"Why does he get to have all the fun every single time!"
Cedric yelled staring in the direction me and Nageyama were brawling. It wasn't hard to tell Nageyama was a powerful mage, after all his flames could be spotted from anywhere in Aethercrest given the heat and power it gave out.
"Do not make the mistake of underestimating me Cedric of Crimson."
"Huh?"
Cedric returned his attention to the Tendon mage in front of him.
"And who the hell are you supposed to be?"
Cedric had a smile drawn on his face, his opponent surely wasn't as strong as the hybrid Nageyama but he could sense that his opponent also wasn't an ordinary mage like the small fries he just took out. The same applied for Rachel's opponent as well.
"That's right, I haven't introduced myself. I'm Lucius Azreal and the man who is going to put an end to you!"
He dashed forward towards Cedric not wasting any time to fight. Transparent magic properties flowed into his hands before assuming the shape of two crystal blades, Lucius was revealed to be a crystal mage.
"That's how it is huh, Earth magic: Stone sentinel!"
Crouching and placing his hands on the ground, Cedric infused his magic into it causing four sculptures of stone warriors to be created from the ground, they came to life and dashed forward to stop the momentum of Lucius.
As swiftly as they were created Lucius sliced right through them in one swing of his blades, when he returned his gaze back at Cedric he met him in the air with a spear he had created out of the ground. Cedric used the sentinels as a distraction for his true approach, he spun several times in the air before aiming the spear down towards the head of Lucius.
Lucius crossed his blades before raising them above his head, the spear clash with the blades and Cedric flipped over Lucius head landing behind him.
"So your a crystal mage?"
Cedric placed the spear on his shoulder as he questioned Lucius who stabbed the blades into the ground.
"I guess killing you won't be as easy as I thought it'd be."
"You've lost this fight Lucius Azreal."
Cedric was becoming a little bit too overconfident after being caught up in the moment.
"Don't make me laugh."
Lucius joined his hands together grinning causing the manifestation of a magic circle above his head.
"Cryslis Shards!"
He exclaimed as multiple shards of crystal's were fired towards Cedric simultaneously. Cedric chuckled before spinning the spear in his hands in front of him deflecting majority of the shards. He backflipped before performing a series of flips towards his side evading the ones he couldn't deflect.
"Your not going anywhere!"
As Lucius yelled three more magic circles all pink in color appeared behind and at the right side of Cedric who landed on his feet in shock by the turn of events.
"Cryslis Shards!"
All the circles which surrounded Cedric fired off multiple shards of crystal's simultaneously more than the eye could count at him. Lucius was determined to end him in one hit.
"Not enough!"
Cedric exclaimed excitedly before surrounding his right hand with his magic and punching the ground beneath him.
"Terraquake Smash!"
BOOM!
The ground beneath him shattered and a shockwave was sent upwards along with the debris of the shattered ground into the air and all around him. Lucius was overwhelmed by it and knocked to the ground and the shards were all shattered by the shockwave.
"T..ch."
Lucius grunted getting to his feet while Cedric simply smiled popping his knuckles.
"That was a decent warm up, but let me tell you this."
Lucius was in no mood for a conversation as his frustrations were bigger than the urge to talk. Cedric approached Lucius slowly with his hands slotted into his pockets like he had nothing to worry about.
This lit a spark in Lucius.
"Don't underestimate me, you bastard!"
Giving in to his rage, his crystal magic cloaked his whole body before hardening making an armor out of crystal.
"Crystal magic: Ultimate defense..."
Lucius muttered softly with a grin on his face, his ultimate defense was one of his most powerful spells. Nothing to could penetrate him not even the flames of Nageyama.
"You are wasting your time."
Cedric spoke plainly.
"Don't be stupid, even you should be able to sense the vast difference in power now."
Lucius retaliated with words of his own still maintaining the grin written all over his face.
"Die, Crimson Heart!"
Lucius plunged forward towards Cedric, his hands that were covered by the crystal ultimate defense grew spikes on his fists as he went swiftly for a right hook towards the face of Cedric.
However the ultimate defense might have increased his durability but it also reduced his speed, Cedric crouched to his right knee barely dodging the punch.
"Yeah..."
He responded softly to Lucius statement earlier about the vast difference in power. Cedric's magic surrounded his right fist again as he punched the abdomen of Lucius.
"Hahahaha! it's point-"
The crystal that surrounded the abdomen of Lucius shattered as Cedric's fist made contact with his abdomen finally.
"Blegh!!"
Lucius ejected saliva from his mouth as the fist of Cedric blew him backwards falling to the ground. The rest of his ultimate defense was shattered and Cedric stood up to his feet standing over Lucius with an expressionless look on his face.
Lucius got to his knees slowly placing his right hand on the ground and his left hand on his abdomen. His eyes widened and twitched and his teeth grinned against each other as he groaned.
"H-how!?"
Cedric looked down at him for a moment before replying to his question.
"Your a crystal mage, and I'm an earth mage. Every element of the earth bends to my will, the rocks, granite, crystals and even diamonds. Like I told you from the beginning..."
Lucius lost his cool as he wasn't able to handle defeat.
"Screw you!"
He plunged forward towards Cedric as his crystal magic surrounded his fist which he aimed at Cedric's face. Cedric could only sigh in pity, after all this was just a bad match up.
"You've lost this fight."
With his left hand, he caught the fist of Lucius who looked on at him dumbfounded as his attack was stopped with minimum effort.
"Geokinesis: Terrafist..."
Cedric spoke softly combining two of his spells, Geokinesis which allowed him to manipulate the minerals and rocks of the earth and Terrafist which enabled him to encase his body with the rocks. Essentially he manipulated the crystal surrounding Lucius hand with Geokinesis.
Using Terrafist he encased his right hand with the manipulated crystal and aimed his fist towards the face of Lucius.
"It's over.."
He delivered a full power punch to the face of Lucius who was catapulted backwards rolling several times on the ground. Blood rolled down his mouth as he came to a stop losing consciousness.
Cedric looked at him for a moment before walking away as the crystal surrounding his right hand dissipated.