--back at the arena--
Third person's P.O.V
Dante launched towards lance with his fist glowing red, as Lance just got in a stance trying to counter against Dante's incoming fist attack, but then just before Dante's fist could collide with it.
Lance with a powerful swing from his spear towards Dante released a large gale of dense mana in the form of a shockwave, heading towards Dante's way, Dante immediately stopped his quick approach and shot out his fist in a right hook motion, producing a similar shockwave effect that managed to neutralize the incoming attack from lance. The moment the two attacks collided, Dante used this as an opportunity to charge up his aura and launch forward towards Lance in form of a tackle.
Aurora technique: Drive
BOLT!
The tackle connected with Lance, launching them both into a nearby wall, creating a large crater that spread out throughout the walls and some part of the ground. But then as Dante was about to deliver another blow to Lance armor, a sudden force field repelled Dante back with great force, but Dante managed to stabilize himself before impacting the other side of the arena wall, standing directly perpendicular to the wall.
'damn it, what was that?' Dante thought with a shocked expression written all over his face, as he stared straight ahead of him, towards the other side of the wall, which was blocked by a cloud of dust. Then he squinted his eyes to have a very good sight of where Lance was. "where is he?"
The moment the dust started to clear out, Dante saw a huge looming shadow that was heading towards him with a very disastrous momentum.
The gigantic object broke through the dust cloud and was finally in view, as Dante's eyes widen in shock due to the scene of the insanely large spear tip heading his way.
"huh? How come?" Dante choked out and proceeded to launch himself upwards way from the spear's piercing target, but after the spear had made impact with the wall, Dante landed back on the huge elongated part of the spear and started to sprint, making his way towards Lance.
Lance saw this coming and glared straight at Dante, as he grunted at this and proceeded to slam his fist at the side of the spear, manifesting a shockwave of black mana that started to consume the whole staff of the spear and began to make it's way towards Dante, who saw the fast approaching attack and immediately stopped his pursuit while leaping into the air in order to evade the incoming devastating attack from lance.
"hm, fool" Lance commented with smirk from behind his helmet, as a long spray of the dark mana leaped out after Dante and gripped his entire body and immediately dragged him back.
Lance grinned at this and lunged his right hand forward, conjuring up a path along the spear, jumping unto it and suddenly launching towards Dante with a spear like black mana, aiming it for Dante's chest.
"stay down!"
Dante rose his head back to face him, as a smug started to grace his face and with a sudden boost, he managed to overcome the grip of the black mana, and stood on his feet barely… but waited for Lance to come over.
Lance finally got face to face with him, but at that very moment, Dante had managed to dodge the stab from Lance by a hair by turning to the left and after the spear had past, Dante, moved his body back and his back became almost parallel with the platform below his feet. And with a forced reverse, he jammed his head towards Lance's helmet, instantaneous pushing him backwards by several feet, and due to that, the black mana lost its grip on him, with Dante now sprinting towards Lance with blinding speeds, but then Lance had noticed this and so he proceeded to shrink the spear, inevitably resulting to Dante losing his step and plummeting down towards the ground.
Lance noticed Dante's fall and proceeded to swing his spear in downward vertical motion, extending its length and also increasing its largeness. With the momentum caused by the mighty swing from Lance and the large magnitude of the spear down at Dante, it made the attack somewhat impossible to defend, though just as Dante was about to shift his trajectory and free fall away from the incoming attack, Lance spotted this act and decided to raise his right leg up high, and with a great force behind it, he drove it at the ground and cast.
"magic technique: grand pedestal!"
And sudden mount of earth rose out of the floor, just beneath Dante, and proceeded to collide with him while pushing him towards the incoming spear attack at high speeds.
Boom!!
The two forces collided, with dante in the middle, as a great silence flooded the arena, but then Lance eyes hardened again and decided to coat the spear through out with his dark mana.
The spear was totally emerged in black mana, that now seemed to be so hot that it scorched the protruded earth once below Dante.
"it's over" Lance spoke in a concluding voice.
