*Gasp* - At the center of a wild fire, Leo has already been defeated. Even though he had used everything he could, even death baiting himself, all was gone beneath one movement of the mythical creature hiding in the azure flame behind Savan. Folded under zero pressure. And the legendary bracelet on his right hand also broke down after protecting him from death twice.
"As I said, you are too weak, Leo. You don't have that potential." - Savan again does a sword clash with Pyan while attacking Leo's mentality.
"An Aura user who can't even awaken a special ability like you, does not deserve my pity."
*Clash* - Leo only can lie there and witness his companion pull out everything to fight Savan in his hopelessness. So cruel, his pride has already torn apart.
Triple Thrust - Pyan rapidly stabs his rapier toward Savan thrice and also gets parried thrice in a moment. Those two blades keep crashing and clashing to each other while bursting more and more sparks over time.
*Splash* - In a short moment, the bone sword has already stabbed through Pyan's right shoulder, taking away some blood drops from himself in the air.
*Splash* - Another slash has already taken down his left foot. Pyan instantly gets disabled during the fight, with those injuries, it's even impossible for him to maintain the speed of Mach 50, let alone to do the peak performance two seconds ago again.
"Rapier is faster than a straight sword, yet, you should have switched it at the start." - Savan doesn't even want to play anymore, it's time for the glory death.
*Haha* - Pyan just laughs, "I won't give up using rapier. Especially while assassinating you."
*Whirr* - In a short period of time, he has sensed the gate leading to death. Savan instantly rotates and swings the bone sword to his rear with the speed of Mach 100. The air swiftly madly bursted and exploded after being cut through.
Yet, his movement is instantly locked up before that blade can harm anything on that guy. The second epic item has been used - Chains of Judgement.
"You make me wait for too long."
*Whirr* - Burst! Burst! Burst! The white Aura keeps exploding while being held back inside those ten fingers of that right fist.
"Mm, thanks then."
*Whirr* - Leo finally bursts his Aura one more time, that fist swiftly lands right upon the white skull full of azure flame, crushing it with his maximum output.
"Who told you that I haven't unlocked my ability?" - *Crack*
At that moment, Savan instantly realized that the era had changed. He knows that the awakened abilities time by time have been reduced to something that is even more pitiful than the sympathy of God. Yet, he must admit that he couldn't even foresee this power, as if it's a sword pointing straight toward the sky.
Are they going against that limit? He whispers, but it seems like his imagination instead.
Ability: Escalation Protocol.
Allow him to stack his maximum output to the infinity practically with the specific scale.
Yet, is it enough?
Sure not! *Crack* - Savan isn't that weak. Within a strike, his skull is cracked for a bit at the forehead.
Then, within another slash, Leo's two hands are cut down in a way that's too clean. The crimson blood obviously drops down as a waterfall, dying the ground and his pants to the color of red.
His two eyes open wide, he can't believe that he doesn't even stand a chance beneath that pressure, so overwhelmed.
"If the maximum output is low, the enhanced version won't be that great."
Short, clear and clean, one slash on his body and another one to his mind - Leo is defeated, thoroughly.
*Swish* - Pyan instantly rushes straight toward Savan at his rear while aiming to his spine. However, that rapier is also melted down by the azure flame from his rear.
"Surprise? Don't worry." - He rotates himself 180 degrees, steps forward once and looks at Pyan, who is still lying on the ground miserably.
"Even though I haven't used the hellish power, and my power is limited below 1/10 my peak performance, my sword style hasn't been used up to the third move too. Also my ability is disabled due to my promise…"
Pyan doesn't really know what he's listening to right now.
Is this what a human says? He curses.
"So ye, you are trash. But don't worry, you have that potential, so just practice more."
He slowly moves his head upward, Pyan looks at Savan, seriously.
"But you need to survive first." - Death sentence.
He instantly throws away the sword handle and takes a nap on the cold ground, absolutely giving up.
*Shing* - The blade swiftly moves down, straight upon his head.
*Clash* - A sharp ice fragment instantly shoots straight toward it, at the middle of the set trajectory, the bone sword has been knocked back a bit. But with only that small error, the final result has been changed.
"You do not belong to this era, Savan Frazan."
*Phew* - "I was not able to yap anymore, you just jumped in very sharply."
*Haha* - "I was just curious, I want to know how strong you are after thousands of years under the ground."
Savan is quite surprised, that's a secret hidden away by himself a long time ago, "I wonder how you can discover that truth."
She just smiles, "Not a big deal. With that appellation five thousands years ago, a Saint like you shouldn't be wiped out in history. Right? One of The Triarch Saints at the end of The Heroic Age, Savan Frazan."
*Silent* - He looks at the small girl in front of him. She looks like a secondary school girl, with pink twintails hair. She is so adorable.
Yet, with that look, Savan feels that this girl isn't that kind. Especially when she is one of The Three Grand Sages of this era.
"Your wisdom. That guy is really strong." - Pyan heavily breathes in and out.
But she only looks at him, carefreely, "Don't worry Pyan. Don't you dare say that I'd lose?"
*Haha* - "No. Not at all!" - He laughs, madly. Because he knows that the mage standing right in front of him is one of the strongest in this era. The Stellar Grand Sage of Wisdom.
"Ready?" - She smiles.
"Sure." - Different from the previous time, while facing this small lady, Savan really needs to unleash all his power at the start. This is the indirect way to admit the opponent's strength and authority.
"I don't want to waste my time." - Without any incantation or magic circle, a fast beam is released when she points straight toward RampThica afar.
*Vsh* - Swift as lightning, the rocks under his feet are crushed into dust after an explosion after he leapt forward. With the speed of Mach 300, the shockwave that he carries is even powerful enough to crush any kind of creature to dust within a tap.
*Clash* - The bone sword slightly vibrates in the air and that beam is instantly sent to another destination.
"If you don't want to use all your power to fight against me. I'll kill that chimera first, then you." - Loye slightly smiles, but it looks more like a grin as if she's daring him to go against her.
"Fine."
*Whirr* - The azure flame brutally overflows through all his bone joints. It replaces all his Aura, or… his true Aura is that blue flame of Hell. Consequently, the tail of the mythical creature behind him has been revealed, non-stop, it keeps going, madlier, until it has absolutely appeared.
"Oh… wow. Even a dragon." - Her smile is way more melodramatic.
*Roar* - The oscillation in the space even destroyed the inner structure, breaking it into pieces and fragments lingering in the air. Yet, they all go through the ground and don't even match the normal logic of existence totally. As if… they are set in different layers from the general space.
