An Enemy Who Could Not Be Suppressed

"You..."

The moment the rune was completed, an astonished expression finally appeared on Grant's face. The Holy Light in his eyes instantly dimmed, and the three golden runes floating around him suddenly began to tremble.

Although Miles did not understand what was happening, the method seemed to have worked, so he intended to seize the chance to give Grant another slash. However, an invisible force erupted from Grant's body, like a terrifying blast of air, and with a bang, sent him flying.

He could only fall back to the ground, roll several times, and regain his balance.

Benjamin, however, let out a long sigh of relief outside the tornado.

"Looks like... it worked?"

The rune he had told Miles about represented "Passing." He had never really found a way to use it before. But just then, all the light elements had been gathered by Grant, and the power the other side was using clearly came from the rune. Therefore, Benjamin had come up with this method in a very short time.

Miles possessed a constitution that made elements utterly repulsed by him. After the Academy's mages studied him, they had also discovered some unknown energy in his blood. Thus, a rune representing "Passing," combined with blood innately at odds with the elements, should be able to thoroughly ruin Grant's charged ultimate move, right?

That was what Benjamin thought. At that moment, a huge number of light elements suddenly surged out from the wind, flooding in every direction like a leaking reservoir. The three symbols around Grant vanished completely, declaring that his charge-up had been interrupted.

"He looks really angry," the System described after scanning him. "But don't go too far. Drawing things on someone's face is the kind of punishment you get for losing at cards."

Benjamin shrugged.

"I wasn't