Nux's head snapped in the direction of the room where the twins were, and he could still see them staring at the gauntlet in his arms with furrowed brows. 'I've taken care of the Beast, so what next?' Nux thought warily. 'I definitely can't fight Krad, and if there are two of him, I don't think I stand a chance.''I need to escape!' Nux stared at the dome, searching for a weak point he could exploit. The dome had Whitish Runes on it, and Nux had a vague feeling that he wouldn't be able to break out of it easily. Still, he moved towards it with the Arm Of Finality raised."There's no need to worry about anything, you've just defeated the Beast and would be let out now." Krad's voice drifted into Nux's ears. Nux speedily turned around and shot Krad a serious stare. "What do you want?" Nux asked, wondering how Krad had gotten in there with him. "..." Krad stared with a confused look on his face. "What.. do you mean by that?..."Nux stayed silent, observing Krad's every movement wit
Nux watched the two beasts duke it out, going full throttle from the start. He was still baffled about the Ability to bring out ones Beast Soul and was thinking about all the possibilities with that Ability, so he didn't even notice when the Beast's eventually stopped fighting. The next fights were epic and destructive, with the dome covering the stage cracking sometimes, though withstanding the pummeling it received and recovering itself. Nux saw several types of Beast Souls going at it with full power, and he was able to witness some crazy powers being displayed. A Beast Soul that looked like the beautiful image of a woman with wings, showed it's crazy Ability to control shockwaves. At first Nux thought it was damage reversal, but when he saw that it's injuries weren't being transfers over to its opponents, he scratched that idea. He thought it was sound too, but he later came to realise that it was controlling shockwaves! This Ability, no matter how crazy it sounded, was a
Whispers and mummurs spread quickly, and information was diseminated at a shocking speed. "King's Decree!" A student exclaimed. "That's the Spell taught by Teacher Jessie and Tony. "Oh, you mean that powerful Spell that lets you control things with words!" "Yes that one." "They said those are the classes most of the new students are in, and I also heard most of them have been in those two classes for almost a week now, learning all they can." "It's normal actually, that Spell is very hard to learn and takes time. And if it wasn't for the Teachers not allowing the students to get a copy of the spell, everyone would have had one and would be studying it constantly." "It took me two years to learn Beggar's Plea!" "Sigh! At least you learnt something, I never got shit from the spell even though I studied it for two years too." "Haha! I remember when we too slept in the Class for a whole month as freshers, trying to learn the Spell to no avail." A student who looked to be drunk an
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