บท 32: Chapter 32: Sparring. (2)
James, Victor, Travis, and Morris were sitting together on the bench on the other side of the arena. They weren't surprised not shocked because they had seen them in real combat and knew that they were scarier than demons.
"They said that they're not confident with themselves to enter the portal, and yet they're beating the strongest Chosen Ones like it was nothing," Morris said as he gulped.
"We don't stand a chance, aren't we?" James asked. "I wonder how could they be so strong even though they don't have a sponsor. Are they like this purely from their status points and skills?" James asked again.
Nobody could answer James' questions because Mykel and his team were so secretive about everything. They wouldn't get the answer even if they tried, and they had tried any kind of method to find any information about them.
"You want to go next, Jeanne?" Elena asked as she looked at Jeanne.
"Sure, so you want to be last?" Jeanne asked as she stood up and looked at Elena.
"I do. I want to try to fight all the guild leaders, and especially those guys," Elena answered as she looked at Agares and his team who hadn't joined the spar. "I want to see if I'm strong enough to fight them," Elena continued.
"They're different, Elena. Please don't provoke them because if you lose, Mykel would be disappointed," Jeanne said and she looked concerned.
"Don't worry about me. You should worry about yourself in there because your opponents would be different from the rest," Elena replied, and could tell everyone started to get fired up for the spar. "They won't hold back anymore," Elena continued.
Jeanne hummed with understanding and then walked to the weapon racks as she observed everyone on the training ground. She grabbed a sword, but then she thought that she might need a spare, so she grabbed another one.
As soon as Jeanne walked up into the arena, a man entered the arena with two swords in his hands. He was from the Valhalla Guild, and he had been with Magnus' side all the time. He was the vice leader of the Valhalla Guild, and he seemed determined about the spar.
"Before we start, can I ask you something, miss?" The man asked. "From all of you, where do you rank yourself in terms of combative experience?" he continued.
"She's the second strongest here. You don't want to take her lightly," Elena answered the question for him.
"I see, so you're the vice leader of the Rebirth Guild?" The man asked.
"You're wrong. She said the second strongest here, and the first one is her. If you think Mykel is on the chart with us, you have mistaken. He's in his own league," Jeanne answered.
"I see, but I won't hold back," The man said as he swung his swords and then readied his stance.
"Freyja," Jeanne said since the man's stance was similar to Freyja's.
The man was surprised and it looked like Jeanne was spot on about it, and that made the man lose his confidence. He then dashed forward and swung his sword at Jeanne's face, but to his surprise, Jeanne parried his attacks and made him lose his balance.
He thought that Jeanne would attack him just like Aurea did, but she waited until he recovered. He misjudged her, and somehow he admired her because she respected him as her opponent.
"May I ask your name, miss?" The man asked.
"Jeanne. Jeanne Dvar," Jeanne answered.
"What a beautiful name. My name is Erik Bjornson, the vice leader of the Valhalla Guild," Erik said as he readied his stance.
Jeanne gently smiled and nodded her head as she readied her stance as well.
Erik tried to pull something out from under his shirt, it was a necklace and then he held it tightly. His whole body started to glow light green and then the light got absorbed into his body.
"Nice artifact, is that a Brisingamen?" Jeanne asked.
"How do you know?" Eric asked with a shocked expression.
"Queen of the Valkyries, Freyja treasured that necklace of hers. To think she would lend it to you, I guess she's fond of you," Jeanne answered. "But that's not going to help you, because I know everything about her," Jeanne smiled.
Erik didn't want to believe Jeanne's words, and it made his confidence waver. He decided to ignore it and just focus on the spar because he believed he had become stronger than her.
Everyone watched the fierce battle on the sides of the arena and was amazed by both of them. But they could tell who had the upper hand, and it was Jeanne because she didn't use any effort to repel and parry all Erik's attacks. They already knew the outcome, but not Erik, he believed that he could beat her as long as there was no time limit.
The longer Erik fought Jeanne, the more he realized the gap between the two of them.
"Thank you for going all out, but this isn't your moment," Jeanne said as she blocked Erik's two swords with her sword. "Everyone is waiting in line and you had your time already," Jeanne used all her strength and pushed Erik away from her.
"Is that so? I guess I'm not on your level yet. Thank you for the good fight," Erik said as he lowered his swords. "I forfeit," Erik raised his hand and then walked down the arena.
Everyone clapped their hands because it was an amazing fight.
Jeanne looked at her sword and it was brittle, she put the sword away and used the other one that she had prepared. When she looked at the other side of the arena, he saw five men walking up the arena. Everyone was surprised when they saw all the seven guildmasters walk up into the arena. Magnus, Lazarus, Shanka, Zhang, Ren, Jeong, and Darius were standing in the arena with their artifacts ready in their hands.
