《Re:Light》 Chapter 0: Prologue He was a legendary emperor during his time in life. He was said to able to heal all wounds no matter how severe. He was a master of all light magic spells. He was said to be able to recite light-magic spells even in his sleep. He was a master of literature. He was an intellectual. He was kind and benevolent. He loved all the races in the world equally and respected them all. He was the first emperor to abolish slavery and enacted equal rights for all races. Everyone loved him. He was loved by all the people, not only in his empire but even in the other countries. He was the 24th emperor of Xinbu Kingdom. During his lifetime he had attained the 3 highest-ranked light magic spells the world had ever seen. He was the most powerful light wizard in history. This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. His feats and accomplishments had no end. He was the youngest person to be given the title of Supreme Wizard. And even though there were 4 other Supreme Wizards, they were all his servants. He was the ender of wars. He was the Holy Emperor. And his name was even considered holy itself. Death may have taken his life, but not his soul. With his light-magic, he controlled the three aspects of soul. And with the three highest light magic spells at his command, he will come back!! The Holy Emperor was said to be immortal but he died nonetheless, albeit mysteriously. This is his journey of resurrection and rebirth. He will find the person who betrayed him and will break his vow of painless death. Chapter 1: Escaping the Abyss Chapter 1: Escaping the Abyss There was nothing but darkness. An infinite amount of darkness, so dark, nothing could be seen ahead but a few steps. It was the eternal abyss of darkness. In the eternal abyss of darkness, all souls gather to go to their specific afterlife. There was an almost infinite amount of souls in the abyss. All the souls that still haven¡¯t made it to the end of their march yet. Each and every one of those souls were in a blank state, with no knowledge of who they were, where they were, why they were here, or even that they were dead. They were all in rows and columns, moving forward at an even pace. It was like a zombie-soul army. There was a gigantic cliff 200 km ahead, most of the souls would reach the cliff and fall into its pits. The pit was bottomless, for it had no end. Any soul that fell in the pit were the ones that did misdeeds and committed grave sins. The souls that did not fall, but flew up once they reached the cliff, went to a better place. The legion of zombie-souls kept on marching. It was either fall or flight. In the legion zombie-soul army, march one particular strong-willed soul with a unique charisma and glow. The one particular soul would not let its mind be restrained to a blank state like all the others. That one soul struggle to get back control of its body. It would not let itself be restrained!! That particular soul shook its body and face severely and managed to stop itself from taking one more step. Taking a closer look on that particular soul, it is reveal to be the 24th emperor of the Xinbu Kingdom!! He looks around himself completely bewildered. <> Holding back his entire row of zombie-souls from moving, the 24th emperor, took flight in his soul-form and flew around the abyss. <> This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report. Unable to find any weak area to escape the abyss of darkness, the 24th emperor was left with only one choice. <> <> << If I didn¡¯t awaken for another 50 minutes, it would have been the end of my existence. I would have flown like the blessed souls did, to the better place, and once there, no one not even me, could ever escape it.>> After doing some fast hand signs and symbols, something started to happen. The emperor¡¯s hands started to glow this bright heavenly light. As soon as the light reached its brightest peak, the souls nearest to the emperor awakened, and started to rush towards the emperor. They could sense the life and rebirth energy coming from the emperor, and all the souls in the abyss wanted life and rebirth. Some of the souls wanted to be reborn again, some of them didn¡¯t want to go to their afterlife yet, others have some unfinished business in the real world. They all rushed towards the emperor. ¡°Oh no you won¡¯t¡± yelled the emperor as he raised his hands upward. ----------- At a big mansion in Ryoukai town, Xinbu Kingdom: ¡°Ugh, where am I?¡± thought a 24-year-old man that got up from bed. A big mirror stood at the right of the man¡¯s bed. ¡°What? What is this? This isn¡¯t me¡± said the man out loud. Moving his hands up and down and observing as the person in the mirror does the same thing at the same time. The man then came to a conclusion. ¡°My Rebirth & Resurrection spell worked¡± thought the man, revealing he was the emperor. ¡°But this body¡­it isn¡¯t my own¡±
Hope you folks enjoy this, and please continue the support guys!! P.S. English is my third language and even though majoring in English in College, SORRY FOR THE GRAMMAR MISTAKES. I will try to correct them before i post them, but sometimes i don''t catch all of them. Thank You Chapter 2: The change Man Chapter 2: The change Man The emperor then examined his new body and made several discoveries. First, this body was poisoned, most likely during its sleep. Second, this body is a terrible conductor of mana energy [wizard energy]. Third, this body¡¯s crotch is of extremely rare and excellent quality. Fourth, this body¡¯s face is not handsome enough, it is only average. Fifth, this body is inadequately too weak, I can¡¯t even feel any muscles or abs when I flex. There are a lot of issues but also a bonus was gained in return, so far so good. The emperor smiling at the thought of once again returning to his harem, once everything has been taken care of, investigate the source of poison that killed the person this new body of his used to belong to. [the previous owner]. ¡°I must learn of the surrounding history of this person¡¯s lifestyle¡± thought the emperor. ¡°I am unable to use magic at this time, due to this body¡¯s bad affinity to mana. But that won¡¯t be too much of an issue. I was the best in the world when it came to light magic, fixing a little affinity with mana [fixing the mantra] is as easy as gathering ingredients in the garden¡± The emperor proceeded to search around the room. In no time at all, he found it. The cause of death. It was a tiny needle that would have pass unnoticed if one wasn¡¯t an expert in medicine and poison. The poison that killed the previous owner of this body was a deadly poison only found in the south province of Lithern Empire. It was a rare poison that when ingested or if puncture by a needle that was dip by the poison, will cause instant death in five minutes. And the worst of it was, you wouldn¡¯t feel any pain, in fact, the poison makes you feel relax and sleepy. ¡°Someone must have really wanted this poor man¡¯s life¡± thought the Emperor with a sad expression. ¡°But thanks to the person¡¯s death, I was able to come back to life. So, that¡¯s just how the world works then¡± As soon as the emperor finished examining the room, someone knocked at the door. ¡°Mitchiel-sama, are you awake yet?¡± At first the Emperor was going to ignore the person¡¯s voice, since that wasn¡¯t his name, but then realized it was him the person was talking to. ¡°Yes, I am awake¡± said the Emperor, trying to sound like the real Mitchiel. A beautiful maid with black hair, purple eyes, a tail, and small breasts entered his bedroom. She bowed to Mitchiel in an elegant manner and carried the tea to his desk. She gently puts the tea on the desk as if afraid of consequences. She looks fearfully at Mitchiel and seems to be in a hurry to leave. ¡°If you don¡¯t need anything else, I will take my leave then¡± the maid said and bowed. Mitchiel [The Emperor] approaches the maid girl. She moves instantly back and hides her face with her hands in a protective manner. ¡°I am not going to hurt you¡± said Mitchiel sofly. ¡°I am sorry if I ever did¡± If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. The maid girl looks at Mitchiel in a puzzled manner, and deciding that it was another trick by Mitchiel again, protects her face with her hands. ¡°Please trust me¡± said Mitchiel sofly. ¡°I am not the type to hurt someone for no reason¡± ¡°As if¡± said the maid girl unconvinced of Mitchiel¡¯s sudden change. ¡°What would I have to do for you to believe me?¡± asked Mitchiel. ¡°If you¡­ help me with¡­the dishes¡± replied the maid girl hesitantly as if expecting Mitchiel to punch her and beat her for asking something so lower-class. ¡°Yeah sure¡± said Mitchiel. ¡°I am sorry, I am really sorry Mitchiel-sama, please forgive and don¡¯t hurt me¡± cried the maid girl expecting Mitchiel to hurt her. To the maid girl¡¯s surprise, Mitchiel did not touch her at all. ¡°Um, are you really going to help me?¡± asked the maid girl with a sweet and surprise voice. ¡°Yeah¡± replied Mitchiel. ¡°What about we go downstairs together?¡± ¡°Ok¡± replied the maid girl softly as she wipes her tears away. ------------ The two then leave the room and make their way downstairs. The Mansion was large, with different hallways and multiple rooms. There were four guest rooms, three living rooms, four bathrooms, one very large kitchen, 3 servants and two butlers. Mitchiel [The Emperor] was surprised. It wasn¡¯t every day that you found such a rich aristocratic family such as these. Mitchiel then became curious as to why this household would let their son [Mitchiel] be without mana affinity. It was rare for individuals to have a broken mantra, but it wasn¡¯t difficult to cure it. ¡°If this household is as rich as I can see, they could have easily purchased the ingredients to make the cure. But why did they not?¡± thought Mitchiel. The Emperor had a terrible feeling but he let it pass. Passing by the hallway, the butlers welcome him by bowing. Mitchiel wave his hand to approve it. He continues to walk behind the maid girl. The maid girl was wearing a maid¡¯s uniform and it looked cute on her. They arrived in the kitchen, and just as Mitchiel said he would, he helped her. The maid girl was shocked. She had never seen this side to Mitchiel. She was very pleased but also uncomfortable. She isn¡¯t sure how to act now. ¡°You don¡¯t have to say anything¡± said Mitchiel, observing the maid girl awkward movements as she attempts to thank him. ¡°Just think of this as thanks for everything you have done so far¡± Chapter 3: Mitchiel the Loser Chapter 3: Mitchiel the Loser Mitchiel bow his head in respect towards the maid girl. ¡°No! No! you can¡¯t do that¡± replied the maid girl in a hurry. ¡°Do what?¡± asked Mitchiel dumbfounded. ¡°What you just did. You can¡¯t¡± explained the maid girl. ¡°But why?¡± asked Mitchiel, dumbfounded. ¡°Well, you know, status and rank, and job and different classes of people and stuff¡± explained the maid girl stiffly. ¡°Ok, I understand¡± replied Mitchiel as he stands up fully and bow again, completely disregarding what the maid girl just said. ¡°Mitchiel-sama!! Please¡± said the maid girl. ¡°If people were to see you do that outside, they would laugh at you even more¡± ¡°Even more?¡± asked Mitchiel, curiously. The maid girl realizing what came out of her mouth, quickly puts her left hand on her lips as if to shut herself from saying anything more. She was in panic. Real tears were beginning to flow from her eyes now. She was really shaken by her lack of discretion. ¡°I am so sorry, so very sorry, please forgive me, I¡¯ll never do that again, I promise¡± repeated the maid girl multiple times. ¡°No, it¡¯s alright¡± replied Mitchiel as many times as the maid girl repeated she was sorry. They were hugging each other now. Mitchiel was holding the maid girl in an embrace. A butler came to the kitchen after hearing the commotion. ¡°Is everything fine, Sylvia? Mitchiel-sama?¡± asked the butler. ¡°Yes, everything is under control¡± replied Mitchiel since Sylvia [the maid girl] wasn¡¯t going to be able to talk properly. ¡°Very well then¡± said the butler after taking a few glances at both Sylvia and Mitchiel. He left without turning back. ------------- ¡°Sylvia-chan¡± said Mitchiel softly. ¡°I am sorry about asking you to talk about something you were told not to¡± ¡°No, it¡¯s okay¡± said Sylvia wiping her tears away. ¡°I was the one who started to talk about it first¡± ¡°And I was the one who asked about it¡± replied Mitchiel. ¡°Therefore it¡¯s my fault¡± Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings. ¡°No, it wasn¡¯t you. It definitely wasn¡¯t you, Mitchiel-sama¡± replied Sylvia. ¡°But I still want to know more though¡± said Mitchiel with his curiosity at its peak. He relentlessly asks Sylvia to tell him and kept on following behind Sylvia everywhere she went throughout the mansion, until Sylvia had no choice but to tell him. ¡°We are not supposed to talk about it inside the mansion¡± replied Sylvia. ¡°But as you already know, everyone calls you a loser and laugh at you outside this mansion. You are considered a laughing stock and a useless moron. I am so sorry, I didn¡¯t mean to phrase it like that, please forgive me, I was not trying to hurt your feelings¡± replied Sylvia with some tears in her eyes. ¡°No, no, its fine¡± replied Mitchiel with a bright smile that calmed Sylvia and made her feel better. ¡°Calling me [previous owner] a loser, calling me a laughing stock, calling me useless¡± thought Mitchiel darkly. ¡°I am going to make every one of those people outside regret it and by the time I am done, they will all be jealous of my splendor. It is the least I can do for the previous owner¡± ------------ Outside the mansion: Mitchiel went immediately outside after receiving the information from Sylvia. He wanted to fix the previous owner¡¯s reputation as fast as possible. Everyone outside the mansion was going through their habitual morning. There were many passerby, some merchants across the street, some shops, and kids running around. It was a peaceful morning. The moment Mitchiel went outside, the peaceful fa?ade was destroyed. The neighborhood was staring at him with ridiculous looks. They were all pointing at him, laughing and mostly staring. One group of guys in their early twenties made their way to Mitchiel. ¡°Ho ho ho¡± said the guy at the front of the group. ¡°Seems that you are back for more, aren¡¯t you?¡± ¡°What if I am?¡± asked Mitchiel, trying to put the puzzle pieces in order. ¡°Well, well, well¡± said the same guy at the front. ¡°Picking a fight so early in the morning, huh?¡± Everyone watching the exchange laughed. Mitchiel was being viewed as everyone¡¯s personal amusement. He was their laughing stock. Mitchiel picking a fight was going to be a very entertaining amusement for them. ¡°No, not a fight¡± claimed Mitchiel. ¡°Just going to beat you to a pulp before you know it¡± Chapter 4: Unexpected bullying Fight Chapter 4: Unexpected bullying Fight ¡°Ho, you sure are confident, Mitchiel-sama¡± laughed the leader of the group. ¡°I really hate that overconfidence of yours¡± ¡°And I really hate you¡± added Mitchiel casually. The leader of the group then took a step back. He pretended he was going away, and then turned around at a really fast pace and let his punch out. His punch got stopped by Mitchiel. But it wasn¡¯t merely that. The leader¡¯s hand got grabbed by nonetheless Mitchiel himself. ----------- The leader of the group was a guy that was really proud of his strength. His punches are really famous, in fact, he won nineteenth place in the Young Adult Martial Arts Competition. The Young Adult Martial Arts Competition allow everyone to participate as long as you are twenty-two years old or older but not exceeding thirty-five. He won nineteenth place in the competition when he is only 25 years old. That is an outstanding feat, few could compare his talents to themselves. Rumors have it that, if the competition did not allow those that were 35 years old from participating, Tymol [the leader of the group] would have at least gotten eighteenth place if not seventeenth. Tymol was just that proud of his strength. Everyone in Ryoukai town knew who Tymol was. He was their pride and joy. And since no one liked Mitchiel, the fact of Tymol bullying him was considered an enjoyable entertaining activity for everyone to watch. For Tymol¡¯s punch to be seen by Mitchiel and even for it to get grabbed by Mitchiel was something that should be impossible. Not even a miracle could cause something of that level to happen. Tymol¡¯s rank and reputation was high. He was the second son of an influential martial arts family. He was trained since a young age to master martial arts and secret family techniques. His rank in the Young Adult Martial Arts Competition puts him on par with those that are 30 years old and even those that are older. Some of the older disciples in the YAMAC were very envious of Tymol¡¯s strength. They knew that with his talents, he would have a bright future and might even become a guard for the Imperial Government or even the bodyguard of an influential individual. In this world, talents, fame, money, strength and also luck govern everything. If you lack even one of those, you will lose everything, sooner or later. ------------ On the other hand, Mitchiel¡¯s family was an aristocratic noble family that specializes in product and businesses. And even though Mitchiel¡¯s family did produce great wizards and some martial artists, Mitchiel isn¡¯t on that list. Once upon a time he was talented in magic, but that was in the past. One day while practicing too hard and trying to learn more complicated spells, Mitchiel accidentally broke his mantra at the age of nine. Ever since then, Mitchiel became unable to practice his fire magic, or any magic for that matter. Ever since that day, Mitchiel was useless. His family was no longer calling him a talented individual. He was marked with scorn and disgust wherever he went. This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon. He was considered the household¡¯s freeloader. A person not worth any value, a useless person wasting the household¡¯s money and bringing the household¡¯s reputation down. Even Mitchiel¡¯s own family viewed him as useless. Everyone except for his father and younger sister treated him harshly. Mitchiel¡¯s mother was the worst of all. She spread nasty rumors about him and told lies of how Mitchiel was a child of misfortune. Mitchiel at that time, tried to learn how to do business but that also failed. He was useless at everything, and since he wasn¡¯t necessarily bright, he was the 1st member of the household to not have gone to a higher education or training program. He was viewed as being worse than trash. He was an eyesore, a disgusting creature, a mistake God made, an accident, a curse, whatever else you want to call it. That was him. Mitchiel. Since early childhood, Mitchiel¡¯s household discovered that he had an affinity towards fire magic. Fire magic is considered one of the destructive magic and those that master it rule supreme in the Imperial City. Because there aren¡¯t that many fire wizards in the world, those that do dedicated their life to learn fire magic, will one day be able to do unimaginable feats. At first, they were proud of someone having such an affinity, even if fire magic was one of the hardest to learn, but their pride was very short-lived. In a matter of a few years, Mitchiel¡¯s mantra was broken, and he will never be able to practice magic ever again. And since certain martial arts skills require internal mana control to use, Mitchiel will never be able to learn the secret martial art skills. He will forever remain a beginner Martial Artist even as he watches as everyone he knew and grew up with surpasses him, even those six years younger than himself. That terrible sight is what caused Mitchiel to be jealous of everyone. He had lots of money but what use is money when you will never be famous or talented? Therefore, Mitchiel soon came to hate everyone around him and use those around him to take his anger on. ------------ ¡°Ho¡± exclaimed Tymol. ¡°You managed to catch my punch. You must be feeling lucky today, aren¡¯t you?