Chapter 71

At this time in the square it became very quiet, all the guests looked at Akira after hearing Lark's challenge, because they wanted to know what Akira's reaction would be and on the other hand some watched this because they found it interesting.

Akira stared silently at Lark before he yawned and said:

" I refuse." (Akira)

All the guests who heard Akira's answer were stunned, some started whispering with rotten words, some just kept quiet and looked at Akira with interesting eyes, however, Akira ignored all the stares and whispers of all the guests, instead just stared silently at Lark.

On the other hand, Lark even though he had a serious look on his face, but in his heart, he was a little surprised by Akira's answer because he thought, Akira would immediately go berserk and accept the challenge.

Too bad Lark doesn't know, that the person he is challenging is not the Riser he knows, instead, Akira was born as Riser that the one he challenging.

Thinking for a while, Lark started to look at Akira and said:

" Why did you refuse? Don't tell me you're afraid of losing? " (Lark)

Hearing this question, Akira just stared dumbly at Lark and said:

" Who said I was afraid of losing? I refused because there was no point in fighting. Think about it, if I accept your challenge and if I win against you, then what will I get? Nothing, right? There is only unnecessary fuss and the smell of the sweat of a fight without a reward, so I'd better decline your challenge." (Akira)

After saying that, Akira started to scratch his head and looked innocently at Lark.

Hearing this answer, Lark was stunned and even all the guests present were stunned, but on the other hand, a man with red hair looked at Akira and said in a small voice:

" Is this the rumored Phenex Riser? Why is it slightly different from the information document that was obtained? " (Red Hair)

Then, the man looked at the silver-haired woman in maid outfit beside him and said:

" Grayfia, after returning later, I want you to find out once more information about Riser Phenex." (Red Hair)

The woman who was called Grayfia bowed to the man and said:

" Yes, Sirzechs-Sama." (Grayfia)

Then the two of them continued to stare at Akira and Lark.

Lark at this moment could only be speechless and thought for a while, before then he opened his mouth.

However, at the moment when Lark wanted to say something, Akira first said:

" To tell the trust, I know your purpose in coming here to challenge me, the first is to take my set Devil Piece, the second is to get my devil servant, and the third is to embarrass me for losing against a waste right? " (Akira)

Lark who heard this fell silent and couldn't say anything, he just glared at Akira.

Seeing that Lark just stared at him silently, Akira continued to say:

" But, that is if you win against me. But what if I win? What will I get from you? " (Akira)

The moment Akira said that a notification screen appeared and made his lips twitch after seeing the notification screen.

[Accept the challenge and win.

Type: Side Mission

Description: Accept the challenge from Lark and win the battle against him.

Rules: It is forbidden to use the Realm of Violet Jade Immortal space.]

After that, Akira looked at Lark who was still silent and immediately he said:

" Alright, I accept your challenge. But on the condition that if you lose, you must kneel and apologize to me! Will you accept? " (Akira)

Hearing this Lark frowned slightly before he smiled confidently and said:

" Alright, I accept that and where are we going to have our fight? I can't wait to beat you! " (Lark)

Just as Akira was about to say something, a magic circle suddenly appeared under Akira and Lark's feet, then made the two of them disappear from the square.

Barely as the two disappeared, suddenly a silver-haired maidservant appeared where Akira was standing earlier and said:

" At the request of Duke Phenex and Lord Sirzechs, I am a servant of the Gremory Family, named Grayfia who will be the referee and responsible for holding the office of this Phenex Family, the third child of the phenex family His Highness Riser Phenex and the fourth child of the phenex family His Highness Lark Phenex, to duel." (Grayfia)

" This time's duel opens in a different space that cuts temporarily, does not have any rules, does not have any restrictions, good weapon items are also good, both sides can choose freely, use infinity, admit defeat to take sides or can't fight again, leaving the sole winner." (Grayfia)

All the guests present saw this conference get excited, the crazy screams soared to the television screens in the sky.

