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Chapter 23 - Chapter 22 – The First True Clash

POV: DIOKA

Dioka twirled a shard between his fingers, watching Kaelthar loom like a nightmare come alive.

> "Okay… this guy's serious. I like it."

He flicked his wrist, and twelve clones sprang into existence, all identical, all laughing maniacally.

> "Catch me if you can!"

Kaelthar's shadowed aura rippled. One swipe of his hand shattered four clones simultaneously. Reality bent and stretched around them.

> "Hm. Not bad," Kaelthar murmured, voice low and terrifying. "But you're predictable."

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POV: GUAkULIA

Guakulia was floating, casually flipping a small rock in his hand. Probability waves pulsed around him. Every step he took made Kaelthar's strikes miss by a fraction.

Rynvek blinked beside Kaelthar, energy twisting and snapping the air like broken glass.

> Rynvek: "Stop messing around. This is serious."

Guakulia: "Bro, everything's serious to us."

He grinned, bending gravity beneath Kaelthar's feet. The massive shadowy figure staggered—not much, just a tease—but enough to crack the ground.

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THE CHAOS ESCALATES

Dioka's clones explode mid-air, releasing energy shards that refract reality.

Kaelthar counters, warping the battlefield into abstract geometric planes.

Rynvek flickers between dimensions, making him untouchable.

Guakulia manipulates momentum, sending attacks back with unpredictable vectors.

Even the arena itself seemed to be alive, bending, stretching, and screaming in muted tones.

> "This… this is fun," Dioka said between laughs, dodging a strike that could erase continents.

"Finally! A real game," Guakulia echoed.

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OBSERVERS' REACTIONS

Spectators were panicked. Supreme Force monitors registered impossible energy readings.

> "The anomalies… they're holding their own."

"Against Tier-1 challengers… this isn't possible."

Even the system blinked. Anomalies were not supposed to match true apex-level threats, yet here they were—laughing, taunting, living.

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MID-BATTLE INTERACTION

Kaelthar's voice rang like thunder:

> "You think this is a game?"

Dioka shrugged, tossing a clone like a frisbee.

> "Nah. Just practice."

Rynvek warped close, energy crackling, probability spikes everywhere.

> "Stop joking! You're lucky we don't erase you!"

Guakulia: "Ohhh, don't tempt me, bro."

Guakulia bent gravity just enough to make Rynvek trip mid-teleport. It was a small thing, but both challengers stiffened in surprise.

> First small victory.

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ENDING SCENE

The battlefield was pure chaos. Shadows bent, energy exploded, and the audience felt every pulse of impossible power.

> Dioka, to Guakulia: "You think we should start actually trying?"

Guakulia, smirking: "Nah… let's make them earn it."

Kaelthar and Rynvek paused, realizing the anomalies weren't just chaotic—they were something else entirely.

The first serious battle had begun, and the anomalies were already rewriting the rules.

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