Chapter 89: Teamwork.
"K-Kid! Do you want to destroy the arena!?" An older vampire in the audience yelled. The vampire knew most of the arena was safe, considering it had been equipped with various defensive enchantments created by the witches.
But an attack of this magnitude will destroy these enchantments!
"Hmm?" Victor looks at the oldest vampire in the audience and flashes a small smile:
"Do I look like I care?"
"…" The audience was speechless.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Scathach was having a great time.
"Mother, stop laughing! This is serious! If he unleashes an attack of that size, the entire arena will be destroyed!" Ruby spoke.
"And not only that, what will happen to us!?" Lacus spoke.
"Awawawawa, we are going to die!" Pepper was running around while freaking out.
"..." Siena looks at the giant ice spike that was approaching and thinks, 'That's my technique, huh.' She didn't know how it felt to see that her mother taught her technique to someone, but one thing she was sure of; 'My mother created a monster just like her...'
"…Do you underestimate witch technology so much? If the arena were destroyed by such an attack, the arena wouldn't have lasted for millennia." Elizabeth said. As a princess, she was the one who came into contact with witches the most, and because of that, she knew how reliable witch technology was...even though they were expensive.
"…" The sisters were silent, but inwardly they were calmer.
"Fuck! He really attacked!" Suddenly everyone heard the scream of someone from the audience, as they quickly looked up to the sky and saw the gigantic ice spike falling towards the arena.
"..." Pepper's face darkened, and with the speed that surprised everyone, she made a decision, "I'll run away!"
Just as she started to run, she was caught by her shirt collar by Sasha.
"Ughyaaa" Pepper made a strange noise, "Fue…? Let me go! I will run away!"
"Calm down, it's my husband we're talking about. He wouldn't put us in danger." Sasha looks at Ruby:
"You as his wife should know about his personality."
"..." Ruby nodded in agreement with Sasha's words, she knew what kind of man Victor was, but she was taken aback by his sudden personality change.
But when she thought more calmly, she found he hadn't changed much. Like her mother, he would always put the safety of his family first.
"Indeed. Darling, doesn't play with our safety." Violet flashed a loving smile, she and Sasha weren't worried.
"Hmm...Father trustworthy." Ophis spoke.
"..." Violet, Ruby, and Sasha looked at Ophis blankly. They didn't know how to feel to hear this little princess talking so confidently about Victor. Elizabeth was feeling the same feeling they were.
...
"Hey... what are we going to do!?" Tatsuya asked with a blank face while looking at the spike of ice approaching the arena as he started to prepare himself.
"... Do I look like someone who knows?" Einer responded with an expressionless look as he prepared himself as well. 'If things got too much worse, I still have 'it'. I won't lose so easily! My father will not accept another failure.'
Tatsuya covered his body with the power of lightning, and he looked towards the spike of ice with sharp eyes:
"I will cut it."
"Huh...?" Einer didn't believe what he heard.
"That's not normal ice, you know that, right?"
"Of course I know. The strongest female vampire's powers are well known."
"But...I doubt that man is on that woman's level." He spoke with confidence.
"…" Einer nodded in agreement with Tatsuya's words.
"Have you finished planning?"
"…" Tatsuya and Einer felt very strange now, 'was he waiting for us?' That's what they thought.
"Good~, Good~." Victor waved several times, "Let's make things more interesting." Soon, he raised his finger to the sky.
A small bolt of lightning shot out of Victor's finger and flew towards the ice.
"... What is he doing?" Someone from the audience asked curiously. Even though they knew they were in danger, they didn't care that much. They know the arena is safe, and if things go too far, the referee will intervene. After all, he must protect the audience.
And it's not like they can't protect themselves, they're vampires, and most of the vampires present are over 300 years old. Only a few vampires were younger than that.
When the little lightning bolt touched the ice spike, the entire ice spike was covered in lightning.
The image of a giant ice spike covered by lightning was seen by all.
"…" The audience was silent.
"Bloody Hell..."
"He's overreacting!" Someone from the audience screamed, and everyone couldn't help but agree with that person.
Victor exhibited a small smile and created a small ball of fire, which he threw on the ice spike. And the previous scene was repeated.
Fuuuushhhhhhh!
Soon the entire ice spike was covered with the three elements.
