With Vynn accepting Skullspawn's offer, his stay at the kingdom of Elderith will make his escape a lot longer than expected.
"Oh and another thing, Vynn...I have a question for you..." Skullspawn said.
"And what would that be, Skull?" Vynn asked him.
"Would you fight the King of Elderith, the man who welcomed you into his kingdom, who treated you with hospitality, are you willing to go through such lengths and fight him?" Skullspawn said, approaching Vynn.
"Well, if Creo were to use all of his sheer power, it might prove to be a little difficult for me..." Vynn said turning around.
"But would you lose to him?" Skullspawn asked.
"Nah I would win..." Vynn replied, continuing to walk away from him.
Suddenly a mysterious figure appeared behind Skullspawn, but he remained calm of his situation.
"So you have answered my request..." Skullspawn said to the mysterious figure
"Emile Locke..." Skullspawn said turning to face him.
In front of him was a man with black hair, wearing a simple but classy suit, he wore an imposing mask that haunts his enemies with fear, his presence filled the hallway with a commanding presence, armed with his vector guns, he was ready to kill any enemies instructed to him, his name was Emile Locke.
"Well hello there, Caster..." Emile replied.
"I've summoned you to oversee this one special fighter...you probably know him already..." Skullspawn chuckled.
"Ah Vynn Wiccaspell..." Emile said, rolling his eyes.
"Yup, that particular guy...I want you to aid me when we fight that man..." Skullspawn said, whispering to Emile Locke.
"Very well, I look forward to it..." Emile said, putting away his gun, eventually fading to dust, disappearing before Skullspawn's eyes.
Skullspawn eventually sighed and walked down the hallway, hoping to find and speak with Creo Creatorius.
He eventually reached towards the middle of the hallway, and knocked on a meeting room.
"Come inside..." Creo said.
Skullspawn entered, in front of him was Creo Creatorius who was sitting comfortably on a chair, drinking wine from his cup.
"Have a seat, Skullspawn, I'm sure your legs have grown tired from walking and taking care of the guest..." Creo chuckled, sipping from his cup.
"I came here to tell you something, Your Majesty..." Skullspawn said, sitting down on the chair.
"Oh and what would that be?" Creo said, placing down his cup on the table.
"Your dear guest, Vynn Wiccaspell wishes to challenge you to a duel, tomorrow at dusk..." Skullspawn said.
Creo froze for a minute but after quickly thinking about it, he quickly accepts it.
"Well I relish the opportunity for a duel for a while..." Creo said, standing up.
"I see...well I'll be informing him about your decision then..." Skullspawn said, standing up from his chair.
"And you can be dismissed, I'll rest and prepare myself for my battle with him..." Creo said.
Skullspawn left the room and proceeded to head to his quarters, he locked the doors and closed the windows as he was about to do a summoning ritual.
"In this great war, a servant is a master and as I pray, that you need to my call, I summon thee..." Skullspawn said, chanting a spell that illuminated the room.
"I summon...Servant Class...Assassins..." Skullspawn said.
Out came was Emile Locke, equipped with his signature vector gun and another assassin was summoned as well with him.
The second assassin was a man wearing a dark cloak, he had a mask on his face, carrying a scythe as his weapon, he lowered his scythe and stated his name.
"Assassin...Elexer..." Elexer said.
"Elexer and Emile, you two will help me in observing the battle between Vynn Wiccaspell and Creo Creatorius tomorrow, if things go awry, assess the situation, understood?" Skullspawn said.
"Understood." Both Emile and Elexer replied.
*The next day*
Vynn was walking down the hallway, ready to fight against the King of Elderith, and he encounters Skullspawn, leaning by the wall.
"Oh you've come to greet me off, that's very flattering of you, Skull..." Vynn chuckled.
"I'm not rooting for anyone in this battle, I'm just spectating and setting out the groundwork of rules, so don't get too cocky Vynn..." Skullspawn replied, walking away from Vynn.
"I'll show you, who's the arrogant one between us, Skull..." Vynn mumbled to himself.
And so it was the time for the duel between Vynn Wiccaspell and Creo Creatorius, they headed towards an arena that was specially made for them to fight.
Creo's group were spectating at him, excited to see him win, Skullspawn enters the arena and headed towards the center, representing as the referee. Emile and Elexer were spectating from the shadows, waiting to see how powerful Vynn Wiccaspell is.
"Alright, welcome ladies and gentlemen, the fight that you have been anticipating here, the battle between the King of Elderith, Creo Creatorius and the newcomer, Vynn Wiccaspell..." Skullspawn announced to the people in the arena.
