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- An oath, eh?

This amused Vixen. He gave a big smile, to the point where he even showed his white teeth to the man in front of him, and agreed to take him seriously. He didn't know much about this Bubble, except what his King had quickly explained, but he knew one thing: underestimating him would be foolish, very foolish. Vixen trusted his own strength, but he didn't care about the man's past history: he had to win. Whatever it takes.

Vixen would be the winner of this fight. He had to be and impress his King.

Both of them had a sword in their hand, although Vixen's was longer and bigger, they did not hide their determination. Vixen wanted to win to please his King and because he hated to lose, while Bubble had to win to get out of here and be "forgiven" for the sin he committed years ago by then. The murders he committed on his own family for selfish reasons, the reason he was the person he was, but also why he had never been able to forgive himself... He had to win, period. He didn't like using his Power, but without it, he was never going to defeat Vixen: that was certain. He didn't know how powerful it was, but he would soon learn. Before he took the first step, he looked around and squinted at the smiling King. Didn't he say they could fight to the point of destroying everything? The only thing that Bubble had refused to do was to try to attack the King himself, but he would never have done such a thing in any case. Nevertheless—

- If we can destroy everything, it means that he is confident that he can rebuild everything quickly, right…?” wondered Bubble.

Even though he was going to accept to fight with all his might, Bubble didn't want to go to the point where he destroys everything either. The architecture was so beautiful and it was possible that he could hurt someone without meaning to...!

- Anyway... I just have to win and get out of here...!

Bubble finally took the first step and charged at his opponent. Vixen stopped smiling and looked serious before blocking Bubble's sword with his own. The two men's encounter echoed throughout the room, bouncing from the high roof to the huge walls. Vixen twirled his sword, playing with Bubble's, causing him to lose his balance, but his attack was narrowly blocked. Vixen advanced toward Bubble and attacked him again, but Bubble didn't let him. He retreated to the right and lunged at his opponent, trying to get the blue blade through his shoulder, but just missing. Vixen took advantage of this opening to attack with his own sword, held in his left hand, and was blocked by Bubble's blade. The meeting of the two swords created sparks of all colors before Bubble made a sudden move and made Vixen lose his balance.

- My opening!” exclaimed Bubble as she charged at Vixen.

However, the latter smiled and stuck his sword in the ground. Believing that Bubble had been trapped, he stopped his momentum and moved back a few steps, not wanting to take Vixen's attack. However, Vixen took his sword in hand and smiled at Bubble.

- Say, Bubble. Do ya know where our Powers come from?" he asked with a smile.

- What?

Vixen played with his sword, still in his left hand, and took a step closer to Bubble. Waiting for his response, he stepped forward while waving his weapon, staring intently into his opponent's eyes. Bubble frowned.

- …

Bubble didn't know if he should answer: he knew what they said about Powers, but what if Vixen wanted him to answer just because it would benefit him in some way? He could see the sword in Vixen's hand, but was that really his Power? What if answering Vixen's question would somehow put him in danger? Bubble took another step back, but he wasn't afraid: he just wanted to be careful what he did and said. Vixen, noticing Bubble's silence, stopped and raised his sword again, smiling.

- Léi. Greater Deity of the Lightning.

- !

Bubble opened his eyes wide.

- Zìrán. Greater Deity of the Nature.

Only Vixen's words broke the total silence of the large room. Bubble hesitated to attack him, but at the moment he showed no opening. Moreover, he was intrigued: why was he telling him all this...?

- Shuǐ. Greater Deity of the Water.

"Greater Deity". Bubble knew very well what it was…

It was the name of the First Gods, the Gods above all Gods, except the Creator of the Universe.

- Huǒ. Greater Deity of Fire.

Vixen charged at Bubble and attacked him by surprise. Bubble barely managed to parry, but was sent flying due to the force of the blow. Vixen smiled and, taking advantage of this opening, attacked the left side of Bubble. Bubble tried to block his attack, but he caught the blade in his skin and gritted his teeth to keep from screaming. He kicked Vixen who stepped back and waved his sword violently so that Bubble's blood would flow from his blade.

- Yánshí. Greater Deity of the Rock.

Vixen continued to talk and Bubble touched her wound to make sure it was nothing serious. Fortunately, it wasn't going to affect him too much. He clutched his own sword and gritted his teeth: this fight was about to explode, he could feel it…

- Yùhé. Greater Deity of the Healing.