The image of a giant spike covered with lightning and fire that was the weakness of vampires was a rather intimidating sight.
The referee looked up at the sky, and the eyes behind his mask seemed to glow for a moment; 'It's not time yet.' Soon his eyes return to normal color. He made the decision to wait. His thought was that he would step in if things got too far, but this kind of power was still acceptable by his standards.This is excessive…." Even Violet was feeling it now.
"HAHAHAHAHA! Good~, Good~, but... That's still not enough." Scathach's eyes glowed a dangerous red, she seemed to be thinking about something profound.
"Is that still not enough...?" Everyone in the VIP room had no reaction at hearing Scathach's words.
"Mother..." Ruby looked at her mother, a little worried, she knew that expression, and from her own experience, she knew that this was not a good thing.
"...Can you cut that?" Einer said as he was covered in a cold sweat.
"...I'll try..." Tatsuya didn't look very confident.
Victor's smile grew unnaturally, his eyes glowed blood red, and Victor's image seemed to get distorted:
"And now!? And now!? What are you going to do!? The attack is coming!"
"That crazy son of a bitch…." Einer muttered angrily.
"…" Tatsuya nodded in agreement with Einer's words.
"Tsk, we have no choices. Let's destroy this thing." Einer points his hand to Tatsuya.
A dark power came out of Einer's hand and covered Tatsuya's body.
Rumble, Rumble!
Tatsuya's lightning changed to black lightning.
"...?" Tatsuya didn't understand what Einer did, but he felt stronger!
"Oh? What is this~?" Victor noticed it too, and knowing that his opponent got stronger made the smile on his face grow; he seemed to be enjoying it a lot.
"This will help protect you from the fire and will increase your strength a little." Einer didn't explain too deeply.
"What is that?"
"My power. Now get ready!"
"…" Tatsuya nods and doesn't question it anymore. He understood that Einer didn't want to talk about it.
"In the end. He needed to use that…." Niklaus's eyes sparkled a little when he saw Einer's attitude.
"He doesn't have a choice," Zwei responded neutrally.
"Either he uses it, or he loses," Jessica spoke up.
"I will try to hold off the attack as long as possible. You must destroy it!" Einer said.
"... Okay." Tatsuya assumes the position of Iaijutsu.
Rumble, Rumble!
The surrounding black lightning was building in power.
Einer raises his hand towards the ice spike. "I didn't want to use so much energy, but I don't have a choice..." His eyes began to glow more intensely
Everyone in the arena feels the ground shake as if there's an earthquake.
"What is happening!?" Pepper asked.
"Something is coming from under the Earth." Eleonor, who was more sensitive, spoke.
Soon several giant thorns rose towards the sky. The thorns began to rotate and seemed to be merging.
Slowly, the two powers were closing in on each other until...
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The two attacks collided, an incredible explosion of power took place!
Einer's thorn and Victor's ice spike seemed to be struggling to see what power would lose first.
"Ugh." Einer felt the recoil of the attack, he felt his whole body damaged, but he ignored it and looked at Tatsuya:
"Do it."
Tatsuya nodded slightly.
Bang!
Suddenly everyone heard the sound of lightning hitting something, so they took their attention away from the clash of powers and looked at the arena. Soon they could see Tatsuya covered in lightning.
His hair was up like he was defying gravity, his eyes were glowing gold, and the skin on his hand was completely black with tiny sparks crackling; it was like his hand was bathed in lightning.
"One hit, one kill..." He muttered, and then he was gone.
Exceeding the speed he showed before, he flew towards the ice spike.
Einer seizes this chance and removes his thorns. Losing the only thing holding it back from falling, the spike of ice that Victor created began to fall again towards Tatsuya and Einer.
Tatsuya at this moment appears in front of the gigantic spike:
"Rairyū no Zangeki."
This time, the speed with which he drew the Katana from its scabbard was so fast that few could see what he did.
"..." A moment of silence in the arena, but that silence was broken by Victor's voice.
He spoke in a solemn voice, "Ahhh~, that was amazing... Yes, indeed. That really was a wonderful performance~" He seemed to be enjoying something as he looked at the spike he created.
Crack...
Suddenly everyone could hear the sound of something breaking, they quickly looked up at the sky and opened their mouths in shock.
