บท 30: Chapter 30: A glimpse of power.
Agares and his team walked up the stairs in the middle row of the auditorium. He looked at each one of them and his expression was enough to tell that he wasn't interested in any of them because they were inferior to him. The moment he and his team looked at Mykel and his team, he smirked and found their interest.
Coincidentally, their seats were right behind Mykel's team, and they took a seat as they kept staring at Mykel and his team. The auditorium's atmosphere became heavier and heavier which made most of them hard to breathe. Mykel suddenly stood up and slowly turned around to look Agares in the eye. Everyone immediately looked at him and wondered what he was trying to do.
"We don't mind if you keep staring at us, but can you stop oozing your fiendish aura? It's making everyone uncomfortable," Mykel said and puffed the smoke of his cigarette.
Agares scoffed with a smirk as he raised his left eyebrow, "What are you talking about? We have no idea what you mean by that, and if they're troubled by our presence, that means they're weak."
The announcer was about to calm them down, but then Alfredo raised his right hand. He wanted to see what was going to happen and was interested in what would Mykel do against Agares, his most valuable Awakener.
A notification appeared right in front of Mykel.
[Due to the System is still in the progress of reestablishing, the System cannot bring the [Judgement Arcana] skill back to the Owner]
[The System has found a solution and is currently degrading the [Judgement Arcana] skill]
[Due to the System is still in the progress of reestablishing, the System cannot bring the [Judgement] skill to the Owner]
[The System has found a solution and is currently degrading the [Judgement] skill]
[You have attained a new skill!]
[You have attained [Tyrannize] skill!]
[The [Tyrannize] skill level has been maxed out!]
"This is what I meant," Mykel said with a blank expression and his right eyebrow raised as he activated his [Tyrannize] skill.
Everyone in the auditorium trembled in fear and none of them could breathe from Mykel's presence. The announcer and Alfredo fell to the ground and started crying with their whole bodies trembling in fear. Jeanne and the others tried to hide their faces with their hands, but their hands trembled uncontrollably which made them difficult to do so.
It was the first time for Elena, and she never thought she would feel fear in her entire life. She couldn't speak, her eyes started to water, and she wanted to ask Mykel to stop because it terrified her.
Agares and his team were terrified, but they could handle the effect of Mykel's skill. Although they looked fine, their hands trembled and they didn't want to speak a single word because they knew their voices would tremble.
"I didn't expect that all of you could resist my presence, that's really amazing. If you want to play, we can play anytime you want and I'll be there, but this isn't the right time for that, do you understand?" Mykel asked as he kept staring at Agares with a deadly stare. "Or we can play right here, right now, and I'll send all of you back to where you belong. Which one do you choose?" Mykel asked with his eyebrows raised.
Agares didn't want to say a word, and then he slowly raised his trembling hands up in the air. Although they were Dukes of Hell, as long as they weren't in hell, they lost at least half of their power, just like any Demons that were powerful in their own domains. Agares knew he could win even if it was a small chance, but he didn't want to take the risk since it wasn't worth it.
"I know you're smart," Mykel smiled and then deactivated his [Tyrannize] skill.
Everyone was able to breathe again, and they were gasping for air as they wiped their tears. They had never experienced something like that before, and then they all looked at Mykel with terrified looks on their faces. They realized how powerful Mykel was by only showing off his overwhelming presence that he had been hiding all that time.
Mykel looked at Jeanne, Aurea, Elena, Lillith, Nagy, Lyneth, Enma, and Bhatmelec sobbing and gasping for air. He felt bad about it, but it was necessary and was a good impression to show the world how terrifying he was.
They ended up taking half an hour's break, and everyone used that opportunity to go outside to get some fresh air. Mykel used that opportunity to comfort the ladies and explain what actually happened.
"So it has been proved that the seven of them are Dukes of Hell by how they react to your skill?" Jeanne asked as she kept trying to keep herself together.
"Yes, my Tyrannize skill is only effective against human beings, other than that, they're quite resistant against the skill. Now, all we have to do is get their names, and perhaps find which Duke they are," Mykel answered as he looked at the empty auditorium. "Anyway, everyone should be back in any minute now. We can continue this conversation later," Mykel said as he sat down.
Everyone came back and Alfredo stood on the podium to start the conference. He opened the conference with his vision, mission, and purpose of guilds, Awakeners, and Chosen Ones. He wanted to make an inner circle inside a big circle by giving examples and the benefits of their current situation and position.
"What you're trying to say is that you want us to become looters that steal stuff from a house that's already burning? You want us to take advantage of the current situation and the goal is to overrule the world?" Magnus asked.
"The law and the system are already broken. This world is no longer ruled by people with intelligence alone. In this kind of world, everyone is only depending on people who can protect them, which is all of you here," Alfredo said. "You no longer serve the King or the President of your country, you serve the Gods who have chosen you. Your purpose is to take back the lands that they used to rule, and make it yours, am I correct?" Alfredo asked back to Magnus.
