Chapter 104: The Desolator (2/2)
"Oh? Ooh?? What is that, what is that!?"
Lumina's eyes were glimmering brightly as she saw Haruto underwent a transformation. She was observing the match alongside the other girls in the spectator's seats.
She was surprised Haruto was being pushed back by his opponent because from her calculation, his power should me much more than that. The girls though were watching the match with calm face so she felt something was off. And then suddenly an unexpected thing happened and she didn't know anything about it.
"That is called a Super Saiyan, Princess." Selianna said.
"Super...Saiyan? Saiyan you said? I never heard of a race like that." Lumina's face showed puzzlement.
"Hmm, I never heard about that too and so far Milord is the only one being such race. He said he's an alien, but what is an 'alien'?"
Selianna explained while tilting her head. When Haruto tried to explain about his race before to her, he told her he's an alien, a foreign concept for the people in this world.
"Ara? But Mi-tan is his older sister right? Are you a Saiyan too?" Lumina glanced at Asami.
"I 'was' his older sister, not anymore Lumina-san." Asami wryly smiled, ignoring the way the princess called her.
"I'm curious about what you mean but I guess I leave it for later time. Fufufu, so this Super Saiyan is him in full power?"
She looked back at the stage where the two fighters stood still unmoving.
"Hehehe~ Nii-sama became very ve~ry strong when he's like this and this is still not his full power!" Elsie said proudly and cheerfully.
"Yes, Haruto-kun still have the second level of the transformation." Kaori nodded.
"Second level? How many transformations did he have?" Lumina widened her eyes.
"Haru-kun told us he has five level of transformations, and as of currently, he can only used the first two levels." Rikka said.
"I bet he got the idea from Dad, becoming a Saiyan that is...." Asami murmured quietly remembering her father being a huge fan of Dragon Ball. They're truly father and son.
"...."
Lumina was silently contemplating their words. She knew how ridiculously powerful this transformation called a Super Saiyan was. Just the first level already increasing Haruto's power level immensely, what if he used the final level? What happened then? Could he perhaps able to fight on her level?
Her thought process was hitting the mark without her knowing. She must find out more about this mysterious race called a Saiyan after the tournament was over, or she could also ask Haruto directly. Her anticipations and excitements were skyrocketing right now. There was no doubt his lineage was also one of his source of strength and growth.
By this time the audiences were also making noises as if there's a commotion.
"My goodness, what in the world is that!?"
"I never seen something like that before, is he really a Human?"
"What a mysterious youngster, where did he come from?"
Such reactions happened on each person whose eyes filled with awe and shock. The women in particular were showing feverish gaze like a maiden in love, frowning the men sitting around them.
From the spectator's seats exclusive for participants, Lotus widened her eyes slightly and felt the increasing pressure originating from the youngster above. Her evaluations regarding her 'opponent' was increasing dramatically, she could now finally see what her 'mother' meant.
*Whoosh*
Haruto dispelled his flaring golden aura and looked at the arena below with his green eyes. Tram was still in stupor and only regained back to his senses after he saw the aura dispersed. He raised his guard back and gazed at his opponent sternly, he knew Haruto would be a completely different person than before and he couldn't afford to be careless.
Seeing that, Haruto made a smile and vanished from his place in the blink of an eye.
*Fwip*
Appearing on his opponent's back, he kicked the bearman upwards, launching him directly to the dome-like magical barrier with hole on top a few hundreds of meters away.
"Gah!"
Tram couldn't perceive his movement and was sent flying away like a pinball without resisting. The now golden haired boy chased after his figure as he soared through the sky making a trail of golden light.
*Whack!*
Arriving in front of the opponent, he made another kick to send him downwards back to the stage. The bearman couldn't regain his balance and was forced to be launched on a different direction before a blast of energy came towards him.
*Bam!*
"Guh!"
He shielded the blast using his sword, causing him to suffer some damage from the shock and explosion. Unknowingly, by this moment Haruto already reach his blind spot and grabbed his head from the back.
