Chapter 82: Chapter 82
The man in a fancy suit emerged from the smoke as he snapped his fingers. Before long, all the people in the audience stand disappeared bar the men in black cloaks. “You!” Zebulon growled at the man in a fancy suit. The latter had blood dripped from his face as his expression was ugly. “You will pay for dirtying my clothes, you bastard!” the man in a fancy suit swore as his true personality was revealed. Zebulon, in his anger, charged towards the man in a fancy suit. Likewise, the latter too head straight at Zebulon charge, butting heads as soon as they met.
They both were locked in a battle so intense that they did not notice the Zephyr Kingdom’s army was fighting against the men in black cloaks, with the former overwhelming the latter. “Kill them all, leave none alive!” commanded the white-haired old man with vigour in his voice. “Sir, yes sir!” the army replied in kind as their spirit went up. The cult’s men in black cloaks were severely outmatched by the prowess shown by the Zephyr Kingdom’s army. It was to be expected, as the Zephyr Kingdom held the title of the strongest kingdom for a long time.
Even the higher up of the Demonic Cult wouldn’t dare cause trouble inside the Zephyr Kingdom as they were afraid that should they stir something, they would wake up the sleeping lion. However, as the generation passed, people tended to forget, and the same could be said about the Demonic Cult. The younger member of the Demonic Cult thought that Zephyr Kingdom’s strength was fabricated and only used by the older generation to frighten them. Little did they know that the Zephyr Kingdom was stronger than they thought.
The men in black cloaks died with regret as one by one, they were culled by the Zephyr Kingdom’s army led by the kingdom’s very own strongest, greatest hero alive, Simba, the Fierce Lion. Of course, the leader of the rescue team, Zebulon, had no knowledge of this. If he had, even though the Archon ordered him to, he would’ve refused. He would regret it in the future, but now, however, Zebulon did not think this way as he was locked in a fierce battle against the man in a fancy suit.
They kept going at each other, with the man in a fancy suit matching Zebulon’s blow for blow using his spell. ‘This guy is strong,’ both the man in a fancy suit and Zebulon thought at the same time. ‘I haven’t fought like a mage in a long time,’ the man in a fancy suit thought. The man in a fancy suit could tear an empowered drake with his bare hand, but Zebulon’s body was even stronger than that of a drake. The man in a fancy suit’s punch did nothing except slightly injuring Zebulon. And fighting hand to hand combat was a disadvantage for the man in a fancy suit as that was the red-haired man’s strong suit. That’s why the man in a fancy suit was keeping his distance, utilizing the space to his advantage.
Zebulon felt awful. He felt like shit. He did not expect to encounter such resistance in this place. ‘Looks like I underestimate the Zephyr Kingdom a little bit. But, it is still within my capacity. I will succeed!’ Zebulon strengthened his resolve as his eyes flashed with determination. “All of you, formation Zeta!” Zebulon shouted. After a while, when Zebulon noticed that all of his men were being slaughtered, his heart sank. ‘How come I did not notice any of this?’ he felt confused. The same thought went through the man in a fancy suit, ‘That dirty old man! I knew that there was something suspicious about all this.’
“Surrender, you have been surrounded!” said one of the guards. All of them pointed their weapon towards Zebulon. The latter observed his surrounding before catching a glimpse of a certain blue-haired man. “Astro!” he shouted, “You dare betray the organization? Don’t you want your precious someone to live?” Although Zebulon was rash and violent, he was not stupid. ‘How can I be led into a trap by someone like Astro? Don’t tell me the army knew that our people infiltrated the guards?’ he thought, feeling disgusted towards himself. “Someone promised me to get her out. I rather hold his promise than the Archon’s.”
“Who!?” Zebulon roared, trying hard to get out of this situation; he started fighting against the guards. “You’ll meet him soon enough”, one of the guards, a familiar face with ponytail hair, said before striking Zebulon in the back of his neck. “Fuck!” Zebulon was unhurt as he continued his retaliation. “Damn it! What the hell is this guy made off!” Rex swore as he used his spear to block the red-haired man’s attack as best as he could. “I’ll help!” Astro said before taking his twin curved sword out of nowhere as both Rex and Astro worked together to subdue Zebulon.
