My Level Zero System-Chapter 216: Difference in a blink

The blade cut down in a straight line perpendicular to the ground, creating an [Air Slash] that diagonally cut Kain's body.

This is a mortal wound.

Kain, with the speed and sensitivity of his nervous system at this moment, could clearly feel the feeling as if every muscle and bone was being cut off, where his internal organs stopped functioning, causing his physiological functions to stop completely.

This is the near death state.

But at this moment, not only did his mind not sink into darkness, it was clearer than ever.

Terminal lucidity.

That was the concept that came to Kain's mind to explain this phenomenon.

It could be said that he used [Thunder Flash], combined with Cecilia's fatal slash to force himself into this state.

When all other parts of the body have gone last, the nervous system is the one that moves the most strongly.

And so, Kain felt it, an invisible shield pushing the impact from Cecilia's [Air Slash] away from his body.

He knew, he bet right.

Kain used his last bit of strength to detonate the [Thunder Spear] in his hand.

The dense lightning from the spear exploded, creating an extremely bright light, causing Cecilia to have to squint her eyes.

At that moment, Kain's body continued to rush forward by inertia. freёweɓnovel.com

"What? He can still move?"

Cecilia was horrified, but seeing Kain's pale face and his wandering eyes, she knew this was just a last, futile resistance.

But seeing Kain's heels still moving, Cecilia's pupils shrank.

"He's not down yet!"

For Cecilia, as long as the opponent can move, it means he still has the strength to fight.

So, she slashed out another sword.

Because the distance between the two sides was very close, Cecilia's slash pierced Kain's body.

However, he still moved forward as if nothing had happened.

At this moment, Cecilia remembered a rule of this round.

If someone accumulates enough damage and enters a near-death state, they will be granted an invulnerable shield for three seconds, and if they are not healed in time during this time, they will be eliminated from the arena.

The key here is the "invulnerable shield".

This was something created by the principal himself, let alone Cecilia, even a high-class Magus couldn't penetrate it, so this was an absolute rule.

It's not that no one has ever thought of taking advantage of this law, but the conditions for it to happen are really too harsh.

And of course, the shield's duration is too short too.

Surprisingly, Kain was able to do that.

Even if it's just for transportation.

Because of that, Cecilia instantly calmed down.

However, when her eyes met Kain's eyes.

The eyes she saw were not eyes that were confused by pain, but were golden pupils that were extremely clear.

She even saw Kain's lips moving, although she couldn't hear what he said, but based on the angle of his lips, Cecilia felt like Kain was saying.

"It's over."

Just like what she said to him before.

Immediately, Kain disappeared from the arena due to being eliminated, but behind him, Mera jumped up.

Mera, with a determined look on her face, thanks to Kain, had timed it right when Cecilia had just unleashed a great deal of force with "Thousand Blade", having just exhausted her remaining strength from the slash against Kain's impregnable shield.

In short, this short period of time that could be counted in the blink of an eye was when she couldn't make a move.

And since Mera was almost pressing Cecilia, she didn't need any distance to launch the attack either.

[Air Slash].

With the strongest accumulated blow, Mera attacked Cecilia straight in the abdomen, causing her to finally experience the same feeling as the people she slashed with her sword.

The pain cuts through the skin and flesh.

Cecilia's somewhat petite figure flew out, her white pupils rolling back in pain.

Not only physical pain, but also mental pain.

She seemed to have understood everything, the reason why Kain was running so frantically, and why he had detonated the [Thunder Spear] in his hand. Even more broadly, that this entire battle from the beginning until now, was all because of his intentional control.

But even if she understand, she can't do anything.

Because even though her magic level was far superior to Mera's, both of them were still at the same level of mid-class Magus, so their resistance to magic was not different enough to be able to disregard any of each other's attacks.

Furthermore, this was an attack that Mera had intentionally accumulated to its maximum level before releasing.

So, with just one attack, Cecilia was eliminated.

The scene was so shocking that only when Cecilia completely disappeared from the arena did Cecilia's four teammates standing at the end of the arena realize in horror. But when they regained their senses, three girls from Kain's team, including Myra, Mera, and Elna, were already charging towards them with magic in their hands.

The result was not magical at all, losing Cecilia and with their spirits still not recovering from the shock, Cecilia's team quickly fell.

This was truly a shock to all who witnessed it.

All the students, teachers, or even someone mysterious sitting in a separate dimension, smiled at this scene.

The principal saw the victory of the Kain team and couldn't help but remember the crazy plan that the principal had "overheard" in their break room last night.

Back to a while ago.

Seeing Kain say that he had a plan to defeat Cecilia, everyone was extremely surprised, even those who knew Kain very well.

They all knew that Kain was very good at planning, but in those plans Kain often avoided confronting an opponent that was out of his reach.

It's just that this is a direct match with limited space, avoiding it is not feasible. And even if avoiding is not the way to win.

To these questions, Kain just smiled and said.

"If Cecilia is a high-class Magus, we can just raise our hands and surrender directly."

"But no matter how strong she appears, she's still just a mid-class Magus, just like us."

"So, I have an idea."

Here, Kain raised two points that they would certainly have to face.

"As you can see, we can't get close to Cecilia, her sword will definitely cut us."

"So, we can only stand far away, and use ranged attacks to intentionally take down Cecilia, while also using the distance to evade her attacks."

"But you must have seen the outcome of those matches, right? Failure."

"With Cecilia's strength and speed, she can easily cut off and neutralize long-range attacks. This is nothing more than a paradox, where if we don't get close enough, the attack won't work, but if we get close to Cecilia, we'll definitely be eliminated. And if we intentionally distance ourselves from her, we won't be able to defeat her."

"So, to solve this problem, I want to take advantage of something."

Speaking of this, Kain suddenly smiled meaningfully.

"It was something that was in the rules from the very beginning, but almost no one could use it this way, because the conditions were too harsh."

"Invulnerable shield."

Hearing Kain say that, the principal who was secretly watching also became surprised.

The principal seemed to have realized what Kain was planning to do, but was also very interested in how he would do it, since the principal itself, when setting up this rule, had intentionally designed it to be almost impossible to exploit in combat.

And Kain's method surprised the principal even more.

"I call this plan... the moment of difference."

"The gap between Cecilia and us is great, I don't deny that, but I just need a moment, a moment when both sides are drawn into a balance, when Cecilia is no longer different from us."

"This is probably the biggest difference."

After saying this, Kain stopped, because he was giving everyone time to digest what he said.

Just like that, a moment later, he got to the point and assigned the task.

At this point, the more listened, the more the principal's surprise and interest in Kain grew.

What the previous principal knew about Kain was only through reports or other people's stories.

These things, no matter how close they come to the truth, are just a distorted and scarred imitation of the original image. They have no soul at all.

But here, seeing Kain using the previous matches, thoroughly analyzing each move, each attack style and Cecilia's reactions, from there giving each member a mission. With the ultimate goal of concealing Kain's true purpose, the new principal knew what was profound.

He wants to act in a play.

Here, he wanted Cecilia to think that she would discover his trump card, but in reality it was just a cover for... Mera.

He knew that Cecilia would pay the most attention to him, so he was the most suitable bait.

And that's how the plan went.