¡± ¡°Let see where my luck will lead me then¡± said Mitchiel seriously. ¡°He he he he he¡± laughed the guys behind Tymol. ¡°Does he think he can actually beat Tymol? Not even in your dreams, Mitchiel¡± Right when Mitchiel let the hand of Tymol go, he proceeded to attack Tymol relentlessly. ¡°Ho ho ho¡± laughed Tymol. ¡°Attacking me, huh? Don¡¯t make me laugh, it tickles, hehehe¡± ¡°Oh, yeah, then what about this?¡± asked Mitchiel as he does a somersault takedown. Tymol falls head first down. He did not see that coming. He had never expected Mitchiel to be able to actually push him down like this. In fact, the attacks that Mitchiel did to Tymol was a feint to distract Tymol from his real motive. To give him one hard somersault takedown. Chapter 5: Unforeseeable Battle Prowess Chapter 5: Unforeseeable Battle Prowess "What?" asked everyone in surprised. "What just happened?" Everyone at the scene watching could not comprehend what happened. Tymol just got somersaulted. They could understand that Tymol got somersaulted, that would still surprise them if that happened to Tymol, but that would at least be understandable to some extent. And that would only happen if his opponent was stronger than him. But that was not what happened. His opponent wasn''t stronger than him, he couldn''t be. His opponent was Mitchiel. The person that somersaulted Tymol was none other than the useless leaching bug that everyone felt disgust for. It was none other than Mitchiel. The no-good useless son of a rich influential household. The shock reverberates throughout the neighborhood. All those watching lets out awe sounds and started murmuring in disbelief. They could not understand this. They were all in shock. "Is this all you guys have?" asked Mitchiel, not letting his momentum drop. "What did you just say punk?" asked a follower of Tymol [from Tymol''s group]. "That was just some stupid ass fluke. Try to do it again, huh? Maybe that will add some weight to what you say, douchebag" "Seems that someone here want to get somersaulted" pressured Mitchiel, to all of Tymol''s followers. Before any more action could start, Tymol got back to his feet. This time he was mad. Before, when he was picking on Mitchiel, he was just doing that to pass time and to entertain himself. But now, now, he was pissed off. He would not allow some no-good trash like Mitchiel to discriminate him to such a level. He was going to break that stupid smug off Mitchiel''s face and leave him in a bloody trashy state like he deserves. With all that anger in his eyes, Tymol stood back up with blood-shot eyes. This was going to get bloody. Having stood up, Tymol would not use the basics anymore with Mitchiel, he will go all out from the start. He activated his internal mana control and started to use Martial Arts Hand Seal and did the signs of the eagle, the tiger, the cheetah, as well as lightning. This was the [lightning piercing strike Attack]. --------- The eagle sign gives one the ability to see clearly even in darkness. It gives one the ability to see from far away and to see even the most minuscule of movements. The tiger sign gives one the ability to attack by using the least amount of energy, to conserve energy, patience, and to regulate one''s breathing. The cheetah sign gives one the ability to attack fast and in a timely manner. It gives one the ability of speed and fast kicks, the claws, leg strength, arm strength and the animal instincts of the cheetah. The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. The lightning aspect of the technique is the most complicated and hardest to use. The lightning aspect is not a magic spell, but it is quite similar. In the human body, it is believed that a warrior [even one with no knowledge of magic] with a very long battle record and an extreme amount of experiences and practice will develop certain characteristics of their weapons, movements, battle formation, etc. Since the human body and the mind mimic the weapon and battle formation and special moves learn, the body will naturally be able to take on certain characteristics of the weapon. For example, a person that uses a sword every day, their arm will become as slender as the sword and as fast as they strike. Even without the sword, a sword master might still be able to cut down a tree with a single arm strike. Of course, most of those stories are stuff of legends and speculation, but it is seriously believed that the Supreme Four are indeed capable of such feats. Taking that into consideration, Martial Arts Skills were invented 400 years ago, as a way to practice certain set of movements under certain set of harsh environments to produce an imitation of the said power in the human body itself without the uses of weapons. So, thanks to that, Martial Arts Masters can now fight using only their bodies as if their bodies'' were weapons itself. ---------- Having activated the [lightning Piercing Strike Attack], a wide grin passes by Tymol''s face. He was happy. He could feel the overwhelming power coursing through his body. He could feel the merit of his accomplishments and it was all worth the harsh training. To be able to attain this power, to be able to get powerful. It was a waste to use it on someone as lowly as Mitchiel, but so be it. Taking one glance at Mitchiel''s face, he appears behind him and with his fastest speed strike Mitchiel in the back using his left claw. Mitchiel dodge. Tymol getting angry, does a nonstop multiple claw attacks at Mitchiel. Mitchiel still dodged each and every attack. Mitchiel was untouchable. None of the attacks reached him. If one Tymol''s attack were to even touch a strand of hair of Mitchiel''s, it would cause an electrical shock to course through Mitchiel''s body and cause massive amount of damage. That is one of the reasons, the lightning aspect in [Lightning Piercing Strike Attack] is essential. It causes massive amount of damage and multiple blood vessel rupture on the opponent even if it was a mere touch. With only a touch, a world of pain was waiting. That''s exactly what Tymol was aiming for. He wanted Mitchiel to bleed and suffer. Chapter 6: The battle’s End Chapter 6: The battle¡¯s End Mitchiel continue to dodge and dodge. Everyone watching held their breath. They could not believe what was happening. It was the famous [Lightning Piercing Strike Attack] of the Gyphos Clan. It was such an honor to see it. It was a marvelous sight, until everyone remember who the attack was for. It was for the loser of Ryoukai town, Mitchiel. At first everyone thought, such a waste, if it was anyone else, it would have been magnificent, but since it¡¯s for Mitchiel, the fight would be over before it even began. And they wouldn¡¯t have the chance to witness the full strength of the piercing attack. But they were wrong. They were completely wrong about everything. The fight wasn¡¯t over before it began. The fight continued and continued. Mitchiel kept on dodging left and right, and kept on putting distance between him and Tymol, but even then, Tymol merely uses the cheetah¡¯s speed. It was useless, but then Tymol could not hit or touch Mitchiel at all! The fight was getting more and more intense as time went on. Tymol increased the skill to its borderline limit. He no longer cared about what could happen to his body if he were to do a wrong move, he no longer cared for the side effects that could happen. His honor was on the line. His reputation was threatened. He could not let himself be put to any humiliating acts especially by someone of no value. With sweats falling as droplets from his forehead, he rushes forward in a one final attack strike at Mitchiel. This time, Tymol would unleash his full power. -------------- Tymol¡¯s older brother told him that the [Lightning Piercing Strike Attack] wasn¡¯t simply a piercing strike attack. It had another aspect to it. Due to the clan¡¯s secrecy, suspicions of spies, internal bloodline conflicts and so on and so forth, they never tell any outsider of the clan the secret of the [Lightning Piercing Strike Attack]. In fact, some pupils of the clan don¡¯t even know about the other aspect of the skill at all. To the common folk that do not practice Martial Arts, they would simply see the attack as a blue electrical energy that appears similar to a lightning coursing through the Artist¡¯s body. It would disappear and reappear every split second, hence its name of lightning. But that wasn¡¯t all it does. It wasn¡¯t there simply to show off as some special effect. When the Artist pierce an opponent, the lightning itself would enter the opponent¡¯s body and wreak havoc inside. That was what made the lightning so famous. Any opponent of the Gyphos Clan, once attack by the skill, would suffer severely and might not be able to walk again, or might need medicine immediately and some have even died from the attack. But that wasn¡¯t all there is to the lightning. It has the ability to do one more thing. Any Martial Art Practitioner could tell that the skill was drawing a lot of power. It wasn¡¯t simply gathering power to penetrate the opponent¡¯s body and rupture his blood vessels, the skill was gathering a lot more power than that. Any Martial Art Experts knew that there were any number of skills with a lot less power, that could still rupture the opponent¡¯s blood vessels without gathering such a large amount of power. This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. Therefore, the [Lightning Piercing Strike Attack] that gather such a large quantity of power had another secret move. And that¡¯s why the skill was famous among Martial Arts Practitioners. The Gyphos clan doesn¡¯t tell all its members about this, even though most already suspect the existence of another move in the skill. But the members the clan does tell, they specifically told them not to reveal the move, if they have to use it at all, in public or a tournament, and to only use the move in severe emergencies. Tymol was going to ignore all the warnings the clan gave him. He no longer cared about the rules. His pride, his reputation, and fame were in the line. And even if he broke the rules, the clan wouldn¡¯t be too harsh on him. He was one of their brightest pupil, not only that, he¡¯s the second son of the clan¡¯s chief¡¯s brother. His uncle. There was no way anything too harsh would happen to him. And with each and every worried having left his mind. He unleashes the secret move. ---------- Tymol rushes forward to Mitchiel¡¯s direction. Of course, Mitchiel, now officially recognized as an expert at dodging, dodges the attack coming from Tymol. But of course that was Tymol¡¯s plan all along. He knew Mitchiel would dodge it, just like he has been dodging each and every single strike he made so far. But this time, it would be different. The strike he made just now was a mere distraction. The technique he wanted to use was different, and it requires only a short-distance from his opponent. Tymol made his opponent move away from him, and right when his opponent is about to land in the ground, that¡¯s when Tymol does it. Tymol strikes the ground. It was completely unexpected. The lightning from Tymol¡¯s body passes through the ground and travel right to Mitchiel¡¯s landing spot. Mitchiel was in midair and doesn¡¯t have time to dodge. The moment Mitchiel landed, the electric energy came out of the ground and stroked Mitchiel. Mitchiel shook and shook. The lightning passes through his entire body, and broke multiple blood vessels, tried to fried his brain but failed, and left him unconscious. Tymol had over exerted himself. He not only used a technique he hadn¡¯t practice yet but he was unaware of the side effects that came with the power. Had he known the side effects that came with activating the secret move for the first time, he would have at least hesitated, if not surrendered to Mitchiel. Tymol fell to the cold dirty ground just like Mitchiel. His own technique went against him. He watched in fear as the same lightning that he used to strike Mitchiel came to strike him back as well. The lightning in his body started to attack him and severely ruptured several of his blood vessels, tried to fried his brain, but failed. He fell to the ground, bloodied and unconscious. The match ended with a tie. Neither sides won. Neither sides could defeat the other. They were evenly matched. Chapter 7: Unforeseen Tournament Contest Chapter 7: Unforeseen Tournament Contest It ended with a tie. The shock could not be contained. Everyone watching let out multiple awes and shock sounds. They have never seen a battle like this. But it was even more shocking for the person that Tymol was fighting was Mitchiel. Everyone that was watching wondered about one thing. Since when did Mitchiel learn to dodge like that? This was the first time anyone had seen this side to Mitchiel. In their memory, he was always a disgusting freeloader, but now, after witnessing this fight, their opinion of him have changed. They no longer saw him as this disgusting bug, but now as someone that could possibly have some kind of talent or merit. They immediately proceeded to lift his body up. Of course they didn¡¯t forget about their number one pride and joy, Tymol. Everyone helped carried the two young man to their respective households, the children that were running around previously went ahead to the two fighter¡¯s household to tell them the news. One household was shocked for a moment, got their wits back to themselves and went to find medicine to use in a hurry. The other household was also shocked, but not in the same manner as the other. While the other was in shocked and happiness at the same time, this particular household was in complete disbelief. They were all wondering one thing. How did that happen? How could their son have lost to that stupid brat-what¡¯s-his-name-trashy-something-hiel-whatever-his-name-is. The older brother of Tymol as well as the father and mother and some of the other pupils left their mansion and made their way to where the battle took place. They, of course, carried medicine. They were sure that whatever happened could not have been what happened. ----------------------------------- The other household on the other hand, the family members were out of town, therefore only the butlers and maids were there. After being noticed of the battle, one of the butlers stayed at the mansion, he wrote something in a piece of paper, and made some hand seals. Right after doing the hand seals, a bird appeared, and the butler [the same one that caught Mitchiel and Sylvia hugging each other in the kitchen] gave the bird the letter. The bird flew as fast as it could in the air. The other butler and the three maids rushed to where the battle happened. They saw their young master, Mitchiel-sama being carried by the people of the neighborhood to them. They thanked them and did not hesitate for a moment to give him medicine. They put three pills of medicine inside Mitchiel¡¯s mouth and made him swallow it, albeit unconscious. ------------------------------------------ The same happened to Tymol, though instead of the maids putting the medicine pills in his mouth, the disciples did. The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.The two households looked at each other with scorn. They were never in the best relationships but this was just too much this time. Both houses were competitors. Mitchiel¡¯s house was not proficient with making great wizards and martial artists, but they did produce some. While, Tymol¡¯s house is the best when it comes to producing martial artists, but not at all with wizards. And they are also working on creating a business market. So even though the two different household hold some similarities, they never got along. They passively disliked each other. They always thought the other was after their disciples, or their business. And even though, both houses never harmed the other or took disciples of each other, or stole each other¡¯s businesses, suspicions still lied. With one family member from each side gravely injured like this, things will not remain so silent. Even though, both houses ignored the fact that Tymol was bullying Mitchiel every once in a while a week, they never disputed over the fact. They had some sort of unspoken understanding. As long as our sons never really get injured or die, we will keep a blind eye. But now, with multiple blood vessels broken and the [Lightning Piercing Strike Attack]¡¯s other aspect revealed to outsiders, and the fact that the battle ended with a tie, that agreement just went down the rubble. Both houses will not let this slide. One house will have smiles and celebrate tonight, the other will have sullen expressions and gloom. ---------------------- With the Young Adult Martial Arts Competition for this year drawing nearer and nearer, the houses will send their most powerful and brightest to participate. And with Tymol¡¯s brother having to go on a business trip on that date, the Gyphos Clan was counting on Tymol to bring them more honor. But with the situation as it is, they need to make a plan or their son¡¯s reputation will plummet. To save their son, they decided on a course of action. They will force the other household to send Mitchiel to the YAMAC or else, the household will have to deny their son [Mitchiel]¡¯s tie against Tymol. This was a direct attack at Mitchiel¡¯s household¡¯s honor. On one hand, they would want to celebrate the fact that Mitchiel got a tie in a fight with Tymol (someone so much stronger than him, someone that even managed to get nineteenth place in the YAMAC). But on the other hand, they also don¡¯t know whether or not Mitchiel¡¯s tie was a fluke or luck, or some sort of paranormal miracle that only happens once in an entire lifetime. This was the situation left to Mitchiel¡¯s household. Deny the fact that Mitchiel got a tie against Tymol or embarrass themselves even more by sending Mitchiel as one of their representatives in the YAMAC. Chapter 8: Chapter 8: The fallout Decision With all the commotion that happened, speculations and rumors spread. Some rumors over exaggerated the event. Some argued that Tymol allowed his guard to get down to such a fundamental level that even Mitchiel managed to get a tie. Some argued that Mitchiel had a hidden master that was teaching him some high level dodging skills and that¡¯s how he managed to get a tie. Other rumors went on the offensive completely. They argued that Tymol, after bullying Mitchiel for who knows how many months, felt pity for the guy and decided to give him a tie. Another rumor argued that Mitchiel had some secret talent and just made a breakthrough on how to use it just now. Rumors and speculation continue to spread, and at the same moment, Mitchiel¡¯s household came back to the household from outer town. They received the message that was sent to them via the butler¡¯s bird. They were shocked and in disbelief. The person they thought to be useless and a waste of money managed to do something most of their young adult disciples would not managed. They were ecstatic. They have already forgotten that Mitchiel was their no-good useless family member. Their opinion has changed so much, they forgot they hated his guts. They have all become hypocrites when they realized they could use Mitchiel to bring their reputation back up. Everyone became a hypocrite and thought how much they could use Mitchiel for their own benefit, all except Mitchiel¡¯s father and sister. They were always the two people supporting Mitchiel. They always took Mitchiel¡¯s side and when they received the news, they were the happiest. But that happiness was also short-lived, just like everything else Mitchiel tried to do. ---------------- ¡°What are we going to do about this?