Chapter 106 -- Final fight

BOOOM!

The man crashed into the wall of the underground basement, creating a large dust cloud.

"Shit" Zane panicked as he focused his hearing on the man. This was easy since the building was currently dead quiet.

Zane heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the beating heart of the man he just kicked. Zane was afraid that he mistakenly killed the man.

Killing the man would mean that he would be disqualified and that would mean not getting revenge for Charlotte.

The audience was currently shocked speechless. What they saw was the most one sided fight of the entire event. The man didn't even touch Zane once!.

What shocked the nobles even more was Zane's speed and strength. It was to the point that if Zane had only one of those two attributes, he would still be overpowered.

However, he had both and could use them to their fullest potential. Zane was both extremely fast and strong, he was fast enough to dodge most attacks and strong enough to put down an opponent with a single hit.

"Are you sure he only trained for a month?" One of the nobles muttered.

"Definitely. I'm as surprised as you all are" Old man said, he knew Zane was powerful, but not this powerful.

It should be noted that the man Zane dominated wasn't a normal mortal, he was an elite like the rest of them. He was also powerful in his own right, but Zane dispatched him just like that!.

The nobles looked at Zane with greed evident in their eyes, they all wanted Zane but unfortunately they couldn't force him to join them. Even if they do manage to force him, he wouldn't want to, which would cause trouble down the line.

Bella was also shocked to see Zane's display, only now did she understand that Zane had never shown his true strength during training. Of course she couldn't hide the wide smile on her face, she had never been more proud of herself.

Charlotte had woken up just before Zane's fight started and Ken had explained everything to her. Hearing what happened she almost attacked Keith, who was sitting next to her with an innocent smile.

However, when she heard about how Zane seemingly teleported to the other side of the arena to catch her, she felt quite warm inside, looking at Zane who was currently telling his opponent to give up.

When the fight started everyone was shocked at Zane's reaction speed and power. One second, the man was delivering a punch, the next he was lying on the ground with a cracked jaw.

Damian, Keith's instructor, watched Zane with complicated eyes. He knew Zane was the only one who could pose a challenge to his student but Zane's display showed that he was in no way inferior to Keith.

Reality started to set in that Zane might actually win this whole thing.

Everyone watched as Zane took out a cloth and started wiping the man's blood off his trousers nonchalantly. After he was satisfied he stood on the stage, waiting for Buck to snap out of his daze.

Buck finally regained his composure and walked up the stage "I don't even know what to say about that fight so i will just call for the final match, Keith if you will" he motioned for Keith to join Zane on stage.

Keith stood up with a blank expression and walked to the stage.

"This will be a interesting fight" one of the noblewomen said to the others.

"Of course, it's the finals after all" another noble shrugged.

"Yeah but Zane is quite motivated this time. He still hasn't shown what he can do, given how easily he won his previous fight" the noblewoman said.

"What will motivate him this time?" the man asked.

"Love" the noblewoman said.

The others nodded as they remembered how fast Zane caught Charlotte and the worry in his eyes. It was obvious that he wanted some sort of revenge for who they thought was his lover.

"Ready?" Buck asked and both fighters nodded.

"Fight!"

As soon as he heard the word, Zane bolted towards Keith with no hesitation. This move reminded everyone who was there of the mistake Zane committed the first day.

However, everyone knew that this Zane wasn't in any way similar to the old one, and Zane proved them right as he suddenly jumped into the air before rotating his body and performing a flying kick aimed at Keith's head.

Keith raised both forearms to parry the attack and Zane smirked at this. He knew the power behind this kick and he was absolutely certain that Keith's arms would break.

Bang!

As soon as the attack landed, Zane jumped back to evade Keith's inevitable counter attack. Zane looked at Keith and was surprised to see that he didn't move an inch.

He also felt something underneath Keith's sleeves. Whatever was under his sleeves made it possible for him to block Zane's kick without breaking his arms. Although weapons weren't allowed, hidden ones like the one Keith had were okay.

Zane and Keith both smiled before they dashed at each other. Keith was the first to throw a punch which Zane parried to the side and counterattacked with one of his own.

Keith twisted his body in such a way that he evaded Zane's punch without moving his legs. Then before Zane could follow up, he threw a kick towards his thighs.

Zane saw the kick coming but didn't do anything about it and was hit. However he gritted his teeth and head-butted Keith. Keith didn't expect Zane to trade blows so he failed to react in time.

The headbutt created room between the two, but Zane didn't give Keith space to breathe. He quickly threw a right hook at Keith, which was promptly caught by Keith's open palm.

Zane threw another punch but Keith did the same thing. Now both of them were stuck as they started a strength contest. Keith saw that he would lose so he quickly threw a kick.

Zane raised his foot and blocked the kick with his shin before attempting a headbutt, which Keith evaded by moving his head to the side.

Keith wanted to let go of Zane's hands, but he knew that as soon as he did Zane would capitalize and attack.

Thinking of no other way, Keith swept Zane's legs, seeing the opportunity, Zane jumped to evade Keith's kick and countered by dropkicking Keith in the chest.

Zane's dropkick connected and separated the two combatants, but not for long. Zane dashed forward and threw a kick aimed at Keith's ribs. Keith wouldn't allow that and he took a step back to avoid the attack by mere inches before lunging forward with a punch of his own.

Zane parried the punch but was left slightly off balance since his other foot was yet to touch the ground.

Knowing that Keith would definitely capitalize on this, Zane held onto Keith's forearm and used his weight to pull Keith down with him. He knew that if he fell and left Keith standing, it would spell his loss.

Keith wasn't expecting Zane to pull him down and both men fell onto the ground, with Keith falling on top of Zane.

Zane quickly kicked Keith off him and stood up, hoping to get up before Keith could do the same. However both fighters got up at the same time.

Staring into each other's eyes they both smiled before dashing forward, clashing in the middle to continue their brutal fight.

The spectators all watched the fight with bated breaths, this was by far the most entertaining fight of the event.

"These two are going to be terrifying Mages" One of the nobles said and the rest nodded. The power shown by Zane and Keith was equivalent to a rank two Mage excluding magic.

"Reed i underestimated your training, i would like to bring a few of my mortal family members here for training" another noble said.

"That can be arranged, of course my instructors will require compensation" Old man Reed said.

"Of course" the noble nodded.

"Which one of us is taking Keith?" a noble asked.

"I'm sure we all want him so how about we let him choose after the fight" another suggested and the rest nodded.

"I just want Zane" the noblewoman said as Zane dodged a punch from Keith before countering with an uppercut of his own.

"Me too" A new voice said from behind the group, everyone turned around to see who talked and Old man was especially surprised.

"Charles!?" he exclaimed.