Harem Tournament of Champions

Whoosh!

His opponent however seems unfazed as he continues dodging blows.

Clang! Clank! Bang!

Both fighters continue exchanging strikes trying desperately to land a fatal blow while avoiding theirs.

Swing after swing, block after a blocked attack. Both combatants seem evenly matched.

Suddenly, Hisha manages to get past Drac's guard and lands a powerful punch directly onto Drac's face.

Blood spurts forth from Drac's mouth spraying in the air.

Coughing loudly, Drac falls backward clutching his broken jaw. Blood oozes freely from inside his lips.

Tears well up in his eyes as he struggles to breathe properly.

Huff!

Huff!

Looking over at Hisha, he sees something unexpected. A small black orb floated above Hisha's head. It glows brightly emitting red Sux particles.

"He is back!" Drac cackles madly.

Wiping off the blood dripping from his chin, Drac stands slowly regaining control of his breathing.

*****

20 minutes ago,

Vanas walks through town, looking around at the destruction caused by Derek.

It wasn't much damage considering all the buildings were made of wood or stone. But still, it looked like someone had taken part in a war zone.

Huff!

Huff!

Dropping to his knees, he punches the floor in rage at the sudden disarray that had been caused by his brother.

'I had killed him, it was for the best!' He repeats mentally.

Raising his head, Vanas watches his elder brother closely. His anger was evident upon seeing the state of devastation.

The last straw would have to be a few of his citizens getting killed by someone other than him. His wife was still trapped and he couldn't guess if Derek had saved her as the last person he was going to kill.

'No! I won't let that happen!'

Pushing away some boulders out of his way, his red eyes glow as he aims to use one of his deadly attacks.

"Ahhhhh!!!!!" He lets out an inaudible scream as he channels his Sux to create a small black orb.

Cough!

Cough!

He drops to face first in exhaustion, unable to create the orb due to lack of energy after his regeneration.

Drawing whatever strength he could, he pulls himself up and repeats the process, only this time creating an orb with glowing red Sux particles.

Momentarily bonding with him, he feels a sudden surge of power coursing through his body. The pain subsides leaving behind a feeling of invincibility.

His torn clothes were now repaired allowing them to fit perfectly without any loose threads hanging loosely.

A smile forms across his handsome features as he looks at the orb hovering before him.

With the orb, he could direct its attack solely on a target with it passing through the rest as though they were invisible.

Navigating the orb in Hisha's direction, Vanas smiles evilly knowing full well what he could do.

'I took what's mine, and I intend to keep it that way!'

*****

Back to the present,

"Kaboom!!"

Vanas' voice echoes as he aims at Hisha.

Hisha had not been given enough time to react when the orb emitted a wave of red flames, sending him flying into the wall causing cracks to form along its surface.

Boom!

The building collapses under the impact crushing several people underneath. Screams fill the area followed shortly by silence as the rest look to their Count who arrived to rescue them.

Hisha stares down at the rubble left behind by the explosion.

Shaking his head, he glares at Vanas approaching.

Drac meanwhile has healed and sits upright rubbing his sore cheek. Seeing their opponent receive a devastating blow, he grins wickedly.

Reaching into his pocket, he takes out two transparent vials filled with dark purple liquid, looking through them so he sees the stranger in them.

'Perfect!' He chuckles before throwing it towards Hisha.

Both bottles shatter against the ground releasing thick poisonous smoke filling the area making visibility difficult.

As soon as the fumes enter Hisha's lungs, he coughs violently trying desperately to expel the poison but fails miserably.

[Toxins detected]

[Detoxification in process]

[Loading... 1%... 43%...]

'What the fuck is this?!' Hisha covers his nose, coughing out blood.

[Blood poisoning vial targets whoever had been seen through its glass, thereby binding the target under its dangerous toxins once inhaled]

Cough!

Cough!

Hisha's vision began to cloud over from the toxic gas entering his system. A sharp burning sensation spread throughout his entire being. It felt like every single organ inside his body was about to burst open.

Screaming in agony, he tries to move forward despite how weak he became.

[Sux depletion: 400]

Ding!

[Detoxification complete]

Huff!

Huff!

Aiming once more, Vanas unleashes another blast of fireballs. This time hitting several places around Hisha causing them to explode violently sending debris flying everywhere.

Seeing all these explosions happening right next to him made Drac feel uneasy for fear something might hit or hurt him. But instead of running like the rest, he rushes toward his teammates and pulls them away before the falling debris crushes them.

After witnessing such destruction caused by just one man, he can see why everyone fears the name 'Count'.

"Sir!" They all said in a chorus, disappointed in themselves at not being able to rescue the Countess.

Bang!

Bang!

Siadra felt her scratches and hits wouldn't cut it anymore if she continued fighting to get out.

"Dear!!" She screams at her husband the moment he gets close to her. "Please help me!! Please save me from this!!"

Hisha shakes his head and chuckles at the drain in his Sux points, it is slowly getting irritating at losing such amounts of toxins when he is caught in it.

Looking back upon Siandra, he sighs deeply seeing no hope in saving her either. "What would it be...?"

Exhaling, Hisha regulates his racing heartbeat. Even he could realize how dangerous toxins were than brute force sustained.

Drac gasps in shock at how quickly his toxins were countered and survived those blasts from their Count. His eyes widened even further hearing those words coming from Hisha.

He knew there must have been some kind of trick involved here because surely someone couldn't survive a double attack with such intensity? Yet somehow this stranger managed to survive while still on his feet as though nothing had happened.

Vanas whips his head toward where the sound came from only to find himself staring straight into Derek's face.

His heart skipped a beat realizing that even such an attack had done nothing to him, not even a graze.

Pointing over to Siadra, Hisha puts out a condition. "Would you like to save her or watch her die?"

Vanas switches gaze from Hisha then to Siadra lying helplessly with the barrier still present which is keeping the rubbles from crushing her.

The sight alone makes him want to rush forth immediately to aid her, however; knowing what will happen should they fail, he hesitates.

A small smile appears across Hisha's lips after watching Vanas hesitate long enough. "That's more like it."

With a flick of his wrist, he summons three large boulders hovering above the ground ready to fall onto anyone foolish enough to try anything stupid.

Vanas gulped nervously, eyeing up the rocks. The last thing he wanted now was any more injuries especially since he already lost most of his Sux due to the previous attacks.

'Siadra...' Vanas thinks sadly, feeling guilty for being tossed aside and forced to leave her for a while, now he could do nothing but stand guard. '... if I could do things differently maybe we'd both live.'

"What do you want?!" He shouts angrily glaring down at Hisha who simply smiles amused at his reaction.

"I'm going to ask again," Hisha says calmly, looking directly into Vanas' eyes. "Will you agree to speak somewhere quiet? I know a few places that fit that description."

Vanas nods slightly but doesn't say anything yet. Instead, he looks between the two men waiting patiently until finally deciding to accept the offer.

'Watch him crumble and lose his options.'

Drac yells out to his Count, "Count Vanas, he can't be trusted! Please, we need to rid ourselves of him first so he won't betray us later!"

Vanas turns to look at Drac, surprised at his sudden outburst. However, he soon realizes that Drac has good reason to believe that way considering everything that transpired thus far.

'You wouldn't understand this unless your beloved was in danger.' Vanas looks down in disappointment.

Turning back to Hisha, he asks, "Where shall we meet?"