The loud shout of the hooded individual quickly brought attention to them, and Nux found himself in an open circle with the hooded individual, surrounded by the students. "ACCEPT MY CHALLENGE AND FIG...""Shut up. I accept your stupid fight so can you quit ranting like a retard." Nux interrupted with a bored look. "And that's a new match up!!" The announcer's voice echoed in the arena, and the students once again began another round of cheering. The hooded individual, though, was gritting his teeth hard and clenching his fists. 'You will pay dearly. First you humiliate me and ruin my looks, and now you humiliate me even more!'"Both contestants should please proceed towards the Duel Post to get the stakes written down and signed officially.""And while that's being done, the next match between Happy Harpy and Silent Siren would begin!..." Meanwhile, Nux was staring a piece of paper with the stakes and rules written on it.His opponent, who he knew was Gregory, had signed it, and i
"Vibration Runes are really dangerous." Nux muttered. The devastation of the explosion was immense, and the stage, which wasn't in a really good shape before, was now more cracked and had lost the protection dome, for now.Krad and his twin activated some enchantments, and like time reversal, the arena began to recover itself until it was just like it was a few minutes ago. A new barrier formed and showed with new Runes, and the Harpy within began to recover at a rapid rate too. The Siren too recovered from the dust particles it had turned into, and both Beast Souls were back to their peak in no time. Nux was surprised by this, so he activated Rune Sight to see what was going on, and he was surprised to see several healthy Green, White, and Gold Runes revolving around the two Beast Souls, with Brown and dull Grey Runes swirling around the stage. 'Those Green, White and Gold Runes kind of reminds me of this body's Mother.' Nux thought. 'I've not forgotten my promise to help her out
The battle was a bit awkward and no one expected the Slime to win, but it did anyway by acting weak, and then striking when it found the opportunity. Nux was perplexed honestly, that Slime's intelligence was astonishing, and it had taken him off guard. The Slime lacked the physical prowess to contend with it's opponent, so it used its smarts to level the playing field. Though Nux was sure, if he was the one within the dome, on the stage, and fighting any one of those beasts, he would emerge victorious. He was signaled, and the announcer's voice boomed in the arena. "OKAY! Quiet down! Quiet down! There's a new match coming up, a Duel to be precise. A battle that would make your blood boil. A battle that would keep you at the edge of your seats.""This is a battle between two archenemies, a battle to death, a situation where two ascend the stage, but only one descends.""Some of you might know this and have witnessed this before, but this is a battle between Gregory Peck, The Frost
A wave of embarrassment assaulted Gregory, and his face would have turned beet red had it not looked hideous. Though there were Pills and Elixirs that could heal burn marks, and surely Gregory should have some, being the son of a Baron, this was Draconic Flame we were talking about. Draconic Flames was one of the strongest flames in the entire world, and it's Ability to burn something to it's core was mortifying. Gregory was lucky Nux wasn't very proficient in using Runes yet, if not, he would have been turned into ashes the moment the Rune touched even a stand of hair on his body. He had only started regenerating after constant intake of medicines and receiving special treatment from strong healers. Still, his body was ugly and looked like he had gotten the injuries a few seconds ago. "Is that really the Frost Dancer?""I expected him to be more handsome, but is this thing even human?""I wouldn't want to look like him. Ever!"Nux on the stage stared at Gregory for a second, the
Nux blocked a fan with the side of his gauntlet, then drove his free arm into the Ice sculpture's face. That was the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the clone got obliterated. The next clone was demolished in the same fashion, and Nux was finally free from the clones attacks, facing only Gregory now. Nux easily overwhelmed him with his physical prowess and improved Martial Arts, and the long drawn out battle was coming to an end.Gregory's stamina wasn't great, and Nux even believed that he never brought out his full potential. But Nux was wrong. How many people could last this long against clones? How many could have quality mental strength to withstand Mental attacks? How many could withstand Gregory's strong Ice powers? How many could have great Hand-to-hand Martial Arts skills? And how many... How many could make use of them all seamlessly?Gregory was a prodigy. He was among the best of the Nobles, but he was unfortunate to meet Nux Steel, the Singularity.'If
Nux slept peacefully that night, but unknown to him, something that would forever change him was occuring. The spell scroll floated before the Dragon Beast Soul, then without warning, it burst into a shower of sparks and drifted across the air, entering the Dragon's body through its nostrils. The Dragon once again shuddered, and it's body began to glow with a bright White light. Cracks appeared in it's scales, though they quickly healed back, making the scales tougher and thicker.No other drastic change occured to the Dragon, but the White scales on its body became whiter and glowed faintly, and it's sleep didn't look so deep anymore. Nux slept for a long time as he recuperated fully, and even when he was back to his peak, he still stayed asleep some more. During his sleep though, he had a dream about being in a familiar dark space. All sounds, sight and feeling was cut off, and he basically lost all his senses. He couldn't even feel if his body was existing, as if being alive w
Nova sat under the shade of the treehouse, taking in the cool fresh air, while Nux leaned on his back with a scroll in his hands. "What kind of dumb Spell is this?" Nux asked with a twisted expression on his face."This Spells wants to turn me into a glorified Heater." He complained. Nux had been going through some the Fire Spells one by one, starting from the weakest to the strongest, and all he had been seeing were Spells that made his body parts hot."Hot Hands. Hot Legs. Hot Abs. Hot Back..." Nux read out. "Who even named them?!"Nux gave up on the Spells for now and decided that he would come back to them later. He had gone through the Spell he won from Gregory, and a number of Fire Spells too, yet he was having a hard time learning any one of them or making any substantial progress. The only thing he had learnt was that just like Humans, Beasts and Artifacts and Beast Equipments, Spells were ranked from F-Rank Grade-1 to S-Rank Grade-5.He climbed back into his treehouse, lai
"Well isn't it the lowly thieving scum!" A voice filled with contempt and disdain tore though the air, fueling Nux's anger. "How does it feel to ride such a magnificent Beast?" The voice uttered. Nux held his head down and clenched his fists, trying to control his rage."How does it feel to roam the skies on the back of such Legendary creature?!" The Noble continued.Seeing Nux seemingly looking down, the Noble took that gesture as Nux feeling awful and embarrassed by his words, so he continued."You have no idea just how powerful and costly such a Beast is, so you don't even know how to use him properly!""If I were you, I'll jus..."Before the Noble could even complete his statement, a beam of highly compressed heat hit his chest, causing it to cave in, and his body was sent flying back like a rag doll, his shirt burning off in a split second, and his flesh charring right after. He didn't even get the chance to recuperate before a wave of an unseen energy rammed him into the grou