Loye also takes out her staff, it's a mythical item, which is even stronger than the legendary one. She doesn't chant an incantation, neither draw a magical circle, nor activate the great magic. None of them are used, she just calls one name.
"Fentis!"
And Savan also bursts all his power into the blade and the dragon, ready for the up-coming strike.
The light pink beam with the enormous scale is instantly created and shot toward the corpse of a Saint with the destructive power that can even blow away a great mountain.
She smiles, also smirks, "Don't die at this warm up, Savan."
Doesn't reply, Savan only looks at the Grand Sage right in front of himself. He thinks, he considers then he smiles. He just realizes that the true humans are still existing in this era.
*Vroom* - The space is distorted, crushed and torn apart beneath that pressure.
*Boom* - All the forests are wiped out by an explosion, absolutely.
(Seems like you just wasted a legendary item for no benefits.) - The Phoenix doesn't understand his intention.
"Nah, the secrets lingering on the stars are decided to be hidden away." - Har requests it to set him on the ground.
*Vsh* - After a second, they both stand in the hole that was caused by the detonation before. He doesn't feel shocked or dragged during the whole process, as if they just teleported instead of gliding down.
(Space manipulation, don't worry.)
*Haha* - "You said it's just like a cheap trick instead of a great project."
It slightly turns the head to the right side and curiously looks at him as if he just said something really funny.
Observing it, Har only comes up with a conjecture that in this age, legendary creatures were able to access the space concept as a normal daily work.
(Isn't it easy work?)
"In my era, the space concept is something that is really high above, beyond normal imagination. So even a genius like me can't have a complete domain in general."
(You? Genius? With the power of true humans, are you even considered as a genius but not a lowest tier Aura user?)
"Hey hey hey! Who are you looking down upon? I just learned about Aura for almost two months. How can you call me a lowest tier Aura user?"
(I admit, 2 months for that power is incredible, yet, if you haven't unlocked space manipulation in this era, you stand no chance beneath top tier forces.)
"Top tier? Dragon level 4 or 5 you mean?" - Har feels like this is an event that Loki prepared for him to get some information about the next stage of their game.
(Dragons and Phoenixes fly over the sky. Leviathan and Hydras are hiding under the depth of the oceans. Under us, thousands of kilometers, there are many magma creatures like nature golems or some giant worms. All of them after evolving into level 4 or an elder type, their power combined with space manipulation is really overpowering. Good luck.)
*Sigh* - "Sounds so great, let's learn about the domain first then."
It again turns the head to the left and asks him, (What do you mean about domain?)
"Domain? Like your own realm and then you isolate the space around you, then overwrite it onto the isolated space to trap your opponents inside." - Har doesn't think that domain is one of the great inventions of mankind in the recession era, that's why he's quite surprised currently.
(Hmmm? Domain???) Its head turns frequently from left to right, from right to left and then again from left to right as if it's trying to figure out what it is.
(No idea, we have nothing called domain in this era).
"Hmm? I see. So it's the invention of my era, nevermind."
(I got it. Even though I don't know what the domain is exactly, but about the space concept, I think I can help.) It looks at him.
He also looks at the Phoenix, "What is the price?"
(I'd like clever guys. Just make it clear, I need you to support me, to help me be the successor of my clan.)
"Okay, let me guess. You and a bunch of Phoenixes are going to fight each other until one of you can stand proud with a companion, right?" - Hoshira has read too many kinds of novels like this.
(You're smart. But the problem is I am the weakest of them, and this is a deadly fight, not a comparison.)
*Hex* - The Phoenix is shocked, it feels threatened by that evil thought even though Hex doesn't aim toward it.
(Human?)
Suddenly, Har just gets out of his abstractedness in a second and instantly covers himself with a lie, "Don't worry, I'm just very… very… very addicted to the moment of death. I feel like each time I face death, my wish is raised higher."
(Humans are so freaking weird. Whatever, welcome to my team, human.)
"I'm called Har, which means mighty."
"Crytinas, I'm the 7th daughter of Phoenix King Larym III." - This time, it is no longer the beast, it… I mean, she is a beautiful girl with orange and gleamy hair.
"Oh wow, I have predicted and considered many cases, but none of them is about you being a girl." - Har goes around his new companion with a look of evaluation.
"Get your eyes out of my *ss."
*Oh haha* - "I haven't done anything, I haven't done anything." - He steps back twice and raises his both hands up as an innocent.
She only glances at him with a weird look, surely she can't even believe that blatant lie, "Jezz, so disgusting."
Suddenly, the System pops up to disturb their pink atmosphere.
[Reward: Ring of Knights (disabled); Ring of Ruby (disabled); Ring of Sapphire (disabled); Ring of Emerald (disabled); Ring of Amethyst (disabled); Ring of Gold (disabled); Ring of Diamond (disabled); Ring of Ember (disabled); Ring of Undefined Entity (disabled)]
Hey System, why tf are they all disabled? He curses inside.
[You are not a player yet. So all the basic stats of the items are disabled. But their abilities are still active.]
How many of them are really useful? Har is so pissed off right now, he can't believe that he hasn't met any player since the third day of his life on the great continent. So cruel.
[Ring of Knights: allows you to store up to 50% Aura inside it.]
[Ring of Ember: allows you to control fire elements in a lesser way.]
[Ring of Undefined Entity: allows you to [ERROR!!!]
*Tack* - Interwoven to the space, the flow of time has been paused, without any announcement.
*Vroom* - The space is also replaced by an absolute blank, as usual. It's too familiar that Har even got used to it long ago.
As he predicted, he sees that guy again - Loki, The Trickster.
"Yo, long time no see."
Loki only sits there and looks at him, a grin within, "Sure, long time no see."
Har steps toward him, then he sits down, right in front of the Outer God. Those two eyes shine the authority that can't be looked down upon in any case for any reason.
"Do you know what the price was?"
"Hmm? Which price?" - Har looks like a lost soul in Limbo, all blank.
*Haha* - Loki suddenly claps his face with his right hand, then he laughs and grins so creepily.
"Sure, because every time you die, you always default that it is the basic feature of the game that you've been playing."
*Vsh* - Fast as rapid, Har instantly leaps backward with his max speed and takes out all the items that he can pull out right in this situation.
"Don't need to be that worried, I don't have the reason to kill you, the servant that I've paid a lot to bring back from reapers." - Loki laughs a bite, quite scornfully.
"So what is the point right now? I don't think we are friends."
"Sure we aren't. But you are my servant, unlike others, they must pray and contribute to get the blessings. You only need to struggle in that world with my support, you must praise this mighty and obey my orders. Fool."
