After the weeding things seemed to be going back to normal for Adumfor and the stability of the island has been restored, now during the night many are training as they registered for the festival of challenges, one of the toughest Adumfor traditions. George Thorns and his last time in the Adumfor festival of challenges as the final opponent to whoever makes it out of the finales of the arena challenge. He is no longer the king, but shall serve as challenge to proof worthy opponents that will become allies to the kingdom that rests in his daughter's hands.
1 week before the festival...
Elaina and Vlad were training on a 1v1 training in the arena since there isn't people around there at this time, both were using their manifestations better then before... Elaina and Vlad clashed multiple times when they rushed against each other, Vlad uses energy manipulation to make life energy strings and grabs Elaina with them around her heard and drags her closer then he breaks the clash and lands a punch in her face and makes the life energy strings vanish and after that he kicks her back away and rushes at her again, but before he could reach her she vanishes...? Vlad was confused, however he turned around just to get kicked in the chest and knocked down to the ground. Elaina takes a deep breath.
Elaina: Well another practice round over, get up.
Elaina reaches her hand out and Vlad grabs it, she helps him get up.
Elaina: You did well, but to a surprise you lack the strength to fully knock me down to the ground or knock any other half-breed down fast enough. But not gonna lie once your birthday comes, maybe you can knock me up in bed.
Vlad: Yeah-
Vlad then stops as he looked away blushing.
Vlad: A-Anyways... We gonna continue the training?
Elaina: Yeah sure, but this time proof that you're not gonna die during the cooking challenge and arena challenge, Vladislav!
Elaina and Vlad continue their arena challenge training, this time the training pauses after 25 minutes of fighting as Elaina caught a glamse of Vlad's kinetic energy being used with baseballs to cause small explosions...
Elaina: Hey what was these exploding attacks, how did you make these baseballs explode?
Vlad: Kinetic energy manipulation, usually I can also freeze you with it... However I am still studying how to turn it into a defensive one.
Elaina looks at his hand as he was holding 1 baseball.
Elaina: Let's just continue.
Both of them resumed their training and started to work harder as it goes, 3 hours pass and Vlad was in the kitchen back in the palace while Elaina was in their room doing her own thing... Vlad was practicing what he could cook to impress the judges during the festival and gain atleast the top 3 spots in the cooking challenge.
Saniya and Garrick were in the living room with Xiang Ye discussing the festival of challenges and how the system works.
Xiang Ye: Well usually there are many challenges and that is a problem for the king and queen to be at all places, usually we hire some of the elite guards or high ranking judges to deal with the problem as they will be judging fairly and equally each challenger on how they peform in the cooking challenges or any challenge that requires them, as for the king and queen they will be mainly keeping an eye and be referee to the arena, the arena challenge is more of a tournament of power, the strongest one with most wins in the 2 hours of the arena challenge will have a chance to fight the ex-king George Thorns or choose to fight the queen and the now new king. Now the arena challenge is what most people come to watch, of course fighting is pretty cool and awesome with no consequences to the viewers and as we also earn a lot of money to improve Adumfor and the economy, we still pay equally for each challenge to keep it up to place, we remove old challenges that are not popular and keep the popular ones in and we also add new challenges if they grow in popularity, we may return old challenges if they regain their fame and respect back to their glory level. As of the festival, it lasts 7 days however the arena challenge is only open for 1 day, meaning that the rest of the days are for the other challenges. However Vlad and Elaina both taking part in the arena challenge shouldn't happen, that is what Isabella wants to see and it isn't good news.
Saniya: Why?
Xiang Ye takes a deep breath.
Xiang Ye: Isabella comparing to her father, she really loved pinning down people who are possible best friends or lovers against one another in the arena challenge, even through she never got to do that... She seems to be quite be that type of person who would try to ruin the mood by doing this. On top of that, she is so sweet and kind... However she sometimes let's her emotions control over her and do such kind of things. On top of that I can see Vlad getting to go against Elaina if this happens, please for safety keep one of them out of the arena challenge.
Garrick and Saniya looked at each other as they thinked.
Garrick: So we just have to take one of their chances to fight against George?
Saniya: I say Vlad to be taken out, he is... Young and still has a lot to learn on how to control his energy manipulation, after all his parents were too afraid to teach him how to fight and he still studying kinetic energy. I believe in him, but the challengers this year are probably brutal. However, Elaina uses our manifestations and she knows how to fight... So we keep Elaina in and Vlad will take on challenges that are fitting for his skills.
Saniya looked at her hands.
Saniya: Plus, we have to break it down to them that only one of them can take part... Even if we both agree that Elaina must be the one for the arena challenge. Vlad and Elaina probably will not like it and maybe even we could make them go 1 on 1 to who will go, still Elaina is our best bet after all we do keep reputation as the Vans in this challenge.
Garrick: I suppose, when will we break it out to them?
Saniya: Probably tomorrow, now we need to discuss other important business, such as the devil activities in Tokyo (Japan), Sofia (Bulgaria), Vidin (Bulgaria), London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), Kyev (Ukraine) and other big places and cities in the world.
Garrick: Right...
6 days before the festival...
Elaina and Vlad finish the fighting for the day and meet up with their parents outside the Palace.
Elaina: Mom, Dad why did you call us outside here?
Saniya: Well, we have to tell you something about the arena challenge. Only one of you can take part in this, as it is by the rules.
Garrick knew she was lying, but Vlad & Elaina seem to believe it.
Elaina: Oh, it's alright. Hey Vlad are you gonna take part of it or you gonna let me?
Vlad looked away and thinked for few minutes as he had like 2 other challenges to worry, he then looked at her.
Vlad: No, I let you take part in it.
Saniya and Garrick were surprised in how easy it was to lie to them just to make sure Isabella does not do what she wanted for a long time.
Elaina: Anyways, I am starving so let's go inside and eat some afternoon snacks.
Vlad: Yeah.
All of them gone inside and the rest of the day Vlad was practicing cooking (and baking) while Elaina was in her room doing her own thing, Garrick was in the living room and Saniya was with Vlad to help him with the cooking (and baking) for the time being.
the next 3 days of training were similar, except 1 of those 3 days all taken a break and gone to the beach to make sure they got rest.
2 days before the training...
Elaina and Vlad were in the arena eating lunch and discussing topics.
Elaina: So the cooking challenge, I heard Elijah is in there as he gave up on the arena challenge due to his injuries that he got a couple days ago. He also was forced to wear a collar again.
Vlad: Shame to him that he is not in the arena challenge, to expect much from him really... But I heard that guy UltraX is gonna be on the arena too.
Elaina drinks her coffee as she looks up in the sky.
Vlad: However, it brings it such a big event to not have any devil attacks... 5 years ago on the news it said the control devil and gun devil attacked, gun devil at day 2-3 and control devil at day 6 of the festival.. After that things went quiet till now.
Elaina: Your point being?
