The tournament came to an end


    Lefet POV


    In front of me was Apocalypse Vermillion, or Crimson for the plebs, towering us from his height of three meters. His shoulder-long light brown hair fluttering in the wind, his wide wings spreading six meters long, his muscular body covered in light blue scales, a two meters long reaptilian tail that could crush walls with but a swing, white claws sharper than any sword, two row of spikes coming from the back of the neck and merging into one at the end of the tail as well as that light brown mane from the back of the neck to the tip of the tail, those deep green slitted eyes that beams with majesty and sharp teeth that would put even the most fearsome canid to shame. Two arm thick horns coming from the elbows to the shoulders, two other two thumbs wide horns coming from forehead and bending towards the sky as if defying those who sit above, two other next to them going to the back of the head to slightly bend towards the sky, a unicorn-like horn in the middle of the forehead and the last one coming from the back of the head bending upwards to onc again defy the gods.


    Seeing him like that was like gazing at a heavenly being descending from his throne ..... And the pope wants me to kill him ?!! Horns show the power of a Dragon-newt, even Huysav only has six of them and the difference in power between a one horned and a two horned is as great as even and earth and here I am a three horned facing against a eight horned. What''s more is that give the stories I heard about him from the soldier I interogated he is extremely powerful even when he isn''t in his Dragon-newt form.


    From the knowledge I have he is a Vermillion, a member of the races my father worked on exterminating since he hatched out of the egg. Therefore even if he was a three horned he would trample over me, TSK Humans are so STUPID !! What is the pope thinking ?! Forget about us Dragon-newt and just ask help from the Apostles, speaking of them, why are they just sitting there without doing anything ?! I can see them quietly watching, those dis-interested eyes are pissing me off.


    Suddenly after what felt like an eternity Apocalypse let go of my spear and asked in his deep voices that echoed in my head like a faint whisper.


    |Tell me boy, have ya ever loved someone ?|(Apocalypse)


    |Why should I ? Things like love are useless on a battlefield.|(Lefet)


    He looked at me a little surprised but quickly bursted into a loud laughter.


    |Hahahaha That''s a good one boy but let me correct ya on something.|(Apocalypse)


    Taking the opportunity he had given me by not retiliating I charge at him again and thrust my spear at his legs but he calmly chase it away like it was nothing but a calm breeze.


    |When I was young I loved a girl and that girl loved me back, I felt like I could do anything if she was backing me up. Shopie was tha name of that girl, not much of a fighter and sucking at studying but she was tha type of girl who makes ya happy just by being there. Going ta school with her, combing her hair and her combing mine, us eating out at a nearby lake those ware days I used to and still treasure. But tha world isn''t as fun as kids tend ta believe, after three month being together tha docters found out she had a lung''s cancer because she had tha habit ta smoke whenever she was stressed ..... that means everyday.


    Her parent''s hadn''t tha money ta pay for tha cure and that''s when that bastard came out !!|(Apocalypse)


    The previous easy-going and majestic air he had around him fadded only to leave place to a mad beast filled with rage. Apocalypse''s scales turned black with dark red tinges at their tip, his eyes completly red as if a torrent of fire had ignited them.


    |That bastard Enri used her fear of death ta manipulate her inta becoming his girlfirend and leading me in a trap ! We were only twelves but that bastard had gathered one hundred people using his father''s fame. She called me ta come and celebrate her being cured, at tha time I did not know where she had found tha money to buy tha medicine but I did not care, she was healthy and that''s all that mattered ta me. But when I went ta her home I was abushed by Enri and his underling, at the time I wasn''t as strong as I am now, only better than an average human and unarmed when they had crowbars and knives.


    She was standing there, next to him, her head lowered in shame. He lifted her head and put his filthy lips on her''s and I snapped. It did not mattered if they were a hundred or a thousand, bear-handed or holding a weapon I simply charged in and fought my way through, getting cut and getting hit ... it did not mattered, I just needed to keep on advancing while taking them down, eventually they wouldn''t be able to stand.


    Bones getting crushed, jaws getting broken, spirit dying out in tha flames of my wrath. That day one hundred and one people were sent ta tha hospital and sixty two of them stayed in coma for more than one month. Because of the weapons found where the fight took place I was deemed innocent and Enri just barely managed ta escape from being sent ta a re-education center. I was broken, I did not know what ta do, I was too hurt that she did not trusted me enough ta ask for my help, if I wanted I could get tha money quite easily, I was quite famous after all.Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation.


    I started ta act as if I hated her ta protect her from Enri who would surely lose interest in her if I showed we weren''t that close, but it only barely worked.