After the last word, the pressure instantly pins him down the invisible ground.
*Hmm* - "I don't want to waste my time. So let's go on with the main purpose."
He takes out a gem, it's a perfect sphere with the abysmal hole inside, slowly rotating.
"This is the second gift. Go ahead on the road of destiny and fate, we will meet again at the end."
Sounds like a farewell, something inside Har has been woken up. Pitifully, the voice is chained and held back inside his warm throat, can't even shout it out to the world, to the blank and to the Outer God.
"Don't look at me like that [ERROR], we will meet again. I promise."
*Vroom* - The space is given back to itself. Crytinas is still walking ahead to the mountain, the winds are still flowing through them and the trees, leaves are still swaying.
Yet, as a discordant piece of a painting, Har instantly falls back on the ground.
"Har!"
Everything is fading and his sight is closing. But somehow, he doesn't feel any fear about this accident, the peaceful hand of Crytinas has already put right on his heart while she's calling him.
His hands slightly touch her face, even though this is the first time they meet each other, somehow they all feel the same connection among their hearts.
His lips slightly move, as if he's saying something.
"Wait for me."
After a blink, now Har is standing right in front of himself. Actually… in front of another Har.
[Seems like you've been enjoying everything.]
"Hm? Who are you?"
[I'm you. Another Hoshira.]
Har instantly leaps backward and takes out something in the inventory, yet, he just realizes that it got disabled at the very beginning.
[You don't need to be worried. I'm here to teach you one lesson before that day comes.]
That day? He thought. Until the present time, Hoshira immediately realizes that he has been acting like a true human in this virtual game for so long. Even the basic emotions can be seen on his heart and face.
He absolutely forgot the fact that he doesn't belong to this verse, he is a player. Then Hoshira immediately figures out Loki's intention about reminding him that he's a player.
This game is coded so real, was that a reminder of the Co.XPs before my mind absolutely melts itself into the game? Isn't it too dangerous? His mind is blown up. Even though he isn't that joyful in real life, yet, being trapped inside a virtual game is beyond the edge.
[I don't mind your thoughts. And I won't teach it to you directly. Feel it through my fists.]
*Rtzz* - The System instantly pops up right in front of his two eyes and confusion. It looks different from the normal interface, the edges are covered by the red and black lines without gleamy effects as usual. All the boards are covered by chains and eyes, its mouth is non-stop murmuring to him an undefined emotion, as if it's trying to take over his mind.
[Undefined Entity: [Error] is inviting you to a secret mission.]
[Accept or Decline]
[...]
[Accepted]
[Stage 1: The Evolution of Shadow Gates (0%)]
Hmm? Evolution? Shadow Gates? Is it possible?
[First thing in fighting, don't be distracted.]
*Splash* - From Har's right ear to his right shoulder, a big amount of flesh has been devoured by those fangs.
"Im… Impossible!"
[Shadow Gates: Summon is disabled. But this thing is materializing the beasts by the shadow essence.]
Shadow… essence? His mind is gone blank again, then he is forced to open them one more time to face his second self.
*Gasp* - Different from Aetheria, the Har that he's facing has something way more different. And that thing just gave him the feeling of fear again. His brain is working with 200% power, even though he has come up with the fact that he needs to fight, but… the fear is too overwhelming. It is like a bunch of chains, they all lock his heart and mind up to the poltroonery. Those two legs, those two legs are unable to move, even for an inch, so miserable.
[Stand up, I won't give you any more chance to hesitate.]
Nothing changes, his two legs are still disabled for a bit. But it's still enough for his second death. *Splash* - This time, his head is the target, after another blink, he witnesses his two corpses being thrown to a corner of the room.
[Just a reminder.]
After five more seconds, the third corpse is there.
[Move!]
*Splash* - Fourth corpse.
[Move!]
*Splash* - However, this time the loss is only the right arm.
*Hehe* - He laughs.
*Haha* - Another laugh.
*Hahaha!* - "Death, is that death?"
Finally, Hoshira has figured it out! With the manner of a player, he can easily wipe out the fear via each time he revives or redoes everything. Yet, the synchronicity of his mind was developed via each time he tried to immerse in the 100% authenticity.
"Ah… yes…" He murmurs.
Which means, he hasn't faced the true death, not at all! But now, right now! He has felt it, he has experienced it.
"That's right… so true~" - His two eyes open wide.
"Come here, bring it all on."
Shadow Gates: Materialization - "You call it Shadow Essence, right?"
The shade slightly spreads out under his feet, then all the shoulders and his right arm are covered by the non-bright mud. It also restructures all his flesh and bones to form a united arm armor with the purple blade.
*When one's desire takes control of his mind, it will form the best prize for him.
[Exclusive Item: The Right Gauntlet of Shadow Knight (enabled)]
[Ability: Rage - allows the user to consume more Aura via Ignite to boost the maximum output up to three times.]
"Ability inside another Ability. How is it?"
[Great.]
[But, don't forget that the consumption is high.]
*Vsh* - Har rushes straight toward Hoshira with his maximum speed, the beast also follows up his feet. *Smack* - One strike and Hoshira is knocked back two steps.
*Splash* - His left arm is torn by the claws deeply. Of course, the blood is revealed.
"Lovely."
*Whirr - Smack* - Rage is activated with the maximum output of thrice. That shockwave even blows away the wolf.
*Smack* - Yet, it also means that Hoshira totally gave up his opportunity to defend Har in this strike. The fist heavily carves one indentation to his left ribs, the Guard seems like useless, everything gets crushed all to dust.
*Gasp* - The pressure after death and resurrection is still lingering inside his mind. Yet, it's also… stimulant.
*Vsh* - The wind is bursted and that gauntlet again gives Har a strike, yet, the second beast has already blocked it for him in the nick of time.
*Smack* - Taking that advantage, he steps forward and blows Hoshira away within one strike, then the shadow wolf just needs to follow up that flying object and nibble that flesh to its bones.
Hoshira realizes that he shouldn't face Har and his shadow beasts alone, yet, he still wants to test his new ability. One more time, the shadow pops up and restructures himself in the left arm to form the last gauntlet. It's bound with another purple blade like the right one, however, it looks like a claw blade that can move up and down.
In short, the right gauntlet blade is used to lengthen the range of elbow slash the most, but the left one's is used to stab forward or slice everything as a short sword.
Suddenly, the System pops up again with the danger icon to warn him seriously.
[I suggest you not to abuse it anymore.]
[The total cost for those two gauntlets is 20 years of your life span.]