Vlad: My point is that since there is a new king & queen, there could be another big attack like that... Remember the economy of Adumfor from what the results said it had suffered high and inflation jumped over the roof and George... Nearly dead. That is my point, the point that we must be prepared for a devil attack again.
Vlad takes a deep breath and continues eating his sandwich.
Elaina: You have a point I suppose, but what about Willow and Luke?
Vlad: From what I know they trained their powers and had special gadgets allowing them to execute demons just like our knife thing which captures a demon and locks it in the shadow void to certain others. Their gadgets were made to kill devils, not capture... However there are manifestations that can kill devils insantly, one of them is mine... However I never learned how to use the life energy in the energy manipulation. The technique required to use life drain is mainly the strings that I use, even if there is another type of drain that one is easier then the other one and... Well you get it.
Elaina: I understand... But listen we must be also prepared for Elijah's beserk state, last year it happened on the 7th day of the festival, he nearly killed a royal family...
Vlad recalls it well, the news of Elijah nearly killing the family of thorns on their own ground. The flashback plays in Elaina's head...
Elijah: にゃん王と武将帝国のために、究極の代償を払わなければならない!
George: Gr-
Elijah summoned 4 katanas and holded them with his samurai four handed form and jumps at king George slashing faster with each slash as he dodges and blocks, however he then rushes and kicks him in the air and then jumps after him.
Elijah: 4ハンドトルネード！
As the attack happens, Isabella, her mother and of course Elaina could see the attack was extremely powerful like a tornado nearly destroying George thorns as he fell down to the ground and Elijah landed a little far away from him... Just like that after a couple attacks, he was down as Elijah proceeds to get close again, however soon enough Sila Silver and a couple elite guards jump on Elijah restraining him and a collar was put on him which led to him turning back into human and falling to the ground. Flashback ends.
Elaina: But I remember it clearly, the way in a beserk state he attacked looked way too collected for a beserk state, even through the news and the king himself claimed.
Vlad was curious as he thought it was beserk state, but he then remembered that he looked closer in his eyes as he saw something in Elijah's eyes on that picture in the news last year.
Vlad: If you say so, but I do believe that it could have been beserk state... Even strong heroes with manifestations have one. Those with powerful manifestations or demon forms or even devils have such state.
Elaina: Well since last year an investigation was launched to these beserk states happening all over the world all because of the Adumfor incident last year. If Elijah manages to free himself from the collar, which is highly unlike... He may kill Isabella and Xiang Ye. So as long as Sila is not taking part in any challenge, we will have some ground control on Elijah.
Vlad: I never seen you so concerned, are you planning to be some royal guard of sorts to Adumfor if your hero carrier doesn't work as fine?
Elaina smiles.
Elaina: Yeah, maybe even rise on equal level of power like Sila Silver and her demon ability.
Vlad was thinking, how strong was Sila Silver really, but then again he never doubted Elaina's determination and passion to be a powerful hero and a royal guard of Adumfor one day.
After a couple minutes they are done with lunch and continue the training, meanwhile... UltraX was at the lake with Mina, both seemed to be eating their lunch as well.
Mina: So, when are you gonna do your job and hand me over?
UltraX: Hand you over?
UltraX stared at Mina with a bit of concern.
Mina: I mean... You know even if I convince my family, they still will want me back to them and even through I get my name clear we may never see each other again and stuff. My sister has kept our relationship a secret, but if my parents learn... They will be mad.
Mina was shaking a little bit while holding her watermelon.
Mina: They would never approve a relationship like ours, they think someone like you is either out of my league. On top of that they wanted my sister to marry you. That was 4 years ago and 2 years before I became what people refer to anti-heroes.
UltraX looked down at his sandwich, but tried to keep low on his emotions.
Mina: They always praised my sister over me for her manifestation, more useful... They weren't the smartest in situation, especially since turning invisible was grandmother's manifestation, my mother has danger sense like my sister and my father's manifestation is super strength.
UltraX: I see, well I guess so they really are as strict as you say. With these kind of manifestations, usually someone's personality gets affected by their powers... I mean even I am as affected as the others to be honest... Atleast I did not lose my humanity like certain.
Mina knew what he was referring to by "Atleast I did not lose my humanity like certain."
UltraX: To be fair, I should be careful with my manifestation... I may lose myself and maybe go in a berserk state of sorts too.
UltraX takes a bite of his sandwich.
UltraX: On top of that we also got other stuff to work with, like taking care of the villians back in the city once the festival is over and we need to go to Japan in the capital, Tokyo to investigate about the devil activity rise and the threat of 3 devils... War devil, Justice Devil and of course... Control Devil. Each of them do possess high level of threat on their own if they get in a contract with the wrong people.
Mina: Uhh... I cannot come with you after the festival.
UltraX: Why?
Mina: Well, first I got my own task by the anti-hero organization after the festival, it is important for the others so I kinda couldn't decline.
UltraX: Ah alright.
2 days later and the festival has finally started. And of course most people were in the Arena watching the big tv as it shows the brackets and the queen announcing the arena challenge's start.
[ FIRST ROW ] [SECOND ROW] [THIRD ROW] [FOURTH ROW]
Elaina vs Quincey | William vs Terrance | UltraX vs Jonathan | Zoe vs Elijah
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Isabella then sits down on her throne on the referee area on top of the Arena.
Isabella: Elaina, Quincey come forward!
Both of them come forward but stand near the middle keeping distance.
Name: Quincey Martson
Age: 24
Information: Quincey is a demon who lives in Pandora and is an elite challenger, he is part of the elite guard of Pandora, but is on vacation in Adumfor to do the challenge and bring pride to his island. He appears to have lost to George Thorns at the finales 3 times in a row before and has less control over his demon ability, he has no human form by the way.
Demon transformation (Malevolent): Malevolent beings are a transformation achived by the demons, however this is not the same as real life. This one allows the user to transform into a powerful being, a second stage that lowers defense stats and increases attack and speed stats on top of that allows the user to regenerate missing limbs and any damage caused if they do not get attacked for too long.
Demon Ability: Martson's gun
Demon Ability information: Martson's gun allows the user to summon a gun (exclusive to the bloodline of Martson) and use it, increasing accuracy and precision alongside infinite ammo... Sort of. The ammo becomes limited the more stamina gets drained just like silver bullet. The bullets are made of magma and uranium giving a special effect on the target when they get hit. [the gun is a gamble, just like silver bullet is.]
Adumfor, Orech, Demon's demotractic republic & Pandora. They all organize that event in different time of the year, Quincey takes part in 3 out of 4 of these... He seems to hate Demon's demotratic republic's ways to do the festival and the supposed "opression" that Pandora and Orech accused that republic.
Isabella: Listen, each row will stay for 2 rounds, meaning that different challenger will come after the first fights for the second rounds, the third rounds will where we begin to remove the rows and pin others who won the previous rows against each other. The next opponents after round one will be decided by the people who chose to be in round two, those in round two who win will take the spot of the third round. Keep in mind, do not kill!
