Hank just waited for me to complete my transformation as he just stared at me during the whole process.

Then, once I was done, he finally pulled out his sword from his waist. Instantly, he used aura. However, his sword’s aura was unlike anything I had ever been able to produce in my life. It was much, much stronger than mine, without a doubt.

After all, his main weapon was a sword, and most of his strength relied on it, which wasn’t the case for me since I had so many different powers at my disposition. However, my sword skills looked ridiculous compared to Hank’s.

“Seems like the person you brought isn’t some random useless swordsman.”

Zero stayed calm as his voice did.

“How about I show you two what I can do?” He smirked as he uttered those words. The purple energy around his fingers suddenly expended all over his body, forming an armor made of Aether.

A sword made out of Aether also appeared in his hands, and for some reason, that sword gave me the feeling that it was a lot more dangerous than Hank’s, which had never happened before in my life. There was no doubt about it; Zero was extremely powerful, and he wasn’t someone that I could underestimate.

“Can you do that with your aether?” Zero asked with an ugly smirk.

I didn’t say anything as I stayed silent. However, he was right. The amount and the quality of the Aether that he could wield was unlike anything that I had. The fact that he was able to materialize his Aether was something that I was barely even able to do, and he was doing it to such an extent.

While it was impressive, it also inspired me to learn how to use Aether. After all, I had a good idea that its powers were practically limitless. However, seeing such a thing was definitely interesting. Forming objects out of Aether wasn’t something that I had thought of, and it would certainly be something that I would do in the future.

“I can’t. Not bad, but it still won’t be enough.”

Zero just smirked. “I’ll let you guys attack me first. I want to see something.”

“You will let us attack you first?” I asked with a frown.

“Yeah, and I won’t even move from where I am currently standing.”

My guess was that he was trying to humiliate us. However, the fact that he was giving us the first attack was truly a great gift that I would never refuse in a million years.

“Are you now? Perfect.”

I looked over to Hank and gave him a stiff nod, and he returned it in my direction. He seemed to understand what I had in mind.

After all, he wouldn’t move, and he would give us as much time as we wanted to prepare for our attack.

Both I and I closed our eyes, gathering as much sword aura as possible into this strike. We would make sure that it would be impossible for him to survive this attack with the two of our powers combined.

The aura around our swords grew more and more as they reached quite high in the sky. Hank’s sword, which was normally around a meter or so in length, was now more than five meters long because of the strong, red aura covering it. Mine didn’t grow as much, but it was still a decent size.

The power between both of our swords was enough to destroy the entirety of the Ice Elves’ Kingdom, and we were using it on a single individual who was still not moving from his spot, confident in himself even when he saw the strength we had each put into our strikes.

“Is that the best you two can do?” He laughed. “I’m sorry, but that amount of energy won’t even make a dent in my armor.”

The confidence in his voice was making me anxious. Normally, I would dismiss those words as those of an arrogant. However, I believed that Zero wasn’t stupid. There was clearly a reason why he was making such a decision. He also believed he told the truth with his past words.

‘Is it impossible to destroy an aether armor if you can’t use it yourself?’ I suddenly thought.

After all, what had truly shocked Zero was the fact that I could use Aether. It was the only time in the conversation that I had felt something change about his behavior, as if Aether was the only thing that could make it possible for us to defeat him.

‘Is that why Zale helped me so much to gather more aether inside my body?’ I thought suddenly. However, it was no time to think about such things.

I had an idea, something that I had tried to achieve the very first time that I summoned Aether in my right palm. However, even now, I have never managed to make it work.

“Hank, wait before launching your strike. I’m not done.”

However, for some reason, right now, I believed that I would make it work. I believed it would work.

I called out to the Aether within my body and guided all the way to my hands, a purple hue suddenly surrounding both my hands.

Immediately, Zero noticed it, and his eyes widened. However, he stayed silent as he just watched me and how I would use the Aether. Still, even from where I was standing, I could see that he had become a lot more nervous compared to before.

I was sure of it; the key to this fight lay in my use of Aether.

Everything that I had learned in the tribe’s village would be essential to this fight. Zale truly had witnessed the future and taught me everything I needed to know to defeat Zero. All I needed to do now was apply what I learned correctly in this fight.

I tried to guide the purple hue around my hands toward my sword. I needed my sword and my sword aura to be coated with Aether. If I manage to do that, I would be able to deal damage to Zero.

I just knew it.

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