[50 years remain.]
He smiles, or even grins, "Still 50 years left, I'm not even in a hurry, so why should you be?"
[Exclusive Item: The Left Gauntlet of Shadow Knight (enabled)]
[Ability: Shield Breaker - allows the user to negate all the protection while offending with the cost of double the total amount of Aura in offending (the user) and defending (the target)]
Hoshira rushes toward Har again with his sharp blade on the left gauntlet. The swish in the air is left behind wherever the blade cuts through after the countless shockwaves. It swiftly tears down the neck of that shadow wolf and the two hands of that muscle shadow beast, surely approaching Har's neck, where those two carotids are lingering in his sight.
[Too obvious, hide away your intentions.]
Even though the blade is unstoppable, the gauntlet isn't that overpowered. Har just spends one of his movements to grab that wrestle and use his two hands to tear down Hoshira's arm.
*Bang* - Rage is activated and his face is blown away within one strike among countless shockwaves. It also goes through his spine and breaks it into three big and separated pieces.
"I won." - He claims, but he also knows that the quest hasn't been accomplished. Which means… he has to pull out more the inside of himself, the true essence of his soul.
[Now the second phase.]
*Clap* - After sealing his two hands, he summons five beasts all at once: a wolf; a chimera of spider, snake and eagle; a serpent; an elephant and something that looks like a big bird with four hands.
*Bang* - The strong matches with another strong, Hoshira crashes toward the chimera in a duel with melee attacks. They both swing their two hands toward each other while covering themselves inside Ignite and Guard, which buff their durability and strength to another level.
*Whirr* - Rage has been activated, that right fist cuts through the wind and lands on the shadow with the shockwaves and supreme heat at the meeting point.
*Bang* - It is knocked back two steps by the force.
*Vsh* - Not even a blink, he has already stood right behind it with another Aura accumulated strike.
*Bang* - Right on the rear, that fist sends it flying away as a ragdoll torn apart.
*Ssss* - Locked! Hoshira is locked up in a grab of the snake. It's heavy and tight as being suffocated by the hands of devils, and then death may come anytime whenever he loses his mind. Ten seconds later, the next corpse has been put right next to the 6th corpse.
"Hey."
[What's wrong?]
"Teach me, Domain Expansion."
[I have no duty for that favor.]
"Oh, is that so?" - Shadow Gates: Materialization - Shadow Companions. Besides himself, two shadows pop up and form two clones of Hoshira but without the gauntlets.
"You want me to take one more step on this path, right? I'll show you the idealest one."
[Bring it on.]
"But if I win, you will teach me the domain expansion, right?"
[Deal.]
*Sigh* - She wonders…
*Sigh* - She worries…
*Sigh* - "Why are you sighing?" - The Phoenix looks at her and wonders.
*Sigh* - She looks at the blue sky with confusion.
*Sigh* - The Phoenix mimics her.
*Sigh* - "Shut up." - Crytinas sighs, she is so lost right now. But the Phoenix doesn't get it, its head turns left and right, then left and right one more time.
(Why are you so sad?)
"He!" - She points to the corpse of Har, which is inside a coffin of Magelic stones, a dozen of flowers within. Only one more funeral band and four more palanquin bearers to form a true obsequies.
"He has been like that for two days, we only have one more week before the royal duels. I'm dying, help me."
She downs her knees and crawls toward the Phoenix to hang herself on its left leg, almost crying.
*Aaaa* - "Seven more days until the duels, I don't want to be crossed out."
The left wing slightly strokes her head, "I'm your brother, not the clan leader. Hopeless."
*Aaaa* - She rolls all over herself around on the ground to throw a tantrum, "If you don't help me, who will?"
*Aaaa* - She keeps acting like that for the whole five minutes to just realize that her brother just fell asleep.
*Ting* - His eyes open wide and Crytinas also stop acting spoiled, they all know that the time has come, they must get back to their clan.
(Hmm… What about that corpse?)
"Jezz, bring him to our clan, he is my companion."
(Are you sure? Isn't he weaker than you? And he's dying.)
"We made a promise."
(It isn't a binding vow, right?)
"Yes, but I don't want to break it in any case. Being thrown away isn't a comfortable feeling." - She slightly and unconsciously curls up her legs and gives them an embrace by herself. As if she's saying to no one but herself, Crytinas, the days that she won't forget.
*Sigh* - "It's up to you." - He is really like an elder brother who always takes care of his sisters in any case. That's why he works as a transportation for Crytinas and the coffin right now.
(Supporting you is an investment in loss.)
*Sssszzzz* - "Shut up, before I sacrifice you to Mylin."
As piercing a sword into his weak spot, the Phoenix begs her as if he's going to dye this world in his waterfall of tears.
"Don't! She is going to tighten me up on the bed and dismember me."
"But why is it a bed instead of a pan?"
He looks at her with confusion, "Why must it be a pan?"
She smiles, "To cook you after dismembering."
She looks at him and he looks at her, he curses, "Why do I have a sister like you who always sacrifices the elder brother to the jaws of the devil?"
*Hehe* - "Having an elder brother who can't help me in the royal duels, or having a sister-in-law that can feed me in the next thousands years. I'm not that heartless, but if I live for someone else but not me, I'm sinful to myself."
"Shut the * up."
The golden sunlight arrives and leaves on their wings, the clouds bypass them as the passers on the road, and the blazing star on the horizon burns the sky to the orange and red of melted iron. They are on their way.
"Capture them." - A whisper and then ten guys hiding under the full black cloaks jump out of the bushes and aim to the Phoenix first.
Phoenix doesn't feel too surprised by that action, being targeted by humans in a new era is nothing but a daily game in his life.
Within a fire breath, two of them are erased out of the world without ash remaining.
*Clack* - Hundreds of chains are instantly materialized to lock him up in the air. Yet, they are even melted to liquid before being able to touch his feathers.
"Humans, know your place!"
His wings spread outside, the flames also dye the world under them to the color of blazing hell. It looks like the flame blessing that Crytinas did the first time she met Har in the forest of oak trees. However, this time it is a calamity, not a gift.
*Crackle* - Those two wings keep flapping and gliding through each flow of winds, leaving there a burnt dead forest. For all the process, he didn't even ask Crytinas for support, everything just got wiped out under zero pressure. This is the power of an elder Phoenix, the creatures that can threaten the dragons above the nine skies.
"Big bro…"
(Hmm?)
"Time Manipulation, haven't you heard about it?"
(Is it related to the corpse in the coffin?)
She admits.
