Ivor waited patiently for about ten minutes, all the while reclined in his seat with a broad smile on his face. However, once the ten minutes were up, he left the comfort of his large chair and approached the big table. Like he did before, he opened up a portal on the table by condensing Space Laws on his finger. With his finger as the pen and the table as the slate, he gradually created a pitch black portal. Immediately the portal was opened, a hand emerged from within with a letter in its grasp. Ivor retrieved the letter, and once he did the hand disappeared into the portal. The large man pinched his index and middle fingers together, and the portal was closed.
"As I suspected. Given the gravity of the situation there was no way she wouldn't have given me a reply." Ivor shook his head with a smile and proceeded to open up the letter and read its contents. However, as he read the contents of the letter, his smile slowly receded, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.
"Interesting approach," Ivor furrowed his brows and commented. He folded the paper into a ball and tossed it into a small fireplace some few meters away from him. The fire cackled and hissed as the ball of paper quickly turned to ash and was no more.
"But it certainly would allow us to keep an eye on the boy and know what he truly is like," Ivor started to approach the rope that led outside this room and into the area he left Mane, Lam and Lily in. It was fascinating how the thin rope was able to support his weight at all.
"If he's a threat, we would kill him," the large man stated as killing intent billowed around him and filled the small space. His large frame looked demonic and menacing under the efflux of power that shook the space around him.
"Then again he may become an ally," Ivor's aura switched to a jovial one as the killing intent around him disappeared and he started to climb up the rope.
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"Are you ready," Steel Fist asked the two captains who were undeniably the climax of the show.
"Ready," Both men responded in synchronicity. Blue King still held unto his large sword. He swung it around a few times, and the air around him was cleanly split into several layers.
Vital Orange retrieved his large axe from his back and lightly span it. The large weapon looked like a stick in his hands and as he deftly manipulated it within his palms, the wind it carried pushed back Blue King's clothes.
"This is the 4th and final round. The winner of this round goes through." Steel Fist reminded the two captains.
"We are finally at the climax of the event Maggie," Peter exclaimed excitedly; his energy shared by the expectant crowd.
"Yes we are. This is a battle that one wouldn't want to miss." Maggie stated. Unlike Peter her voice wasn't filled with much enthusiasm. The Record Stone switched to the events happening at the centre of the stadium as Steel Fist began the countdown.
"3"
"2"
"1"
"Fight!"
*Boom*
Both men rushed towards the other immediately the countdown was over. Once the permission to engage was given, they engaged. Like a mighty storm Blue King span rapidly as he approached Vital Orange. The wind gathered by his charge was biting, and his sword commanded power that left many in shock.
"Blue King is using his signature move right off the bat. The power of the Blue Whirlwind is as impressive as ever!"
Vital Orange on the other hand didn't seem very impressive. He was unmoved by the powerful spinning charge of his opponent. He rushed head on into the 'whirlwind' and suddenly moved to the side. His decision was a timely one as the large sword of the Blue King appeared right where he was and split the space apart.
"There" Vital Orange smirked and struck the large sword with great strength.
*Bang*
Blue King was struck and sent skidding backwards. The dust storm that he had created using his momentum was dispelled once he was flung away, and the hand he held the large sword with was twisted at an odd angle.
"Vital Orange breaks Blue Whirlwind with relative ease, injuring the Blue King in the process!" Peter exclaimed in shock. The crowd were stunned by what they were seeing. They expected that Vital Orange would be able to break the skill eventually, but they didn't think it would be done so simply and efficiently!
"That was close," Vital Orange secretly wiped the nervous sweat off his forehead. Although it looked like he had easily broken the skill, it wasn't so. The skill Blue King demonstrated was one that he could do because of his identity as a Dual Ability New Type. Blue King was a Strength and Agility New Type. Because of this he had very acute control of his body. This allowed him to perform 'Blue Whirlwind', a skill that was essentially performed by spinning at high speed.