He already knew all these names, but Bubble didn't interrupt him. Saving his saliva and energy for himself and the fight that was going on in that huge room, he listened to him, wondering what he was getting at. Vixen raised his sword in the air.

- Jīngshén. Greater Deity of the Spirit.

“Mental" Powers were also called "Spirit" Powers, after all.

- Yánsè. Greater Deity of Colors.

As he spoke the name of the Greater Deity, his blade began to glow with a brilliant rainbow. It wasn't so bright that Bubble had to hide his eyes, but keeping his gaze on the blade could end up blinding him, so he lowered his head a bit to focus on Vixen's body more than anything else.

- He must have a Power of Colors, then…” Bubble thought.

- Kōngjiān. Greater Deity of the Space!

He shouted that name and the ground beneath him shattered, while the rainbow light stilled in the blade of his sword. Bubble squinted: what was he doing? Was he trying to buy time? He had to fight faster, then!

- And Yuèjiè. Greater Deity of the Out-of-Bounds.

Bubble charged at Vixen while brandishing his sword and Vixen did the same. Having pronounced the name of the last Greater Deity, the tenth of them, he let out a smile that could frighten any and the two swords met with an unbearable noise. Bubble noticed that Vixen's Aura had changed, but more importantly had grown! He was now more powerful! Vixen swung his sword and sent Bubble flying. Vixen opened his eyes wide, a frightening smile still on his lips, and crouched down.

- What Greater Deity has offered ya its Blessing, BUBBLE?!!!

The ground beneath him exploded and he flew towards Bubble. In the eyes of the caped man, one could see the silhouette of Vixen charging at him, a multi-colored sword in his left hand. Still holding it in one hand, he intended this to be the last attack of this short fight. Bubble squinted and gripped his sword tightly. Basically, it was just a piece of cardboard. A ridiculous Power with no style. A Power that begged to be mocked. A Power so stupid…

Even Bubble had thought that.

Before his father showed him... and explained the reality behind this Power.

- ... It's…

Vixen couldn't see it, but being so close to Bubble, ready to kill him with a single blow, it caused a light to go on in Bubble's eyes that shouldn't have been woken up. Bubble's cloak flew up in the air, Vixen's powerful blow, and then a light shone from Bubble's sword.

- Yuèjiè.

Vixen brandished his sword towards Bubble. A blow determined to kill him, or at least mortally wound him.

But Bubble wouldn't let that happen!

Vixen's sword was parried without difficulty and the attack caused a shockwave that shattered even the window of the wall behind Bubble's back. Vixen opened his eyes wide.

- W-What?!

And then he was thrown to the ground and landed on all four limbs before Bubble threw his weapon at him. However—

- !!

Vixen narrowly avoided the spear that Bubble had just thrown, but Bubble reached down and grabbed the weapon before spinning around and sending it furiously at Vixen, piercing his left shoulder.

- !!!!

Vixen pulled the spear from his shoulder and was about to throw it far away, but the weight of what he had in his hand suddenly changed and it was so heavy that he had to drop it. The weapon landed hard on the ground and went in, now…

- What the—

It was now a very heavy metal ball, but it had been Bubble's spear. Yes—

- !!!

Vixen took a step back, touching his shoulder, and noticed that the metal ball had changed in front of his eyes, and all at once. Bubble grabbed what was now a sword and swung it at Vixen, his eyes lit up with a desire to fight.

- "Kirekumi".

- Kire... kumi...?" Vixen repeated, his eyes squinting.

Vixen had seen it: when he attacked Bubble in the air, his sword…

It had turned into a shield in one fell swoop.

Bubble took a step forward, and this time it was Vixen's turn to step back.

- That's the name of my Power," Bubble said.

- … Tsk.

Vixen waved his sword and despite the pain in his shoulder, he could still fight.

- Eh. Eheh.

Vixen smiled and held his sword firmly.

- I call my sword "Colored Hell". Not very original, but I like this name.

- I didn't choose the name of my Power, though.

- What?

Bubble didn't explain further and charged at Vixen, the same sword with the blue glow as at the beginning of the fight. Vixen parried with his own sword, but this time Bubble's strength was different! Vixen's feet no longer touched the ground, even though he had not flown very high into the sky. Vixen quickly landed on the ground, but Bubble attacked him directly again. He attacked him in all directions, from left to right, but Vixen parried everything. In Bubble's right hand, his sword became a much larger claymore and Vixen opened his eyes wide before parrying, as best he could, the violent attack he had just received. Bubble took a step back and sent his claymore towards Vixen again, now having caught it with both hands. His opponent jumped over and landed on the claymore's blade before attacking Bubble, aiming for his skull, but Bubble turned the claymore into a bow and Vixen fell, missing. Bubble turned his weapon into a claymore again and attacked him while screaming.

