"All right! Because the wall has been damaged… I'll just replace it with a new one." The vice headmaster flew to the damaged titanium wall and placed it into a spatial storage like a storage bracelet. She then took out a new titanium wall, but this one looked vastly different.
"This one had five times the thickness of the titanium wall on the exam! I made this one specifically to withstand the strongest attacks from any strong fighters from any kingdom!" The vice headmaster loudly declared, and everyone was really amazed seeing the wall.
It is genuinely very thick. It might as well be thicker than the height. But, the one thing that everyone was curious about was who has the ability to completely destroy such a wall.
"Do you think the dark knight of Fiordall can destroy such a wall?" Lily turned and asked me, but I only shook my head.
"No… I don't think her firepower is any stronger than Nyssa's."
"R-Really!? Damn, Nyssa… you're really good." Lily turned and complemented Nyssa, and she just stared blankly at Lily.
"I know."
"Can't you at least say thank you for the compliment…?"
I ignored the two, because now the one I've been waiting for has stepped forward. Eric Axwell easily destroyed the wall at the exam with his supernatural lightning strike. But, it seems like he will be trying something new today.
Eric lifted both his hands and pointed them at the wall, and he created a massive ball of electricity. No one has ever seen a lightning origin being used like this, and it was vastly different from Nyssa's way of creating a wind spear using her wind origin. Eric's lightning sphere is different, because it has an outer layer of electricity that keeps vast amounts of lightning power within them.
This is the true definition of a complex technique. Nyssa's wind spear is indeed special, but that was only because of the amount of additions that she added to the technique, such as spinning it, making the tip sharp, and shooting it powerfully. Eric's technique is complex, because it has many layers to the steps of creating it.
"Oh, my… I wonder who taught you this?" Not far from us, the vice headmaster mumbled on her own.
Once Eric was done with the preparation, he fired the lightning sphere to the thick titanium wall. And right after Eric fires, multiple wind barriers were formed right in front of us, protecting us from the explosion.
BAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eric's lightning blast exploded powerfully, and it shattered the front side of the thick wall. The pieces of the titanium wall flew all over the place, creating a massive and deep crater at the very center of the wall.
From the crater, anyone can tell that the damage done to the crater may not be as deep as Nyssa's wind spear, but it was much larger in destructive size. The crater is literally three meters deep, and if it was fired at the previous wall, it will easily destroy that wall. Without a doubt, Eric's position as the top student of the first years, or even the whole academy, is understandable.
Everyone was quite speechless after seeing what just happened, and I can tell some of them are still shaking from the explosion. I turned to Eric and realized how he is staring at his hands, thinking that he has grown much stronger than before.
Even when he is at this level, he can still grow. Not everyday I find someone like you, Eric.
"Well… that was amazing, wasn't it!? Though, it looks like I will have to replace the wall again." The vice headmaster mumbled before flying over to the destroyed wall, and she removed the wall the same way she removed the first one. By placing it inside a spatial storage.
She then placed a different wall, but this time it looked much larger. The wall is twice as wide than before, but the thickness looked the same.
"I didn't want to take this wall out, but… considering who our final contestant is, I want to make sure it doesn't get destroyed!" The vice headmaster said while staring at me, and I only let out a sigh.
Well, time to prove you wrong.
The headmaster flew back to her original position, in front of the students. I stepped ahead and arrived at the shooting area, and I turned my smirk at her.
"Don't be disappointed with what you see." I said to her with the smirk, and she only looked so surprised.
"Oh? Is that a warning, I hear?"
… This woman is bad news to me. I must do whatever I can to not let her rile me up.
I lifted my right hand forward, and I focused to create a really strong fireball. A powerful fireball the size of a human head was formed after a while, a bit similar to what Reju made before this. The ball looked quite clean as well, not many flaming tongues came out of the fireball. A very neat-looking fireball.
Everyone was amazed by how cool my fireball looked, and I fired the fireball powerfully.
BOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!!!
The fireball exploded massively, but it wasn't as extravagant as Eric's lightning ball just now. Smoke was found covering the titanium wall, but the vice headmaster used her wind origin to clear the smoke away.
Now, it reveals a similar looking crater to what Reju made. A crater that's as tall as an adult man, with a depth of only about thirty centimeters at the center. Seeing such a result, everyone was amazed. Lily clapped her hands from being proud, and Jonah folded his arms.
But, one person in particular is very different.
"Hmm…? So, this is how you're going to play it?" The vice headmaster said to me while studying the titanium wall, and I turned my gaze back to her.
"Like I said… there's a mistake in--"
"It looks like I've misjudged you, Nathan. You're nothing like your mother."
I opened my eyes wide from her words, but it seems like she was not done.
"If this is all that you can do… I am thoroughly disappointed. You're born from two very powerful bloodlines, and you have all the motivation to utilize the talent that you have. If this is all that you're going to show me, then I have to say. You are very boring." The vice headmaster once again spoke with her real voice. The voice of an annoyed forty years old woman who isn't satisfied by what she just saw.
