Chapter 248: Death
“You’re good…” Cervantez said, almost to remind himself that his opponent was not going to allow him the luxury of making a single mistake.
Leo did not respond to his opponent with any words and instead dropped a few smoke bombs from his assassin’s belt as within seconds the entire area around himself and Cervantez was covered in thick ck smoke.
*Boom*
*Boom*
*Boom*
Almost as soon as the smoke bombs exploded and the smoke began to spread, Leo’s silhouette vanished inside the smoke, as Cervantez lost all vision of his opponent.
This was the same sequence of events that had led to the demise of Tracy in the quarter finals and hence the audience immediately began to cheer, hoping to see yet another dominating sequence of events.
‘Yup, this is what I was waiting for-‘ Cervantez thought, as he had long anticipated that at some point during the match, Leo was bound to use the smoke bombs, as the second he did, Cervantez used his first semi legendary Arcane move. [ Wind Vortex ]
Grabbing his sword with his left hand and pushing his right palm forward, Cervantez summoned an arcane wind spell long lost to the annals of time, as he created a powerful vortex of wind.
*SWIIRRRLLLLL*
Strong winds began to blow throughout the arena as Leo’s smoke cover which was so carefully created was blown apart almost instantly, exposing his real location under the sun.
The winds produced by Cervantez were so strong that every single member in the audience felt the fast winds brushing past their cheeks, as some maidens even saw their hats flying off to the winds.
However, the effect of the vortex that they felt in the stands was considerably more tame to what Leo felt in the arena, as the winds he experienced were so strong that it threatened to sweep him off his feet and push him back.
“Using arcane spells? Is the boy a Warlock?”
“Wind Vortex? That’s a lost art, we don’t even teach this attack in the royal mage university anymore”
“This kid is a genius…. Wind Vortex is not an easy spell to master at all-”
West Duke James, the principal of the royal mage academy and many other nobles watched on with keen interest as they did not expect such a high level spell being deployed in a Grand Tournament fight.
“We need to re-evaluate our understanding of this boy DarkEmperor… he seems to have deeper roots than we believed” was what the East Duke said, as he felt as if the information he had on the kid was iplete and not up to the mark.
“So this is what a fight between the number one and number two yer looks like…..”
“Holy shit…. DarkEmperor just blew apart TheBoss’s smoke cover like it was nothing”
“Bloody hell…. DarkEmperor can use spells too! He was hiding his strength all this time-”
The crowd went bananas over Cervantez’s performance as small chants of ‘DarkEmperor’ began amongst the crowd.
He had pleasantly taken everyone by surprise with the revtion that he could use spells too as this monumentally changed the odds of the battle.
“Surprised…?” Cervantez asked Leo, as while he could not read his expression under that damned Virex Corps mask, Cervantez could imagine his opponent feeling confused and dazed because of how his cover had been blown away.
“That’s not all I have to offer either ….. take this” he said, moving his right palm that was facing towards Leo to point towards the sky as he collected his mana before pulling his hand down as if summoning some celestial object.
As soon as he did this, everyone began looking towards the sky which turned from a clear sunny day to a stormy gray sky within seconds.
The power of the Wind Vortex only intensified with the change in weather as this time around Leo was forced to be pushed back as finally the wind flow became too strong for him to maintain his footing.
For the first time ever. The Boss was forced to get down on his knees as he had to nt a dagger into the ground below for additional grip, as Leo felt like without the additional support he could be genuinely blown off into the sky.
Nheless, while he was immobilized on the ground, the sky above began to cackle with thunder ominously.
*Bzzzz*
*BZZZZ*
*THUNDER*
[ Lost Arts – Lightning Strike ]
Cervantez said, as he directed a lightning st towards Leo, knowing full well that this attack could genuinely kill him.
However, since Leo was not a NPC but a yer, Cervantez knew that the death would not be permanent anyways and hence did not worry too much about killing his opponent.
*KABOOM*
When the bolt of lightning finally struck, not even Leo had the reflexes fast enough to evade the move, as the lightning passed through his body and instantly burnt him to a crisp.
-5000 CRITICAL HIT!
With a single hit, his HP went from 100% to 0% as he fell t on his back, while the entire audience gasped collectively.
“WHAT THE HELL…..”
“A GOD…. DARK EMPEROR IS A GOD”
“HE KILLED HIM…. HE KILLED THE BOSS”
“THE NUMBER ONE PLAYER … HE’S THE CHOSEN ONE…. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT-”
The audience members clutched their faces and watched in horror as Leo’s lifeless body sizzled on the ground below, as for a moment even the match referee and the announcer were too dazed to process what had just happened.
“It’s over Boss…. I win-” Cervantez said, as he ended both of his spells as the weather cleared and the winds stopped as he raised his hand to the audience in celebration.
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( Meanwhile Leo )
[ System Notification – You have been killed by a lighting strike.
You will lose 4 levels and 2 random gear items upon dying.
Would you like to use the Death Evasion Token to evade death and not suffer the consequences of dying? ]
[ Yes
No ]
Leo received a system notification as soon as he was dead, asking him if he wished to be revived.
Since losing in the grand tournament meant actual death for him, Leo had no doubt in his mind that he needed to get back up, as almost immediately he hit the ‘Yes’ button and came back to life.