Name: Elaina Vans
Age: 19
Information: She is a half-breed (demon & human) and she possess both of her parents powers, however that may have changed as she may have given up on her father's manifestation and kept her mom's demon ability as a manifestation. She can turn into a demon form, designed by her. She does have horns but hides them in her hair.
Half-breed pros & cons: As half-breed she can use her manifestation during her demon form and her demon ability at the same time. Demon form gives buffs to her endurance, speed and attack buff. However, as half-breed she loses the advantage of humans and her manifestation is 4x times weaker then the normal human and her stamina drains faster then a normal human or a demon.
Demonification: She can turn into a Demon, the demon ability remains unknown at the moment, research is being done.
Manifestation: Three Claw Knuckle
Manifestation Information: her powers are to grow three claw knuckle like spikes on her hands, she use them to fight hand on hand or to shoot flame slashes at her enemies, when she's demonstrated her powers are five time stronger, disadvantage is that they are close range type of power.
Demon Ability: Unknown
Demon Ability Information: none.
Elaina gets in a fighting posisition, so does Quincey.
Isabella: Keep in mind, dirty tricks are allowed, however, if they are leading to murder or fatal damage, you will be kicked out of the arena challenge.
Isabella takes a deep breath.
Isabella: Begin!
Quincey summons his gun and quickly shoots at Elaina, she dodges as she was almost hit and then she uses her manifestation summoning the three claw knuckle on both of her hands and attempts to punch him in the face, he dodges and kicks Elaina in the chest and then throws her back a bit, she manages to land and less the impact of the throwback. Quincey starts shooting again and Elaina runs, luckly the arena has been prepared with covers to make sure advantages and disadvantages apply for both parties... She quickly hides in the covers as he continues to shoot at the spot, however the bullets start to stuck up and he stops shooting to reload.
Quincey: Damn it, so the Arena really is made to be fair-play for both.
Elaina was in the covers, however she holds her bleeding shoulder as she somehow got hit by one of the bullets, she quickly transforms her arm into a demon arm and slowly pulls the bullet out of her which leads to her saying ow a bit loud and then she drops the bullet away from her. After that her arm turns back to human.
Quincey: But not gonna lie you are a good dodging opponent, for a woman.
Quincey then looked at the cover where Elaina was...
Quincey: But of course, coward as usual. Stalling for time to think of how to take me out. However, you will be giving up after this!
Quincey aims at the wall and shoots the bullet which starts circling around the arena without melting the walls due to magma as it continues spinning, Elaina sees the bullet just passing by.
Elaina: What the...
Quincey: This is the spinning bullet shot, the longer it spins the more damage it deals. The next shot will be right for the other shoulder or one of the legs. After that I will make you scream~
UltraX who was in the public was surprised by Quincey... Sila wasn't happy.
Sila: Damn it, man is using my spinning bullet shot trick! Ugh he will try to take Elaina out of commission if that shot lands, not aim for whatever he said.
UltraX: Yeah this is bad. Especially since Vlad is watching, he wouldn't like for his future wife to be taken out like that.
Sila lights her cigarette and starts smoking.
UltraX: Especially since Kazuna and Rayoma are around here. Rayoma has legal ways to enter, but Kazuna will face consequences. On top of that Mina got attacked by the queen herself sometime ago before the weeding when she was just a princess attacking Mina.
Sila: Yeah...
UltraX: However I noticed Mina was invited to the arena challenge as a second round opponent, seems like a trap and a way to lure her.
UltraX wondered which row would Mina appear as a second round player...
Sila: She could appear in any row ya know, plus her manifestation will get her victory automatically ya know... Most of the demons who are in here cannot sense her as well as you.
As they talked, the bullet stopped spinning and headed straight for Elaina, however she moves out of the way and the bullet goes through the cover hitting Quincey before he could react in the chest on a non-fatal spot.
Elaina then rushes Quincey again and attempts to beat him, he blocks and dodges as she attacks and she manages to parry his punches and dodged 2 gun shots of his. Then she hits him in the arms and then for last knuckle uppercut which knocks Quincey up and then Elaina kicks him away and he hits a cover dropping his gun which vanishes.
Elaina: Jeez it was that easy to beat you up when you get hit by your own bullet.
Elaina walks up to Quincey to knock him out and win the round, however as she got close enough his gun appears in his right hand and a gun shot was heard hitting Elaina in the chest and then he got up and kicked her back and after that he shot her in the other shoulder and then he made his gun vanish and got up close and personal barraging her hard and finishes the barrage with an uppercut senting her in the air.
Quincey: Ultimate art ~ Demonic barrage
Quincey turned into his second stage and jumped up grabbing Elaina and throwing her around the air and then he started to kick barrage her and then sends her down and before she lands, he gets underneath her and barrages her with his hands forming a fist and then he gets above her and grabs her throwing her down the ground and finishes her off with a kick in the chin leaving her to land in the middle of the arena as he lands behind a cover and summons his gun.
Elaina was badly injured from this.
Elaina: Ugh... so revealing your ultimate art so early...
Elaina gets up and some energy scents waves which pushes Quincey back a bit.
Elaina then pulls out a green drink in a small bottle, she opens the bottle and drinks the liquid... Leading to her blood stopping from leaking and only some of her injuries were recovered while others are still regenerating.
Elaina: Alright then, let's get real!
Elaina's horns were revealed after Quincey's attack and both her claws looked demonicly boosted as it seems she is going to use...
Elaina: Asa Kujaku!
Quincey steps out of the cover shooting 5 bullets at her, she uses her knuckle claws and cuts the bullets at lighting speed and then appears underneath him and kicks him up in the air, higher then what she did in Vlad's training and then she vanishes and reappears in the air starting to punch and kick her enemy, Quincey multiple times in the legs, arms and chest and once in the head for the next 2 seconds at lighting speed, but this leads to creating some sorts of flames and she uses those flames to finish her attack with a kick that sents him back down to the ground crashing, after he landed the aura was gone as he then tries to get up, but was quickly punched him in the face and grabbed him leading to her throwing him against the same cover as last time, but this time she breaks the cover.
The public seemed impressed, so did Isabella Thorns.
Elaina: Cannot believe I have to use sensei's technique to someone like you, but you really are a woman racist fucker who loves to hurt woman to the point of death.
Quincey gets up and rushes at Elaina with his gun, he is trying to use his ultimate art again however she dodges and kicks him back on the same spot he was knocked back to, but this time he landed on his feet.
Elaina: Quincey, you are one insane elite of Pandora. You're gun is powerful on flat terrain and ya can spin the bullet around the enemy without the wall. However once your opponent figures out how you use your gun and how to counter it, you are left with your second stage and ultimate art as last resort... You impressed and disgusted me.
Quincey shoots 1 bullet at Elaina, however she cuts it with her claw... Before she looks back at him he was gone.
Quincey: Yeah, enough of your words.
Quincey grabs Elaina by the boobs, which was very very sexual and she tries to hurt him with her claws, however they couldn't reach him...
