"Ehm excuse me Enyo"

"Look who is it! Did I win over your heart after I showed you my power? Are you into strong ladies by any chance?" Enyo said as she got close to Icarus, she was holding a bottle of wine

That's right not a glass THE WHOLE BOTTLE

"N-Not really I wanted..."

Icarus was misunderstood once again by the drunk

"I get don't worry, you expected to bless me with some romantic poetry first but today is your lucky day! We can go to my room without saying a word" Enyo said as she closed Icarus's mouth with her hand

Icarus pulled back and with confidence asked

"So you know my grandpa right?"

"AHA, you wanted to talk about that? Yeah I do know him, I worked with him for a long time, he was an old guy who would slice everything like sheesh and shoosh" Enyo replied as she giggled

"Do you know where can I find him?" Icarus asked with an annoyed look

"Nah

"What do you mean nah? You worked with him for years! Shouldn't you be aware of his whereabouts?"

"Nah why would I care about him and his mirror-like sword? He was a virgin even though he had a family" Enyo said

Her virginity was eating her from the inside

"This is a serious matter! He isn't even aware of my existence! Or at least he likes to pretend he isn't! I'm planning on finding him and challenging him"

Enyo instantly got sober while bursting out laughing, this strong laughter of hers destroyed the effect of alcohol

"You? Beating Rigel? You are delusional!"

"What was that?" Icarus said as he grabbed Enyo by her clothes

"You almost fainted after being exposed to my aura! So what makes you think you can even stand up to him? He is the current fifth strongest in the world!"

"Fifth? I thought he was the weakest of the card possessors?"

"I guess that's what the world thinks huh? But in reality, the rankings are entirely different in the first and second place you can put the Grand king and the Grand Jack in whatever order you want, and in third place is the queen followed by the ACE and then your grandpa and the rest is about the same power level!" Enyo explained

Icarus slightly chuckled

"I guess my grandpa is stronger than I thought!"

"That's right even though he is fifth it doesn't change the fact that he is strong, he is competing against people with godlike abilities by using nothing but mana and his sword, that feat is impressive enough to consider him a legend, he may even name a star who knows?"

…

"What would you even name the stars?"

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"Come on don't joke around! Father is about to steal our opportunity we have to come up with a name and then a good training section to surpass him!"

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"I'm eager to surpass him so he can die in peace, that's why I want to surpass him that much! He is the only reason the world hasn't gone into complete chaos, what will happen if he suddenly disappears? We need to be the reason this world remains peaceful and in order for that to happen we need a new dream..."

…

"Hey don't nap while I get warmed up!" Lola whined as she got ready to attack Teras

"My fault I will go easy on you because I had a good dream" Teras said as he yawned

"Were you dreaming about me? Probably yes!" Lola said with a bratty attitude

"Of course not! Who would dream about a brat like you? Plus you are a virgin and don't know shit about kissing and you probably have never even held hands with a boy, you are like the ultimate virgin"

The atmosphere became a bit colder when Teras said that to Lola

"I WILL VAPORIZE YOU!!!"

Lola yelled in embarrassment while charging at Teras

'Alright now I know that she isn't holding back' Teras thought as he looked in

Lola launched all of her attacks at Teras, both lighting, water, and wind attacks were launched with better accuracy and with greater power than ever

But in a matter of seconds, Teras redirected most of the attacks and closed the distance between him and Lola

Seeing Teras in her face Lola used her electrical power to create a field of electricity pushing Teras back. She then tried to hit Teras with an air slash but Teras dodged it by rotating his whole body to the right and then enhanced his legs with mana before launching himself at Lola

He hit her with his knee and knocked her back ending the fight

"Why? Why am I so weak?" Lola said as she punched the ground

"Weak? What makes you say that?" Teras asked

"I trained so hard by myself to land a single blow on you but failed and I then proceeded to lose in one hit from you! Why am I so useless? I'm royalty damn it!" Lola continued

"You are about the level my party was before dying, so I have to say you are on a low-silver level, it is quite impressive feat to reach this level in a couple of hours after being worse than a kid" Teras said as he sat down

"Do you mean that?" Lola said as her eyes lit up

"Of course I mean that, why would I lie? You surely improve fast but of course not as fast as me! If you continue like this you will be able to beat up every royalty brat! I guess students truly resemble their teachers" Teras said quoting her teacher

Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.

