“Looks like all the stars are finally together.”
Said Alisa.
Unlike the Triad members, she was very carefree.
There were no one from her family in this battle, so she wouldn't suffer any loses no matter who wins. She was just a spectator enjoying the entertainment.
As for Dario who was from the same branch as her, his death or survival wouldn't affect her in anyway. So she couldn't careless.
Joesph Flameheart wasn't as carefree as Alisa, but compared to the rest of the Flameheart clan, he was very calm.
“Your granddaughter is very talented Darwin.”
He spoke this comment with his head resting in his palms.
“…….”
Darwin obviously couldn't remain relaxed, like Joesph.
He was on edge.
He only found out about his granddaughter’s existence today when she came to compete in this death match.
Could there be a worse way to meet her for the first time?
‘Damn that Nero! I can't believe that he actually hid something like this from me!’
Darwin cursed in his head.
Down on the battlefield.
Miko quickly jumped to his feet and looked at Dario.
“Oh? Is this what Momo was talking about? The more you master [Dragon Rage] the closer you become to a dragon. Too bad that something like that is of no use to me.”
He turned around and saw Luka's appearance.
He was shock for a bit, before putting on a smile on his face.
“You improved my technique? That's pretty impressive. You should teach me it sometime.”
He spoke with a carefree tone like he didn't realize the situation.
“I'll tell you after we kill them, so focus on your opponent.”
Unlike Miko, Luka tone was urgent.
She wanted to hurry up and kill Dario, so that she can finally put this decade long grudge behind her.
Of course Miko knew that, so he discard the idea of teasing her.
He turned and stared Marco down.
Marco had an eager smile on his face. He obviously wanted to finish what he started.
“Marco.”
It was then Dario suddenly spoke to him.
“Can you win?”
Dario asked solemnly.
“If you can't win, then I suggest we team up.”
“No need. I don't want you to spoil my fun.”
“?!”
Marco's words surprised Dario, but before he could reply Marco had already rushed out towards Miko.
Miko also rushed towards him.
*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*
They immediately started slugging each other without any intention of backing down.
Miko kicked Marco in the chest and made step back a couple dozen times.
He then ran, jumped, dropped kicked him.
Marco rolled his body on the floor and quickly got to his feet.
He jumped and kicked Miko who was trying hit him with another drop kick.
*Boom!*
The two simultaneously kicked each other in the face.
They flipped in the air and brought their feet to the ground.
Miko quickly threw a punch, while Marco thrust out a kick.
*BOOM!*
The ground underneath them burst open.
Miko drew back his fist and Marco drew back his leg.
Marco's leg glowed crimson and he swung like a whip.
The flames in Miko's eye shot out and created a flame wall, which blocked Marco's kick.
Miko rushed out of the flames with his right fist covered in crimson flames.
“[Hell Pistol]!”
*BOOM!*
His fist slammed onto Marco's chest and a burst of crimson flames exploded and sent him flying.
Miko chased after him with a savage grin.
Meanwhile, Dario who was rejected by Marco was left fighting Luka.
He quickly found out that Luka's [Dragonite] was completely different from before.
First of all, her physical attacks were only half of what they previously were.
Secondly, she could use magic again.
“[Frost Dragon Lance]!”
Luka created a gigantic lance of ice and thrust it forward.
*BOOM!*
A burst of cold power shot from the tip and headed towards Dario.
He quickly moved out of the way and charged towards Luka with his eyes shining with killing intent.
He instantly appeared in front of Luka and threw a punch.
*BOOM!*
His punch destroyed her lance and made it crumble.
“?!”
However, the lance wasn't the only thing that crumbled.
He saw Luka's body broke apart like an ice statue.
The blocks of ice that was formerly made into Luka's body, suddenly turned into cold air.
*BOOM!*
“Guh?!”
Dario suddenly felt a blow from behind, followed by a cold chill in his body.
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He turned around and saw that Luka's hand was stabbed into his back.
“Fuck!”
He kicked behind him, but Luka's body suddenly crumbled again after receiving the blow.
It was like her body was made of ice.
This thought made Dario realize that she might actually be made of ice at the moment.
He knew that the thought was obscured, but he couldn't shake the feeling that was the case.
“[Subzero].”
Luka's voice rang out, Dario immediately saw his surrounding covered in ice and turned into a winter land.
He then saw something slowly emerging from the frozen ground.
It was like blocks of ice were gathering together to form an ice sculpture.
The ice sculpture suddenly gain color and turned into Luka.
Dario wasted no time, and destroyed that sculpture with a kick.
*BOOM!*
However, when it broke several more started spurting from ground like plants.
They all attacked Dario at the same time.
*BOOM!*
He broke one with a kick, and then smashed two with his fist.
*BOOM!*
“Ugh?!”
