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Chapter 24 – Rampaging Black Fenrir
A loud ringing sound reverberated throughout the arena signaling for a slight break in between matches. Frei left the waiting area for contestants and approached us. As he come closer, we found him surrounded by women, trying to outrun them. Seeing this spectacle Fala was furious.
Fala: Frei! …!?
Fala tried to shout Frei’s name as he suddenly jumped towards her. He then suddenly carried Fala on his arm with a princess carry. Fala was speechless as her face were completely red from ear to ear, after all Frei wasn’t the type to do something like this so Fala didn’t know how to react.
Frei: I’m already married! This is my wife, the ONLY woman in my eyes. To me, no one can match her and I love her so.
Fala: F-Frei…
Hearing his declaration, the female beastmen pouted, looked at Fala with great jealousy as even some of them glared at her. Still, Fala didn’t notice as she was on cloud nine, looking at Frei as he seemed to sparkle in her eyes. Smiling, as her hand caress Frei’s chest. I didn’t understand what was happening so I just remained quiet feeding Altan bits of meat as it was his favorite near the corner. Suddenly, I can hear a loud laugh coming from the entrance of the audience area of the coliseum. It was Taln, grinning from ear to ear.
Taln: Well young lady, aren’t you lucky. Even from far away, I can still hear Frei shouting his love for you.
Fala: I’m happy Frei did that. Now all of them will know their place.
Kell: Such love! One day I wish to find someone I can declare to the world as a lover!
Frei: What are you two doing here?
Taln: Just inviting your group to a little snack before your battle.
Frei: Lord Nelus?
Nelus: Its fine, lets go.
We continued walking on with Taln and Kell leading until we found a restaurant. Everyone, noticing Frei and Taln, waved to us as we headed to an empty table with four seats.
Taln: I have been curious recently… who is that white haired man holding that child? Hmm… he doesn’t seem to be your servant judging by the way you talk to him…
Kell: I bet he’s just some weakling traveling with the two, hahahah?
Hearing Kell’s comment Frei grabbed his collar with fury in his eyes. Kell paled at his sudden action. He looked at Fala and it was the same, then looked at me who seemed to be unaffected as I looked at Altan. Everyone looked at the scene expecting a fight but was disappointed as it didn’t happen.
Taln: Huh…?
Kell: Wh-what!?
Frei: Don’t you dare belittle our Lord!
Kell: Okay, okay… I didn’t mean it…
Taln: H-hey calm down… come on put Kell down and introduce us.
Nelus: Frei, I didn’t mind what he said, put him down.
Frei: … Yes… Lord Nelus…
Frei puts down Kell as he was catching his breath as his pants and took a seat back down. Frei sighed as he started to explain.
Frei: He is our master, our lives belong to him, still even with that he treats us as equals.
Taln: Wait… how can an X rank such as you serve him?
Frei: He is also an X rank, a more powerful one at that.
Taln: Wh-what!? Two X ranked beings… traveling together?
Kell: …
Frei: Also he saved Fala and I cannot repay such a thing no matter what I do and I will never regret serving him.
Frei started explaining our circumstance. Hearing Frei’s explanation, Taln looked at me with admiration while Kell’s face went paler. Kell then stood and bowed to me as he understood as to why Frei snapped all of the sudden.
Kell: I’m sorry for what I said!!
Nelus: Its okay… don’t shout you’ll wake him.
Taln: Is that you’re son?
Nelus: In a way… I found him and decided to take care of him. (It is my duty after all, he is an otherworldly being…)
Taln: I see, you’re kind aren’t you.
Nelus: ?
Frei: Of course! He is Lord Nelus after all! He would even risk his life for others.
I felt a weird feeling. Taln suddenly looked at me as if wanting to challenge me with a little of something else as if the way she looked at Frei at the time when Reila’s with us… must be my imagination. Again, we heard the ringing sound after we ate. We headed back to the coliseum.
Announcer: Now it is time for the semi finals! On the other side… Frei! The magic user and on the other is Jeut!
Jeut: Heh… get ready, wolfy. I’ll kill you then take vengeance for my brother.
Frei…
Jeut: Staying quiet huh?
Getting ready for the signal to start the match, Jeut unsheathes his silver machete. I then used God’s Eyes.
Silver Machete, GaireType:C Class Metallic WeaponDurability:2543/ 3124Skills:Force Absorb,Black Gold (Mind Curse)An ominous weapon created by an cursed being. It slowly corrupts the wielder if pure. Truly a weapon for evil.
