Martial Arts Worlds

"…Daddy?"

Dawn said absentmindedly as she looked so far up that she almost fell backwards.

It made her think of her father, who was as tall as the current Zeus and always towered over her like a protective giant.

It was as if she had returned back to her childhood. She felt like she was back in the day when she returned from school and was crying her eyes out.

She was bullied in the school. It was done by a boy classmate of hers. And her father then came to her and patted her head.

With just a single pat, he managed to calm her down and told her what she needed to hear, and then she hugged her father.

The next day, she encountered her bully and beat him up. It was her bully's time to cry, and apparently he had just bullied her because he liked her.

Childhood things.

"Abracadabra Style, Splitting of the World."

Zeus slid his hand down Dawn's chest. His fingers were barely touching her. It was still more than enough.

Spurt!

Dawn's chest sprayed with blood. Her eyes shook. There was a long stretching cut down her chest.

She quickly froze the wound and stopped the bleeding.

In that moment, Zeus whacked his fist up into her nose. Her head got blown backwards. She hurled through the air into the ropes.

"Yeaaah!"

"That's how you do it!"

The human spectators cheered and clapped.

…

Animal Kingdom, Land of the Snow, Snow Leopard Village.

"Oh no!"

With a flinch, Dawn's mother covered her mouth in shock and almost felt the same pain as her daughter.

"…"

With his arms crossed, Dawn's father stood tall. His head grazing the ceiling. And he looked seriously at the television.

He didn't think that blow was enough to knock out his daughter, but it wasn't going to tickle either.

He was solely responsible for teaching Dawn all her knowledge of martial arts. It was something that he believed that she needed.

He was quite prideful that one of his offspring managed to become a representative of the Animal Kingdom, but he also knew the consequences if she happened to lose.

"…Humanity is not to be underestimated, Dawn."

…

World Seas, Black Rock, the throne room.

"Ah…"

Dawn fell on one knee, staggering from the impact, and then she happened to glance in the direction of Animal Kingdom's representative.

She turned cold, and her eyes panicked.

In there, Beast Prince Arazimir was staring right at her. Cold gaze. As if he was saying to her, 'Do not dare to lose.'

Dawn stood up, still reeling from the punch, and at that moment, Zeus came charging at her like a wild beast.

He wasn't planning to give her any resting time!

Zeus' fist came first—wild and furious. Dawn slipped under the fist, clad her left hand in an ice layer, and cut his waist with it.

It was almost like her hand was now like a knife because of the ice layer.

The slash wound was small. Quite non-existent. And Zeus pulled his muscle-toned right leg, then lifted it far up, and it looked unnatural.

Someone with a body as big as his shouldn't be able to move that flexibly.

Zeus whipped the large leg at Dawn. It came down like a whip. It landed at Dawn's head with a devastating impact.

In that moment, Dawn flipped herself over. It caused the impact of the kick to disperse elsewhere. And she landed back on her feet.

She immediately punched Zeus deep in the gut. It rocked his insides. The impact of the punch exited from his back.

If he were wearing a shirt, the back of the shirt would've definitely gotten ripped.

"Heavenly Host or whatever, it does not matter. I am the princess of the Snow Leopard clan, and I was taught by the greatest martial arts teacher in all of the Animal Kingdom!"

She jumped into a spin and then back-kicked Zeus. It pushed him back a step. Her claws swooped in and sliced across his broad chest like five blades through soft butter.

In that moment, her snow leopard's tail flicked out behind her, wrapped around Zeus' neck, and squeezed it tight.

"Argh!"

Zeus grabbed her tail, squeezed it tight, and made Dawn yelp in pain. He then yanked it off his neck and swung the tail like a whip, sending Dawn flying through the air.

She almost flew over the ropes, but she quickly grabbed the ropes, saving herself from being thrown out of the ring.

'…I don't think I saw that tail before. I forgot that Animalkin can hide their animal characteristics inside their bodies. It took me by surprise.'

Zeus thought with a frown.

Dawn started to look more like a Snow Leopard. The tail wagged behind her. Her nails had grown long. She started to have black spots all over her skin, and her teeth sharpened into fangs.

"…I am sad that we had to meet under these circumstances. Otherwise, I would've asked you out for a date."

Zeus said with a smirk, and slowly approached her.

"And I would've refused. Even thinking about going on a date with a human makes me nauseous."

She said, hopped off the rope, and slowly approached him.

"What a shame. I've experienced all kinds of women before, but I haven't tried Animalkin before. I heard you can be quite crazy in bed."

Zeus smiled.

"Are you sure that you aren't Animalkin after all? Maybe you originate from the Pig race?"

Dawn asked.

"Ouch…"

Zeus laughed, closed in on her, and arched his fist at her. She ducked under, stabbed her claws into his ribs, and left claw marks behind before leaping back.

"That hurts like hell! Fuck me, oh shit!"

Zeus grimaced, held his bleeding waist, and gritted his teeth as he was spouting curses without stopping.

In that moment, Dawn closed in. Zeus swung his kick at her—a tree-cutting kick—she jumped over it and slashed across his face.

Four thin lines of blood appeared on Zeus' face, and his expression turned from anger to pain.

She wasn't done and lunged straight at him, but then, Zeus stomped the ground, and it felt like the entire castle was shaking.

With that moment of distraction, Zeus kicked her in the leg and broke it like a twig. She let out an agonizing scream.

"Abracadabra Style, Pain Kick!"