(I see. If he's here already, just let everything's done. We can't jump in that muddy pool of higher entities.)
"But… I… I feel like we can ask him for help."
Unlike previous times, after hearing that idea, the Phoenix just warns her in the cold manner, (Crytinas, don't be fooled.)
"But! But aren't we decayed? If… if…" - Her voice gets lower and lower.
Her ears and cheeks are turned to pink, "If I can make him willing to seal and unseal us after thousands years, we can surpass the up-coming cataclysm."
*Haha* - "So how would you do it?" - Surely, he doesn't believe in the reliability of this plan.
"I… I…" - Her ears, her nose and her cheeks are all pink right now. Her voices keep struggling inside the throat.
"Don't the parents love their children the most? If…"
His brain gets shocked - "Don't tell me…"
"If I bear him a child of the Phoenix clan, it would be successful… right…?" - Her voice lingers in the low-pitched. The final words can't even be pronounced totally, as if she's going to dig a hole and jump into it to disappear from the world.
*Sigh* - All the silence.
"Oh, is that all the story?" - A lady with the same identity like Crytinas is sitting on the golden chair while taking a sip of tea.
"Ye… yes."
"Crytinas, you are my youngest daughter, I can understand that you don't have enough experience. Yet, why would you think I'd allow you to do it on your own?" - Her voice is cold, showing all the disappointment.
"I'm… I'm sorry. I just… I just witnessed the miracle in his eyes."
*Clatter* - The cup is put on the table, it's a dead sentence for this nonsense dialogue.
Her eyes realize the brutal Hex, pressing Crytinas straight onto the ground.
"Sweetheart, the next royal duels won't be a playground for you. It's a bet of life for each attendant, I don't want to lose one of my children."
Her voice is cold, heartless and unable to resist. The life span of ancient creatures can be over thousands years in the lesser bloodline. And their clan is one of the most pure blood line clans of Phoenix from the ancient era. Not joking, but they can even be proud of 80,000 years in this life as a median.
Her mother, who has lived for over 36,000 years, is one of the witnesses of the most chaotic era since the ancient age closed itself to the world. Unlike other mothers, she doesn't want her children to be ruled, dominated or sacrificed under higher entities and the best way to achieve it is being the strongest. In short, she wants each of her children to do the best and be able to control their lives.
"I don't allow you to…"
"Mom!" - Crytinas lets her eyes drop down two tear drops. This is the first time that she's ever tried to go against her mother's impositions.
"I want to do it on my own. I've selected him as my companion, and in the Umbral Realm, our fates were sealed." - Her shoulders shake quite a bit.
*Silent* - The lady only sits there and looks at her daughter without any prevention or anger. Her eyes slightly stare at the sun on the horizon, which almost disappears from the sky with the twilight, as if she's witnessing something familiar.
*Sigh* - "Do as you please."
"Thanks." - Her voice is steady just for this moment, while her tears are still dropping onto the ground.
That night, she is still sitting right next to the stone coffin and waiting for her companion to wake up.
"Why don't you just train more? You only have six more days."
"Because of the fact that I only have six more days, I don't want to struggle in hopelessness. Preparing everything from almost one hundred years up to today, so 6 more days or 6 less days won't be that different." - She is quite stubborn. For no reason, Crytinas is still looking at Har with an undefined manner.
The next night:
*Sigh* - "I don't know why you're so addicted to that human. Love at the first sight, fate, destiny, whatever, I care not. I just want to remind you about regret, don't regret your current choices. That's all."
"I won't!" - Her determination is too clear just for this moment.
"I met him and I chose him, that's all. I won't - She murmurs, for herself or even for Har, no one knows.
"As I said, it's all up to you." - Her brother just gives her a roasted chicken and leaves the room.
Crytinas is still there and still looks at the ground. All the atmosphere is dyed in silence and meditation. Until she makes sure that her big bro just leaves and removes his spatial perception from her room, she instantly and immediately and unhesitatingly rushes toward the chicken and grabs its legs and thighs.
She tears them all apart and witnesses the shiny fat slowly and slowly follows the meat, dropping down onto the dish.
Her two eyes shine the determination, the determination that reflected in her mind from the very beginning up to now, the determination of devouring the chicken.
Her fingers instantly stab through it, tear it and intrude it into her mouth. Her jaws and teeth work with their 200% potential while chewing all the chicken inside before swallowing it in.
In short, she immediately turns from a fine Phoenix, the youngest and unique daughter of the Phoenix clan leader, to the descendant of Beelzebub in two seconds after the leaving of her brother.
*Bang!* - The two doors are knocked open.
A familiar voice whispers through the wind while Crytinas is still surprised, "Crytinas, forgot to tell you…"
His eyes slowly but surely stop right on his sister, "Oh wow, where is my delicate little cotton ball?"
*Ehhh!* - She instantly rushes toward him to force his mouth shut.
"Don't tell anyone else!" - She orders.
*Uh uh* - It sounds more like a laugh than a compromise, he still remembers their childhood, when Crytinas wasn't forced to act as a fine princess .
*Bang* - The doors are knocked open again, this time by her father. His eyes still stop at what's happening right now, he instantly understands the situation.
"It's been 80 years since the last time I saw you devour something that brutal." - He smiles slightly and points to the chicken.
Even though it's called a chicken, it's still as big as a small dinosaur. And right now, half of its body has already been inside her stomach and mouth. But the funniest part is Crytinas still keeps chewing it no matter she's been caught red-handed.
Her two cheeks slightly puff up, they are all pink and red, even overheating, "I just want to eat, I hate you dad."
*Haha* - He slightly pinches her cheeks and pulls them in and out, "O~ you are so adorable, like you 80 years ago."
"Stup peenching it." - (Stop pinching it.) Her cheeks are bothered enough to prevent her pronouncing it clearly.
"What's wrong?" - Even her mother comes to her room.
*O~* - "Who is my baby?" - Her voice is lengthened from the east to the west across this continent.
Then it's dropped down two tones, with the cold manner, "Wash all your hands and mouth, Crytin."
"Sorry~" - She still grabs one more handful of meat and puts it into her mouth swiftly.
"I suspect that you are a descendant of Beelzebub." - A strange voice appears as a discordant piece among the harmony paintings
*Uhm!" - Her voice raises, "Har!"
*Aish* - "I'm here, what's up?" - He slightly stretches his shoulders and back muscles when the heat is still melting the air around him madly.
*Yoosh* - "It's quite a journey."
He stands up and extends his sincerity via greetings to her family, "It's my honor to accompany Crytinas."