The wacky mood of Teras changed when he saw Lola tearing up

"I'm so glad!"

At that moment Teras felt a bit happy for himself, For two years he hadn't done anything to get closer to his goal which annoyed him but seeing the gratitude in someone's assured him that he was walking in the right path even if it was slow

"We are done for today if you want you can train your mobility a bit more, and you can also train on your defense, you know how to use mana shields so use them when they are needed" Teras said as he left Lola behind to train

A couple of hours later

Everything for the one-on-one fights with the Jack of Hearts was ready, the only thing remaining was for the participants to start getting ready to fight

Many tried to fight the Jack of Hearts and all of them failed to make an impression, most of them were overwhelmed by Jack's mana pool and his power of telekinesis, his height of two meters and more was also a thing that scared most but not Icarus who he fought with great ease the Jack but he too seemed to be afraid and lack the confidence to go all out

"I guess they need someone to teach them how to take down a fraud" Teras said to Enyo before getting ready to engage in combat with the Jack

"You feel it too right?" Enyo asked Teras as she smiled

"What? The fact that he just swings around that bat without thinking? It's obvious but most will assume he does that because he has nothing to fear but in reality, he is just dull"

After exchanging some comments about the Jack Teras slowly entered the arena by jumping in it from the stands

"What a great vibe this is!" Teras said with a smile while looking around the arena from the inside

He was quite entertained by the sight of so many people

"Hey brat I was your pray remember? Can you back up what you said back there now?" Balor said as he pointed his massive bat at Teras

"Hmm? Yeah that's the plan but I'm just observing the arena for now, you know I can't really do any cool trick without any trees around, you see for two years I fought in a forest" Teras said with disappointment in his voice

"Tricks? Tricks won't help you win the fight kid, power will"

"Who said I only had tricks? I ain't a jester you know"

'Interesting! I really wanted to see Teras fight against Balor as soon as my fight with Teras ended, I can't wait to see how it will turn out' The king thought as he watched from a high place with the queen and Princess Lola

"Give it your best! We have to give them a top-tier show" Teras said as he did small shuffle jumps left and right

"Give me a break kid, if I gave my all you would probably..."

BANG

'What the hell was that? I didn't even see it coming... Was it a fire attack?' Balor wondered as he whipped the smoke away from his face

Without a warning Teras charged at the Jack with great speed, Balor was caught off guard by Teras's fighting style so he quickly waved his bat at Teras attempting to crush him but Teras dodged the bat at the last second

"I was right!" Teras said as he started to laugh

"What's so funny kid. mind sharing?" Balor asked with an angry tone

"You are scared, aren't you? I saw it in your eyes you can't deny it" Teras told Balor with a grin while staring into his eyes

'What the hell is wrong with this kid' Balor thought before taking the initiative this time

Balor waved his bat around destroying the ground around him but him missing wasn't an accident, by destroying the ground Balor created many big rocks that he used as shields with his telekinesis power

'It looks like he isn't a complete moron, let's see what he will do with these...' Teras thought holding his distance

Balor then placed a big rock in a favorable position and then stuck the rock breaking it into many pieces, all of the pieces were directed at Teras like bullets but Teras wasn't anxious

He simply raised his hand and created a shield in front of his body, blocking every rock that would have hit him otherwise

"Come on now Balor, people are watching! Are we going to play with rocks or fight?" Teras asked mockingly

The attempt to taunt Balor worked because Balor charged at Teras with the rocks floating around him like satellites

Teras also charged at Balor and this time he took his two weapons out of their case

Balor tried to once again hit Teras but missed, Teras was too fast for him

Teras then jumped at one of Balor's floating rocks and hit him in the head with an air bullet, dazing him for a bit, and then proceeded to slash his chest before backing down once again

But this time Balor didn't let him flee like that, he chased Teras and tried to hit him again and again but Teras continued to dodge, his smaller and more agile body gave him the advantage he needed to survive this fight

