Alex POV
Within seconds the expressions on the face of 4th leader Lucius changed from shock to anger, ignoring the instruction we have received from the tower he charged at me holding his ancestral draconic dagger in his right hands.
Just when his dagger was about to reach my neck a bright white light enveloped him and teleported him almost 2 kilometer away from his position.
"What a fool." 1st leader said as he looked at demion.
"Have you come to take revenge?" 1st leader asked looking at demion.
"That is one of the reason." Demion said.
"Then I have to disappoint you that you will not be able to complete any of your other missions because you will be dying here in this floor." 1st leader chuckled.
"Do you intend to kill me using your words and underhanded tricks just like how you did with my father?" Demions words provoked 1st leader but their conversation was interrupted by the arrival of 4th leader Lucius.
"What tricks did you used you bastard, I knew this tower and trial were all rigged from the start, you must have control over this tower, tell me how many leaders have killed till now?" 4th leader Lucius said keeping his distance from me this time.
"You will be the first to receive this honor followed by 1st leader morris, just think about when the news will reach the dragon realm that 4th leader 'Lucius of hell' departed to hell before he could even reach the 99th floor." I said making mockery of him there was a reason why I was agitating him from the start, so that it would be easy to extract the information later.
Saying this I looked at the further instructions that tower has shown us.
[A new rule has been added.]
[The person selected by tower will be given an opportunity to select his opponent.]
[It is advised by tower to not start fight before the selection of opponent or further restriction will be added on the person violating the rules.]
"F**k this, it is not a fair trial." 4th leader Lucius once again cursed.
"You are a Leader Lucius; please maintain your dignity as such." 1st leader said trying his best to look calm.
If one look into the possibility after addition of new rules there was a chance that 1st leader Morris would fight against Demion or Lucius.
If I were given the chance to select my opponent I would definitely select Lucius and if the chance was to be given to demion he would select morris as his opponent.
It will only be problematic if the chance to select the opponent end up with Lucius, then morris will end up dead fighting me but the chance of such thing happening was 25 percent. morris definitely had the clear advantage.
[The chance to select the opponent has been given to 1st leader Morris feuer.]
When the announcement was made everyone had the wide smile on their faces except 4th leader Lucius who had understood his situation quite well.
"Brother Morris, please select the guardian or you can also select me as your opponent, let the fate decide who wins or loses." 4th leader Lucius said with a fearful smile on his face.
"What happened to your conviction just now to torcher my soul, Lucius?" I asked him but he ignored my words continuing his pleading to first leader but his words fell on deaf ears, 1st leader was not a fool after all.
"Leader Lucius it is not like I want you to die but as you know I and that brat Demion has a long feud to settle, I apologize but I cannot pass on such an opportunity to clear the stain on my name can i?" 1st leader spoke.
"Damn you I can kill him on your behalf just select that damn guardian as your opponent, aren't you the strongest leader why are you picking up on weak." Lucius spoke in an urgent tone.
"Have you forgotten the favor I have pending to redeem, which you offered me to attack the guardian's capital, you said whether I kill that retainer Demion or not you will grant me a favor." He urgently said smiling which raised some concerns in my mind.
If morris had taken an oath to grant lucius a favor the 1st leader Morris will definitely select 4th leader Lucius as his opponent over me and I have to fight and kill demion but looking at the vicious smile on the lips of 1st leader my concerns flew away as soon as they came.
"Sorry Lucius but you should have made a soul contract with me, I just wanted to check the bottom line of guardian which I did and the favor you want to redeem is not a small one, I would have loved to fight you but the preparation you have made to kill guardian Alex are to bothersome to deal with, I would prefer to deal with Demion instead." It seem things are going according to my plan.
Also I would love to see what preparation this psycho has come up with but suddenly the aggrieved 4th leader who was on the verge of crying because of betrayal of his fellow leader had a smile on lips regaining the old crazy glint in his eyes.
Something has transpired between this two for them to come to terms with each other this fast they must have telepathically discussed something but I couldn't understand what they could have discussed that they would gladly receive death. It was not their loyalty that is for sure.
[The chosen participant has selected Dragon Demion as his opponent.]
[The participant who wishes to fight first please enter the dome.]
"I would like to fight first, if 4st leader Lucius doesn't have any problem?" I needed to see for myself what it is that king has promised them for which they are ready to die.
"I agree as well." Lucius agreed as well to my proposal which made me more curious about his preparation and the secrets king and leaders are hiding.