CHAPTER 18; THE TOURNAMENT PT II

CHAPTER 18;

  THE TOURNAMENT PT II

  The 'Le Rouge' Family; 

  For hundreds of years, have been the head of the military police in Vasileio Drakon and play a huge part as the interim Government in two other continents in the midst of war. The Family consists of Red Dragons and is currently headed by the 'Nuclear Warhead', Blaze Le Rouge; A huge 6'7 man with an extremely husky face and long red beards that connect with the full bright  red hair on his head, [the defining trait of Le Rouge], along with eyes that have two sets of colors; his right eye was blue, and his left eye was red with a very small tinge of blue that could only be noticed by normal people if they stared really closely at him.

The Le Rouge Family, while not ranking amongst the 'Top ten', have constantly and unfailingly dominated the ranks of the top 20 most powerful beings on Attar, making them amongst the most powerful families in the world, along with their extensive control over the entire military might of Vasileio Drakon and control of two other continents, it was not an exaggeration to say that they were the most respected family in the world and that if anomaly's like 'Le Noir' and 'The House of Concepts-Domum Notionum' didn't exist, no one in the world could contend with Le Rouge.

Members of the family of Le Rouge donned military uniforms that were in colors of red and white, while at the back of the uniform was boldly printed, the insignia of the Continent of Vasileio Drakon; A broken bow with a sword between it, where the arrow would usually lie, and at the tip of the sword was blood that dripped down.

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The Auditorium was filled with noise coming from the hundreds of thousands of citizens who came to watch the tournament happen, but, as soon as the 6'7 man stepped into to auditorium, nothing except the howling of the wind could be heard as the whole auditorium fell completely silent and people's eyes were immediately plastered on the envoy that quickly surrounded the auditorium, along with the man that commanded everybody's respect; Blaze Le Rouge. Beside him was his only daughter; Ryanna Le Rouge, holding his hand as they walked down to where Alex sat and took a sit beside him.

"It's been a while my friend," Blaze said to my dad with a very stern look on his face, as the ten-year-old Ryanna bounced up and down his laps, licking the ice cream that was bought for her without a single care in the world.

"It's funny you call me your friend Blaze, when everyone knows your hate for my Family," Alex replied to Blaze, also with a serious look on his face as Blaze burst into a rather monotone laugh.

"Hahaha, On a normal day, yes, I do not think of your family of intolerant, selfish and unnecessarily care-free miscreants deserv-" 

Before Blaze could even finish his statement, the entire arena began to shake as screams erupted from everywhere, but not a single person could move except for King Richards and Queen Scarlett.

Alex gently leaned forward, to Blaze who was completely paralyzed and trembling along with his daughter and whispered into his ear.

"Listen to me you fool, regardless of whatever treaty I have signed with the 'UNITED CONTINENTS', if you speak of my family like that one more time I swear on my mother I will not hesitate to completely terminate the existence of your family from Attar," Alex paused as he let his words sink into Blaze's head, and then continued, "And I'm sure you know that it will not take me even a second to do so…..so I urge you to be careful." Alex said as he pulled back his aura from everyone as sighs of relief could be heard everyone.

It took not a rocket scientist for the people in the stadium to know that it was a part of the top ten that released their aura into the open, causing paralysis in everyone even slightly weaker than him, but not a single person dared to question or even speak about that fact as everyone simply went on with their business as though nothing happened in the first place.

From the side of the auditorium where King Richard and Queen Scarlett stayed, you could see the King shaking his head back and forth with folded arms as a huge smile was pasted on Scarlett's face, showing her approval of what her son did.

"Ahem," Blaze cleared his throat as he began to talk again, but quickly raised his hand up to signal his men to halt their movements.

"You people might not understand this, but if the bastards truly wanted us dead, him and his mother was all it took to annihilate every continent in this world...Anyways, this is what I was talking about, overly carefree." Blaze continued to mock as Alex looked at him with murderous aura.

"Ei Ei Ei…calm down, you might be carefree but I know you Le Noir are not villains. Anyways, from today you are now my friend, since this is the end of your little power streak anyways."

"What do you mean?" Alex asked,

"Ohhh, everyone saw your son's results, and I assure you, there is no way he is beating Fyjon, today marks the end of the dominance of Le Noir on Atter, and I'm more than happy to be the father of the person who shall pioneer this world into it's new generation…a generation without Le Noir!" Blaze said ecstatically as his voice echoed throughout the auditorium.