¡± asked the members of Mitchiel¡¯s household, after being contacted about Gyphos¡¯s demands. ¡°Our household, the Minotaur Clan, cannot afford our reputation plummeting, and even if Mitchiel managed to tie against Tymol, that only brought down Gyphos¡¯s reputation momentarily. But those bloodthirsty guys are now forcing us to make a choice¡± stated a member that sat in the middle of the meeting room. His name was Reige Slax and he is an important and prominent member of the clan. ¡°Then what do you suggest we do?¡± asked Mitchiel¡¯s father, that was sitting across from Reige. Reige has always been neutral about the likes and dislikes throughout the clan. He is the reason why Mitchiel was even allowed to stay in one the household¡¯s mansions. If it wasn¡¯t for Reige, Mitchiel would most likely have gotten excommunicated by now. ¡°I suggest we look at another side of things¡± stated Reige as everyone observed him, since he is known to be the only fair and unprejudiced person in the entire clan. ¡°Mitchiel had somehow managed to tie with Tymol, that in by itself is extraordinary, but when we arrived we noticed that Mitchiel¡¯s mantra was still broken, hence he is still unable to practice Martial Arts or use magic¡± If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it. ¡°Then what are you trying to say?¡± asked the members of the household. ¡°Get to the point already Reige, you love holding us back¡± ¡°I say¡± thought Reige for a moment, gathering his thoughts together, ¡°We asked Mitchiel what happened, if he really is capable of dodging techniques that well, I say we teach him all the basics of martial arts, if he improve, then he can go to the YAMAC, if he doesn¡¯t, we will not send him, since he will undoubtedly embarrass us¡± ¡°So, what you are trying to say is to test him?¡± asked the clan leader that sat a couple of seats away from Reige. ¡°Yes, precisely¡± explain Reige. ¡°Let¡¯s give him a chance to show how he did it¡± The clan leader always listened to what Reige said and always considered things. He knew how influential and well-known Reige was. Reige was the one that managed to get eleventh place in the YAMAC and he is only 30 years old. By far, Reige is the one out of all the disciples that they have in Minotaur (which isn¡¯t a lot) that have the most talent and skills. Taking what Reige say carefully has always been the right decision so far. But sending Mitchiel to the YAMAC just like that? Will it really be that simple? There exist multiple internal conflict going throughout the clan right now. The household is facing issues among itself. Mitchiel¡¯s mother is against Mitchiel completely and in fact refuses to even look at Mitchiel. Even when told about what Mitchiel just did, her response was the same as always. ¡°That child is no child of mine. What if he got a tie, that¡¯s probably God¡¯s only gift to him, since he was a mistake¡± The clan leader thought some more and after waiting for some moments, he stood up to deliver his final words on the topic. All eyes in the room were on him like glue. ¡°My final say on the matter is that, once Mitchiel wake up, we will ask him whether or not he thinks he can get in the top fifteen place in the YAMAC, if he doesn¡¯t think so, he doesn¡¯t have to go, but if he does choose to go after all but does not get in the top fifteen, he will be excommunicated from both the household and the clan itself. If he chooses not to go to YAMAC because he believes he cannot get in the top fifteen place, he will have to suffer punishments for bringing the clan¡¯s reputation down¡± stated the clan leader firmly. ¡°But why? My son did nothing wrong¡± explained Mitchiel¡¯s father. ¡°He shouldn¡¯t get punishment or get excommunicated!!¡± ¡°My brother only has the clan¡¯s best interest at heart¡± said Mitchiel¡¯s sister, but her voice was ignored. She wasn¡¯t powerful enough for people to heed her words. ¡°That is what I have decided, and even though Mitchiel is part of the household, it pain my heart to have to do that¡± explained the clan leader. ¡°I have always wished that nothing on this level would ever happen to the household, but alas¡±
i am on break from school these couple of days, expect some faster releases of chapters except on sundays. I sleep on sundays, sorry and enjoy the read!! Chapter 9: The honorable Decision Chapter 9: The honorable Decision The meeting was over. The discussion finish. There was nothing but silences, as nothing could change the clan leader¡¯s mind. In that way, he could be quite stubborn. Once he decided on something, that was it. It was the law now. Nothing could be said, no one could bring it up for discussion, not even Reige. The household was the family that created the clan. They were divided into two groups, the main branch of the family, and the second branch. The main family is the one who directly created the clan and just brought the other half of their family into it, hence creating the second branch. Mitchiel¡¯s family was the second branch. He was treated quite well for someone of the second branch, a private mansion for him, his father and sister. He had quite the money, since money is gather from disciples willing to learn and is pass among the family as well as the money they gained from selling products. If someone in the household is incapable of use, sometimes they get sent to distant mansion, which is what happened to Mitchiel. But even though that happened, things could have been much worse. Mitchiel could have been excommunicated since the beginning, but because he wasn¡¯t a regular clan disciple but both a household and clan member, they allowed him to remain. But now, the decision has been passed. If Mitchiel goes to the YAMAC but bring no honor, he will be excommunicated even if he is a household member. If he chooses not to go, he will suffer severe punishments that will caused him to be looked at, as something worse than trash. He will lose even more value than the little amount he tried to gained. Only Mitchiel¡¯s response remained. The YAMAC was in two months. ----------- In Mitchiel¡¯s room, Ryoukai town, Xinbu Kingdom: ¡°Huh? How did I get here?¡± thought Mitchiel as he woke up and look around his room. ¡°And who is this pretty girl with her head in my lap?¡± Mitchiel was laid in his bed when he was carried to his mansion. It took a couple of days for the pills to completely heal him. Repairing blood vessels and bringing someone back to good health took time. The pills were not of the best quality so it took a week in total for Mitchiel to awaken from unconsciousness. Once awaken, he found a pretty girl that looks about fifteen years old sleeping on his lap. He shakes her awake. ¡°Mitchiel-kun, you woke up!!¡± said the girl happily as she rushes to hug him. ¡°I miss you so much!!¡± ¡°Yeah me too!!¡± said The emperor, trying to mimic the real Mitchiel. If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. ¡°You are acting weird brother¡± said the girl. ¡°How so?¡± asked Mitchiel, gaining the knowledge that the real Mitchiel had a sister. ¡°I am not sure, just a vibe that I got, like you are different or something¡± explained Mitchiel¡¯s sister. ¡°Well, I did go and get in a fight, so I guess that¡¯s why¡± explained Mitchiel. ¡°Anyway, what happened out there? I heard you got a tie against Tymol¡± claim the girl. ¡°Tell little old me all about it¡± ¡°Well how to begin¡­¡± started Mitchiel. ¡°It¡¯s a long story, so bear with it¡­¡± ----------- After having explained the details of the event to his family members and the clan, Mitchiel went to the meeting room and told everyone his decision. He was not going to let them down any further. He would not only go to the YAMAC, he would get the number one title. Of course, everyone laughed at him, except his father and sister, but even them, had worried expressions on their faces. For good reasons, they tried to stop Mitchiel from participating in the YAMAC. They told him about the harsh battles that take place in the YAMAC, and that only the best and brightest of each clan in Ryoukai and its neighboring regions may participate. Which means a total of 20 different clans will be participating in the YAMAC, and not only that, YAMAC became so popular, that some Martial Arts Higher Training Programs, Sects, Organizations, as well as schools, and even different branch of the government will send officials to watch the tournament to see if anyone is talented enough to go to their school. Mitchiel¡¯s father and sister told Mitchiel all that information because they knew Mitchiel would not be able to handle the pressure. Ever since Mitchiel was a child, he had a hard time dealing with pressure, which is probably why he tried to learn more advanced fire magic and ended up breaking his mantra. But Mitchiel was proving them wrong. He acted in the complete opposite of how he usually acts. Of course, this was because Mitchiel wasn¡¯t Mitchiel but the Holy Emperor. The Holy Emperor was just acting like his normal self in wanting to help people especially the previous owner of his current body. He was going to increase the fame and reputation of the Minotaur Clan, and then he was planning on leaving and finding his route back to his rightful group. The Supreme Four. His servants that he missed so much. But there are so many obstacles he has left to face before he can meet them again. And the Holy Emperor planned to face each obstacle head-on and without holding back, for his revenge will be anything but moderation. Chapter 10: Mitchiel’s unwavering Spirit Chapter 10: Mitchiel¡¯s unwavering Spirit Mitchiel realized why the Minotaur did not heal his mantra. They can¡¯t. Or to be exact, the amount of people capable of fixing a broken mantra are very difficult to find, and even then, it is an expense worthy of Emperors. The Minotaur Clan does not have that sort of currency available. Very few clans have that kind of money. ---------- The Imperial Government does have a wizard and some martial artist doctors capable of such feat, but they only work for the Supreme Four that govern the Xinbu Kingdom. Any knowledge of the Supreme Four¡¯s medicine, martial arts, and magic are kept on a need to know basis. Very few people knew anything more about them. The only information known about them is that, once upon a time, there used to be Five Supreme Wizards but that was 400 years ago. And they all knew Martial Arts, but something happened, that caused the death of one of the Supremes. Ever since then, they became secretive and used their influence to control all information throughout the Empire. Even the name of the fallen Supreme was redacted from history, the only thing known about him was that, he was the most powerful of the Supremes. The Four other Supremes bowed before that man. They were powerless against his light magic and no martial arts they could use could touch even a strand of his hair. And he was handsome, very handsome and his sexiness was overflowing. He had a large harem of beautiful women. The Four Supremes acted as that man¡¯s servants and advisors, that man trusted them above all others. That man was said to be able to heal any wound no matter how severe¡­and he was said to have unlocked the three highest ranked light magic spells the world had ever seen¡­ ------------ ¡°So, that¡¯s what happened?¡± thought Mitchiel as he studied the textbooks found in the basement of the mansion. ¡°It has been four hundred years since my death. During my twenty years in the abyss of darkness, four hundred years have pass in the real world. The time difference is severe¡± ¡°But more than that¡± thought Mitchiel. ¡°They redacted almost all information about who I was, even my holy name itself was erased!!¡± ¡°To erase my presence in that manner, no matter what sort of circumstances may have happened since my death, that is still too much! I will require severe compensation¡± thought Mitchiel. ¡°Once I return to my rightful throne, I will make those four suffer for what they did, and once I find who took my life, that person will have a very miserable existence¡± thought Mitchiel, with a single drop of tear falling from his right eye as he imagines he will have to take the life of someone probably close to himself. ¡°After making that person¡¯s existence miserable, I will take that person¡¯s life¡± ¡°A life for a life sort of thing¡± thought Mitchiel darkly. ¡°I sure hope my four servants were not in the conspiracy of my death¡± ¡°Because if they were, then I will kill them too¡± thought Mitchiel. ¡°Although I dislike killing, I might grant my once servants a painless death if they were in the conspiracy. But whoever directly killed me, that person shall not be granted such a blessing¡± ¡°That person will have to suffer severely and painfully. I will make the person who took my life feel sorry they even existed in the first place¡± thought Mitchiel darkly. ¡°I hope that person is prepared for his or her sin¡± ¡°I am a very forgiving person, but there are some things I personally value the most in this world. That is my life¡± thought Mitchiel. ¡°Four hundred years ago, I told everyone that if anyone were to kill me, I would come for them, no matter where they hide, no matter how many years passed, no matter how many skills they learn, I am immortal, I have eternity to find them¡± thought Mitchiel. ¡°I love to forgive but even I have my limit, since when I die, I must always start at the beginning¡± ¡°I learned when I unlocked the three highest-ranked light magic spells that when you die and utilize the Rebirth & Resurrection spell, you will have to start at the beginning¡± thought Mitchiel. ¡°Even though I remember what sort of training and what the requirements were, to reach my previous level of power, I must start at level one¡± Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. ¡°Each and every time I use the Rebirth & Resurrection spell in the abyss¡± thought Mitchiel. ¡°I will come back to life as a weakling and be force to train myself to reach my supreme power all the way from the beginning¡± ¡°It took me decades to reach my supreme light power, and I started training when I was three years old¡± thought Mitchiel. ¡°This current body of mine is already 24, such a shame that I didn¡¯t enter a child¡¯s body. My potential would have been higher as well¡± -------------- Having gained the historic knowledge he sought, he went back to his training regimen. The first group of things the Holy Emperor was training were his arms and legs. He needed to make them sturdy and strong. He was also working on his balance. It was because of his balance that the Holy Emperor did not win against Tymol. Had the emperor learn how to move using his current weight, he would have done an astounding job of dodging and would not have allowed that final move of Tymol¡¯s to work. ¡°I must say¡± thought the emperor as he stood lifting one leg outstretch and keeping his balance up. ¡°The martial Arts I saw that bully using was really interesting. It looked like a poor imitation of the martial arts of 400 years ago¡± ¡°If any of the other Supremes were to see this¡± thought the emperor in a good mood. ¡°They would laugh for months. Eagle, tiger, cheetah, and lightning, I believe? Only those? I remember I was laughing inside my head way too much when I saw the bully used that. In my previous life, it would have been clouds, hawks, dragons, apes, flying mantis, and rain. Those were the popular ones¡± I will do 400 push-ups, 400 sit-ups, 400 squats everyday as well as a 40 km run for the next two months. With that, I will be more than ready to face any martial artists in the YAMAC, as long as no one realizes that I am unable to attack my opponents but merely dodge and do gymnastic style takedowns on my opponents. It should be interesting. ------------- A man that used to rule the entire Xinbu Kingdom in his own right. A man so powerful his influence reached even across the world. A man so powerful, so wise, and so prideful, will have to start from the bottom to work his way to the top like he once did before. Only difference this time, he no longer has the support of his parents, the ancient scriptures and training regimen written by the then ancient martial artists. He no longer has his masters at his side that taught him the basics. This man will have to start training from the basics, decide what training regimen he have to use, all from his memory. He is forced to remember each and every requirement of the now super rare light magic from his memory alone. Any information he could use to truly get stronger to defeat his once friends and servants has all been lost, redacted and forgotten. Surely, anyone would give up but not the Emperor. He will not give up until his name has been properly restored. He will not give up until the world hear his holy name once again! He will not give up until he is returned to his rightful position of honor. He will not give up until all the obstacles that stand before him have been remove. His only motivation remaining is revenge, and the sweet taste of his former power and strength. Having to start at square one to reach his once pinnacle height of power, the emperor prepares himself for the YAMAC with a vengeance.
