( This is what had been truly happening at the end of the Previous Chapter, the exact moment is Hours ago before Matron Supreme meets with Lord Loki. )
[ Location: House Arcanon Battle Halls, Arena. ]
[ Country: Arzan ]
* People shouting. *
In the Battle Halls of House Arcanon, all the people, the servants of the House cheers in the podium as the Battle Hall Arena is filled with every kind of ability, unleashed on another.
" [Sraosha's Vigil] "
" [Hebo's Torrent] "
" [Habaek's Flood] "
" [Vayu's Gale] "
The men there, the ones in the Arena..., fought each other like crazy, they battled, battle, and battle, for reasons that they haven't asked, but were forced to in the Arena.
[ Location: House Arcanon Battle Halls, The Duke's Podium. ]
" It seems the Male Avatars are not the greatest products you Sisters made. " said the Duke of House Arcanon, his gigantic and metallic body is covered under some barrier that prevents the sun from roasting him at noon.
" The Males are always the inferior outcome... " said the Matron Supreme, who happened to be watching the whole ordeal.
" For years, our order had tried our best to bring out the best of the Males of every powerful Blue Blood Clan Families..., making every effort to make them compatible Avatars for the gods. "
" But none of them managed..., the best result of it only managed to live for some weeks before the signs of deterioration for both man and god in their combined state. "
" And here, I thought you Sisters worshipped such being..., thus you want to bring forth..., what was it, again? " the Duke asks.
" The 'Sanct Avataris', the Ultimate Weapon... "
" Only with it, we will find the true answer..., of our destinies... "
" With the help of a being, that embodies the best of the heavens and earth, powerful in flesh yet spirit, the abundant one in life yet death. "
" He's close... " Matron Supreme says as she sees one of the Sanctus Sorores' Sister in the Podium below, alongside the crowd, far away from Matron's position.
The Matron looks at the Sister, as she orders them to see things from her side, adding more perspective to the later examination.
" The Males in this generation are far weaker than the ones before... " said the Sister while seeing the fight in the Arena.
" Back then, most of 'em could handle the power of the Male gods, even the more high-born of them in their Pantheons... "
" This time, we decided to make them the Avatar of the Female gods since they require less compatibility with their host's physical endurance to contain their power and not physically demanding. "
" But still... "
" The ones we put here are not enough... " said the Sister as the scene returned to the Matron Supreme.
" Indeed... "
" It seems the more we focused on the Females, the backlash of the Male Prospects when they were most needed. "
" Especially after the incident with Andrew K. and the White Demon... " Matron Supreme reflects.
" Because no woman had any idea on what to do when given power... " Duke Arcanon suddenly says behind his cover, insulting the Matron Supreme as she was pissed on hearing the Duke's voice.
" Am I mistaken? " the Duke asks as he chuckles while the woman that is with him, is getting his butt touched by his metallic-like arm.
"( Says someone who had almost any flesh of his body replaced. )" Matron Supreme curses the Duke in her mind.
"( But still... )"
" You were right..., Duke... " the Matron Supreme replied despite her ego getting hurt.
" The Female Avatars, especially the ones who were born after the year 2.000..., are all just bunch of entitled and idealistic star syndrome little princesses once they're able to ascend, like f*king b*rbie or something. "
" One such example is the Grand Priestess of Japan, the one killed by the First Hunter... "
" She is strong, of course, but her yearning for luxuries and social approval had eroded her potential from within. Even the likes of 'Battle Maiden' who is past her peak years is still better than her, in any way, (aside from her annoying 'sense of justice')... "
" Curse her, with the power of the Takamagahara's finest, she's still get herself slain by the likes of Andrew K..., he whom I remembered to have his Gifts in the later years, unlike her who were trained from birth, such a nuisance. "
" With examples like this, even I, as a female, had finally realized the backside of giving a female too much power... "
" Finally, you learned, Matron... " Lord Zeus suddenly came, he flashes in, behind the two.
" Milord... " the two greets Zeus.