"I'm sorry if your expectations of me were too high. That's your fault." I said to her openly, but she immediately laughed loudly. But unlike before, her laugh just now is very… different.
It's a villain's laugh.
"So this is all you are, huh!? Nathan Fiore!? Oh, how disappointed your mother is going to be!!" The vice headmaster suddenly yelled, and I couldn't help but turn really annoyed.
"Stop mentioning my mother--"
"OR WHAT!? She's dead, isn't she!? What is she going to do, walk out of the grave and kill me??
Oh, she doesn't have a grave, huh!? I guess her body got OBLITERATED!?!?"
…
Stop.
"Honestly, it's very-very disappointing!! To think a small baby who lost all of his family would do their very best to avenge his people!! To think I placed so much expectations on you, how sad!!
Wheee~~!! Wheee~~!!! Did you cry like that when you saw your people burn!? Did you!!?? I bet it was very sad, huh!!?"
The vice headmaster kept on going, non stop, full throttle… and not a single person dared to say a word regarding this. She is purposefully riling me up, and I know that she is doing so to draw out my true self.
But. I must keep myself intact. I can't lose to her provocation.
Meanwhile at the spectator's area, a certain individual unsheathed his blazing sword. Rejulus stepped forward with rage written all over his face, and everyone knew he came to defend me.
"Take back everything you said… or Fiordall will march here with our full army!!" Reju angrily said out of pure rage, and everyone knew that he was very serious.
However, contrary to what everyone expected, the vice headmaster didn't even bat an eye. Instead, she just whipped her hand to the side, and Reju's body was thrown to the walls almost instantly.
"GHAHK!!!---"
"Prince Rejulus!!" Lily shouted seeing Rejulus coughing blood, and the princess quickly stepped forward to the vice headmaster. "Vice headmaster! Please, that's too far!"
Once again, the vice headmaster ignored any other voices. Her eyes are locked only to me, and she knows that her words are already working.
The ground next to my feet suddenly turned wet from water dropping, and she followed the source to find tears falling heavily from my face. My fist is hurting so bad that I wanted to just burn my hand away. But, I kept it all in me so that the vice headmaster didn't get what she wanted.
However, it seems like she is much crueler than any of us expected.
"I knew it... Your mother was truly a nobody. To think she gave birth to a useless child like you, what a shame. Living at the royal castle at Fiordall must be really nice, huh? Because then you won't have to pay for food.
Utterly embarrassing! Nathan Sicylla Fiore!! Your family and people are crying from hell, begging you to take revenge!!! And this is how you act!!??"
Sicylla… is my mother's last name.
She is… the greatest person on the planet.
And yet,
"LOOKS LIKE YOUR PARENTS ARE REALLY NOTHING AFTER ALL!!!!!"
VWOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In an instant, a massive fireball covering almost half of the building was created. Seeing the sudden resurgence of the sun being made before us, everyone from the spectators area hurriedly casted a protective measure in front of them.
The vice headmaster, on the other hand, placed down a large shield she took out from her bracelet, and she stabbed the ground with the shield. Very quickly, a massive blue barrier was created in front of the students, protecting them from what is coming.
On the other side, the fireball has finally reached the titanium wall.
BAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......
The powerful explosion shook the entire Ellen city, shooting out a massive blast of black smoke out into the skies. Sensing such a powerful explosion happened in the academy, every citizen of Ellen stepped out of their buildings and stared into the distance, where a black smoke can be seen rising to the skies. Everyone watched with worry and confusion, wondering what had happened.
At the explosion site itself, the smoke took a very long time to clear out. Vice headmaster Hilda lifted the shield from the ground, removing the large blue barrier that protected her and the students of class A. Noticing the amount of sunlight that has pierced the ceilings, it's clear to everyone what truly happened.
Standing right where the smoke started to fade was me, right where I shot the massive fireball. My clothes looked burned and messy, and all the hair on my head was spiked upwards. Not just that, some parts of my black hair was found to be red on the front part. But, that red part quickly disappeared the moment I turned my gaze to the shocked vice headmaster.
"This is what you wanted… right?" I asked with my sorrow voice, and tears could still be found falling from my face.
So far, everything she said has been true. My village people… my family, they were all murdered cold heartedly.
And all that I've been doing until now… have been about having fun.
Just what… have I been doing?
Right behind me, half of the building was completely destroyed. The roofs and the walls at the direction of where the fireball was aimed are no more, removing the entire half of the training hall building. The ground looked melted into lava, and there were even blast remains at the building that is right behind the training hall.
The destruction was truly uncanny, but the object that everyone was more curious about was actually still there in the center.
The titanium wall… only a small portion of it at the bottom was left.
Seeing such massive destruction, the vice headmaster only smiled softly at me. Her hands were lifted, and she clapped them alongside the extremely glad expression worn on her face.
"You are really… just like your mother when she is angry."