Book 5: Chapter 81: The Apex Predator of the Universe

Book 5: Chapter 81: The Apex Predator of the Universe

The Stadium

Arkaz watches as bubbles begin to rise from the lava, and without taking his eyes off of the volcanos crater, he asks his contracted partner, Just what did you put in there anyways?

King Oberon stops commentating for a moment with a glance at his contracted demon before focusing on the volcanos crater himself. And after a few seconds of not saying anything, he answers, Lets just say your granddaughter will get a kick out of this.

The Demon King narrows his eyes at the Fae King, only for the Fae King to add, She will also need this to ascend. A gift from my mother.

That statement has Arkazs eyes widening in shock.

She what?! Wait, does that mean-

His thoughts are interrupted when the lava begins bubbling more and more, leading the spectating crowd to go absolutely wild. Meanwhile all of the monsters spread across the arena itself appear to grow agitated, following which they quickly move away from the volcano.

As if theyre all afraid.

Including the level two thousand two hundred monsters.

And for something to frighten a monster at that level, theres no way Arkaz would mistake it for anything else.

A loud roar echoes from the volcano. One that shakes the very reality theyre in.

Watch out for this one, King Oberon says, sounding slightly wary himself. Mother barely caught it before stuffing it in here herself. Dont want it breaking out of the reality within the arena and attacking the crowd.

The Demon King sends his contracted partner a shocked look as he shouts, Are you mad?! Youre making her fight it alone?!

Oberon shrugs his draconic shoulders, shaking his wings up and down. Well, yeah. No one else would survive. And itll be let loose by the System after this tournament anyways, with no one to stop it other than her.

As if the battle was scripted somehow, large pillars of lava begin to shoot up out of the ground, soon blocking off the territory of the volcano from the other four competitors. Including Amelia, who was nearing the territory herself but now has no way through.

Their cheering vanishes entirely when they see the monster that is left behind after the eruption.

The creature is massive, standing at over two dozen meters in height, and it has a long body, with two large wings and glowing crimson eyes. Its scales are pitch black and its mouth filled with razor sharp teeth, occasionally emitting pitch black flames through them. Clearly recognizable as hellfire to the viewers.

An ultimate species amongst those born within the universe, King Oberon continues, his voice now echoing once again through the entire stadium. A creature captured by Queen Titania before her death and sealed away for this very competition. But one forever locked from reaching Class VI due to some inherent limitations that even the universe itself cant remove.

The massive creature opens and closes its mouth while rising to its full height and spreading its two massive, draconic wings.

A dragon, King Oberon finishes with glee in his eyes. Meanwhile the smoke and steam from the eruption finally begins to clear to reveal Scarlet floating in the air without any damage to her.

Then the massive dragon and young woman simple stare at each other, the twos gazes locked in place.

And the moment the audience attempts to identify the beast, screams begin to fill the stadium. Screams of fear.

Arkaz does the same, making his eyes narrow when he sees the result.

Scarlet! Two voices scream out at the same time. One from within the arena and one outside of it.

Both from Scarlets biological parents.

Meanwhile another pair of voices are drowned out within the crowd from Scarlets adopted parents.

Lastly, Arkaz just grits his teeth, clearly understanding that no one is able to break into the arena to do anything.

Its all up to your granddaughter, King Oberon says amidst the newly found silence of the stadium. No one can interfere now.

Arkaz understands that perfectly well. No one can break past the reality of the arena other than potentially his granddaughter and the Red Plague.

So the battle between the Apex Predator of the universe and the Apex Predator of Earth is about to begin.