"He cut... He cut that attack!?" Someone in the audience screamed.
And, as if in sync with this man in the audience, the spike of ice began to snap in half.
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"They did it!"Chapter 90: The End. And the beginning.
The audience was cheering excitedly. The show of power, along with Tatsuya and Einer overcoming Victor's almost 'invincible' power, was great entertainment for everyone.
But not everyone was enjoying it.
The ice debris were still falling towards the arena, the arena will not be destroyed, but the damage to the city will be enormous.
The referee realized this, and he wanted to intervene since he couldn't let a part of the city be destroyed.
"Don't worry, old man." The referee heard Victor's voice.
He heard a snapping of fingers, and soon all the ice debris created by Victor turned to water and then turned to ice again, but this time, it was just hail.
Soon a small hailstorm occurred in the arena.
The referee looked at Victor, and, seeing the satisfied smile on his face, the referee felt awkward; 'Why does he look so pleased? Why is his skin glowing? Does he look prettier? What the fuck?'
The referee had a lot of doubts in his head now, but before asking something, he wanted to refute something:
"I'm not old."
"What is your age?" Victor asked.
"1794. I'm still an adult." The referee responded.
"...You're older than the man at the store I knew... You're an old man."
"... I'm not." The referee didn't want to give up, he felt a bad feeling when he was called old, he didn't like it!
"Yes, you are. But don't worry, you can still find a wife, but she won't be as pretty as my wives."
A vein popped in the referee's head, but because he was wearing a mask, his face was not seen by Victor.
"Are you going to continue the match?" The referee asked, changing the subject.
"I wanted to... But unfortunately..." Victor looked at Einer and Tatsuya, who were on the ground breathing deeply. They looked quite tired.
"They are like this..."
Sigh...
Victor released a long, disappointed sigh, "That's really a shame, I was having so much fun, but unfortunately, they got tired."
"…" The referee remained neutral and didn't comment on this, but internally, he was thinking the same thing as Victor; the fight was a lot of fun for him too.
"I... haven't... lost... the fight yet," Einer said, he looked quite tired, and his transformation had already been undone.
Tatsuya leaned on his Katana and got up too.
The two look at Victor with the intention of continuing the fight.
"Oh...?" Victor's eyes gleamed in admiration, and he displayed a small satisfied smile. Then, slowly, that smile grew, and he spoke with a big happy smile:
"I like both of you!"
"Eh?" Tatsuya and Einer didn't understand.
"Huh!?" The audience didn't get it either.
"What!?" Ruby, Sasha, and Violet were freaking out.
"Pfft... HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Scathach was laughing a lot. She somehow remembered her past, she remembers doing the same thing when she was younger. It's a unique feeling when you meet a strong warrior... Wrong, the correct word would be a rival. 'Although, these two boys are still far from my disciple's level~, but they have talent... Mainly that boy from Clan Horseman.'
Scathach judged the two to be gifted vampires. Tatsuya has a very peculiar Katana-based martial art, and he has a strange power of illusion, not to mention that he also has the powers of Clan Fulger.
Einer, despite being young, could already access the vampire count form and even seemed to have a lot of control over his power in this form, although he still has stamina issues.
"...Hmm?" Realizing what he said, Victor corrected himself, "Oh, don't look at me like that. I like women, and I'm married too."
"What!?" This time it was the female vampires in the audience who screamed. A young vampire so strong and with excellent connections!? It's the dream of every female vampire who doesn't have much status.
Not to mention that Victor is a baby! These women's Shota instincts were screaming to eat him.
"...This bitches..." Violet's eyes weren't pretty now.
"…" Sasha and Ruby shared the same sentiment.
Even Scathach felt a little annoyed when he heard the female vampires in the audience talking about Victor; 'They think they can do whatever they want with my disciple!? Haha! Looks like some female vampires are going to disappear today.'
Five killing intents began to leak from the VIP room towards the audience, and it made the female vampires scream in fear... Wait, five!?
"Father... Is mine."
"…" No one knew how to react to Ophis' words except Violet.
"Bit-... Kid, go grow up first! You are too young!" Violet was going to insult Ophis, but realizing it was inappropriate to say that to a child, she quickly changed what she was going to say.
A small vein popped in Ophis' head, "Is mine..."
