Chapter 317: Chapter 317 - Arcadia Championship Clash(Part 7)

Point-of-View: Aratron

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"Okay, it’s time for the seventh match of round one now...and it’s between the Demon Aratron and the Centaur Elder Friese," The announcer’s voice echoed out, as I let out a sigh and hopped onto my feet, stretching my arms up.

It’s my turn already, huh? I really don’t feel like doing this, but Lord Satan insisted, so here I am...okay, then, I’ll just have to try and get this over and done with as soon as I possibly can, I’d like to get back to doing nothing.

The other Demons enjoy fighting, but not me, I’d rather laze about and spend my time idly. Vorph is quite lazy herself, but she becomes a different person during a fight, she’s kinda scary when she gets into that mode, she becomes really violent and borderline sadistic.

This really sucks, I don’t get why I need to participate too...between Lord Satan, Lucy and Vorph, and Izzy too, of course, there’s more than enough Demon representation in the competition as it is. This is turning out to be a real pain.

And tomorrow’s going to be even worse, with all the remaining rounds of the tournament being held tomorrow...maybe I should just let myself be defeated in this match, so that I won’t have to exert myself any further.

No, Lord Satan would lecture me if I do that, and his lectures tend to be very long. I let out another sigh as I approached the arena, stepping onto it along with my opponent, as the barrier formed around the space.

Alright, if I can’t just throw the match and knock myself out of the competition, the next best option is to get this match over and done with as quickly as possible.

"Sorry, but I don’t feel like getting into a long, drawn-out fight, so I’m going to end this as soon as it begins," I warned my opponent with a sigh.

"Yes, you do seem to be in a hurry to leave...but you really shouldn’t underestimate me so much. I may well lose this fight, but I certainly won’t make it easy for you," She smiled in response.

Ugh, I hope she’s not too strong, that’d be a pain...

"Okay, here’s the countdown. Ten, nine, eight..."

Come on, hurry it up. I don’t have all day.

"Three, two, one, zero."

"Devour," I chanted, as streaky tendrils of dark energy extended out around me, with large jaws at the ends of each of them.

I then sent them shooting forward towards her, she was quick to respond by forming a row of earth walls in front of herself...no matter, that won’t stop this.

My Devour ability creates these jaws of dark energy that I can freely control, and they can consume anything, both physical and Magical, the only thing they can’t consume are human Soul Weapons...but since my opponent is a Demi-Human, I don’t have to worry about that here.

The jaws chomped out large chunks of the earth walls in seconds, before my opponent swiftly raced out from behind the walls, charging up a Water Magic Spell as I sent the jaws rapidly chasing after her.

I flew up as she unleashed the Spell at me, evading it right as the jaws converged in towards her, completely surrounding her before shooting in and starting to chomp into her, triggering the barrier and teleporting her out of the arena before my jaws of dark energy could bite out chunks of her body.

"The winner of the seventh match of round one is Aratron."

Good, that didn’t take too long. And now, I’m free for the rest of the day, think I’ll just go home and get some sleep...

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Point-of-View: Howll

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"Alright, it’s finally my turn! Feels like I’ve been waiting forever!" I grinned eagerly, as I bounded out towards the arena.

"It’s time for match eight of round one...after this, we’ll be halfway through the first round of the Arcadia Championship Clash. Match eight will be the Werewolf Elder Howll vs the Dark Elf Baret."

Ah, I believe I’ve sparred against him before...Dark Elves are arguably the most powerful of the Demi-Human races, at least on average, thanks to the immense boost they get when they unleash their Shadow Elf forms.

If memory serves, this one can’t use that form for more than twenty seconds, so he’ll probably save it as a last resort or if he gets a clear opening.

He’s highly proficient with Fire Magic, and he possesses the dangerous Rot Skill, but he’ll need to get close to use that...I’m strongest at close range, so he might be wary of that...

"Hope you put up a good fight, don’t let me down," I greeted him as we stepped onto the arena.

"Well, I have gotten a bit stronger since the last time we fought, so let’s see how far I can push you at my current level," He replied with a smile.

"Ten, nine, eight..."

Her countdowns are getting lazier...but that’s fine, because it means my fight will start a bit sooner, and I certainly have no complaints about that.

"Three, two, one, zero."

The instant the countdown ended, I swung my right arm across and unleashed a slashing shockwave from my claws as my opponent simultaneously unleashed a blast of intense flames towards me, before leaping across as my attack sliced right through his flames.

I then used my Teleportation Skill to teleport behind him as his flames dissipated, driving my claws towards his back before he suddenly launched himself up by raising a pillar of earth from below his feet, my claws striking the pillar, cracks spreading out across it upon impact, before I leapt back as he unleashed a barrage of blazing fire arrows down at me.

Suddenly, as I evaded his fire arrows, a burst of dark energy erupted from atop the earth pillar, my opponent putting on a tremendous burst of speed and zipping down towards me rapidly, a smirk of excitement and anticipation welling up inside me as he unleashed his full power and closed in on me with immense speed.

He swiftly reached out towards me as he got me within his reach, before I teleported behind, grimacing as I felt a twinge of pain across my chest, his fingers having grazed that spot with his Rot Skill active, the skin around that spot falling apart and blood spurting out before I inhaled sharply and unleashed a powerful, deafening howl from my jaws.

He zipped across the instant I vanished from his sight, stumbling slightly as my howl partially hit his ears and dazed him, before he quickly halted and sprang back as I teleported in front of him and slashed at his throat with my claws, a sharp pain shooting across my right forearm as he slapped my arm the instant he jumped back, using the Rot Skill again.

I gritted my teeth to bear through the pain, before firing out another powerful howl at him, as he quickly raised his right arm off to the side and unleashed a concentrated burst of flames to launch himself off to the left, blood pouring out of his right ear as he failed to fully avoid my attack, a disoriented look on his face.

He shakily spun across as I unleashed a slashing shockwave from my claws at him, just barely evading it before starting to charge up a swirling fireball as I shot towards him...right before his eyes widened in alarm as the dark energy of his Shadow Elf form suddenly vanished, reverting him to his normal state.

Already? Ah, the damage from my howling must have dazed him and interfered with his concentration, resulting in his transformation wearing off sooner. That’s too bad, I was just starting to enjoy myself too...oh, well, I suppose he did alright.

He stumbled back as I closed in on him, starting to unleash the charged up fireball before I whipped my left arm up and slammed it against his forearms, knocking the up and diverting his aim, his fireball shooting up to the ceiling off the barrier as I clenched my right fist and drove it forward with all my strength, activating my Double Impact Skill as my fist closed in on the middle of his torso.

Right before I could make impact, he suddenly vanished, the barrier triggering and teleporting him out before my hit could land. Huh, I guess that means that attack was strong enough to mortally wound him? In that case, I should be careful about using my full strength when sparring against someone without a safety barrier in place...

"Okay, that’s match number eight done, and the winner is Howll."

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