Changes occurred again in the duel arena. The Temple of Inferno, which had previously stood tall despite being hit by rain and storms, had collapsed on its own.
But the enemy did not become weaker, on the contrary, the fire from the Temple of Inferno moved quickly to burn Teradein's body. Not just burning him to ashes, but making him transform into another figure that was not human.
Teradein's brown skin turns bright red. A pair of upward-curving horns appeared on the front of his head. His pupils turned red and sharpened, and his mouth was seen smiling widely, showing rows of sharp fangs.
"Hmm, the air of life. How long has it been since I felt it?"
Teradein's figure, which had now turned into a demon, began to observe the area around him. His smile disappeared when he realized that he was currently in some kind of duel arena and was being watched by many humans.
"I just got up from a long slumber and was immediately watched by a bunch of lowly beings, the humans? How unpleasant."
I, Lichtalia, and everyone in the arena, including Desmond, looked at Teradein, who no longer seemed to be Teradein.
Merlin, who was the supervisor and judge of this duel, also stared at Teradein with a cold gaze.
In the VIP seats filled with elites, Fang adjusted his glasses and commented, "Possession, a spell that allows the user to gain great power but on the condition that they are controlled by the being they summon. Although it has an incredibly powerful effect and can turn things around, this spell has one fatal weakness. If the being summoned by the user to possess their body is very strong and can neutralize the agreement embedded in the spell, they can steal the user's original body and the spell user can do nothing but see through the remaining soul inside the body. The soul can even disappear over time."
Reinhardt looked at Teradein with a sneer and commented, "Using such spell to regain his stolen elite seat, how foolish. The risk and reward are simply not worth it."
Vivianne, who was observing the duel arena, chimed in, "If I'm not mistaken, Principal Merlin has forbidden the students from learning that spell because it is considered forbidden spell, right? Teradein is very brave and foolish to demonstrate that spell directly in front of Principal Merlin."
Rilyco just laughed seeing the situation in the duel arena which was getting more chaotic and unpredictable.
I could feel it. Maybe because I had to train against my teacher in extreme situations every day, I was able to feel the danger emitted by the transformed Teradein. I even had to admit that Teradein was far more dangerous than the zombie I was currently fighting.
My instincts told me there was no time to hold back.
"Let my mana become my armor – Coating!"
I chanted the coating spell and the mana throughout my body began to coat my entire body like a thin membrane.
Sheathing my sword back, I said to Desmond, "Enough playing around. I'll destroy your zombie in seconds."
Desmond narrowed his eyes when he heard my words. At the same time, I began to awaken the electric element in my body. Sparks of electricity were seen coming out several times from between my fingers, and before giving Desmond and his zombie a chance to respond, I disappeared and reappeared in front of the zombie.
When the zombie saw my appearance, it was too late. My lightning fist had already reached its head. Even though it was protected by armor, nothing could withstand the destructive power of my attack.
"Lightning Plasma!"
A loud explosion rocked the arena, and the head of the knight I was fighting was blown to pieces along with his upper body, which was hit by my punch.
This time it was Teradein's turn to turn his attention to me, even if only briefly. Desmond also seemed surprised because the power I had just shown was not in the data he had collected before.
"You, how could you cast such a spell? Leaving aside the completely silent incantation, you shouldn't have enough mana to cast such a powerful elemental spell!"
I could see the zombie's shattered body slowly recovering by absorbing the user's mana, although it was very slow, probably due to the huge impact of the attack.
After the fight between me and Desmond had been going on for some time, now I understand the plan and the reason why he didn't attack me while I was busy dealing with his zombie. The last piece of the puzzle is on his zombie who is currently recovering very slowly.
Starting from the appearance of the Temple of Inferno, with the help of Teradein, Desmond created an impenetrable shield that prevented me from attacking him directly. Desmond also summoned a zombie knight figure who had very great combat power. I'm sure Desmond intended to torture me and watch everything that happened while waiting for my face to be filled with despair.
Maybe because of the information about me who had little mana and couldn't fight for a long time, Desmond devised a strategy to make sure I fell into the abyss of misery.
Imagine, if I don't have the ability to match his zombie, then I will be under pressure especially when Teradein keeps Lichtalia busy with his spells. Besides, if I can defeat his zombie, Desmond is sure it will be very difficult and require a lot of mana and energy. When my mana runs out and sees his zombie rising again as usual, he will see me writhing in anger and helplessness. I have to admit, Desmond is a sadistic and cunning figure. Unfortunately, he has miscalculated everything.
Appearing behind Desmond's body, I whispered a sentence before hitting him hard until he lost consciousness.
"Don't make excuses if I don't give you a chance to summon something from your spells in our duel, Loser."
I can only apologize to Lichtalia for not being able to keep my promise to let her face Desmond in one-on-one duel. What happened in the duel arena was beyond anyone's expectations especially with Teradein transforming into a demon. There was no time to be selfish in a time like this.
While the audience was shocked by Desmond's sudden defeat. I had already focused my gaze on where Lichtalia and Teradein were fighting fiercely. It seemed like they had started fighting again a few minutes ago, and I could see how fierce Teradein was, who had transformed into a demon.