Quincey: Demon art ~ Rain of bullets!
Quincey then lets go off her and kicks her in the middle trapping her in a barrier, however the barrier did not cover the top and then he reloaded his gun shooting up in the air 6 bullets, reloading and more 6 bullets. 30 bullets rain down on Elaina as she attempts to cut most of them, but some manage to hit her in the shoulders, down to the arms and even some in the left foot and her chest. After the barrier breaks he barrages her, however she blocks and then both were holding each other's hands in a combat way with both of them trying to figure out how to use their ability to finish each other off with a knockout...
Elaina then quickly reacts with a headbutt attack hitting it at Quincey's head leaving him off balance and then she.
Elaina: Try dodging this!
Elaina quickly runs at the enemy and them with her claws shining, she starts moving at lighting speed slashing and hitting every hit on Quincey as fast as possible before finishing and landing behind him.
Elaina: Now you will say, "was that beast instincts in this bitch...?"
Quincey: was that beast instincts in this bitch-
Quincey then realises and tries to counter it, but Elaina makes her claws vanish and lands a karate chop on the back-neck of Quincey and then he falls down to the ground.
Isabella: Quincey was beaten up and knocked out, Elaina wins!
The people praise her as also they were worried that it could have ended as 4 years ago's arena sexual interaction between two opponets, however we cannot talk about that now...
Sila was also proud.
Sila: So she finally figured out the secret of Martson's gun...
UltraX: Proud of her?
Sila: Yeah, her sensei taught her that move ya saw her doing beating Quincey up.
UltraX: Asa Kujaku is a strong technique that can be learned with people who have no powers and those who have. From what I know it is powerful technique that bypasses the limiations of half-breeds and humans.
Sila: Interesting...
The medical team heals Elaina up and takes Quincey away and after that Elaina leaves the arena fighting area.
Isabella: Next fight, William vs Terrance!-
Officer of Adumfor: My queen, I am sorry to interupt! However, William and terrance were both found fatally injured in their hotel rooms.
To a shock of surprise everyone was looking at the officer and Isabella.
Officer of Adumfor: We must find a replacement fighter and move them to the second rounds automatically.
Isabella: No worries... I was prepared for that one. I got one, a real one.
Everyone was curious.
Isabella: Ok then, till the second rounds! Next we will move to the third row with UltraX vs Jonathan! Proceed forward challengers.
Both of them come out and both stop a little away from the middle.
Isabella: You know the rules, knockout and the win is yours.
Officer of Adumfor leaves the queen's side.
Isabella: Begin!
Jonathan rushes at UltraX.
Name: Jonathan Andreon
Age: 30
Information: a swordsman who knows how to wield a heavy sword without a sweat, his manifestation is infused with the weapon.
Manifestation-infused weapon user sinfo: the user is allowed to infuse their manifestation into the weapon, weaking the damage of the weapon by 10%, however gaining the power's effect and increasing in other stats. (such as attack size)
Manifestation: Sun energy
Manifestation Information: Sun energy is the power that allows the user to use the sun as a way to boost their strength, endurance, speed & sense 4x then usual, they are also able to form Sun balls and weapons which can be shot at the user, if they hit they will deal only a small fire damage. (the fire ends shortly after the hit) drawback to this power is that the user must train to keep it strong, if they stop training the power weakens and so the stamina gets drained 5x more then usual
Jonathan's sword shines with some sort of aura as if it was on fire, however that was only the aura as the sword turns into light and a bunch of slashes were shot at UltraX, he dodges Jonathan's fast attack without a sweat and then appears infront of him punching him in the torso, after that he barrages his opponent and sents the swordsman back as he walks back.
UltraX: Sun energy, you are a dangerous one.
UltraX was surprised to see a manifestation-infused weapon user, seems like there is first time for everything and anything.
Jonathan then rushes again, this time for a close-combat and UltraX vanishes and appears behind him, kicking him and senting him back with some kind of wind pressure.
After that he quickly runs right at Jonathan kicking him up in the air and then grabbing him with telekinesis and quickly making him get down hitting the ground hard as the sword was sent by the wind to land near the eastern arena wall.
UltraX: Well you know the drill, you can give up or continue.
Jonathan quickly gets up and backs off.
Jonathan: Never. Not after you saw straight through my attack, Ivanov!
Jonathan's both hands do some hand sign and as he finishes with one finger pointing up towards the sun... UltraX looks up just to see a blast coming down and he quickly gets out, despite being small it did some damage to the earth and UltraX tries to get close again, however, Jonathan uses the sun's energy to make a barrier around himself.
Jonathan: That blast was just a bait, knowing you are more risky type and try to land hit while my bombastic side-eye is not looking was your plan. This is the sun barrier. If you try to get through, open it or hit an attack it will shoot back a sun shot right at ya or stab you with the sun energy. 5772 K/9,930°F/5,499 °C, really dangerous for the likes of any of us.
Jonathan seemed to have the advantage at this point, Vlad was surprised... So was Elaina, Sila and Isabella. This seemed to not even be an ultimate ability at all, just another trick up the enemy that UltraX was facing.
Elaina: Damn... I hope I do not get to fight this guy or else I might lose automatically.
Sila: Yeah on top of that he could use the heat of the sun to make you faint or maybe even kill you as a last resort... However, UltraX may wait out since obviously that person cannot use his barrier forever which will lead to his end.
Sila stops her cigarette and throws it away in a trashcan nearby.
Sila: It's 50/50.
Jonathan was thinking, knowing that he cannot hold the barrier for long and that UltraX has a plan about that... He decides to do another hand sign, however the barrier vanishes as he did that and leads to him getting grabbed by telekinesis.
After that he gets let go only for him to be kicked in the air and UltraX doing some familiar trick from an anime he watched...
UltraX: Pow!
Sending a huge force of the air right at Jonathan which lands in his back hurting him and sending him further in the air.
UltraX: Welp, he will try to save himself probably.
UltraX vanished once more and appeared above Jonathan and kicks him in the chest sending him down another attack that suddenly made the wind cut him on the arms and legs as fast and it stopped when he was only 3 seconds away from the ground, then he landed hard making a small hole in the ground with Jonathan in it...
UltraX vanishes and appears above Jonathan and punches the man in the face knocking him out of commission as Jonathan was let go and falls down.
The injuries of the man that UltraX fought, he had minimal damage and no broken bones... Lucky guy.
Isabella: That was quick...
Isabella looked at UltraX who was getting praised and loved by the public. She takes a deep breath and decides to....
Isabella: UltraX wins!
The public got louder.
Isabella: Alright guys it is 3:00 PM! Now it is time for you to take a break and come back after 20 minutes, get yourself some food, drinks and whatever ya need!
After that the break begins, the public including most heroes who watched went to take their break and then moving back to Vlad and Elaina.
Elaina: Damn, Sila was right.
Vlad: On top of that, minimal damage on the enemy. It was quicker then most fights and of course your fight during the arena challenge.
