Chapter 163: Stay calm- stay cal- (two)

He had a nice lightsaber but so did I. I hadn't brought my sword but it didn't matter. 

'Greatsword.'

Even without the snake girl, the sword transformed. It was possible she'd already made it into the saber or maybe this thing worked independently, but frankly, I didn't care. 

I held the large saber with two hands and charged. 

I swung hard and the guy blocked. He still didn't move. 

"Too weak." He grinned. "Is this the power of the guy who hides behind women?"

The armor seemed a bit too powerful, but I slammed my feet on it. And yeah, regret. 

It hurt. 

Ouch!

I guess he didn't make it here for nothing. 

So, I took a breath. "Cool, I guess." I formed a barrier behind him, and another one in front of him, and then slammed my feet at the barrier.  "That, strong enough for you?" It still hurt but worth it. 

"Ridiculous!" He spat a drop of blood from his helmet and broke through the barrier. "You don't have enough strength to even move me, let alone win. This just proves you won by cheating. And that whore-"

Well, this was going nowhere. And this guy for some godly reason knew how to make me shiver with rage. 

So, I took a step back, turned the great sword into a small saber, and made a plasma ball. A bit too powerful. I had a feeling this guy could withstand it. And if he couldn't. Oops. 

"I can take it! SUPREME DEFENCE!" The guy took a stance like a sumo wrestler, one hand in front of his body. 

Did people really give names to their attacks and say it out loud too? Why?

Oh well, I threw the plasma ball- the size of a pomelo- and ran for him. 

The ball slammed into him, created smoke and the guy fumbled a bit but he was fine, but that's where I came in. I kicked him exactly at the same place the ball had crashed into. And I was always focusing on that one spot. 

A dent and a small crack. 

I needed more power. 

But seeing, nothing happening to the guy, the crowd just cheered harder.

"Divine justice!" He swung his saber with two hands like an axe. I barely dodged to my left.

But after literally spending half a minute fighting this dude, I came to the conclusion. He was SLOW!                                       

"This is becoming a drag."

So, without a doubt, I just stood in front of him. 

"So, you give up?" The guy was very happy as he raised his saber over his head once more to attack me. And he did attack me, but I dodged to my right. 

This was guy was slow. And didn't he realize, I wasn't? Or was his brain slow too?

"Unfortunately, after what you said, I'm having a very hard time controlling my energy so I don't accidentally kill you." I touched his armor. "I do want to kill you but, I don't want to be disqualified for the likes of you."

It would have been too merciful to just kill him without doing anything else. Then again, I didn't have any intention of killing this worthless thing and being disqualified for no reason at all. It just wasn't worth it. 

"What are you-"

It started melting. The place I touched his armor, started melting. 

He immediately backtracked. 

"Oh? I thought you weren't going to move." My grin resurfaced. 

"Th-that power!" He hissed through his armor. "You do have power, yes and I apologize for saying you used underhanded techniques. But a man who uses confessions and such to win, aren't true warriors! A true warrior never holds back!" 

I sighed. "IS that SO?" I grinned very evilly and dashed again. The guy swung his saber but I just dodged. And grabbed his head. "Now what was it that you said about me kissing a-" 

He swung his saber at me and I grabbed it with my glove. He didn't have enough strength to swing it hard enough and I had good gloves. My saber fell on the floor but I held his very firmly. 

"Impossible. How can you have such strength?"

"Don't worry, it's fairly possible. It's true I won a little underhandedly. But I assure you, if I wanted- I could have killed you before the fight even started." I increased the strength of my grip, and slowly but surely, dug into his skull. "And why wouldn't I hold back if my enemy is my love?" I held him up by his head: he wiggled around, screamed, and even slammed his fist and legs on my body. Unfortunately, I didn't move an inch. 

It hurt, it really did, but my grin didn't leave for a single second. 

He was at least three inches taller than me, but I really liked lifting him up like this. He was heavy and I was getting tired but- yeah, I was in the mood. 

Before long, the guy stopped struggling too much. 

The crowd wasn't cheering anymore for some reason. 

But my hand just kept on going deeper. "Divine justice, was it?" I snickered. 

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" the guy screamed like crazy before eventually stopping: the scream was kind of in the middle of a scream and a laugh though. 

I dropped his body and took off his helmet. Since the helmet was bent in a very not so friendly way, it was kind of hard to get it out. And the guy suffered because of that. 

He'd only passed out. Covered in his own sweat, blood, and snot, he was definitely ugly. 

"Are there any healers here?"

Two guys immediately ran inside the court. 

"Heli-" The announcer was about to declare my victory. 

But I had other plans. "Wait." My voice was very strong.  "Heal him enough to wake him up."

Both of the healers shook a little but did as they were told.

The announcer just smiled and stood there. 

The armored guy woke up and I lifted him up just like last time, this time, not gripping as much. I didn't want him to pass out immediately. 

"Be sure to amplify my voice so everyone can hear." I grinned, looked to my right and the girl just nodded, albeit very scared. And now my voice was amplified. "I believe you said something about me kissing a whore, correct?"

A lot of blood was coming out of the guy's head and different holes. He didn't have the energy to nod. 

The crowd was gasping and some were even fainting. Well, that was dramatic. 

I smiled some more. "I implore and invite all of you to try and insult my family. Please do so, so, I can crush you like this. Whether it be this country or the whole world, I'll crush you all. So feel free to insult my family." I smiled a bit more. "And I love Marg, and I also assure you, she's the best woman in my life, only second to Mom of course!"

I slammed the guy on the floor and kicked the same spot I had attacked last time. The armor kind of broke down and several of the guy's ribs cracked. Not a pleasant sound. "So, of course, I'll hold back!" 

The guy passed out again, I sure hope he didn't die on me. Because I still held back a lot- lot. 

But I was satisfied. 

The panicked healers were rushing to heal him, while I just turned around. 

I went towards Marg and she had this look somewhere between relief and fear. 

"You're really scary when you're mad," She said. 

"Only when it involves you guys."

The announcer announced my victory but the crowd didn't cheer that much. I guess they were too afraid. 

Two minutes later I found out that, this armored guy was actually Germany's representative and supposedly he was a preacher of justice and the way of the warrior. So when he saw my fight with Marg he just assumed that me not fighting Marg with all my powers, holding back, and using the kiss to call it off, was, well, underhanded and not very warrior-esque. 

That's why he had such a haughty attitude and that was also why the crowd didn't like me anymore: they probably even hated me. Strike that, they definitely hated me. 

No wonder the people from the academy didn't want me to fight this guy: it kind of made sense. Didn't matter to me though. I was already from a villainous family and I knew how to deal with hate and all that. 

And if one thing I couldn't let slide, it was people insulting my family

***

From the moment the guy had lost the crowd started getting out of the stadium. Well, I guess that was totally natural. 

The judges had given me a total of 24 points. All three of them gave me eight. I had no idea why. If it were me, I'd have given myself a bit fat zero, not because I went overboard but because I could have done better. And it was very hard to keep my killing intent in check. It was almost as though I was the shadow at the same time. 

Was it possible? I didn't know but-

It was too late to think about all that now anyway. After all, what's done is done.