- Aaaah!

Vixen blocked the attack with his weapon, but Bubble's strength sent him flying through the air and he flew through one of the windows in the room. Bubble ran, a small dagger now in his hands, paying no attention to the King's low laughter. He had to focus on this fight and defeat Vixen...! Killing him was not his goal, but he had to win!

- He wrapped his sword in his Power of Colors, but I don't know what it did yet…” Bubble thought.

Chances were that it had only made Vixen more agile and powerful, given the difference in strength between the first and last sword strikes, but he couldn't confirm that yet. He was about to leave the room when a piece of the wall exploded in front of Bubble. He crouched down and turned his weapon into a shield to protect himself from the debris, but—

- !!!

— Vixen was already behind him: he had been quick. Bubble jumped over his opponent's blade, but Vixen had a quick reflex and sliced off a piece of his finger. Fortunately for Bubble, he didn't have it cut. It was not lost, but the pain resonated throughout his body. Bubble landed on one of the pieces of debris and retrieved his shield before using it to parry Vixen's blow. Vixen attacked the shield again and again, with Bubble right behind. He held his ground, but Vixen made one last, slightly more powerful move before retreating a few steps. He placed his sword so that the tip of his blade was aimed at the sky and smiled.

- Release.

He thought this word and at the same time, all the blows he had inflicted on Bubble's shield "reappeared", which created an inhuman force that made him suddenly fly into the air. He flew through the wall of the room and landed in the outer courtyard. Bubble stood up, holding his head, but Vixen was already on top of him. He parried the attack again, just barely, and backed up a few feet while braking with his feet.

- What a powerful move... So this is his Power?!” Bubble thought as he stood up.

He noticed people running away from him, but it made sense: who would want to stay around a fight? Bubble did not lose focus and formed a claymore in his hands again, holding it up in front of him. Vixen did the same and smiled.

- The Ten Greater Deities. The Powers that are not theirs are said to be "supernatural" and to come from very powerful Gods.

- ... I know all that," Bubble admitted.

- The Greater Deity « Yánsè » is the one who granted me his Blessing. Ya are "Yuèjiè". Do ya think this is the reality?

- The reality?

- Do ya think our Powers really come from the Greater Deities? Do ya really think that they look down on us from the heavens and choose us according to their taste?

- …

Bubble didn't know what to say to that. Seeing that silence was Bubble's answer, Vixen charged at him. His opponent did the same and their blades met in an explosion of bright sparks. Bubble swung his claymore and knocked Vixen back before throwing a spear at him. Vixen put his sword to parry the spear, but just before it came to meet him, it turned into a heavy metal ball and struck Vixen in the stomach.

- !! Ah!!

Vixen felt an unpleasant pain and took a few steps back with one eye closed before noticing that Bubble was running towards him. Vixen gritted his teeth and attacked him, but Bubble slipped on the grass and grabbed what was now a sharp iron sword. He sliced in front of him and cut off part of his clothes. Vixen, but failed to slice his body. He still didn't want to kill him, but as long as he wasn't injured to the point where he couldn't get up, Bubble wouldn't win: that was for sure. Vixen thrust his sword in front of him, trying to get through Bubble's right foot, but Bubble stepped back in time to attack Vixen. The latter's weapon created an explosion in the ground that destabilized Bubble and Vixen took advantage of it to attack him violently. Bubble rolled on the ground before standing up with an acrobatic gesture and brandished his sword towards Vixen.

- …

He was still far from tired, but considering how little he had eaten in the last few weeks and the simple fact that he hardly ever fought, he didn't know if he could win against Vixen. Yet, only by defeating him could he get out of here... Defeat was unthinkable, especially since he would probably be killed if he lost. Vixen cracked his neck and sighed.

- I think the Greater Deities are real," Vixen admitted.

His blade shines again with a rainbow color.

- They choose us according to their taste, their desire, their love for us, simple humans, Kemonos, Morris, Kizons,...

He smiles again.

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- But why did Yánsè choose me, and another Greater Deity? That... is a question that will be answered only after my death, I am sure.