In the left side of the arena, Vynn was sharpening his blade, he was feeling confident in his abilities, seeing this battle as an easy win for him.
On the right side of the arena, Creo was equipping his gauntlets, he began to stretch his arms and legs, and sheathed his sword, his eyes were filled with determination and smiled as he was about to experience a battle that he hadn't felt in a while.
"And now, on the left side is this man...this man who has reached his highest peak...there is nothing that this guy can't deflect, he is none other than...Vynn Wiccaspell..." Skullspawn said turning to his left.
"Hmph, thanks for the introduction..." Vynn chuckled.
Skullspawn sighed and turned to his right.
"On the right side is this man, this man is a respected fighter, he has defeated monsters, sorcerers, and gods alike...his powers are what earned him these epithets, he has been known as 'Child of Prophecy', 'The Creator' and 'He Who Controls All', ladies and gentlemen, it is none other than that...Elderith's very own king! Creo Creatorius!" Skullspawn exclaimed.
The crowd started cheering as Creo entered the arena, with Creo greeting them all with a smile on his face.
"Go Creo!" Athena said, cheering for him.
"Go on, Creo, show him what you've got!" Zion, The Bookkeeper and Zino shouted in unison.
Creo chuckled, feeling happy and surrounded by the support of those who are close to him.
Both fighters began to unsheathe their swords, they rushed forward to one another, and as their swords clashed, everyone around the arena felt the fighters' sheer power.
"You're good!" Vynn chuckled.
"I could say the same for you..." Creo replied.
Creo backs up a little a bit, Vynn misinterprets Creo's action as an act of cowardice but for Creo and his friends, they knew what he was about to do next.
"What's the matter, King of Elderith? Chickening out?" Vynn chuckled, not knowing what he is getting himself into.
"Oh, you're sadly mistaken...I'm not
backing away because I'm a coward but because you have fallen right under my trap..." Creo replied.
Using his gauntlets, he created chains that binded Vynn's arms and legs to the ground.
"What the?" Vynn said in shock.
He attempted to use his sword to cut off the chain, much to Creo's amusement.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you..." Creo said.
"And why is that?" Vynn questioned.
Creo proceeded to use his gauntlets and created a clone of himself, behind Vynn.
"So this is your plan?" Vynn asked.
"It's a bold plan, I know..." Creo chuckled.
Vynn still went on with his plan and used his sword to untie him from the chains and attacked the clone created by Creo.
"That was a risky move you made there..." Creo remarked.
"I like playing things risky, now let's get this things started..." Vynn replied.
Vynn swiftly charged at Creo, they continued to clash their blades with one another.
It was at that moment, that Vynn decided to pull out his Bloodtwin to end things quickly.
"Is he seriously thinking of going all out?" Creo said.
Creo grasped his sword, he felt that the sword is a very strong weapon, and he too must respond with an equally strong weapon.
"I will need you for this one..." Creo said to himself.
"Come forth, for I require thine assistance...thy blade who knows it's master and creator, thy blade that led me to my victories..." Creo said to himself.
"Triumphus Creatoris!!" Creo exclaimed.
His blade that helped him win his countless blades was shown before Vynn's thine eyes, both of their weapons clashed, it created a frenzy and it had both fighters knocked backwards.
"I did not expect that much of a mess to happen..." Skullspawn said to himself.
Both Vynn and Creo eventually got back up, standing their ground, finding excitement with one another.
"It seems to me...that this guy here...is one hell of a fighter..." Both said in unison.
Both fighters wished that they could continue this fight even longer but they thought of ending it now.
"I'm gonna have to use the Zweihander as a means to distract the King and then switch to the Bloodtwin at the last minute..." Vynn mumbled to himself.
"It seems like, I'll have to use a combination of both my Triumphus Creatoris, Create and that one technique..." Creo sighed.
Both fighters got back into battle, they slowly approached one another, with Creo touching the ground and elevating it, much to Vynn's surprise.
"What is this king planning up to?" Vynn sighed.
Creo proceeded to create a mist to distract Vynn for his next attack.
"That's a dirty cheat you've made, King of Elderith..." Vynn stated.
"Perhaps but I like to win..." Creo chuckled.
Then Creo went ahead to fulfill his final plan of attack, using his gauntlets, he created ice and froze Vynn's body solid.
"What the..." Vynn said in shock.
"Now I'm sorry to do this but your play time is over..." Creo said.