This is my first time writing a Reincarnation& Rebirth story, so if you have any questions/concerns please do not hesitate to write in the comments. I am trying to see if there is anything i need to explain more and so on, especially about the Supreme Four and how martial arts/magic works. Also, if you want to write about what i am doing well and etc, please do. All comments will be appreciated as long as there are helpful, thank you and have an interesting remainder of your day Chapter 11: Mitchiel’s strange Behavior Chapter 11: Mitchiel¡¯s strange Behavior Mitchiel trained and trained every day. The butlers as well as the maids came to like him more and took care of him better. They even smile at him sometimes. Everyone was in a better mood, that is if you exclude Mitchiel¡¯s father and sister. They were completely discontent with Mitchiel¡¯s decision. They could not understand why for heavens¡¯ sake, Mitchiel would want to go to the YAMAC. They thought Mitchiel was trying to prove himself to them when it wasn¡¯t necessary. They were already happy about his tie with Tymol, and even if the clan and household have to deny it ever happened, they would always keep it in their heart. That¡¯s what made Mitchiel¡¯s action so strange and unusual. He had never been this motivated to prove himself since he was a child learning fire magic. It was almost like a mirror image was being reflected from that incident long ago. Mitchiel¡¯s father and sister were worried sick for Mitchiel. ¡°Please Mitchiel, please reconsider, we still have some time before the YAMAC, please make Deandre (Mitchiel¡¯s father¡¯s name) and Jocelyne (Mitchiel¡¯s sister¡¯s name) happy¡± said Mitchiel¡¯s father, adding his own name in the conversation like the third person. ¡°But father, please understand, this is something I have to do as your son. I cannot stand to be humiliated like this any longer¡± argued Mitchiel. ¡°This is something I have to do for me, for us, and for the clan. I want to make them regret for ever being mean to me¡± ¡°But why go through such lengths? Why?¡± asked Jocelyne. ¡°As an aspiring Martial Artist and Wizard, this is something I must do. Please believe in me, father, sister. I will not let you down¡± said Mitchiel seriously. Deandre was going to say something back to continue the argument further, but his daughter stopped him. Jocelyne grabbed her father¡¯s arm. ¡°Father, it¡¯s alright. Let¡¯s believe in him, just like we always had¡± said Jocelyne. ¡°But Jocelyne, the YAMAC have a lot of terrifying martial artists¡± argued Deandre. ¡°Mitchiel will be lucky if he doesn¡¯t get severely injured again¡± ¡°Even if I do get severely injured, I just want to fight my hardest, father¡± explained Mitchiel. Deandre took one glance at his son¡¯s serious eyes and sighed. He could see the determination in his son¡¯s face. Even though he knew what hardships his son will have to face, as a father, the best thing he can do is to support his son the best way he can. ¡°I am not happy with your decision, but if that is your choice, I will support you, my son¡± said Deandre as he hug his son. ¡°I will see if I can have Reige teach you a thing or two¡± ¡°Thank you father and who is Reige?¡± asked Mitchiel. The moment Mitchiel asked that question, he could see he made a terrible mistake. Reige was popular among all the clan members of Minotaur and even though he isn¡¯t a household member, he is a very talented disciple and his stern fairness and unprejudiced mind has given him the nickname of ¡°Mr. Fair-right¡± because almost all he said was the right fair choice to make. The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. Even though the Emperor fooled Mitchiel¡¯s father and sister and everybody else for that matter by acting like the real Mitchiel, everyone noticed the change. He acted nicer and showed a lot more respect to everyone than before. He also started to get his life together as well, which was uncharacteristic of Mitchiel. The question that Mitchiel asked did not passed unnoticed. ¡°What do you mean who is Reige?¡± questioned Deandre. ¡°He is Reige Slax, he¡¯s the most talented disciple we have here in Minotaur. If it wasn¡¯t for him our reputation would have fallen by now¡± ¡°Unfortunately, Gyphos¡¯s main household ended up having two talented children, Tymol and his older brother. Those two¡¯s talents are something else entirely¡± continued Jocelyne. ¡°Reige Slax¡¯s rival is Tymol¡¯s older brother, you probably have seen him¡± ¡°And don¡¯t forget that bastard is always going on business trips and is always training inside the house¡± Deandre finish explaining. ¡°That guy got everything, the looks, money, talents and is very smart¡± ¡°Wow, now that I think about it, I do know them¡± laughed Mitchiel awkwardly, realizing that if he said one wrong thing, they might get suspicious even more. ¡°They sure are powerful¡± ¡°Yeah, and you will be going against them in the YAMAC, except for probably Tymol¡¯s older brother. I heard he went on a business trip and he might not make it to the YAMAC this year. God might be on your side, Mitchiel, my son¡± explained Deandre. ¡°God might really be¡± said Mitchiel. ¡°Hopefully I will do well. So don¡¯t worry too much¡± ¡°We will always worry about you¡± said both Deandre and Jocelyne. ¡°I have something to tell the both of you¡± stated Mitchiel. ¡°What is it?¡± asked both Deandre and Jocelyne, their suspicion proving correct about Mitchiel¡¯s strange behavior. ¡°Father, sister, I have something to confessed¡± said Mitchiel calmly, deciding he needed to mention something so they won¡¯t get too suspicious. ¡°Ever since I woke up after my battle with Tymol, my memory has been hazy¡± ¡°Hazy how? Tell us what you remember?¡± asked Deandre. ¡°I remember everything, just not specifics, my memory feels really far away and distant¡± explained Mitchiel. ¡°I see¡± said Jocelyne. ¡°It¡¯s like all of my memories are under water and far-away to reach, and only when people mention things do they start to resurface though slowly at first¡± continued Mitchiel. After hearing that, Deandre and Jocelyne dedicated a couple of hours a day to tell stories to Mitchiel about his childhood and so on. Thanks to that, Mitchiel knew all the information about his clan, household, and understood the politics of what has been going on. He also understood about his mother and why he hadn¡¯t seen her yet.
Thank you all for your amazing comments, i will keeping them in mind and making sure i fix the parts i was lacking on. Thank you and continue the support. XD Chapter 12: Reiges harsh Training Chapter 12: Reige¡¯s harsh Training Reige came to Mitchiel¡¯s mansion to help him train. He was asked by Deandre to help Mitchiel train and to get as strong as possible even if it is solely in the basics. Reige, who is kind and love helping people, agreed. He arrived early morning before sunrise to train Mitchiel as much as possible, since there was only a month left. Mitchiel was not too bright about the whole idea of getting train by someone. ¡°Getting trained by the people of this era is similar to getting trained by ten-year-old children in my era. Just what have happened that caused people to become so weak?¡± thought Mitchiel, underestimating Reige and whatever Reige could possibly teach him. Unfortunately for Mitchiel, he was in for quite the surprise, since Reige wasn¡¯t like most people. Since a young age his father instilled a set of training regimen, skills, and discipline that would one day turn his son into an Imperial Guard for the Imperial City. Reige started Mitchiel¡¯s training regimen by making Mitchiel do continuous dodge practices by dodging all of his attacks. Reige did not go easy in his sparring practice with Mitchiel. Although, he did hold back, he did utilize 75% of his true power. After witnessing Mitchiel¡¯s expert dodges, he needed to make sure Mitchiel would not get lazy and overconfident, therefore Reige utilized 75% of his power to keep Mitchiel alert. Not too much to accidentally hurt Mitchiel but not too little for Mitchiel to fall asleep either. The just right amount. On the other hand, Mitchiel was thinking about similar things. He realized that Reige was not someone that could be taken down easily. No matter how many times he dodged, he could tell Reige wasn¡¯t faze at all, in fact Reige was holding himself back to some extent. ¡°This type of power-level attacks¡± thought Mitchiel. ¡°It is the closest techniques I have seen to the people of my era. Not bad, but still, being thirty years old and only having that much power, that is quite sad!¡± They continued to practice and practice. Reige being unable to sap his curiosity about Mitchiel¡¯s limit, no longer held himself back. He activated his full form and started using his skills to its borderline limit. Mitchiel, for the first time since the practice match began, felt the pressure of getting pushed back. In the beginning they were evenly matched, but now, Reige had the upper hand. Reige was waiting for Mitchiel to show his true colors, and Mitchiel knew that. Mitchiel also could not contain his curiosity. He wanted to see the extent of the most talented individual in Minotaur. Mitchiel no longer cared whether people would see him as suspicious for having such dodging skills, he decided to dodge each attack, techniques, etc. successfully and show Reige his dodging expertise to the fullest, as well as his gymnastic moves. Mitchiel would attack Reige whenever he could. Before they knew it, they were both going out of control and using their most powerful techniques and movements. At the end of the day, only one person remained standing. That was of course none other than Mitchiel, but only because Reige no longer had the stamina to stand and continue attacking. Not a single attack pierced or even graze Mitchiel. A few attacks did come close, but none were close enough. Mitchiel was breathing hard and his whole body was sweaty and tired. If Mitchiel have to face multiple opponents on Reige¡¯s level one after the other, he might indeed lose. Mitchiel could not accept such a fact. He promised that he would get first place in the YAMAC and he will achieve it. For the Holy Emperor keep his promises. Bowing his head down, Mitchiel asked Reige to teach him all the basic Martial Arts attacks he knew, and Reige accepted. Those two bonded and became close friends throughout their practice match and would talk about all sorts of things. They became really close. ---------- Finishing his difficult duel with Reige, Mitchiel relaxed himself by taking a hot bath. Afterwards he met with Sylvia, and asked her to take care of something of extreme importance. ¡°Sylvia-chan, what I am asking you is very important, are you sure you can handle it for me?¡± asked Mitchiel with a caring voice. ¡°Yes, but are you sure? What are you going to do if it is what you suspect?¡± asked Sylvia with a sad voice and some tears falling from her cheek. ¡°I will take care of it once I am finished with the YAMAC. I cannot let that slide; I cannot let a person walk free from something like this especially when it wasn¡¯t my fault¡± explained Mitchiel. Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site. ¡°I am scared¡± said Sylvia. ¡°What you are asking me to do is dangerous, if I get caught it would-¡° ¡°Don¡¯t worry Sylvia-chan, you won¡¯t get caught, I believe in you and make sure you stay well-hidden and in your usual routine¡± explains Michiel as he pat Sylvia¡¯s head. ¡°And besides when this is over, I will bring you shopping with me¡± ¡°Shopping with you? No, I cannot do that, Mitchiel-sama¡± explains Sylvia-chan with a slight stutter. She wanted to shop but she could not muster the courage of doing it with Mitchiel, since Mitchiel was the son of her boss. ¡°Don¡¯t worry about it¡± said Mitchiel, who was trying to ease the bad feeling Sylvia was having from his request. ¡°We¡¯ll have a lot of fun, so just smile and let go of your worries¡± ¡°T-thank y-you¡± said Sylvia as she wipes her tears away and give a bright smile that brought light and bliss to the room. ----------- After that small but important event, Mitchiel and Reige went on the outskirts of Ryoukai town to train. They later went to a waterfall to do breathing techniques. It was all to get stronger and faster, and for a dodging master, breathing and speed techniques are a must. But it gets worse for the poor Emperor. His training took an unexpected shift. Reige told Mitchiel about another way to get stronger. Reige explained that Mitchiel should learn some defensive skills. Mitchiel wasn¡¯t too excited about it, since he has always thought his dodging skills were his defense. ¡°I never had to use defense before¡± explained Mitchiel. ¡°That can¡¯t be true, Mitchiel-kun¡± responded Reige. ¡°If that was true, then you would have to be able to regenerate through any wound you could possibly have or you would have to be someone who never got hurt by any sort of attacks or martial arts skills. You would have to be a real monster to be that good!!¡± ¡°Hahaha¡± laughed Mitchiel uncomfortably. ¡°You are right; you would need to be able to heal at a really fast rate and be able to dodge any physical attacks¡± ¡°Exactly, and that¡¯s why everyone need defensive moves¡± explained Reige. ¡°And I know a few I could teach you. But it¡¯s not going to be easy to meet all the requirements to use them¡± ¡°How tough?¡± asked Mitchiel in a joking manner. ¡°It took me one year to reach master-level in those three rare basic martial arts skills. And it was hell¡± said Reige with a grimace as he remembers the struggles he had to go through to master them. ¡°But there is one upside though, even someone with a broken mantra can learn those three martial defensive skills¡± ¡°Oh, really?¡± asked Mitchiel curiously. ¡°I did not know there were any Martial Arts Skills that a person with a broken mantra could learn¡± ¡°Well, that¡¯s because it¡¯s not exactly a skill that requires internal mana control¡± explained Reige, looking away from Mitchiel. ¡°It¡¯s a defensive skill that strengthen your body and make it as tough as the element used for training, and it also gives you some defense against martial skills attacks¡± ¡°You are talking about strengthening my body itself by doing some harsh trainings like punching boulders every day or punching at a mountain, right?¡± asked Mitchiel, understanding the gist of it. ¡°Yes¡± responded Reige. ¡°So, what¡¯s your answer? I never would have mention about those techniques if I didn¡¯t think you could handle it¡± ¡°I accept¡± replied Mitchiel. "Since it took me a year to master them and we don''t have a year till the YAMAC, I am going to have to speed up the training for those Defensive Techniques quite a bit....Don''t die on me, Mitchiel. You got this buddy" "Wait...what? Did you just say ''don''t die''?" asked Mitchiel with genuine concern. "How fast will we going about the training?" Unfortunately for Mitchiel, Reige didn''t bother answering. He was already contemplating and calculating how fast and how harsh to make the training to speed things up. Reige was slowly but surely becoming a true evil sensei from hell!! Ever since Mitchiel replied with yes, his life turned for the worse. The training that was done after that, focuses only on defense techniques and strengthening the body. Only it wasn¡¯t push-ups he was doing, but training that would make 400 pushups a day look like warm up. Mitchiel and Reige trained and motivated each other. They sparred and train non-stop. They only stop training for five hours a day. That was only to sleep and eat food during those five hours. Mitchiel would come to regret ever training with Reige. ¡°Even in my era, was training ever so brutal?¡± wondered Mitchiel. ¡°I don¡¯t remember it being so difficult, or maybe because my previous body was so talented, that it made it look easy?¡± Mitchiel had the worst month he had ever had in his life (also counting from his previous life) and by the time the training was over, the YAMAC was about to start. And a stronger version of both Reige and Mitchiel were about to make their appearances. Chapter 13: YAMAC Tournament Begins Chapter 13: YAMAC Tournament Begins Mitchiel arrived at his mansion completely sweaty, with bruises and wounds throughout his body. His training had been intense or even borderline insane. His clothes were ripped and torn, revealing a six-pack abs and muscles in his arms when he flexed. His legs were also a lot sturdier. His leg muscles could be seen clearly as well. Mitchiel was also four inches taller than before. His face had some bruises as well. He had an accomplished look in his face. The moment he saw his father and sister, the maids and even the butlers, he told them about his accomplishment. ¡°I did it!!