"Huuuh!?" Violet's eyes glowed blood red.
" Elizabeth again was in disbelief when she sensed a feeling of anger coming from Ophis; 'she is usually so apathetic….'
"Oh..." Tatsuya and Einer sighed a little when they heard Victor's words.
"Although I really want to continue our fight."
"!!!" They were surprised to hear Victor's voice beside them.
"You are in no condition to fight, and I won't have fun like that." Victor brings both of his hands towards Tatsuya and Einer's forehead.
"See you in the future... Einer, and Tatsuya~."
"Wha-"
Soon He finger-flicked their foreheads.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
A small explosion happened, and the two flew towards the wall completely unconscious.
The referee appeared beside the two and assessed them. Then, seeing that the two were not in a position to continue, he raises his hand and says:
"The winner is..."
"Victor Walker!"
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The audience roared excitedly as they clapped their hands.
...
A few hours later, in a meeting room.
Countess Scathach Scarlett, Victoria Rider, and Count Niklaus Horseman were present.
Next to them was the director of the arena.
"Then? What happens to our game." Victoria asked with a neutral look.
"My disciple won, so our reward is what I said at the previous meeting."
"I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about my game against this old man." She pointed to Niklaus, who was a little way off.
"Oh, that's your problem." Scathach exhibited a small smile.
"..." Victoria's face shook a little.
Scathach elaborated a little, "From the beginning, I had made it clear; the fight that will take place against my disciple is another completely separate game. The fight against my disciple has nothing to do with your game. You're the one who didn't pay attention."
"So, this fight was futile?" Victoria spoke.
"For you guys? Yes. But for my disciple? Of course not, since he can finally loosen up a bit."
"…" Victoria was feeling cheated now, but she knew Scathach was right. From the start, she never said she would meddle in their game.
What happened was basically her interfering in the fight between two Clans just so her disciple could 'let go' a little.
They fought for nothing!
Irrational! This woman is very irrational! She just casually interfered with the fighting of other clans just for her disciple to have fun! Hateful woman!
Victoria was freaking out internally, but she didn't dare say it out loud.
Niklaus was thinking a little differently; 'Not everything was useless... My son learned from this fight, it was a shame he failed, but unlike before, this situation was not in his control.' He wasn't an irrational man; he was just very strict.
And they were able to discover the existence of Victor, which in itself changes a lot...
"Are we done? I have to go now~. Enjoy the game." Scathach got up and walked towards the exit.
"Countess Scathach Scarlett." Niklaus looked at Scathach.
Scathach turned and looked at the man.
"Who is that boy?"
Scathach exhibited a small smile, "He's my son-in-law."
"What..." Victoria opened her mouth in shock, she never thought she would live long enough to hear those words from Scathach's mouth. After all, she knows this woman's stories, she knows she wouldn't accept an 'ordinary man' ' to be her daughter's husband.
"And my disciple." She laughed a little, "He's a lot of things, but it's up to you to find that out, considering he'll be coming to your house in the near future."
"...I see." Niklaus nodded.
Ending the conversation, Scathach soon left the room.
"..." A moment of silence fell in the room, the two Clan leaders were thinking about their next move, but before that, they needed to resolve this situation.
"Are you going to continue the bet?"
"...No..." Victoria replied after thinking for a moment, "The situation has changed." She gets up and walks towards the exit.
"So we decided this as a tie?"
"Yes. It's fine by me." She spoke as soon as she opened the door and left the room.
Victoria didn't give up on her ambitions, she just backed off... Victor's existence and his connection to the three great vampire clans can bring about many changes, and she doesn't want to make another rash decision like she did now.
Niklaus looked at the arena director for a few seconds, but soon he got up and left the arena too.
The arena director displayed a small smile as the guests left his room, "Did you send it to the king?"
"Yes." A man wearing an all-black outfit with a mask on his face appeared behind the director.
"Good. I wonder what his reaction was…." The man smiled a little.
"... If I may say so."
"Oh?"
"The king is angry..."
"This is rare. He rarely displays emotions even to his subordinates. Was he angry with the fight?"
"It didn't look like he was angry about the fight."
"Hmm... Something that might annoy the king... His daughters, I think?"
"I do not know. I'm just his eyes and ears." Soon he disappears.
"... I know." The man exhibited a smile.