In Rezekiel's room,
They were both awake and had a long shower.
"What do you think today's challenge is?" Odessa asked.
"It's probably duels, based on the Principal's outburst yesterday," Rezekiel answered.
They were having a short conversation after dressing on their way to the battle ring. On the way, Rezekiel felt an ominous chill down his spine. Looking around, Varden and Alexander were grinning from ear to ear throwing glances at him.
"Hey! Wait up!" Alexander shouted to Rezekiel as both of them caught up to him and Odessa. Rezekiel was busy multitasking checking on the gifts from the System while talking to Odessa and heard his name.
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Earlier that morning,
Rezekiel woke up earlier than usual. He was startled by multiple screens in his field of view. He slipped out of bed making as a minimum of sound as possible and wore one of the shirts in the closet and black tracksuit pants. He snuck out of the room and walked to the school field. He was surprised at first by the massive school field. He chose the best place to begin and shot off with lightning speed, round the field. In his mind, the following conversation was occurring;
"What is a 'Villainous System'?" Rez began questioning the system.
[Ding! It is a user-specific system designed to make a merciless villain out of the trash. The more evil deeds you do the more points you get to buy items from the store.]
"I see but don't you think I care too much about people to be a user?" he asked the system.
[Question can't be answered. The host has a low authority level]
"That's fine. How do I increase my authority level?"
[Authority level can be increased by finding and convincing very special people across the different dimensions to give you a recommendation letter after you pass a certain test of their choosing. From there you have to submit it to the system]
"Can I see the rewards I've received?"
[Ding! Rewards:
1. Beginner's box(Common-Stock)
2. Dagger of Doom(Legendary-Metamorphosis Black Edition)
3. March of the Ancient Demon(Mythical-Villain Edition)
Enjoy!]
"This is a mad system, I'm not sure about the villain stuff though."
[System will sort that part-out later]
"I see this will be an interesting journey. Any tips on how to begin?"
[System recommends the following:
1. Be arrogant but do not flaunt too much of your power. Keep your ace up your sleeve, always.
2. Show interest in what benefits you to be evil.
3. Cultivate all manner of techniques using evil qi, but start with normal qi to prevent breakage of host meridians.
4. If all else fails, the system will activate the hidden bloodline by force.
Thank you for your cooperation. Items stored in inventory]
Rez finished up his running and began heading back when he stumbled upon the principal, watching him run.
"What are you doing early this morning running?, "the Principal asked
"I am trying to get fit for the competition this later morning," Rez answered.
"If that's the case, follow me to the school gym, "the Principal said as they began in a certain direction.
In the gym, there was a lot of equipment. Rez began by doing pullups, then proceeded to do pushups and some basic bodyweight exercises. The Principal began to teach Rez how to use the equipment. They worked out till they were exhausted.
"Okay I'll see you later, here take this pill," the Principal told Rez throwing him an orange-like pill in his direction
"Thank you, Principal. 1 will continue striving harder," Rez said with gratitude.
Rez headed back to his room his clothes drenched in sweat.
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He stood waiting for both of them. "Hey! l think Varden and l got off the wrong foot yesterday, "Alexander explained.
"Yes, Indeed, why don't we treat you both to Lunch as compensation, my treat. I'm sure it was all a misunderstanding.
"Do what you will, you are wasting my time. Now, MOVE!" Rez pushed Varden out of the way blending into the crowd of students heading towards the Arena in a foul mood with Odessa.
" Step 1 is complete," Varden told Alexander as they both smiled and rushed to the Arena.
Meanwhile in the Arena,
Two figures are seen entering the Arena gates along with other participants. One was wearing a red shirt with a black thin coat and back long jet black hair with a pin at the top. The other was wearing pink armor accentuating her voluptuous breasts and long wavy hair that was a dark shade of purple making her look like a goddess. This was of course Rez and Odessa. They took two random seats next to each other and chatted to pass time. After few minutes, all participants were gathered and the Principal arrived in a tornado from the skies aiming for the center of the Arena.
" Good morning participants, hope you enjoyed your sleep. Welcome to Royal Academy's Arena. Here you can settle your Scores with your classmates or learn pointers. For those who passed the Warriors Academy test yesterday, congratulations, but here we depend on pure skill, "he took a brief moment to laugh out loud, arrogant participants joining him." Anyway, today I'm here to watch this year's grading. The referee will oversee your duels," the Principal finished his short announcement as he flew to his seat.
Bursts of black flame were seen on the ring as a figure with immense pressure and power appeared. "My name is Kane, the 4th Guardian of Raging Flame Seat here to referee today's duels. You all know the basic rules, no killing, no underhanded tactics, and the rest. Easy, right," he said. " First duel, Colt Baltimore Vs Violet "he announced.
Black lightning struck the ring as purple mist encircled the center of the ring as two figures appeared at opposite ends. The male figure had an average build with black hair at shoulder length and expressionless eyes. On the opposite end was a girl with voluptuous hips and a beautiful figure with supple snow-white skin.
" l don't hit girls Unless necessary. This is your only chance to step off this stage," Colt said looking up at Violet.
"Shut up and fight me you puny child or you?" Violet said insulting Colt showing off her sexy figure to the crowd. Black lightning surrounded the boy crackling with ferocity and haste.
"Poisonous Wrath, "the boy muttered under his breath. Thin streaks of lightning sped towards the girl and struck her body Separating into the mist.
"Cage of Hera," the girl chanted the spell as the boy was trapped in mist. "This is your endpoint give up right now. Langular's Spear of the Mist," Violet chanted her power, as a spear condensed into a sharp spear that flew towards Colt, passing through his body knocking him out. If it were a real fight, he would have died a long time ago.
Meanwhile, Rez was looking at his rewards from the system that were stored in the inventory that morning:
a.)Dagger of Doom
b.) Beginner's box
C.)March of the Ancient Demon
"Up next is Rezekiel Vs Varden, I hear this duel was withheld yesterday," Kane announced after a couple of battles namely:
Remy Vock Vs Stella Baltimore- Remy won
Alice Vs Odessa -Odessa won
Rainmary Vs Kenny- Rainmary won
Kane Vs Livirell-Livirell won
Rez was startled back into reality as his mind was far from the duels. He got up and jumped towards the stage while Varden on the other hand teleported to the stage with a grin on his face. The Principal was surprised by this 'match-up but tried not to show it.
" Interesting, why wasn't l informed," an old man next to the Principal questioned.
"Just shut up and watch old man. Does your daughter even know you are here? " the Principal asked "That's what l thought," the Principal added. The old man ignored the Principal and saw the duel on the stage with a smile on his face! Varden glared ferociously at Rez.
"Begin," he heard and began rushing at Rez sword at hand. Rez stood still and withdrew the Dagger of Doom from his inventory. Black goo wrapped around his left hand to form a glossy black dagger with a sharp dagger. Varden was about to strike at Rez when he acted fast dodging the strike. He removed the pin from his hair allowing it to float freely and became serious. He vanished from sight and appeared behind Varden and struck his back.
"Remove this trash armor from your body. It's too weak!"Rez scolded Varden reacted late as the dagger ended up hitting his back throwing him across the stage creating a dent at the back of the armor. Varden was enraged and released a thick aura engulfing the stage. Rez was surprised and released his aura too. The crowd was cheering heavily as the Principal noticed that the two auras are similar but different." I didn't know that HE had two children," the Principal stared at the stage mouth agape.
"I must inform the clan immediately, " he thought. Rez on the other hand noticed this and it gave a serious blow to his mentality.