¡± exclaimed Mitchiel. ¡°I managed to reach intermediate level in two of the three defensive techniques that Reige was teaching me. And I reached the near-end of the beginning stage for the third defensive technique. It took everything I got but I managed my best¡± Everyone was proud and happy with how things were progressing. They were all happy at the turn of events and at how determined Mitchiel have become. Even though they knew what powerful Martial Artists waited in the YAMAC, they couldn¡¯t help but feel excited. ----------- Mitchiel did not share his knowledge with how Reige trained him for the defensive techniques. Had he told his father and sister, they would have been against it, and he would have been forced to do some mediocre practice. Mitchiel¡¯s father and sister would have had good reasons to be against the training regimen Mitchiel just took. It wasn¡¯t a training a normal person (with a functional mantra) would do, and it certainly wasn¡¯t the sort of training a person (with a broken mantra) would do. It was an inhumane training. It requires a fierceness and courage that The Emperor never thought he had inside of himself. The training was so tough, he thought he would die, and this time by his own poor decision, but Reige kept on pushing him forward and kept on giving him motivation. The training required fighting all the wild animals in the forest, not only that, there were some unknown creatures that Reige purposely added to the forest and did not warn Mitchiel about beforehand. Ogres. And they weren¡¯t the only ones. Deep within the forest, on the mountain range, were the mountain trolls, Mitchiel had to fight them too. Doing all that fighting every day put a big toll on Mitchiel¡¯s weak body and caused it to grow stronger by each passing day. Reige did not want Mitchiel to get used to fighting wild animals only, therefore he attacked Mitchiel whenever he could as a surprise attack. The surprise attacks of Reige¡¯s were hard to deal with, since if Reige land a single attack on Mitchiel, Mitchiel would not get any food. Therefore, Mitchiel had an incentive to work hard and sharpen his awareness of his surroundings. To make matters worse, Mitchiel had a daily task to do every day before dinner. To break a gigantic boulder that Reige would choose, in only 30 minutes. If he couldn¡¯t, he would not get any food. The boulders were very large and the pack of wolves around each boulder Reige chose, did not help Mitchiel at all!! Mitchiel went hungry for three days due to his inability to break the large boulders. He did not possess enough strength to do so, but as the harsh training continued, Mitchiel gained strength. The hawks and eagles that were flying around were tamed by Reige and were instructed to instruct him if Mitchiel was ever taking a break from fighting the wild animals. So, Mitchiel would get no sleep or food if he did not do as told. The multiple surprise attacks by Reige caused Mitchiel to develop awareness of his surroundings even in his sleep. Something he did not possess in the past, since he never needed it, for he couldn¡¯t be harmed or killed. Mitchiel came to understand his own shortcomings. Those his current body have, and those his previous body had. Awareness of surroundings was not Mitchiel¡¯s strong suit, although he paid attention to his surrounding when he was in a fight, he never bothered to care much for his surroundings if he wasn¡¯t. Mitchiel came to learn that, a true Martial Artist must always keep a lookout on their surroundings even when not in a fight. This was something which, Mitchiel, was not taught in his previous life. He could heal from any wound at such a young age, that the martial arts masters teaching him how to fight, skipped most of the basics and only taught him advanced level attacks and dodging techniques. That was it. Mitchiel realizes that anyone [any of the Supremes or even someone that work in the palace, etc.] could have entered his bedroom secretly in his palace (400 years ago), and since Mitchiel was a hard sleeper, it wouldn¡¯t be strange if that person had been experimenting on his body to figure out any weaknesses of his regenerative abilities he possessed then. It wouldn¡¯t be too difficult to believe that the person that murdered Mitchiel was planning it for months or even years, searching for the one method that could kill an ever-regenerative entity and eventually finding a method that could. The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation. It wouldn¡¯t be surprising if the method was even obscured to Mitchiel himself. Mitchiel shuddered at such a realization. He never thought he could have such a shortcoming. He would now correct his naivety and ignorance, for the individuals at the top must not be ignorant. Ignorance was only for the weak and simple minded. Once you grow up, you must gained awareness. He vowed secretly in his mind that he will break the weaknesses he once possessed, one by one and become a perfect entity closer to what perfection truly is. Omnipotence. Mitchiel¡¯s masters knew about Mitchiel¡¯s dreams but they always laughed it off as a child¡¯s notion and always reminded Mitchiel that no human can ever truly gain true omnipotence no matter how powerful, grandiose, or how fast they regenerated through anything. At the end of the day, they would be human, just like anyone else. It has always been those statements that bothered Mitchiel and drove him to train harder and harder to do his best. Mitchiel always drove himself to do his absolute best at everything. That is one of his mottos. The reason Mitchiel did not do his best by using his advanced level Martial Arts attacks he knew of on Tymol, when he was fighting, wasn¡¯t because he did not feel the need to or not wanting to do his best. But because he was unable to. He didn¡¯t have the amount of strength necessary to use them. Even now, after doing all that training with Reige, he was still unable to use his advanced Martial Arts Attacks. Mitchiel¡¯s previous martial arts masters managed to teach him the advanced Martial Arts Attacks while skipping most of the basics by using a special method. They had the Emperor send light magic throughout his body and made him strengthen key areas of his body using light magic. They made him focus so much light magic on the key areas, that the key areas naturally became powerfully strong. It was sort of like training a part of your body for three years and developing muscles and strength, with the only difference being that, for the Emperor, it would only take him six months at most to reach that strength by using his light magic. It wasn¡¯t an easy feat to accomplish. It requires proper disciple of the body and proper mana control. It was such a dangerous way of training the body that the Emperor could have had his mantra broken, if the method didn¡¯t kill him first. The Emperor took all that risk to reach the top as the youngest person to do so. The youngest of all the Supremes, hence, the most talented and the one with the most potential. The emperor, even though worked hard to become the strongest and most powerful of the Supremes, truth be told, he never had to work too hard. He was gifted with immense talents, looks, luck, sexiness, magic, Martial Arts Understanding, money, and also a special bloodline that runs only in his family. But now, all those things that made him unique has been lost. He was no longer the number one regnant of the Supremes, he wasn¡¯t even a Supreme anymore. He has lost everything. His fortune had come crashing down. He woke up in a body of a loser with a broken mantra. The loser body was not blessed with any gifts. In fact, as if God was spiting him, his new body had everything but blessings. It had everything that everyone would call curses. It had low potential, average looks, no sexiness, (one small advantage that will not be forgotten), and a poor household (that came along with the body) that was poor enough that buying ingredients or even having a garden with the ingredients to fix a broken mantra wasn¡¯t feasible. And to make matters worse, only his enemies had the things the Emperor specifically needed. Only the Four Supremes had the ingredients that could fix a broken mantra which was kept at each of their palaces. With everything gone, from photographs to historic knowledge of who he was, redacted and forgotten, the only motivation the Emperor have left is revenge and the bittersweet taste of his former power and glory. He shall reign Supreme once again! --------- After getting a good two days¡¯ night rest, the Emperor was ready to begin the YAMAC. It was time for the fruits of his training to bloom and turn into this enchanted flower everyone would be mesmerized by. With determination in his eyes, Mitchiel and the whole clan left their main headquarters that was located three blocks down from where Mitchiel lived, all headed to the YAMAC. The clan¡¯s representatives which included Mitchiel and Reige were of course in the front. It was a new day and a new dawn. New enemies will be made, new friendships will be built, and blood and death are never too far apart.
new chapter posted Chapter 14: Fruits of Training Chapter 14: Fruits of Training The clan assembled in the large colosseum located right in the middle of Ryoukai town. It was a large establishment with multiple seats capable of housing hundreds if not thousands of individuals. Each clan has to send five representatives to the YAMAC. This year¡¯s representatives were Reige, Mitchiel, Donna, Timothy and Darley. They were all the most powerful disciples in the clan except for Mitchiel. Rolens would not be participating right off the bat this year since Mitchiel took his place when he decided that he would participate anyway. So, for that reason, Rolens (a powerful disciple in Minotaur that participated in YAMAC last time) was waiting to see Mitchiel get beat up really badly in the matches. He was going to enjoy that, since Mitchiel took his place. He never like Mitchiel in the first place, and now that Mitchiel took his place (since only five representatives can be send to the YAMAC), Rolens hated Mitchiel even more. He glared at Mitchiel¡¯s back throughout the walk to the colosseum. -------- Having assembled in the colosseum and the representatives of each clan getting to their appropriate sections, the crowds and the murmurs increased exponentially. The amount of people brought to the YAMAC was always huge, and their cheers and boos were always the loudest. The Minotaur¡¯s section was located in the left of the colosseum. It was a small section with five seats and a great view to the stadium where the battle would take place. In that section, though small, they could watch the contestants fight clearly. ¡°Which group is going first?¡± asked Mitchiel to Reige. ¡°The new ones usually go first to show off their skills and get some popularity¡± explains Reige. Before any other conversation or inquiries could be made, the YAMAC¡¯s host appears on the stadium. ¡°Welcome everyone to this year¡¯s YAMAC¡± said the middle-age man with a smile and clear voice. ¡°My name is Orlandis and I will be the broadcaster for this year¡¯s YAMAC¡± Everyone from the crowd went wild with excitement. The YAMAC was finally starting. Expectations were high, the cold pressure can be felt as each contestant make their way to their section or hall. ¡°The first group of clans that will be starting today is the Typhoons and the Windtrope¡± explains Orlandis. ¡°Let each clan representative make their way to the stadium, please¡± The ten members in total made their way to the stadium. ¡°So, how do you want this fight to be?¡± asked Orlandis. ¡°Since Windtrope is new, Typhoons get to decide. Battle Royale or Teamwork?¡± ¡°Battle Royale¡± said the guy in the middle of the Typhoons group (leader). ¡°Just by myself, I can take those guys down¡± ¡°What did you just say just now? You think all by yourself you can take all of us down? Don¡¯t get your hopes up, bitch¡± said the girl in Windtrope team. ¡°It has been decided then¡± said Orlandis with a smile and a happy voice. ¡°Let the game begin from the moment I leave the stadium, so on your mark¡± The very moment Orlandis stepped out of the stadium, the leader of Typhoons went into the offensive. He rushed and activated his martial arts skills. He completely dominated the stadium. None of the Windtrope stood a chance against him. They were all crushed and had to get carried out to the medic hall. The fight lasted only a couple of minutes. It was barely twenty minutes. All by himself, he took out a whole team. The crowd went wild. They blinked and blinked and still couldn¡¯t believe it. For someone to take out a whole team by themselves like that? That was something that haven¡¯t happened in a long time. For someone to be this confident about their strength, and even if the team was relatively new, that was a clan¡¯s finest martial artist and they all just got taken down just like that? By himself? ¡°Whoa whoa whoa, is this a demonstration or not?!!¡± exclaim Orlandis. ¡°We all got to see something amazing, the leader of Typhoons, wingboon, just took out a whole team? A whole team all by himself?¡± ¡°This year¡¯s YAMAC is definitely going to be interesting!!¡± exclaim Orlandis. ¡°It seems we have a Martial Arts Higher Trainee or even an Imperial Guard candidate here, everyone¡± ---------- The crowd went wild. It has been a while since the crowd had seen something like this. The other clans tighten their jaw and flexed their muscles after what they have seen. They could feel it in their vein, they were all going to have to fight strong opponents on that level, sooner or later. WindTrope got unlucky to have had Typhoons as their first opponent. ¡°Okay, on to the next team, everyone welcomes the Ryoughai team. Taken their name from the town¡¯s name of Ryoukai. This year everyone has high expectations for them, last year one of their members got eighth place¡± reminded Orlandis to the crowd. ¡°Ryoughai!! Ryoughai!! Ryoughai!!¡± roared the crowd. The Ryoughai group got to the battle stadium and their opponent was waiting. It was still the Typhoons turn. In YAMAC a team goes twice unless they lost the first time (if they win the first time, they go again, if won again, they don¡¯t have to go until a later time). This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it ¡°I have been waiting for this¡± stated the leader of Typhoons, Windboon. ¡°Now, come Ryoughai, I will show you who is the strongest once and for all¡± Orlandis casually stepped out of the stadium, and the battle started. --------- This time it wasn¡¯t a battle royal with just Windboon attacking a whole team again. Even Windboon (leader of Typhoons) knew his limits. Destroying a newbie team is easy, in fact destroying any team who doesn¡¯t have a member in the top sixteenth would be easy for him. But definitely not the Ryoughai team. The Ryoughai team were in a league of their own. The leader of Typhoons himself got fifteen place last year. His power level was not to be underestimated unless of course you were the Ryoughai team, who possess a member that was eighth place in last year¡¯s YAMAC. The Ryoughai team were the real bosses of the YAMAC. The YAMAC was happening in their town, their people, their everything, so of course they had to work harder than anyone else to make sure the top ten had their name and sweat on it. That is why even the teams that possess members that are in the top five in last year¡¯s YAMAC are keeping their eyes open and watching this fight like a hawk. The Ryoughai¡¯s clan specialty is grooming new techniques at a really rapid pace, hence, why they never got lower than a ten since YAMAC¡¯s history. ---------- The battle continues. Windboon uses his skills to its borderline limit. He did not hesitate to attack his opponents in the back. He was in no way a coward, this was a competition, and you got to do whatever it takes to guarantee victory. He activated the [Flame Spear Obliterator] skill. A spear appeared in his hands, and throughout his arms were flames. Flames of a deep red flamboyant color. ¡°Hehehehe¡± laughed Windboon as he removes the bandana that was hiding his forehead. ¡°This won¡¯t be like last year, fuckers. I prepared this time, with this not even you guys will be able to attack me so carelessly like last year¡± ¡°Remember this, fuckers!!¡± yelled Windboon. ¡°This scar right here, in my fucking forehead, you guys did that. I remember that time very well, it¡¯s time for payback times two, fuckers¡± Windboon then pointed his spear at the leader of Ryoughai. It was guy in his late twenties with silver hair and yellow eyes shaped like a hawk¡¯s. He was not paying any particular attention to Windboon¡¯s rambling. He looked as if he wanted to be anywhere but here. ¡°Look at me when I am talking to you, dumbass¡± Windboon continue to ramble, before a fire beamed right to the leader of Ryoughai in a matter of seconds. Everything was evaporated and fog filled the stadium. Suddenly a sound could be heard. It was the sound of a man coughing blood and choking from his own blood. His throat was slit by a sword. The man, which the fog dissipating reveal, is none other than Windboon. He fell to the ground and his body stopped moving. The crowd and all the other contestants went quiet. Just what happened? What is going on? Did he just fall? ¡°This is surprising isn¡¯t it everyone?!!¡± exclaim Orlandis with his happy voice and smile. ¡°It seems that Ryoughai¡¯s leader learned some new moves¡± The moment Orlandis said that, everyone¡¯s attention went to the leader of Ryoughai. He was behind Windboon but by a large distance. He moved from his previous position when Windboon sent that fire attack at him, slit Windboon¡¯s throat with his small knife, and retracted several paces away from Windboon. ¡°There goes Ryoukai¡¯s number one assassin, Gondocks-san!!¡± exclaim Orlandis with a smile. ¡°Don¡¯t forget to cheer everyone¡± The crowd suddenly remembered to cheer and sound from all over the colosseum resurfaced. The other members of team Typhoons were all shaking in terror from what happened. One moment their beloved leader attacked using a fire-based martial art style skill and the next, he was standing there waiting for the fog to end, except that his throat was already slit. None of them even saw that happened. If it wasn¡¯t for Orlandis¡¯ commentaries, they wouldn¡¯t have even realized it was Gondocks that managed to do that. It was just too fast! ¡°Do you surrender?¡± asked a young woman in Ryoughai¡¯s group. ¡°N-yes¡± said the rest of the Typhoons group. They hesitated for but a moment, but they knew they couldn¡¯t win against Ryoughai. Ryoughai grew stronger and stronger at an almost exponential rate. Last year they were using hand to hand combat, and this year it¡¯s something completely different. Split-second movement-based Martial Arts. One of the hardest movements to learn in Martial Arts. It requires an understanding and body discipline that one cannot even imagine the tribulation it must have taken to learn it. And Ryoughai did so, in only a year. They are absolute monsters. This year, it won¡¯t be too hard to imagine them being in the top three like they were five years ago. The real bosses of the YAMAC finally makes their appearance and their fruits (Results) of training is overwhelming!! Chapter 15: The Real Bosses Chapter 15: The Real Bosses Ryoughai just displayed their new found strength that they gained in only one year. They truly are Martial Arts Prodigies. The best of the best, it won¡¯t surprise anyone if they all got accepted as Imperial Guards. They are the real monsters in this tournament. Ever since everyone witnessed their strength, sweats and goosebumps passed by most of the representatives of the other clans. The only ones who remained calm were the ones that had members who attained the ranks in the top three. Everyone else was sweating and acting weird when they saw the Ryoughai¡¯s martial arts, all except Mitchiel. Mitchiel was just curious about them. ¡°Whoa, now this is something you don¡¯t see every day¡± thought the Emperor. ¡°Whoever is teaching those disciples know what they are doing. That guy¡¯s movement technique was fast, and if I didn¡¯t suspect him to have split-second movements, I myself would not have noticed that fast-paced movement¡± ¡°That was really terrifying, wasn¡¯t it Mitchiel?¡± asked Reige as he gulped. ¡°Yeah that was a little¡± replied Mitchiel. ¡°A little?