When Aubrey and Victor temporarily ceased their attack, a brief silence fell over the blurred and fragmented battlefield.

The air rift that Aubrey had shattered with his punch earlier was closing again at an extremely slow pace between the two.

The thin crack that Victor had created still hung in mid-air, showing no sign of closing.

The soil beneath their feet was torn into a broken, curved shape by the intertwined, chaotic forces.

These dark brown cracks in the soil were filled with scorching flames, like restless fire serpents struggling to escape from beneath the earth.

Not only the two warriors, but also the countless spectators watching the battle from the sky fell silent.

The moment when Victor and Aubrey clashed kept replaying in their minds, witnessing the fierce collision between the two.

Everyone clearly remembers the terrifying power of the punch Aubrey threw back then.

The force of the punch alone was enough to pierce through space, shattering everything in the surrounding formless realm.

Their ferocious forms suddenly appeared in the deep void from all sides, but were quickly engulfed by the blazing flames brought about by a punch.

Under that force, even Aubrey himself was unaware of it.

A gust of wind whipped up above them, impacting the countless spectators high in the air.

The shockwave hit everyone's face hard, and even those suspended in mid-air swayed violently.

To be honest, Aubrey's punch, from the moment he raised his hand to the moment it was thrown, only took a few moments.

For humans, the only way to evade attacks at this speed is through anticipation.

You need to anticipate the enemy's attack movements and react before the attack is launched.

And respond at the same time as the attack is launched, in order to perfectly counteract it.

But based on this alone, it's almost impossible to achieve.

To achieve this level of expertise, one must have an extremely deep understanding of the enemy.

Only then can one anticipate the opponent's actions before they launch an attack.

But Victor did not only do it, he even swung the slender, curved, cold blade in the gaps between his dodges.

A gruesome, deep crack was left in front of Aubrey.

Even Aubrey himself couldn't react in time to this attack, and he took the full force of it.

Therefore, Aubrey was equally surprised when facing Victor, looking down at the deep crack in his body.

Indeed, the instant Viktor dodged his attack, he clearly felt the sensation from the fist.

The expected scenario of Victor being sent flying by that punch did not occur, which surprised Aubrey.

It was this moment of emotional turmoil and surprise that caused him to hesitate briefly, preventing him from dodging Viktor's swift spinning slash.

When Aubrey's gaze fell on Victor, who had already put down his longsword, something suddenly came to mind.

It seems that everyone who fought Viktor and survived mentioned one thing:

Viktor seems to be able to predict his opponent's every move, and he can even detect and counter any changes in tactics mid-strike.

At first, Aubrey was skeptical of this claim.

Although responding to different moves is not difficult for him, he has witnessed others do it.

However, it is simply impossible to discern and counter an opponent's movements based solely on the act of raising a hand.

How could he possibly encounter an opponent who understands him better than he understands himself?

But after this battle, Aubrey actually felt the same sense of powerlessness that others had experienced.

He fought Viktor countless times, but every attack he launched was easily neutralized by Viktor.

This also meant that no matter how much his strength surpassed Viktor's, he could never inflict any harm on Viktor.

On the other hand, Viktor, though slightly weaker in strength, appeared to be being beaten back step by step.

But that feeling of ease and control was clearly genuine.

Even at the very end, his moves were countered by Viktor.

And it was met with a fierce counterattack, leaving a deep mark on its armor.

It was this mistake that triggered Aubrey's sense of frustration.

This made him start to wonder whether the problem lay with him or with Viktor.

In the past, he could have defeated everything with sheer strength, but now he is repeatedly thwarted by Victor.

The Viktor standing before him now didn't seem like a mage at all.

He is not a perfect warrior.

Even on the battlefield, he can roam and fight like a dragon.

Not a single drop of blood would stain the armor, as if it could even predict the trajectory of an enemy's blood.

This left Aubrey feeling deeply troubled.

Thinking about this, Aubrey felt somewhat depressed.

What was Tisnato thinking?

He himself was a warrior, yet he didn't raise his son Victor to be a warrior, but instead sent him to learn magic and become a mage.

If Tisnato had said earlier that he wouldn't teach combat skills, he would have preferred to be Victor's teacher himself.

damn it.

Aubrey cursed inwardly, resenting Tisnato for wasting Victor's superb martial arts talent.

What a pity.

but.

Aubrey's eyes, hidden beneath his helmet, were calmly and deeply scrutinizing Victor before him.

If Victor hadn't become a mage, he probably wouldn't have achieved such amazing accomplishments.

The youngest sixth-tier mage in world history became a true god-slayer and was regarded by countless humans as a great demon intending to destroy the world.

Therefore, it's not to say that Viktor is more suited to be a soldier.

He has reached a level in the field of magic that is unmatched in the world today.

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