Every time Yael dived down to deliver a blow, Arwel would try her best to defend with all the mana she had left, but this couldn't be sustained anymore, she had to think and she had to think quickly.
She couldn't go on the offensive because Yael was simply too fast to be targeted, binding spells or spells that could reduce her speed didn't simply have an effect on a being like that, even if you chain her down it takes one second for her to break it and fly again and that's a very big If, because she would never let you get that close in the first place.
I found it, I just have to bait her in, she is too prideful, and I have to bet all my cards on that, Arwel had a plan, suddenly she lifted her middle finger towards Yael who was flying proudly in the sky above her and shouted: "I'm getting bored here, where is all the power you were talking about you stupid bitch? Come and get me if you can, you are full of empty threats "
As soon as those words reached Yael's ears, she completely lost her composure, truth be told she was looking for a way to end this too, for the leader of apostles to be locked in a battle with her subordinate for this long was an embarrassment or at least Yael seemed to believe so, so she dived down this time with the determination to cut that blabbering Elve into mincemeat.
Woooosh
The speed which Yael dived down with, in modern terms, could only be described as supersonic, the moment she flapped her giant wings the sound barrier broke, and all the attendees especially the maids grabbed their ears, luckily due to Scarlett's barrier nobody became deaf but some of them were bleeding from their ears.
Scarlet wanted to stop the match but it was already too late, although this was not even remotely near the maximum speed Yael could reach but this was still too destructive for a friendly contest.
Arwel expected this so she deactivated all of her barriers, and braced for impact.
Yael who saw this was confused but she didn't hesitate and swang her sword at the defenseless Elve, Her sword traveled through Arwel's body and cut her in half but there was no sign of blood, A clone Yael mumbled, when she raised her head she was surrounded by hundreds of Arwel's clones.
OMNI DIRECTIONAL NOVA SUPER CANNON, Arwel's clones shouted in unison,
Suddenly beams of pure energy burst forth from each and every direction and raced towards Yael.
As soon as the beams were about to reach Yael a blinding light blasted them all away and swallowed the arena itself.
Nobody could see inside the barrier but everybody knew what had happened, Yael had won the fight.
When finally the beam of light disappeared everybody could see a battered and bruised Arwel leaning her back on Scarlett's barrier, spitting out blood, and the seemingly unaffected Yael in the middle of the ring looking at her, this was out of her calculations.
Yael started walking towards the defeated Arwel, sword in hand, everybody gasped, suddenly Scarlet teleported in front of her, "This is enough you have won the fight, you don't have to kill her" Scarlet begged.
But Yael simply pushed her aside and replied in a cold tone: 'Don't block my way Scarlet this is an order'.
Arwel could see Yael closing the distance between them she wanted to get up and conjure a spell but she couldn't, all of her muscles iched in pain and her internal injuries were severe, her plan was flawless but she didn't expect Yael to go as far as using her final form.
At that moment a shadow was cast on top of her it was Yael who had her sword raised, I guess this was it, too much for a friendly battle, I guess I went too far this time goodbye Lord Neoh I love you, this was her last words and she was ready to die in the hand of her ally.
Then the sword of pure light came down, but it didn't touch her, it was instead half buried in the ground and Yael was kneeling in front of her with her head down, then Yael declared with a sorrowful voice: It is my loss, I lost my control and used too much power, I'm a disgrace to Evernight castle I hope you forgive me.
Her honor As a warrior was bruised, not only she was outplayed but the fact that she couldn't accept her defeat like a warrior should, dawned on her, a single droplet of tear fell to the ground from the beautiful silver eyes of an angel.
Then she cast a spell and healed arwels injuries while her head was still hanging low.
Arwel suddenly felt better as if she had never been hit in the first place, she stood up and extended her hand towards Yael, "Get up commander, you are the winner, thank you for sparring with me but I'm simply weaker than you"
'Don't shame me further Arwel, what I did was irresponsible '
"Cmon, Yael it's a battle anything goes, you must know as much as I love Lord neoh I love you too, so it's hard for me to see you this sad "
Then she grabbed her shoulder and forcefully helped her to her feet, and then she gave Yael a big hug.
Yael who hadn't ever been hugged before blushed but then she hugged her back and started crying.
'What a fucking shit show a true warrior finishes off their enemy, I never show mercy' Eblis mumbled under his breath
"But she is not her enemy, Eblis" Ulfred stated in his usual Thick and sleepy voice.
"Despite lacking a functioning brain Ulfred,you sometimes make the most sense, we all belong to one army, so we should consider each other comrades" Kelvin snarled
With that, the battle of two apostles came to an end.
___________________
"Did I pass ?"
This was the question that the boy in front of him had asked moments ago, but it hadn't registered yet inside Alton's brain.
He had his mouth open and his eyes were locked on the bruised Ivor laying down on the ground.
"Guild leader, are you okay?" Neoh asked with a concerned voice, Was the battle too exciting?, did I cause an old man to have a heart attack? Neoh thought but after checking his vital information he showed no signs of a heart attack, so Neoh simply took him by the shoulders and shook him.
"SNAP OUT OF IT GUILD MASTER, I DON'T HAVE ALL DAY I'M ALREADY LATE JUST TELL ME IF I PASSED"
Alton who finally came back to his senses looked at the boy with a terrifying gaze and then shouted
'YOU MONSTER, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? OF COURSE YOU ARE PASSED YOU JUST BEAT DOWN AN S-RANK ADVENTURER '
Neoh finally understood why the old man was so stunned, he had made another miscalculation, but he had no choice but to go with it, so he smiled again and asked :
"So what rank do I get now ?"
Alton who couldn't believe what the fuck he was hearing gave up, and took a golden amulet out of his robe and extended it towards Neoh, 'this is an A-rank magical amulet take it to Ria so she can engrave your name on it and get out of my sight'
"Why don't you give me an S-rank one ?"
'I can't, otherwise, I would give you one, for you to become an S rank adventurer you have to either subjugate a bandit group or conquer a dungeon '
"Hmmm, I guess this is good enough see you later "
After neoh left the arena towards the lobby, Alton let out a deep sigh and shouted 'Just who the fuck is that boy? , what have I gotten myself into?'
He was sounding a little like a certain lithunenet right about now.
With his name engraved on the amulet neoh was told to inject some mana into it and that would complete the process.
After everything was done he said his goodbyes to Ria and left the adventurers guild, it was getting dark outside,so he couldn't go sightseeing inside the city anymore, cities like this have a strict rule which states no one can walk around at night without a torch, this was put into effect to reduce the robberies across the city, he wanted to find an inn to sleep at, but he didn't want the incident at the village happen in this city, so he chose the next best thing and decided to take William's offer and spend the night at the barracks.
Although beings like Neoh don't need to sleep, he still needed somewhere to spend the night at, also he could show off his new amulet to the soldiers living there. With that he decided on his destination.