Vixen and Bubble were facing each other, a few steps apart. They both took a deep breath before running into each other at the same time.

The sound of their swords was like thunder. The ground beneath them exploded into pieces, the cubes of dirt flying away from the fight because of the strength of the two fighters. Bubble made a critical strike near Vixen's faith, but Vixen responded by thrusting his sword blade into Bubble's left hand. Bubble let out a cry of pain, but the light in his eyes only grew brighter. He turned his sword into a spear and sent Vixen waltzing away, his sword flying into the air. Bubble and Vixen both looked at it and Bubble tried to grab it, but Vixen pushed it away and gritted his teeth. As Vixen went to pick up his sword, Bubble sent his spear towards it and hit it, sending it flying away. Vixen watched as both weapons flew through the air, but the momentary distraction allowed Bubble to come up and hit him right in the face. A tooth nearly flew out of Vixen's mouth. Vixen planted a foot in the ground and sent his fist towards Bubble's face and the two hit each other at the same time: one in the face, the other in the stomach. Bubble's jaw made an ominous sound as Vixen held his stomach. The two weapons fell together to the ground and Vixen glanced sharply at them, wondering if he should go get them, but Bubble started to run towards him. Vixen protected himself by putting his arms in front of him and Bubble hit him again in the stomach, but with his knee, but he put himself in a position where he was too much in the open and took a blow of the ball before being swept by the feet of Vixen. Vixen took the opportunity to retrieve his weapon and grabbed Bubble's weapon before sending it away. Bubble stood up and frowned: unfortunately, he couldn't make his weapon reappear in his hands at once, since it would take some time for it to become a cardboard board again without power, get wrapped up and have to unwrap it again to use it. Vixen waved his sword in his hands and ran towards the defenseless Bubble, but the latter just stepped back a few steps and nimbly dodged Vixen's attack. He pushed him hard backwards and Vixen was about to attack him when something hit him in the back. He fell on the ground and Bubble crushed his head before jumping on top of him and retrieving his weapon which had come back.

After all, when Vixen had sent it away, he had just turned it into a boomerang. Simple, but effective.

He turned his weapon into a spear and was about to pierce Vixen's body, but Vixen moved in time and while standing up, he hit Bubble in the body with both feet. Vixen attacked him with his sword, but was parried by Bubble's sword. They attacked each other again and again, but neither attack could destroy the other's defense. Both shouted for strength and the meeting of the two weapons created such a shock wave that the fountain a few meters away from them broke, water escaping from it in the distance. Vixen noticed that he had managed to break Bubble's defense and attacked him in the face, but Bubble parried with a different, larger shield, throwing Vixen off balance again. He took this chance to transform his shield and attacked Vixen with a claymore with a black blade. His opponent was able to parry in time, but his defense was too weak and Vixen was sent flying yards into the air before crashing into the facade of the great tower where the giant bell rested atop. Bubble could not fly so high, so he spun around several times and shouted before sending a spear towards Vixen, but Vixen was able to protect himself.

But the spear became a large claymore. Heavy and resistant.

The encounter between the claymore and Vixen drove the man's body even further into the facade and the tower was destroyed, falling on itself. Bubble was breathing with some difficulty, but fatigue had not yet reached him. He made his weapon disappear and reappear close to him, but it was only a cardboard board at the moment. It flew into the air and spun around, wrapping itself in white paper as Bubble took a few steps toward the collapsed tower. His Power was wrapped up again, but Bubble unwrapped it directly and a few seconds later his turquoise glowing sword reappeared in his right hand. He sighed heavily and squinted as he saw—

- !!!

He barely avoided the sword that almost went through his skull. He fell on his buttocks and Vixen ran at him screaming, his body bleeding. Bubble got up quickly and blocked Vixen's punch with his sword, but the force was so strong that he was sent flying. Vixen passed by him and braked while retrieving his sword, staring at Bubble while breathing heavily.

- Aah... Aaah... Bubble...!

He shouted his name and gripped his sword tightly.

- Ya... won't... win!" he shouted.

Bubble raised his sword and frowned.

- …

He didn't answer, waiting for Vixen to make the first move. Although Bubble was far from painless, it was clear that he was not as injured as Vixen. Vixen gritted his teeth and screamed in rage as he charged at the now impatient Bubble. Bubble ran back to him and they both slashed at each other. They both got up at the same time—

— but Vixen fell on his knees.