The seven of them were ready to fight Jeanne, but then they were taken aback by something and looked at someone behind Jeanne. Jeanne turned around and saw Aurea holding a dozen swords in her arms that she carried. She stabbed all the swords on the floor as she looked at Jeanne and then winked at her.
"I wish I can join you, but I got my time already. I just came here to bring you some spares since you're going to need them," Aurea said.
"Thanks, Aurea," Jeanne smiled as she nodded her head with understanding.
Aurea whispered something in Jeanne's right ear, and then Jeanne started to blush as Aurea giggled naughtily. Aurea then walked down the stairs as the others were looking at them and wondered what Aurea whispered into Jeanne's ear that made her blush like that.
"You said that we shouldn't underestimate her, right? Then we will test if she's indeed that strong," Lazarus said as he swung his spear.
Elena only smirked and raised her right eyebrow.
Magnus stared at Jeanne and he used the artifact which was the eye patch. He could see the outcome of the battle with it, and to his surprise that the probability of them winning was sixty percent. He got a chill down his spine when he saw the probability, and it made him think how strong Jeanne actually was that the seven of them weren't enough to give them a total victory.
"(Mykel, I wish you were here. I want you to see me)" Jeanne thought to herself as she closed her eyes.
"(I'm not there, but I'm watching you, Jeanne)" Mykel's voice could be heard inside her head.
Jeanne was startled when she heard Mykel's voice, and she immediately looked around and thought if she was imagining things.
"(Mykel? You got your power back?)" Jeanne asked.
"(Not all of them, but it keeps coming back one by one)" Mykel answered. "(You don't have to worry, and I have been watching all of you since the beginning. You're the heroine of the story, Jeanne, and you're also the heroine in this story. I believe in you)" Mykel said.
Jeanne smiled happily and it made everyone look at her with confused looks. But then she started to blush again and covered her face with her left hand.
"(Wait, did you hear what Aurea whispered to me earlier?)" Jeanne asked.
"(Unfortunately, yes. I'm fine with that, we can spend the night together. We haven't done it ever since we came back to Earth)" Mykel answered. "(In fact, I would love to)" Mykel pointed out.
Jeanne smiled and then lowered her left hand from her face. She immediately readied her stance again and this time she looked fired up.
"(It's a promise then)" Jeanne said.
[Raven's Eye has recalculated the probability of the outcome]
[Chance of winning is 20%]
บท 33: Chapter 33: Sparring. (3)
"So, where were we? I'm sorry that I had to leave to take care of other matters," Alfredo asked as he sat down in front of Mykel with a cigar in his left hand.
"About the important news that you were about to tell me," Mykel answered as he puffed the smoke and looked at the cigar in his hand.
"Right, the important news. I want to make a deal with you, something that's far greater than any deals that we had," Alfredo said as he fixed his sitting and looked at Mykel with excitement.
"A deal?" Mykel asked.
"Yes, about your plan on entering the portal," Alfredo answered as he leaned forward. "Everyone knows that the Chosen Ones from the United States won't be able to make it out alive, so what I want to offer you is more than just money this time," Alfredo said and smoked his cigar.
Mykel furrowed his eyebrows and thought about what Alfredo wanted from that, but then he realized as he watched the battle between the seven guildmasters against Jeanne. He wanted the artifacts, or at least that was what he thought because an artifact was worth more than anything and they were a one-of-a-kind item.
"You want their artifacts..." Mykel said as he squinted his eyes and looked at Alfredo.
Alfredo showed a huge grin on his face, and he was glad that Mykel could see through him.
"Yes! I want all of them, or we can split it in half if you want to," Alfredo said.
"No, you can have all of them. I don't really need an artifact, but I wonder what are you going to offer if you know a single artifact worth more than hundreds of strong demons," Mykel replied as he crossed his arms.
Alfredo looked at his advisor and then nodded his head at the advisor. The advisor walked toward the desk and grabbed a document from there. He walked back and gave the document to Alfredo.
"This is worth more than money," Alfredo said as he slowly slid the document toward Mykel.
Mykel stared at it and he could see the symbol of an eye inside a triangle on the cover. He pretended to not know what it meant and opened the document so casually. The first thing he noticed was that it was a form, and his name was already printed on the paper. It was a membership to become a part of the Illuminati cult, and he read it thoroughly.
"You know about it, don't you?" Alfredo asked, and his tone went deeper and his face became serious as he looked Mykel in the eye.
"I know, but not that much," Mykel answered and he chose the safest answer because he didn't know if Alfredo knew what Mykel knew, or if Alfredo was just testing him. "Devil worshippers," Mykel continued and wanted to know Alfredo's reaction.
Alfredo didn't respond to Mykel's words, but then he laughed so hard that the advisor started to laugh as well.
