THE RETURN OF THE SKELETON FOE
"Bully, erm.. I mean Oriese, we will never go against your brother again", the bullies told us while Erriese gave them his middle finger in response.
"See who dares mess with me again?" Erriese shouted out proudly before he looked to me like I was his greatest idol.
"I can get rid of the bullies for you this time but that doesn't mean you can go around bullying people", I told Erriese.
"Yes, of course, brother Oriese. Nobody will dare bully me now that you came back", Erriese said to me.
Erriese seemed to have adapted to his new life with his new name. He now has a Big Bully as a brother, and he had no complaints about that.
"Don't worry, I'll handle him", Saye told me about Erriese.
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Business in Tarah city was almost settled and arranged, and it was time for me to return to Istiopolis city when someone issued a challenge to me.
"Someone issued a public challenge against you now that news of your return to Tarah city has spread", Hugo told me suddenly and gave me a letter.
"I, Kolgane, Conjurer Apprentice of the Conjurer Court challenge Oriese, the Bully of Starri to a duel to the death", Kolgane wrote and issued the letter of challenge to me.
"Who is Kolgane?" Cassandra asked.
"Isn't he the new Lich King we defeated in Uchalis city?" Chash asked me.
"I thought we killed him already", I said to them.
"The magic of Trogdol can revive the dead. Their king is obsessed with the magic of immortality, so they have many means to continue living", Meera told us.
"Damn those undeads. Why did he challenge me now?" I asked.
"Who knows and who cares? Are you serious you want to meet his challenge?" Ratatouille asked me.
I thought about that for a second before making up my mind.
"Well, I've been gone for a very long time. It is time the kingdom will hear from the Bully again", I replied to them.
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"I challenge the Bully of Starri?" Kolgane screamed at me.
I ignored my challenger and addressed the crowd directly.
"Everybody", I announced to the audience in the Magic Arena of Tarah city before I added loudly, "Let me reintroduce myself, I am your Bully and I have returned", in the usual WWF style of announcement.
"Isn't the Bully of Starri dead in the Delirium realm?" someone asked.
"Some said he lost all his magic and is hiding in his fortress like a coward", another added.
"The Bully of Starri has returned"
The city and the kingdom needed a Bully, and the Bully returned.
Kolgane looked at me with interest. This wasn't the first time he fought with me. In fact, I killed him before. However, he was acting like he has never seen me before.
"You talk too much, are we fighting or not?" Kolgane asked me.
"Are you in a hurry to lose?" I asked him in reply.
"Infernal Beam"
Kolgane started the fight and struck first, conjuring an extremely powerful Infernal Beam that was targeted straight at me. Kolgane maximized the output of his first strike to make sure I would receive the most pain before I could retaliate.
However, the beam missed me.
If I had activated my Chaos Field, the beam would have been misdirected immediately. My chaos ability rendered Kolgane's projectile magic, however useful and powerful, useless against me. It would be diverted away. Even divine magic may not escape my chaos that easily.
However, I didn't give Kolgane the fortune to witness my Chaos magic.
"Coward, are you using chaos magic?", Kolgane complained to me asked although he wasn't surprised by it.
Kolgane was, however, surprised by the source of my chaos magic.
"I have a lantern that can turn away all your magic", I replied to Kolgane as I waved the Lantern of Chaos before Kolgane and paraded it before the crowd in the Magic Arena.
"Lantern of Chaos"
Although there were many who suspected that I was a Chaos templar, the public doesn't need to know that. All they need to know is that I am a Bully with deep pockets who can afford powerful equipment like the Lantern of Chaos that could divert any projectiles thrown at me.
This time, the chaos magic from the Lantern of Chaos helped me misdirect Kolgane's beam a little. With my incredible speed, I moved away from the powerful beam even without the use of my chaos magic.
"Wow, if only I were as rich as the Bully and could afford rare equipment like the Lantern of Chaos, nobody is my match in combat", someone from the audience crowd shouted out.
"Yeah, shameless", another added.
"Wealth is also a kind of talent, hahaha", I replied to the crowd and laughed at their poor souls.
"The Bully has returned", someone shouted out what I wanted to hear.
"Are you going to fight or not?" Kolgane screamed at me.
"You asked to fight with me, you come forward. I'm too busy to entertain you. I must bask in all my fans' worship", I replied to Kolgane.
"Boo" "Boo" "Boo"
I basked in the audience's attention although their attention wasn't of the favorable kind. I guess any kind of attention is better than no attention at all even if the attention is of the unfavorable kind.
Kolgane was cautious and would not close in the distance to fight with me. He wanted me to show him my strongest move.
"Why don't you fire your deadly lance now?", Kolgane said to me and asked.
Kolgane was expecting me to cast my 'Lance of Drakul' but I wasn't going to use that on him.
"What deadly lance? You ask for a fight, then fight. Fist against fist. Don't stay there like a pussy", I replied to him.
"Yeah, the idiot asks to fight with the Bully but wets his pants when he faces him", someone in the audience suggested.
"Do you need to take half time to change your wet pants?" I asked Kolgane loudly again as the crowd rose into laughter.