After a couple of attacks Balor stopped, he was surrounded by a wall of floating rocks and also exhausted from the multiple attacks

'If I get hit by his bat once I will be in danger because he actually doesn't hold back, I can tell he uses his 100% because if he didn't I would never feel threatened by someone like him' Teras thought as he also tried to catch his breath

"What are you doing Teras? Fight the man don't tell me our fight was simply a coincidence" The king yelled from his high platform

Teras lost track of the fight and that was enough for Balor to take action, with his telekinesis he launched a rock with incredible speed, Teras barely managed to punch the rock breaking it

Suddenly he was hit by the bat, Balor used the rock to blind Teras and then took his chance to finally land a blow

Teras was crushed at the edge of the arena and blood was running down his face, he had an injury on his head

"That's it fuck the show" Teras said as he used his mana overflow

"Overflow? Did I go too far? I thought he was actually strong?" Balor thought out loud

Suddenly Luck was lost from his vision

'Where the hell is he?' Balor wondered as he looked around

While looking around his eyes caught Teras for a brief moment, they saw him stand sideways on a rock that was floating ready to attack

Balor wasn't able to react, he was hit by Teras's attack, and the attack happened to be a mana overcharge which launched him similarly on the other side of the arena

"What happened?" Icarus said as he saw what Teras did

"Surprised huh kid? Most wouldn't think that Teras is all that because he doesn't possess the power of the cards but in reality, Teras has a greater weapon than what cards could provide, Teras has a near-perfect mana mastery"

Enyo spoke of Teras's power like a proud teacher

"He isn't one bit afraid is he?" Icarus asked confused

He couldn't tell why Teras smiled while fighting the Jack of Hearts

"Are all Ruw stupid or is it just you and your grandpa? Of course, he is scared but he is Teras, ever since I met him everything he has done he has done it with fear in his eyes but didn't back down once because that's just who he is, Teras isn't just some overconfident kid you see in your everyday life"

"What's up, Jack? Can't do jack shit now?" Teras asked with a smile

"Getting cocky I see, let me wipe this ugly smile off your face!" Balor said as he launched himself at Teras

He used his technique of telekinesis on Teras, Balor's technique was something like a pressure attack, by using his telekinesis like a ball of power he is able to squeeze on his opponent's limbs weakening slowly and then break their bones with his bat, a truly barbaric and giant-like tactic of fighting

Balor then waved his bat at Teras but the result amazed him, Teras used a mana shield to make the slippery texture of his bat slide to the side and Teras proceeded to jump and grab his face

'My mana is getting sucked...' Balor thought as he tried to get the bat unstuck from the ground with one of his hands and tried to pull Teras away from his face with his other

But Teras was like a leech sucking the life out of Balor

As soon as he got unstuck Teras used the stolen mana to release a powerful explosion right at Balor's face

Teras then quickly ran behind Balor and started sucking his mana once again, unable to do something else Balor tried to crush Teras by jumping and landing on his back but Teras quickly crawled onto Balor's chest and continued to steal his mana

"Now you lost" Balor said as he hugged Teras

He then started applying as much force as he could, Teras's bones started making weird sounds while Balor was holding him

Being in this bad state Teras used most of his mana on defense but focused a bit of mana on his finger for attack which he used to pierce Balor's skin and suck his man from the inside

'Why aren't his bones snapping?' Balor thought as he saw Teras covered in a black aura

With the use of reverse mana flow Teras was able to enforce his defense and in the position that he was where his entire body was touching Balor the effect of the reverse mana flow was at maximum effect because reverse mana flow isn't used to just suck mana out of the environment, but also from people

Teras had studied the human body closely so he was aware of all the places mana vessels exist so he aimed to reach his fingers as close as he could to those vessels so he could access more mana to steal and use as defense

It was a perfect scenario for both parties but due to chance Teras's scenario was better by a landslide

'If we continue like that he will win' Balor thought as his mana started to decrease rapidly but Balor didn't want to let go of this opportunity to crush Teras

He was unaware of who was the victor

And that would cost him more than he thought...

"Dad?" Lola asked

"What's wrong? Do you not like the violence?" The king asked

"No is not that, why is there a crimson butterfly here?"