*Tch* - "You'd better keep her alive in the duels." - Her brother instantly activates his trap card: preemptive strike while Har's talking.
*Pok!* - A strike is delivered straight toward his head, the father steps toward Har one step and glances straight at him without any mercy.
"Who gave you that confidence to make a contract with my daughter?"
*Haha* - "Honestly, we didn't make any contract." - Har throws that fact really carefreely as if he is just playing around.
And that pissed him off. *Whirr* - His Hex instantly conquers the room. It's sharp and brutal, all interweaves into his evil thoughts and shoots straight toward Har mercilessly.
"The Royal Duels isn't a playground for you."
"I know."
Nothing is more efficient than pure strength in persuading. Har only unleashes his Hex outside too, but it's different from the last time. The monster standing behind him is no longer a chimera with hundreds of tentacles, this time… it is… something way more delicate.
*Tack* - A finger snap, a threat and also a guarantee, Har doesn't disappoint anyone here. All his evil thoughts are hidden inside his two sharp eyes, even the monster behind him is covered by the darkness in the void.
"Thanks for allowing me to be your daughter's companion." - He knows when he should step one more step or stay still, giving him a chance to withdraw soft and sound for the peace after isn't a bad choice.
*Hahaha* - He steps forward and claps Har's shoulders as an improvement.
"Good. Good! You deserve it." - He puts a runic stone inside Har's two hands and a smile within.
"You will need it."
"Oh, thanks then." - Har is really leisure, as if he no longer cares about anything else in this world.
But then, his eyes slightly stop at his companion, Crytinas, while she's devouring all the chicken. And when their eyes meet each other's, the remains on the dish are bones and fat.
"Done?" - He smiles.
"Ye." - Honestly, her mouth still keeps chewing the whole thing.
"Clean your hands and say goodbye to your family. From now on, until the last day before the Royal Duel, you will be forced to evolve yourself one more time." - A declaration of punishment that works as a knife stabbing through her heart.
"No~* - She immediately uses the same acting spoiled special techniques, what she used on her big brother, to throw a tantrum.
*Vsh* - "Don't touch me with those greasy hands."
*O~* - Her voice slowly gets lowered, as if she just got a broken heart. To be honest, Crytinas is really proud of her ultimate acting skills.
However, it seems like it doesn't work on Har at all, he is immune to this kind of baby actions.
"Do you want me to drop you behind?" - "No!"
She instantly stands up and shows him her determination, her chest is even undulating through each deep breath.
Honestly, quite adorable. He smiles a bit.
But what may end must be done, "Quick, quick."
Her mother said, "Don't look at me, I don't want to help you."
Also her father, "I'd like to help you, but for your better future lying ahead, I must decide…"
Crytinas knows that she shouldn't expect anything from her parents, so the last option is…
Her brother just disappears as fast as a ghost.
*Sigh* - "Nice family."
Shadow Gates: Materialization - Clone. After a blink, there's another Har standing right next to her.
*Eh!* - He doesn't give her a chance to regret, Wormhole has been activated. They all sink into Har's shadowverse while the true Har just drops lovey dovey romantic words that "normal" lovers always use: "Don't die."
"Is that what humans are able to sa–?" - Her voice lingers not too long, it also sinks into the shadow gate on the floor. His eyes are narrowed with a smile, what a nice boyfriend!
"Alright, until the seconds before her defeat, I'll jump in." - Har yawns while declaring.
"Ah, don't worry, my clone will accompany her in the duels until it's broken. If there's no longer a problem, I'll move on to training."
"Sure, just do as you please."
*Haha* - His voice is quite low, "Thanks for excusing me."
His mind also immerses inside itself, getting back to the blank behind the gates of amethyst cathedral.
"Father, why do you give him it?" - Crytinas' brother, Amosy, asks in confusion.
He only smiles, "Perhaps he can't defeat you. But here is the problem, son, he can kill you."
"Aren't you overrating him?" - He is quite confused.
The fact that ancient creatures existing before the foundation of humans are strong, actually "were." They obey and worship absolute strength, in other words, beneath the stronger creatures, they must bow their heads down. That was the primordial and pure unspeakable rules among those creatures.
Yet, that belief also gives them the dead spot in their way of thinking - techniques, strategies and insidiousness. Consequently, Amosy can't accept the evaluation of his father even though his worshipness of strength still lingers inside his chest, so contrast.
"I know you can't accept it. But, Amosy, you can only win against him while you two both fight each other directly in strength and destructive power. And, look at his eyes, manner and behaviors and tell me clearly."
He slightly rotates himself, then their eyes both meet each other's, "Do you think he is that kind of muscle brain puppet?"
"No." - A short but clear claim has declined the intention of argument.
*Clap* - His shoulders are put hands on, "Don't take offense to the truth, son. Only failures and defeat will give you the steadiest experience to form your path."
"Got it."
*Thud* - Another chimera that looks like a mixture of bull, elephant and crocodile directly crashes straight to Hoshira in his left hip. It's heavy enough to knock him meters away while his two legs were trying to reduce the force, yet, the whole process still took non over and non less than two seconds.
*Yawn~* - Har slightly gives him a thumb down as if he's trying to rage bait his opponent.
[You will die.]
"I don't think so."
Let's stop right here for a moment. The shadow ability of Har is the same as Hoshira's, nevertheless, they are different in build. Hoshira's ability allows him to do everything crazy that his brains can pull out and adapt to the pressure sent back. Meanwhile, Har's ability is just like the original ability of Razun.
And for this moment, he only pulls out 5 shadow beasts hidden inside his shadow.
[Young makes dumb.]
*Sss* - A snake, no, a cobra instantly locks him up again inside its body hug. It's swift as a lightning bolt, but it's still insidious and delicate to be a hunter.
*Smack* - By exploding the Aura to outside via Pulse, Hoshira has been able to widen the cage that he stays inside a bit, taking his time to jump up.
*Swish* - A chimera of Lezoan, gorilla and spiders flies toward him for his head.
Hoshira only smirks, this is fun, he thought.
Rage! Crushing all the wind, the shockwaves are just the by-products, that fist tears down all the roadblocks to crash toward that forehead.
*Bang* - It's loud enough to wipe out all the broken sounds of his wrist, the smile is still lingering in the shadow behind.
*Smack* - A clone of RampThica has been summoned to throw one punch to that chimera, knocking it back to its user.
"Get… back… to your… place!"
Not only Har, but also Hoshira was confused with that action. They both know that the beast is only a product of shadow essence in materialization, it shouldn't… it must not have any capability to talk or act on its own.
"Har…" - It calls.
