If Karl had transmigrated into some novel or game, then Eileen was without a doubt the protagonist.

At Silver Rank, she could already resonate with four magic attributes. She could even cast instantly without chanting. Put that anywhere, and she'd be unstoppable.

Even so, Karl had no intention of admitting defeat. Eileen had four elemental affinities, sure, but he wasn't lacking either. He could use his meridians to strengthen his magic.

They were both cheating monsters, so who was scared of who?!

As long as this wasn't some forced plot kill, he could handle it with his own ability.

Besides, this wasn't some transmigration-into-a-book setup. There was no such thing as a true protagonist here.

The moment that thought crossed his mind, Karl raised his longsword at once, stomped off the ground, and charged straight at Eileen.

In the next second, his blade crackling with lightning slammed hard into Eileen's spear.

Sparks burst. Sword and spear rang together.

Below the stage, everyone widened their eyes. They couldn't believe this duel was only between two mid-Silver Rank fighters.

This fight between the two of them could already be called Gold Rank level.

Whether it was the magic power erupting from them or the way they fought, it was solidly Gold Rank!!

On the stage, after a thunderous boom, Karl and Eileen were both blasted backward again.

The instant Eileen was sent flying, she thrust out one hand and condensed four ice spikes beside her, then fired them straight at Karl.

Karl was still flying backward as well. The moment he sensed trouble, he adjusted his posture and dodged all four ice spikes with astonishing agility.

But that was far from over.

Eileen had already regained her footing. She swung the spear in her hand and unleashed wave after wave of visible wind blades at Karl.

Wind blades were originally invisible. But because they were infused with wind-attribute magic, they now had a fixed color and shape.

Still, visible or not hardly mattered. Wind blades were absurdly fast. Before anyone could see them clearly, they'd already hit their target.

Even though Karl's reactions were extremely sharp in his lightning-tempered state, he still got hit by two of Eileen's wind blades.

At that moment, bloody gashes had already opened across his left shoulder and the right side of his waist.

Freya watched from below, and her heart ached.

She couldn't even bear to hit her own husband, yet now someone else had injured him. It felt awful beyond words.

"Karl, stop holding back already!"

Freya shouted from below the stage.

Hearing that, Karl's lips curled slightly, and he smiled.

"Got it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Karl dispersed the lightning around his body and raised the little finger of his left hand.

Eileen, standing opposite him, didn't understand what that gesture meant. But when she heard Freya say Karl had been holding back, her heart still skipped a beat.

She was already fighting this hard, and Karl was still holding back??

Wasn't that just a bluff???

But just as Eileen was thinking that, a tiny ball of light suddenly shot from the tip of Karl's left little finger.

That small light sphere was incredibly fast. The instant it appeared, it had already rushed right in front of Eileen.

Eileen's combat instincts were terrifyingly sharp. The moment the light sphere flew at her, she dodged aside.

That little sphere was energy Karl forced out by channeling magic through his meridians. It was a bit like the Six Meridian Divine Sword from Jin Yong novels.

And in truth, it was almost no different from the Six Meridian Divine Sword. The only difference was that one used inner force, while this one used magic power.

Normally, once Karl used this move, no one could dodge it. Even someone as strong as Freya would get hit.

But he had still underestimated Eileen's combat talent. Right now, she wasn't using her eyes to judge the light sphere's path at all. She was dodging purely on instinct.

The instant Eileen dodged the light sphere, a heavy thud rang out. A pitch-black hole had appeared in the marble wall outside the arena.

Seeing that, the people around them all frowned. They couldn't understand what kind of magic Karl had used to pierce straight through the hotel's marble wall in the blink of an eye.

At that moment, Eileen knew things were bad. If Karl kept firing those little light spheres one after another, she definitely wouldn't be able to hold out for long.

Thinking that, Eileen immediately activated lightning magic to boost her speed and explosiveness, then charged fiercely at Karl.

She was going to compete with Karl in speed. She was going to compete with him in reaction time!!

They'd see whether Karl's little light spheres were faster, or whether she, Eileen, was faster!

Seeing this, Karl immediately circulated his magic and fired countless little light spheres at Eileen again.

The speed of those light spheres was almost impossible to catch with the naked eye, yet Eileen still managed to dodge every single one by instinct alone.

Karl started to panic a little. Damn, was the protagonist really this insane?? She could dodge his Six Meridian Divine Sword just by feel???!!

You can't play like this!!!

Just as Karl's mentality was starting to crack, Eileen had already arrived in front of him and raised her spear to stab him.

The moment Karl saw her closing in, he immediately aimed his left little finger at Eileen's head, preparing to fire another light sphere.

Eileen predicted Karl's move, so she tilted her head and dodged to the side.

What she didn't expect was that Karl had only feinted. His real target was Eileen's heart.

In the next second, the little light sphere shot out and went straight for Eileen's chest.

Everything happened too fast. Eileen had no time to raise her spear to block, so she could only shift her center of gravity and twist her whole body to the side.

Karl's strike didn't hit Eileen, but Eileen couldn't keep her footing either. She lost her balance and crashed straight into Karl.

In the next second, Karl only felt a soft body slam fully into his arms and knock him to the ground.

"Ah, ow ow ow..."

Lying on the ground, Karl hurriedly braced a hand against the floor, trying to sit up.

But the moment his hand touched down, he grabbed something soft and plush.

It felt absurdly good. Soft, tender, and smooth. Kneading it gave him a sensation so good it nearly sent his whole body ascending.

"Wait, don't tell me this is..."

Only then did Karl come back to his senses and realize that his hand had landed squarely on Eileen's chest.

Eileen also snapped back to herself. Looking at Karl, who still hadn't moved his hand away, she said coldly,

"Have you kneaded enough?"

The moment Karl heard that, he hurriedly retreated to the side.

"Wait!! It's a misunderstanding! A misunderstanding!! I didn't do it on purpose! Listen to my explanation!!!"

"You've already touched it, and you've already kneaded it. What exactly is there left to explain?"

Eileen stood up and looked at Karl with an icy expression.

Karl completely panicked this time. Damn it, how was he supposed to explain this?? There was no way to explain it at all!!!!

Why the hell had he kneaded it just now??? Wasn't that just his hand being stupid?!!!

At this point, Karl was fully prepared to face Eileen's wrath.

But contrary to what Karl expected, Eileen didn't explode. Instead, she slowly put the spear in her hand back into her ring, then said,

"I'll count this as my loss. If, just now, you had stabbed me with your sword instead of kneading, I would already be dead."

".................."

Miss, what do you mean by that?? So you think I did that on purpose??? It was an accident! An accident!! If you have to blame something, blame the fact that it felt way too good!!!

After saying that, Eileen took out a silver ring from her pocket, handed it to Karl, and said,

"This is the Spatial Ring I promised you. It's a very important token to me, so please take good care of it."

Karl had originally wanted to refuse, but before he could say anything, the ring had already been stuffed into his hand.

"I look forward to our next match, Mr. Karl."

After saying that, Eileen walked down from the arena.

Karl held the ring and didn't think too much about it.

Since she sincerely wanted to give it to him, it wouldn't be right for him to keep refusing.

The moment Karl stepped down from the arena, he saw Mia wearing a face full of gleeful gossip as she said,

"Brother-in-law, did Eileen's chest feel better than my sister's?"

"!!!!!!!!!"

Only then did Karl notice that Freya was standing there with a livid expression. She was obviously furious.