Isn’t the wannabe Villain too cute?

"Uh-Oh..."

As the words that told that Austin has made a mistake, leaked out of his lips, a heavy flat blow landed on his chest.

**THAWWKKK**

Charles, with the bare palm of his free hand, slammed Austin's chest with a force that could have destroyed a meter pillar easily.

It goes without saying that Charles didn't apply his complete strength given his growing interest in Austin, but the blow was enough to send Austin flying back to the other end of the arena.

**BANGG**

His body collided with the perimeter of the arena with the supreme quality wall crumbling in an instant.

If Austin would have simply collided with the wall with that force, then the wall wouldn't have broke but just before Austin's back could have come in contact with the wall, he covered himself with mana to escape major injuries.

""Woahh!!""

Various heavy audible sighs flew from the audience as they saw this kind of brutish of attack for the first time since the battle commenced.

The fall of Charles and Austin receiving such a terrifying blow occurred in so less time, that those who were in the initial stage of their awakening, weren't even able to perceive what just happened.

In the arena, Austin's vision blurred just a mere blink as he felt the heavy pain from the back before he stabilized his consciousness.

'Fuck...I underestimated...'

Wiping the dripping blood from the corner of his lips, Austin rose back to his feet, with his narrowed eyes focused on his opponent intently.

"Use whatever means you have kid, or you won't be able to land damage on me."

Charles, who naturally wouldn't have been lying on the ground until now, spoke in a loud tone enough to reach up to the very last seat of the arena, as he commanded Austin to go all out.

Charles was aware, that apart from the magic attacks, there was something that the blond youth was hiding.

Instead of getting pissed because Austin was looking down on the might of the sole Knight Commander of the Royal Order, Charles was getting thrilled passing each second.

For him, his opponent's underestimation of him, makes Charles excited and for that, he could tolerate this sloppy behavior of the youngster.

Austin knows full well that the brawl, would not last long if he uses the spell which was even able to deal with dozens of Terror Rank demons now, so he decided upon his enhancing only his physical might, for now.

He knew until it doesn't get fatally dangerous, he could rely on his physical strength, that's what led him to a particular reckless conclusion.

'Distribute my points in strength and speed equally...now!!'

Shouting inside his mind, Austin felt a huge boulder dropping on his whole body, as an urge of collapsing right on the floor rose dangerously inside him.

The veins of his arms and nape bulged as the new sensation poured down his core with his eyes still fixed in front not daring to even blink at this moment.

Charles was also able to perceive that something was happening with the boy in front which didn't give much of a good vibe.

'I guess it's time.'

Readying his sword, Charles for the first time since the match commenced, lifted his leg from the ground voluntarily and pushed himself at a raging speed toward the struggling youth.

The audience gasped as they saw the huge body of the knight commander disappearing in a flash from his spot before he appeared just right in front of Austin, with his great sword held straight in direction of Austin's exposed abdomen.

But instead of feeling the sensation of piercing flesh, what made Charles frown was the resistivity he was feeling from his blade which wasn't listening to Chalre's command at all.

The raven eyes of the bulky man contracted to their thinnest as he finally got a glimpse of what the heck actually happened in such a mere blink.

"No freakin way!"

Alex was the one who cursed from the sidelines as he saw the unbelievable scene using his spell of surveillance. Not only he but the high-ranking nobles also gasped as they saw what caught the almighty Charles's blade in such an unbreakable manner.

"Now....I...got you!"

With his eyes blood red and a terrifying smile on his face, Austin held the blade with only his one hand before he tightened his grip resulting...

**CREAK**

*CLINNNN*

After a soft clinking sound of how a glass breaks, resonated audibly between the two participants, much to Charles' shock, before the long sword which Charles have used to slay countless beings before, broke into small pieces.

The hand that Austin was using to hold the blade suddenly turned into a fist before, at a frightening speed, he moved toward the big man and landed a petrifying blow on his big torso of Charles.

**DHAKK**

"Khak!!"

The big body of the knight commander was pushed back to almost 5 steps with his broken blade in hand, still trying to figure out what just happened.