Vlad was drinking fanta and Elaina was eating a chicken wing from the KFC bucket.
Vlad: Also who is gonna be in the second rounds is the better question.
Elaina: Better pray it is not someone powerful that can 1 punch people.
19 minutes later and all the viewers were back on the arena seats and so was Isabella on her own as she was ready to announce the next fight.
Isabella: Ok everyone! Listen this fight was hard to decide to find good opponents, usually the fourth row is easy to fill, but it ook us a long time. Please understand now that the fight coming up will be the last of the first rounds. Now...
Isabella takes a deep breath.
Isabella: Zoe vs Elijah!
Both of them come into the arena and stop near the middle of the arena.
Name: Zoe Amelia
Age: 18
Information: A girl that was saved by Vlad & Elaina back in new york after a "insect incident" in a secret area of the sewers or something. She is a hero in training third year.
Manifestation: Float
Manifestation information: Float allows the user to basically to fly or give someone else the ability to fly, drawback is that it cannot be used for longer then 6 hours.
Zoe takes a huge breath as Elijah charges his electricity.
Isabella: Remember, no killing and no fatal injuries!
Elijah was sweating a bit as this may be an issue for him cause he was expecting it to be like during George's times where he was allowed to use more power before his... "limitation warning" and arrest.
Name: Elijah Kanomato
Age: 17
Information: Elijah is a half-breed born somewhere in 2005 in Japan, Osaka. Later on his life he will study in an american school for heroes at the age of 13 and become a popular hero with his family, however he ends up being the weakest in the family.
Half-breed pros & cons: As half-breed he can use his manifestation during his demon form and his demon ability at the same time. Demon form gives buffs to his endurance, precision, accuracy and speed buff (while weakening attack by 1x). However, as half-breed he loses the advantage of humans and his manifestation is 2x times weaker then the normal human and his stamina drains faster then a normal human or a demon.
Demonification: He can turn into a demon, the demon powers are currently unknown.
Transformation: As he can transform turns out he has two demon forms and one human.
Manifestation: Electricity
Manifestation Information: It allows the user to use electric attacks, thunderbolts & anything electric, however it is weak to people with strong endurance and or energy manipulation. or useless if the enemy has electric immunity
Demon Ability: (unawakened)
Elijah cracks both of his hands, noise of the cracking was only heard by Zoe as she prepares her gadgets for fighting and gets in a fighting position, he soon also gets in a fighting position.
Elijah: Get ready, cause it will hurt a little!
Isabella was thinking why did she let him fight... Well she just doesn't seem to know why she did what she did, she just felt like he won't cause harm like last time.
Zoe: In your dreams, Kanomato. For a hero you can be smart or thinking that your plans always work out in the end.
Zoe activates her gadgets.
Elijah: Oh please, my plans are well done. I've been keeping an eye and analyzing my opponents to make sure my plan is prepared for action.
Vlad, Elaina, UltraX & the public alongside Isabella were listening closely to their pre-fight conversation with interest.
Zoe: Typical, playing it safe and baiting out your opponent. My queen, begins the fight right now and let us fight till the end!
Isabella: Very well!
Isabella this time around was holding some kind of orb in her, which only Sila noticed.
Isabella: Begin!
Elijah quickly charges at Zoe with a full charged electric rush and striked her which paralysed her for a bit longer than what UltraX was expecting.
Elijah: Kanomato shock triple punch!
Elijah punches Zoe with his fist and then quickly punches her in the neck and in the left shoulder and then grabs her and sents her flying... He then proceeds to jump in the air attempting to get free combo, however she gets free from the paralyses and activates her float allowing her to dodge Kanomato's combo extension. He looks down only to get punched in the face and sented further and then Zoe quickly flies towards him getting a barrage and a kick senting Elijah down, he lands on his feet with his electricity reducing the impact and damage on his legs by 1x time.
Zoe flies down and attempts to punch him again, but this time he grabs her arm and spins around with her creating an electric spin as he continues to spin around.
Elijah: Bye bye, gay-zoo!
He then throws her and quickly adds another electric punch senting her back again and she hits the wall hard.
He then turns around.
Elijah: Told ya to not mess with me punk-
A shot was heard and hit Elijah's back before he could do anything. He felt nausea and after 5 seconds he suddenly passes out and falls to the ground. Zoe walks up to him and looks at his body and touches it with her feet... No sign of waking up, but he was alive.
The public was surprised as they saw this ball hit him in the back... They also noticed that the ball that was shot vanished after having impact with him.
Zoe: And I was right about your plans, my gadget is advanced enough to take you out before ya could even make a combo that would knock me out in the first half.
Isabella takes a deep breath and was expecting the fight to last longer, she seemed a bit disappointed in this, however...
Isabella: Zoe wins, Elijah is eliminated!
Sila and UltraX looked at Zoe...
Sila: Damn, she took him out like that.
UltraX: Yeah, that gadget is also brand new version of the previous 2012 weapon design. Seems like she is one of the few that has it. Heard it will be coming out during september 2023 for every hero and government personal.
Sila: Huh, so this ball...
UltraX: Yep, it causes Nausia for 5 seconds and then the next moment after 5 seconds ya pass out, however the side-effect after ya wake up may weaken you permanently by 1x times. So that makes it harder for anyone who got hit by it to develop their manifestation, demon ability and whatever else, other side-effect is mainly gonna make the place ya got shot hurt hard for 2 days and also you may feel like ya gonna puke cause of the Nausia from early, however ya will not puke as much as ya expect it.
UltraX describes it as if he has seen in action before.
UltraX: To be fair, I was thinking that someone would use it against Garou. But it seems Garou got a hold of these balls and the 2023 testing model and hidden it away somewhere in Japan. To my surprise he is inprisoned and contained in Japan, however due to him being spared by the manager/boss of the prison... He may be let go tomorrow. But under 6 months constant watch by the police & fbi.
Sila was surprised how he got that lucky to be freed like this.
Sila: So he is not getting executed?
UltraX: Yeah, but I encountered him in new york once after I gave something to a girl's parents he was outside their place on the other side of the street. I ended up confronting him...
A flashback plays of that encounter...
Garou: Another "hero" huh?
UltraX was chill about that.
UltraX: Yeah, what is your problem?
Garou: The society we live in... Fake, full of lies and left to rot in the hands of the heroes and the government, however... Your presence alone doesn't give off that feeling.
Garou finishes his apple and throws the remains in a trashcan.
Garou: You know, if you were like them I would've killed you right now. You are helping a girl that is not accepted as a normal person in the society, a girl going down a path that she chose on her own and continues. You do cause a lot of damage in your fights against villains and devils, but you end up saving more people, the death count stays under average...
Garou takes a deep breath.
Garou: You are a weird one, maybe you are like them and just keeping an act. However, your life may be spared today you lucky bastard.
UltraX was sweating a bit.
Garou: However, I will stay as cocky as I've always been till someone defeats me like a one punch situation or a powerful foe!