“How strong is this guy!?” Rex pondered. “He’s special”, Astro interjected, “Even though he’s like me, a 5th Grade Aura Master, his body is tough. He possessed a special constitution known as the Beast God Body. He could fight an 8th Grade Aura Master with his body alone. So, if we wanted to subdue him, we need to do it fast as the more Zebulon fight, the more powerful he became.” Rex nodded, “Right. Men dispersed from the arena and secured the perimeter. I’ll deal with this one!” he ordered. “Sir!” all Rex’s subordinates followed his commands as they left the colosseum’s arena.
“Oi, Phantasma, a little help here!” Rex yelled while his spear was being blocked bare-handed by Zebulon. Phantasma shook his head before smiling sarcastically, “I’m tired from fighting him earlier. I’ll leave the rest to you, young master”, he said before immediately jetting from the location. “Fucking prick! Pretentious bastard! See how I deal with you later!” Rex complained as an attack was flying right at him. “Watch out!” warned Astro. “Fuck!” Rex cursed out loud as he rolled out of the way, barely dodging Zebulon’s attack.
“ARGH!” Zebulon, who’s now lost in rage, roared. A red berserk aura surrounded him as his tanned skin slightly turned red with blood. “Shit! Zebulon’s special constitution is starting to activate! We need to end this fast! If not, we’ll be in trouble”, Astro informed as he brandished his twin curved blade at Zebulon. “Fine, I’m going all out!” Rex said as a golden aura spiralled out from his body. Rex’s full might was shown in full display this time. The Young Lion’s prowess could not be underestimated. It was shown by the way Rex thrust his spear. His thrust wasn’t even visible as it was too fast to be followed by human eyes.
It even managed to wound Zebulon’s body, which even the man in a fancy suit had to use his magic to do. However, Zebulon wouldn’t stop just because his body was wounded. In his rage, fang grew out of his mouth, and his long red hair grew even longer. Zebulon’s skin turned fully red of his own blood while his eyes turned completely red. “Damn it! He’s completely turned!” Astro said, terrified. Zebulon’s aura was so dense that even Rex and Astro, a 5th Grade Aura Master, felt the pressure.
“Rargh!” Zebulon roared before launching his body right at Astro. Because Zebulon appeared in a flash, Astro did not have time to react before a fist was driven into Astro’s stomach. “Urgh!” Astro buckled down as a red aura was gathered on Zebulon’s fist. The said aura exploded before launching Astro across the colosseum’s arena. After seeing Astro get launched all across the arena, Rex felt cold sweat on his back. “I’m fucked, am I?” Rex smiled wryly, “But I wouldn’t give up, or I wouldn’t deserve to be my father’s son!” Fighting spirit rose inside of Rex, and his aura soon followed.
Rex’s aura surged as he met Zebulon’s fist with his aura-coated spear. Rex used all that he could to try and kill the beast. However, no matter what he did, Zebulon just took all of that head-on without harming him. This exchange went by a few times before Rex began to slowly lose out. “Damn, is this my end?” Rex looked at end seemingly unavoidable end. “Sorry, Chloe. Looks like I cannot keep our promise”, Rex said in resignation as he closed his eyes, waiting for the inevitable.
Rex waited a while, but it did not come. Rex inevitable end did not come as he opened his eyes. When he did, he saw the red monster, Zebulon, was sent flying across the colosseum’s arena. Before him, Rex stared at his saviour in awe. A young man clad in a raven-coloured aura was standing right in front of him. The young man had dragon horns on his head and raven-coloured wings, matched by his raven-coloured aura. His amber eyes were slanted like that of a dragon, and scaled started to form on his skin.
“Yo, you’re alright, Rex?”
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