- Request of a Match -
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Khun My Love:
I'll kill you when I see you.
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When Shibisu received that message, he sweated dropped.
'No wonder he's mad.'
When Nox was being approached by one of the no- named regulars and watched how he knelt before her and held on her clothes, crying and cursing Kaiser with desperation and hatred, he was flustered.
This was the first time he encountered a desperate person who needed his help the most. Back then when he climbed the tower, people only begged him to spare them. He didn't think that someone will kneel before him and ask for his help to avenge him.
And what's more, he couldn't speak. But even if he could speak, he didn't know what to say.
He gulped and tried his luck.
"W- what about you stand up first?" He asked and held the regular's arm, trying to help him to stand up. Never in his whole life he was sweating nervously just because someone was asking for his help. "I feel....uncomfortable if you kneel like this and begged me."
'Would someone please come and save me here? Just lend me a hand, please?'
"Kaiser made me kill my friends.....he...he even made me lost my eye" said the regular with tears running from one of his eyes. "You have to avenge me."
"...."
'Losing friends....?'
Khun knew precisely that Charlotte wasn't the cold person who could ignore the tears of others. Unlike him, she couldn't turn blind eye on him. This was one of her similarities with Bam. They weren't cold enough.
His expression darkened.
It took him seven years to find his friends and turn them back but now they had to be the slayer candidates again and being used by the others to achieve their goal. Their goal may be different from FUG who wanted the twins to be their Gods, but they were still using them.
He didn't hesitate to punch the regular away and ignored Nox who gasped.
"We may have come here to get Kaiser, but that's for our sake, certainly not yours" he said coldly.
"Ugh......"
"Telling us a pathetic story won't do a thing, got it?" He asked again. "You know- both Viole and Nox are not Gods who are going to make your wishes come true. So if you hate Kaiser that much, go deal with her by yourself. Don't be a nuisance and bother us."
"......."
Nox fanned his fan to Khun.
"What are you doing?"
"I think you need to cool down for awhile. You really look like you are going to kill someone."
"....."
Well, he might just kill one of their friends after this.
"Hm- have you removed all of the no- named to their residence?" A stranger asked them. "Too bad. I wanted them all to see Kaiser having his name stolen before their eyes."
They were surprised to see who came.
The person who approached them was wearing a silver mask with green clothing with sort of brown cloak.
"Long black hair....white smiling mask....you must be both Jue Viole Grace and Nox" said the person as he walked towards them. "I'm glad I found you easier than I thought."
".....who are you?" Khun asked, alerted.
The three of them might not know who the person was, but the regular who Khun had just punched recognized that person.
"K- K- K- K...KAISER!!"
He shouted and pointed his index finger to the regular before them.
"What? That's Kaiser?" Khun was surprised and Charlotte could hear Xia Xia talking to someone through her pocket, telling the person who Charlotte assumed as Shibisu that Kaiser had shown himself.
"When they said that you are a slayer candidate, I imagined a large and intimidating man....." Kaiser spoke to Viole who caught his interest. "But you're more of a delicate- looking boy than I thought. Well....I guess the same goes to me, as a woman."
'Delicate-looking boy? Wait until he beats you and see whether you could still call him delicate' Charlotte thought.
"So why did you suddenly show up and start stirring up troubles at this station? Jue Viole Grace, Nox. I didn't think that slayer candidates would be so interested in justice, that the two of them would be interested in helping the poor no- named....what are you after?"
Bam did not answer and so as Charlotte. In fact, Charlotte felt that she shouldn't spoke a word. If she speaks a word, then Kaiser might discover that she was a woman. She didn't want to be exposed.
"I will ask you again. Why have you come here? Jue Viole Grace, Nox. What is your purpose in suddenly appearing and shaking up this station?"
"I have come....to steal your name" Bam answered.
"......is that so...? You too...."
"KAISER!!" The regular earlier shouted in anger and charged towards Kaiser while holding a knife. "You've got some nerve showing yourself!!"