    Then I was transported here, I met my wives and I met Alice ... I mean Alicia. Even though life was a tad more difficult here I was enjoying myself so I swoe ta myself not ta let it happen ever again, every shady guy approaching us was eliminated without a chance ta do anything.|(Apocalypse)


    He looked at the Royal sit with a faint smile while still parrying my thrust and other attacks. Suddenly I was thrown back, I rolled on the floor and stood up to look at him. His hair were fluttering as if they had a will of their own, rocks flying around him who was lightly floating with a mad look in his eyes, if anything he looked like a wrathful god descending.


    |BUT YOU GUYS HAD TO SHOW UP !!! TO RUIN MY FUN AND PEACEFUL LIFE !! AND FOR SUCH A LIFE I''LL BE WILLING TO BECOME A MONSTER !!!|(Apocalypse)


    He said as he disappeared from my sight and punch my left side, sending me flying. I took another hit in the guts and was sent in the air once again. I can hear them my bones breaking after each of his earth-shattering hit, I can hear the detonation his fists make when they connect to my flesh and I can feel it ..... My hopelessness. Trying to stop this onslaught I took a deep breath and open my mouth to let out a purple fire breath. He jump back to avoid it and look at me with a smile.


    |Oh ~~ Let me try that. *hhmmppffffff* *breath out*|(Apocalypse)


    As he opened his mouth black and dark red flames came out and try to engulf me, I once again use my fire breath and the flames collided, his clearly overpowering mine. Seeing that I stopped and jumped back to avoid it. Once the flames fadded only a charred black soil was left, .....well with the magic he used we''re going to have some nice magic stone growing in the stadium in a few months. But Tsk, if my breath had no effect on him than I''ll try my Dragon roar.


    |KKKKKKAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAA !!!|(Lefet)


    The air around me shook a little and shockwaves were sent in his direction. He flapped his wing towards the shockwave and it fadded .... with me being sent crashing in a wall because of the wind he caused, gosh if the Apostles hadn''t protected the publics they would''ve been blowed away. I looked at him and all he was doing was shaking his head left and right with his arms crossed in front of his chest.


    |Not good, that isn''t a roar. Let me show ya how it is done. GUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!|(Apocalypse)


    I was burried even deeper in the wall, and the Apostle had to cast a shield to protect the public from the shockwaves. I see .... he was the one who roared all those time, and us wo were thinking that this earth-shaking roar was from some kind of powerful monsters when in fact it was him. Un-burrying myself from the wall I fell down on my knees and having my gaze casting downwards I only saw his feet closer to me, he stopped just in front of me and I lifted my face, his eyes were completly blue like his scales.


    |That is why love is important in figting, with it even if ya become a monster ya still have something ta cling ta so ya don''t lose yarself.|(Apocalypse)


    And the fight was his win.


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    Apocalypse POV


    As I stood alone in the center of the arena under the gaze of everyone who were to dumbfounded to do anything. I have won the tournament therefore Alice should be free of charge, I front of me were the seven Apostles of the Dragon goddess.


    |Your face looks so much like his that it disgust me.|(Man Apostle with red hair)


    |And yar''s make me remember rather nasty memories ya old fart, how did it felt like ta burn yar own son-in-law ?|(Apocalypse)


    |You !!|(Man Apostle with red hair)


    |Diligence calm down, no matter what you say he is right you weren''t soft with the Vermillion. Anyway, Apocalypse, We must apologize for the Humans behavior, that fight is only between the Dragons and the Vermillion, the likes of Human shoudln''t interfere.|(Woman Apostle with silver hair)


    |What ya said is indeed true but I''ll add something else .... this fight is only between the Apostles, ordinary members of our races shouldn''t be involved.|(Apocalypse)


    |It is rather surprising for a Vermillion to say that but we''ll respect that condition seeing on how peaceful were the Vermillion in their return.|(Man Apostle with brown hair)


    |Give me nine years and I''ll come to yar doors with all the Apostles to end it once and for all.|(Apocalypse)


    At that moment my sister took a step forward and looked at me, she is only a little smaller than me, two meters and eighty-nine centimeters tall. I looked at her in the eyes, her beautiful deep blue eyes, as blue as an endless ocean. I took a step forwards and hugged her with all my might, she freezed on the spot and after some time I let go of her, I turn away and took my complete Dragon form, you know the one I managed to achieve in the Demon country.


    |In nine year I''ll be knocking at your door so we can finish it all, during that time make sure that yar races and all the other races too stay un-involved in that war. And ya sister, because I do not want ta cause further conflict here I''ll leave without telling ya who ya really are but know that once ya have learned tha truth ya''ll either be with me or against me, I hope ya do tha right choices for mother and father.|(Apocalypse)


    I took some step forwards and looked at the crowd of people who were gazing at my draconic body, I sighed.


    |Humans, hear me well. Ya have stepped somewhere ya don''t belong and shall therefore back down or else neither tha Vermillion nor tha Dragons shall forgive ya. Ya are only Humans and therefore must not involve yarself with tha affair of tha gods, a man cannot be a heretic only an Apostle can and ya''re are a thousand years too early ta try ta teach us, Apostles. From now on tha Vermillion and tha Dragons shall punish anyone who dares use tha name of a god to kill someone else.|(Apocalypse)


    As I said that someone jumped on my back, it was Sextria, I kicked the floor with my back feet and flapped my wings and flew away to go back home.


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    Diligence POV


    Even though I do not want to wait to crush them I must, the other Apostles agreed with him. My eyes fell on my grand-daughter, sigh, if only he had died during the tournaments I wouldn''t have too sacrifice you Freya. Nobody cares if a mix-blood like you get her power stolen by the goddess, because she did not listened to her and killed the Guardian, after all it was the only reason I kept you with me.