Sitting in their seats everyone looked at the arena with anticipation, two figures could be seen on the stage looking at each other.
The boy looked at the man with killing intent blazing in his eyes, while the man unfazed by the look in his eyes looked back at him with analyzing eyes.
"The first match of the day and also the semi finale of the championship."
The loud and booming voice of the commentator hyped everyone in their seats.
"On one side is our budding general level Young man who went through the various challenges that almost killed him but his tenacious and undying will pulled him through each one of them. Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for GERALD."
"Gerald~~ Marry me!!!"
A series of cheering erupted from the arena, young and old females alike cheered for the boy on the top of their lungs.
"Fuck-off Bitch!!, he will fill me up with his seeds."
The one who spoke was an old woman who looked like she was past 50 years old and still she was jumping in the arena with bare chest.
"Die!! You Bastard!! Did you know my Wife wants to have your baby next! I Agreed to her request previously because the guy was my friend."
While the males had their own set of curses, Gerald promptly ignored everyone and looked at the man in front of him with cold eyes.
"On the Other side we have the Head of the Noir Family. The family Well known for their 'Darkness' powers. Every member of the family must have darkness power or they would be thrown out of the family without any exception."
As soon as those words left Commentators mouth, a huge amount of Killing intent along with ether burst out of Gerald's body and he was doing his best to not make a move.
Victor, the black haired man in his 30's looked at his reaction with an amused grin on his face.
" Now then, Let the Arena Rumble."
As the chilling voice dawned in both of their ears, they disappeared from their position and faced each other head on.
"Tell me boy, Which whore's child are you~~?"
Victor asked. The grin never left his face as he continued.
"Was It Tia~~, Alice~~ or was it Fiona~~."
Gerald did not reply and infused his muscles with Ether and attacked his face. Victor parried the attacks with his hands covered in dark colored ether energy.
"You think these attacks can faze me?"
Under the eyes of everyone black tentacles shot out from victor's back and they slammed in his chest. Making his stagger back a few steps. While he tried to restore his balance, the tentacles kept on attacking him like a whip.
"That's a weird ability." Keiran commented looking at the black whip like tentacles with a disgusted gaze
Luna nodded in agreement while adding,
"They seem to be related as well."
Sitting on their seats, Keiran and Luna watched as the fight unfolded from their private room along with the rest of their family.
"Noir family is a family under the smith family. They have abilities to control darkness to a basic extent. Those who have an active darkness ability are called blessed individuals and those who do not are a stain to their family name."
Seraphina commented while looking at Victor attacking his opponent without giving him a chance to recover.
" Their ability is quite annoying once it traps you. They would have been one of the top ranking families if not for their stupid beliefs."
It was Arion who added this time, shocking the rest. His words carried a hint of mockery and disdain.
'What a hypocrite' Luna commented while looking at the face of the man who is ready to throw them away because of their low level power.
Keiran did not reply to her words as if silently agreeing to them. He kept looking at the boy who was dodging the attacks with precise and meticulous movements.
Back in the arena Gerald was dodging the attacks while his mind was running at full speed.
'I need to find an opening. If I go on like this, my stamina won't last long.'
He kept looking at the pattern of the incoming dark tentacles and found an opening within them.
'It is now or never.'
With a huge burst of energy he activated the body strengthening skill while focusing on his hands and legs.
In an instant his figure vanished from Victor's sight, taking him off-guard.
'Where did he go-' before he could comprehend what was going on felt a sudden shift in his surroundings and immediately used his skill to guard him while overlapping several tentacles , forming a wall using them.
The makeshift shield did not do much for him as Gerald's fist hit his face along with the tentacle and slammed him into the ground.
"You know what they say, people who speak the most during the fight die faster."
Gerald's spoke for the first time as his words echoed in the arena.
Looking at the bloodied figure of the man laying on the ground, he made his way towards him and spoke in a voice that could only be heard by Victor.
"And the name of my mother was Hikari, she was the woman you left to die after using her, she was from the pigpen."
Victor's eyes widened in shock before returning to normal. He coughed up a mouthful of blood and tried to stand up only to have a kick slammed in his chest sending him rolling on the ground. The dust on the ground stirred clouding the area in a blurr.
"Do you know what she had to go through, just so she could give me a good life. Every time I trained she cheered me on by saying 'Do your best', while hiding the pain she had to go through for the resources I needed."
His voice became louder and louder, it was like his soul was screaming at the man.
"One day when I came, I saw her lying naked on the ground. Covered in blood an-"
His voice choked, as he remembered the scene of her death and his eyes turned misty.
"Even in the face of death she tried her best to smile for-"
"-oo much"
His voice was cut off by a sudden whisper.
"What did you say?"
"I s- haah, I said, look now who is talking too much?"
As Gerald registered those words in his mind, he coughed a mouthful of blood, he looked at the dust that started to settle down in shock.
Keiran and Luna's eyes widened as they felt a familiar aura radiating from the stage.
Gerald looked down to see a black tentacle pulsing with dark red energy piercing the side of his abdomen.
"Whoops, looks like I missed~~"
Hearing a voice that sent shivers down his spine, he looked up to see a sight that shocked him to the core.
Victor's wounds were burning, yet the fire was healing him instead of burning him. His ears turned point and his whole eye turned pitch black replacing the pupils.
His whole figure was pulsating in a dark red aura the twins were familiar with.
"Let's start round two shall we~~"