And just then, he went on to release his trump card, he closed his eyes and they began to bleed, the spectators along with Vynn felt an uneasy presence.
"What is this feeling...I sense a tremendous amount of aura coming from him..." Vynn said, as he was getting chilled by the ice and was shaken by Creo's power.
He opened his eyes and there it was, his eyes illuminated blue and gold light, as both made eye contact, Vynn then realized he was trapped inside of a hallucination.
"Ah...I'm glad you made it this far, you are strong combatant and to think I had to resort to this..." Creo chuckled.
"You are indeed impressive!" Creo exclaimed.
"This place...this is an imaginary reality constructed by your hypnotic ability..." Vynn sighed.
"Indeed you are right, this is the power of my ace, the Kontroligan Eyes..." Creo said.
"Everything around here is under my control and you'll be stuck here for the rest of your life..." Creo said.
"I don't think so..." Vynn chuckled.
Vynn proceeded to grab his Zweihander and stabbed himself, effectively waking up from Creo's imaginary reality.
"This guy..." Creo said to himself.
"He's truly a force to be reckoned with..." Creo continued.
Using his willpower, Vynn broke himself from the ice and charged at Creo, with determination in his eyes, he held his Bloodtwin tightly as he was about to swing the sword towards Creo.
Creo use this gauntlets to create a barrier to block himself from the sword's attack, but the Bloodtwin was slowly breaking it which forced Creo to use his Kontroligan Eyes to make the barrier even stronger.
"What the..." Vynn said, he was surprised to see that the King was still continuing to fight.
"No matter, no shield can protect you from the Bloodtwin..." Vynn. saidz breaking the barrier and slashing Creo.
The spectators exclaimed in shock, seeing Creo from getting injured.
"He wasn't supposed to go this far..." Skullspawn grunted.
But as Vynn was about to deliver the final blow, Skullspawn proceeded to gesture Emile and Elexer to help him out in stopping Vynn.
"Enough is enough, Vynn Wiccaspell...this was suppose to be a regular duel, you weren't supposed to go all-out..." Skullspawn said to him, with Emile pointing a gun at Vynn's head and Elexer pointing his scythe at Vynn's neck.
"Fine, since you have me stuck, I'll stop..." Vynn said, backing away.
*Epilogue*
Creo was taken in by Athena, Zion Kishima, The Bookkeeper and Zino to be healed after sustaining a fatal blow.
Skullspawn, accompanied by Emile Locke and Elexer are planning inside Skullspawn's room.
"That was a close one, it was truly lucky that Creo still managed to survive then again it was Vynn's fault for going all out on a friendly duel, itlf Creo took the match seriously, things would have ended badly..." Creo sighed.
"But then again, it seems to me that Vynn Wiccaspell is stronger than I realized, it might prove to be difficult for Elexer or Emile to handle him." Skullspawn said
"Hmph, and you couldn't even bother even mentioning me, you mongrel?" A voice called out.
In front of them was a man with black hair, with fair white skin, a long dark coat, a well-tailored outfit, a collar on his neck, and tall black leather boots, nicely trimmed undercut haircut, with a long katana equipped on his right.
"What took you so long..." Skullspawn said.
"Ryujin?" Skullspawn continued.
"Skull, you should already expect from this guy that he will always...and will always be fashionably late..." Elexer sighed.
"Remind me again, in what universe did I ever allow you to speak before my presence, mongrel..." Ryujin replied to Elexer.
"And here they go quarreling with one another..." Emile sighed.
"Listen up you two, this is no time for us to be arguing right now, what matters more is dealing with that threat..." Skullspawn said, kicking the table.
"If you're talking about that mongrel, then he's nothing more than just a slave that is next in-line..." Ryujin chuckled.
"Well, do you have anything that you'd like to suggest?!" Skullspawn shouted.
"Well it's rather simple, we plan a trap for him, we lure him jn, we use Elexer as bait, then me and Emile will be on the standby and you'll be in the front lines casting the trap at him, and if things go awry, we'll back you up...as simple as that..." Ryujin stated.
"Hmmm, I like your idea Ryujin, now we'll just have to find a way to execute it..." Skullspawn said.
"And that will be when?" Ryujin asked Skullspawn, waiting for his response.
"I'll just take Vynn to my domain and you guys will handle him, don't worry, I won't simply let you die..." Skullspawn chuckled.
"We're going to make this even harder for Vynn to handle..." Skullspawn chuckled.
All of them agreed to the plan and decided to prepare themselves In defeating Vynn Wiccaspell.