Benjamins Pov
My Eyes felt heavy as well as my shoulders, standing at the opening of the Arena, to fight someone with an ability to copy my art.
"Remember to mostly use the Lightning Dragon state and use standard sword movements to don't let your art get copied"
Rica said to me yesterday in the hotel room of Alan, which has a single king size bed with a tv matching the size of that bed, a simple bath and a kitchen, the room had a wooden floor and wooden walls with a brown ceiling trying to match it.
The black door of the room slammed open, revealing an Alan with a complicated face however his brown eyes were clear, devoid of any conflicting emotions.
"guys I need to tell you something important"
We all observe him, his disheveled black hair covered in dirt and dust, his clothes slightly cut by some kind of weapon that you need to thrust moreover the most obvious is the dark blood on his clothes.
He is staring at the ceiling not knowing how to start, Mi Sang Hee also realised this and asked where the Demon come from.
Alan then realised that someone can see at his clothes the dark blood stains, chuckling before he is lokking at us all for a second with a weird confidence in his eyes.
"I wanted to talk about Kim Yong protecting us all the time and that we soon need to protect him bu- WAit why are you all so shocked?!"
My mouth opened wide and my face turned ugly as the thought of Kim Yong needing my help seemed so foreign, I peeked at everyone else and they also had their mouths wide open.
"Wait you all don't know what Kim Yong after the tournament will do?"
I shook my head to Alan surprised expression, as I observed Nadine typing something in the hologram of her watch, as she finished and clicked I think to search the results, her face turned even uglier as well as her a bit of bloodlust leaking from her body.
"Kim Yong wants to enter the dungeon Shadow of the old warrior... which is rumored for turning everyone desiring the two artifacts inside it in complete maniacs or a complete new person with psychopathic tendencies"
I didn't need to wait for long to get an answer on what Kim Yong was planning, my mind currently like a storm throwing all kinds of thoughts at me and mixing them up.
'Why is he trying to solve everything on his own? Are we that weak? No When was his protection a symbol for all of us to relax? Why am I feeling like he abandoned me?'
Sinking to deep in my thoughts, my stomach twisting and turning of the thought to mainly be a burden to him, my head felt so heavy and my breathing quickened, My whole vision turn upside down.
"Benjamin!"
This angelic voice entering my ear pulled me out of my thoughts so deep like the sea drowning me, letting me breathe again and my vision return to normal.
"Alan can you please say again what you said before?"
Ricas slim hands are on my shoulder, giving me strength to hear Alan to the end and slowly beating my evil thoughts.
Alan is looking at me with a worried expression, I nod my head indicating that I am back to normal and that he can start speaking.
"Kim Yong does that not mainly to protect us but to gain enough power so that He can help everyone to live a happy life...-"
Alan is hesitating to say the last part, an unknown feeling that felt so suffocating flowed through my body.
"especially that we live a happy life, did he today attack on the demons bases in the time of the banquet with his mercenary group Forsaken, which is why I returned with dark blood on my clothes.
However Kim Yong is forced to grow faster since some demon with his goat horns, bat like wings, a tail looking like a succubus ones with his hair being black and his eyes are grey challenged hi-"
"What?!" "What?!"
Now Rica and Ben were jumping up from the bed as I stayed silent, not knowing what caused their rage to flare up like that.
Alan looked at both of them with his hand raised, signaling them to stop so that he can continue to speak, they sit both back down with an agitated expression.
"But the most prominent problem is the Lightning Emperors circumstances, Kim Yong can with a high percentage solve if he has more control over his affinity... To heal the Lightning Emperors wife-"
My mind stopped working for a second, at the realisation why Kim Yong is always trying me to stop master to ask about his family, Alan wasn't finished speaking as he said the last part shocking everyone from us.
"Since she is cursed with the Darkness affinity"
After that we all swore that we will show him that we can protect everyone after he is incapable to fight or help us.
as I open my eyes again and seeing at the other opening The boy with no Face or the Trash of Titan heading to the stage, I too started heading to the stage not putting my eyes from him.
The Boy with no Face Pov
^Bam^ ^Bam^ ^Bam^ ^Bam^
yesterday as the night sky with its beatiful moon illuminated the office, hoping I could shine so bright.