Garou walks away, however some note falls down off his backpocket of the pants without him realises, UltraX afterwards picks it up and starts to read it in his mind.
[ "To my former friend, Garou. I'm sorry to inform you, but the white guards of United Nations were called after you under my orders. You had to be contained, there was no other way I could spare you and let you be... You are becoming a monster, losing what little humanity you had left in you going down the path of the darkness. This may be my last letter to you, goodbye Garou." ]
The flashback ended.
UltraX: After that, knowing that one of Garou's former friends was a United Nations white guard leader, I went straight to the headquarters of United Nations and went to look for that man. However, he refused to let any visitors in and I gave up for the time.
Sila: Ah I see, anything else?
UltraX looks down.
UltraX: However, shortly after my disappointment I met a girl named Issy... Despite her records of a villain and previous encounter with her. This time she came with an helping hand and gave me information on Garou and that guy. However, in return I had to give up the plans that the old king George gave to the Ivanov family. I did that and 3 months later she gave them back.
Sila: Wait-
Sila was surprised.
Sila: So that is how the plans got lost in your mansion... Damn you are a good liar. However, since they were returned I cannot do much to you.
UltraX: Yeah, however her criminal record got wiped clean before I met her. However, I suspect that a company in Egypt is where she works at. She looked, acted and had the accent of an Egyptian girl. However this may also connect to Egypt's high crime rates. Meaning that despite the world letting her go, her criminal record in Egypt is full of crimes.
Sila: It seems almost like she stopped causing trouble in other countries and Egypt's government keeps all crimes of her inside Egypt.
UltraX: Seems so...
By the time that conversation was gone the second rounds were about to start...
Isabella: Ok everyone! The second rounds brackets are finally here! Just remember about William and Terrance being both out and replaced.
[ FIRST ROW ] [SECOND ROW] [THIRD ROW] [FOURTH ROW]
Elaina vs Quincey | William vs Terrance | UltraX vs Jonathan | Zoe vs Elijah
Elaina vs Elena | Maria vs Martin | UltraX vs Vladimir | Zoe vs Onix
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Isabella looked down at Elaina and Elena who walked in...
Isabella: May the second rounds finally introduce a new fighter on scene. A half-breed and a human will be compared today.
Elaina was looking at Elena, the eyes of Elena were not normal...
Elaina: Hope you are ready to lose, volunteer.
Elena smiles.
Name: Elena Uchinoia
Age: 19
Information: Not available at the moment.
Manifestation (1): Affinity Manipulation
Manifestation (2): Unknown
Manifestation information (1): User can manipulate affinities/empowerments, thus changing what a person or thing's power or attributes are linked to. For example, this can change one's affinity to fire to one of water, or change how much stronger or weaker they may get when they are empowered by something.
Manifestation information (2): All that can be found is that this manifestation may be related to a body part of hers.
Elena prepares and stands in a fighting pose.
Elena: I will win without my manifestation. Keep that in mind, Elaina Vans.
John was listening carefully with his hearing.
John: Sila, something is off about this challenger.
Sila: What is it?
John: You know how Isabella said she picked someone special early?
Sila: Yeah...
John: What if that someone was here to take Elaina out?
Sila looked back at the arena as both Elaina and Elena stood in fighting pose.
John: Think about it, the Vans have enemies surrounding them. The recent reports show that they are in deep danger despite their life being peaceful.
Sila looks at Elena...
Sila: Why do you think that?
John: Well, personally it comes to Elena's bloodline...
Isabella takes a deep breath.
Isabella: Begin!
Elaina summons her three claw knuckle on both her hands and rushes faster than in the Quincey fight and attacks Elena, however when she gets the claws do not pierce through her or hurt her at all... that... What is going on?
Elaina: W-What?!
Elena smiles.
Elena: Wow, Elaina... Where did all your strength go all of the sudden?
Elaina looks directly into Elena's eyes.
Elena: Yeah look directly into me, stare at reality dear... A reality of your loss... You will never fight the ex-king, you will never be worthy!
Elaina: Shut it, what did you do to my manifestation?
Elena: I simply done what I needed to, now you are stuck on 1 on 1 combat with no manifestation, due I only took away and weaken your manifestation. You are now out of abilities to use against me.
Elena punched Elaina in the face, then barraged her and kicked her back a bit further away, Elaina unsummons her three knuckle claw.
Elaina: So I have to fight you head on?
Elena: Of course, I wouldn't let my opponents fight me with their manifestations, especially those who have a chance to kill me in 1 go.
Elaina takes a deep breath.
Elaina: Very well then.
Elaina and Elena quickly rush against each other.
Meanwhile in the forest of Adumfor...
A girl was walking down eating her sandwich, peaceful day for her and her medicine. However, her name gets shouted.
???: Maria!
The girl who was Maria turns around to see who was this... Turns out it is UltraX.
UltraX: W-What are you doing here?
Maria smiles.
Maria: Ah nothing, just taking break from my family business hero job and going to fight against Martin ya know, this new guy seems interesting.
UltraX: And here I thought you were not into fighting with weapons...
Maria: And here I thought you weren't with Vlad.
Both stared at each other seriously.
UltraX: Of course I wasn't, but in the end I managed to find and save his ass and then I came here, under the order of the Plovdiv headquarters hq and New York headquarters hq, I'm supposed to guard Vladislav Nikolov... Of course Fariz and Tatsumaki had to covnince me since they knew force won't work out.
Maria: I see now and how is your girlfriend?
UltraX: She is doing good, I suppose that bed time training really worked her up to make a good shape of an woman.
UltraX smiles.
UltraX: Anyways, I better hope I do not get to fight you on the finales.
Maria: Of course, you would give up or just walk away to make your friends happy... But sadly I do not want to see you either on the finales.
UltraX: I mean let's be honest, the semi-finales are what is important for now. If you win you could go up against that chick Elena or the other chick, Elaina. Both are really powerful, one of them can weaken your healing powers and the other can outspeed your healing powers. You mainly have to rely on punch close-combat or weapons close and ranged combat to win.
Maria: Of course... It would be a shame though. Either ways if I mess up, I will lose.
UltraX: Listen, if we end up on the finales. I hope you are ready.
After that UltraX vanishes with a note just falling down saying "good luck!" to Maria, she smiles happily and turns around walking down.
Back to the arena...
Elena and Elaina both were fighting close on close combat with no manifestations, however Elaina seems to be bothered by the eye of her opponent as if that eye has to do something with precision and very strong boost of accuracy.
Both of them look beaten up, as if Elena had more experience then Elaina in a hand to hand combat, however, as it seems their strength seems to be somewhat equal...
Elaina was thinking to herself, could she use that technique again that allowed her to beat Quincey up against Elena and get her out... As they both fought she made an analysis on Elena's endurance and she found out that Uchinoia isn't strong on endurance.
Elaina: This is it, Elena!
Elaina rushes one more time and punches Elena, she dodged Vans and her attack quickly... However, that was predicted and she got grabbed by Elaina and then...
