THE MEETING IN THE MITHRIDOCUS CLAN HALL
"We are lucky the elders sent him to join our team", our captain told our team, acknowledging my contribution finally and the rest of the team all nodded in agreement.
"Defeating our team doesn't make you a Bully", the captain of the Demetriodes side shouted to me defiantly.
"I step on Spiros like he was a piece of shyte. Do you think I care what you say, you piece of shyte", I replied to my opponent rudely.
"Hey this is a fixed match", someone from the viewing pavilions shouted out.
"The Bully bought out all his opponents and they all jumped out of the arena without giving their best", another added her observation.
But what the spectators said made some sense. I wasn't acting out like a Bully should. There was so little gore in this fight that it almost looked like this was an arranged match.
"Something has got to change", I said to my opponent.
"What?" he asked but before he got a response from me. suddenly, seven duplicates of myself appeared in the arena to the surprise of him and everyone.
"Malevolent Slaves"
"How can he summon duplicates of himself, this Bully?" someone from the viewing gallery asked.
"What kind of magic is this? Illusion or real?" another enquired.
"Real or not, as long as it whacks my victim, they are real to you", I replied to the guy before my duplicates started hitting the captain of the other team with their sonic punches as they took turns appearing behind him to strike.
"Bully's Backstab" "Drums of Kradesh" x7
"That is so violent. The Bully could have won the match by throwing the captain of the Demetriodes out of the arena like the others", someone commented in the viewing gallery.
"The Bully of Starri wouldn't be a bully if he cared about the welfare of his victims", another added her suggestions.
"What is wrong with you morons? You complain when I slap them softly. You complain again when I slap them hard", I shouted to the spectators.
My violence against the captain of the other team soon caught the attention of the referee.
"Stop the fight", the referee suddenly stopped the match before my incarnates killed the captain of the other team.
It was time to replace the competitors.
Then he asked the other team, "any replacements on your side?"
All the players on the other team have suddenly gone missing. Nobody would want to come onto the arena to fight with me.
"The Mithridocus team wins", the referee announced as the medical teams took the captain of the other team away for treatment.
He would no longer compete in this competition, nor would his other teammates face me again.
I returned to the viewing gallery to meet my friends and finish my lunch without reporting back to my team.
"He doesn't really care about us", one of my teammates complained.
"Someone with ability like him doesn't even need a team", the captain replied to them.
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"Must you do that to that moron? He would have PTSD for the rest of his live after being beaten by you?" Sara asked me about my violent fighting style against the captain of the other team.
"Better that than being killed", I replied to her.
"You are right, if that scum dares spill shyte to me, he is dead. I am not merciful", Sara said to me.
"Did you find out about the other teammates' magic?" Rinna asked me.
"How can he? They were gone before he even began hitting them", Ratatouille added.
"Their magic is probably around the peak of Saturn tier or early Uranus even", I replied to Rinna.
"And you managed to beat them to pulps so easily?" Eless asked me.
"Their magic may be at Saturn tier, but their skill is far below that. They are not the threat that I am worried about", I replied to her.
Initially, I was afraid the potion circulating in the city would create powerful monster templars that could be problematic for us. However, these templars had their magic elevated but not their threat level.
"Something is really going on here. That is why you invited us", Conjurer Iras asked me after sensing something was queer with this competition.
"Yes, have you heard about the mysterious potion that is circulating among the noble families. It might have something to do with it", I replied to him.
"So, this is not a paid vacation but a job with cheap pay?" Anitor asked me disappointedly.
"Don't worry, the Bully will not be short on compensation", Illiwyn replied to him.
"Yes, I'm rich", I added.
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"Oriese, I present to you the elders of our family, Lord Argyriss and Lord Likourgoss", Prince Geoffraie introduced the elders of the Mithridocus family to me.
Prince Geoffraie brought me to meet the elders of the family in Maher city despite my reluctance to do so. However, after Orol insisted, I came anyway.
"Greetings, elders", I greeted the elders of the family and bowed to them.
Suddenly, someone shouted out to scold me.
"How dare a minor of the family refuse to kneel before the elders", some princely member scolded me.
"How dare a mere scum ask a Lord of the Knight of the Cross kneel before mortals", I scolded back at the guy who was shocked by my fury and arrogance.
"You…", he wanted to say something but suddenly a large hand grasped his neck.
"Don't kill him", Lord Likourgoss told me in shock.
"I'll leave your dog life and get lost", I told the guy who dared to scold me.
As my Malevolent knight released the guy, suddenly a flash of light struck the guy's limbs, chopping off his arm in an instant.
"Oriese, what are you doing?", Prince Geoffraie shouted to me in horror.
"The crime of mocking a Lord of the Knight of Order is death. Because the elder of the family plea for you, I will commute your sentence to dismemberment", I told the guy who dared scold me.
The guy was stunned after I cut off his arm and must be brought out of the family hall for treatment.