^Bam^ ^Bam^ ^Bam^ ^Bam^
My Ribcage broke already atleast fifteen times as someone healed me again, so that the man known as my father can vent his frustration,.. Why my brother stood there at the corner laughing.
"Where are you failure looking at?"
^BAM^ ^Crack^ ^Spurt^
His foot stabbed with the force behind it through my chest, causing me to spit blood as my vision again turned blurry and death got closer to me.
"Not even able to withstand an B Ranks kick like your damn Wh**e Mother."
'Aren't you satisfied seeing me in such a state because you still think of me as an obstacle to reach your true potential.
Which is Why I need to wear this damn mask to cover my face since it remembers you at her beautiful smile'
I am fricking getting tired of it, always getting beaten to death mainly because I am her son, from his most loved wife... that died after giving birth to me as I was tainted with Nether energy.
'Haaa how funny fate is, killing my mother who protect everyone with me in her stomach, the demon arriving was the Demon god in a vessel of a subordinate of his tainting me and my mother with Nether.'
I knew my case to even have such memories is special... but did it matter?
"Albert bring him back to his room and heal him completely he needs to copy the art of Baraks disciple tomorrow"
^BAM^
I couldn't feel my jaw anymore as blood is flowing out of my mouth, together with some teeth... what have I done to deserve this?
'Why am I the one suffering everytime while such children like Kim Yong get everything?!'
An Unknown energy filled my body healing me in an instance... not even I knew when it healed me but this energy was so powerful... so mighty and destructive.
[New Combination is born through *** ************ ** Clown.
Name: *****'* ****** ** Clown.]
'I will kill Kim Yong so painfully for all the suffering he caused me'
His eyes glowed in red hue, enhancing his dark red eyes as Albert is walking to him staring at the dark red eyes with a pained expression
'What would miss say if she sees how I treat her son.'
He shook his head nonetheless none of his features were revealed, except his face with a pained expression
'He unlocked the Energy faster than I predicted, please fight against that energy and your dad until I find the cure to your problem and end your struggle.'
His eyes returned to their original black color as he losed consciousness, Albert picking him up as he opened his mouth and a snake with white scales and golden eyes leaves his mouth, biting The boy with no face his right hand, dissolving in light particle that enter the bite wound it caused.
As a symbol of a snake with a golden crown on his hand traveled upwards and stopped near his heart, fighting a symbol looking like a dark red ball with a clown smile on it.
[New Combination is born through the holy snake *******
Name: Holy snakes son]
"It worked... but only temporary as the snake will lose without sufficient holy energy"
Albert said while having a complicated expression on his face, while laying him on his bed in the hotel.
"I need to find that flower as soon as possible or I will lose him too"
Albert vanished like he appeared in the room, without any sound or Mana fluctuations making one think what Albert is.
I gone through yesterday events but couldn't understand where this white snake tattoo fighting against a dark red ball with a clown face appeared from.
'probably some kind of poisons my father ordered Albert to give me nonetheless did he give me some kind of weird tattoos like at that time my mother shortly died after giving birth to me'
I am staring at Banjamin Santos, The lightning Emperors disciple and a friend of Kim Yong, while heading down to the stage.
"Welcome back to todays eight fights of the tournament!
Today we start the day with an fight that will go down in the history books, The two geniuses of Lightning and copy will fight of who will be supreme between these two.
Will it be lightning, the element everyone learnt to fear after the emergence of the lightning emperor or will it be the copying, everyone learnt to fear from the grandmaster of the Copy ability the person beneath the Juradicras leader?!"
the two walk on the stage moreover stare at each other without saying anything, Elena Isa feels two strong energies radiating from them both.
"The Lightning Saint, The Chosen one of the lightning, The Lightning human Benjamin Santos fights against the Copy God of arts The Boy with no face!"
The crowd cheered as the hand of Elena is in the sky and she swings her hand down.
"Let's Begin, Fight!"
Lightning is shooting out of both bodies, as they dash at each other at breakneck speed, both with two short swords slashing vertical to the right, The lightning crackling sound intensified as they met.
^Crack^ ^BOOM^