--back at the 12th representatives waiting room—
"D-dante!" rin shout out in a panicked tone, as everyone's eyes were glued to the screen and were all tensed by the current situation in the arena. "just what is this guy, he's not giving dante any opening or chances."
"or is it the fact that his a sacred arm user and appears to be very efficient in but weapon and magic technique… then yes, just what is this guy?" mark commented with a troubled look on his face, though Luca on the other hand was in deep thought, as he continued to focus his gaze at lance's armor… his 'sacred arm'. Mark faced him and saw his conflicted face, and asked out of curiosity. "is something wrong luca… is there another trick in play in this battle?"
"hmp, I smell shit smeared all over this lance guy." Luca called out and continued to observe the battle, as dante had yet to get up or even show any sign. Rin stared back at luca and showed a disgusted face in return.
"you could have just said something was up, you big weirdo." Rin spoke out with a face palm.
"yeah something like that… though I just can't put my finger on it… how about you Trin, any luck?" Luca called out to Trinity, who's expression right now, screamed concerned all over her face. "whoa Trinity, relax, Dante is okay."
"sigh, I can't help it... what if… what if the seal starts to act up… i-I can't help him from over here if that happens, I need to-."
"-relax, yes, and trust Dante, he can handle himself, I'm sure of it… so relax." Luca called out and reassured her… but then luca turned back his view towards the screen and kept his gaze at Lance armor. "though… I'm still very confused at something… I just hope Dante can crack this trick before it's too late."
--back at the 1st representatives waiting room—
"hmp, early into the battle, and is already taking it serious." Caul questioned with a bored look on his face, as everyone else continued to stare at the screen. "could it be that he already feels… intimidated by the other 12th rep."
"that can't be, clearly he just wants to end it quick, therefore not wanting to waste his time on that filth." Gel said with a short hmp after, though mona just stood nearby while leaning on the wall, and still observing the battle being played out. "that dog can't even sum up to anything when compared to lance, he's just out of his league."
"and I thought by now you've learnt to not underestimate your opponents after your pathetic defeat followed by ours… we underestimated them… and got mercilessly humbled in return for our ignorance… so I suggest you start to keep that your obnoxious pride to yourself." Mona responded with a disturbed tone,ultimately shunnin gel's previous comment."beside who can blame him even if he's afraid…his opponent is basically ananomaly…"
"he shattered the mana presence dome… known to be able to measure beyond unquantifiable… it couldn't even give a null or unquantified result… it just… shattered..." Paul spoke out with a curious tone… trying to observe Dante. "the monarch is considered an anomaly himself… from what had happened in that room, that guy is an anomaly at the bare minimum… in fact he's a-."
"enough, let's just keep on watching." Mona called out, while returning her gaze from Paul back to the screen with a scowl on her face.
"from the way I'm seeing it… this match is far from over."
--back at the battle grounds—
"it's over"
Lance was about to make his way out… until
"again, with that line, serious, already heard that before, try getting in line Lancelot." Dante's voice rang out, gaining Lance's attention, as he was just on top the tip of Lance's enlarged spear, which was now being supported by the large pillar of stone. Lance glared at this and started to wonder how Dante had managed to escape the unavoidable attack.
"hmmm I see… but how." Lance spoke out in curious and had a killer intent behind his words, but Dante just stood there, completely unfazed and just decided to reveal the two shining objects within his right-hand grasp, as he just took one each by each individual hand and stretched it outwards. "a bracelet… so you hold a relic too…"
"hmm… hardly." Dante said with a grin, as he just turned his whole facial expression immediately into a serious stare. "they're just weights… nothing special."
Dante let the two bracelets go and from the very moment he let it go, the two objects gradually fell to the ground… and upon impact with the ground, caused a turmoil that shook the whole terrain violently to the point of crumbling the stone pillar to rumble.
The large spear started to fall to the ground to the ground, as Dante leaped up and flicked away to the other side of the arena, his body was not starting to get covered by a thick red aura, while clashing his fist together with a smug grin on his face.
"might as well start taking this seriously, won't want to have all the fun now would i?" Dante spoke out, as he got into a martial art stance and drove his fist further, creating shockwave from that simple gesture. "come at me Lance."