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.
บท 34: Chapter 34: Sparring. (4)
"She's not using any weapon?" Lazarus asked as he looked at Elena's bare hands.
"No, she doesn't use any weapon, and so does Mykel. They both killed demons with their punches and kicks," Victor answered as he looked at Elena and was worried about the spar. "They both were undeniably strong and skilled fighters," Victor pointed out.
"Is that so? And she's stronger than Jeanne? It's hard to believe," Magnus asked.
"We honestly don't know much about how strong Elena is, but we have witnessed Mykel's strength. He was the one who killed a giant demon, and he killed it in less than ten seconds. He punched the demon as soon as he jumped off the helicopter and killed it," James answered.
They all looked at James and thought it wasn't possible since they all had to kill the demon that came out of the portals in a team. It took them more than ten minutes even though they had artifacts to help them kill the demons.
"He's telling the truth. We were there and saw it with our own two eyes. He walked out of the burning flame that was enough to melt steel, and his whole body was sizzling and melting. But he recovered in less than a day," Morris said since he could tell that none of them bought James' story.
"So she's telling the truth that Mykel is in a different league than us," Erik said as he looked at Jeanne. "I wonder if he's that strong from his sponsor," Erik continued.
"You're not the only one who wonders about that. All of us have been thinking about that since they're all so powerful," Travis said.
Elena looked at each one of them and she knew it wouldn't be an easy fight. No matter how strong she was, Dukes of Hell were different from any demon, and they could be on the same level as the demon princesses in the novel.
One thing that made Elena a bit at ease was that the Dukes of Hell were in human forms. They couldn't use their full power in human forms, and they were being watched by dozens of people in the room. They wouldn't want to blow their cover for just a sparring against her.
"Glad that I'm not treated like a woman here. So you guys can go all out and no need to hold back," Elena said as she stretched her arms.
"That's our plan in the first place!" Agares ran toward Elena and was followed by his team.
Elena wanted to test the power of Agares punch, so she blocked it rather than dodged it. The moment he punched her forearms, Elena could feel the sting and pushed her back quite far which almost made her fall off the arena.
She wasn't given a moment to breathe or recover as Agares and his team started throwing more punches and kicks at her. She could only dodge a few of their attacks and took the hit for the rest of them. She was bombarded with punches and kicks from all around her, but she kept her composure and waited for a moment to counterattack.
She focused on the woman on her right, and the moment the woman threw a punch at her, she immediately grabbed the woman's hand. She instantly broke the woman's elbow and bent the woman's arm to the other side. She then went closer and slammed the woman down as she broke the woman's shoulder.
Everyone looked at the woman's arm and shoulder painfully as they cringed. But the woman didn't even make any noise at all, and she immediately got up and fixed her shoulder and arm.
"You'll pay for that," the woman said.
"Try me," Elena smirked as she managed to escape from the corner.
Before Elena could take a breather, Agares suddenly appeared right behind her. She was surprised and immediately put her left arm to protect her ribs, and she barely blocked it. She then grabbed Agare's right wrist with her right hand before he could pull it back. She immediately spun around and used her left elbow to hit Agare's face.
Agares managed to put his left hand on his face before Elena's elbow hit his face. But it didn't stop the momentum at all and he got hit by his own knuckles and knocked him back. When she thought she got the opportunity to kick him, before she could swing her heel to Agare's face, the woman kicked her other leg and made her lose her balance.
"My turn now," The woman said as she grabbed Elena's left hand.
*Crack!*
Elena held her breath and she saw her fingers get dislocated, and then she was slammed to the ground so hard that it broke the arena. She saw the other woman was right above her in the air with her heel going down to crush her face. She rolled over and barely dodged it and the arena became a total mess.
Jeanne and the others wanted to help her, but they knew that Elena despised being interrupted. They also knew that Elena wanted to prove that she could handle everything on her own to Mykel.
Elena's hands trembled in pain, but she didn't let it stop her and started to fix her fingers. She then got cornered again and they didn't hold back their punches and kicks. She couldn't focus on the battle anymore because she started to reach her limit.
Their attacks and movements were too coordinated that it terrified everyone how good they were as a team. But on the other hand, they were also amazed that Elena could withstand all of them and didn't give up.
"My God, this is no longer a sparring, they're trying to kill her," Morris said with worried expressions. "We need to stop this before it gets worse!" Morris continued.
"No. Her friends don't even try to stop her, so they believe in her," James replied as he looked at Jeanne. "Don't do anything stupid, Victor. You're going to die if you enter the arena," James looked at the restless Victor.
Victor clenched his fists and his palms started to bleed because of how tight he clenched his fist. He wanted to go up there and help Elena, but he agreed with James' words that Elena didn't need any help.
Elena spat out blood and wiped the blood from her nose as she smirked in excitement. She had never been so overwhelmed by anyone else other than Mykel, and it pissed her off.
"You still can stand, I'm genuinely surprised," Agares said as he cracked his knuckles. "But for how long?" Agares smiled and dashed toward Elena.
They fought for more than half an hour, and Elena was still standing tall even though she was covered in her own blood. Bruises covered her face and body so that she could no longer protect herself with her weak arms and legs.
Agares started to breathe heavily and he started to feel stings on his fists and feet. He wasn't the only one, his team also felt the same thing, and they couldn't bring Elena down.
"You guys failed to bring her down?" Mykel asked as he stood in front of the door.
Everyone turned around and looked at Mykel holding a cigar in his hand. Elena was happy that Mykel was there to see her and how he mocked them.
"That means you failed to defeat her, and she's more than qualified to enter the portal, don't you think, Agares?" Mykel asked again as he walked toward the arena.
"Fair enough," Agares said as he lowered his hands. "We the Redshield Guild acknowledge the Rebirth Guild to qualify to enter the portal," Agares pointed out as he looked at everyone.
Everyone was clapping their hands, but this time they were doing it out of respect for Elena.
"I'm proud of you," Mykel said as he carefully fixed Elena's hair. "You can rest now and lay down on the bench," Mykel gently rubbed Elena's cheeks.
Elena smiled happily and then slowly walked down, and then Jeanne and Aurea helped her walk to the bench.
"Where do you think you're going?" Mykel asked.
Jeanne, Aurea, and Elena turned around because they thought that Mykel was asking them. But then they realized that Mykel was asking that question to Agera and his team who were about to leave the arena.
"There's still someone that hasn't joined the spar, and he should be tested as well, right? So why don't all of you stay in the arena and test if he's qualified or not?" Mykel asked as he slowly removed his suit and tie. "Don't you all agree?" Mykel asked the audience as he rolled his sleeves.
"In my entire life, I haven't, not even once seen him remove his suit and tie, and rolled his sleeves to fight," Jeanne said as she looked at Mykel.
"He's so pissed because the only person in this world he cares about got beaten up like this," Aurea replied. "They're so dead," Aurea chuckled mischievously.
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