"Hey!"
"YOU LUNATIC!! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU RIGHT AWAY AND AVENGE MY DEAD COMPANIONS-!!"
Charlotte formed one bang and then shot it in front of the regular to stop him.
"Nox, you-!"
"Are you stupid?" She asked the regular. "If you attack Kaiser recklessly without permission from the Kaiser herself or fulfilling the conditions, under the permission of the administrator you will disappear. Are you here to kill yourself?"
'Disappear under the permission of the administrator?' The others who didn't know about it were surprised.
"If you still value your life then go away!" Charlotte added again. "But if you still want to kill yourself then go ahead! I won't stop you."
The regular heard her words and then ran away and left.
In the manhwa, he was supposed to vanish and disappear after he attacked Kaiser. But this time, Charlotte had saved him and helped him to live longer, though she was unsure whether he could survive with his abilities alone.
"Disappear as soon as you attack....what a ridiculous rule!" said Khun.
"I didn't expect you to be quite merciful, Nox" Kaiser said.
"Merciful? I'm a slayer candidate, how could I be merciful? I just can't stand him, so I told him to go away" Charlotte responded. "You knew that in this station, you have made lots of enemies, so you made this kind of rule and the administrator agreed with it to maintain the balance of this station. In that way, not everyone could attack you freely and the existence of the station will be preserved.
But sadly, because of our appearances today, the hierarchy of your small kingdom is at the risk which is why you come to see us, am I right? Since we have some business to finish between each other, why don't we make this quick and fight each other immediately? I also don't want to stay on your small kingdom for long."
Her words contained provocation towards Kaiser and also because of that, the request of the match that was supposed to be directed at Jue Viole Grace was now directed at her.
"By the name of Kaiser, I hereby request a match with you" she said to Charlotte. "You must put your name in the line to fight me, Nox, just like what you wanted."
Of course, the request of the match was quite faster than what they thought. Xia Xia was informing through her pocket that Kaiser was requesting a match.
Because of her carelessness, Charlotte stole her brother's limelight again. Since she had provoked Kaiser, it was normal that Kaiser would be challenging her first before fighting with Jue Viole Grace. Kaiser had put her in a tight situation.
Their time was limited and in two days, they should be returning to Yuri with Kaiser's name. Kaiser was indeed not stronger than White and since she had defeated White, she could have defeated Kaiser. But the problem was that she had just recovered herself from fighting with White and her power was sealed. Noah wasn't here as well.
Even if Noah was here, it won't change anything. She can't ask him to temporarily open the thirteen chains since she will definitely risk herself more than the first time.
The purple haired lady was also not there to help her as well. Bam, Khun and Xia Xia couldn't help her if they didn't want to disappear. At the end, she should be fighting with this Kaiser with all her might.
No matter what Bam or Viole said to Kaiser, Kaiser won't seem to change her mind easily. Right now she wanted to get rid of Nox before getting rid of Viole.
"Damn it...." she muttered under her breath which she was sure no one could hear it.
Still, even though she was panicking, she tried to keep her composure.
"It's fine, brother" said Charlotte. "This time, you can't help me."
"But-!"
She whispered something to Bam.
"Endorsi will be coming to get us later. I just need to wait for awhile before she comes and bring us away from here. Until that moment, please do not fight or attack Kaiser."
"But it's too dangerous!" Bam whispered to Charlotte. "You have just recovered and you won't win against her!"
"Trust me" said Charlotte solemnly. "It's not like I have any other choice anyway. Whatever happens to me, you, Xia Xia, and Khun should not interfere. If any of you disappear because of trying to help me, you aren't helping me, but tormenting me. Don't forget, you still have to chase Rachel."
Bam frowned, still disagreeing. But her words weren't wrong and the fact that he should also be chasing Rachel put him in a tight situation.
