Hailey, who had said nothing until now, joined in persuading him: "Yeah, Adam. You haven't lost anything anyway, so why not just—oh my god!"
Squelch.
The blade of the element sword drove into Ignas's brow, and his body crumbled straight into dust under the savage electric heat and oscillation, scattering on the wind mixed with ice crystals.
Adam glanced at the value his merit ring showed, fifty points lower, and suddenly decided that this rule of the Fifth Elemental Tower wasn't so bad after all. Otherwise, if someone was always lurking nearby to steal a strike in every battle and there was no way to deal with them, that would be far more unreasonable.
Shirley's brows drew tight. "You really should have let him go, Adam. The War League is a major force on Ceylon Island. If they set their minds to making your trial miserable, you'll suffer for it."