¡± asked Reige. ¡°You sure love to underrate people¡± ¡°No, what I am trying to say is, they are good, really good¡± replied Mitchiel. ¡°But I heard stories that fast-paced movements come at a price¡± ¡°Hmm¡± replied Reige. ¡°I sort of remember my grandpa saying something like that¡­. like a blood-like something¡± ¡°Yes, something has to be done to their blood¡± explains Mitchiel. ¡°To attain a lot of speed, one has to change one¡¯s mantra nature itself to that of a swift wind, which requires changing the flow of your blood¡± ¡°Isn¡¯t that dangerous?¡± asked Reige. ¡°Yes, extremely so¡± replied Mitchiel. ¡°They must have undergone some harsh training and taken pills to help them along¡± ¡°Damn Ryoughai!¡± said Reige with disdain. ¡°Every year they grow exponentially stronger. Monsters¡± ¡°More like prodigies¡± thought Mitchiel. ¡°This takes me back to the good old days when I was growing up¡­ so similar¡± -------- ¡°Ok, ok, ladies and gentlemen, let the next round begin. Ryoughai Vs. Ertenous¡± stated Orlandis with that smile and happy voice again. ¡°Ertenous has a member that is in the top five in last year¡¯s YAMAC. Let¡¯s see how well they play¡± The crowd cheer but mostly for Ryoughai. Whatever the skills of Ertenous, the people in the crowd did not think they had it in them to win against this year¡¯s Ryoughai. The Ertenous group arrive to the stadium. Each got into position. ¡°So what will it be this time?¡± asked Orlandis. ¡°Battle royal or Teamwork?¡± ¡°Battle Royal¡± stated a bored Gondocks. ¡°Ok, now we have it. A battle royal with Gondocks vs. Ertenous all by himself¡± said Orlandis in the microphone as he steps out of the stadium. ¡°Let¡¯s play¡± Gondocks got into position. The members in Ertenous prepared their weapons. They all had swords and did the signs for the eagle, cheetah, and tiger. They were all ready and prepared. Gondocks took what look like one step and reappeared behind the Ertenous¡¯ member that was in the middle. Before that member could have a chance to turn around, his throat was already slit. Blood gushed out. Gondocks turn around to witness four attackers using their cheetah skills to its borderline limit and trying to attack him. Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! Everything moves in slow motion. Everything slows down. The Ertenous¡¯ members¡¯ movements slow down, depicting each step they take one by one, step by step, and movement by movement. Gondocks¡¯ eyes glow this bright yellow-reddish color and his eyes seem more hawk-like than before. In front of his eyes everything slows down, nanoseconds into seconds, seconds into minutes. Gondocks simply walk towards the first attacker. He was now in front of him. The first attacker was still unaware of Gondocks presence in front of him. With no ado, Gondocks slowly takes out his small knife that is inside the sheath, remove the sheath, and pierce his opponent hard in the stomach. Everything is returned back to normal time flow. Before anyone realized it, Gondocks was already in front of his first attacker, not only that, he has already pierced the poor guy in the stomach. The guy would be lucky if he survives. The three others in Ertenous team stopped their movements. They were now in shock and staring at Gondocks. Gondocks looks at them the same way a person would look at a silly creature with neither interest nor disdain. Simply with no emotion whatsoever. ---------- The rest of the Ertenous team got together and decided to use a Formation Martial Arts Technique. They would use a skill that requires all three of them, that way, Gondocks won¡¯t be able to harm them with that move he just used. They activated the Defense Water-Gear Formation. It is a skill that summons a water-gear at all the critical places in the human body, your head, your stomach, ankles, throat, arms, feet, etc. It gives you defense against fire and wind. And since it is a water defense, it also grants a small healing percentage in case an attack does manage to pierce through. After activating that skill, one of the Ertenous members (the one that got fifth place in last year¡¯s YAMAC) activated [Expert Claw Reach] and [Expert Claw Attack]. Those two Martial Arts Skills allows the person to expertly reach someone even if that person is a couple of distances away. The [expert claw reach] can extend to great length and throughout the whole stadium! The expert Claw Attack allows the person to expertly attack the opponent in a fast attack with low chances of getting dodge. It is one of those almost un-dodge-able techniques since it is so fast that even if someone has [hawk eye¡¯s time specs] where one is able to see the small movements in time, one would still be unable to see the Expert Claw Attack. Since it would still be blurry. It is with that knowledge that Ertenous team decided to utilize not only this formation but also those two claw skills. --------- They needed something that could protect them from Gondock¡¯s advances and while protecting them, they needed something that could do serious damage to Gondocks. That¡¯s where the [Expert Claw Attack] skill comes into play! Relnandes (the one that got fifth place in last year¡¯s YAMAC) was about to show to the whole colosseum why he got fifth place in last year¡¯s YAMAC and why Gondocks got eighth place. Their level couldn¡¯t be more different!! And even if Ryoughai is rumored to be able to get super strong in only a year every year, can that equate to his talents? Relnandes managed to get fifth place when he is only thirty-one years old. Gondocks is already twenty-nine. And the best he can do is eighth place? Relnandes was about to show to everyone what it means to be in the top five and what it means to be in the top eighth. The difference is only comparable to a dragon and a lion. And Relnandes is always the dragon!! One of the fiercest battles was about to commence! The battle of the real Bosses! Chapter 16: Real Bosses’ Battle Chapter 16: Real Bosses¡¯ Battle The battle of the real bosses began. Relnandes was acting over-confident. He knew with his techniques not even Gondocks stood a chance against him. But what he didn¡¯t know was that Gondocks had something up his sleeve as well. Gondocks¡¯ specialty was always his knives and swords. So, when Gondocks noticed that overconfident smile streaming from Relnandes¡¯ face, he grew cautious. He activated the [Edge Cutter] skill and the [Moonwalk] skill. One of those, the [Edge Cutter], was a remarkable skill to learn. It is one of those skills that prove you are a real Martial Artist and planned on living up and working yourself to becoming great! The other, [Moonwalk] was a joke for a skill. Ever since its creation, everyone has looked down on it. There just weren¡¯t any proper use for it. It is a moonwalk dance. And what does a moonwalk dance have to do with Martial Arts? That¡¯s what made everyone in the colosseum confused when Gondocks started dancing in that style. The [Moonwalk] skill is nothing but a dance. In fact, most beginner Martial Artist that find the skill description and image in the historical archive laughed it off as ¡°What¡¯s a dance move doing here? I thought this was supposed to be Martial Arts not my new dance lesson¡± Which is what made quite some people laugh in the colosseum. It was a funny sight, seeing someone as talented and credited as Gondocks dancing around the stadium with his eyes close. Even his opponents were confused but would not allow themselves to be fool by whatever mockery Gondocks was throwing at them. Except it was no mockery Gondocks was throwing at them. It¡¯s just that almost everyone dismisses the moonwalk skill as a useless skill found in the Martial Arts historic archive. But it truly wasn¡¯t. The moonwalk skill actually had another side to it, and Gondocks realized that, which explains why he is using it. Without realizing anything, Relnandes and his partners continue heading straight for Gondocks. Gondocks continue to dance and dance his way around the stadium to Ertenous¡¯ team. The moment Relnandes deemed it was a perfect distance, he would use his [Expert Claw Reach] skill to grab Gondocks up into the air and finish him off with a quick [Expert Claw Attack]. That was the plan, except plans usually don¡¯t work well against the [Moonwalk] skill. The moment Relnandes deemed it was a perfect distance, he activated his [Expert Claw Reach] to grab Gondocks, except Gondocks managed to dodge it completely with his eyes close! His very specific dance moves move him from left to right, and when Relnandes tried to grab him just now, Gondocks moved to the right, following his dance pattern. It could be complete coincidence or it could be the [Moonwalk] skill at work. Relnandes tries to grab Gondocks again. The same event happens, except in opposites. This time, Gondocks did not move to the right but the left. It could be coincidence or it could be the [Moonwalk] skill at work. Relnandes tries multiple times, and each time, Gondocks would move at the exact perfect moment to dodge the reach attack. Either by moving to the left or right, down or up via his dance pattern. Relnandes was now being looked like a complete fool and the person that was looking like a fool in the beginning (Gondocks since he activated the [Moonwalk] skill) was being taken seriously. Everyone in the colosseum began to rethink everything they knew or thought they knew about the [Moonwalk] skill. This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. ¡°How come I didn¡¯t know about this side of the [Moonwalk] skill?¡± everyone began to wonder. ¡°Since when did the [Moonwalk] skill have something like that?¡± wondered everyone. Gondocks started to get cheers simply for his amazing dance moves. And slowly but surely, he was approaching Relnandes. Relnandes became aware of how close he and his partners have gotten to Gondocks when Gondocks momentarily stopped dancing, opened his eyes, and outstretched his arms, revealing a knife. Gondocks¡¯ knife became longer via an extension of water. The [Edge Cutter] skill¡¯s terrifying nature is reveal. -------- What made the [Edge Cutter] terrifying wasn¡¯t because it could cut edges like the name suggest, but because since the cutter can cut edges, it takes whatever characteristics of the edge you are looking at. Hence, the terrifying nature of [Edge Cutter]. For example, a person has a defense that is made of fire. And since that fire gives protection even against water, its natural weakness, instead of the opponent using water to attack the fire which would take a long time to wear the fire down, why don¡¯t you use the same fire to attack fire. Something that could cut a defense, let¡¯s say a knife, but a knife of fire. And to make it even better, what if the weapon (any weapon) once activated by a certain skill, can take the characteristics of the opponent¡¯s defense, hence the importance of [Edge Cutter]. Most defenses whether water-base or fire-based or any other, states in their description what their weaknesses are, but they avoided mentioning one other weakness. What if a strong water-based attack could pierce a strong water-based defense? Is that not feasible? This is the question that many Martial Artists have asked themselves, which is why, we have the [Edge Cutter] skill. -------- The edge cutter isn¡¯t an easy skill to use, and even if you learn how to use it, if you don¡¯t have enough experience, it might not work to its full potential. But at that particular moment, Gondocks wasn¡¯t worried about having enough experience with the edge cutter or anything else for that matter. He was focus on one thing. He was aiming at all the critical points in Relnandes and his partners¡¯ water-based defense. And since their water-based defense shielded them from any attacks at all their critical points, it made Gondocks¡¯ job easier in locating them. Since all of team Ertenous were covered by this blue transparent liquid on their critical points. The number one assassin in Ryoukai town, the expert Gondocks need not look too hard to find a critical spot. They were all in the open for all to see. He just need to land a couple of strikes. --------- Relnandes, losing his cool, started to attack Gondocks with his [Expert Claw Attack]. Gondocks merely went back to his dancing and expertly dancingly dodges all the un-dodge-able attacks with his eyes close once again. Gondocks was no longer relying on his Hawk¡¯s time spec, but using only dance and allowing fate to dictate. And fate keeps on dictating good fortune upon him. For no matter how many attacks Relnandes does on Gondocks, not a single one hit him. Gondocks was dodging all the attacks with his eyes close!! How can he dodge attacks he cannot even see? The secret to the [Moonwalk] will be reveal!! Chapter 17: Defeat or Victory? Chapter 17: Defeat or Victory? The battle was drawing on and on. Gondocks with his overwhelming dance moves was an unstoppable force!! Relnandes was being laughed at by the people in the stadium. How can he keep on missing his target when his target himself doesn¡¯t know when or where the attack will come from? No one could understand the agony that Relnandes was feeling. He has never been this humiliated in his whole entire life. Everything he ever did, he did with grace and talent and seriousness. But now, a person appears that is capable of dodging his attacks in the weirdest and the most foolish way possible. By dancing on the stadium! How is that even possible? How can someone as high in the rankings as Relnandes make simples mistakes like being off in calculating the distance by an inch or two? How can someones as high in the rankings as Relnandes keep on missing his target? It wasn¡¯t even that Gondocks was dodging the attacks in an expert style way. It didn¡¯t even look like Gondocks was trying to dodge the attacks, which only add on to Relnandes¡¯ furry. Because of the way Gondocks happen to be turning right at the exact moment that Relnandes happen to be striking at, it made Relnandes look silly, unprepared and not properly trained at all! It made him look like a beginner Martial Artist. And the people in the stadium (that had some faith in Relnandes) were starting to lose faith in him by the minutes. Everyone in the stadium started to boo Relnandes and yelled names at him. ¡°You suck!!¡± yelled some of the people in the middle. ¡°You need to get off the stadium!! We did not come here to watch baby fights!! You suck Relnandes! You can¡¯t even hit someone with their eyes close, even my five-year-old is better than you¡± The boos were growing larger and larger by the minutes. Sweats was dropping off of Relnandes¡¯ face now. His own teammates¡¯ internal mana capacity was being depleted since the water-gear-defense was still running. Relnandes¡¯ teammates were arguing and losing confidence in their leader by the minutes as well. Relnandes needed to redeem himself anyway he could. And that¡¯s when he decided on a new initiative approach. He told his teammates they should no longer bother with the water-defense and instead focus on attacking Gondocks. He told them this time they should ignore defense and focus on offense. Relnandes¡¯ teammates agree. They decided to let go of the one thing that was giving Gondocks trouble without realizing it or maybe it was because of all the boos, tension, and exhaustion going throughout their mind and body that made them forget. But now, it just means, Gondocks has no reason to hold himself back. After hearing the crowd stopped booing Relnandes and silence fill the colosseum, Gondocks knew something was up. He opened his eyes and observe the situation. Noticing that Relnandes gave up his water-defense, a small grin passes by Gondocks¡¯ face, he knew his time have come. Gondocks decided to re-activate one of his previous skill. The [Haw¡¯s Time Spec]. This skill would allow him to get closer to Relnandes, but he would only close the distance by half in order to panic Relnandes into action. His next course of action would be to use [Moonwalk] and slowly get closer to Relnandes, until Relnandes would not be able to use [Expert Claw Reach] anymore. Then, all he would have to do is use [Edge Cutter] to cut the [Water Barrier] that was built. The moment all of that has been accomplished, Gondocks would only need to stab Relnandes and maybe hurt the others. Gondocks could see his victory in sight. Gondocks activate the [Hawk¡¯s Time Spec] skill. Time slows down. Nanoseconds turned into seconds, and seconds into minutes. Everything is moving slowly. Words that are being said sounds really stretched out and barely comprehendible. In this abnormal time flow, only one person can move freely within it. Gondocks. He walks at a normal pace and reach half-way to Relnandes. He deactivated the skill. Everything is return to normal. Time started speeding up again. Minutes turn into seconds, and seconds into nanoseconds. Everything has been reset and brought to normal time flow. Everyone in the stadium is stunned again. Gondocks has already closed the distance between him and Relnandes in blink of an eye so fast that no one even saw that, well except for Orlandis who was the one who commented on that again. Gondocks was just too fast. How can anyone move so quickly? It was almost like teleportation. There wasn¡¯t even a blur from when he moves to another location. He was just there. Only one person could master [Hawk¡¯s Time Spec] to such a degree! Only Gondocks! This story has been unlawfully obtained without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. The crowd in the stadium cheered for him. Relnandes was stunned but for a different reason. He was scared. He forgot about Gondock¡¯s hawk time speck skill. Relnandes in a panic attack Gondocks with everything he has in [Expert Claw Reach] skill. But to no alas. Gondocks dodged everything with his eyes close again, and weirdly, he got even closer to Relnandes. So close, that Relnandes could no longer rely on [Expert Claw Reach] skill but had to change to [Expert Claw Attack] skill. Gondocks opened his eyes at the same instant something blurry hit him! Gondocks was not aware of [Expert Claw Attack]¡¯s existence. He thought Relnandes only had [Expert Claw Reach] at his side. Due to this eventuality, an attack so blurry that even if Gondocks¡¯ hawk time spec was still active and he was trying to slow everything down, he would still be unable to see the attack. It was an attack that Gondock¡¯s fast reactions could not match at all! Gondocks got hit straight in his left chest all the way down to his abdomen. He fell to the floor! And he is bleeding and in pain! Relnandes was in shock. He could not believe he finally managed to hit Gondocks. He could not believe it was at the moment when he was not relying on logic and talent, but when he was panicking and in distress. After calming down a bit, Relnandes gained his footing. He was breathing hard but still manage to make this confident smile and laughter. ¡°I did it!