vast majority still could not believe what they had witnessed.
How the hell could a young man from the Ylisse clan be so strong?
The worst part was that no one could even understand the power he had used. They only perceived, in the final movement, that he had used something related to the wind element.
As for the Ylisse clan’s table, everyone had a different shine in their eyes. Their heads were raised, filled with indescribable pride.
The Leader of the Omniscient Heart Clan rushed to Gadcu, who was collapsed on the floor. He quickly analyzed her and gave her another pill. But this time, she had not fully recovered from her previous state, and now she had suffered even more serious damage.
Besides, the more a pill was used, the weaker its effect became. So maybe her injuries would not recover in time for the entrance test of the Divine Plane sect.
"Damn brat!"
The severity of Gadcu’s injuries was no joke. All the anger inside him began to boil as he stared at Priam fiercely. "How dare you be so cruel to my niece?!"
Priam looked at him indifferently, but his eyes shone with mockery.
That old man emanated an extremely heavy pressure because of his fury, but Priam still treated him as if he were nothing more than a mere fart. He snorted and answered calmly:
"It was your niece who wanted to stand still without moving while I struck her in the first round. I had never made a request like that and, even so, I feared she wouldn’t endure it, so I didn’t use all my strength. In the end, who would’ve thought her body would be so frail that she’d collapse from a single punch?"
"After that, she herself wanted a second time. And she attacked me directly, clearly wanting to kill me. Leader of the Omniscient Heart Clan, instead of thanking me for acting with magnanimity, you still want to blame me?"
Orlaith clenched her fists, feeling powerless and not knowing what to do. She did not have the ability to help Priam now, and the situation could become extremely serious.
Hearing that answer, the old humanoid became so furious that his muscles contracted violently. He roared. "This was only an exchange of pointers! How dare you accuse her of trying to kill you?! You acted with such violence... I swear! If she does not recover in seven days, and you ruin her future in the divine sect test, I will take your life myself!"
Despair took over Orlaith.
As for the other three young ones at the table, they were frightened. If that man joined together with his entire clan and directly attacked the Ylisse clan, would they be able to defend themselves?
"Me, acting maliciously?" Priam narrowed his eyes and laughed. "Just now, when that malicious brat brutally injured my cousin, why didn’t you say anything? If I hadn’t healed her, my clan would have had difficulty buying powerful pills so quickly. She certainly wouldn’t be at 100% for the sect test. But... during a battle against such a petty person, you expect me to treat her gently? Feel happy that I only gave her one blow. I should have truly left her half-dead, and not merely gravely injured."
"You!!!" That old man’s face instantly darkened.
"That’s enough. Gadcu has already lost, and instead of taking her away quickly, you are arguing with a young man? That is quite ridiculous, isn’t it?" Grand Elder Ladomi’s voice sounded, intervening, but there was a clear tone of mockery in it.
Hearing that, the old man did not dare retort or raise his voice. He cast a bloodthirsty look at Priam and then dragged Gadcu back to his table.
The effect of the pill on her would now be much slower. So only time could tell whether or not she would manage to recover completely before the test.
The entire hall fell silent, taken by a strange atmosphere.
After all, everyone who had previously mocked, laughed, looked down on, and ridiculed the Ylisse clan and Priam... was now staring at him in a completely different way, feeling their own faces burn.
Although Orlaith and the others were worried about that threat, this was, without a doubt, an impressive achievement the clan could be proud of. He had won, so he only needed to come back...
But... Priam did not take a single step out of the center of the hall.
He crossed his arms over his chest. His face, which carried a delicate touch, now showed pride. He turned toward the tables closest to the center, more specifically toward the two most powerful clans.
"Since we don’t have all night, let’s speed this up. Once I’m done with you, the Ylisse clan won’t need to prove anything to anyone anymore. So... who’s next?"
Silence.
All the young ones were stunned by those words.
Was he crazy? Or arrogant in a way that could only be complete insanity?
"Hahaha... great, I like him!" A Demoness from the Sun of the Underworld clan burst out laughing. Everyone from her clan also had amused expressions. "Hey, it would be a little bad for us to go first. Since you’re second place, you’ve earned this chance to have fun!"
That Demoness’s voice was directed at the people of the Iron Fang Clan. Their leader snorted dryly, but did not refuse. He turned to his son, who responded with a confident smile.
The young man stood up and walked to the center of the hall in an imposing manner.
"Iron Fang Clan, Barak!" he declared when he stopped in front of Priam, then stretched out his hand. A bright silver spear appeared in his palm. He laughed coldly. "Be obedient and draw your weapon. Let me destroy it along with your dreams!"
"Oh? My weapon?" Priam smiled with disdain. "Fine... see it with your own eyes..."
He waved his hand, and his spatial ring shone.
Everyone in the hall stared fixedly at his hand, then...
"Feel honored to witness the... the Heaven-Wrecker, World-Ender Branch!"
At that instant, everyone saw a black branch in his hands, and their expressions sank.
That was clearly unbridled insolence!
"Good... very good! You ignorant brat..."
Barak was so taken by anger that his voice began to tremble. "You think that just because you beat that idiot easily, you’re hot shit now? Know that I would also beat her with a single move. See it with your own eyes!"
*Whoosh!!*
Suddenly, thunderous sounds echoed through every corner of the hall as lightning erupted around Barak.
"Activate the barrier," Ladomi’s voice sounded lightly, and several figures in the corners of the hall moved.
Around the center of the hall, in just one second, an energy barrier was created around the two of them.
All the weaker young ones swallowed hard.
Their fights would cause only light disturbances, something the powerful members of the clans could nullify with a single thought. But now... this was a true battle between elite experts.