Ice King Vs Ice-Make

Yasu and Gray were standing face to face looking into each other's eyes. Silence enveloped the surrounding area announcing the calm before the storm. With the help of the system, Yasu could see the Magical Power of Gray. It was ranked at A.

Suddenly, Gray released an Icy aura around his body. He put his fist on his palm, revealing a magic circle.

"Ice-Make Lances !"

After saying that, dozens of long and curved Ice lances emerged from his hands aiming toward his opponent. The lances were so rapid that Yasu could barely follow with his cold eyes. Knowing that he wouldn't be able to dodge them, he just blocked the attack instead.

"Ice King Shield !"

This was one of the spells Yasu had developed in the past few months of training. With this skill, he could create a hexagonal-shaped shield made out of Ice which protected anything behind it.

Gray's lances immediately hit the Ice shield just after it had been cast. Making a loud POW sound and a cold fog on Yasu in the process. Because of that, Gray's figure disappeared from his field of vision.

"Your shield is pretty strong, it's quite sturdy...however, it won't be able to resist against my next attack." remarked confidently Gray.

When the fog dispersed, many fissures could be seen on his shield, barely managing to fend off the man's attack.

"Ice-Make Battle Axe !" At the moment, Gray was already beside him and swung his axe at him. Again, Yasu didn't have time to dodge, so he directed his already existing shield in front of him.

SMAH!

Unfortunately this time, the damaged cover couldn't resist another attack. Yasu was sent flying away against a tree due to the backlash of his spell.

"Ice King Wall !" Yasu hated to be the only one on the receiving end, so he created a wall on Gray's both flank. The wall then quickly rushed into each other, intending to crush him from the exterior.

"Interesting... Ice-Make Shield !"

Two large shields made of ice, whose shape is vaguely reminiscent of a flower, appeared on his left and right side. Gray used them to buy some time to effectively avoid being squeezed like a lemon as he quickly ran outside of the attack's range.

The two fought against each other for around 30 min until Yasu had decided that the fight has lasted for too long. Thus, he used his strongest spell even though he still had some difficulties controlling it. Of course, as Yasu didn't intend to kill Gray, he tried to hold himself back by not using his everything in one attack.

"Ice King Sniper !" Yasu distanced himself from Gray and formed an Ice sniper in his hands. It looked like a Barrett M82 Gun. Aiming Gray with the sniper's scope, Yasu pulled on the trigger.

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AN: Here's a photo showing how the gun looks like. Just imagine it in the Ice version.

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PEW!

A white laser beam emerged from the muzzle and headed toward Gray. Making the surrounding area tremble due to the pressure. The gunshot and the air shattered. The bullet moved at speed sound. Though that won't kill him. Yasu was sure that with this, Gray wouldn't come out unscathed from it. That was the strongest spell he had created so far after all. So obviously, he was confident in his attack power. Just after pulling on the trigger, Yasu immediately regretted his decision. Because as he still hadn't entirely mastered the spell, Yasu made a significant mistake in controlling his power. So instead of using only 30% of his Ethernano, he ended up spending 85%!

Because of the bullet's speed, Gray didn't have any time to dodge. It quickly sent him flying like a ragdoll 30 meters away. Gray was lifelessly lying on the floor with a BIG hole on his upper body. Yasu was stunned to see this, and he realized his mistake.

"Damn it !! " Yasu felt frustrated with himself and sad. He had finally met someone that didn't look down on him, but he ended up killing the man because of his arrogance. The wound on the man's body filled him with a lot of regrets. He knew that he had being too arrogant. The sight made him feel a strong sense of loss and pain. Looking at the ground in sadness, Yasu said while crying as his tears fell down his cheeks, "I am sorry, Gray..."

Yasu had developed something like a sixth sense, he could tell if someone despised him. In the past, everyone be it his uncle, classmate, or even teachers, had a disdain look in their eyes when looking at him. However, Gray wasn't one of those people. Yasu had confirmed it when he first met him. Even though Yasu knew that his attire left something to be desired, he wanted to test Gray's reaction by showing up with dirty clothes. But he still didn't look down on him for that even treated him with respect.

In the next moment, Yasu felt so shocked that his breathing came to a stop as he heard, "Didn't I tell you to not underestimate me ?"

Yasu couldn't understand how Gray survived his attack. He saw a big hole in the man's body so he couldn't make sense of what happened. "Just how...?"

"I am stronger than you think. I won't die so easily. Hehe..." Gray had a grin on his face as he said, " The answer is quite simple. You were fighting my clone."

"Ice-Make clone."

A clone looking precisely like himself appeared beside Gray. With the last piece of the puzzle, Yasu understood what happened. This made him extremely relieved knowing this. This was his first time feeling that happy. But he still made a mental comment, ("I learned a lot from this fight. In the future, I won't ever repeat the same mistake. Never again")

"This is your win" stated Yasu with his lady-killer smile.

"Hehe...I told you that I am not to be underestimated. Though you're not bad yourself. "

Although he won the fight, Gray felt his hair on the back of his neck stands on when he saw the sight of his clone's body. He knew that even if he were to switch places with his clone, the result would be the same.