In the different dimensional space where Akira and Lark were transmitted, both of them had heard what Grayfia said.

Then the two stared at each other in silence, before Lark suddenly burst out laughing and said:

" ha ha ha ha ha...so beautiful, very suitable to be a magnificent stage, to make you lose humiliatingly! " (Lark)

Akira just stared at the person in front of him, because he was too lazy to speak this time.

However, Lark, who saw Akira just staring at him silently, was even more pleased and said arrogantly:

" Riser, you are an honorable person, you will lose to me this time and I will win your honor, a piece and your peerage will be mine, but failure for you is not a minor offense, it might also make you grow too needless to say a little." (Lark)

Akira didn't answer and just stared silently at Lark while waiting for the sound of the battle to start.

At this moment, a long greatsword suddenly appeared in Lark's hands, the sword emitting holy air around it.

On the other hand, Akira glanced at the sword in Lark's hand, before a [Nullification Magic Dice] appeared in his hand.

Then, Grayfia's voice echoed in the dimensional space:

" Now, I announced, the duel begins! " (Grayfia)

Just as Grayfia's voice fell, Lark quickly ran towards Akira while carrying his sword that was ready to be swung at Akira.

On the other hand, Akira threw [Nullification Magic Dice] up and created a barrier that locked the two inside, after that Akira dashed forward towards Lark with his hands covered in black flames.

Just as the two were about to hit each other, Akira suddenly stopped and threw the black flames that had taken the shape of a drill at Lark.

Lark who saw this right in front of him, immediately stopped suddenly and swung his sword to slash the fire drill that was thrown at him, suddenly a flash of white light cut through the black flames and made the flames disappear instantly.

Akira who saw this wrinkled looked at the sword sharply and thought:

' Holy Sword? That's impossible because I've never seen such a model of the Holy Sword.' (Akira)

On the other hand, Lark was ridiculous and disdainful at Akira, before saying in an arrogant tone:

" Are you only capable of this? You can't win against me at this rate, my dear brother." (Lark)

Outside the dimensional space, the entire audience at the conference site erupted with great cheers, many people loudly shouting their names.

At this moment in one of the luxurious rooms, there were several people, they were Duke Phenex, Sirzechs, Rias, Yubelluna, Shuri, Akeno, Jeanne, and a group of girls.

They were staring at the fight between Akira and Lark, suddenly Lord Phenex frowned and said:

" Holy sword? How can Lark use a holy sword? " (Lord Phenex)

Sirzechs on the other hand who heard Lord Phenex's words started to answer:

" I don't think it's a holy sword, because I've never seen a holy sword that big." (Sirzechs)

While the two were talking, suddenly they heard Akeno's voice saying to Shuri:

" Mother, didn't you feel there was something strange about that fight? " (Akeno)

Shuri kept her eyes on the battle on the television screen and answered her daughter:

" Yes...There's something strange about this fight." (Shuri)

Lord Phenex and Sirzechs who heard this began to look at the two duo mothers and daughter, then Lord Phenex said:

" What do you mean by something strange in this fight? " (Lord Phenex)

Sirzechs on the other hand just silently stared at the two while waiting for their answer.

Shuri turned to see that Lord Phenex and Sirzechs were looking at her and Akeno, then she said:

" That's because Your Highness Lark shouldn't be able to use magic anymore, but from here it looks like His Highness Lark can still use magic and that's what makes this fight strange." (Shuri)

Before anyone could say or ask questions, Shuri turned to stare at the television screen and said:

" Lord Phenex and Sirzechs-Sama, you both know and see, right? Just a moment ago Riser threw something that created a transparent black barrier." (Shuri)

" The item that creates the barrier is Riser's unique magic tool, which can restrict and make the person restricted within the barrier unable to use magic at all." (Shuri)

