Air Hero

Max vs Heinrich II

Because of the numbing feeling that he felt on his foot, Max lost his balance when Heinrich suddenly pulled back and retreated. Since Max is trying his best to push his hand forward and loses the counterforce that is stopping it, he stumbled forward in a comical way, and Max knows that he is now in trouble.

This one small mistake can cost Max the match, and he will be out of the competition. Heinrich won’t miss this chance either since it was something he tried to create by exploiting many means.

Max’s defense is now open as his back is now an easy target for Heinrich.

“Not good!”

Max thought to himself and think of a way to save himself from this dire situation. At this moment, the fastest skill that he can use is his most familiar skill. Aside from the wind bullet, there’s a move that has become the thing that he practices for ten years straight before he meets with Kalina.

Under her training, this move has become one of Max’s trump cards. Since the moment Max awakens his ability, he has been summoning the wind to wrap around his body and covers him with warmth. Under Kalina’s training, this move has been improved further, and this time, Max used it to save himself from the pinch.

In a blink of an eye, an armor made of wind has covered Max’s body completely. It was on another level compared to his other skill. If the gauntlets have some gaps due to the wind swirling around them, this wind armor looked amazingly solid without any opening or the sign of moving wind.

It just looked like Max suddenly wear a new set of armor that protected his body. Even Heinrich is surprised. Not only because the time Max summoned the armor was short, but the armor itself could also block Heinrich’s water blade without effort.

With that move, Max finally managed to get himself from the pinch. He rolled on the ground and managed to get some distance away from Heinrich. Summoning another wind gauntlet aside from the armor depletes Max’s energy quickly, but he needs to do it if he wanted to win. It would be better if he could finish this battle soon.

This time, Max decided to be the one going on the offensive. He can’t let Heinrich take the initiative all the time, or he won’t win. So Max moves forward while getting a boost from the wind. Heinrich also prepared himself for the confrontation since close combat battle is what he excels at best.

This time, Heinrich channeled more power into his water blade. So when the gauntlets and the water blade clashed once more, the water blade isn’t losing out at all. Unlike the first clash where the water blade is chipped away, right now, it managed to hold its form.

Max also realizes that Heinrich's kick is powerful from the earlier exchange. He won’t give him time to utilize it as he takes a step back and moves sideways. He is trying to circle Heinrich and attack him from the side.

Heinrich, however, isn’t shaken at all. Max’s side attack is easily deflected once more by him, and Max continues his move to find an opening. This process repeated a few times while Max didn’t manage to land an attack on Heinrich at all.

“This couldn’t continue, or I will lose.”

Max then finally thinks of a weird idea. Since he is already moving around Heinrich while running in a circle with Heinrich as the center, how about he keep on doing this?

Channeling all of his power, Max is now circling Heinrich quickly without attacking at all. Heinrich also didn’t do anything since he is confused as to what Max is doing. Suddenly, a large amount of wind gathered, and Heinrich becomes the eye of the tornado that is now brewing.

Heinrich didn’t feel it before, but Max commanded the wind to form a tornado as he circled Heinrich. They said that the center of the typhoon is the calmest area, and Heinrich experienced it now. However, what happened if the cyclone suddenly explodes? That was a different case as the center of the spinning wind will bear the most pressure as the raging wind wreck havoc.

This is something that Max wanted to achieve when he thinks of this idea. He never tried it before on a large scale, but he experienced it several times when gathering the wind and asking it to spin on top of his palm.

That is also some basic wind manipulation that is used to form the wind bullet. Max remembers that when he tried to perfect the wind bullet attack, at first, he failed to create the bullet, and the wind is dispersed to the area with a lot of force. Right now, Max is trying to achieve the same feat by using the raw power when the wind is dispersed.

Heinrich realizes this, and once again, he commanded the water barrier to form around him once more. This time, he channeled most of his energy on this move. He can feel the enormous power that Max unleashes on this move.

Max also didn’t dare to relax as he spent all of the energy on his body on this move. It can be said to be his gamble move. If it succeeds, Max will surely win this round. If he failed, he just needs to accept the fact that Heinrich is stronger than him.

The wind that Max gathers in his run is slowly getting bigger and bigger. Exceeding the limit of D-rank and it even makes Heinrich nervous for the first time in this battle. So far, Heinrich still has confidence in himself that he will be able to handle it. However, this time, his face paled a bit, seeing the wind in the formation that is getting bigger and bigger.

Even Max can feel that it is getting a bit out of his control, so he doesn’t have any choice but to release it soon. If he keeps this a bit longer, the power will be enormous, but he won’t be able to control it perfectly.

With that said, a few seconds later, the spinning tornado exploded. Sending tiles and even damaging the barrier around the arena. Max himself is blown a few meters away and rolled on the ground from the impact.

He, however, still have enough strength to look in the direction of the tornado’s eye. Heinrich isn’t standing anymore now. There’s even no trace of water around the area, as if the wind has blown everything away.

Max then managed to spot Heinrich lying down on the ground while groaning. There’re a lot of cut wounds and bruises all around his body due to the slashing wind. After a few seconds, Max could move his body a bit and managed to stand up while he looked clearer at Heinrich that is still rooted on the spot.

“Max versus Heinrich, winner, Max.”

Finally, Max can hear an announcement in his ear and let out a smile of relief. His body also immediately slumped on the ground since he used all of his strength to stand up. He is now really looking forward to the medical pod that could help him recover. He can already imagine himself inside it with the healing fluid cooling his body and nourish him to his normal condition.