Is this really a Game?!

Aelrinder fought against the two elites ferociously, his silver spear danced gracefully through the air as each thrust and swipe of it was made to seriously injure or kill his opponents. As someone who had been taught since he was young in the art of battle, his fighting proficiencies were all high, especially the spear as it was his main weapon.

As soon as he showed talent during his teenage years Aelrinder was able to get the best training and teacher available. Even when compared to Reign, Wolf, and the others his skill with the spear was a notch above them and was actually ranked at S. That coupled with his experience in battles and mana control made him a force to be reckoned with, the only thing he lacked was a powerful ability.

Aelrinder was able to unlock his ability a long time ago but unfortunately, it wasn't one that was able to increase his power during battle. His ability was called "Ultimate Sense" and it allowed him to sense everything within a 200 meters radius almost perfectly. It was incredibly well when entering a foreign or hostile territory as he could sense any nearby ambushes or traps, any attacks that were sent his way would be sensed by him immediately and he could respond to them right away.

When leading troops and attacking enemies it was an amazing ability that allowed him to not only sense the enemies and be unnoticed but also allowed him to keep casualties to the minimum, not to mention the advantages it gave during a fight. Landing an attack on Aelrinder was an incredibly difficult thing to do and he could easily anticipate most of the attacks sent his way thanks to sensing the movement of the enemies body and the surroundings perfectly, what set him back was the fact that sometimes he simply wouldn't be able to deliver a powerful enough attack to break through the opponent's defense.

He had of course managed to acquire other abilities, the second ability he acquired was the manipulation of wind while the third was called "Blessing of the Stars", an incredibly powerful and rare ability. Unfortunately, none of the two were innate abilities such as his "Ultimate Sense".

Innate abilities were incredibly important, not only would skills made from such abilities cost a lot less mana and put less stress on the body but it was also a lot easier to improve innate abilities and strengthen them. Compared to other abilities that a person would manage to acquire, a lot less effort was needed for them.

Both of his other abilities not only required him to use more mana but creating skills and improving the abilities themselves was a tedious task. So far Aelrinder was able to create a couple of skills with his wind ability while the other one only had one skill so far. The reason was simple, not only did he acquire his other ability later, but its power was also a double-edged sword as it not only used an incredible amount of mana, but it also required the user to train a lot.

His "Blessing of the Stars" allowed him to draw the power of the stars, similarly to Reign's skill, but compared to him he would be able to do many things with it, strengthen himself, deliver a powerful attack that could be focused on one enemy or a group of them and more. Unfortunately, he needed to spend a lot of time meditating in order to draw their power and store it inside of him, not only was the amount small, it was an extremely powerful and volatile energy that couldn't be controlled easily.

Aelrinder could only use his stored energy one time before needing to meditate again, once however was generally enough as it would allow him to become much more powerful for a short period of time, the drawback however was the huge mana consumption and the stress the ability put on the body.

Thanks to that Aelrinder, even though he was an incredibly talented individual, couldn't truly perform to the best of his abilities. His damage was lacking and each time he would use any powerful skill obtained from his other abilities he would spend a great deal of mana, furthermore the power of the skills was not as great as it would be if they were from his innate ability.

Still, even with all of this Aelrinder was able to become the number one person amongst the younger generation in his kingdom which spoke much about the sheer talent he possessed. Even when faced with opponents that were at a similar level and had powerful, attack-oriented abilities, he was still able to make it on top.

With incredible speed and gracefulness, Aelrinder passed next to a monster as its claw passed millimeters from his head, with a quick turn he managed to stab the monster's knee before jumping backward in order to dodge a blow from the other monster he was facing off against. Even though the battle was a tough one, the danger to his life was almost non-existent, not only was he able to sense every movement of the monsters, but his speed was great enough to easily allow him to respond to them.

On the other hand, the battle between Reign and the Khari had entered its peak, both man and monster were giving it their all as they stood in place and attacked each other. Their hands were a blur as tens of attacks were sent each second, sparks flew around them as the two simply stared at each other in the eyes during the whole battle.

Even though both of them were stationary at the moment, no monster dared attack Reign, not only was the battle in front of them far above what they could do, but once anyone attacked the two would stop the battle for a moment as Reign would immediately charge towards the monster that attacked him, sometimes it would even be the Khari that attacked and killed the monster.

The battle between the two was a duel and nobody was allowed to butt in. The two already had slight wounds on their bodies, but they were still relatively unharmed as most of the wounds were simple cuts or bruises. It was right now that the battle would be decided, both of them had seemingly given up defending as they focused everything they had on attacking.

The ground beneath them cracked as they fought but even that wasn't enough to make them stop, the Khari was able to match Reign's attack speed which greatly impressed the latter, it had been a long time since he had found someone other than Shadow that could match him in speed. Even though the monster in front of him was an elite and was a couple of levels higher than him, he was still impressed and enjoyed the rather difficult and dangerous battle that he was having here.

Suddenly

Crack

A crack was heard as the two widened their eyes slightly, none of them had felt a thing and they didn't know where the crack appeared, upon looking for it, Reign's mouth curved upwards as he was able to spot a crack on the Khari's claw. Not only did this show the superiority that his weapons had, but it also marked the beginning of the Khari's end. The cracks slowly became bigger as the two continued attacking each other, it was impossible for the Khari to back off as not only did his instincts force him to fight but the situation it was in made it almost impossible to do so.

As both of them had discarded defense in order to attack relentlessly and focus only on the offense, retreating would immediately give the opponent a chance to deliver multiple attacks that could prove to be fatal. The Khari understood that Reign would never let something like that simply pass and it knew that its death would immediately come if he allowed Reign some free hits.

The human in front of it was immensely powerful and was able to stand and fight against it to a standstill, the Khari tried to figure out a way to survive and emerge victorious but the more time passed the less certain it was that it was possible. Reign's attacks were not only quick and deadly but his movement speed was above the Khari's so retreating and running away was not possible.

The black and white lightning was also powerful and it forced the Khari to use its mana and cover its body with it in order not to get shocked. Before the Khari could come up with a tactic that would allow him to win this battle another crack was heard and finally the claw broke.

Reign's sword could suddenly pass unobstructed and immediately appeared in front of the Khari's throat. Without batting an eyelid Reign cut through the neck of the slightly smiling Khari and beheaded it. The monster still had a ferocious smile on its face even after death, it was obvious that it lived for battle and didn't mind dying during one either.