Hearing this Lord Phenex, Sirzechs, Yubelluna, and the group of girls were stunned, except for Akeno and Jeanne who were still quietly watching Akira's fight, before Lord Phenex and Sirzechs returned to normal, then Sirzechs who had been silent for a long time said:

" That means, Lark doesn't use magic abilities? Instead, uses other abilities to attack right? " (Sirzechs)

Shuri who heard this nodded and said:

" What Sirzechs-Sama said is true." (Shuri)

The two lolis from the girl group suddenly jumped in joy and said at the same time:

" Doesn't that mean Lark-Sama will win easily? With, Your Highness Riser together with Lark-Sama is confined inside without being able to use magic, but Lark-Sama can use other powers besides magic! Meanwhile, Your Highness Riser cannot use magic and maybe it won't be long before he will be defeated by Lark-Sama." (Two lolis)

The group of girls who heard the words of the two lolis smiled calmly, but Yubelluna on the other hand just sighed at them and shook her head, then said:

" Ile and Nel, haven't you seen the fight between Riser-Sama and Lark-Sama? It can be seen that Riser-Sama can still release the power of fire within the barrier, which means Riser-Sama can also use abilities like Lark-Sama that can attack without using a magic ability, don't you think, Miss Shuri? " (Yubelluna)

A group of girls woke up because on the television screen it was seen that Akira and Lark were fighting each other by attacking using the power of Fire and light.

On the other hand, Lord Phenex and Sirzechs had realized that after hearing Shuri's explanation about the abilities possessed by the barrier, because they saw from beginning to end Akira used the power of fire which meant he also used abilities like Lark.

Shuri, Akeno, and Jeanne started to smile at Yubelluna's words, then Shuri said:

" What Yubelluna said is true, Riser can indeed release the power of fire even if his magic ability is sealed." (Shuri)

The two lolis who heard this started to panic and said:

"But...But... Lark-sama will win against Your Highness Akira! " (Ile and Nel)

Jeanne just snorted at the two lolis and said:

" The one who will win must be Akira because Akira hasn't used all his strength yet." (Jeanne)

The two lolis and the group of girls were stunned to hear this, while Lord Phenex, Sirzechs, Yubelluna, Shuri, Akeno, and Jeanne continued to stare at the battle on the television screen.

In the dimensional space where Akira and Lark were fighting, at the moment Akira and Lark who were 10 meters away were staring at each other with wounds on their bodies from the 30-minute battle.

Suddenly the noticeable wounds on their bodies began to heal again, Akira began to say:

" Interestingly, you can't activate the Phoenix Bloodline that flows within your body, but you can still heal yourself. Could that be one of the abilities of the sword too? Is it a Sacred-Gear? " (Akira)

Lark just smirked at Akira and said:

" That's right, this is my Sacred-Gear and this healing ability is indeed one of the abilities of this sword." (Lark)

Akira just smiled and said:

" Hmm, actually I'm quite curious about what happened to you during these three years and how you got the Sacred Gear, but it doesn't seem important to me." (Akira)

" By the way at the beginning of the fight, you asked about my strength, didn't you? " (Akira)

After those words fell, Akira closed his eyes and suddenly from within his body came a burst of hot black flame power and the illusion of a black phoenix was seen behind Akira flying across the sky.

After that, the illusion of the Phoenix bird fell back down and entered Akira's body, then Akira's appearance changed.

Currently, Akira is seen returning to Childe's original body with a pair of wide black flame wings on his back and both his hands covered in black flames that form a claw, and above his head, there is a crown made of black flames.

After that Akira opened his eyes and with a red glint flashed across his eyes, Akira said with a smile:

" [Hellfire Phoenix Mode], are you ready for round two? My dear little brother." (Akira)

[Hellfire Phoenix Mode

Grade: -

Description: A special ability that can only be used by the Hellfire Phoenix, after entering this mode the power of the fire element and all your attributes will increase by two times for 20 minutes.

Cooldown: 1 week.]