He stifled a nervous laugh, "You caught me off guard. I must applaud you for that, peasant." He pushed back his blonde hair and straightened his clothes before equipping his armour.
"Your most powerful ability must be running your mouth." Kiro said coolly.
The crowd gathered laughed at this. This agitated Isaac by a huge amount. He couldn't stand being embarrassed by someone he deemed inferior, which was really everyone since he saw himself as royalty.
He cast an ice spell, chunks of ice fell out of the sky. Kiro relaxed, and then started smashing them with Ryu. As it turns out there were way too many for one person, so he activated Whirlwind, and then Vibrations.
Isaac was stunned in place. Unable to move and losing a ton of his HP. When every ice block was smashed into pieces and blown away, Kiro slowly approached Isaac. Since Isaac couldn't move he had an expression of fear in his eyes.
'Good, be scared. You're nothing but a lamb to me.'
As though he timed it, he reached Isaac just when Vibrations' effects were wearing off. He activated Bending Kick and landed it right on his neck which made a loud crack noise. Once again, he pixelated.
The crowd went wild! They had been recording the whole thing. When they saw that Kiro had no intentions of leaving, they got more and more excited. This was entertaining to them, they started liking this game a bit more.
"Just who is that kid? He's too strong!"
"What is he anyway? I've never seen a race like his."
"Looks similar to a Dreki but also different?"
"Oh, what's his class. I wish I'd have picked it."
"Sagehood class, it's not as easy as he makes it. Probably worked hard to have those moves."
Everybody turned to look at the speaker, he was also a sage. Though he didn't look as majestic, he looked ragged and dirt poor, which caused for people to ignore him.
"How can two people of the same race and class, be so different?"
"Haha. Its not even just difference in strength, its also a big difference in looks."
The kid was extremely embarrassed, so he shrunk back.
The crowd chatted amongst themselves. They didn't dare ask the man in question. He looked too majestic to be approached by nobodies like them.
Isaac logged in again, he was extremely red in the face. He was so angry people could actually feel the heat his body produced. But nobody moved, they knew Kiro was fast as lightning, you blink you miss it.
"You little shi—"
Immediately, Kiro activated Lightning Manipulation. He hasn't used this skill since he unlocked it, so he wanted to see what it could do. He had over 9000 mana, so he could keep up with this skill for quite some time. As soon as he activated it, the town grew a bit dark, a dark cloud hovered over Isaac's head.
"Your parents should've taught you better than that. If they didn't, don't worry, I'll act as their proxy and teach you a thing or two."
Then lightning rained on the poor boy's head, which extended to his body. Asgard was so realistic that you could feel at least 10% of the pain your character feels. Sure it won't cause any physical damage, but some mental damage. Isaac was burned into a crisp before he pixelated again.
Isaac kept coming back, Kiro was bored at this point. He'd just assimilate Ryu with lightning or wind, and cut his head off before he could do anything. Swift and clean.
The crowd was torn between feeling sorry for Isaac and cheering for Kiro. His ruthlessness was something that was welcomed, but also they felt sorry because Isaac was losing his progress everytime he died.
Ding!
[Because you're merciless to your enemies, the mythic staff, Ryu is amused and has recognised you as its master. You can still use only 10% of its power.]
Kiro clicked his tongue at that last sentence.
'A sentient weapon, how nice. I hope it doesn't talk at the end. I wouldn't want a talking staff, that'd be too weird.' Kiro thought to himself.
When Isaac logged in again, Kiro simply yelled, "Ryu resize."
Somehow the staff knew that he wanted it to grow longer, so it shot forwards and hit Isaac square on the face. He fell hard on the ground, his nose was broken and bleeding.
He slowly got up, pinching his nose. "Hit me again, and I'll ruin your entire life and everyone you love."
Kiro's eyes glinted dangerously. Bits of lightning could be seen dancing within them. He summoned lightning into Ryu, and threw the staff right at Isaac's neck. It pierced through. Ryu landed and got stuck on the ground behind Isaac.
Isaac was sure a stubborn cow, because he logged in again.
Coldly, Kiro muttered, "Ryu, come!" Again the staff flew through Isaac's body, through his heart and into its owners hand.
He died once again. The crowd was dumbfounded at this point, they didn't understand why Isaac was so adamant on being massacred.
What made Kiro infuriated was the fact that he attempted to drag his family into this. It was just a game, but he was willing to go so far? He'd never let anything slide, when it came to his family.
But, 10, then 15, then 20 minutes passed and Isaac was nowhere to be found. Kiro smirked in satisfaction, he had hoped that he imparted the same level of trauma on Isaac as he did to him in the past.
He had an inkling that this wouldn't be the end of it. Isaac had a superiority complex, he wouldn't just let this shame go. Kiro didn't care one bit though, he accepted the unofficial challenge.
The crowd cheered loudly at the spectacle their eyes had just feasted on. They had somehow caught the names of the duellers. Now they understood that this was the Kiro who made world announcements while everyone was still at beginner's village. The videos of the massacre were posted online.
"Oh my god! That was the most insane and brutal fights I've ever seen."
"Better than any film fights I've ever seen."
"Aren't you guys exaggerating a bit?"
"Yeah, this wasn't a fight, it was a one-sided massacre."
"So what? That Isaac fella was too arrogant, going against a mountain when he's an ant."
Hiro was ecstatic. Yes he'd been in fights alongside his friend, but it was the first time watching as a third party. He commanded how brutal he was. Remembering how Isaac attacked them back then, he was satisfied with the beating he received.
Kiro looked at him, and saw the satisfied look on his face, "you can't be satisfied with just this, we must absolutely destroy that kid."
He smiled sheepishly, "yes, yes."
Kiro smiled and nodded to Hiro for them to leave. On their way to the mines, Nikolai called.