*Pow!*
A solid punch landed on the cheek that made his vision blurry from how painful and powerful it was. And then more attack came to his chin originated from Haruto's foot.
*BAM* *BAM* *BAM* *BAM* *BAM*
The greatsword wielder bearman could only helplessly became a punching bag by his opponent. The view on his eyes were repeatedly changing from up, down, left, right before a terrible blow smacked him right above his head.
"Oh god, how did he become so powerful?"
"The Desolator couldn't do anything against him, is this for real?"
"No, not yet. Although the boy is winning right now but the opponent is still not using his full power, it's too early to tell."
The prowess Haruto showed caused the audience to feel fear and amazement. Their eyes were glued on the stage almost without blinking. Although a lot of them will lost a lot of money due to the betting, they felt the interesting match was worth it as they saw the unknown ordinary teenage boy constantly showing unexpected things.
*Grip*
"I guess I'll return your words back on you."
*Whack!*
"Guha..!"
The greatsword that was swung against him were easily prevented by his arm, Haruto added a strong side kick on Tram's gut, that made him let out some blood from his mouth.
"Is this all you got? I now you're still hiding your strength, if you're not going to use it I will finish the match here and now."
Haruto said gazing down at his opponent. From the story of this bearman defeating a dozen Demon Lords, there's no way his power only amounted this much.
Tram raised his battered body staggeringly, he was panting heavily and needed to catch his breath for a few seconds before replying on Haruto.
"Heh you're right young man. It seems like I'm the one underestimating you. I've learn a lot from this fight. That's why allow me to show you everything I've got!"
Tram tore off his gray tank top, revealing the incredible muscles of his tanned upper body. A subtle glow began to envelop his figure that sent chills on the surrounding audiences.
"AAAAAHHHH!!"
A pillar of energy aura shot off through the sky as the bearman's appearance started to change. His body was covered by dark brown fur and grew slightly larger. The eyes turned into beastly shape that caused him to look more ferocious.
"Beast Awakening huh...."
Haruto was not surprised, he already predicted his opponent could do the rare innate ability of a beastman. The middle aged man ahead of him was now radiating a pressure and aura several times stronger than before. Some of his injuries were healed, leaving him with only a few bruises from Haruto's attacks before.
In addition, the large sword in his hand was also changing slightly, becoming larger and turned a bit reddish in color. In response to Tram's increase in power, the sword Artifact was also showing improvement.
"UOOOOO!!"
Tram raised a beastly roar and charged ahead ferociously. The great sword was held up high and swung diagonally that made a red line on its trail. Haruto conjured a blade of energy on his hand and defended against the attack.
*BAM!*
"Hnnghh!"
"Grrrhh!"
The two people were locked in a clashing position with neither side being pushed back. The clash produced horrible sparks and sent a ripple of waves around the arena. The audiences closed their ears because of the screeching sound caused by the collision.
"Grahh!"
The one breaking the deadlock was Tram who released a kick from below. Haruto dodged by side stepping to the left. The other side proceeded to move his sword to the side, charging a tremendous energy and sliced through on his opponent.
Leaping upwards, Haruto evaded the attack. He saw from above that a giant crescent moon energy blade produced by the slash were piercing through the void, ramming against the barrier.
*BANG!!*
*CRACK* *CRACK*
"T-The barrier!!"
"Impossible, it was cracked!"
"Don't tell me it's going to be destroyed!? We're going to die!"
The earth-shattering attack made the powerful barrier cracked as if it was going to he destroyed. The audiences right behind the barrier was panicking with fully terrified expression, they started to get away from their seats but they realized the barrier managed to withstand the attack. The cracks started regenerating before it returned back to normal, sighing a relief from the people.
The tournament staffs were cursing the participants for not paying attentions for the audiences. They decided to activate the second layer of the barrier, a much stronger one than the previous right behind the first layer.
"Wow, that Ossan (Mister) is so powerful!" Fia exclaimed.
