As soon as the Second Advisor used her Ether to summon the terrifying blizzard, all the Transcendents in the world felt the change in the world's Ether.
Transcendents had about four times more Ether at their disposal than Peak Experts with an Aristocrat's Body, but that was only a part of their power.
The majority of the Ether they were using was borrowed from the world.
Their power over a Law gave them access to the Ether around them.
"Here we go," Kyle transmitted to Sebastian as more fire appeared around him.
Since he was fighting someone far stronger than him, wearing armor would be more of a disadvantage than an advantage.
Sure, his hammer had survived the earlier strike, but that was because the Second Advisor hadn't truly taken Kyle seriously.
When a fast train approached, all manner of armor wouldn't make a difference. It was better to be naked so that one got a chance to jump out of the way with more speed.
Because of that, Kyle only wore a thin layer of armored pants that had his Enchantments on them.
As Kyle entered the icy storm, he felt his entire body cooling down rapidly.
The intense Ice Ether in the atmosphere was trying to enter his body and freeze him, which required him to put more power into his Ignition.
In order to counteract the freezing effects of the storm, Kyle had to triple the Ether he put into Ignition.
That was not sustainable and put a soft time limit on this fight.
Suddenly, a powerful gale of ice shot towards Kyle's front. The point of that gale was to slow him down.
Yet, the Wind Ether of the gale just washed over Kyle as if it didn't want to touch him.
When the Second Advisor saw that, she realized that Kyle had a Wind Affinity and knew at least one Fragment of the Wind Element.
The Second Advisor herself had a Dual Affinity, Wind and Ice.
However, her wind abilities were not well-trained since she primarily focused on her ice abilities.
Kyle reached the Second Advisor and launched a strike.
BANG!
Yet, his hammer stopped in its tracks as the Second Advisor hooked an icy-blue dagger around the hammer's handle near its head.
The Second Advisor used to be an Assassin, and she was used to fighting in close range.
A second dagger appeared in her other hand, and she struck-
BANG!
A lightning bolt hit the other dagger, and the Second Advisor's arm cramped for a moment, severely slowing down her attack.
Kyle noticed that he had a chance to attack, but his hammer was still blocked. In an instant, he made a decision.
All the fire around him vanished, and his body moved even closer to the Second Advisor.
They were so close that they wouldn't even be able to throw proper punches.
The Second Advisor continued striking.
CRKSH!
Her dagger buried into Kyle's left abdomen.
Ice Ether was flooding his body, but only for a minuscule instant as his elbow started to smoke.
The elbow reached the Second Advisor's face.
Impact!
BOOOOOOM!
The Ice Ether in the surroundings was pushed away as a gigantic explosion covered Kyle and the Second Advisor.
A moment later, the explosion cleared, revealing the two of them.
Kyle had burns all over his body. To counter the Ice Ether entering his body, he had allowed his own fire to hurt him.
Minor burns were better than an Ice Ether "infection".
Meanwhile, the Second Advisor's face had become completely deformed and black.
She looked horrendously injured.
Yet, while injuries to the face looked horrifying, as long as the eyes and brain were safe, they were not as horrendous as they looked.
Stabbing someone in the face with a knife was a grade-A asshole move, but chances were that not much would come of it since the skull would likely block the strike.
Sure, there were also arteries near the face, but they were also in the abdomen.
There was probably a higher chance of killing someone by simply stabbing a random spot on their abdomen.
In short, the Second Advisor was not very injured.
However, while Kyle didn't manage to injure her heavily, he managed to disorient her.
Humans generally felt their surroundings by using stuff that was on their head, and the intense wave of Fire Ether distorted all of these senses.
A powerful gust of wind appeared, and the Second Advisor moved back several kilometers to regain clarity.
Naturally, Kyle charged after her.
As he chased her, Kyle quickly gained ground since the Second Advisor wasn't going at full speed.
By then, the Second Advisor had already regained her senses and noticed Kyle's approach.
Suddenly, all the Ice Ether around her vanished.
Yet, it didn't really vanish.
It just condensed into ten blue daggers that hovered between her and Kyle.
In an instant, three of them shot at Kyle.
The green speck behind Kyle's heart shook as he changed his trajectory downwards.
The sudden and unexpected change in trajectory made the attack miss, but before Kyle could get closer to the Second Advisor, another three daggers shot at him.
The green speck shook more intensely.
It almost seemed like a machine that was working way over its capacity.
It was just a matter of time until it stalled.
However, Kyle managed to avoid the next volley.
Another two daggers shot at Kyle.
CRK!
The green speck stopped shaking, and the stream of Ether connecting it to Kyle's heart stopped flowing.
Luckily, it was enough to avoid that volley as well by changing his trajectory one last time.
Sadly, this meant that Kyle could no longer instantly accelerate, decelerate, or change his trajectory in such an unusual way.
For the remainder of the fight, he would be stuck with using Ignition on its own to move.
Kyle manually changed his trajectory to chase after the Second Advisor, who had gained some distance by now.
The Second Advisor noticed that Kyle couldn't evade as easily anymore and launched another dagger.
Kyle gritted his teeth.
BOOOOM!
Suddenly, the right side of his body exploded as he dumped over 20% of his total Ether into Ignition.
The explosion moved his body to the side, avoiding the dagger.
However, the cost had been high.
The Second Advisor's eyes shone.
By now, an intense storm of ice had gathered around her again, and once more, the storm vanished.
But this time, the storm hadn't been as intense as earlier.
Because of that, only five more daggers formed, which meant she had six at her disposal right now.
Every single one of these daggers had more Ether in it than Kyle's entire body.
If even one of them graced him, he would immediately turn into an ice statue, killing him instantly.
She shot one of the daggers.
Kyle used another 20% of his Ether to avoid.
With all the Ether Kyle had used by now, he was only left with a bit more than 20%.
Yet, the Second Advisor still had five daggers left.
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