If I continue with such pace loosing would be a fixed outcome.
On the outside the fight looked equal with both the fighters parrying each strike with deadly precision but lucifer was on the loosing end.
Although he had mysteriously achieved a good mastery over then katana just by holding it, the gap in the skills could not be matched.
I have to end this stupid duel as early as possible and the best way would be to do a surprise attack, something the prince would not expect.
Zeke was trying to overwhelm his opponent with slashes hidden under lethal battle arts. During the entire fight his face was calm, but soon a frown appeared on it.
It was expected as lucifer was directly charging towards him with his sword in a reverse grip. Expecting a lethal attack from lucifer, Zeke distanced his legs and got in a under hit form so as to hit at his opponents throat before lucifer could reach him.
Seeing zeke's form lucifer slided on the ground and aimed for his heart, at the same time zeke tried to parry lucifer's attack.
But to everyone's surprise lucifer deflected the attack by piercing his palm through the opponents sword and aimed for his throat at the last minute .
A protective barrier was formed around Zeke and the battle ended with lucifer's victory.
The entire class was silent seeing such simple yet brutal style of fighting.
Lucifer removed the sword impaled in his palm, and calmly exited from the stage without showing a hint of pain on his face.
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'Ah... Dammit that was a close call. I would definitely lost that duel.
But seriously it's hurting like hell. I just don't know. It just felt like the katana took over me during the fight.
But how can it be. I was fighting like a madman without caring for my body.
Just what the hell is going on. Well now the classes are over so I should just get a proper rest.
As he was moving towards the dormitories suddenly a voice called in his mind...
[looks like you have been reborn. I had lost connection with you after the last battle.]
wait who the hell are you!
Lucifer exclaimed suddenly jumping to the side.
[Stay still idiot, otherwise people are going to label you as a madman. Well not that it matters. Listen brat mental communication consumes a lot of my power in my current state. Go to Samdhir tree in the garden of this academy and then press your hand on it's bark. This way you would be partially able to inherit your dormant powers. Grow stronger And then we can have a proper conversation].
What powers are you talking about. Hello... can you hear me...
The voice said to go in the garden, well let's see what happens.
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I think the garden is this way...ah...there it is...
So I think it said to find Samdhir tree, but how the hell would I recognize it.
Hmm... That big one, maybe.
Lucifer walked towards a massive tree at the end of the garden and as instructed by the voice pressed his hand against the bark.
A brilliant light engulfed the surroundings and he was absorbed in the tree.
He found himself in a plain white surrounding with nothing in sight except a black coffin like box at the center of the space. He walked towards the box which had various designs made in blood red colour on it, probably some high end runes.
With slight hesitation I approached the box.
It really looked like some sort of ancient artifact or like a super mystery you generally see in fantasy movies.
It had two metal clips of a vivid combination of purple and gold.
Maybe it was some sort of unique metal used in the ancient times. I gently lifted the clips to open the box.
The moment the clips were lifted a dazzling light covered the entirety of the white space painting it in crimson red.
Honestly it was creeping me out.
I felt like a mad fanatic of some dark cult, trying to revive my god or whatever stuff those madman do.
After the light subsided I peeked inside the box only to drop my eyes from the sockets.
A classic black armor was stored in the box. Even though I was a beginner in sensing mana and other forms of energies since coming to this world, I could feel the immense strength and the feeling of oppressive aura radiated by the black armor.
It was like the armor had it's own presence, similar to an ancient being.
The moment my hand touched the shiny surface of the black metal it was absorbed into my body like some liquid being soaked into a sponge.
Immense pain coursed through every cell of my body.
Black veins could be seen on my arms, gradually making their way to my heart.
'it's over...My life, I am gonna die here.'
That was the only thought that passed through my mind.
It was hurting like hell. The black lines formed a orbit around my heart and began spinning in clockwise direction.
Their speed increased with every second.
Then suddenly I felt a different feeling. It was nothing like the pain I had suffered in the beginning.
It was like something was trying to take over my consciousness. I was loosing the feeling of who I was.
It felt like I didn't belonged to this world.
[Weak... How far have I fallen to take over the body of such a weak existence, and that too a human. Be grateful human for I shall make use of this pathetic body of yours. I Zargam shall be reborn...hahaha...]
This...It's different form the Earlier voice.
That one was definitely a women's voice, but this one sounds too inhumane to belong to any living being.
It's like speaking in an empty cave, only to hear horror echoes of your sound growing ugly with each passing second.
I resisted, with every last drop of will I had left.
I forced my mind to be calm, despite the voices in my head, driving away the last bit of sanity I had.
I can do it. I could feel, whatever was trying to take over my body was currently weak.
It was too much weak that even I could resist it's effects.
Maybe it was because it had just awakened from it's slumber after god knows how many years.
It was my only chance to survive and to prevail.
And I shall win...
In the name of Lucifer Faldia, this shall not be a place of my demise.
With such thoughts in my mind, I felt a sudden rush of power.
A warm feeling pulsated throughout my body.
My bloodline was pumping it's potential lethality into my sub-conscious mind.
I could feel my control over my body getting stronger with each passing second.
It felt like eternity. Time slowed down. I could literally feel the mana particles in the air, their movements me.
The mana in the air was vibrating, with each particle colliding against each other, creating a fusion effect.
With each fusion a different kind of energy was produced. This energy entered my body through the pores on my skin.
I muscles began etching due to the forced transmission of high level pure energy.
It wasn't mana, nor was it Qi...
A completely unique and special form of energy. I had a feeling that it was waiting for me, to command it, to govern it.
It was calling me with desperate cries... I felt like a part of me was being reattached to my existence.
Something I had forgotten...
All these things happened in a short amount of time.
At the end only a single thought had took over my mind.
{AWAKEN...AWAKEN...AWAKEN...Awaken VARYAA}
And then it began...
The story which had long been forgotten.