Two more spurted out the ground and hit him from the back and front at once.
“Piss off!”
Dario used his aura to angrily smashed the sculptures and rendered them to ice dust.
But more started spurting. This time it looked like they numbered in hundreds.
At this point Dario realized that the frozen area was continuously creating ice Lukas.
He gathered fire around him, and with a roar a wave of flames swept away all the ice.
“You think on your feet.”
At this moment, Luka appeared out of a gust of cold wind.
“Since Ice mode is now ineffective, time to change elements.”
Her body released a burst of electricity, and suddenly underwent rapid changes after reabsorbing it.
Her scales turned yellow, her hair started glowing and looked like it was made out of lightning, her wings and tail also changed into lightning, and her body started giving of a bright glow as her skin started to look radiant.
“[Dragonite: Elemental Form-Lightning Mode]”
Luka looked at the shocked Dario and said-
“Prepare yourself, because your death will be painful.”
*BOOM!*
Elsewhere, Miko and Marco were having a very savage battle between demons.
“[Crimson Cutter]!”
Marco swung down his claws and several huge arcs of crimson light cut through the earth like paper and hit Miko.
*BOOM!*
Several long cuts appeared on Miko's body, and his blood sprayed in the air.
Miko rushed towards him with his bleeding body, and created two human-sized crimson balls in his hands.
“[Crimson Murder]!”
Miko jumped and threw the balls down at Marco, who paled and tried to escape.
*BOOM!*
An explosion of crimson light destroyed everything in the vicinity and left a 100m crater behind.
*Swoosh!*
A blood-soaked Marco shot out of the crater surrounded by aura.
The markings on his body were spreading further.
Crimson lightning started crackling in his palms.
He thrust his palm forward and lightning in the form of a gigantic bird flew towards Miko.
Miko saw that and created a fireball in his palm and threw it at the bird.
However, the moment the fireball hit the bird, the bird suddenly divided into a dozen smaller birds and surrounded Miko.
Bolts of lightning shot from the birds and hit Miko from all angles.
“Haaah!”
Miko shouted out in agony as the lightning hit organs directly, while ignoring his skin.
Blood flowed from his pores and furthered stained him in his own blood.
At that moment the look in Miko's eyes suddenly became furious.
The flames dancing in his right eye started spreading around him and formed a sphere with him at the center.
The sphere suddenly expanded with an unbelievably pace.
In mere seconds, the sphere of flames engulf almost 5miles of space.
“[Crimson Hell]!”
*BOOOOM!*
The sphere of flames exploded and tidal waves of flames devoured everything for several miles and turned it into ashes.
“Shit!”
Marco tried to avoid it and ran with his fastest speed.
However, he was still caught in the end. But lucky he was at the edge of the explosion.
After Miko's attack, over a quarter of the city was covered in flames, and there was a large crater at center.
The flames were so hot that it caused the center of the crater to become a lake of lava.
Marco who was lucky enough to survive, had half his body burnt black.
Even with [War Face] in effect, he found it hard to stand up again.
“Let's end this, Marco.”
Miko appeared in front of Marco with a crimson sword in his hand.
On the other side.
*BOOM!*
Dario was sent flying upwards by a hard to see kick.
Static ran through his body and made him paralyzed.
*BOOM!*
He was sent crashing down by a bolt of lightning.
He tried to get up.
*BOOM!*
He was hit with another bolt, which made him flew back.
*BOOM!*
This time he was hit from the back.
*BOOM!*
He was blown to the side.
*BOOM!*
A bolt of lightning fell from the heavens and struck him on the spot.
“…….”
Dario no longer had to ability to even scream out in pain. In fact, his sense of touch has already numbed. So he could no longer feel the pain, or anything else.
He had been struck too many times by lightning.
*Flash!*
A bolt of lightning struck in front of him, and Luka appeared looking at him.
“……..”
She watched Dario's body wobble, with his eyes rolled to the back of his head.
The fight became pretty much one sided from the moment Luka became lightning itself.
Dario quickly end up at her mercy.
“Hmph!”
*BOOM!*
She waved her hand and a bolt sent Dario flying back.
“Hm?”
Contrary to her expectations Dario didn't fall. He stood there firmly, his eyes rolled back in place and he glared at her.
“….Don't think I'll just drop dead at your will.”
He said weakly.
“I am this country's king, Dario Dragna! Even if I must fall, I will fall knowing that I put my life on the line for my ambitions!”
His eyes and words were filled with resolved and grace, which made a lot of people believed they were words fitting of a king.
*BOOM!*
With a burst of magic, Dario's power suddenly skyrocketed.
“Dario, stop it!”
Marcel suddenly stood up and shouted.
He knew quite well that Dario decided to burn his life in exchange for one last attack.
He was planning to take Luka to hell with him.