Bubble turned around, a wound near his eye: he had almost had his right eye cut out, but he had managed to avoid it while attacking Vixen. The latter had planted his sword in the ground to stand on his knees, but he had no strength left in his muscles. He could not fight like that anymore.

- I win," said Bubble.

The King couldn't see them from here, but Bubble assumed he could still watch the fight from his throne somehow. Even so, letting them do so much damage... Didn't they care about the state of the cathedral? Vixen was breathing hard, his body bloody and his blade without any color. The ground around them was cracked all over, while the red sky offered nothing but dark clouds. Bubble took a step towards Vixen, a sword in his hands.

- …?!

As he was about to speak, he noticed that Vixen…

He was laughing?!

- Ahahah!!!

Vixen struggled to his feet and pulled the sword from the ground, with his back to Bubble.

- Ya... win... huh?

Speaking softly, but loud enough for Bubble to hear, Vixen raised his head and sighed in a... disturbing way.

- Ya win. Ya're winning... right?

The way he said it bothered Bubble. Not trying to understand the meaning of the words, he understood something: he had not won yet. Vixen was in such a state that he would have trouble fighting again, so he just had to take him down and end this fight that should never have happened...! He swung his sword at his opponent, but—

- YA WIN, YOU SAY?! AHAHAHAH!!!

Vixen suddenly turned around and showed his completely crazy face. With his eyes wide open, a frightening smile and blood running down his face, he didn't seem to have any sanity left in his body. He sent Bubble flying with his sword and Bubble landed on his two feet with a frown. He formed a spear in his hands and hesitated to throw it at Vixen, but if he missed, he would have to get it back, so he decided to attack him again, but as he charged at him, Vixen stuck his own sword in the ground with both hands.

- Let's break this human shell... AND BECOME ONE, MY PARTNER!!!!

Screaming these words in a demonic tone, the sword stuck in the ground began to glow with a violent and aggressive red light, to the point where Bubble was now dazzled and could not keep his eyes open. The King, watching the fight from his throne through a camera-like mechanism, noticed what Vixen was doing and smiled.

- It has to come to this... Bubble impresses me more than I expected,” he muttered.

Everyone in the Cathedral already knew they had to flee the fight since the King had told them about it, hours before Bubble woke up, but while they were already outside the Cathedral, they all felt the power coming from within. Kari clicked her tongue against her teeth and looked back at everyone there.

- We're getting away again!" shouted Kari.

No one was stubborn, and everyone started running even farther from the Cathedral. From where they all stood, yet only a few feet from the walls, they could see the red light coming from Vixen's sword and body.

Bubble heard a noise that could only have come from the underworld echo in front of him and the light suddenly dimmed, allowing him to open his eyes again. He didn't know what had happened, but it felt wrong.

And he was right.

When he had barely opened his eyes, he noticed something that was in front of him. Vixen—

- !!!

He barely had time to realize what was happening when a powerful fist hit him in the stomach and he was sent flying, through the wall of a building and into the corridor inside the Cathedral. He stood up with his sword in his hands and squinted, teeth gritted.

- Aaah, it looks bad…” he thought.

The wall in front of him was torn away from the building and "Vixen" screamed with an infernal roar. Sure, his opponent was still Vixen, but…

A dragon.

This is what was in front of him.

Vixen had transformed into a six-eyed dragon.

All eyes were on Bubble and he avoided the beast's giant paw, but the dragon's tail destroyed part of the wall and hit the man's body. Fortunately, Bubble had protected himself with a claymore that he had planted in the ground, but even that didn't stop him from flying through the air. The dragon opened its mouth and a red ray was seen there.

- !!

Bubble was still in the air and therefore could not dodge this attack. He—

And the dragon spat fire in the colors of the underworld. Flames from the damned and the dead. Bubble protected himself with his biggest and strongest shield, but even that didn't stop him from feeling the unbearable heat of the dragon's fire.