"I never thought you would believe in those," Alfredo said as he cleared his throat.
"The fact that demons do exist, I don't think it sounds that crazy or funny anymore," Mykel said as he kept reading the document. "Since I don't know much about this Illuminati or Freemason thing, why don't you explain it to me about this first?" Mykel asked as he looked at Alfredo.
(At the training ground)
Darius was thrown out of the arena with the scimitar in his hand. Jeanne kicked him out of the arena when he was trying to get close to her, and he was still in shock at how that happened.
"How was it? Did it surprise you?" Zhang asked as he looked at Darius on the ground.
Darius didn't say anything and immediately got up to look at the rest of them who were still in the arena. He wasn't the first one that fell for the same trick, Ren was the first one who fell, then Zhang not long after, and he was the third one who got sent off the arena.
The ones who were still in the arena were Magnus, Shanka, Lazarus, and Jeong. They were surrounding Jeanne, but she moved like an eel and could free herself from the corner. She could block an attack from her blind spot like it was nothing, and she didn't only use her sword, she used her fist, and feet to fight.
"That's your tenth sword, Miss Jeanne. You're running out of weapons," Shanka said as he pointed his staff at Jeanne.
"Am I?" Jeanne asked and dashed forward and attacked Jeong.
Jeanne caught Jeong off guard, and he was knocked down by her attack. Shanka, Lazarus, and Magnus knew what she was going to do next, so they prevented her from eliminating Jeong. She dodged Magnus' spear, Lazarus' spear, and Shanka's staff, and then she trusted her sword right at Lazarus which took him by surprise as well. Jeanne kicked him off the arena when he tried to dodge it, and it happened in a split second.
"My target was you all along," Jeanne said with a gentle smile and looked at Darius who was lying on the ground. "Now you're running out of men," Jeanne looked at Shanka over her shoulder.
[Raven's eye has recalculated the outcome]
[The chance of winning is 0%]
"The chance drops to zero the moment Lazarus got eliminated," Magnus said as he lowered his spear.
Jeong and Shanka looked at Magnus and they were surprised when the probability dropped from ten percent to zero. They trusted the artifact that Magnus had, and they couldn't believe that they couldn't beat Jeanne even though there were still three of them.
"If I'm allowed to use my magic, will the probability change?" Shanka asked.
"It rises up to twenty percent chance," Magnus answered.
Shanka chuckled quietly as he shook his head in disbelief. He felt insulted when his magic which was given to Ra himself was worth not more than twenty percent.
"You don't believe in the artifact that Odin himself gave him?" Jeanne asked. "You're free to use your magic, and I'll prove to you that he's not wrong," Jeanne swung her sword and readied her stance.
Shanka raised his staff and created spikes that appeared from the ground. Jeanne took a leap forward and it surprised Shanka that she would approach him instead of avoiding him. She dodged and broke the spikes that kept appearing from the ground, and then she threw her sword right on Shanka's staff before he could use another magic.
Shanka lost his grip on his staff and it spun in mid-air, and when he tried to catch it, Jeanne kicked his back and sent him off the ground. She knew that the staff was worth more than the result of the spar, that was why she targeted the staff in the first place.
"I can't use magic, but I have fought the best mage I know and I know every weakness of mages," Jeanne said and then looked at Rozan.
Rozan was flattered when Jeanne said that, and he felt proud of himself for some reason.
"I forfeit," Magnus said as he raised his spear.
"Me too," Jeong said as he raised his sword.
Everyone clapped their hands and was amazed by Jeanne's skill, and so far she was the most exciting and amazing than the others.
"I think we all can agree that we acknowledge the Rebirth Guild and their capabilities of clearing the portal," Magnus said as he looked at everyone on the training ground.
Everyone nodded their heads in agreement since the seven strongest guildmasters were defeated by her.
"Hold on a minute, there's one member left that hasn't proven her skill. It's too early to celebrate," Agares said as he looked at Elena. "You're Mykel's little sister, right?" Agares asked.
"Yes," Elena answered as she stood up.
Everyone in the room didn't know that Mykel had a little sister, and not to mention that she was the strongest of the rest blew their minds. But after they recall what happened in the auditorium, it wasn't really that surprising if she was the strongest compared to the others.
"Since you said that you're the strongest of the rest, why don't you go up there and show it to us?" Agares asked with a smile.
"I don't mind," Elena answered and then walked up the arena. "But all the guildmasters have been defeated, and who will be my opponent?" Elena asked as she looked at Agares.
"The seven of us," Agares answered as he stood up and walked up the arena with his team. "If you can defeat us, then we will acknowledge the Rebirth Guild as the strongest guild in the world," Agares said as he stood in the arena with his team.
"That would be a piece of cake," Elena answered.
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