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.
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