" Everything's never changed even in modern times..., power, in itself, is like a legendary sword, a tool only used by a great warrior, worthy of it. "
" But if you gift such sword to an entitled princess..., the one such legendary sword will lose its value, even power..., for the princess will instead place the sword inside a mirror-like box to keep it clean and show it to everyone or even worse..., sell it for some goods that are beautiful in her eyes... " Zeus smirks as he explains.
" ...Instead of using it as a real warrior should do..., sharpening it with the blood of his enemies... " the Duke annoyingly chuckles, continuing what Zeus says of a sudden which made the Matron Supreme pissed.
" Right indeed, Duke, Lord Zeus... " Matron sees the Duke and angrily replies to his words.
" Because of that..., after the loss of Battle Maiden in the Abyss Tower, and after Lord Loki decided to make the 'Divine Resonance' Feature widely enable for everyone... " Matron Supreme stops for a while.
" We decided..., " she takes some breath.
" The power of gods, the 'Sword'..., will be given to Males once more, as it should've been. "
" And not just any Male... " the Matron looks at the Duke.
" Is he ready? " the Matron asks as the Duke smirks while the crowd cheers as the announcer cheers the incoming challenger.
" Under the sun of the of our Nation, in this long boring battle of weaklings... "
" Even the Duke had lost its interest. " said the announcer as he opened.
" But right now, things are going to change..., for the person that will enter had prepared himself for this very moment. "
" He who will be the one prepared to slay the terrorizing White Demon. "
" The Duke's Youngest Nephew..., the Divine Avatar of House Arcanon. "
" Vlad 'Ragna' Arcanon! " the announcer and the audience call the name as the Arena Gate opens, letting in the one who will turn things around, he who enters calmly, invisibly lasering each opponent of his with his mere sharp eyes.
" Vlad, Vlad, Vlad 'Ragna'..., Vlad 'Ragna'... " the crowd cheers as during the entrance, Vlad is immediately attacked by one Divine Avatar who decides to attack the revered incoming challenger, but as he gets close during his plunge.
" Hmph! "
" Keokh! " The plunging Divine Avatar had his head ripped off from him in seconds, his head now is on Vlad's hands, showing it in front of the others.
* Vlad 'Ragna' grins. *
" I've got a head here... "
" Does anyone want some, perhaps another head on your body would be nice. " Vlad asks his challengers as they immediately get pissed at him, and tries to attack him at once.
* Slice. *
With his hands, so powerful, he cuts his opponent's heads like a blade made from his mere hands' flesh.
" Kehehehe... " Vlad says as his hand emits a lightning-like aura.
" [Divine Thunder's Severance]... " Vlad reveals the name of his technique, skill, or whatever it is that enables him to slice true to his opponents' flesh without a proper weapon.
" Is there any more that you all could offer me!? " said the dominating man, with a tall lean-ripped body and long white hair.
" Is this the Candidates of the Divine Avatar? Is this all!? " said the man as the audience who watched the battle cheered his name.
" Vlad..., Vlad.. "
" Vlad, Vlad... "
" Vlad Ragna..., Vlad Ragna... "
" Vlad Ragna Arcanon! "
[ Name: Vlad Ragna Arcanon ]
[ Family: House Arcanon (Part of the Blue Blood Clan) ]
As they all cheered over Vlad, the others either cower or decide to plunge at him, immediately getting butchered with his sheer might, a sheer might enough to make the crowd cheer wildly again.
" That's my nephew... " Duke Arcanon praises him.
" Well, Duke... " Lord Zeus replied to him.
" That's my, Divine Avatar..., for you. " Zeus says as he looks at Vlad who looks back at him from far below the arena, kneeling before him as he presents the gladiatorial fight for Zeus, his Uncle, and the Matron Supreme.
* Matron Supreme looked at the Sister at the Podium below. *
* The Sister nods. *
" A marvelous result..., after weeks of his ascension, he managed to move just like you, Lord Zeus... " Matron Supreme praises.
" Perhaps..., he is indeed, the Answer. "