Everyone already knew what the purpose of the conference was after hearing that explanation. Some of them were interested, some were against it, and everyone started to argue about it. It was as Mykel expected that Alfredo was looking at which guild he could take advantage of.
"Let me ask a question, but not to you, Sir Alfredo, but to Mykel," Lazarus said as he looked at Mykel. "What's your opinion about this?" Lazarus asked.
"I think we're doomed that's what I believe in. Everyone here is talking about the future as if there's one in the first place," Mykel answered, and his answer made everyone quiet and listened to what he had to say next. "I don't really care about fame and wealth which I don't really agree with the first point of what Alfredo said. But, if those people who don't do anything but only sit on their desks demanding us to take back the country as if it's still theirs in the first place, I don't want that," Mykel continued.
"What are you trying to say?" Magnus asked.
"What I'm trying to say is that the world keeps changing, and this is the moment of change. If we are the ones who sacrificed our lives for the safety of our people, aren't we should be the ones that should lead them and not those people behind their desks?" Mykel answered. "That's where I agree on the second point of what Alfredo said, and I think we deserve it because the Gods are the ones who chose you," Mykel pointed out.
Everyone nodded their heads in agreement or with understanding on the points that Mykel made. They became less aggressive against each other and started discussing rather than arguing.
"Can we state the obvious first before we go further?" Shanka asked. "We can talk about this if the world is safe, but the fact two incidents had happened and one of them is one of the strongest guilds hasn't come back yet, we should worry about the portal first," Shanka said as he looked at everyone.
The auditorium became silent because they had been trying to think of a way to prevent the portal from bringing in more demons. Unfortunately, they had no clue on how prepared they were or how strong they were to deal with it. They didn't want to make the same mistake as the Winter Guild or the Chosen Ones from the United States.
"We should stop anyone from entering the portals, at least until we are totally prepared. If we forced ourselves into the portal and ended up like them, we're not only risking our lives, but we're also endangering the people on Earth because we are the only ones who can protect them," James said and uttered his opinion.
"I agree, but for how long until you think that we're all prepared?" Zhang asked.
"I don't know," James answered.
"If that's the case, the Rebirth Guild will give it a try," Mykel said.
"Just the fourteen of you? Are you suicidal?" Darius asked.
"No, just the twelve of us," Mykel answered.
"That's stupid," Shanka said.
"Do you need validation? We don't mind sparring with each one of you," Mykel said. "If one of my team members lost, I'll take my words back and won't enter the portal," Mykel continued as he looked at Darius and Shanka.
"It's getting boring here anyway, so that should be enough entertainment," Darius answered with a smirk.
บท 31: Chapter 31: Sparring. (1)
"I have no idea why I'm here, and why me first?" Rozan asked as he looked at Jeanne and the others who were sitting on the bench near the arena.
"Because you're the weakest than all of us, so we don't really want to waste our time and effort if you lost when the rest of us won against them before you," Elena answered with a smile.
"Wow, really? You guys think so too?" Rozan asked as he looked at Gunnar and the others. "You guys are fucking assholes," Rozan shook his head in disappointment.
"It wasn't us who decide that though! Elena was the one who gave the order, not us," Sven said as he pointed at Elena who was chuckling at Rozan's reaction.
"Whatever. I'll show you guys what I can do," Rozan said as he turned around and looked at his opponent.
Jeanne looked around the arena, and she saw everyone was gathered, not a single person that wasn't interested in the spar. There was someone who didn't come to the training ground, and that was Mykel since he went to have a private talk with Alfredo. He said that he was invited by Alfredo so he could smoke the best cigar that Alfredo had, so he used that excuse to talk with Alfredo privately.
Rozan fought a Chosen One from the Zoroaster Guild, and he was surprised that his opponent was so easy to deal with. He didn't need to use his [Enhancement Magic] skill to make him stronger. The reason was that he had been training and sparring with Mykel so many times that it made him easy to read his opponent's movement. In the end, he knocked down his opponent and he still couldn't believe how easy it was for him to defeat the opponent.
He then fought one member of most of the guilds, and he won without him realizing it. He walked down the arena and people were clapping their hands for him. He realized something and wanted to confirm to others what he found about why his opponents were so easy.
"You're right, these guys are nothing without their artifacts," Rozan said quietly as he looked at Jeanne.
"It's a given since it's a spar and they have to use the weapons that are provided here. Without their artifacts, they have become normal Awakeners," Jeanne answered.
Jeanne knew about it from back then when she talked with one of the Chosen Ones. All the Chosen Ones weren't given ability or power by the Gods, they were given artifacts that would help them in fighting demons. Gods gave them ability and power through sponsorship, and she also realized that only a few of them were sponsored for an unknown reason.
Although they were called the Chosen Ones, they still had to make Gods interested in them once they were inside. It was like an auction where the Gods chose who they wanted to give their artifact to, and that meant the Chosen One could get a really bad artifact, and they couldn't complain about it.