But before Charles could have even stabilized his senses, a massive intent of fatal danger erupted at the back of his head.

Turning at a furious speed with his hand raised on instincts, Charles felt a massive blow landing at the center of his palm as he saw Austin's menacing smile just above his head.

Austin didn't let his fist get captivated by Charles before with lightning speed he erased his presence and appeared just on the back of the burly man, before he applied his strength in his leg and landed a powerful blow on the back of Charles' knee.

Charles wasn't able to keep up with the speed Austin was showcasing and coupled with the blow he was inflicting on such vulnerable parts, Charles was again forced to kneel on the ground.

'This boy is improving passing every blink!!'

This thought came into Charles' mind before he felt a massive boulder-like thing hitting just the center of his head before his consciousness became a little hazy.

Austin after landing his elbow on Charles' skull didn't even halt for a second before he raised his leg and tried to kick the big man's face only to get blocked just two inches apart.

"Now you got me heated up!"

Growled with an equivalent menacing smile like Austin was the man who if not for his exceptional might, would have become a grandfather until now, before he held Austin's feet in his grip and with his humongous strength, pulled his prey and threw him flat on the ground.

"Oraaa!!"

**THAKKK**

Some of the audience nearly felt their stomach-churning as the force with which Austin was thrown to the ground, the imagination of watermelon bursting after landing from the tenth floor, rose inside their mind.

But out of everyone's expectancy, just after hitting the floor, Austin was able to release himself from Charles' grip using the vibration of the collision as his advantage, before Austin appeared at a different spot with his tightly held punch only to get blocked at the end.

"Heh."

"Hahaha....interesting. Now come at me boy!!"

Giving each other the chills of life, soon the two men started exchanging blows which were so brutal that every person sitting in the audience felt death scythe approaching their nape even though they weren't involved in the battle.

The blows and backlashes of the confrontation between the two were enough to make the arena shatter at a very terrifying rate.

The way, Austin was dodging the indefinite incoming attacks and countering them with lethal blows of his own, made those who have taught until now in the Eden Academy contemplate, whether they were even worthy of teaching him at all.

The most terrifying expression was adorned by the very prideful warrior who never in her life thought that her father could be pushed back like this by anyone. Even though she had the utmost trust in Kyouki that he would become the strongest in the future, he still was far from reaching her papa's level.

And here a mere newbie ranked whom she only cursed of being a sissy and gutless until now, was showing such might that her reasoning capability was fading past each blink.

The way he was using strength, the way he was smiling all the time even though he was receiving such blows which could have killed her in just a single impact, and the way the unwavering wit he was showcasing of not backing down, made her feel like her world was drowning and she wasnt even able to call for help.

The expression on Kyouki's face wasn't any better as the thought of receiving one or two blows from the current Austin sent a deadly chill down his spine. The memory of when he threw Austin using a single punch, out of the school gate during the entrance ceremony, came into his mind when his body shuddered furiously.

'What if that time....'

Imagining such a terrifying possibility, Kyouki as well as others saw the sound of thunderous cries from the arena halting after more than 10 minutes since they started brawling for real.

The clouds of dust slowly lifted from the scene before the figure of the two battle maniacs become vivid.

However, just upon witnessing the condition of the two contestants, a huge wind of chatters mixed with heavy heaves resonated in the surrounding.

"No way!!"

"Am I dr-dreaming or is Charles..."

"This can't be true....this can't be true !!"

Stood with his lips covered with blood along with a couple of blue and black marks around his eyes and cheeks, and a dozen of scratches around his torso and chest was the blond youth who was currently panting heavily while maintaining his shaky legs from giving out.

But what made the majority of the audience, gasp in horror was the condition of the person who gained the title of 'Unbreakable' after he defeated an army of 1000 all by himself in a single day.

The person who was renowned as the strongest on the entire continent had his protective gear practically torn from every possible spot with his face covered with tens of bruise marks and blood stains.

Just like Austin, Charles was also trying it hard to breathe steadily as his mouth was parted while he tried to catch as much air as he could. The lid of his left eye was swelled with a bluish painful bruise puffed over it, making it tough for Charles to see clearly.

