--back at the battle ground—
Lance's P.O.V
'how is this possible, for someone to keep on those weights for so long is more seen as a punishment than training… always carrying such weights at all time really takes a lot of power… I guess this dante guy is actually something else… but regardless against me is nothing.' i launched at dante with my now back to normal spear, as dante saw this coming and instantaneously blitz to in front of me, exceeding his previous speed ten folds. i immediately took note of the incoming fist he launched and proceed to try and evade it by turning left but to my surprise, I saw a right kick heading my way, it came out of no where and from the speed it's moving at the force behind it was more of a reason to block. 'such speed, hmp'
I rose up the staff of my spear to block the kick, but it seemed that the impact with the staff was so much that it shot me out to the side and into a nearby rock.
I regain my footing and proceeded to launch at him, swing my spear in a side way slash from the right, aiming to slash his mid-section, but apparently, he seems too quick and managed to evade it. The battle between me and him started to seem like a TO and FRO engagement, with each of us landing and evading hits that cause shockwave through out our battle field, destroying the land beneath us and sending vigorous quakes.
But something could be easily point out in our battle, as this was the fact that the stamina that this dante had was obviously over the top, and ever since he let go of those weights, his speed, agility and strength increased significantly. If I don't know better… the more I draw out this battle for too long, he speeds will soon start to dwarf mine…
He launched a kick at my chest, driving me further away from him, but just as I was about to get back at him with a forward gab from my spear.
I notice that he had blitz again to my front with a mana encased fist, that charged at my jaw, launching me up into the air and just before I could stabilize myself in the air, I suddenly felt a crushing force from the back of my head, as dante had swung his leg at my head and drove me towards the wall at the far end of the room, causing a shockwave of red mana to spread around the whole terrain. Upon impact, I managed to hold myself and drop down to the ground.
"he's getting fast and faster as the time extends… well then, let's see how far he can go then." I said in a dark tone, why gripping down on my spear, I brought it up above my head with the sharp tip pointing downward. I shut my eyes close and proceeded to launch it deep into the ground with great force that created a small crater beneath me. "after I've brought him into my own domain."
Third person's P.O.V
Dante is seen making his way towards lance, but upon arriving he saw what lance was doing, and had started to feel a very powerful presence arising out from him… in fact it was the same sort of presence quite similar to that of monalisa, the presence of two beings in one.
Though, it seems to be his sacred arm… and of course, that means he's starting to take this even more seriously. 'I can't let my guard down… from what luca told me about these sacred arms, I can't risk making any mistake right now.'
'cause unlike trinity… I don't even know which sacred arm my opponent wields, so I'm at a big disadvantage here.' Dante though with a distressed expression on his face, as he started to prepare himself for anything unexpecting from lance. 'besides… from what luca had informed me about them, I can't afford to prolong this match….'
--flashback to the waiting room, during trinity's match—
"hmm, dante… I need you to pay attention to me, this sacred arm are not a joke, they are weapons that can alter not just the user but also the environment of the user itself… scaling far beyond any weapon created… and do you what truly makes them very dangerous…" luca turned his gaze at dante and hardened his stare. "… it's the fact that if you don't identify them on time, before the user and the weapon sync… then you're basically at a corner… because the true nature of the arm is revealed… and that is what makes them too dangerous."
"so, in other words…" dante started on with an also hardened look at luca, who now adjusted his eyeglasses.
"the moment the user and the arm has synced, please… don't allow the arm to touch you no matter what, you're not like trinity who is a dual user, the moment the arm touches you, it will make sure the technique you use is completely useless against it…" luca turn his attention and stared at the moment mona stabs trinity, and grimace with a disturbed look on his face. "it will turn it's user into your natural predator."
--end of flashback—
Dante immediately took action and launched at lance, with his fist glow bright red.
"I will end It right here."
"aurora technique: full concentration!"
"breaking point!"
Dante fist immediately began to glow even brighter and started to close in on lance, who immediately brought out his spear to stab dante in the chest, but dante used his left hand to stop it on time, but this resulted his hand to be pierced by the spear, but successful stopped it before it could hit his chest.
"IT'S OVER!"
Dante's fist connected with lance helmet, instantaneously shattering it and causing a shock wave of red mana to spill throughout the whole terrain, as rock flew from every corner.
But then something happened, everything calmed down to reveal that lance had dodged the almost impossible attack, but his armor had taken serious damage still. Dante was shocked by this, but something was very strange to him… 'the armor is broken… but the presence of the sacred arm is still evidently present… could it be that…"
--back at the 12th representatives waiting room—
"…oh no… dante needs to get of there, now!" Luca jumped up from his sit after his sudden outburst, as everyone stared at him with concerns written all over their faces. "h-how couldn't we have seen it much earlier."
"what do you mean luca, what happened?" rin roared out in a fit of concern for dante, as she held luca by the shoulders and shook him, but was then stopped by mark who also came by.
"luca is something wrong, what's going on." Mark questioned too with a worried tone in his voice. Luca just went back to his seat with a very serious look on, as he turned at trinity who had a now distress expression on her face too.
"that bastard knew what he was doing from the very being…" luca called out.
--sudden flashback—
A black mana cloak started to overcome all of Lance's very body, encasing him in a mana-like armor that started to solidify and condense into an actual armor black in color and had a golden outline at its edges, as its eye visors were glowing red and the spear remained the same.
"sacred arm: dark emperor."
--end of flashback—
"he tried to fool everyone from the very begin… including dante, that the armor was in fact the sacred arm… but it was a lie." Luca pointed out, while glaring at what was unfolding on the arena. "he tried and succeeded in leading dante's focus away from his real sacred and towards the armor… giving him more time to sync himself the real arm together."
Rin stared back at the screen with a shock look, as mark himself was shocked by what luca had just explained.
"so you mean that the real sacred arm is not the armor… but then where could it be-." Rin asked in a stunned way, at what had just transpired in total.
"isn't it obvious… it's been on display from the very beginning." Luca revealed his normal lazy tone, as this very statement made both mark and rin to glare at the screen in pure utter surprise. "he didn't put any effort in hiding it, from the very first place. Using the weapon to bring out more of dante's potential… evaluating it… trying to figure out his technique… only then, did he pull up that all bullshit of an act, claiming his sacred arm is the armor, whereby in reality, it was…"
--back at the battle ground—
Third person's P.O.V
"you did well dante… but I'm afraid, it's over for you apparently." Lance said along with a sinister laughter, as his now broken armor started to evaporate and stain the terrain of the battle ground to dirty black, filling it with pure, and dense mana. The blood of dante that started to drip off the spear, started to get absorbed into it, coloring it into a bright red with patches of black on the staff of the spear, while also spreading around lance's body, forming it into a armor of similar design as the last one. Dante was confused by this and immediately removed his hand and blitz away… but not as fast as… before, he started to feel... weaker. "but let me humble you with my true sacred arm."
"behold… sacred arm: odin's spear!"