C16: Ferid's Battle

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Ah~ how excited I am to work for Lord Ashera! From the very moment I saw him on that illusionary screen of his I knew it, I knew that he would flip my boring life on its head and bring me the most entertaining things!

The day he told me I would get any one wish from him as long as he believed I deserved it is the best day of my life! It was the opportunity of a lifetime! The one I revere as my god will grant me anything I desire and all I have to do is defeat some rabble to a position I would have worked towards anyways!

This entire time I couldn't help but stare at the childlike figure of somebody so out of reach of me, somebody praised as a genius my entire life, trying to show my gratitude and the entire range of emotions that came from the chance.

Oh~? It seems the leaders of the three races are all interested in me. I couldn't tell what happened with the sound barrier blocking my hearing but for some reason, Lord Ashera gained an annoyed expression while looking at me, a face that quickly changed into one of excitement and friendly cockiness as the leaders of the races all looked around and following their eyes I could see two people of their interest.

A woman with a clueless look on her face, and a man with a scholarly appearance. Both of these two hadn't revealed the true extent of their abilities but I can tell that the leaders and Lord Ashera were interested in them. It seems they will be my biggest opponents in this tournament.

"This is the final battle of the first day! The no-looking monster Ferid Bathory vs the cold warrior Ulva Amalia! This will be a battle to remember! Will both contestants enter the arena!" The announcer shouted in excitement while the crowd cheered as well.

It appears it is my turn to appear once again and this time with one of my rivals. Once again looking towards Lord Ashera I can see him looking towards the Fallen Angel Governor-General before looking toward me with expectations!

He had expectations of me! I mustn't let him down! I will win this fight and prove that I deserve to be one of the 3rd Progenitors, anything less and I will have betrayed Lord Ashera's expectations!

Walking onto the area I was face to face with my opponent. She was definitely beautiful but she couldn't compare to Lord Ashera despite his gender.

"As you may have heard just now I am Ferid Bathory. I hope to give me a good battle to show to Lord Ashera." I said introducing myself to my opponent. She is different from the rest of the rabble, she has the potential to join me in the future.

"I'm Ulva Amalia, it's a pleasure." She said simply before getting into a simple fighting stance. Judging by her movements so far it seems she's more inclined towards attacking rather than defending so it shouldn't be too difficult to defeat her but let's take it slow. She is hiding some of her ability and it would be a shame if she didn't get to show it off and Lord Ashera got disappointed.

"Look at the sportsmanship! How heartwarming! But something like that does not deserve to be in this tournament to find the strongest! Are you both ready?!" The announcer shouted out getting a nod from both of us since we were too busy with our opponent to look at him. "Good! Begin!"

Raising my hand I motioned for her to take the first attack with my finger with a smile that I've heard from Lord Ashera is very 'annoying and aggravating.' It isn't exactly praise but hearing my lord describe me at all is extremely satisfying.

However, I was broken from my delusions by Ulva. Rushing towards me she raised her leg and kicked at me like a whip. How frightening~!

Raising my arm I was able to successfully block the attack with no damage. Well even if there was damage, my regeneration would take care of it in seconds, only the wounds from lord Ashera are difficult to heal.

Raising my own leg I copy her attack but use just a tiny bit more force, just to taunt her into using her secret. However, my plan was foiled by her stopping my kick with a punch to the knee, shattering my kneecap.

Regenerating the damage was finished in less than a second but that's all the time she needed. Bringing her fist forward directly towards my face I had little time to react and would inevitably get hit, or so she thinks.

Leaning just a little backward her fist goes right over my head while her face showed a look of surprise for the first time. After all, I had broken my spine making that dodge, and for a normal vampire that's quite difficult to heal.

Straightening my back, my spine instantly healed itself as the crowd cheered for my show while Ulva still had her surprised look on her face before her face changed to one of apprehension and resolution.

"Freed Bathory's regeneration will no longer happen." She said in her fake cold tone but what she said was important. As soon as she said it I felt the constant regeneration of my body stop completely in an instant.

"Ohoh… so you have that one do you~?" I asked with an excited grin on my face.