"Hu hu hu hu hu"
"Hu hu hu hu hu" Both Frost and Indra glared at one another as they panted and trembled from exhaustion. The two had been battling with all they had for the past hour with neither backing down. No matter how much blood was spilled or how much armour was chipped away they remained standing, refusing to fall in defeat.
At this point it was a veritable miracle that either of them were still standing let alone having the strength to swing their weapons with enough force to destroy the stone arena.
"Dammit.... why won't.... you fall?" Indra asked with half opened eyes, his stance faltering and breathing become more laboured with every word spoken. He was so tired he couldn't even think straight but even so he refused to fall down.
"..... Fall? Me?..... I'm full of ..... energy why would.... I fall?" Frost responded in a no less exhausted manner, even smirking was difficult.
It was clear from their battle that the two of them were evenly matched therefore victory would be decided by whoever had the strongest will and or desire for victory.
The audience members would watched the entire duel with their butts hovering over the end of their seats still had no idea who'd come out the victor, Frost and Indra were just too evenly matched. However at this point the duel's excitement had run its course. No longer was it a contest of skill but stubbornness, far less interesting to watch.
Dark felt a strong urge to end the duel at this point. His sons had proved their mettle and came out equal. Prolonging this display of stubbornness served to only further their injuries unnecessarily. The duel was exciting and thrilling to watch in the beginning but now their clashes no longer provided improvement to their mastery, mere shadows of what they used to represent. It was time to call it.
"Haaaaaa" Dark let out a deep sigh as he struggled with his decision. He wondered if his stubborn sons would accept such a result, would they hold it against him or perhaps escalate their friendly rivalry down a dark path? Regardless he raised his hand into the air and was prepared to call an end to the long duel.... however.
Indra who was seemingly about to crash perked up as though he was injected with stimulants. His eyes blinked rapidly, and a look of confusion and surprise adorned his tired face before he turned to gaze at Izuna. The beautiful celestial fox woman was on her feet and donned a determined expression as she nodded her head.
A growing pink blush formed across her cheeks as power filled Indra's body. The once exhausted lightning speedster immediately stopped his laboured breathing and stood ramrod straight as lightning tendrils flickered around his blood covered body.
A predatory smile then adorned his lips as his aura burst forth with unbridled force, cracking the stone beneath his feet and pushing back the stunned Frost.
'What the hell!' Frost internally screamed as he witnessed Indra summoning strength from who knows where. 'Was he just pretending to be exhausted?' Fear and jealously gripped his heart, how could Indra still have strength left?
Dark who was about to call the duel a draw stopped his actions as he analysed both Indra and Izuna. He immediately thought of foul play, but the strength Indra summoned was his own. Something changed, allowing Indra to tapped into some hidden well of energy.
'What happened?' Even though he was the majestic Dark God he had no idea what transpired. But regardless, now that Indra had the strength to properly fight there was no longer any need to call the duel a draw.
Even with the sudden surge of power Frost refused to surrender. He stubbornly dug his glaive into the stone arena and braced his body against the raging waves of aura that threatened to tear him apart. His many open wounds were agitated, causing streams of fresh blood to roll across his body but still he refused to fall.
"Indeed."
"Hmph! No matter." Indra readied his katana. "Nothing will stop me from getting my reward! Prepare to lose little brother!" The lightning swarming around Indra's katana changed colour, switching from yellow to almost azure. His next attack would be unlike any other. He was adamant in being the victor this day.
"I refuse! You will be the one to fall today Indra. The reward shall be mine to enjoy." Frost readied his glaive, his cold fire chakra and aura combining to amplifying the weapon's lethality to extreme levels.
Clearly the two of them were not talking about the 40,000DP reward but rather what was offered by their two blushing guardians.
"Horn dogs, my sons are complete horn dogs." Dark would have to be completely clueless to still not understand what happened. His two sons were clearly promised something very, very special by their guardians upon their victory, so much so that they managed to summon strength out of nowhere just for the sake of obtaining that special reward.
The Dark God was twitching at the lips as he felt both proud and ashamed of his sons.
'Ah screw it!' He decided to simply ignore the reasoning for their sudden revival and focus on the duel's end. Despite being suddenly imbued with power it was likely only a temporary state brought on by their strong desire. 'One blow, perhaps two that's all they'll get before collapsing.'
Frost and Indra knew their situation and decided to risk their victory on one single exchange. Whoever survives would get to relish in their promised reward.
The two brothers stared into one another's eyes before moving at the exact same time.
Whooosh! Schwing!
Their forms vanished before reappearing a millisecond later where the other started. Silence filled the arena as both stood still.
Spurt!
A moment later a geyser of blood erupted from Frost's left shoulder and Indra's right shoulder respectively. Their chakra armour and aura gradually fell apart revealing gnarly, deep cuts spanning most of their torso.
""Lucky hit!"" The two of them both muttered through throats filled with blood before collapsing onto the arena at the same time. Neither moved as blood continued to drain from their bodies at a terrifying rate.
The situation was so sudden that Izuna, Maya and Dark were caught unaware before immediately moving into action a few seconds later in distress.
"Frost!!!"
"Indra!!!!"