Elaina: Time to end it, Asa Kujaku!
kicking her up in the air, then she vanishes and reappears in the air starting to punch and kick her enemy, Elena multiple times in the legs, arms and chest and once in the head for the next 2 seconds at lighting speed, but this leads to creating some sorts of flames and she uses those flames to finish her attack with a kick that- The aura is gone and Elaina's leg got grabbed by Elena and she laughed at Vans.
Elena: Fool, using the same trick twice in the tournament, as expected.
Elena grins.
Elena: Time for my trick too.
Elena by just using Elaina's leg, she throws her up in the air and quickly vanishes out of Vans eyesight.
Elaina: Where did she go-
Elena: Uchinoia ~ Eien no yami!
Suddenly a black circled orb, big enough locks Elaina and Elena in the air... The public couldn't see anything, but inside Vans couldn't see anything.
Elena: Eien no yami is a technique in my family, it should be more related to my fighting spirit and how the stronger it is, the stronger the move is... It creates eternal darkness for the opponent and of course that is my advantage.
Elena laughs, but this time it sounded much more softer.
Elena: Poor thing, cannot realise when their fate is sealed.
Elaina was a bit scared, but focused on holding herself together.
Elena: Mohō-sha, Asa Kujaku!
Elaina quickly tries to find her way, but she is stuck floating as the black dark orb vanishes...
Elaina notices Elena above her and Uchinoia starts to punch and kick her enemy, multiple times in the legs, arms, chest in the head for the next 2 seconds at lighting speed, but this leads to creating some sorts of flames and she uses those flames to finish her attack with a kick that sents Vans straight down and once she hit the ground, the aura with flames stays for 1 second and then vanishes leaving small extra damage... Elena lands nearby.
Elaina tries to get up, but Elena was already near her pinning her to the ground with a smile.
Elena: You looked me straight into the eyes thinking of how victory will be yours, however...
Elena pulls out a sleeping needle.
Elena: Sadly, I must put you to sleep if I want to win... You giving up or getting knocked out wouldn't work in my favour since you are not the type to give up or let me get close to knock you out, darling. So I will stab you with this and put you to sleep and call it a day.
Elena tries to stab Elaina with it, however in the last second the needle was knocked off Uchinoia's hand and Elaina got up to headbutt her and then kicked her in the chest senting her in the air...
Elaina: Finally your effect wore off and your guard is down.
Elaina resummons her three knuckle claws on both hands and then...
Elaina: Feel my wrath!
Elaina quickly runs at the enemy and them with her claws shining, she starts moving at lighting speed slashing and hitting every hit on Elena as fast as possible before finishing and landing behind her... Elena was injured, but it seemed she blocked Vans beast-instinct like move and reducded the damage.
Elena turned around.
Elena: You really are something else, nearly losing to an elite with a gun and then somehow using the fact I made a perfect speech to attack. You are one hella of a bitch.
Elaina just walks away, confusing Elena.
Elena: Hey! Where do you think you're-
Elena then got knocked right in the direction of Elaina as she continues and then...
Elaina: Vans ~ Claw elimination!
Elaina quickly runs at the enemy and them with her claws shining, she starts moving at lighting speed slashing and hitting every hit on Elena as fast as possible before finishing and landing right infront of her enemy and then barrages her with the claws and sents Uchinoia backwards and before she could land, Vans got right behind Elena and grabbed her.
Elaina: Do not mess with me!
Elaina then punches Elena in the face with her right hand not having the three knuckle claws...
Elaina: And that should do it-
Elaina notices that she punched a... Training dummy? The public seemed surprised by this as the public also saw Elena behind her that she stabbed the sleeping needle in the neck... She then lets go of the needle and Vans falls to the ground...
Elaina: I-Impossible...
Elaina starts to slowly feel more tired and her vision is getting blurry.
Elena: No way it worked... The sleeping needle actually pierced through her neck that is protected from the inside, demon strong flesh and bones...
Elena looked injured a bit hard and tired.
Elena: There is no way, was mother right about this needle that it is able to take out demons and half-breeds with one stab?
Isabella looked at Elaina who had their eyes still open trying to resist the effects.
Isabella: Xiang Ye, you're finally here.
Xiang Ye sits on his place next to Isabella.
Xiang Ye: So what did you think of this fight, love?
Isabella: To be honest, I wasn't surprised by how it played... Uchinoia is a strong family and they do have speciality in a lot of areas... With Elena being the second strongest from her siblings.
Xiang Ye looked at Elaina who was... Nearly about to fall asleep.
Xiang Ye: So, Elaina lost in the end.
Isabella: Not quite, if she breaks the effects she can do an uppercut and end Elena, but this needle seems more powerful then a normal one.
Elena looked up at the public who were still shocked... She was thinking why hasn't Isabella announced the victory yet... Then out of nowhere she got hit by an uppercut and sent a bit in the air as she looks at the direction of the attack she sees Elaina somehow fighting back against the needle effects and then Vans punches Uchinoia in the face a couple times before kicking her in the face and forcing her to hit the ground.
Elena seems to be knocked out and Elaina was standing.
Elaina: Ow...
Elaina holds her shirt right in the middle up where the heart is... Isabella with her expectations met and how Elaina impressed her...
Isabella: Vans wins the round!
The public started cheering and the medical team came down to take Elaina for treatment, same goes for Elena.
Sila: Holy shit, she did it.
John: That was an amazing fight, proud of the girl to be honest.
John sounded proud... Something Sila rarerly sees from him.
John: Now the second row will be interesting for the second rounds, we got all sorts of new people in there...
After a 5 minute of cheering and another 5 minute break, Isabella and Xiang Ye announce the next round will begin shortly...
Maria and Martin come into the arena and walk up and stop near the middle.
Isabella: Remember. No killing and fatal damage.
Both of the opponents take a fighting position as if they are prepared.
Name: Martin Groskan
Age: 28
Information: Martin Groskan is an investigator who lives in Spain and ends up with devils on his tail, maybe devils do love hunting Spanish. He is more of an weapon expert as investigator.
Manifestation: Object magic (ring)
Manifestation information: Usually there is many objects unique on their onw, but this one is a ring used by Martin Groskan. It allows him to gain Power form once activated. The power form is a seperate form that gives the user power for as long as the ring is active (and is not off their finger.), drawback is stamina drains faster. the more attacks the more lost stamina = the power form stats lowering.
Isabella takes a deep breath.
Name: Maria Dimitrova
Age: 18
Information: The Dimitrov family ranks 21st in the global ranks for the families, they are so close to become top 20, the daughter, Maria is an interesting woman. On her early life her focus was to become a nurse in a hospital like her mother, however due to her manifestation being a powerful one, she was moved to support hero course, her and UltraX known each other since 2012 and they promised to be under one banner as heroes.
Manifestation: Heaven Touch.
Manifestation information: Heaven touch is a mastered and very special heal that with one touch it can heal the user or the person they try to heal back to full like they were never hurt at all, as well as the healed person gains 2x endurance for temporary time. Drawback is that the power requires focus and it can only be used 3 times a day.