"Right here, RampThica." - For no reason, he can see the loneliness and self-pity inside that absolute black shadow.
Her hands slightly touch him, sometimes it's intense for the overflowing emotions, but sometimes it's gentle as if she's worrying about hurting her lover.
"I'm… sorry…"
*Arhh!!!* - A piercing scream clangs around, herself instantly gets wiped out away beneath a hand of an undefined entity. She wasn't given any chance to leave a farewell to Hoshira, all's gone, even the tears haven't dropped from her eyes.
[Emergency!!!] - *ErROr* - Something weird has happened again.
*Thud* - Another chimera that looks like a mixture of bull, elephant and crocodile directly crashes straight to Hoshira in his left hip. It's heavy enough to knock him meters away while his two legs were trying to reduce the force, yet, the whole process still took non over and non less than two seconds.
*Yawn~* - Har slightly gives him a thumb down as if he's trying to rage bait his opponent.
[...]
"Hmm?"
[You… you might die.]
*Haha* - "What's wrong with your confidence?"
[Nothing.]
*Smack* - One strike sends him flying away as usual.
"Yosh! Come here!" - Rage has been activated, he rushes toward the beast with the speed far beyond the sonic beam.
*Clap* - The bird chimera instantly assaults him from the left hip.
"You don't deserv…"
His voice struggles inside the warm throat, the cobra has again locked him up. Buying Har time to set up another trap.
*Thud* - One strike knocks Hoshira away one more time while crushing the cobra into the shadow essence. And, his two hands are sealed together again. Those non-bright muddy instantly forms a bunch of long knives, throwing toward Hoshira without any hesitation.
*Splash* - Neither right arm nor left arm, the target this time is his left leg. It's pierced through the bones and meat, pinned down on the ground, where another shadow gate is lingering.
Rage! *Thud* - The bird chimera again crashes toward him with the maximum speed, distracting him within a moment. Yet, it's still enough for the bull chimera to crush his spine to pieces again.
*Kuh!* - A pressed voice is held back while the blood keeps overflowing through those two red lips, putting an end into his 12th try.
[I won't hold back anymore.]
"Oh, don't say you can easily kill me after all."
Hoshira immediately rushes toward Har with two clones besides. Rage has been activated while his fist is tearing down the air in its way, that pressure at the top can even melt an iron just by the friction.
Of course, Har doesn't let him have that chance. Bird chimera and bull chimera both rush toward him with the maximum power after being boosted.
*Plop* - Two clones have sacrificed themselves to prevent the two chimeras swiftly, but it's still enough for Hoshira to pass through them with another leap. Non-stop, he bursts his Aura again to approach Har with the fist of doom on the right side.
As usual, the beast tamer instantly sacrifices the wolf to block that calamity for him while moving to Hoshira's rear for a direct strike.
*Plop* - The blade of the left gauntlet has already pierced through one's hand, yet, it is the right hand of the bull chimera. It also grabs his wrist with its left hand to negate his weapon temporarily. And with that position, it's hard for Hoshira to rotate to land one more strike before the up-coming attack comes.
A strong strike lands straight on his belly with inhuman speed, even leaving on himself a big torn flesh carved deeply inside.
"Got chu…" - His eyes shine a madness interwoven to a distorted determination.
Shadow Essence - Ropes, from that bloody hole, countless shadow ropes pop out and wrap around Har's right arm in a moment.
"Surprise?" - His grin is so disgusting.
*Smack* - Taking that advantage, Hoshira instantly aims straight toward his opponent's locked arm, especially at the elbow.
*Crack* - You should know what it is already.
*Thud* - The bull chimera rapidly covers its owner by the strongest head strike into Hoshira's right hip. Consequently, he is knocked away terribly and heavily until the body rolls on the ground hundreds of times.
Unlike previous times, he instantly sacrifices his right feet for a strong leap backward, up to the sky above.
"Didn't you say you would help me?"
"Now! Show me all you have."
He seals his hands again, "Don't you want to see my imagination? Here it is!"
*Swish* - A strike swiftly passes through Har's face without a silhouette remaining. It's hiding inside the darkness, only the tentacles are able to dominate all the five shadow beasts.
*Bang* - Within another burst, their faces have been right in front of each other. And Rage has been activated.
*Crack* - Even though the strike was parried, Har's left arm was still crushed into pieces, even this left ankle was knocked to be dislocated obviously.
*Swish* - Fast as thunder, his head rapidly dodges aside, leaving on his left cheek a long piece of torn meat. Again, that entity has attacked again.
He doesn't even click his tongue, all the reply is bound to a look right before he moves his body to the left - using his broken right arm as a rod to move around Hoshira's snap and aiming to his pharynx.
*Vsh* - Shadow Gate has been activated, he instantly jumps into Har's shadow after their shades are overwritten.
*Plop* - Old trick but new version, countless shadow ropes instantly wrap around Har and drag him down into the gate while Hoshira grabs his two legs. Surely Har is using the same way as Aetheria's to stay on the gate, but it's only useful when his two feet and legs are able to release Aura. And nothing is more direct than embroiling other's Aura flow via a strong and sudden bursted Aura shots into their bodies.
*Vsh* - But somehow, he just escapes from that trap easily as pie without struggling for a second. Meanwhile, Hoshira just makes a confused face and wonders what he just has witnessed.
Is it guaranteed to win? He wonders.
Then that thought slowly, slowly and slowly turns to the dismay lingering at the bottom of his two bright eyes.
"Sh*t." One word that says everything.
Hoshira knows exactly which kind of technique that Har's using right now. Because that is one of his familiar tips and tricks, Shadow Gates - Fusion.
Those five shadow beasts have been merged into one.
*Vroom* - Instantly, all the white blank around them has been dyed in the shadow of the isolated realm.
"Jezz…" - A whisper, a thought but not a grin within. Right now, at this moment, Hoshira realizes that he is cooked, generally.
*Splash* - Sounds like a torn flesh, that arm brutally pierces through the shell. It's all expanded inside, until…
*Crack* - The final beast has been revealed. Covered in the undefined shape, everything is twisted and concentrated into a small orb flying around Har.
"I see." - Witnessing it, Hoshira says nothing. He keeps silent while those two legs step ahead twice, the hands are sealed.
He also disables the gauntlets meanwhile, from now on, Hoshira wants to duel Har in a pure fight of their abilities.
[You let me wait for too long.]
"Not that much."
*Silent* - In a short moment that shouldn't exist in the flow of time, the world around them was stopped without any signal. Reflecting from his eyes, the silhouette of Har has disappeared.