A few seconds passed and the fire stopped, as Bubble landed on the hallway floor. The dragon's gigantic tail tried to crush Bubble, but the man managed to dodge and jumped on the body of the beast. He attacked one of the legs and almost cut it off from the dragon's body, but Bubble wasn't careful enough and got smashed against one of the walls, dropping his weapon and flying into the air. The dragon's tail sent the weapon hurtling yards and yards away, so Bubble made it disappear and reappear at his side, but unfortunately, it was just a cardboard board at the moment. He didn't have time to protect himself as the dragon charged headlong at Bubble. Bubble spat blood and went through several walls before rolling several meters into a room that could only be a large dining room and his back slammed into the wall behind him. Bubble didn't move, his breathing almost stopped, and the cardboard board joined him as he finished packing. Bubble's eyes were almost closed and he was motionless, all the muscles in his body not responding. Blood flowing from everywhere in turn, he saw blurred in front of him and heard the dragon screaming, probably thinking himself victorious.

But maybe he was right.

Bubble had already saved up plenty of strength and even though he was anything but weak, fighting a dragon after an already exhausting battle with a human Vixen…

- Chea… ter…” he let go, a small smile on his face.

Bubble wanted to get up, but he knew that was impossible. He heard a thud behind the destroyed walls and knew immediately what it was: the dragon that was Vixen was planning to breathe fire. If so, Bubble would not be able to protect himself and would be charred to death in the room where he was currently lying.

- ... I have... No... Not... Not that…

Bubble closed his eyes, his breathing still complex. The cardboard board that flew by his side touched his body and Bubble knew very well what it wanted to tell him, but he didn't want to do that. He didn't want to, he didn't want to...! He didn't want to!!!

- Not that... Don’t... force... me…

He had no strength left. The dragon was about to spit out its fire and burn him alive, killing him in a gruesome but probably quick death. No one would come to save him here. Cerise didn’t know where he was and Syrianna would never come to his rescue in this Cathedral. From the beginning of the fight, even before, one thing had been clear: the winner would be the living, the loser the dead.

And now Bubble would lose. To die under the flames and power of the dragon.

That Vixen could transform into such a beast was unimaginable. His Power was that of Colors and he had seen that it was in his sword, so how...? He never imagined that he could do such a thing. Vixen must have been special or had help from the King. Bubble slowly opened his eyes, but what he saw was not the landscape of the Cathedral, but—

- Bubu!

- …

- You promised me... You promised me you would come back!!!

- … I know…

- You... You can't do this to me…

- Hey. Don't cry... don't cry... Mamou…

The little girl with half-gnawed eyes began to cry, trying to touch Bubble, but wasn’t able to. The dragon was about to spit out the flames as Bubble's Power continued to touch his body. The dragon was about to spit out the flames as Bubble's Power continued to touch his body.

- Don't die... Big brother…

- …

Mamou continued to cry, but there was no one else in the room but Bubble. The man sighed and gave a small smile.

- I—

- Do not say anything!

- …

- You promised to help me... To save me…

- ... I know.

- But I don't want to be saved if I can't live with big brother Bubu!

- !

- I want to…

- …

- I want to save big brother Bubu…

- …

It may have been only in his head, but to the man, it was almost as real. He opened his eyes—

And the whole room was charred by the flaming flames of the dragon.

Tables, chairs, furniture. Everything in the room burned, becoming a tiny piece of hell unto itself. Nothing could survive and the foundations began to crumble. The ceiling cracked and collapsed against the floor, which threatened to break in turn and fall into the rooms below. The dragon raised its head and roared violently, as if it were laughing.

The red sky of Lost Hell was beautiful and horrible at the same time. The dark clouds foretold thunder, but no lightning fell on this abominable land.

Vixen, still as a dragon, lowered his head and watched the flames he had created himself.

And a sword was stuck in one of his eyes.

- WRAAAH???!!!!!!

He moved his head violently, but the sword flew through the air before landing in the right hand of a man. Vixen turned with a tail and waved her tail to attack the man, but she was parried. Vixen looked with his other five eyes at the man who had arrived behind him and opened his mouth wide when he saw who it was.

- I understand. I've lost.

The great sword in his hands glowed faintly with a red color, almost as aggressive as the one that Vixen's sword had given off when it turned into a dragon.

- You turned into a monster, so it's my turn.

The man brandished the sword with the dark black blade, one eye on it staring at Vixen with violence. The man's clothes were torn, burned even, and except for a pair of pants that barely fit, he had almost nothing left on his body. He wasn't the most muscular, but he was still athletic. A smile on his face, hair flying gently in the breeze, he looked at Vixen with a look that was... as nice as it was scary.

- Let's finish this fight. Monster…

Bubble opened his eyes wide and increased the intensity of his smile.

- Against monster.

And he started to laugh.

A laugh that Vixen will never forget... even in death.