Is this really a Game?!

A powerful sword light was suddenly let out from Reign's sword, Lico immediately put his sword above him as it shined with a dark blue color. As the sword light collided with Lico's sword it managed to push the man down to one knee as the power behind the attack was incredible. Besides that, however, the attack managed to do pretty much nothing else as Lico was still unharmed.

Without waiting for his opponent to get back up Reign puts his katana in its sheath while falling down from the air, even though the lack of firm footing would make the next skill weaker it would allow him to continue attacking Lico. Reign pulls out his katana and sends the second sword of the Severing style toward Lico who actually had his sword at his waist now. Lico quickly brings his sword up and sends a bright green sword-light toward Reign and the two attacks clash mid-air.

The powerful clash creates a strong shockwave as another powerful gale hits the spectators, even though the whole field was surrounded by a powerful array that would block any attack that might be sent their way, something like sound and wind of this level wasn't considered a threat toward anybody and it could pass through the protective array.

The two fought fiercely as skill after the skill was suddenly being sent toward the other, Lico was well proficient with not only the sword but he also had a high level in his ability and could use it to its fullest capabilities, unfortunately even after a long time he simply hasn't been able to improve its rank and the ability was still stuck on rank A.

Shockwave after shockwave was produced as the two fought without pulling any punches, for now, the two were equally matched as none had truly gone all out. Reign wasn't planning on using his black and white lightning here as he still wished to preserve some of his trump cards and the same could be said for Lico who didn't want to show everything he had right here. This was simply a sparring session and there was no need to go all out for something like this.

After using multiple skills Reign and Lico both suddenly appeared in the air, 5 lightning spears floated above Reign while Lico had 20 wind blades around him, the two launched their long-range skills at one another, even though Lico had more blades they were individually weaker compared to the spears and 4 were needed to stop one of the spears, in the end, the clash was yet another draw.

As Reign was falling down however he was shocked to see that Lico was still in the air, the man had actually floated closer to Reign and was aiming down at him with his sword. Lico held his sword with both hands and pulled it back as an incredible amount of mana was poured into it, the sword was suddenly covered by a small tornado before Lico thrust it towards Reign.

[ Tornado Lance ]

Reign didn't have enough time to respond to the attack and the only thing he could do was simply cross his swords in front of him, he poured a large amount of mana into the swords as lightning flickered around them. Lico's attack appeared in front of him in an instant, the powerful cutting power of the wind could be felt even before the attack clashed against Reign, the skill wasn't a simple one as it actually had two different attacks merged into one.

The powerful lance would first penetrate through the enemy before the tornado would cover the body and cut it apart with the powerful wind. It was similar to the tornado that Beast could summon, only that this one didn't take a long time to prepare and was simply an aftereffect of the powerful skill.

Bang!

Reign was immediately blasted down to the ground that cracked under the powerful force behind the lance. A tornado was formed immediately after and it was only after about a minute that it disappeared. Reign was nowhere to be seen, instead, there was a hole present in the field, suddenly lightning appeared from the hole and Reign quickly jumped up from it. Thanks to him being deep in the ground the tornado didn't do any damage to him, his clothes and hair however were dirty and disheveled from the previous attack.

Lico was still floating in the air above Reign, the high proficiency of his wind ability allowed him to float for a period of time, and during that time he was almost impossible to defeat as he could easily bombard enemies from above while easily dodging any attacks that were thrown his way.

Lico prepared another attack but widened his eyes in shock as Reign disappeared from the spot, he quickly turned around and blocked an attack from behind him. Reign was smiling at him from above as multiple magic missiles were thrown at Lico while Reign was falling down on him. Even though Lico was fast, after Reign had used his lightning charge he was able to move incredibly fast, barely anyone below the first evolution could even respond to his max speed in time.

As he fell down on Lico who was occupied with blocking the missiles he brought his two swords in front of him as the phantom of a Kirin appeared around him, the incredible sight was witnessed by all and in the next second, he had clashed against Lico who had coated his sword with wind and had sent a huge blade of wind at Reign.

The wind blade was useless however as the Kirin's horns easily pierced through it, the next moment it clashed with Lico's sword and sent him flying down to the ground. In a similar fashion Lico fell down and created a deep hole in the field, he quickly jumped out of it just to be met with another attack.

Reign had once again used the [ Severing Sword Two ], but unlike before he was now on the ground, and thanks to the footing he had he was able to bring out the maximum power he currently had with the skill. A sword light that was as thick as a person's arm suddenly appeared and clashed against Lico who was once again blown away, he wasn't able to even touch the ground before the attack had hit him and couldn't block it properly.

As he lands down he stares at Reign, there was no anger or hatred in his eyes however, both of them had managed to bring out the fullest from each other and their competitiveness had been brought up. Both of them were incredibly excited and were slowly releasing even more mana than before, the air grew heavier and heavier and some of the nobles couldn't even breathe properly as they were simply too weak.

The two disappear before once again appearing in the middle of the field, their swords were swung but before they could collide however two powerful figures appeared in front of the two and grabbed their hands, stopping the fight.

"I honestly don't mind you guys continuing this, but I think it might be a tad too much for our guests." The king looks at Reign with a warm smile before glancing at the balcony that was filled with people. Reign quickly spotted a couple of people that had pale faces and some others that were drenched in sweat, he understood that if he and Lico had continued with their fight the sheer pressure from their mana would have probably forced some of the nobles to faint.

"You have once again managed to improve your sword skills, my old friend." Lios smiled at Lico who quickly shook his head.

"Barely, it's becoming harder and harder for me to improve by myself, only a fight such as this one that can push me to my limits can help me improve, of course, I believe that I will have more opportunities to fight against powerful people in the battlefield as well, I'm a bit excited, to be honest, Lios." Lico smiles savagely at the end of his sentence, he had been stuck at rank S of his sword proficiency for some time now and he was barely able to improve it, even his ability had stayed the same rank for a long time as the kingdom had been in a peaceful period for a long time before the coalition decided to wage war against it.

For some people the war was devastating and they couldn't wait for it to finish, for other people, like Lico, for example, the war was a great way to improve their skills and become even stronger than before.

The sparring session had finished and all of the guests released a sigh of relief, they had enjoyed the fight in the beginning, but as more time passed the more pressure was put on them from the powerful mana the two had released, some were certain that they were going to faint at any moment and they knew that many would talk about it in the future as it was simply too shameful for a noble to faint simply because two people had released their mana while fighting.

The king and Lios had stopped the fight exactly for that reason as they didn't want anyone holding a grudge against Lico or Reign after this. The powerful individuals that were spectating the fight had different thoughts however, even though everybody knew that neither Lico nor Reign had gone all out during this fight, this was still enough to get a general idea of how powerful Reign was.

The consensus was the same for all, below the first evolution he was definitely at the very top when it came to combatants, Lico was considered to be one of the two strongest people below the first evolution in the kingdom, and now they had gained a third person with such strength.