the hammer's face expression changed a little as he felt and saw a pulsating white light through the sleeves of Damon's cloak along with crackling sounds around him. "hmmmmm, someone a little interesting. no matter this will be easy as well." the hammer thought just before the countdown reached five seconds. his arms had returned to normal after facing benny.
5,4,3,2,1
Damon pushed while gripping hard on his hand. the veins and muscles in his arms stretched and bulged up a bit. the man called the hammer smiled. "hmmmm,he sure has a strong grip for a kid. i can feel how young and inexperienced he is but yet I feel something else. his power, it has a interesting feeling and one that is foreign to me. let's take a closer look shall we. he thought as the hammer's arm began glowing with blue circular specs.
Ding!
warning
[Your energy is being diagnosed by an individual. blocking the threats power now.
blocking was successful.]
Seeing the message pop up as soon as his arms showed the blue dust size crystal's Damon knew something was up and so he decided to try and get into the guys head a little by showing him of his awareness.
"searching for something in particular. Damon asked with his static eyes set on hammer like a hawk. this caught him off guard as his focus broke for a moment. he looked back at Damon with curious and confused eyes for a second before he caught his reaction and turned it back to uncaring. it was too late though as Damon eyes seen his reaction.
"the hell, why did he just say that. does he know how my power works or was that just a coincidence. why hasn't it worked yet. my ability was pushed back in some way but how he thought while locking eyes with Damon. no, how could he, it was just a coincidence, that's all. the man began focusing again as his arm got a little brighter.
Ding!
[someone is trying to copy the make up of your energy. your demonic ki cannot be copied or tampered with but your regular ki can to a degree. blocking the threats attempt to copy.
blocking was successful.]
seeing this message surprised Damon. "he can copy the make up of energy. what the hell does that even mean." he thought.
the hammer eyes widened in disbelief as the glow on his arm disappeared which informed him his little attempt was rejected for a second time. this boy, but how. I haven't run into anyone that could reject my ability since I was a kid." he thought.
Damon grip tightened more as he clenched his teeth and pushed hard as he could. just what the hell are you trying to do with my power he shouted while releasing his demonic ki. purple lightening crawled up his arm and was just about to reach hammer's hand until it was stopped by what felt like a Windy aura that spiraled up his arm meeting Damon's power in the middle. for a moment Damon's ki held strong but the tables turned just as quick as it was set as his demonic ki was being pushed back.
"woahhhhh, it looks like both competitors are getting serious people. eel's power looks strong and very powerful but it seems it may not be enough to overcome the mighty hammer folks.
"Don't get cocky kid. you have a long way to go before you can hold a candle to my strength. he said calmly. Damon ignored his words. "I said what were you trying to do with my power, answer the question. Damon said slightly pissed. ha, I have no clue what you're referring to. it's clear that you're a delusional kid. I know what, how about I end this match already. I believe you should go home and rest. allow me to help you with that." the hammer said so calmly as his sapphire blue eyes flashed bright.
Damon felt an overbearing pressure against his arm and within a second he felt his arm crash into the strong table top. it was clear who the winner was. Damon's ki was snuffed out as it was no more. the impact of slamming his hand and arm by the blue eyed and white messy hair man dispersed his demonic ki with ease.
"we have a winner. the hammer ladies and gentlemen.
their arms rested in that position for a few seconds as their eyes continued to push at each other's gaze. "I don't know how you were able to reject my ability but it doesn't matter. I'm plenty stronger than yoqqu kid. " the hammer thought to himself.
"he's far stronger than me, he's on par with miss grey or perhaps even sir hughes. he's toying with his opponents while doing something, maybe stealing their powers. he could have ended the match as soon as it started but he needed time to do whatever he was trying to do with my energy." Damon accessed quickly.
"ahhh, forgive me Mr. hammer and Mr. eel but you two can let each other go now. the match is over. the spokesman said with sweaty palms watching the arm wrestling match that seemed to turn into a stare down competition.
they slowly let each other go as their eyes remained locked. "we would like to go again. isn't that right kid." the hammer says to the spokesman. Damon nodded and agreed to it. ah well Sir hammer not to be rude but that's not how it works. someone else may want to challenge you and they have a full minute to do so before you two can....is there anyone that wants to lose against me besides the young man I'm facing now." the hammer said standing up. his voice wasn't strong but smooth and loud. his eyes looked around for a bit as no one came forward.
"there you have it, no one wants to face me so just set us up again. right away sir." the spokesman said.
Abot was watching closely and admired Damon's power. he didn't know for sure how strong he was due to him facing the hammer who made people he knew personally that were strong look weak. one thing he was sure of was the electricity he saw was beautiful.
they were all set up and ready again as the countdown reached five seconds once again. Damon had 15:37 seconds left in his demonic form. he had yet to use all of his strength because it was no use. the man would still beat him and Damon knew this. what made him interested in going against the hammer again despite knowing he would lose was his ability.
the hammer felt the same way. he was more interested in Damon's ability not caring if he could win. all he wanted to know was why he couldn't use a certain function with his ability which was to copy a person's energy. neither of them pushed back on each other's arm hard as they mostly focused on the real matter. the hammer tried copying Damon's power back to back and again and again while the system rejected it completely one after another.
