[Arthur's POV]
Huh!
Doesn't this look like a fantasy story where a legendary character only seen 'once in a million years' appear before an overly arrogant side character with slightly better abilities and then trash him to the side like some useless fodder to be forgotten along with the flow of time?
'Is that so?' I thought with a wicked grin on my face.
'Then I just have to crush you so you can't show your face in public again.'
As I gazed at this dark-haired, handsome boy before me, blessed with high talents, status, and even dual elemental magic, I could not help but let my heart fill up with rage at how unfair life is.
A very handsome face, a renowned status as a prince, and finally the legendary dual elemental power.
Ah!
How unfair!
Therefore, I just decided to take my rage (as the word jealousy never crossed my mind) out on him. I decided to crush him and make him experience part of the despair I grew up in.
For the first time since this tournament, I decided to let loose a bit. However, even though it was just 'a bit', both of my opponents put on horror and despair-filled faces.
"SPATIAL DISRUPTION!" I called out grandly as a silver aura filled with space essence surged out wildly from my body.
With me at the center, the space in the surrounding 100 meters cracked apart like a broken mirror.
Since this was not a life-or-death battle, I could not kill my opponents, however, all the undead and even the grand ancient tree that looked like it could withstand the passage of time were instantly split into countless pieces from the fragmented space.
Even though I couldn't kill the prince, his movement was heavily restricted as he was surrounded by both tiny and large fragments of space slithering around like snakes.
From one of the large space fragments behind him, my hand stretched out, and I grabbed him at the back of his neck and lifted him like a chicken waiting to be slaughtered.
I canceled my move 'spacial disruption', restoring order and calm as the surrounding space quickly closed up.
A bit further from me, the red-haired girl was standing there blankly, but I didn't mind her.
I focused my entire attention on the raised prince in my hand and slammed him down with my full strength.
Bang!
Blood instantly dyed the ground red.
I wasn't done yet as I raised my leg and started kicking him like a bully would. Seeing him curl up on the ground to protect himself, I put more force into my kicks.
The funny thing is that for a few minutes after I started my 'teaching life' session, no one came to save the prince as the whole coliseum was dead silent, their bodies stiff as if they were bound by a spell. All but one person.
….
A few minutes earlier.
When I caught the dark prince in my hand, someone directly transmitted a message into my head.
"Hey! Do you have a death wish or something? First, you disrespect the kingdom, now are you trying to kill the dark prince or something?"
I looked far up out of the corner of my eyes and I determined the voice to be transmitted from the direction of the princess.
"Hmph. Very few of those present can hurt me and even those that can, would not necessarily be able to catch me." I brushed off her warning as if it was nothing.
"Oh! Your space power?…how envious! Your space laws seem convenient. If I had it, I wouldn't be always restrained in the palace. I would have long..." she trailed off and stopped abruptly as if she just realized something important.
I did not bother replying, and it was at this time that I slammed the dark prince heavily on the ground.
"Hey! How about a deal? You know you can't stay here any longer, right? Can you bring me out with you? Pretty please!" she said sweetly.
"And why would I do that?" I raised my brow slightly as I thought the princess was pretty stupid asking someone she just met to take her away.
"Huh?" she sounded surprised as if she did not expect such a reply.
I raised my leg and started teaching the dark prince a lesson of his life.
"From the way you look at my mum, I can tell that you are a perv…I mean a fan of hers," she said a little anxious, as she kept shooting glances at her stunned father.
"Hmph. What does a flat chest like you know? I just admire her beauty, that's all."
"Fl-flat chest?" she shouted exasperatedly in my head.
There was a brief period of silence, as I continued my beating session on the dark prince.
"I have a drawing of my mum in her swimsuit. If you take me with you, I will show it to you."
My raised leg stopped abruptly in mid-air as I screamed in my mind:
"WHAT?" After realizing something I questioned with an icy voice "You are not playing with me, right?"
"N-No, am serious," she answered quickly.
My body trembled slightly when I heard her reply.
It was then that I saw the dark prince curl up protectively on the ground; my still-raised leg brought down with renewed vigor. I decided to take out my excitement on this foolish prince.
However, the temperature suddenly dropped low as I felt a strong burst of killing intent. An enraged voice bellowed out from the very top of the coliseum.
"STOP!"
I heard the air whistle strongly, and I felt someone approaching very quickly from the direction that if I remember correctly should be where the father of the dark prince was seated.
'Well, guess this is where the fun ends,' I thought and kicked the dark prince on his bloodied head one last time before teleporting away.
"I WILL KILL YOU!" a maddened voice bellowed out from where I just left.
The voice did not faze me a bit, as I already appeared at the topmost seats where the Goldsborn family were situated; in front of the princess. I stretched out my hand before anybody else in the coliseum could react."
"Shall we…" Before I could even finish speaking I felt a very soft and slightly plump hand on mine. I could not relish in the feeling any longer though as an anxious female voice screamed in my mind, a hint of panic present within:
"HURRY!"
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