Chapter 98: Absolute Zero

"Who is the boss?" Zerze asked once he stepped into the cave.

His hand held the near-dead brother who was giggling as the job was done! This dude's laughter quickly halted after he barreled into the wall due to Zerze's high strength!

He turned into a thousand red particles, then died.

Zerze knew that he was being lured, but that didn't stop him from entering this place. If before he would consider some thoughts, he no longer cared about others in the Regional Tournament.

It was because the organizers had already contacted him and his system had a counter for 'Invader's Deaths'

This counter was always going on, so Michu and others were doing their job.

And Zerze believed in himself, his confidence and strength originating from the powerful and unique title!

It was just a mere title, but he had been blessed with so many skills already.

Was it turned into the class, what kind of grade would he get? Surely, Mythic was a possibility!

Zerze's voice was deemed arrogant by Pyrobro!

He appeared out of the shadows in his outfit and stats exposed!

"Pyrobro?" Zerze narrowed his eyes and rummaged through his thoughts.

There was a small incident with Pyrobro who ventured into the depths of unique flame quests, but the information was vague and Zerze couldn't pay much attention to people from other regions.

Many monsters dwelled in his region too!

Some were ruthless... Some had exuberant and positive vibes around them!

"Seems like you have heard about me. I didn't expect that since I am not so flashy, but I have also participated in our regional tournament and ranked high." Pyrobro explained.

But Zerze didn't even think of regional tournaments, so his face remained expressionless with eyes shining blue.

This silence was taken as yes by Pyrobro! 

He dilated his red eyes and said, "Excalibur is one of the weapons we need, but I couldn't care less about this weapon! A weapon with a sealed ego is nothing, but a weapon! My brothers' cries and tears are what funnels my flames right now!"

Pyrobro's spear crazed with flames! The flames spread across his shaft while the other hand grasped a red crystal ball. This ball increased his flames output by at least a hundred times as the cave trembled in cries too!

Donned in his flame armor from top to bottom except for his head, Pyrobro was like a reincarnation of a sun warrior!

Zerze didn't stay idle!

He dropped his spear from the Regional Tournament, then his main weapon, The Ice Spear appeared out of his inventory! 

A silent and cold whisper spread across the cave to appease the cries brought up by the flames.

In an instant, the flames' howls diminished by half.

And Zerze's equipment began to appear across his body too.

The long blue robes fell onto the ground. He clenched his hands a few times while checking his black gloves while boots and other accessories equipped themselves on him! As the fur from his robe scratched his neck, Zerze closed his eyes in content.

"Let's get over it quickly. I still have some points to gather," Zerze clenched his spear, then rushed forth!

Pyrobro belatedly reacted, then mimicked the rush! Their steps brought their element with each other, then these two clashed in advanced and far from newbie battle!

Loud bangs and tremors conjured white steam around them as two elements danced and clashed against each other!

It was the battle of proper spearmanship with a thrilling fantasy tinge, then two warriors separated and let the fantasy prevail!

"Ice Shards."

"Fire Spears."

Two long-distance techniques swept through the cave! Precisely aimed at each other, these two drew flashy trails mid-air, then erupted in the middle, bringing another explosion that shook the cave!

From this explosion, Zerze was the first one to emerge!

His spear drew a few more trails that turned into weapons to assist his assault!

Pyrobro wasn't alone either. He immediately summoned more of his flame spears as if the cooldown meant nothing to him!

Zerze's eyes narrowed, then he whispered, "It's that crystal ball." The crystal ball was what allowed Pyrobro to summon more flames! His blue eyes instantly grasped that small detail, then an explosion of their elements conjured some distance between them.

"Your fire can not melt my ice. That is why you will lose," Zerze declared, his spear already in motion.

He aimed to kick away that crystal ball, but Pyrobro held it more than his life!

The fire spears bent around Zerze and threw in circles, seeking a gap in his defense!

To no avail, as Zerze's Ice Spear slashed through them with the help of ice shards!

"Will your mana keep up with your reckless movement?" Pyrobro asked rhetorically, then threw himself even more boldly than Zerze had been doing all this time!

This whole battle was so fast, but each relied on something else.

Zerze was relying on his techniques, so his mana consumption was high!

But Pyrobro relied on an external source which was the crystal ball treasure! This treasure halves his mana consumption and shared its own reserves with him. To say nothing of the instant cast, this was a real treasure!

Zerze scoffed, "You are a normal player. For you, I am the dragon already."

Ice Spear let out a blue mist that screamed on its own. Feeling something odd and threatening, Pyrobro instantly reacted and distanced himself. He raised his spear and spun it above himself.

The whole cave shook and flames oozed out from the cracks.

It was pure flame turned into a lethal weapon!

These flames gathered around Pyrobro and whirled around his whole form, but mainly around his spear.

It was a red whirlpool!

Anyone hit by it would be swallowed by its flames and burned from inside!

"Zerze! This is an insurmountable amount of flames! Your natural enemy!" Pyrobro roared! "This is the end for you and revenge for my brothers!" Pyrobro closed his eyes and whispered, "Your bruda will avenge you now..." A tear tumbled down his cheek, but it evaporated before it completely fell!

Zerze replied, "You should check insurmountable in the dictionary." He raised his spear and lodged it in the ground, "Absolute Zero."

The ice whisper materialized and swept through the cave in the blink of an eye! Following it, everything within the cave turned blue and sparkled with stars as Zerze froze the whole cave in less than a second!

[Your body has been thoroughly frozen.]

[Your execution skill, Raging Red Whirlpool has been frozen and stopped.]

[Absolute Zero's Freezing has invaded you.]

[Freezing has been applied to you.]

He ambled toward Pyrobro whose body was also frozen.

His eyes within the ice coffin were trembling!

"For you, I am a dragon. And despite all resources and levels at your disposal, you failed to reach his woman's heights." Zerze spoke about Venomous and praised her inadvertently. 

He then slapped away the fire crystal ball from Pyrobro's hand and snatched it to his inventory.

It would sell for a good sum!

His cold eyes dilated, "I am looking forward to your brother's revenge on me."

From all this brotherhood, Zerze knew that he just got a lot of enemies onto his name. But he had so many of them, he just didn't care!

However, this particular Brotherhood Guild had bold people as they just invaded the regional tournament!

He smiled and killed Pyrobro while wearing this kind of smile!

His Ice Spear went down, then potions sloshed on his chin!

At that time, his eyes went to the counter.

There weren't many people left, at least those from another region.

Thus, Zerze turned heels and left the cave!

A few tournaments later, some players would get surprised because this Absolute Zero's Cave would stay for eternity in this fire island part!