Unlimited Power - The Arcane Path

Tom's weapon of choice was still a hammer, but that one was identical to the one Leon obtained after defeating one of the harvesters... a blue hammer capable of granting its users the power to summon Ice Meteors.

"I don't know how he obtained that, but... I can't go easy on him."

Leon and Tom were on a confined space, but it was still possible to summon an Ice Meteor, the magic projectile wouldn't have much speed, but its area of effect would be massive.

When Tom took the first step forward, Leon started to fire Spinning Earth Arrows. Tom tried to destroy all of the projectiles by swinging his hammer. Although the weapon had his size, he could move around as if it was a dagger.

"Hehehe, now we are talking!" Tom said. "It has been fifty years since someone so powerful managed to push me back all this much!"

Leon ignored the fact that Tom made him recall a middle boss of a console RPG and just kept firing Spinning Earth Arrows. There was no reason to stop since his adversary was quite powerful, and the skill was also leveling up.

Congratulations! The skill Spinning Earth Arrow has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Spinning Earth Arrow has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Spinning Earth Arrow has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

...

"Hahaha, very good, very good!" Tom said. "It has been a while since I have seen a mage with this much skill after Lennart... However, for how long can you keep using your magic like that?"

Leon frowned, he recalled that Tom was quite a friendly man, but he didn't remember him being so talkative, and he didn't enjoy the fights all that much. Regardless, it was time to end that. Leon was attacking using earth magic because he defeated Tom using something very similar, but obviously, only that didn't trigger any memories of his past.

Leon activated Fast Conjuration, and the number of Spinning Earth Arrows increased almost six times, and that got Tom by surprise.

"What?!" Tom said, surprised while he used his hammer to protect his head.

Congratulations! The skill Spinning Earth Arrow has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Spinning Earth Arrow has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Spinning Earth Arrow has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

...

Leon didn't want to kill Tom, only wear him out and then obtain some status points. Fortunately, Leon succeeded in both, only because he had a lot of mithril hidden in his clothes. So, it was impossible for ordinary adversaries noticing him using Mana-Eater.

After five minutes, Tom fell on his knees, breathless. He left his hammer fall on the floor because he couldn't move a single muscle in his arms. He was unscathed, but he had been ultimately defeated.

"You defeated me. You can face the next warrior," Tom said.

Leon sighed and massaged his eyebrows that looked too similar to an event of a game, so he couldn't help but do so. Regardless, Leon looked at Tom for a while, waiting for him to recognize Leon, but nothing happened after a while. So, Leon moved to the next floor.

As expected, Lennart would be Leon's next adversary. He grew up a little bit, and now he looked more mature... at least that was the image Leon had after seeing him meditating.

"Hey, kid," Leon said. "Long time, no see."

Lennart opened his eyes and frowned when he saw Leon. Obviously, he didn't recognize Leon. He only reacted to his words since those also sounded like an insult or taunt.

"It has been a long time since someone defeated Tom," Lennart said. "I guess it is finally time for me to work again... Mmm? I don't see weapons or items in you, how did you defeat him? You made a lot of noise, and you are even unscathed?"

"All right, kid," Leon said. "I will show you how I defeated him. You probably don't want to suffer the same fate, after all."

Leon tried to replicate the same way he treated Lennart like before, but only mocking words left his mouth. Lennart got mad since, by the look of his eyes, no one spoke to him like that before.

Suddenly, the entire floor got covered by a mist, and Leon felt the temperature decreasing at an astounding place.

Congratulations! The skill Ice Resistance has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Ice Resistance has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Ice Resistance has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

...

Leon tried to counter the spell by creating a massive Fireball, but the scope of Lennart's Freezing Mist wasn't the only thing that increased, its power and effectiveness were leagues above Leon's Freezing Mist.

"Achoo!" Leon sneezed.

That was also an excellent opportunity Leon couldn't let pass. So, he endured the cold for quite a bit... However, once Ice Resistance leveled for the tenth time, he decided to end that because his balls were freezing.

Lennart was still sitting on the floor as if nothing had happened. He was quite bold of acting like that in front of an adversary, so Leon decided to punish him a little. Leon used Gravity and decreased his weight and then used Telekinesis to spin him around for quite a bit.

"What... wait, wait!" Lennart said.

Leon spun him until Lennart started to droll unconscious... he had gone a bit too far, but it was necessary to teach that Lesson. Lennart didn't have any Gravity Resistance, so it was a bit too soon for him to feel confident and act like that... even though he was nine hundred years older than Leon.