As Fae heard this he suddenly felt as if he was staring at the face of death, an S+ rank blood purity was the highest someone could have without being the direct child of that mythical being. This meant Joseph had access to almost all of Hades powers even if at a lower scale, this was even more unbelievable because of where they were.
When 'The Rising' happened portals to all types of different dimensions opened, leading to what's known as the '5 Realms' being formed. The normal Earth that Fae lived on was the first realm, with the lowest bloodline energy and least mythical beings. Hades wasn't just a god, which already was rare to find as most gods and their descendants resided on higher realms, Hades was a 'Head Pantheon' god meaning he was one of the most highly respected and powerful gods not only in his pantheon of Greek religion, but in all pantheons. They tended to reside in the fifth realm which was the realm that held the most power, and their descendants were few and far between even up there.
"WHAT!" Arthur screamed from the examiners seats. "We must end this fight immediately, we can't allow a normal Mythic to fight against a Head Pantheon's descendant, with an S+ ranked blood purity at that." The school didn't ask examinees what they were descended from until they already made it into the school, it was poor form to flat out ask someone to reveal their secret without even being in the school. Now that Arthur knew Joseph was so powerful he needed to end the fight before Fae was killed.
Arthur stood up and started to head towards the arena when he was suddenly stopped by Red. "Fae isn't a normal Mythic, the fight isn't over yet." Red spoke with confidence as he told Arthur to sit back down. Arthur didn't want to listen but he also didn't want to go against Red's wishes, he decided to trust Red knew what he was doing.
"Poor kid." Arthur mumbled under his breath as he sat back down.
"You're stronger than I thought 'Effy', I'll give you one last chance before I end this fight. Who are you really?' Joseph asked as he pointed the scythe towards Fae, the black flames dancing along it as if they were alive. Fae thought about whether or not he should tell the truth, whether he should give up, why should he risk his life for some silly tournament. He asked himself all of these questions, but there was something deep inside him, a feeling burning in his chest, the will to fight. 'If I back down what has everything been for?' Fae asked himself as he clenched his fists.
"My name is Effy Limpervil, and I'm gonna kick your ass." Fae said as he took the initiative and ran towards Joseph holding an ice blade.
***
Deep in a dark place a red and green light were having a conversation. "Maybe you were right Crimson, that kid is something special." The green light spoke. "Of course, when have I been wrong." Crimson said with a hearty laugh as he continued to speak. "You know Sage, at his age you would've ran with your tail between your legs in front of a Head Pantheon." Crimson joked at the green light.
"Whatever lets just keep watching." Sage said as he turned away from Crimson.
"You got this, show them true pressure kid."
***
Joseph effortlessly dodged to the side as Fae swung his blade at him, now that Joseph was really trying he was leagues faster than Fae. *BANG* He slammed his fist into Fae's stomach, sending Fae stumbling backwards. "You're still too weak!" Joseph said as he used his scythe to catch Fae by the back of his leg sweeping him down to the ground and standing over him with his scythe towards Fae's throat. "Any last words?" Joseph asked staring down at Fae, Joseph's previously dark eyes replaced with an infernal red. "Yea... watch out." As Fae said that five ice blades stabbed into Joseph's back.
This was the first time Fae showed that he was able to summon the blades in the air and send them out, throwing Joseph off guard. Fae used this moment of confusion to jump up and slammed his shoulder into Joseph's chest.
"Any last words?" Fae asked in a mocking tone as he put his foot against Joseph's neck. "Yea... watch out." Fae suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see a group of skeletons reaching out to grab him. "SKELETONS!" Fae screamed as he jumped backwards, putting a few yards of space between himself and Joseph.
"Did you not hear me? I'm a descendant of Hades." Joseph spoke with a laugh, Hades ruled over the undead, it was nothing unusual for Joseph as an S+ rank to have some access to that power.
Joseph looked like some type of necromancer as he pointed his scythe towards Fae and the four skeletons began to run at Fae. "five versus one? How is this fair!" Fae said as he summoned an ice blade and began to cut through the skeletons. The skeletons seemed not to be too powerful and Fae was able to cut through them easily.
After Fae finished off the skeleton he shouted at Joseph. "Come on! Fight me yourself." Fae was sick of the gimmicks and believed this fight had gone on for far too long. He summoned 30 blades in the air circling Joseph. He than charged towards Joseph instead of sending the blades at him. "I've been thinking of this for awhile, lets see how it work." Fae called with excitement. "ICE BLADE STORM!" Fae began to attack Joseph with a barrage of punches and kicks, anytime Joseph was too preoccupied dodging Fae sent one of the 30 blades towards Joseph.
Eventually this began to wear Joseph down a little as the blades kept stabbing into him and nicking his skin, under normal circumstances he would've used his flame to cauterize the wound, but Fae was attacking him too quickly to give him the chance.
"YOU"RE NOTHING!" Joseph screamed as a wave of black flame shot out in a circle around his body, evaporating the remaining ice blades and causing Fae to jump back. "You're weak! Fighting so hard for nothing. JUST GIVE UP AND PERISH!" Fae suddenly felt a wave of fear rush over him at Joseph's words, Joseph's flames began to burn with so much heat and intensity smoke began to form around him.
Joseph appeared in front of Fae with a speed he hadn't revealed before. He shot out a punch so quick Fae was struck in the chest and sent flying backwards. "You'll burn!" Joseph screamed as he dashed behind Fae before he could hit the ground and sent him flying upwards with a kick. "Where are you going?" Joseph asked as he used his scythe wrapping it around Fae's torso and slamming him back into the ground. He lifted his scythe high in the air as the flames began to burn bright, the curve of the scythe illuminating Fae's body like some sort of twisted moon.
"Scythe Form: 1000 Cuts!" Joseph screamed as he began to move his hands at an indescribable speed slicing and stabbing into Fae giving him a series of shallow and deep gashes and cuts along his body.
Fae's body began to sprout blood like a fountain, quickly draining away his health.
{Host HP currently at 1} {Conditions met for title activation} {Title: The Reborn} {Activating title} Fae felt some hope as he saw this, he may be strong enough to win now.
***
"In the end he still needs to rely on outside power to win this fight." Sage said with a laugh. "I must admit, this seems rather embarrassing." Crimson said with a sigh as he closed his eyes. Suddenly a golden light that burned brighter than both Crimson and Sage appeared and illuminated the area.
"No." The voice spoke with a deep voice, the power and force behind it causing Sage and Crimson to freeze. "What're you doing here? You don't usually come out." Crimson said nervously.
"How dare a man as weak and useless as him call on me for power. Look at him." The golden light said as he pointed towards the screen that showed Fae bleeding out. "He is too weak, he isn't worthy."
***
{Title removed} {Host deemed unworthy}
"Oh sh!t."