The only thing that could stop Bam was Rachel's name and just with her name, Charlotte could see that Bam became frustrated and stressed. This shown how much he cherished Rachel more than anything or anyone.
"Have you finished whispering?" Kaiser asked.
"I'm impressed that you could wait for us siblings to finish talking" said Charlotte.
"If the FUG slayer candidate loses her name in a match, it must be-" Kaiser began his first move. "-the worst humiliation for FUG!"
"It's an attack!! Watch out!"
Charlotte used the [Blue Oar] and moved away and then observed the hole that was carved on the ground. From it looks, this Kaiser was indeed strong.
Khun prepared his lighthouse for helping.
"Stay out of this fight, Khun Family. You have been warned. You will disappear."
From his lighthouse, Khun figured out that Kaiser was using an invisible weapon which an ordinary D- rank regular wouldn't be able to get.
"Damn...invisible weapon...." Charlotte looked back at Kaiser. "Are you trying to hit me with something that I couldn't see?"
"That will depend of your ability to be able to sense it or not" Kaiser replied as she attacked again.
Charlotte now knew that the weapons that Kaiser was wielding were invisible which made her felt no different than a blind person. She could feel the weapons that were thrown towards her mainly because of her feelings, but she had always relied on her eyesight. This put her in a hard situation.
But it was still weapons that Kaiser wielded. And on her hand, she was also holding a powerful fan. She wondered whether her fan could block the said invisible weapon or not.
'It is worth a try.'
The second time Kaiser attacked her with her invisible weapons, Charlotte had prepared her fan and then swung it to hit the invisible weapon away. To her and others' surprises, it actually worked. Her fan was strong enough to block the invisible weapon.
Under her mask, she grinned.
But she still can't wait for Kaiser to attack her with more invisible weapons that she can't see so she should attack. But there was something that she should be confirming first.
'If she does have that thing....'
She formed three bangs and then shot it to Kaiser.
Three bangs were not her limit, but to test something.
Like what she expected, the three bangs did not scratch Kaiser even for a bit. Though there were dusts and smokes because of her attack hit something, the three bangs earlier only hit the Armor Inventory Kaiser owned.
Armor Inventory was a movable item that could store weapons and also work as a shield that could neutralize enemy's attack. Kaiser used that weapon to shield herself from the three bangs she had launched towards her.
"An Armor Inventory for the D- rank?!" Xia Xia was surprised. "T- That's an extremely expensive item! How did she get her hands on that?! It would even be hard for High- Rankers to own.... An Invisible Inventory and Armor Inventory.....that damn Kaiser....she's the lord of items!!"
'Hm....she would have had to rob the treasure house of the Ten Families to get something like those.....but I don't think anyone except me would be crazy enough to do something like that....' Khun thought with his arms crossed.
So he assumed that this Kaiser must have gained help from the Ten Great Families. But even so, having numerous of weapons didn't mean she could easily defeat Endorsi. This Kaiser must be hiding something.
Charlotte had thought of a nice idea to provoke this Kaiser a bit. She had provoked Kaiser once anyway. It won't be a problem to provoke her twice right...?
She raised her index finger and then began to write something on the shinsu. She made sure she wrote it clearly so that Kaiser could read it.
Of course, when she raised her index finger to write some words, Kaiser was confused with what she was doing. She was always careful on every single fight, beware of any tricks that her enemies might be pulling so Charlotte was sure that she will definitely notice it.
Lo Po Bia
Grey Wolf
Zahard Princess
Fail
If Kaiser had taken off her mask, then anyone could see how dark her expression has turned out. She glared at the slayer candidate before her and was even more alerted than before.
"How did you know about it?" She asked her darkly.
Khun, Bam and Xia Xia couldn't understand what Charlotte was writing on the shinsu since they can't see it properly from right where they were standing. But if there was one thing they knew for sure, Kaiser seemed to be even angrier than before.
"I ask you, how do you know about it?"
"Well, I'm not obligated to answer it right?"