Arthur was surprised of the sudden moment Kazein stood up "Why don't you stay down?!" As he tried to kick him down once more, Kazein caught Arthur's leg and held it in place, then, the white blade appeared once more upon his hands.
"Shit! He intends to cut off Arthur's leg! Mare! Stop this right now!" Elder Joseph panicked as he saw Kazein holding Arthur's leg by his left hand and held a sword by the other.
Elder Mare nodded as he looked at elder Joseph "No, if I stopped it because he intended to repay what Arthur has done to his soul, both the blue serpent clan and the holy light cathedral will be labeled as bias and favors their own."
"You! Fine! I'll stop them myself!" As he stood up and went to save Arthur, it was too late.
"Argh!!!!! My leg! It hurts!!! It hurts!!!" Arthur screamed in pain as Kazein cut of his leg, it didn't cut all the way through. Kazein intended to give him some time to suffer.
The crowd was split, some were satisfied and the others felt pity that Arthur had his leg cut off.
"You're inhumane!"
"Shut up! That serves him right!"
"If you think suffering can make others feel what is right, then go to hell!"
The crowd argued.
As Arthur fell to the ground, he looked at Kazein with anger.
"You bastard! How dare you cut my leg off?! You wish to die a painful death?!"
But Kazein paid no heed, he just went forward, and instantly, cut off his left arm.
"Aaarrghh!!!!! Scum! Bastard! You're a monster!!!" Arthur yelled in pain. But as Kazein approached once more, he began to shudder in fear and he slowly crawled away. When Kazein was just about to cut off his left leg, his sword was obstructed. It was elder Joseph who intervened, he blocked the sword with a powerful light barrier.
"How dare you hurt our disciple in this way! Kazein!" He yelled in rage. His magic aura raged violently. As he attacked Kazein with light needles, Kazein dodged while he threw three kunai's. To which elder Joseph just easily blocked. "Why dont you talk? Did you go dumb as well?"
Kazein stayed quiet and said nothing.
"Hey hey! You're an elder and yet you dare to intervene in a match?"
"Just because your disciple is losing doesn't mean you can intervene in a battle!"
Many were angered by elder Joseph's act of intervening.
Elder Joseph was angered and in a fit of rage yelled madly "Silence! If you want to die, then keep talking!"
The crowd went silent after elder Joseph's threats. The other elders already knew that the match can't go back to how it was, so they all went down. Elder Han Mao started to heal Arthur, while elder Mare stepped forward and said "Elder Joseph, what you just did is in violation of the rules. Severe punishment is given to the one who intervened and to the one he helped. Did you go despite knowing this?"
"I did. So what? If I left him to kill Arthur won't it just be another violation of rules?"
Elder Mare nodded and then looked at Kazein. "Did you intend to kill Arthur just now? Or did you just intend to disable all his limbs?"
"Both." Kazein replied.
"You insolent bast--" Elder Joseph was interrupted.
"Then, do you admit you wanted to kill Arthur?"
"He damaged my soul. It ain't my fault." Kazein shrugged and replied.
The other elders were just watching as elder Mare questioned Kazein.
"You admit to violating the third rule? "No killing not intentions must be allowed"?" Elder Mare asked.
"Why shouldn't I? All of you saw it."
Elder Joseph spoke up once again "How brave you are to not fear the punishment for breaking the rules!"
"Shut up. I'm not talking to you, old man."
"Old man you say?! Why don't we fight once more!" Elder Joseph challenged Kazein.
"Elder Joseph. Restrain yourself, you are bringing shame to both blue serpent clan and holy light cathedral." She silenced him, then looked at Kazein. "You are to be disqualified of this competition and take 2nd place. After which, you will receive your due punishment given by the clan head herself."
"Sure thing." Kazein was calm and just shrugged it off.
"But before all things. Kazein, where does your power come from?" Elder Kira asked.
"Isn't it by now obvious? It's a technique that uses my vitality to give me a boost in power and speed."
"Vitality or a contract with a demon?"
When Kazein heard this, he was nervous. He made sure to mask all demonic aura that is leaking out, but in the end, elder Kira has still figure it out.
"Of course, vitality. Why else should I form a contract to a demon?"
"Why don't we perform an exorcism then? With elder Joseph here, it's impossible to miss a demon. What will it be?" Elder Zero added in.
Kazein was silent for a while, then he said "Cats out of the bag." Then gave out a smirk, the elders saw this and "bang!"
"So he decided to show us his true face." Elder Zero said.
Elder Yun Hai went above into the air and scouted as below was covered in dust and smoke. Elder Han Mao still prioritized healing Arthur. Elder Kira made a barrier for all of them.
"So that guy was really hiding everything?" Elder Sasha asked.
No one answered her, they had no time to do so. As the smoke cleared, elder Yun Hai was suddenly sent flying towards them. Elder Kira disabled the barrier to let him in, but that was his mistake. After elder Yun Hai was in, suddenly, something hit elder Kira. When they all saw what it was, they were all amazed by it. It was the form of a death, no one could have imagined this.
It's form had six wings, a dark halo by floating above its head, a black thin blade in it's left hand along with the white sword by his right and the most distinguishing feature is it's bone armor. Kazein has completely gone insane, his sanity wasn't his to control anymore.
"Stop idling and watching! We must exorcise this demon now!!! Before everything gets worst!" Elder Joseph yelled to the other elders.
Elder Mare who was always calm, had their clan staff to evacuate the bystanders but suddenly, the dark halo expanded, and passed over the whole arena, the weak people who was touched by the wave exploded into pieces, only those who were strong, lived.