Book 1: Chapter 95: Angers Boil and balloons Pop

Book 1: Chapter 95: Angers Boil and balloons Pop

"It's time," the loud voice of the guide yelled at Lone from the other side of the waiting room.

Gilbert had returned to the grandstands after his rather emotional chat with Lone, leaving the foxkin to meditate on his own.

Nodding slowly, Lone got up. He stretched lightly and checked his status as he walked towards the room's exit - the one that led to the colosseum's arena.

Status Name:Lone ImmortusSex:Male Age:24Level:139 Species:FoxkinRank:E Race:Golden Foxkin HP:32,350/32,350SP:31,595/37,620 MP:38,460/38,460 Basic Stats Strength:2,413Vigour:3,235 Dexterity:2,082Agility:2,399 Vitality:3,762Luck:121 Secret Stats Charm:80Charisma:49 Magic Power:3,846

'Considering what I lost using Pierce and Momentum Shift against the prince, I only gained 50 SP, right? 10-minutes of meditation, huh?' Lone sighed very faintly. "Who's my opponent?" he asked the guide.

"Huh? Of course it's the hero," the guide said with disdain in his tone. "You're lucky to have a chance to fight him. Right now you should be feeding worms for what you did to the crown prince, not wondering who you're gonna be fighting."

"Right, of course," Lone answered very unenthusiastically. 'He just had to win his fight, didn't he? Well, now I need to lose to him without dying if that's possible. I don't even know if the king will keep up his end of the bargain. Will he really stop the match once it's clear that the scumbag pedo has won?'

Lone wasn't sure but he could only hope.

Before long he was stood on the magnificent stage once more and across the way was the well-dressed and armed but decisively less healthy-looking Daisuke Tamiko.

Lone couldn't help a grin from surfacing on his face. 'Haha, look at him. Fuckin' king must've been way more pissed off than he seemed when the fuckin' idiot used so many ruby-gold coins. Seeing him like this makes it all worth it... Well, not really considering my situation, but it sure is satisfying.'

Daisuke frowned as he juggled an ornate dagger from one hand to the other. "What are you laughing at?"

'I'm grinning, not laughing,' Lone retorted privately. "Nothing. I'm just taking in the atmosphere. We're in a grand tournament being watched by all of the influential persons of Milindo and even a few foreign nobles. What's there not to smile about?"

Daisuke narrowed his eyes, practically closing them given his Asian heritage. "Whatever. I may not be technically allowed to kill you today but I sure as hell can cripple you. However, you'd best watch yourself the second this tournament is over."

Lone took a double-take in shock. 'Is this guy serious? How dumb can you get? What sort of idiot just tells their target that they're going to try to kill them once the important eyes aren't watching anymore? Well, not that it matters since I'm out of this shithole the second I can sneak into an alley and teleport away with Soph, Kyuubi and Breena after this farce ends, but really... Does he have a low IQ or something?'

"Fighting in the finals today we have the royal hero, Daisuke Tamiko of Earth himself! He is hailed far and wide as magnanimous, sharp, charming and above all else, talented!" the announced proclaimed.

'Hah! I bet Gilbert's lie detector is going wild right now,' Lone chuckled.

"Without any further ado, you may begin the final battle of this years fighting tourney!" the announcer yelled as the crowd made noise alongside him.

'What? I don't get an intro? I know I fucked up the prince but you could at least pretend that I exist... Sheesh,' Lone thought as he readied his new swordspear.

His other one had been too badly damaged by all of the auras at the end of his fight with the crown prince. Thankfully, he had plenty of spares in his Dimensional Storage even if he couldn't use his MP to create a new one right now.

'Okay, so the plan here is to dodge a bunch, maybe hit him once or twice then let him stab me a lot. So long as I stop suppressing my passive healing when appropriate, I won't die. I can't boost it right now but it's a high enough level to fix up some simple stab wounds, I should think,' Lone thought.

The black orb in his pocket thrummed in pleasure to the beat of Lone's anger. Also unbeknownst to him, the sphere was starting to gain a few small cracks, more of which were being created as his emotions grew more heated.

Daisuke slowly began walking towards the prepared Lone as he said, "If you think I'm ugly just wait until you see what I'll do to that little whore. Well, you won't be able to since you'll, y'know, not exactly be around..."

"You're starting to really annoy me," Lone said in a very low tone.

More and more cracks spread along the surface of the orb hidden in his pocket.

"Oh, really?" Daisuke asked, sarcasm overflowing from his voice. "Funny thing is you call me a child rapist but I've never once done it without consent, y'know? Well, not that slaves can willingly deny any advances from their master, hah. As for that noble bitch of yours... I have other plans."

"Are you going to attack me or just keep talking?" Lone asked, irritation clear in his body language. 'If he keeps talking I'm gonna skewer him on my tails and rip his fuckin' tongue out, the disgusting bastard.'

"Y'know, those 3 girls had a lot of life in them when I first bought them... What did they use to say again? 'No, Daisuke-sama, it hurts! Slower! I miss my family! Please don't hit me, I'll do whatever you want!' Hahaha! I'm looking forward to seeing how that blonde midget will beg as well..." He licked his licks as his body shivered slightly. "Fuck, just thinking about it is making me hard. I'm going to hurt her so much that the only thing she'll be able to even dream of is sexually pleasing me so that I leave her alone..."

Lone felt his entire soul shake in fury. Even imagining the picture Daisuke was painting made him sick to his core.

Even if he knew it was impossible for Daisuke to do the things he was saying Lone couldn't help but feel the force of an erupting volcano consume him as a single thought overtook his mind. 'He needs to die! He needs to die! He needs to die!'

And in response, like a balloon meeting a needle, the abyss-like orb in his pocket... popped. Shattering into a million pieces it changed form into a fog of deep black that quickly wrapped around Lone's entire body.

"W-What the..." Daisuke jumped back. "Magic?" was his only thought.

Almost no one had any idea what was going on. Almost no one.

Gilbert's face paled as he stood up, wide-eyed and stared at Lone. "He's awakening but... something's wrong. What Primal does that essence belong to? I've never seen anything like it before and why is there simply so much of it? What caused such a strong emotional reaction for the boy to awaken? What the hero said? Damn it! Why is the announcer so loud and why was the hero talking so quietly?! If I knew what he said I could make some guesses!"

Without warning the black fog surrounding Lone receded deeply into his body and there were some very clear physical changes to it.

All of his hair and fur had turned pitch black and his skin seemed slightly paler than normal.

With his eyes closed, he leaned his head back and took a deep breath in. "Ahhh... Freedom feels sooooo good after such a loooong time... 'He needs to die', was it?"

Lone opened his eyes to show a pair of pitch-black irises and his mouth opened into a wide grin when he lowered his head to stare at Daisuke. "Easily done, my friend, easily done."

Lone extended his hands and bones as black as sin grew out of them until his body was covered in his Bone Armour, only on top of its very pronounced colour change, its shape had seemingly morphed to better suit the nature of the black fog. It was now laden in spikes and sharp edges, as opposed to the usual smoothness and suit-of-armour look it normally held.

Lone jumped up and down lightly, seemingly to get a feel for his body. "I wonder what you did to piss him off so much... I wasn't expecting to break free for another 1 or 200,000-years. Oh well, not that I'm really complaining. An order's an order, right?"

The sound of stone being crushed filled the stadium as Lone kicked off the ground, completely destroying the section of the stage he was previously stood on.

The next thing everyone saw and heard was Daisuke being slammed into the wall of the colosseum's arena face first as one of Lone's heavily armoured hands could be seen holding the back of his head. "Might as well have a bit of fun while we're here, eh?"