The air breezing past them caught fire, as electricity crackled violently in their vicinity. Rael retreated back further with Kiala.

Tobi raised his left palm while maintaining a continuous assault of volleys on Mado. "Erupt: Cerberus!"

A 50-foot tall, gigantic lava hound, snarling with three heads, erupted out of the ground grabbing for Rael. One head was completely made out of lava, the middle was made out of fire and electricity, and the last that grabbed for Rael was completely made out of ice. He spun around and aimed a beam into its mouth. Filling it with a wave of electricity as it shattered completely, but regenerated back in seconds.

"Oi, don't think I'm someone you can just ignore," Mado spoke up angrily, then punched Tobi faster than he could react and sent him flying back.

He felt his bones vibrating just from the force, but caught himself mid-flight, dozens of meters away. "Ignite: Static Shock!" He yelled, launching a beam with one hand while holding onto his sword with the other to defend.

Mado split it in two as he crashed through it and struck Tobi down, towards the ground. He landed on his feet kicking up dust and rocks, while he raised dozens of golems made out of titanium and gold to challenge the king.

Without hesitating, Mado flicked his wrist, throwing tiny condensed spheres of fire and electricity homing for half of them, leaving them exploding from within. A wall of black fire protected him from the heat.

He didn't need to do anything to the rest, as an intricately detailed clone of him, made out of black fire, ice, and electricity stepped out of his shield and escorted him. Then, engaged the remaining using each one of his abilities.

At the same time, his hair flashed full silver, then settled, glowing ominously. While veins all over his body, coursed through, working overtime and glowing in intervals, as the temperature around him began to rise.

Tobi realized this strength had to be the third gear. He felt he needed to find a way to attain it, to have any hope of defeating him. Mado teleported in front of him, as Tobi instinctively blocked his first strike. However, by the second strike, Mado disarmed him swiftly, then sheathed his sword and started to beat down on him.

"To be something in this universe, you have to tread the path of a conqueror. Winner takes all and the strongest survive. It's unfortunate since you're so young, however, you've done well to make it this far." He said as he threw several more haymakers at Tobi.

Who was struggling for his life, blocking all that was being thrown at him, as the king continued to tear through his defences with ease. "Ignite: Static Dome!" He threw his hands out, as a barrier, made of fire and electricity, erupted out of Tobi, pushing Mado back, and letting him recover himself.

"How are you able to use multiple abilities?" Tobi asked, knowing, he was just as guilty.

Mado smirked. "What? Is this your first time meeting a Blessed Abnormal?" He shook his head and then laughed out loud. "The ones in each race who are granted the ability to use two or more of the 5 abilities that govern nature. My brother and I can use four of them, making us among the rarest of occurrences in history. It seems that you and the girl are the same case."

Mado's clone had finished destroying his last golem and landed right behind Tobi. Who quickly turned around and manifested a sword out of ice, to slice the clone in half. However, it caught his blade, then melted and shattered the rest with its grip.

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"The worst part is, the way you use iko is incredibly inefficient. You can't even stop those who are even at least aware of it." The king spoke, in a disappointed tone.

Tobi didn't hesitate, switching his attack to his other arm as an orb of lava pulled itself together, infused with electricity. "Erupt: Volcanic Grenade!"

The sphere burst through the clone's chest caving it in, as it exploded in a magma inferno.

Mado grunted, approvingly. "I guess you've always forced your way through, haven't you." He shook his head and started walking towards him. "What if you're enemy, is an assassin and takes you to a place not as favourable for you..."

He disappeared mid-walk, then reappeared behind him, with a hand on Tobi's shoulder. His hair and facial hair turned jet black, as black and purple veins pulsed in harmony all over his body.

The air visibly cracked all around them, within seconds as they vanished. Reappearing on an asteroid orbiting Dargan, Mado maintained a dome of air in space.

Tobi was shocked. He couldn't fathom how they had just gotten to space, however he instinctively held his breath and tried to keep the air contained with a large dome of ice, around them.

Mado laughed. "Warrior, you can still breathe, because I allow it. The gravity of my Sila and Roho iko, allow me to maintain air around me in space. Conquerers traverse space using this technique and will not hesitate to make their way towards you, as you seek more power."

He smirked. "Let me grant you the mercy... Of ending your journey."

Slowly the air started to decrease, crumbling the ice away as it shrunk further. Until it started to leave Tobi.

He started suffocating and freezing, unable to control his abilities any longer. He dropped to his knees, in regret as a piece of him broke away, frozen and floating into the abyss of space.

Mado watched on curiously. It was only moments, but Tobi could no longer fight it any longer. His heart flatlined, reporting alerts immediately across Beyond Headquarters, the entire World and the rest of the Federation. The drone had just got to their location and recorded the incident.

Once satisfied, the king started to walk away preparing himself, to jump back to Dargan. "I guess that was as far as you could go."

The air started to crack around him, as he gathered his energy. Suddenly he was interrupted by a lash of dark energy, whipping about violently around the asteroid.

He looked at the epicentre, seeing Tobi's lifeless body still on its knees. Dark energy was pouring out of his heart, in almost sea-level amounts and flooding the asteroid.

Mado floated up to avoid it, wondering what was going on. The energy crumbled away from the surrounding area as it withdrew back into Tobi, shocking his heart, over and over.

The king noticed black static electricity crackling around Tobi. "So you're still alive." He said placing out his right hand and pointing it at him.

Tobi's body reanimated, with a black skull etched with red and white whisker-like tribal markings, forming over his head, leaving his hair jet black with ash-like streaks.

Mado lowered his hand surprised. "That colour, it can't be... A lost one that has succumbed to darkness usually lets off the aura of their personality colored in hatred. However..."

He fired large blasts of black fire at him, but a large barrier of dark energy erupted, shielding him. Tobi looked up at him. His eyes glowed red, sending fatal intentions towards the king.

"You have to be the abnormal... The Dark One is searching for. I must kill you here, for the sake of my people."

Mado released the maximum amount of energy he could muster and wrapped it around himself, causing an immense heat wave and artificial clouds to gather. Striking down hordes of black lightning.

Tobi got up, while dark dots glowed, coursing through violet veins, ominously within his body. Dark energy crackled constantly and hazardously around him. He suddenly let out a massive dual-tone roar, shaking the entire asteroid as a bubble of air spontaneously wrapped around it.

He reached out, with his right hand and summoned a black and red, indestructible katana, formed beneath the asteroid and erupting into his hands. Reinforced with black and purple, electric flames.

Mado frowned. "How is he that sentient?"

Mado unsheathed his sword, however, it was too late. As Tobi appeared in front of him and swung down on his left arm, cutting it clean off, as it fell down below.

The king let out an outcry of pain, exploding black flames into a barrier around him. He healed himself, then formed an arm made out of ice, before he reached into a pack on his side and swallowed a pill. Feeling much more rejuvenated.

They stared each other down, swords drawn, as the tension between them rose drastically. "I am the King of Kiros, not even the Dark One can strike me down!" He exclaimed before they leaped at each other, swinging with all of their might.