*Vsh* - Their images are all erased from the shadow, until their fists clash with each other's, their silhouettes have been caught again.
*Swish - Bam* - All the ten strikes from the entity are blocked by the new beast, easy as pie. It rushes toward both Hoshira and the thing that looks like a squid behind him. The shell is broken inside and those two arms brutally spread out and grab that squid entirely.
*Swish - Bang* - Hundreds of strikes are delivered to that beast madly just buying Hoshira time to escape.
Even though he doesn't want to run, yet, between pride and final result, he still knows which one is more important. Nevertheless, this is Har's domain, which means he can take control of the space inside his own realm.
*Plop* - Losing the momentum, his two feet are inside the sea of darkness. Consequently, his head is crushed into blood and scraps of messy brain.
*Haha* - Hoshira instantly gets reformed after the previous death, he strokes the hair with the blood from many corpses around.
"I have another idea."
*Vsh* - Running around, Hoshira aims to bait the beast first instead of attacking Har directly. Of course, it also chases him as a reflex and instinct. With the maximum speed, it has already caught up with him, right next to his back.
Good. He thought and dashed to the right side and scrolled on the ground while covering himself inside the black Aura.
It has stepped inside the line that he left behind, that's a kind of shadow gate. After activating his Aura one more time, the beast is sealed by hundreds of ropes made by shadow essence from the hole under itself. In evaluation, it should trap the beast inside itself for at least 20 seconds without any variable.
Taking his time, Hoshira instantly rushes toward Har with various tentacle strikes from the shadow behind his rear. Of course, Har is unable to parry them right now, all he can do is cover himself by Guard and try to reduce the damage as much as possible.
*Bam - Bam* - Surely, Hoshira has bet it right. From the start, Har prepared and showed that he didn't pay attention and unleash his power truly.
That's why it's easy to misunderstand that he can manipulate the beasts after materializing and controlling them all around. Yes, he didn't use his true power, yes, he did prepare that perfectly, yet, there's still a mistake in his plan.
Har shouldn't, he shouldn't try to land one hit on Hoshira.
The maximum output of an Aura strike can be determined by the density of the Aura after concentrating at one point. Usually, the Aura is only dense in the set point, heart, following the beat to spread out all the body in a diluted form for a better efficiency.
And even though the damage of those two strikes were the same, however, at the last time, he needed a longer process to land the same destruction on Hoshira's body.
And! Which detail can prove his thesis right now? The amount of shadow beasts should be considered.
He also tested it on himself before coming up with this speculation. Before meeting Crytinas again, he summoned three clones of himself to match the fight. Then he swiftly realizes that his clones were distracting him from focusing on the enemies, and his output was also slightly lowered.
At the start, he thought that he just didn't keep up with the new abilities. Yet, the next time, when he summoned the squid, his Aura was also lowered for a bit, meanwhile his adaptation to all the abilities of shadow essence was all successful.
Within those two experiences, he had come up with a doubt and for the strong strike of Har, his thesis was completed.
So on, right at this moment, his right fist has delivered at the opponent's face. Due to the thesis of shared power, the beast at least takes away over 40% of his maximum output. Whether he recalls the beast to boost himself or stubbornly parries all the up-coming strikes, there's always a chance for Hoshira to take down at least one of his arms, absolutely.
[Don't you really think that turning off space isolation inside my domain is a good idea?]
His hands are sealed again.
What needs to be ended, must end. Crytinas finally gets ready for the Royal Duels.
Under the heat of sunlights, thousands of witnesses and the judgement of elder members in the Phoenix clan, it has begun.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it is our honor to stay here and witness the great event of our glorious and wonderful clan. THE ROYALL-DUELLL!!!"
None of them make a face, they all stand up and extend their Aura outside, forming a mist of sparkling flames. This is the highest ritual they can perform before the great duels, showing all of their excitement.
"First of all, we have the first prince of Aza's branch, Prince Harba." - He yells in excitement and all the lights point straight to one guy in the arena.
He has short red and orange hair, the eyes are thin as a fox and his left face is covered by a half-mask with the blazing diamond under the overcast eye.
"And his companion, a wonderful lady in a blazing dress that we must not forget, the unique daughter of the Supreme Elder Raylin, Almy."
Surely, she is covered in the flame of destruction which always leaves a burnt signal wherever her steps land on.
Then the presenter suddenly redirects the lights to another place, "Unlike the first prince, our first princess of Lamy's branch has been chasing the path of other elements, water, wind and ice. Princess Aliny."
She has light cyan hair, which is shone by other platinum jewels, as a true small lady. Then he needs to stop, he looks around with a confused face.
She just smiles, "Don't worry, my companion is hidden away. I'm not the kind of person who always draws attention miserably just for a few seconds of being admired."
*Whirr* - The first warning of Prince Harba has been sent, and then ignored by Princess Aliny with a provoking manner.
"Oh? What a cocky boy." - She mocks while Almy tries to calm down her companion.
"And lastly, for the last person who is honored to shine over others of today. She is known as an unique daughter of the Supreme Elder in the closest branch of our clan, Raxyn's branch. Known as the worst dismay for dragons in any battlefield, Princess Yllinas."
"Yo!" - She disrupts the presenter without any consideration and hesitation. Then her legs move, move and then stop right next to two previous "jades" of this royal battle.
"You are the strongest? Jezz, I'm quite disappointed right now.
*Swish* - The ice stake just stops right next to her pharynx, she knows that Aliny doesn't want to mess up everything and lose the chance for this great event.
*Clap* - She only puts her hands over Aliny's shoulders, with a smirk, "See you later~"
*Haha* - "Don't you all see? Their fire of determination for this royal duel is too wonderful and intense, so! Let's admire and witness all the miracles that they should achieve!"
*Wo…* - *Boom*
Inside the clouds of dust, the final potential candidate has arrived.
"Don't you dare ignore my existence?" - Her voice clangs all around the colosseum, steadily and strongly."
Crytinas slowly but overwhelmingly steps out of the dense smoke within dust, besides her is Har and a stone coffin with a rope tied up.
"Princess Crytinas!" - His voice raises up, as if he just witnessed something really shocking.
A girl like her? He wonders, then he smiles.
"I apologize for my superficial manner! The final candidate has been here! With the main line blood flows inside her veins, the youngest daughter of our patriarch, Princess Crytinas!"
And this battle has started with the major fights of four candidates and thousands of clan members in various ways. Perhaps they will attend as supporters, saboteurs or even the rebels to overthrow the authorities of four royalties.
The Royal Duels have begun!