¡± exclaim Relnandes. ¡°I finally did it! Take that you m-monster!¡± ¡°I can¡¯t believe you did it Relnandes!¡± exclaim Relnandes¡¯ teammates. ¡°Sorry for having doubted you, leader¡± ¡°No, it¡¯s alright¡± explain Relnandes. ¡°You know what they say, a true martial artist, always save the best move for last, hahahaha¡± ¡°Hahahaha¡± laughed Relnandes¡¯ teammates. Gondocks was still lying in the cold ground in the stadium and in severe pain. He turned his head to look at Relnandes¡¯ direction. He smiles this painful and difficult smile and everything slows down again! ¡°This hurt¡± thought Gondocks watching as everything slows down even the high-five Relnandes was giving his teammates. It was all so slow, so very slow. If he merely wishes it, he could walk to Relnandes to kill him right now, but to break the barrier he would need to stop [Hawk¡¯s Time Spec]. If [Hawk¡¯s Time Spec] is put to a stop, no matter how fast he naturally is, Relnandes¡¯ attack would hit him again, and if he gets hit by that again, he would definitely not be able to move. The number one assassin in Ryoukai town faced a dilemma. Use time spec to approach Relnandes undetected and use his regular knife to try and break the barrier which would prove useless since it would take an offensive skill to break the barrier. Or Use time spec to approach Relnandes undetected and stop the spec when he is at close proximity to Relnandes and use the [Edge Cutter] which would allow him to break the defensive barrier but the price would be, he would be vulnerable to another attack by Relnandes. The only solution that Gondocks could think of was only one, and it wasn¡¯t in the list of possibilities. Use [Moonwalk] to dodge Relnandes¡¯ attack when he is at close proximity, but the problem is that, the usage of [Moonwalk] isn¡¯t as easy as it looks. [Moonwalk] requires the martial artist to close their eyes and let go of any malicious thoughts in one¡¯s head. Therefore, thinking about anything offensive would deactivate the skill. Also, [Moonwalk] isn¡¯t as invincible as it looks like. [Moonwalk] lowers the chances of the opponent landing an accurate hit by 45%. Not invincibility. The rest was just luck. And if the opponent keeps on staring at his dance, the opponent¡¯s accurate hits decrease further. So, the more Relnandes was letting himself get infuriated by Gondocks¡¯ dance (since he was looking at it) the more his hits¡¯ accuracy was dropping. But there is another catch to [Moonwalk], the moment that Gondocks stopped using it, the accuracy of Relnandes went back to normal. Gondocks was going to have a hard time defeating Relnandes, especially now that he is injured. Blood keeps on dripping to the floor, slowly since time spec is still being used. Blood drip from Gondocks chest and passes all the way down and fall to the floor. Gondocks movements were being restricted by that deep cut he have received. And he was losing blood and fast. He only has two minutes or so to decide what to do. That¡¯s all the time that time spec can give him. Now, what choice will he make? Will he fall unconscious here and now since he is already feeling dizzy? Who will win? The talented Relnandes who has everything he could want? Or the number one assassin in Ryoukai town, Gondocks? Only two minutes remain to this battle! Chapter 18: Struggling is Triumphing Chapter 18: Struggling is Triumphing Gondocks was always fortunate to have great luck and talent since he was born. He had great looks so much so that all the girls were after him and even confessed to him in a daily basis even though they knew he was an assassin. Everyone was attracted to his hawk eyes. And his handsome mysterious appeal was a bonus too! Gondocks eyes itself were form like that of a hawk¡¯s. When he was born, everyone was surprised by this. Since his mother¡¯s father (his grandfather) had the same eyes. Thanks to those eyes, the wren-tit eyes, he could use the [Hawk¡¯s Time Spec] to its full potential. This was only possible in his family. A family of assassins. As a family of assassin, Gondocks was taught at a young age that defeat was another word for improvement, and that to struggle is to triumph. He was taught that an assassin must always be self-improving every day, for the world was harsh for assassins. The more powerful the target, the more money one can gain, and if he can reach the top, he will become the most powerful assassin the world had ever seen. This was his dream! To become the first Supreme Assassin! And to reach the top of the pyramid something like a severe cut that broke part of his chest all the way to his abdomen was nothing to fret about. Struggling is Triumphing! Only by working forward and struggling can one truly sit back and enjoy the view and remember the good old days when life was difficult. People who have attained everything from the start without even trying, have no stories to tell their grand-children about when they get older, because they did nothing. Gondocks was not going to turn into one of those individuals. He will become someone his family will be proud of, someone who would tell his children and grandchildren stories to. The greatest Assassin the world had ever seen! Therefore, it doesn¡¯t matter what pain he is in right now, or what pain and difficulty lay ahead in his future. It doesn¡¯t even matter if he will die soon in the future, the only thing that matters right now is his target and his goal! And there is only one of each. His target: Relnandes. His goal: World¡¯s Supreme Assassin, not for hired! Gondocks only cares about getting stronger and reaching the top! His goal shall not be denied. ------ With a minute having pass and the countdown tickling down, Gondocks starts his advances. He had decided on his next course of action. Reaching the [water barrier] and his knife in hand, he deactivates the [Hawk¡¯s Time Spec]. The time flow becomes normal again. Everything starts to speed up and reach its normal speed. Before Relnandes knew it, Gondocks was standing right beside his [water barrier]. Surprise run high within Relnandes. Relnandes taken by surprise attack Gondocks with [Expert Claw Attack] skill again but not without Gondocks delivering an attack of his own to the barrier. [Edge Cutter] skill was used. Right at the moment Gondocks was hit by the [Expert Claw Attack], he hit the barrier with his knife using the [Edge Cutter] which transformed the knife into a sword via a blue water extension. Half of the sword (a blue water edge and point got added to the knife) was blue and transparent. Gondocks hit the barrier with everything he had, and similarly, he got hit by Relnandes with everything he had. Gondocks fell to the cold ground once more. Now he was unable to move. Relnandes¡¯ barrier was cracked but not completely broken, and within thirty seconds, his barrier would naturally mend itself by taking some more internal mana from Relnandes. Relnandes now needed to deal the finishing blow. He approaches the internally bleeding Gondocks with a grin. Relnandes knew with this he won this match. By taking Gondocks down, he only has a few opponents left to worry about. -------- Taking down Gondocks would give him some sort of fame-boost. He was kind of glad that Gondocks became so much stronger than last year and unfortunately for Gondocks, all that hard work would only help fuel Relnandes¡¯ fame. The stronger the opponent, the more fame the individual who defeat them gets. This was a Martial Art saying from long ago. Wherever there was a prodigy that manages to defeat someone much older and supposedly stronger than them, the more fame the prodigious individual get. This was the common sense of this world. Everyone will bow to the strong, while the weak shall perish. Only fame, money, luck, talents, looks, and power count in this world. And if you are missing any one of those, the world will leave you to die and rot. ------- Relnandes with his barrier still activated, use the skill [Expert Claw Attack] once more to finish what he already started, only to be taken up by surprise. This book''s true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience. Gondocks wasn¡¯t there! When Relnandes activated his skill, during that short almost negligible moment, Gondocks managed to slip through. He could have only done this by using [Hawk¡¯s Time Spec]. This was starting to really infuriate Relnandes even more. Each and every time he was about to claim victory to this battle, something had to happen to get in his way. Before anyone knew what was happening, Relnandes¡¯ barrier broke. His two partners were severely wounded. And he was stabbed in his abdomen. Relnandes fell in the cold ground for the first time since the match began! How did it come to this sort of eventuality? Gondocks, when he fell hard on the ground, he hit his head hard. And due to the pills that he took to change his blood flow to allow him to master [Hawk¡¯s Time Spec] faster during the one-year period, the chemical component was still in his body system and blood. He took the pill known as MK-15 every day while training for a year. The side effects included hallucination, memory loss, disorientation, language impairments, etc. All classic disorders of delirium. Even though Gondocks stopped taking the pill two weeks before the tournament begin, some of the chemical from the pill still resided in his body. The chemical from the pill and the sudden head crash to the ground and wounds added together, caused a new type of event. Gondocks awakened to the match in partial delirium. While lying in the ground, he activated [Hawk¡¯s Time Spec] since that was what he has been training on for the past year. He noticed he was in the YAMAC Tournament but doesn¡¯t know how or why or when even. His head hurt. He noticed Relnandes, a competitor in the tournament approaching him. He knew Relnandes was his opponent. He got up but his legs felt weak. He was completely disorientated. And thanks to the skill [Moonwalk]¡¯s leg memory, Gondocks started to dance around and around and getting closer to Relnandes with his eyes close. Gondocks closed his eyes since he couldn¡¯t withstand the bright light in the colosseum. It was too bright for him. He couldn¡¯t recognize anyone sitting in the front row of the colosseum. His headache was hurting him even more. It was a migraine at this point. He took out his sword and each time he did some more steps he would gently open his eyes partway to see where he was and then he would swing. And swing and swing some more. All the while swinging, he used his favorite all time skill [Edge Cutter]. For unknown reasons, maybe because of his delirium or maybe because of his luck, he managed to use both [Hawk¡¯s Time Cutter] and [Edge Cutter] Before he knew it, he has wounded Relnandes¡¯ teammates and Relnandes himself. Time flows back normally. Everything starts moving at normal speed again. Everyone throughout the colosseum is surprise and shock. Relnandes¡¯ teammates fell to the ground at the same time. Relnandes had a confused facial expression on his face as he touches his abdomen. A deep red blood appears underneath his shirt. His hand is bloodied with his own blood from when he touched it. ¡°What the fuck just happened?¡± thought Relnandes as he fell down hard. ¡°When did¡­¡± Relnandes did not have a chance to say another word since he lost consciousness immediately. Gondocks was the only one left standing. Blood was dripping wherever he walked. He was losing too much blood! His face had already lost its color. He fell slowly to the ground. His breathing was shallow. His heartbeat was beating slowly. He was hurt beyond repair! He was about to die and in his final moment, he smiles with all he got! He won this match! His ranking should increase even if he dies. Everything that just happened took only two minutes. Gondocks was drawing closer and closer to his last breath, and his smile is shining brighter than ever.
Due to numerous reasons, i have to cut my beautiful break in half, which means, starting tomorrow, i will be going back to regular chapter release. Extremely sorry about this, but school work must take precedence. But don''t worry though, during the summer, multiple chapters will be release during the day. So, without further ado, enjoy and continue the support. XD Chapter 19: Gyphos vs. Minotaur Chapter 19: Gyphos vs. Minotaur Gondocks was on the ground dying. The medics came but all too late. He was about to die! ¡°Excuse me, let me through¡± yelled a young man. ¡°Let me through, I know what¡¯s wrong with him¡± The medics turned around to see Mitchiel approaching them. Mitchiel quickly and professionally explained to the medics what they need to do to help Gondocks. ¡°Since he changed his blood flow in his body due to the harsh training he gone through, you need to use the lofus tea plant leaf and use it to calibrate and calm his blood flow. And you need to give him a blood transfusion and quick¡± ¡°But it doesn¡¯t matter if we give him the blood transfusion, he would die anyway since he doesn¡¯t have time¡± explained one of the medics. ¡°No, you don¡¯t understand. He changed his blood flow when he was training in order to master [Hawk¡¯s Time Spec] and just now, his blood flow changed again. So, what we need is to change his blood flow to its normal flow, once we do that, there will be a certain time his body will recalibrate itself, during that time we need to hurry give blood to him and when blood is given, he will get better if his wounds are treated and bandaged properly¡± ¡°He would have narrowly escaped death, albeit barely¡± concludes Mitchiel. ¡°I have never heard such a detail explanation of blood flow especially since it is the [Haw¡¯s Time Spec] skill we are talking about. Thank you very much, young man¡± said the chief of Medics, as he and the others rush to do what Mitchiel told them to do. ¡°Where is the lofus tea plant?¡± asked the chief to one of the medics. ¡°It should be in the bag. It was one of the healing plants we carried with us just in case¡± explained the medic as he searches through one of the bags. ¡°To think the lofus tea plant could be used in this way as well, I was not aware¡± ¡°The lofus tea plant does has certain mysterious effects as well¡± explained the chief. ¡°Anyway we need to hurry and save as many lives as possible!¡± ---- ¡°Hoohoo¡± said Orlandis. ¡°Well, that was one match to watch, ladies and gentlemen. Now, let¡¯s welcome team Trident and Skyblue to the stadium¡± The crowd did not cheer. The colosseum was deadly silent. No one was saying anything at all. Everyone was staring at the Trident Team. Ever since the YAMAC started in Ryoukai town, the neighboring regions had been fighting to gain approval of participation to the YAMAC. Team Trident was one of such team. They do not originate in Ryoukai town, therefore, they are not welcome here. They are outsiders. Even though Team Trident has proven their strength on multiple occasions, no one really like them. They played dirty, unfair, and always make their opponents suffer before they inadvertently kill them. Team Skyblue was considered a decent team. They had a good amount of strength and influence in Ryoukai and even in the southern region of Ryoukai. But what they lack was particularly strong fighters. Team Skyblue would be one of those teams that are neither powerful in YAMAC nor weak. They are usually in the mid-twenties in the rankings. But unfortunately for them, ¡°one of their members were missing¡±. A common trend that has been spreading for a while is that, whichever team that Team Trident gets to fight against first, that team is always ¡°missing a team-member¡±. It is still unknown as to how Team Trident would come to the knowledge as to who they are going to face first. Suspicion is place on the YAMAC¡¯s administrators, but with no evidence, there is nothing that can be done. The team member would not be found until a couple of days after the YAMAC dead. There were would be no evidence linking it back to Trident. But everyone knew it was one of the many tricks Trident rely upon! But the worst of it was that, Trident did not ¡°make their first opponent¡¯s team member disappear¡± because they were afraid they might lose to that person. They did so for their amusement! They loved watching their first team opponent tremble with goosebumps and sweat as they decide which of their remaining members is going to face off against Trident. ------- Team Skyblue have no choice but to participate as Battle Royal instead of teamwork. One of the rules of the YAMAC is that, if your team is missing one person, you can only play as battle royal. Which means, it is going to be one member of Team Skyblue vs. Trident. Trident was not a team to be underestimated. All of their Clan Members at one point or another dominated the YAMAC since their five years they have been on it. Trident was a ferocious clan in the northern region of Ryoukai town. They were viewed as extremely dangerous. The team that have to face against Trident would have to force one of their members to go to the stadium. Team Trident enjoy watching that moment. It gives them such a thrill watching someone beg their very friends that they have known for years for their life. Since the member that would be going against Team Trident would not be that powerful and would obviously lose. It was similar to giving a death sentence to your best friend. Trident enjoys that kind of bitter sweet betrayal story! ------ Team Skyblue argues and argues and everyone in the colosseum murmur their opinions about what¡¯s happening. This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work. ¡°Will the Skyblue Clan step forward and decline participating from this year¡¯s YAMAC thereby losing this ranking for this year and reapply next year?