"Ring, ring, ring, ring." Several days after the event with the bandits Frost was suddenly awoken from his blissful sleep by a torrent of annoying ringing.
"Who's calling me so early in the morning?" He groggily sat up in bed, gently moving the two arms that were wrapped around his waist to the side. One being green and muscular while the other being white and dainty -albeit containing far more strength than the former.
The three engaged in quite the battle last night, the first time the two of them decided to work as a team rather than individuals. Of course he came out on top once again, even with their combined might they weren't able to completely satisfy his hunger, perhaps another was needed or maybe two.
Nevertheless he certainly enjoyed the combined experience and would make sure to engage in similar battles in the future.
Anyway back to the matter at hand. It wasn't the communication crystal that was ringing but the dungeon menu, meaning that it was either his father or one of his many siblings.
"Yo! Little brother how's it hanging." The loud voice of Indra bellowed through the screen followed by the image of him relaxing back against his sofa. His style was certainly different from his own, a lot more wood and cobalt colouring in the background.
"What do you want Indra?" Frost questioned in an irritated tone, annoyed at being awoken from his blissful sleep.
"Oh...seems I interrupted you little brother hehehehe don't worry I can call back in a little while if you'd prefer." A mischievous look adorned Indra's face as he peered through the screen to see the exposed skin of Daki and Maya.
"Hmph!" Frost didn't take kindly to his brother's perverted looks and instantly turned off the visual aspect of the call. Only he was allowed to see his girlfriend's naked body. He quickly donned his robes, entered the living room and sat on the sofa before reopening the visuals.
"Tch stingy, some people would call depriving others the chance to witness art a crime." Indra teased.
"Is that so, do you happen to agree Izuna?" Frost asked with a friendly smile, his words immediately causing Indra to sweat bullets and turn around in desperation only to see no one there.
"That was low."
"So is trying to take a peek at my girlfriend." The two brothers stared at one another for a good few seconds before laughing.
"So what'd you call me for so early in the morning?"
"I can't just want to chat with my favourite little brother."
"Pretty much, but I'm sure my disappointment with the war against Chala certainly helped." Indra didn't deny his persistent pestering. "Anyway the old man created a new challenge for us which allows dungeon cores to duel on an individual basis, no monsters just us and our skills. Interested?"
Frost leaned back against the sofa, cupping his chin as he thought about Indra's suggestion. To be honest the idea of duelling his siblings in single combat was quite interesting, especially against Indra who was said to be roughly on par with him training wise. Both had entered B-rank through their weapon mastery, and both were skilled in their use of chakra and magic.
Ice and lighting could pose for a very good match up given that neither held clear dominion over the other. For example if Frost was challenged by someone like Pyro for instance though he'd love to sock that arrogant elder brother of his in his smug face he'd immediately refuse.
Fire held too much advantage over ice especially in the early stages of development, he'd be nothing more than a punching bag in such a match up.
"Why haven't I heard anything about this from father?"
"Because he just designed it and wants us to be the exhibition match."
"By exhibition do you mean all our siblings will be watching?" If that was the case then he'd have to refuse, he didn't want his potential rivals to see how he fought.
"No, no it'll be completely private bar the result. I think the old man's set up some kind of bet between our siblings to see who wins." He did the same thing during the first dungeon war exhibition match.
"Alright as long as it's a private duel with only the results being broadcasted I'm game. Has he set any specific rules?"
"The only thing he asks is that we don't kill one another, anything else is fine. Our guardians are to be stationed in the duelling space with us to make sure nothing goes wrong so all we need to do is focus on fighting to our hearts content." Indra looked really revved up for the duel.
His passionate words and bright expression couldn't help but move Frost, he felt himself getting more and more fired up.
"When will we do this thing?" It was a bit early for a duel and he didn't want to be the one to abruptly wake up Maya from her dreams after what he put her through last night.
"How about tonight, around 6pm. The old man said we'll be sent a notification through the dungeon menu and that by clicking accept we'll be teleported to the duelling space with all our equipped gear."
"Alright 6 sounds good, I'll leave one of the kids in charge of monitoring the dungeon and inform Findlay and Khuno about it. They should be able to handle anything during my absence." Since both he and Maya would be indisposed he'd have to delegate some tasks.
"That's great see you then little brother and may the best lightning master win ciao." Indra ended the call with a cheeky grin and a wave causing Frost to light-heartedly laugh.
"You're so going down Indra."