Chapter 127 Royal Selection IX: Anticipated Rivalry

Sato's eyes blazed with intense focus as he unleashed a ferocious blast of fire from his right hand.

The scorching flames licked at the air, casting a warm orange glow that illuminated the battlefield.

On his left hand, a torrent of ice frost poured forth, freezing the ground and sending shards of ice flying in all directions.

He spun around with dizzying speed, his body moving fluidly as he dodged and weaved through the attackers.

But despite his best efforts, Daphne managed to slip past his defenses. She quickly wrapped her veil from afar around his hand, extinguishing the flames and leaving his right flank exposed.

"Any time now," Daphne said through gritted teeth, struggling to maintain her hold on Sato.

"Great, keep him there!".

Sanjo saw his opportunity and sprang into action, running in a tight circle as a dark cloud began to form above him.

The air crackled with electricity as he channeled his powers, summoning a bolt of lightning to strike at their enemies.

'Aril, increase the magic circuit.' Sato said, grabbing the veil and yanking Daphne close before wrapping the veil around her hand and tossing her to the side.

Sato seized the moment, summoning all of his strength and unleashing a powerful burst of elemental energy.

Flames, frost, lightning, and even light magic intermingled in a dazzling display of power, illuminating the battlefield with a brilliant light.

Daphne and Sanjo stood steadfast by Sato's side, their own powers at the ready. The trio fought as one, moving with a fluid grace that belied their immense strength and skill.

The tiger suddenly showed up from the back, Sanjo charging from the front, and Daphne from the side, all in favor of taking down Sato.

Taking a deep breath, Sato suddenly sprung open his eyes and all around him were rotating lights spinning around like a starting engine whose main goal was to distract those behind it.

"What are…"

Before Sanjo could continue his sentence, Sato had already lifted from the ground with a boom before appearing in front of Sanjo and landing a powerful blow to his stomach.

The force of the blow sent shockwaves through the air, shaking the ground beneath their feet.

'H-How…?' Sanjo's body convulsed in pain as he was sent hurtling backwards, crashing to the ground with a sickening thud.

"Sanjo!" Daphne cried out, both she and the tiger immediately stopped their approach as they watched Sanjo's damaged body tumble on the ground.

Sato stood tall, looking behind him as he spoke to Daphne, "I believe I've won, but of course, you are free to retaliate, in which case I'll gladly obliged".

Dephen moved back, showing Sato that she doesn't want to put up a fight anymore since she could already see the outcome.

Back at the arena, everyone who watched the fight had their jaws dropped in shock as they wondered how Sato won against two contenders.

A mare individual, whose race is unknown but someone manages to defeat both a ghost and vampire, top ranking monsters.

Kings and even Lords were discussing amongst their advisers, asking them to get more Intel on who this Sato fella was.

A portal opened up in the middle of the arena and Sato walked out of it with a worried look on his face.

As soon as Erza and Yuri saw him, they sprung up from their chairs with a smile on their faces.

"Haah, you did it master!".

"Darling, great job!".

Hearing each other's cheers cancel out one another, Erza and Yuri glared at each other while still carrying a forced smile on their faces.

Divanchi was in her seat, her arms folded with a proud look on her face, knowing her master won the match easily.

All around, portals started opening up, since the time was up, some had no losses and others had just one.

This meant before they could move to the next stage, they had to rate them according to the damage taken.

Those with less damage will be the ones to move to the next stage and participate in the second round, as the commentator announced.

Everyone went to their respective houses giving them to stay in until the royal selection was over.

Sato was backstage, walking toward the exit of the stadium so he could meet up with Erza and his attendants.

But as he strolled, he had constant burdening thoughts in his mind, feeling unsettled about the village.

'Aril, has no one issued an update about the sickness?' Sato asked as he walked.

<<Negative, I've not gotten anything so far.>>

'I see.' Sato sighed, 'Why can't I shake this feeling in my chest?'.

<<Perhaps you are stressed from the Battle… >>

'Yeah, true, that was the first time I actually found thrill in fighting, it's a pretty good feeling.' Sato replied.

But he was quick to halt his movement when he noticed Jira and Lilith standing in front of him from a distance.

Sato glared at Jira before he continued walking, he didn't stop after he got close to Jira.

"So, The Lord of Elves is participating in the tournament? That's news to me." Jira spoke, with his back still turned to Sato.

Sato halted and did the same, not turning his attention toward Jira but still replying.

"Oh, are you planning on having Nervek also?".

"Don't be ridiculous, Nervek already belongs to me." Jira asserted, "And the same will become of the witch's forest when I crush you with my bare hands".

"Can't wait to see your face after I defeat you and take the title of demon lord from you… then you'll truly be left with nothing".

Boom!

Divanchi suddenly sped behind Sato, using her hand to hold the huge metal fist that materialized from the magic book that Lilith was holding.

The punch was supposed to have crushed Sato, considering the size, but Divanchi was quick to step in.

"We'll meet 2 weeks from now, you can bet I'll be ready to take you on, Let's go Divanchi," Sato uttered before he walked away.

Divanchi let go of the hand and it went back inside the book, all

Jira and Lilith did was watch Sato and Divanchi walk away while carrying frustrated looks on their faces