"I know what you're trying to do, it's not going to work. I see, now why is that I wonder. hammer spoke. what is your ability son. I don't think it's smart to tell complete strangers that type of information so you can forget it. Damon responded. well, I only wished to try it once more and I have other materials to get before I leave here so I guess I'll just end this quickly. "
Damon suddenly felt his arm being pushed back slowly and this time it looked as if he was using raw strength. Damon didn't see a reason to use more of his demonic ki and so he used the internal ki to make his demonic form raw strength stronger which helped him slowly push back their arms to the center.
the hammer eyes widened a little. " this kid raw strength is impressive as well. I wonder what guild he belongs to or if he belongs to one at all. alright kid, you've continued to peek my interest." the hammer said to himself. his arms bulged slightly as he slammed Damon's arm down on the table. it happened too quick and Damon felt his arm give out to the man's strength within a second.
This didn't bother Damon as he knew he was much weaker in raw strength and in power. from the look of the crowd they weren't expecting him to win no matter what. people once again gathered their winnings. a few people actually made bets against the hammer. "Damn it, lost another bet. ha ha, come on what the heck you expect. you place your bets against the hammer. yea I know, the thing is I love going for the underdogs. " one man said to another.
I think I'll follow him to more events. he might have lost against a monster like the hammer but he isn't weak. a brown haired woman thought to herself.
Damon got up from the table and began walking away heading towards the arm wrestling event that rewarded with sixty pounds of copper another material he needed. he waited for around four minutes and he was up next. his opponent was a woman. the woman used flattery and flirty ways to get a jump on whoever she was facing especially if it was a man.
she was strong and her ability was an earth ability but she wasn't strong enough to beat Damon as her distracting methods backfired during their match.
Damon repeated the event two more times and won collecting a hundred and eighty pounds of copper which was more than enough. one item was now checked off the list. looking at the list again the rest of the ingredients he needed he would have to fight for it in a small ring dome except for the silver liquid which could be obtained through a archery type event. the pellucid crystal and blood remained unlisted and was something he had to get on the outside.
"I haven't done much archery skills, what about you Abot. I'm sorry Damon, I, I mean eel but archery air based attacks is not my thing either. Damon thought for a few seconds as he watched a man generate a ruby red projectile out of thin air. the object wasn't an arrow and looked more like a large marble with spikes created by the energy surrounding it.
"wait, what are the rules for this event. Damon asked. so it doesn't have to be arrows just an attack that can be controlled like a flying projectile he said while reading the rules.
the man red ball shot forward going through four gold rings at his left side and then to his right. it went high in the air looping through the six rings that hovered and then back down as the previous ones disappeared and rearranged. he moved his hand back and forth controlling his power as he now focused going through rings that were in a zigzag pattern. afterwards over seventy gold rings appeared and began moving about in the air. each time his attack would go through the center of one it would disappear.
there was a counter to his far right side that recorded the amount of rings he completed. as time went by he made it to a little over a hundred and thirty rings. there was no clear goal with how many rings to complete. the objective was to get more than his opponent within three minutes which was ten meters to his left on the same type of course. his opponent was a short brown skin girl with curly white short hair.
upon looking at his opponent Damon eyes bulged out a little as her count was already at two hundred and forty eight with two full minutes to go.
shoop!
shoop!
shoop!
a thin object flew steady through the gold rings. it flew fluently like it knew what to do and was alive. seeing this Damon watched the girl closer. she wasn't making any movements herself but her eyes were glowing a light blue and the same color could be seen smothered around the object that looked to be a thin quadruple jumbo sized needle around two feet long and four inches wide.
"they call her seer, that girl is another person you don't want to go up against. they say she can see where the rings are going to be before they appear. although no one really knows this to be true. she has family in coast city and so she comes here often I hear." Abot says to Damon.
He watched carefully and could tell why people would think this because her flying needle had gotten faster,but so did the gold rings appearing speed. yet somehow she still hit her mark.
'Seer, huh. well she's beyond impressive. I doubt I can beat her but I wanna give it a go." he thought. Damon couldn't see ahead in time truly, but with his demonic ki and oculus he could trace and see aura seconds ahead. he wondered if that would give him a chance to at least make things interesting if he went up against her.
The match was soon over as the curly head brown skin girl won without a problem. Damon quickly inserted himself in the mix. he had to wait another match and after that was over it was his turn to go up against seer.
Damon concentrated as he made a small dagger of electricity. it crackled and sparked a beautiful blue that made the crowd gasp and whisper.
hmph, not bad. his energy manipulation is slow but still good. a man with white messy hair wearing an apron with Sapphire blues eyes thought to himself standing in the small crowd.