The debris of the stage has spread in the vicinity of both men standing on nothing but broken pieces of marble mixed with the raw ground, much to Alex's grief.

Turquoise stared at the raven pairs, as the two stood silently at their spot while glaring with a still wild grin on their lips like they were having the most enjoyable time of their life.

"You *huff* tired boy?"

"T-Talk abo*huff*about yourself."

The audience went dead silent as the feeling of something massive made them sweat buckets as they heard the two insane minds talking about something life-threatening so casually.

The sound of slow wind also was reverberated in high pitch, that much silence fell upon the previously roaring arena.

But everyone knew that it was the silence before a terrifying storm...

And looking at the two, their fear started to seem a reality.

"Don't die with this kid!"

"Same goes for you old man!"

Both of them shouted at the top of their lungs as they conjured a heavy amount of mana in their respective fist before both of them disappeared from their site for the next as well as maybe the final blow.

"ORAAAAA!!"

"UOOOOHHH!!"

**SLINGGG**

**BOOOOM**

A small explosion sent the two brawlers, sliding back on their feet without even being able to land their fists on anything.

Suddenly the emergence of a strange purple glow between Austin and Charles made the two baffled before they realized what just happened.

"Any more than this and our nation would lose a precious asset in vain."

Appeared from the brilliant light was the Court Magician who deflected the practically fort-breaking blows from either side.

Austin became slightly terrified upon seeing how strong Alex indeed was that he was able to counter both of the attacks simultaneously without any sign of backlash.

Soon the boiling blood from Austin's eyes subdued making him realize how frenzy he had become some moments ago. He didn't know what made his raging heart calm, but he was thankful that such a thing happened, before something irreversible would have occurred.

Charles growled at the court magician as being interrupted in between the battle was equivalent to asking for death.

But before Charles could have moved even an inch, he saw Alex gesturing with his eyes toward a high point in the stands.

Charles turned his head toward the direction since he wasnt aware of the people watching him, before he finally figured out who ordered Alex to stop the brawl.

'Tch...this brat.'

Looking at Austin's condition as well as himself's, Charles felt breaking the command from the royal blood would be not reasonable. After all, he would never go all out and kill such a fine young man who has broken all his expectancy and rose above the units Charles generally uses to measure someone's worth.

Retracting his overwhelming mana, Charles soon burst out in laughter as he walked toward the slightly panting young blood in front.

"Excellent! Excellent! You have made my blood boil and let me remember my old days after so long. I never expected that Eden Academy could have nurtured, such a fine piece of warrior".

A heavy verbal slap was thrown at those who were in charge of martial and weaponry training in Eden Academy, as they lowered their face in shame.

Not only them but every single student who has been taught side by side with Austin has such expression that said how different their worlds were until now.

The palest in the whole audience was the middle-aged man who carries the same genes as Austin who currently was looking at the situation with a face like his soul has been sucked out.

This reaction of his was something only those could understand who knows how brutally Vincent once was got beaten by the Knight Commander. At that time Vincent wasnt even able to land a decent blow on Charles and now...

'What the heck did I overlook....?'

Amidst everyone's shock and other similar reactions, suddenly the bulking man announced something which might bring a cold hell upon the Gram Empire.

"Seeing such might from this young man I have decided."

Putting his hand on Austin's shoulder giving the latter one, chills of something ominous incoming, Charles continued with his high-pitched voice to let the whole place know his decision.

"If anyone can hold the hand of my daughter, then it would be Austin. So from this day onward, I am announcing my lovely daughter Venessa to be engaged with my future son-in-law. Now, cheers everyone!!"

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A/N:- Take some time, and try to imagine Luna's smile when she hears about it.

Anyway, some of the things I would like to clear.

First, the sudden strength growth made Austin's mind go a little out of control which made him use all his strength without holding back.

Now why he was holding back in the first place?

Simple, he knew if he was to go all out then at the end of the battle he will kill Charles, which he didn't want, taking future events into account.

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