This startled a lot of people.
Including Nero.
“This kid was fiercer than I thought.”
He said with an impressed tone.
“This isn't looking good.”
Joesph finally dropped his calm expression.
Dario's strength rose to the peak of [Lower S Class] which wasn't something Luka should be able to handle.
While everyone was in an uproar because of Dario's action, Marco sensed the situation and couldn't help but to smile.
“Hahaha. You really are something Dario. I’m glad that I followed you.”
He stared at Miko and smirked.
“Since my master is giving up his life, than as his guard dog I must do the same!”
*BOOM!*
Marco's power also skyrocketed.
This time the entire stadium stood up in unison.
A double suicide attack!
Both Dario and Marco were planning to drag Miko and Luka to hell with them.
If they were successful, then all for of them would die.
This was pure madness!
“Rouge! Nero! Stop this battle now!”
Markus suddenly shouted.
He couldn't afford to lose his son.
“No can do. This fight can't be stop until a winner is decided.”
Nero said with a casual smile.
Rouge said nothing to Markus, and just watched the battle.
“Celina.”
“I know.”
Celina looked at Dario with determination.
When Marcel saw the look on his mother's face, he finally calm down.
“So you want to die together, huh?”
Miko smiled.
“Don't falter yourself. If you want to risk it all on one final attack, then I'm all for it. But I have no intention of dying here.”
Miko gripped his sword tightly and started channel his strength into it.
Elsewhere Luka created a lance of lightning and prepared it to welcome Dario's attack.
Dario's body glowed so brightly that he looked like he was about to explode.
“Here I come, Luka Flameheart!”
*BOOM!*
He rushed forward like an arrow fired from a God of destruction. Everything in his path was instantly destroyed.
At the same time Marco took a similar action and charged towards Miko.
“Lets all go to hell together!”
Miko dropped the smile from his face and confronted this kamikaze attack seriously.
His body started seeping pure dark and evil aura. The crimson sword immediately turned midnight black.
He gripped his sword tightly and waited for his opponents attack.
At same time, Luka gripped the lance and poured all of her power in it.
“[Infinite Power]!”
The infinity symbol appeared in her eyes, and she moved and thrust out.
“[Infinite Lightning Lance]!
At the sametime Miko slash his sword.
“[Demon Dragon Emperor’s Imperial Slash]!”
*BOOM!*
*BOOM!*
Two massive explosions occurred in two different locations. However, because the explosions were so vast they collided with each other and created an even more powerful explosion.
*BOOOOOOOOM!*.
The enormous explosion quickly engulfed half of the city and destroyed it.
Even the tall city walls were destroyed.
When the smoke cleared four figures could be seen.
Over to where Luka and Dario was, the two stood in front of each other.
No, one of them was limp, with something piercing through them.
It was Dario who had his heart pierced and destroyed by Luka's lance.
“…..Congratulation on your revenge.”
He said with a hollow smile.
He took one more look at Luka before dying.
At this moment, Celina's eyes flashed.
Her hands moved and she snatched something out of air and disappeared.
Rouge didn't pay her action any attention. He just looked at Dario's corpse on the floor, and sighed.
He then turned his gaze on Miko and Marco.
The two stood with their backs to each other.
“Say, why did you follow Dario all these years?”
Miko suddenly asked.
He didn't expect an answer, but he couldn't help but to ask.
Behind him, Marco's upper body slid off with 3/4 of his torso, and hit ground with a thud.
His blood sprayed in the air and rained down on his body.
Even with his body in this state, Marco was still alive.
He naturally heard Miko's question, and couldn't help but to recall the past.
Back when he was a spoiled brat who was bored out of his mind, because he had everything he could ever want and more from birth.
He remembered when his father ordered him to get close with a boy from the Dragna clan.
He remembered that his first encounter with the boy resulted in a fist fight.
He remembered how the boy would always talk about making the best kingdom the world has ever seen, so that others would acknowledge him.
He remembered finding the boy's dream naïve and unrealistic, but at the same time interesting.
He remembered pledging himself to the boy, and promise to help him as along as he remained interesting and made his boring life exciting.
All of his time with Dario flashed through his mind in his last moments.
Even though he was dying, Marco couldn't help but flash a smile.
Miko saw that and was shocked. But he also couldn't help but to smile in return.
“From that smile, I guess you must've had a fun life.”
He said.
Marco's vision quickly darken and his life slipped away. But just before he closed his eyes forever, he nodded and said with a smile.
“I guess it wasn't so bad.”
After saying that, Marco Saevio died with a satisfied smile in front of the entire country.
If he had only one regret, it would be not seeing what kind of country someone like Miko would make. He was certain that it would be interesting….
With the deaths of Dario Dragna and Marco Saevio, the Throne Wars finally came to an end, with Miko's complete victory.