NOVEL WEB Chapter 188: The Finale
"Number four will be fighting against Jin Woo, but before that!!" TK paused suddenly, creating suspense amongst the crowd, then in a loud voice he announced:
"Our king, Lord Henry, has arrived to witness the final battle between the prodigies. Let's welcome our lord."
The crowd screamed wildly, calling out to the king and showing their respect and love for him. How could the king make a simple entry when the people were so excited?
A very strong gust of wind swept through the entire colosseum, surprising the people. The clothes of all the people fluttered, and everyone shut their eyes for a moment.
Diana, being experienced in wearing veils, reacted fast as she covered her face and stopped the veil from flying away in time, but Vanessa and Fiona weren't as fast—they were too surprised by the sudden wind to care about the veil.
But they quickly took out new veils and covered their faces.
Finally, from the sky, the king descended along with four guards standing and hovering behind him. He truly possessed a mighty aura that would make Aldric appear a joke.
From his appearance, he seemed to be in his thirties. His body was well-trained and had some nice muscles; all in all, he looked good.
The king and his guards landed on the high platform. He swept his gaze through the crowd with a huge smile on his face. After letting the crowd scream for a few seconds, he raised his hands to quieten everyone.
"I am very pleased that you are enjoying this event. It's been many years since a competition of this level happened in our kingdom. And as your king, the head of the entire big family, I am—" Henry suddenly paused as his eyes got fixed on someone in the crowd.
The king seemed in a trance. He stared dazedly at the crowd with his mouth still open, the words he was about to speak frozen. After a moment, his eyes widened in surprise. He took a step forward but then came out of his stupor and composed himself.
Vritra followed the king's gaze and frowned upon seeing that the king was looking at Vanessa out of all the people in the crowd. It didn't seem to be some sort of coincidence.
And Vritra finally understood why he had been feeling that way since earlier. Narrowing his eyes, he began to observe the king and his guards carefully.
'Ah shit, are the false rumors going to become a reality now? Looks like the king might have to retire a bit early. I guess I'll help the crown prince out a bit,' he thought, without making any movements just yet.
Vanessa felt the king's gaze and felt uncomfortable, but she just sat calmly, wondering why he kept staring at her.
Coughing lightly, Henry acted as if nothing was wrong. After glancing at the gorgeous veiled woman one more time, he addressed the crowd.
"Oh no, we overlooked one major problem." Just then, Yasmine's hurried voice rang out in Vritra's head.
'What is it? Is this related to Henry's attention towards mom?' Vritra asked, hoping that it doesn't develop into something big.
"I have told you before, succubus are even rarer than dragons. They are always in danger since all the people of different races want to get their hands on them. And mother-in-law doesn't have a way to hide her… hmm, aura.
Anyway, I have a feeling that the king might have somehow noticed that she is a succubus, but I don't think he knows that she is the succubus queen. Otherwise, he would have made a move already. But the situation is already bad," Yasmine said.
'Tch, I think it might be because of that as well. I hope he doesn't make any move just yet or I will tear him to pieces right here and now.' Vritra barely managed to stop the demonic energy from flooding out of his body.
Thankfully, the king acted as if nothing was wrong. He continued with his speech for a while before announcing the start of the final battle.
'I will have to get rid of him somehow. I can tell he is definitely planning to do something. And more importantly, how do I hide this fact from everyone—that she is a succubus?' Vritra sighed in his mind. Right now, the threat is still not too big, but in the future even stronger people might notice it, and then it could get really dangerous.
"Dear participants, your battle starts now!!"
Just while Vritra was deep in thought, TK announced as he moved out of the arena. The crowd began to cheer for the most anticipated fight.
All of them hoped for Jin Woo to win, even if there was really no chance of it happening—and this contributed hundreds of thousands of points to him.
"Are you ready?" the other man, who possessed the ice ability, spoke as he formed a long sword over his hands, waiting for Vritra to get ready.
[Shift Activated.]
[Strength → Agility]
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Strength: 800 Agility: 17,008
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"Yes, let's start." Vritra spoke calmly. Using the Shift skill, he could make one of his attributes match the other party or even slightly surpass him. As his level becomes higher, the Shift skill becomes even more terrifying.
'I wonder how fast I will be now…' Vritra thought. Dust swirled in the air and completely covered the entire barrier, making it difficult for others to see—but many outside could still sense them perfectly.
"Here I come," the ice boy said before he rushed forward at full speed. The moment his feet touched the floor, the entire floor was covered by a layer of ice. This was to make it difficult for Vritra to move—of course, until he possessed the ability to fly.
WHOOSH
Ice guy was completely confident in his victory. But since Vritra was such a good guy, he had decided to give him an easy defeat without any pain or humiliation. He just needed to put the ice sword at Vritra's throat.
But contrary to his expectations, Vritra could clearly trace his movements with his eyes, and it became evident that the ice guy was a bit slower.
'Haa, just some time ago I was completely helpless against a legion-ranked creature with similar strength—and now I can even hold back when fighting someone of that level,' Vritra thought. If he wanted, he could have just used Forbidden and other skills to beat him, but his victory needed to seem barely achieved and because of luck.
Shifting his body ever so slightly, Vritra formed a dust rope and just as he dodged the two swords from the shocked guy, the rope wrapped around the knees of the other guy like a snake, almost making him trip over.
Then, continuing with his attack, Vritra used Shift again and launched a heavy roundhouse kick at the ice guy's shoulder. A cracking sound rang out—his right hand wasn't broken but only got dislocated.
Since Vritra didn't use his full strength.
[Shift Activated.]
[Agility → Strength]
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Agility: 1,000 Strength: 16,808
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The ice guy was truly baffled by this. He was so sure of his victory in just one move that he wasn't able to react in time. As a result, his right hand hung by his shoulder—completely limp.
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