¡± ¡°But if they do that, Skyblue¡¯s honor will forever perish. And since Skyblue isn¡¯t that popular or have many disciples, since they are not that powerful yet, that will draw the Skyblue Clan backwards and their recognition and achievements might not get recognized¡± ¡°But if one of their members face against Trident, even though that member would lose, the Skyblue Clan would not lose face or honor¡± ----- The Skyblue team sent one of their members out to face the Trident¡¯s full wrath! It was twenty-five-year-old woman and she was already crying before she even entered the stadium. In only the beginning of the battle, the woman was humiliated. They tore her fingers, bloodied her shoulders, all to make her feel agony and pain. The Trident members love to see people die and suffer. The woman cried but it was useless. No one was going to stop the match. Mitchiel could only avert his eyes and empty his mind. The woman¡¯s limbs were cut one by one, until she finally died. Trident didn¡¯t even allow her to kill herself. They tortured her, until their fun was over, until they were completely satisfied. After forty-five-minute the match, the one-sided battle or gruesome murder we could call it, came to its end. Team Skyblue lost in the tournament. Their rankings would get analyzed and posted at another date. ----- ¡°Another fantastic battle to watch, ladies and gentlemen¡± exclaim Orlandis with a bright smile. ¡°Now, let team Redzoo please come up please¡± Team Redzoo arrived to the stadium. They knew they never stood a chance against team Trident, but they also knew they could at least hurt them, make them bleed for what they did to that woman. But team Redzoo could never be so wrong about their power-standing in front of Trident. Trident truly was a ferocious team. They almost never use their skills to its borderline limit. What team Redzoo thought was their borderline limit was nothing but the beginning! Team Redzoo was completely annihilated. Not even their flesh remained. Their bones were barely recognizable and could barely be put together. They were burn by their own specialty. Red fire like the color of their clan¡¯s symbol. The colosseum was eerily silent. No one could say anything. Not a even a whisper could be heard, and this killing intent was being radiated throughout the colosseum from everyone. A killing intent so powerful, it made the very atmosphere and air intense. But of course, no one stood up to accuse team Trident. Everyone held themselves back. Team Trident technically did not break ¡°any rules¡± yet. They needed to wait. After a good twenty minutes of silence, the atmosphere returns to normal. And the sounds of relatives crying could be heard. The families of those poor Redzoo team members wouldn¡¯t even be able to have a normal funeral. ----- ¡°Well, now that this is over. Let¡¯s welcome team Gyphos and team Minotaur to the stadium¡± said Orlandis with a smile. The crowd was not really into cheering after what they have just seen. They seem to be trying to wake up from it. They seem to be unfocused and depressed. Some of the crowd did cheer though, but not all. ¡°We all knew what would happen when we signed up to participate in YAMAC¡± stated Reige to all his teammates. ¡°We all knew, and even though we find what just happen to be disgusting, we must keep our emotions under control¡± ¡°Yes¡± responded everyone including Mitchiel. ¡°I know some of you haven¡¯t seen those kind of things before, but it happens, and if it makes any of you feel better, let¡¯s hope the next team, team Trident, has to face is a really powerful one that will wreck the shit out of them¡± said Reige. ¡°Yes, that would be awesome¡± stated Darley. ¡°Those guys deserve to die¡± ¡°I completely agree¡± responded Timothy. ¡°Now, then let¡¯s do this¡± said Reige bringing forth a wave of optimism. ¡°Finally our turn, huh?¡± asked Mitchiel to no one in particular. ¡°Yeah, it will be interesting, but don¡¯t worry though, Tymo¡¯s brother shouldn¡¯t be here, as long as he isn¡¯t here then we c-¡° ¡°Actually, isn¡¯t that Tymo¡¯s older brother right there?¡± asked Darley. ¡°Wha-?¡± asked Reige not finishing pronouncing his question. ¡°What is he doing here?¡± ¡°Guess he came back to Ryoukai in a hurry. He appears to have just arrived¡± stated Timothy. ¡°Yeah, that¡¯s what I think too¡± replied Darley. ¡°This is bad¡± said Reige. ¡°I thought this year we were going to have an easier time; seems I was wrong¡± ¡°We don¡¯t really have anything to worry¡± stated Timothy. ¡°We have you and you usually rival Lamo¡¯s (Tymo¡¯s older brother¡¯s name) power. So everything will be fine¡± ¡°I hope so; I have this bad feeling that something is completely wrong¡± responded Reige. Team Minotaur made their way to the stadium. Gyphos did the same. The two teams stood facing each other across the stadium. Hate, and anger fuel their eyes, but two pairs of eyes glowed with much more terrifying hatred than the others Chapter 20: Earth Martial Arts Chapter 20: Earth Martial Arts The two different pairs of eyes continue to stare particularly at Mitchiel, with hatred and anger. Those two pairs of eyes belong to Tymo and Lamo. They were both representatives of the Gyphos Clan. They were both pissed because of what Mitchiel did before. Even Lamo rushed through his business just so he can arrive on time to beat Mitchiel up. But Lamo wasn¡¯t only here for that, he knew his teammates would have a difficult time winning against Reige. So, Lamo did everything he could to be here today. Orlandis stepped out of the stadium and the match began. ¡°Mitchiel!!¡± yelled Tymo across the stadium. ¡°You are going to pay with blood for what you did¡± ¡°You mean what you started¡± yelled Mitchiel back. ¡°Just remember you started this fight ever since you started bullying me¡± ¡°So what if I did?¡± asked Tymo. ¡°I was always beating you up, but now, you have to act like a big boy and fight back¡± ¡°What if i am a grown up now? What does that have to do with you? You should have just left this alone, Tymo¡± said Mitchiel, staring straight at Tymo¡¯s eyes. ¡°What are you going to do about it? You couldn¡¯t defeat me last time. We were tied¡± ¡°Not anymore¡± stated Lamo, taking over the conversation of his brother. ¡°Tymo isn¡¯t the same as he was before. I really feel sorry for you, Mitchiel. But there is no way you will leave here alive¡± ¡°I wouldn¡¯t be too sure about that¡± stated Reige, not wanting to be left out. ¡°Mitchiel isn¡¯t the same as he was when he fought against your brother, Lamo, Mitchiel is not going to let Tymo have it easy¡± ¡°Only one way to tell!¡± yelled Tymo as he does the signs for his skills. ------ Thirty Years Earlier: 6 years until Mitchiel¡¯s birth ¡°I hate this town; I hate everything in this place¡± stated a beautiful green haired woman. ¡°Why did we have to come here?¡± ¡°It¡¯s not that we have to stay here, darling¡± explained Deandre. ¡°It just that we have a lot more opportunities here than in another town¡± ¡°Just because your uncle called you here, you have to act like a lost little puppy and follow him around¡± laughed the beautiful green haired woman. ¡°Don¡¯t be a lost little puppy, okay?¡± ¡°Of course I won¡¯t be¡± said Deandre in complete seriousness. ¡°I like to do my own thing¡± ¡°That¡¯s what you always said even when you asked me out on a date the first time¡± replied the beautiful woman. ¡°Remember?¡± ¡°How could I forget?¡± replied Deandre. ¡°You were the most beautiful woman I had ever seen¡± said Deandre. ¡°Were?¡± asked the beautiful green haired woman. ¡°Were? As in past tense?¡± ¡°No, sorry my bad¡± replied Deandre quickly as he tries to fix his mistake. ¡°That¡¯s not what I meant, I just meant that, at the time, you were the most beautiful woman I had ever seen¡± ¡°So, for the past two years we¡¯ve been dating, you have constantly been looking at other woman¡± teased the green hair woman. ¡°No, that¡¯s not it¡± replied Deandre flustered and unable to find the correct word. ¡°Well, let me give you a piece of my mind¡± replied the beautiful woman with a mean voice as she approaches Deandre. ¡°Deandre, you are the-¡° The beautiful woman approaches Deandre, who had his eyes close since he was afraid to look at her, and leaned on him and kiss him on his lips. ¡°Deandre, you are the most handsome and kind man I have ever seen¡± said the beautiful green hair woman with a sweet voice. ¡°And I love you, never forget that¡± ¡°I won¡¯t¡± said Deandre with seriousness. ¡°And could you stop teasing me so much!¡± ¡°Nope, never¡± laughed the woman. ¡°I just love your face when I am teasing you, so much fun, hehehehe¡± ¡°Hahaha¡± laughed Deandre as well. It was a happy time in both Deandre and the green hair¡¯s woman¡¯s youth. ------ Two Years Later: 4 years until Mitchiel¡¯s birth ¡°Deandre-sama, Deandre-sama¡± yelled a maid in Deandre¡¯s mansion. ¡°There was an accident, sir, at the marketplace¡± ¡°What?¡± asked Deandre in surprise. ¡°That¡¯s where Mary went to. Is she okay?¡± ¡°About Mary, sir, sh- she didn¡¯t make it¡± replied the maid. If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. ¡°What do you mean she didn¡¯t make it?¡± asked Deandre, in shocked. ¡°I asked you a question¡± ¡°Sir, she didn¡¯t make it, she tried to, she couldn¡¯t, by the time people tried to help her, it was too late, she is dead, sir, dead¡± replied the maid in a voice that started loud but turned into a whisper mid-through the explanation. ¡°Mary is dead?¡± asked Deandre. ¡°Sorry¡± replied the maid, not knowing what else to say. ¡°No, I don¡¯t believe you, where is she? Where is my Mary?¡± asked Deandre. ¡°She- her body is still at the market, the people who found her are waiting for you¡± replied the maid, with streams of tears falling from her face. Deandre did not wait for a single moment, he rushed into the street and ran to the market like a crazy person. Who would want to believe that the person they love the most is dead? Just like that? It just wasn¡¯t right, it was unfair! Deandre arrive to the market place and found the commotion. Groups of people were gathered and were murmuring and discussing what happened. ¡°So, the horse just went out of control for no reason?¡± asked one of the people in the crowd. ¡°Yeah, I was here, I saw the whole damn thing¡± replied a person next to him. ¡°What happened?¡± asked another person in the gathering. ¡°Someone was passing by here with a horse, he was riding the horse, and I am not sure what happened, maybe there was a scent of a food, or maybe something terrified the horse, or something like that, but the horse just went out of control¡± explained the person. ¡°Then what happened? People here knows martial arts, nothing serious could have happened¡± said another person in the crowd. ¡°But you don¡¯t understand, this early in the marketplace, most of the martial artists are either training in some secluded area or sleeping. Mostly merchants were here¡± explained the person. ¡°So what? What if it was just merchants that were here, so what? Why couldn¡¯t anyone stop the horse?¡± asked an angry Deandre, as he starts to comprehend what happened. ¡°And where is the person that got hurt, I am not here to listen to all of you chitchatting¡± ¡°You are extremely angry¡± said a person next to Deandre in the crowd. ¡°Did you know the person that died?¡± ¡°How the hell could she have died? A lot of people ride horses and fall off and don¡¯t die¡± yelled Deandre at the person. ¡°Yes, but not from a wooden stall and all of its content to fall off on just one person¡± said another person of the crowd. ¡°And you guys did nothing to help her, nothing at all?¡± yelled Deandre as stream of tears were falling down his cheeks now. ¡°You guys are the real monsters¡± ¡°We did everything we could. We heard the scream, there just weren¡¯t anything left for us to do. By the time we got here, by the time the horse got back in control, she- it was too late for her¡± said someone in the crowd. ¡°We are sorry for your lost. Her body is in the plate at the corner up front by the destroyed market stall¡± Deandre did not answer back, he rushed to find his girlfriend, the woman he loves, the woman he was going to propose to next month. He had already found the perfect ring to purchase and was just getting everything ready to propose to her. He was going to propose to her, on their fourth year anniversary (since they have started dating, to make it more romantic). He was just waiting for a month to come to become the happiest man on earth! But despair was what his future hold. And despair came like a plague into his life, by taking the life of his most beloved, Mary (the green hair woman) he loves so much, and bringing forth someone darker and manipulative into his life. A person that shares half of the name of his most beloved. Rosemary. ------ The battle starts to heat up as skills fought against skills. Tymo unleashes his fury at Mitchiel. For the past two months, he has been learning Earth Martial Arts. This time he wasn¡¯t going to use risky moves. He learned his lesson from last time! This time, Tymo is going to go underground. Tymo finished a hand sign and disappears from the stadium! ¡°Where did he go?¡± thought Mitchiel. ¡°Didn¡¯t I have a spell that could use the ray of the sun to turn me invisible? But there is no direct sunlight here, so he must be using Earth Martial Arts¡± A hand appears and grab Mitchiel¡¯s leg from underneath the stadium. The hand then started turning Mitchiel¡¯s leg into a gray cement. Mitchiel was about to turn into a statue!! Chapter 21: Overwhelming Control Chapter 21: Overwhelming Control Mitchiel¡¯s left leg was turning into clay-like substance! He jumped as high as he could and the moment he landed, he rushed to another location in the stadium. The underground hand still followed him. After a couple of seconds, Mitchiel¡¯s left leg return to its normal color. ¡°Is this how you are going to fight, Tymo?¡± asked Mitchiel. ¡°Playing like a coward instead of facing me?¡± ¡°Hahaha¡± laughed Tymo from underground. The sound of Tymo¡¯s laugh is heard by Mitchiel, although barely. Mitchiel then focused his whole entire strength and hit the gray cemented hand that was coming from the ground. A small-size crater was created. Dust was spread all over the stadium! The ground around the stadium became smooth ever since Tymo went underground. Mitchiel knew that from his experience of fighting numerous Earth Martial Artist from his past. ¡°Hehehe¡± laughed Tymo. ¡°You should have done that sooner, Mitchiel¡± ¡°What? Why?¡± asked Mitchiel, waiting for the dust to sublime. ¡°Because I am already done creating my personal army!¡± exclaim Tymo. ¡°I told you I wasn¡¯t going to take any risk¡± ¡°No, this can¡¯t be!¡± exclaimed Mitchiel in complete horror. ¡°You created three golems?¡± An area in the stadium was still covered in dust, and after a moment, the blowing wind cleared the area, revealing an even more terrifying horror for Mitchiel. ¡°Nope¡± replied Tymo coolly. ¡°I created four¡± The golems were large and reached several feet high. The golems made their move towards Mitchiel. They lifted their gigantic arms and pounded at wherever Mitchiel was, like he was a disgusting bug. Mitchiel barely dodged the strike since it was so fast! But the impact of the strike still got him! Mitchiel was sent flying several feet away from where he dodged. The air pressure itself was intense. A large-size crater with multiple cracks spread throughout the entire stadium from the impact. Mitchiel crash-landed on his right arm. His right arm was hurting him but it was not bleeding. Mitchiel¡¯s defense techniques were working. Mitchiel got back up and stared at the approaching golems. He needed to do something to stop them from advancing. He needed pass them and somehow reach Tymo. Not having enough time to figure something out, Mitchiel rush straight to the golems. The first golem attacked Mitchiel. Mitchiel jumped on the golem¡¯s arm and ran towards its head. The golem shook its body and Mitchiel fell down to the stadium. ¡°Damn¡± thought Mitchiel. ¡°I should have known it wouldn¡¯t be this easy¡± ¡°Hehehe¡± laughed Tymo. ¡°Having issues, Mitchiel?¡± ¡°What does he want?¡± thought Mitchiel in a rude way. Mitchiel¡¯s eyes widen as he realizes something. Tymo does in fact want something. Tymo since the very beginning said that he wasn¡¯t going to take any risks, yet here before Mitchiel stood four golems, there was no way Tymo could possibly create all four of them. You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story. Tymo might be able to create one or two but definitely not four intermediate level golems in only two months of training. If Tymo could indeed do that, Tymo would have been recruited to the Imperial City. So, it couldn¡¯t be him controlling all the golems, it had to be someone else. His brother perhaps? But his brother was currently fighting Reige? Is it possible for him to be fighting Reige and controlling the golems? Before Mitchiel could think any further, several attacks came from the golems, and Mitchiel had to dodge. He was sent flying again! ¡°I am going to lose if I have to fight all of them by myself, but there is something I¡¯ve been meaning to try¡± thought Mitchiel. Mitchiel ran to his closest golem and waited until the golem¡¯s punch was about to hit him. He then used both of his hands to stop the punch, but the golem¡¯s punch was too strong and Mitchiel could feel his arms weakening and his bones making a squeaky sound, he didn¡¯t have long. Mitchiel change his hands¡¯ position. He tries to grab a part of the golem¡¯s arm. He accomplished that with ease. But the golem lifted him up as it was lifting its arm up. All the golems gathered around the golem with Mitchiel on it. The golem lifted its arm up (the arm containing Mitchiel as well) and shook its arm down with severe force. Mitchiel fell head first down the stadium! Dusts came from the crash, revealing a wounded Mitchiel. There was blood coming from Mitchiel¡¯s forehead. ¡°I figured it out just now¡± thought Mitchiel brightly. ¡°that¡¯s why Tymo said he wouldn¡¯t take any risk¡± Mitchiel approaches the golems and ready his stance. He knew exactly what was needed to defeat them. The golems were made from earth magic but by Lamo not Tymo. Lamo created them from before their match even began. But he couldn¡¯t control them. Controlling the golems and then fighting his opponents at the same time would be too difficult for even him. So, what he did was implant some of his magic inside the golem to create a magical circuit, that way, the golem would be able to move and attack. The only problem remaining would be controlling the golems. They would need to be able to identify their target and attack the target while replenishing their energy on the go. So, the arm that tried to turn Mitchiel into a statue was a skill that Lamo taught Tymo. The skill was directly connected to the golems. The arm wasn¡¯t trying to turn Mitchiel into a statue but to absorb all of his internal mana energy, but since he lacked mana energy to begin with, Mitchiel¡¯s leg was starting to turn into this cement or clay-like substance. Another cautious implement of Lamo¡¯s was adding motor skills to the golems and programming them to shake an area of the body that the target is on, if the target gets on their body since they are large. Lamo taught Tymo the [Target Messenger] skill. A skill that enable a message to be sent to something that can see. Tymo was using that to send an image of the target to the golem¡¯s program. As long as Tymo was using such a skill, the golems would continue to attack Mitchiel. Mitchiel realizes that Tymo was his real opponent. He rushes towards Tymo with everything he got. It wasn¡¯t going to be the same way as last time. Tymo activated the [lightning piercing strike Attack]. ¡°I am not the same as I was before, punk¡± said Tymo. ¡°I am going to kill you¡± Tymo disappeared and reappeared behind Mitchiel. Before Mitchiel could doge, Tymo pierced him in his back.