Note: As I said in the previous chapter, there will be a skip in the duel because it doesn’t have any significance to the plot. It was only written to introduce some characters, but we might have an in-depth look at the duel in the future.
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Right now, I am sitting down on one of the many chairs in our domain. Many fights have occurred and they were pretty interesting. Each team presented two of its strongest disciples as contestants to participate in the duel. And currently, all of them have been eliminated, leaving only me from team black and another guy from team red.
Suddenly, a burst of light erupts from the arena ground, right before everyone’s eyes.
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Behemoth’s weekly duel
[Week 15]
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Team Blue (eliminated)
Team Pink (eliminated)
Team Yellow (eliminated).
Team White (eliminated)
Team Brown (eliminated)
Team Green (eliminated)
Team Purple (eliminated)
Team Orange (eliminated)
Team Black (finalist)
Team Red (finalist)
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I stare at the large holographic screen above me in awe when I suddenly hear my name.
“The final round is about to begin and it’s going to be a very tough match between the two strongest contestants in our dojo! The contestants are Jake Mystro from team black and Stephen Storm from team red!!” The spectator declares cheerily.
Hearing my name, I let out a sigh as I stand up again and walk towards the arena. The other guy from team red also begins to walk forward, as each of his steps causes tremors. This guy is a Balor who is about 3.5 meters tall, almost twice my size. Although he is a young Balor, his appearance is very scary, as his whole body is packed with muscles from top to bottom, and he has a very hard brown, scaly skin. He also has two large spiky horns on his head and wings that are almost two meters long.
Balors are also beastkins but I don’t know which creature they evolved from. They are known for their explosive strength which rivals even the dragons, they also have eyes which are situated at the center of their head.
A full-grown Balor has up to five eyeballs at the center of their head. Each eye can pass through what they call an Awakening. That is, each eye can awaken any elemental affinity or any random element. Average Balors only have one awakened eye with only one element, while their talented ones awaken two or more elements in their eyes. Their strongest ones can awaken all five eyes or even grow an extra eye.
The strongest Balor so far has 6 awakened eyes, and he’s also their lord. If another Balor awakens more than six, he’ll overthrow their current lord. Balors are just a race that follow and respect the strongest, and they are known for their formidable desire to battle. That’s why most of them are travellers.
Right now, the young Balor in front of me called Stephen has five eyes, and two of them are awakened, which makes him a talented Balor among his peers.
When we get to the front of the arena, the translucent barrier opens up, allowing us to enter the arena.
“The match begins now!!!” The spectator announces without wasting time.
Hearing the spectator’s proclamation, Stephen takes a battle stance. Although, Balors are known for liking large weapons, since beast gears and any type of weapons were banned, the Balor is now forced to use his hand.
*BOOM!*
The Balor suddenly stomps his foot on the ground, causing the whole arena to shake vigorously, almost shaking me off balance. The Balor before me is trying to catch me off-guard since their agility is very lacking.
At the same time, one of his bright red eyes starts to glow very brightly.
Fuck!
Cursing out loud, I blink away from my current position.
*VOOOOM!!”
A large red laser beam shoots out of the Balor’s eye, hitting the spot where I was formerly standing.
Seeing me appear in another position, he shoots another laser beam at me.
*VOOOM!*
Fuck!
I curse out loud in frustration, as I keep blinking around the arena while the Balor keeps shooting barrages of laser beams at me. What he is currently doing shows that he is quite experienced in battle; he’s trying to make me exhaust my MC cells. However, he’s in for a nasty surprise, because I currently have an insane amount of MC cells that can last for as long as an hour if I continue using it at this rate.
After ten minutes of constantly blinking to avoid Stephen’s laser beams, he stops shooting laser beams at me because he has depleted the MC cells in his laser eye. And that leaves his other awakened eye which he hasn’t used ever since I have known him. Right now, around the arena, there are several charred and burnt marks on the ground where his laser beams had hit.
“Why won’t you run out of MC cells?!!” Stephen roars angrily at me, speaking for the first time since we started fighting. Balors eyes are their source of power since they can’t use ability crystals, and they also have their explosive strength. They are naturally born with an affinity, at least that is the case for the talented ones
“Fufufu… Your laser won’t work on me. And as you can see, I haven’t even attacked you yet…” I say with a wide grin, while Stephen grits his teeth in anger.
In the next moment, the second eye below his first one turns blue…
“Aargh!!!!”
Stephen grabs his head in pain, as blue streaks of lightning cover him from head to toe, making him look like a god of some sort.
In a flash, Stephen dashes towards me as fast as lightning, throwing his fist forward. However, I quickly blink away from him and appear behind him, then lodge my fist into his ribs with all the strength I can muster.
*CRACK!*
“AAARRRGGHH!!!”
With a cracking sound, Stephen angrily lets out a wild cry and jerks his elbow backwards, hitting me directly across the face.
*BAM!*
The force of his elbow slamming into my face, sends me flying into the air, and my back slams very hard against the barrier before slumping onto the ground.
Seeing the Balor dashing towards me again, I blink back to the middle of the arena without minding the injury that I received. If I had been an average vampire, my neck would have snapped and I would have passed out from the impact of the blow.
Seeing me blink back to the middle of the arena, the Balor starts dashing towards me with streaks of lighting around his body, which helps to propel his body and make him faster, therefore making up for his lack of agility.
In an instant, I get up and eject my vampiric claws, throwing several barrages of blood strike at the Balor. However, he effortlessly blocks all my blood strikes with his metal-like wings.
Seeing that my attacks are futile, I decide to use a technique that I barely use. A technique that is different and more complicated than the one Roth used.
“Sanguine dance….”
I mutter, and in the next instant, I start to do some strange ancient footwork.
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Note: sorry for the short chapter…. ^__^
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