"You better give up while you have the chance. Someone without an ability like you won't stand a chance against me." Felix proclaimed.
He was standing in front of Brandy, the swordsman.
"Oh?" Brandy said, looking at his sword."Not many people know that this sword is a very rare Equipment." he admitted. The truth was this sword was a piece of Equipment passed down to him from his father. Its ability was to create slashes, making it also ideal for long ranged attacks. And it was even sharp enough to cut through titanium.
"Maybe that makes you a worthy opponent..." he said, grinning.
Right before Felix's eyes, ten figures emerged. They were identical to the swordsman in every way. The truth was, Brandy's ability was the ability to clone himself!
Felix felt his head hurting. He should have just kept his mouth shut.
"How do you like this?" the Brandys asked.
Felix just smiled wryly. "Is it too late to late to take back what I said?"
The Brandys giggled. Without missing a beat, they charged at Felix spontaneously.
-I can't let them get close to me!-
Felix leapt into the air. He pointed his palms at the ground.
"Torpedos: Lock on!" His palms opened up and mini-sized torpedos came out. ten in total. Each chased the clones no matter where they went, and they were steadily increasing speed too. They caught up with the clones and exploded even before the point of impact. Felix landed. The smoke cleared up, revealing a large pool of blood.
-That was surprisingly easy- he glared at the pool of blood suspisciously.
"That was a simple but effective trick" a voice came from behind Felix.
His blood instantly ran cold. He turned around instantly and saw Brandy's face so close to him. It was literally the greatest fright of his life. Brandy head-butted him.
But Felix didn't move. Instead, Brandy's face twisted in pain.
"Is your head made of met-"
"REBOUND!" Felix leapt backwards. A torpedo that had not exploded previously emerged, and sped towards Brandy's back.
"Crap!" Brandy cursed. He spun around and began slashing like a madman. Crescent shaped shockwaves shot out of the sword. They shredded the torpedo to pieces before it even had the chance to explode.
Felix's eyes almost fell out of their sockets.
-what the heck?!- he turned to see how Natasha was doing.
Natasha was in the air, levitating and waving her hands like a beautiful painter. Dylan on the other hand had his left hand wilted away. He couldn't get close to Natasha because she was always moving in the air. He sighed in relief. His plan was authentic after all.
He turned to see how Iris was doing. His face paled.
-I'm surrounded by monsters!-
Iris could create weapons from ice, and her water bending abilities made her perfect in both offense and defense. Ruby on the other hand could make parts of monsters out of thin air!
Iris swung her arm, unleashing the giant hammer that was looming over Ruby.
"Dragon spine!"
A wall of almost solid lava erupted from the ground. It was like the spine of an ancient fiery dragon had emerged from the ground to protect its beloveth daughter.
The ice hammer and the dragon spine both cancelled each other out, meaning they were equal in strength.
"Dragon claw!"
"Ice chains!"
Ruby grabbed the air, and a giant dragon claw made of fire made to grab Iris. Meanwhile, chains made of sharp ice emerged from the ground. They sprang towards Ruby like enraged serpents.
Ruby frowned.
When it came to defense, she was lacking. But Iris on the other hand had decent defensive skills. She had a feeling that those chains made of ice were not only sharp but extremely deadly.
In the end, she cancelled her dragon claw.
"Dragon tail!"
From above, the magnificent tail of an ancient dragon clad in fire swung downwards. The destructive forece put immense pressure on Iris. Ruby was very bold indeed. She knew she had no chance of dodging or defending against the ice chains, so she summoned an even greater attack, to try and take out not only the ice chains, but Iris too. But Iris was also not to be underestimated.
The ice chains changed course and wrapped around the dragon tail.
It was a captivating sight indeed. Two beauties stood, facing each other. Between them was a magnificent dragon's tail descending from the clouds. Ice chains wrapped around the tail, preventing it from moving. Iris's fingers were constanttly twitching, and Ruby was trying to push the tail to Iris. It was an absolute stand still. It turned out, both of them were equal in strength.
"Surrender or he dies." an emotionless voice entered their ears.
Ruby and Iris turned their heads to see Natasha standing over Dylan. His body was already wilted, like an ancient tree at the end of its life span.
Ruby's face paled instantly.
The dragon's tail made of fire vanished instantly as she ran towards Dylan.
"We surrender!" she blurted out as she saw Dylan's state.
Brandy sheathed his sword and withdrew his clones. He was not as reckless as Ruby to show his back to an enemy.
Although the audience was dissapointed, they didn't forget to cheer for the respective Teams. These two teams were strong, no doubt. But it was still quite a surprise that Team 15 won.
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After almost an hour of beast vs beast battles, it was finally time!
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! THE BATTLE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. THE FINAL BATTLE! TEAM 1 VERSUS TEAM 15!!"
The crowd went wild.
It was finally starting! The most antcipated battle of this tournament.
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Felix felt like crying.
The amount of money he had made so far was enough to set up an ordinary person for life.
(Note: Ordinary person here means someone who doesn't have any abilities)
But it wouldn't matter if he died here would it?
He smiled wryly when he saw two memebers from Team 1 come forward. The first was the lightning user who had dominated all their previous battles, and the other was a female that no one knew her ability. It turned out they were taking Team 15 seriously by sending two!
He shook his head.
Sometimes, it was better to just give up.
"We surrender!" Felix said.
Everywhere became quiet. Natasha and Iris stared at Felix with wide eyes. They didn't discuss this at all! They could at least probe the enemy's strength first before anything.
"BOO!" The crowed booed them. Team 1 was not surprised at all. It was as if that was what they expected.
Felix knew that if these guys were crazy, when they began the battle, it would be too late to surrender. He was unwilling, but he knew it was the right call.
"W-WINNER: TEAM 1!" The commentator said after sometime.
Felix raised his hand, indicating he wanted to say something. Team 1 who where already leaving stopped. The crowd stopped talking.
Felix took a deep breath.
"We are just ordinary Travelers. Us three are the weakest in the team. We still have two others who are stronger than us." He began. Technology was indeed now very advance. Someone in the background had already paired them up according to the time they filled their forms. The information of Drake and Tony immediately came up, and displayed on a gigantic hologram screen above the battle arena. "My buddy here is participating in the Beast Battles."
The crowd was confused. Where was he going with all this?
"The other one is the only one participating in the Hundred Man Challenge." That finally got Team 1's and the audience's attention.
The Hundred Man Challenge was basically something that no one wanted to try. It was impossible to win. Challenging a hundred people? Only a Z rank mercenary had the power to do that. And that was if he didn't run into another Z rank or a strong S rank mercenary. The crowd stared at Tony's picture, like they were trying to burn his image into their minds. Over in the stands, the other participants were staring at Tony. It was as if they just walked in on their wife and their son in bed. They were beyond shocked. This guy was just a kid! And he was a Traveler?!
A Traveler was someone that didn't belong to any Mercenary Guild and any Factions. Since Mercenaries were now legal and widely known, some shady organizations and the Government wanted to do some things without any traces leading to them. So Travelers were the new best option.
Tony on the other hand felt like crawling into a hole and hiding there for the rest of his life. This Felix...what the hell was he planning?