Nelus: The other skill…
Hearing the signal Frei charged at Jeut, he then summoned his usual
Jeut suddenly charged at Frei as Frei tried to block Jeut’s attack. Frei was astonished as his block was easily penetrated as his dagger was torn to pieces… it was his skill,
We the took a clearer look and Frei seemed unharmed. There is something covering his chest that seemed to be an
It wasn’t the support magic
Jeut was enraged as he continued his torrent of attacks. Frei easily parries them all and decided to go on the offensive. Frei used his superior speed to approach Jeut’s back and slashes. A large cut appeared on Jeut’s back as his eyes were bloodshot in anger. He turned towards Frei and waited for him to attack. Frei, following Jeut’s expectations, attacked Jeut with multiple
Frei, managed to figure out that Jeut has something that can bypass his defense so he decided to not be reckless. Frei dodged each of Jeut’s attack with ease.
Jeut: Stop running you coward.
Frei: You’re provocations are useless.
Jeut: Grrrr!!! Haahhhh!!!!
Jeut exploded in anger and he couldn’t hold back anymore. His machete turned into a dark golden color that seemed to have a black mist, swirling around it. Frei, sensing the danger took a step back. Jeut used one of his skills,
Jeut then took the initiative, he sliced at Frei with a speed that cannot be compared from before. Frei wasn’t given any time to dodge so he had no choice but to block it. The machete cut through the dagger with ease and also Frei’s chest. Frei tried to block with ice shield which is attached to his other arm and it was cleaved into two. His arm was also cut slightly deep as blood flowed out. Fala seeing this started to worry and was having thoughts of Frei to forfeit. Frei, feeling Fala’s unease looked at her with reassurance which calmed Fala a little.
Frei suddenly summoned another
Jeut was slowly collapsing as he was losing too much blood. His face fumed with rage as he finally decided to use it… Mind Curse. The swirling black mist entered Frei little by little. Frei suddenly halted and knelt down. Fala started to become more worried than before, sensing that something is truly wrong with Frei. His fur became black, his blue eyes became red, his claws extended and he was wearing an expression of great intimidation directed towards Jeut.
Jeut: Hahahahaha! Now I’m sure to win. Well you are going to lose so I’ll tell you what I did. I got rid of you’re sense of control. Now you can’t move you’re body with your own will!
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Frei: Grrrr! Stupid!!
Jeut: Who are you calling stupid! Wh-what!?… Why do you seem stronger… all of the sudden…
Frei: You got rid of my sense of control right? I have been holding back all this time! Now my instincts will take over because of you!! Whatever happens next will be your undoing!!!
Frei unleashed a ear piercing howl and his red eyes became more intense. He then went all fours as the beast within him was unleashed.
Jeus: This isn’t suppose to happen… you were suppose to just fall down as you’re mind has no control of you’re body and let me kill you!!
Frei wasn’t listening to Jeut as he looks at him with indifference. Jeut started shaking as if the God of death was in front of him. Frei disappeared appearing next to Jeut. Due to panic, Jeut tried to slash Frei aiming at his head. Frei then bit the sword. Trying to pull out the sword from Frei’s mouth, the sword didn’t even budged. Frei then grinned as Jeut lets go of the sword out of pure instinct as if telling him that if he stays near the black beastman in front of him, he will surely die.
Jeut was at his wits end so he tried to announce that he surrenders. Before he finishes his sentence. Frei clawed at his mouth as some of his teeth was sliced apart including a part of his tongue. Blood gushed out from Jeut’s mouth as uncontrollable tears burst out of him. Frei then bit his arm, severing it. Jeut looked at the judges begging for them to stop the match but all of them were too afraid to do so. As Frei charge at him aiming for his head suddenly… a white haired man appeared in the middle of the two holding a sleeping child. Everyone was dumbfounded as even Fala shouted that man’s name. Everyone heard his name from Fala and remembered it.
Frei charged at Nelus trying to claw at him with unmatched speed. Nelus was still calm as he looked at Altan with a still calm expression. As Frei’s claw headed towards Nelus’ vitals. Nelus decided to move his right arm as his left was holding Altan. He parried both of Frei’s claws with ease using just his right arm. Frei continued to attack as Nelus continued his defense.
When the people saw the white haired man, they expected him to be easily overpowered by Frei but their expectations were shattered as it was at a standstill, no... more than that, despite having the handicap of holding Altan with his left arm he was overpowering Frei with just his right. No one can understand the spectacle in front of him as they continued to watch and started to tense up as they were at the edge of their seats. Taln was looking at Nelus with great admiration as even she slightly cannot follow Frei’s speed and on her side was Kell trembling and shaking as a large amount of cold sweat fell. He was still conscious of what he said towards Nelus.
Nelus: Frei calm down… he already said that he surrenders didn’t he?
Jeut: …
Frei: GGGgggrrrr!!!! HHHhhooowwwwlll!!! …!?
Nelus: Lower your voice… Altan is sleeping.