"Well, he managed to close the gap between him and Haruto-kun after using Beast Awakening, I wonder if you can do the same Fia-chan?" Kaori nodded and asked.
"Hmm, I don't think so. Maybe in the future I can use it, but I don't like the way my appearance will change similar to a full beast." Fia shook her head and frowned imagining herself with an almost fox appearance except for her face.
"Hahaha! Who knows? Maybe Haru-tan will like fox-chan's appearance like that you know~?" Lumina laughed.
"Knowing him, maybe he will." Asami nodded.
"Yup, I bet he will loves to pet your fur Fia-san." Rikka agreed.
"I-Is that so?" Fia blushed thinking it might not be so bad after all.
The fight continued on the stage becoming more and more intense over time. By now, there's already countless grooves and cracks around the platform that never been damaged so far. A Katchin that made the arena platform was second hardest material in the world, it was not easy to deal a damage on the structure.
Tram unleashed a giant sword aura that covered a large area in a brilliant light. Haruto filled his fist with huge golden energy waves and punched through the shockwave to disperse the attack. He spent quite a lot of effort every time he had to deal with his opponents large area attack.
"*Pant* *Pant* Looks like you're worthy of having the title of Desolator, there's no way you won't cause a wreck everytime you fought." Haruto panted with an impressed face.
"*Pant* *Pant* You too young man. People like us won't be able to fight quietly during moment like this. This is what makes battles so fascinating." Tram smirked.
During the fight, Tram was constantly launching powerful waves of slashes from his sword, the attack he launched on the sky even cut through the atmosphere and clouds, showing how powerful it was. Right now his blade was weight more than fifty Ton, perhaps around sixty or seventy. Such an absurd strength could destroy a huge mountain within a single blow.
"Heh, although I like fighting but I also like peaceful life just the same so I guess we're a bit different in that. Still, it's about time we finished this... HAAAH!!" Haruto crossed his arms, releasing them and burst out his golden aura. His power level raised once more.
"Mu!? You're still not using your full power until now!?" Tram was dumbstruck.
"Hehe, you're really strong Tram but too bad that I'm still stronger!"
*BANG!*
"!! ..Guoh!?"
A fist landed right on his solar plexus, making him stumbled his waist backwards with his vision blurring. His arm was grabbed by the opponent and he was swung around in circular motion. Haruto threw him outside the arena with speed like a rifle bullet.
"Ka....me....ha....me...."
Tram was barely able to stop his momentum before he touched the ground, only to notice Haruto was cupping his hands on his side, charging a shining blue energy sphere to deliver a finishing blow on his opponent.
Thinking he can't escape, Tram decided to meet the attack with his leftover strength. He gripped the handle of his great sword using both hands and pointed it towards the sky, pouring a huge energy that made the blade shone bright, growing into a few tens of meters tall.
"HAAA!!"
"EARTH....SPLITTER!!"
Haruto shot off the Super Kamehameha wave towards his opponent with the other side meeting his attack directly using the enormous brilliant sword light that could slice through the earth easily.
*BANG!!!*
A bone-crushing shockwave and sound ripples through the place, it was causing the whole arena to quake greatly with the barrier constantly making disturbing buzzing sound to defend the people from the fearsome collision. The first layer was destroyed, leaving the second layer to go into action. Thankfully, because it was much more durable than before, the audiences were safe from the shock.
The desperate bearman was using all of his might to try cutting the massive blue beam launched by the opponent. Unfortunately, after a minute of struggles, the brilliant light on the sword started to fade out, unable to carry out its duty as it shattered into countless particles of light. Tram sighed with helpless smile and accepted his defeat.
Seeing that, Haruto pulled back his own attack to prevent from dealing fatal injuries on his opponent. The beam exploded, blowing Tram away crashing into the barrier. He was knocked out as he dropped to the ground below the stage. Thanks to Haruto reducing his power on the last moment, the injuries were not serious and Tram's life was not in danger.
The female announcer observed Tram's unmoving condition and declared loudly using the mic.
[The winner is contestant Haruto!!]
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