Admiral Rudra floated, his arms crossed, his face utterly flat, and eyes like a calm hunter with an extreme resolve about something deep within.
“Rudra Deva here. Make your move.”
The feathery lady of the Karvalheim clan was a bit surprised at her adversary’s state of mind and the vibe he exuded.
“Well, I am Nina Karvalheim. But you might regret telling me to make the first move,” Nina said as she blinked once, an utterly confident smile on her.
“I can see that in your eyes, ” Admiral Rudra nodded. “You have full confidence in yourself. You already see yourself killing me in your mind.
“Utterly delusional,” Admiral Rudra’s tone turned sharp, his eyes even sharper. “Make your move.”
Nina’s eyes glinted, killing intent blooming in them as a dark silver morning star mace with white and gold patterns manifested in her hand. “You Regalons really don’t know the immensity of heaven and earth, as if you are strongest.”
“We don’t know, indeed.” Admiral Rudra calmly nodded. “And we don’t need to know. What we know is that we are not losing today, I am not losing today. If I lose, let my soul scatter and spirit vanish.”
An arcane contract formed in front of him and burned up.
A defeaning silence hung briefly, both in the streamer’s chat and dimensional battlefield with debris floating around accompnied by raging invisible winds that shattered the rocks as well forming them in this darkess of outerpsace and lights from distance stars illuminating it.
Nina was shocked. Every single viewer was dumbfounded.
[You have received a challenge from an anonymous person from Arcadia Spectrum. Kill this Regalon and get a Wish Stone.]
If Admiral Rudra died here, he wouldn’t be able to revive because of the arcane oath he just took.
“Are you mental?” Nina asked, confused. “And you just had to do that again me, who is the strongest Immortal of among all of Karvalheim clan.”
Admiral Rudra’s expression was still flat as it was at the start, his arms crossed, his figure covered in his complete Regalon Spirit Armament.
He had done all he could to improve himself. He had three Intents, and three Ability Trees, and refined his Regalon Spirit Armament to the max from the Spirits of Griminion Emperor he had acquired.
And after knowing that his expedition was going to be live-streamed, he knew one thing.
He would not lose. Not in the absence of Almond and Lily.
That must never happen for the House of Regalons.
“Make your move. If I don’t dominate you in this completely fair battle of Immortal vs Immortal, may my soul scatter and spirit vanish.”
Another arcane oath, another contract formed and burned up.
The already exploding livestream chat went bonkers.
[ THIS OLD MAN IS MAD! ]
[ This old guy got my blood pumping! ]
[ Fucking hell, he is courting death in style! ]
[ What the actual fuck? ]
[ What a mad lad… ]
Meanwhile, Nina burst out laughing at Admiral Rudra’s statement and another arcane oath.
She was laughing in both amusement and rage that produced in her.
“I’ve never seen anyone so arrogant,” Nina said, but when she saw his eyes, she somehow felt smaller than him.
She could not see even a hint of arrogance in this Rudra Deva’s eyes.
All it showed was a blaze burning so intensely, it could very well burn up his soul and spirit completely.
“Make your move.”
What everyone didn’t know was Admiral Rudra’s Soul Trait—Oathborne Will. If he makes an oath for something, he gains a random buff depending on the oath.
In this battle, he was stacking his everything to maintain the prestige of the House of Regalon that Almond and Lily had established.
[Admiral Rudra]
Lifeform Rank: Immortal
Bloodline: Regalon Spirit Codex
Soul Trait: Oathborne Will.
Ability Power: [???]
Prana Sea: 3000
Soul Sea: 3000
Stats:
— Body Constitution: 3000
— Mental Constitution: 3000
— Soul Constitution: 3000
— Arcane Constitution: 9489
Innate Talents:
1. Harmony of Whole
2. Unarmed Infinite (2nd Geno Gate)
3. In development…
<Ability Trees>
1. Arcane Breaker.
2. Epoxy Mayhem.
3. Evermore Flow.
He had saved the resources since he could only absorb them after breaking through to Immortal King, as he had reached peak of Immortal in the three foundational state.
Nina was also at the peak of Immortal, and her Arcane Constitution was roughly five hundred lower than Admiral Rudra’s.
Her talents, more powerful.
Her bloodline, more powerful.
Her age, higher.
But the battle depended not just on those three, but also on how one utilized their ability trees, quick combat move creations using all arsenal of power, and….will.
And Admiral Rudra had pushed his will to the extreme by cornering himself.
Victory must be achieved with dominance for the House of Regalon!
“Fine, since you are eager to die, let me send you on your way,” Nina’s eyes turned icy, instantly going all out. ‘You want to dominate me? Dream on!’
At that, Nina made the first move, not holding anything back at all. Her wings flapped, her figure turned starry briefly, and in the next instant, millions of spiked orbs stormed around Admiral Rudra, enveloping him in a raging tempest of a one-kilometer radius.
[ What?! Did the old guy got fucked by the first move or what? ]
[ Dayum…it’s wait and see moment, I believe ]
However, Nina didn’t stop as huge starry wings manifested above the tempest, shooting millions of feathers inside.
But in the next moment, a space-shattering blast occurred as a giant punch’s ethereal projectile shot up, utterly decimating the tempest and shattering the wings.
Admiral Rudra didn’t even move from his position even a single bit. A strange ethereal light-purple fluid flowed around him and his right arm was upward with his hand balled into a fist that shot that world-shattering punch just now.
His other hand calmly rested down, his expression flat, and his eyes as serene outwardly while blazing inwardly as ever.
Nina’s pupils shrank and she laid her eyes on him, a sense of suffocation invaded her.
The utter dominating aura that oozed out of him was not only felt by her, but accross the gazillion viewers who were watching.
The comments stopped entirely for a bit before one lit up on the screen of every viewer.
[ THIS OLD MAN IS AWESOME ]
[ WHAT THE FUCKING GIGACHAD?! ]
[ This…is pure dominance, and it’s against the Big Ten. ]
[ Fucking hell, this old man got all my hair standing. ]
And then everyone heard Admiral Rudra’s voice as he lowered down his right hand.
“Make your move. You got two more chances before I attack once. And if I don’t kill you in one move…”
[ NO FUCKING WAY! ]
[ Not another one, no way! Really?! ]
[ Holy crap! ]
“…May my soul scatter and spirit vanish.”
Arcane oath contract formed and burned up.
[ Aura +99999999999 infinite ]
[ I…have never an old man this cool before…]
On the other hand, Nina’s face turned ashen.
Her breathing became uneven, and one could see a hint of panic in her eyes.
However, her state only lasted briefly before she became calm.
Veins enlarged over her body and briefly shone.
“You will die today.”
Nina spent the entirety of her Bloodline Essence as her figure glimmered and all of her wings shifted into neon-metallic colors.
[ Did she just use all of her Bloodline Essence? ]
[ Damn, she isn’t taking a third attack. She wants to finish this now! ]
[ Fuck, what will happen?! ]
Nina’s figure blurred and in the next moment, she was behind Admiral Rudra, her mace landing on his head, while the 1-kilometer zone around them transformed into a blazing golden and dark silver domain with billions of stars raging towards Admiral Rudra.