Isabella: Let the fight begin!
Martin rushes at Maria with his weapon of choice which was boxing gloves and before she could react he started barraging her and then the last punch sents her back. Then he quickly gets close and punches her again senting her back once more and that continues till he pins her to a wall.
Martin: Without being able to see me at my speed and your healing being blocked because of you not being focused, it means victory is not yours.
Martin was gonna swing an uppercut, but she gets underneath and quickly punches him and kicks him backwards and then she rushes at him. After that she tries to do an uppercut on him, but he dodges and kicks her and then barrages her again, but this time he does uppercut and knocks her out and she lands on the ground... Passed out.
Xiang Ye seemed amazed...
Xiang Ye: This speed...
Isabella stands up.
Isabella: The winner is Martin!
This round ended before anyone could react to the amazing attacks of Martin, however UltraX seemed bothered that he may face Martin on the finales or maybe Zoe or Onix against Martin.
After 5 minutes, UltraX and his opponent, Vladimir entered the ring... Both walked up and stopped near the middle.
Isabella: Vladimir vs UltraX, a new fresh hero vs an already popular hero who are on the same age, it will be very, very interesting to watch!
Vlad was surprised to hear that old name again...
Vlad: Vladimir is there!
Elaina looked at both UltraX & Vladimir and was thinking who has better chance of winning.
Name: Vladimir Dulka
Age: 18
Information: He just finished a third year in the hero school and has become an official hero, however he is not fully a pro-hero, he seems to be related to Vladislav in a way.
Manifestation: Hypnosis
Rarety of Manifestation: Uncommon
Manifestation: The user can use that manifestation to control people, using classic objects used in Hypnosis. (magical stuff) After a hypnosis is completed, the user will control the other person, they could tell them to do whatever they want them to do, however if the user has strong mentality they will easily break out of the hypnosis or not get effected at all by it... Causing this being the one and only weakness to this manifestation.
Vlad takes a deep breath.
Vlad: I remember him back in Vidin, he would abuse his manifestation to get what he wants... Heard during his 3 year hero school he used it for his own behalf, including some erotic stuff.
Elaina: So he is a corrupt hero of sorts?
Vlad: Yeah, nobody besides those in school know what he did... Word never got out since after his hypnosis ended, everyone just forgot. I should be glad I never got on his bad side or else I might have ended in a bad situation.
Vlad pulls out his phone.
Vlad: My old childhood best friend was able to not get effected by it and gave Vladimir a good knuckle sandwich beatdown, despite being without manifestation... My best friend was a hero on his own without such a thing.
Elaina got curious...
Elaina: Best friend?
Vlad: I never really talk about him, not after he died during a big incident in Vidin. He was not a big fan of superpowers since he never had a manifestation and he would often just refer to those with manifestation as some kind of different beings... I felt bad for him, but couldn't really do much about it.
Elaina was processing this.
Vlad: When I heard that he was not gonna have any manifestation or late-awakening, that is when it hit me... It was never meant to be for us to be heroes together, even if we dreamed about it and stuff, but he still kept a smile.
Elaina: May he rest in peace, I already caught up to the situation of why ya didn't talk about him as much as you talk about other friends.
Now Isabella was ready to...
Isabella: Let the fight begin!
Vladimir pulls out something and starts doing his trick, as he was already walking towards UltraX holding that thing and making it move left, middle right.
Vladimir: Now after this is over, you will listen to every single of my words...
It continues on for a minute, before Vladimir stops and moves his hand infront of UltraX's eyes who looked to be under his spell. He takes a deep breath as he was prepared to say his first and last command to make...
Vladimir: Now you shall turn back and walk out of the ring as a way of surrendering.
UltraX turned around and dropped some sort of ball before walking away, that got the curiosity of Vladimir and he grabbed it... Leading to it exploding and senting him back against the wall, after the small smoke cleared he saw Ivanov was in front of him.
Vladimir: ... H-How...
UltraX laughs.
UltraX: Come on, I'm not falling for this trick of yours... Seen it too many times with other villians who used it to keep me at bay.
UltraX looked down at Vladimir.
UltraX: Hey, aren't you that hero who used their powers for very, very interesting things?
Vladimir then gets a flashback of a person he knew who wouldn't fall for that...
Vladimir: ... H-How...
??? laughs.
???: Come on, you think everyone is as easy as these poor teachers and classmates to fall under your simple mind trick?
??? grabs Vladimir.
???: Now stay the fuck away from us!
Flashback ends as UltraX grabbed Vladimir.
UltraX: You know, this will end sooner the moment you give up.
UltraX then proceeds to take out Vladimir by throwing him around the ring and beating him up and after that he was knocked out.
Isabella: UltraX quickly wins the fight!
The first person in scene to be able to break through Vladimir's hypnosis shocked the public, but they were cheering UltraX's quick victory despite that.
Maria was even surprised by this as she managed to catch this cool moment of Vladimir getting tricked by UltraX. After a few minutes, Maria and UltraX sit next to each other to watch the next fight.
Maria: So... You actually did it?
UltraX: Yeah, one step closer to figuring out the secret of the devils. Hypnosis may help me with devils related to that ability.
They both look down at Zoe and Onix who enter the ring, both prepared to destroy each other. Despite everything, Zoe had her gadget ready for another quick fight, this time she knew who she was facing against.
An overconfident person from her school, Onix.
Name: Onix
Age: 18
Information: Zoe's classmate, not much is known besides him being overconfident and sure that he is gonna win every fight.
Manifestation: Supernatural endurance
Manifestation information: A manifestation that allows the user to possess a high level, going beyond human limit endurance that will grand him a huge protection. Drawback would be that stamina would drain faster and faster after the 20th hit and on the first hit it may cause the user to break a part of his body if hit too hard.
Zoe looked at Onix.
Zoe: Listen, it be easy for you to give up... It's hopeless, you possess supernatural endurance and great human strength, but... You won't be able to win this time-
Onix laughs.
Onix: Do not pull the same bullshit on me you did 3 years ago, I know you are using that gadget. That is why I prepared my armor that I am wearing right now, something your gadget's circled balls cannot pierce through!
Isabella takes a deep breath as she looked at her husband and then back at the fighters.
Isabella: BEGIN!
Zoe rushes Onix and tries to shoot him, but when she does he catches the ball and throws it right at her, she dodges and punches Onix in the face... She lands it, however it was softer as she got hit in the back by her own circled ball...
The effects apply on her and she passes out...
Isabella: Onix wins!
The public saw how Zoe's own gadget backfired against her, to a shokcer someone who sounded overconfident actually won, was it luck or was it skill?
Isabella: Alright, that concludes the second rounds and we can move to the third rounds, the semi-finales and finally finish this challenge off!
Even despite it was over, some of the fights seemed... Too quick to be normal fights... Reality is often disappointing, but is this reality?
End of Chapter