Chapter 157: [Bonus chapter] Emerging Victor

"Allow me to show you a bit of my growth too!" I grinned with satisfaction, while drawing closer to a stunned Ivan.

"A-amazing, to think you brushed that off too…" He whispered.

With his hands still on the ground, the boy shot me a look that told me he was far from being finished. This caused excitement to course through my body as I picked up my pace and approached him.

>RUMBLE<

Suddenly, the ground quaked once more and I was confronted with a massive lump of earth emanating from the ground.

'This is…!' My mind rang, as I saw the lump take on the form of a giant hand.

"I'm not just good at Fire Magic you know! Let's see how you snuff this out!" He yelled, controlling the massive brown construct into forming a fist, while getting closer to me at an alarming rate.

"Hehe, I see! So you figured it out!"