Nelus suddenly covers Frei’s mouth with his right hand and grabs it. Frei tried to struggle free from his grip with great difficulty as he somehow breaks free. Frei then summoned a slightly darker colored
Thinking that it was over, the announcer entered the ring but then stopped as appearing from the broken wall was Frei staggering.
Nelus: You’re less formidable at this state, control yourself.
Nelus used
Jeut: A-a-ahh!!! Get away from me!!!
Nelus then grabbed Frei’s tail in the nick of time as he pulled it and threw him in front of him, then Nelus held Frei’s head down towards the ground as electricity ran through Frei’s body. Nelus then looked at Frei with a slight irritation.
Nelus: If you continue this, I’ll have no choice but to go serious. I’m warning you.
Everyone: ...
Everyone was quiet; they didn’t know how to react. The intense battle that came forth within the arena as Frei went berserk as he fought with Nelus was in fact caused by Nelus going easy on Frei. Taln was especially dumbfounded as even she knows that if it was her fighting with the present Frei, even her would be greatly wounded by now if not dead she then looked at Nelus with even greater admiration than before. From the audience area, Fala shouted Frei’s name as he looked at her. Hearing her Frei started to calm down. Frei’s fur started to return to its original silver sheen and his claws retracted, his eyes returned to its clear blue color and looked at Nelus. Nelus released Frei as he stood up. Frei suddenly knelt.
Frei: Lord Nelus… sorry for causing so much trouble…
Nelus: Its no problem at all.
Announcer: …
Nelus: You there.
Announcer: M-me?
Nelus: Yes… aren’t you going to announce the winner?
Announcer: Ah!? Y-yes! The winner is Frei!
The audience remained silent as Nelus turns around. Before he plans to return to his seat he then said to the announcer...
Nelus: Also take that orc and heal him quickly as he lost too much blood and might die if not taken care of immediately.
Announcer: O-of course.
As Nelus disappeared from the arena the audience exploded in cheer.
Female Audience#532: Who was that handsome white haired man?
Male Audience#3432: Just watching how he easily apprehended Frei made my blood boil with excitement!!!
Female Audience#3098: The child he was holding was sooo cuuutee!!!
Female Audience#1021: Is he married?
Male Audience#5312: What was his name again?... Nelus?
Female Audience#2312: Nelus!!!
Male Audience#124: I kind of wanted to see him fight… too bad he isn’t part of the tournament…
Female Audience#2321: That is what Jeut get for using such under handed skills!!
Male Audience#6232: I agree! It isn’t Frei’s fault.
Announcer: Finally! The finals is with Frei against Taln!!!
Audience-in-unison: WWwwooooooo!!!!
Taln: I will surrender.
Announcer: H-huuuhh!!??? Wh-why?
Taln: If that is truly Frei’s power then even I cannot match him as I am now… I will need to train first before I will be worthy enough to fight him. (Especially with Nelus… I will need to train as much as I can…)
Announcer: … The winner of the tournament is… Frei!!!
Audience: Yeeeaaahhhh!!!
Male Audience#4498: It can’t be helped if it is so… even I understand how Lord Taln feels after witnessing Frei’s power.
Female Audience#1227: Yeah… still it would’ve been great if we could have seen such battle… too bad…
Frei then headed towards the center of the arena as he was given the Golden Long Sword, Kaikus. Afterwards he approached us. He was then congratulated by me and Fala. Taking out the golden sword he then reaches it out to me.
Frei: Lord Nelus can you please have it instead?
Nelus: But it is you that…
Frei: No, I cannot use it but I have a feeling that you can… also you helped me when I went berserk… if you hadn’t who knows how much casualty would’ve… anyways it is of my own volition… please take it…
Nelus: … Alright… (God’s Eyes)
Golden Long Sword, KaikusType:S Class Metallic WeaponDurability:4764 / 5942Skills:Evolution, Flame Clad, Crush+A golden long sword, directly made by the God of the Earth and Sky, Genbalt.
As I grabbed the sword words flashed on my head written in God’s Language saying: Thou has been chosen… then another set of words appeared which also was written in God’s language: Hahaha! Hope you have fun with this shiny sword! My room was getting cramped so I decided to get rid of a few things, luckily the council approved of my sword to be thrown away in Alxia instead as it was a waste to discard it after all! I had fun in making it, also I hope my sword didn’t cause much trouble! Sincerely Genbalt.
Nelus: …
I sighed Genbalt you really do attract trouble… and I thought Murix was joking…
We then decided to leave Hakard in the next day as it was already getting dark… so we stayed at an inn for the night.
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Hope you enjoyed this chapter! :-D I decided to finish the fight instead of prolonging it but the next time that I might have such larger content I might have to post the next chapter two days from now. ONLY if it is of larger content like this one. I forced myself to finish it for now.XD… well you know… College…