But the skill had a fatal flaw. Although it was powerful, it wasn't as effective using it in one-on-one battles as it was in using it in group fights. But that wasn't even the fatal flaw. The major flaw of the skill was its trajectory. As long as one paid attention to the skill and went towards it, not away from it, they would be able to break it. That was why Vital Orange didn't try to escape, but run headfirst into the storm. One just had to time the sword swings right and strike the heavy blade in the same trajectory when given the chance, to throw Blue King off.
No one had been able to deal with the skill just yet, but Vital Orange studied the recordings of Blue King's matches where he had to rely on this skill and realised that it would be better to run towards the storm than away from it. He reckoned that if he struck the blade towards the same direction with power he would be able to deal with the move, and luckily he was right. But it wasn't easy to execute. Blue King was faster than him, so he had to prepare himself and calculate his strike based on instinct and proper timing. And that wasn't easy. What he didn't account for was the fact that Blue King would injure his wrist in the process.
"Are you okay to continue," Steel Fist's figure flashed and appeared before Blue King. The Captain of the Blue Team was stunned that his skill had been broken, but he recovered quickly and nodded to indicate that he could continue. He switched his blade to the other hand and dashed towards Vital Orange. Steel Fist sighed and disappeared.
Seeing the approaching Blue King, Vital Orange jumped high into the air and crushed towards Blue King with ferocity. His huge axe was held above his head, and the veins on his arms wriggled underneath his skin like little dragons as power was put into the axe. With a mighty roar he swung his axe towards the Blue King.
Blue King could feel the wind scratching his neck even before the axe was anywhere close to him. If he had two functional sword arms he would have attempted to block the strike. But without his other arm, doing so would be suicidal. He quickly jumped to the side and rolled away to avoid the fatal strike.
*Boom*
The axe cleaved the ground into two as a huge crater was formed on the floor of the stadium.
"Such power," Peter gulped when he saw the destructive scene. It seemed that even among Predators, Vital Orange had unusual strength!
Blue King furrowed his brows when he saw the state of the floor where he previously stood. The stadium wasn't ordinary. It was made to withstand fights like these, and rarely faced such destruction. Vital Orange had proven with this strike that even if Blue King was uninjured, receiving the blow head on wouldn't have just been a bad decision, it would have been a fatally disastrous one. In a sense, his injury had saved him from being 'one-shotted' by Vital Orange.
"Interesting," Steel Fist was intrigued by what she saw. She realised that Vital Orange was just as strong as she was! Although this was only possible because she had gone past her peak and was facing a decline in strength, it was still impressive. This meant that Blue King stood no chance. But she couldn't end a match if the person was conscious and refused to admit defeat. She could only sigh and let them continue.
"Here I come!" Vital Orange exclaimed and dashed towards Blue King. He lifted his mighty axe and brought it down with so much power that Blue King could feel the ground beneath him tremble. After seeing Vital Orange's strength, there was no way Blue King was going to take any attack head on. He moved a bit to the side and narrowly avoided the attack. Yet the wind behind the attack alone bruised his cheek. But he remained focused.
"Chance!" Blue King exclaimed in his head and thrust out his sword in a horizontal stab with the intent to pierce Vital Orange cleanly. Since he was weaker and injured, if he fought without the intent to kill he would undoubtedly lose. So he could only aim for severely injuring his opponent.
*Bang*
"How is that possible?" Blue King's eyes opened in disbelief at what he was seeing. What he was expecting to happen didn't happen. Instead, something alarming occurred. And the crowd were just as amazed as he was.
"Vital Orange has received Blue King's attack with his body!" Peter exclaimed.
On the field Vital Orange had his axe on Blue King's neck, a bit of blood dripping onto the blade as it dug a little deeper into the Blue Team Captain's skin. Blue King's sword was stuck under the armpit of Vital Orange, and it looked like he had received the full powered blow of a Predator with no issue.
"He didn't receive it with his body," Maggie corrected Peter.
"Oh? So what happened Maggie?"
"That was the combination of accurate foresight and perfect timing. Right when Blue King's strike was about to land, Vital Orange swiveled out of harm's way and trapped Blue King's sword under his armpit. It was a moment of brilliance that cannot be easily replicated. And it can only be done by one group of people"
"Which group Maggie?"
"Tigers!"