"It works like a charm though," Elena said as she crossed her legs and rested her elbow on it and her head on her fist. "They were listening to your blabbering and decided to send their weakest members. Now that you have won, there's nothing that we need to be worried about," Elena smirked.
"You're literally a woman version of Mykel, and that terrifies me," Rozan looked at Elena in disbelief. "Wait, so you're serious about me being the weakest?" Rozan asked and just realized what she said.
"Alright, who wants to go next?" Elena said and ignored Rozan's question.
"Can I? This is making me nervous, and I don't want to do it later because I can't handle the atmosphere," Nagy said as she looked at Elena.
Nagy walked up to the arena and it didn't take long until she defeated all of her opponents because she was so used to her ability to see weaknesses. It was like the back of her head whenever she was dealing with humans or any creatures that resembled a human body. She didn't even use any effort to knock her opponents down which surprised everyone who watched her because she looked like a shy person and fragile.
Lillith, Jeanne, and Aurea hugged Nagy and they were so proud of her for stomping on her opponents.
Vincze, Sven, Gerrard, Gunnar, Lillith, Enma, and Bhatmelec, won their turns and put their opponents to shame.
"It's just the three of us left, who wants to go next?" Elena looked at Jeanne and Aurea.
"I'll go," Aurea said as she stood up.
Aurea walked up to the arena with a sword in her hand, and the way she carried her sword made everyone unsettled. She was dragging the sword and letting the tip of the blade scrape the floor, and the way she stared at everyone made them think about what kind of opponent they were going to face.
"We almost forgot who she was back then. I hope she didn't do anything that would put us in trouble," Jeanne said as she looked at Aurea.
"Well, we can just call it an accident," Elena answered and leaned her back on the bench. "Seeing her like that, I bet only a few of them want to challenge her," Elena pointed out.
As soon as Elena said that, the first one who walked up the arena was a Chosen One from the Shinshi Clan. He had a ponytail and he was carrying the sword with respect, unlike Aurea.
Aurea watched the man ready his stance elegantly, but she immediately dashed forward which surprised him. The man held the sword handle so tightly and the moment Aurea was in range, he swung his sword down diagonally, but to his surprise that Aurea didn't try to block it. She dodged it in a split second before the blade touched her neck down to her waist.
"You're done," Aurea said and threw an uppercut with her left fist.
The man was stunned and almost lost consciousness, but when he glanced at Aurea, she was about to stab him right in the throat. He knew he couldn't dodge it and was terrified of how she was sparring to kill, and not to win.
"Aurea!" Elena shouted as she crossed her arms and legs on the bench. "This is just a spar, hold your bloodlust," Elena said calmly.
Aurea stopped pushing her sword and it stopped right on the man's neck. The tip of her blade was already inside the man's throat, and then she pulled it away.
"You're lucky," Aurea whispered and then walked away as she chuckled. "Who's next?" Aurea asked as she looked around.
"There's no rule on how many people can challenge them, right? If that's the case we will be your next opponents," Khai said as he walked into the arena with Rash.
"I don't fight a kid," Aurea chuckled as she pointed at Khai. "You need to grow up and hold a proper weapon, not kitchen knives like that," Aurea said as she looked at the daggers in Khai's hands.
Khai looked so pissed and immediately ran toward Aurea as he crossed his hand and pointed his daggers at her. Rash was surprised that Khai would act so rashly, and then he ran and tried to catch up with Khai.
"Fighting a kid like you, I don't need to use this. Come!" Aurea said as she stabbed the sword on the floor.
Aurea dodged every single attack that Khai did as if she read him like an open book. Khai's attacks were fast and precise, and yet he couldn't land a single hit on her which made him frustrated. The reason why was that Aurea had been fighting Lillith millions of times, and she knew how to deal with anyone who used daggers.
"Let the grow-ups enjoy the fight, you can sit back and watch," Aurea said and then she dashed forward.
Aurea punched Khai right on the nose and sent him off the arena just like that. Rash was surprised, but he took his turn to fight Aurea, and yet Aurea kept using her bare hands to fight him.
"What can you do without your artifact?" Aurea asked as she dodged Rash's attacks. "I'll show you what a real Awakener can do," Aurea grabbed the blade with her right hand and shattered it into pieces.
Everyone was shocked because nobody would be crazy enough to stop a sharp blade with a bare hand. They were dumbfounded that she didn't look in pain even though her hand started bleeding.
"You're too weak," Aurea used the back of her left hand and sent Rash off the arena. "Next!" Aurea shouted.
They watched as Aurea licked the blood that dripped down to her forearm. She licked it like it was strawberry jam and then she slurped the blood on her palm like it was wine. They realized how crazy she was and they didn't want to fight her after witnessing that.
"No one? I guess my turn is over already," Aurea said as she licked her lips which were covered in blood.
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