In a second, the smile on Scarlett's face faded as she heard Blaze's statement.

"THE FIRST ROUND OF THE IMPERIAL TOURNAMENT SHALL NOW BEGIN." The female announcer said on the loudspeaker as the whole auditorium fell silent.

"FROM THE LEFT; THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO EVER PASS THE MILITARY EXAMS AT ONLY ELEVEL YEARS OF AGE, THE SUPER GENIUS FROM LE ROUGE; JUST LOOK AT HIS PAS SYSTEM, THE FUTURE OF ALL AURA USERS, THE SON OF THE NUCLEAR WARHEAD, FYYYJON LE RRROUGEEE!!,"

  The announcer screamed as people all over the stadium roared in excitement as the little boy came out donning the white and red military uniform with the insignia on its back, he wore a red and white miliary cap which he quickly took off along with his jacket, to reveal a red short sleave T-shirt.

"Walter." He called out as the butler of Le Rouge appeared to take his shirt and cap and quickly disappeared.

On the hilt of his waist lay his sword in a white sheathe as he cracked his knuckles and walked to the middle of the stage with confidence radiating from him. 

Fyjon Le Rouge was a giant of his age, standing at 5'11 with a bulky figure like his father, he had red short hair that was gelled into a slick back style, his eyes were an inverse of his dad's; with his right eye being completely red and his left eye, blue with a hint of red in it and he had a stern look on his face, befitting his stature but contradicting his age.

It was said that this Heterochromia was a sign of the person who was to be the next patriarch or matriarch of the family as only one person in every new generation of Le Rouge possessed eyes with different colors and they were more or less always the direct child of a bearer of those eyes, like in the case of Fyjon and his father.

The screen showed the PAS result of Fyjon to the 700,000 people in the stadium and three hundred million or so people to whom the fight was being broadcasted to as the whole world wondered how the boy from Le Noir was even matched up with him in the first place.

His results showed:

/FYJON LE ROUGE

AGE; 11+

HEIGHT; 5'11

HEIGHT POTENTIAL; 7'0

MANA CONTROL; 5TH STAGE – BORN FROM MANA

MANA CONTROL POTENTIAL; 10TH STAGE – CONQUEROR

COMBAT TYPE; AURA KNIGHT

COMBAT ABILITY; 4TH STAR – MAN OF COMBAT

COMBAT ABILITY POTENTIAL; 10TH STAGE – GENESIS

YEARS MORE NEEDED TO ACHIEVE NEXT COMBAT STAR; NULL

TOTAL RESULT OF EVALUATION – COMBAT GENIUS/

This was the person that a mere genius of Le Noir was fighting; were the thoughts of everyone who saw the results on the screen. While people had high hopes for Le Noir, after seeing Henry's currently trending results, the entire world was disappointed and all expectations faded from their minds, if anything, the people were more interested in seeing the fights of the Royal Elf Family of 'SHATTUR', the 'Le Blanc' from whom came the only person amongst the contestants to produce a person with a 'null stage' result in mana control.

The screams from the stadium quickly died down as the announcer took up her microphone once again

"FROM THE RIGHT; SON OF ALEX LE NOIR, THE MOST MIGHTY MARTIAL ARTIST OF THIS GENERATION, THE ELDEST SON OF THE RENOWNED FAMILY OF LE NOIR AND ITS LONG LINE OF EXCEPTIONAL TALENTS, THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO ACHIEVE A 7TH STAGE IN MANA CONTRIOL; HENRY LE NOIR!!!"

From the VIP section, many of the families had looks of disappointment plastered on their faces as they watched the boy from Le Noir approach the stadium in a martial artist's robe and a belt that looked like it was tied by a toddler, his eyes were drowsy as he walked lazily into the arena, looking like he just woke up from sleep [which he just did].

He walked center stage, right in front of Fyjon as he took off his robe and called out,

"Larry." 

Who appeared beside him as Henry's eyes quickly followed his movement and handed him his robe as Larry disappeared once again.

Looks of suspicion appeared on the faces of the VIP's as they most definitely saw with their own eyes, the eyes of a 7th stage nobody follow a peak 9th stage-7TH star martial artist with ease. In a minute their suspicion would completely clear up as Henry's PAS result was displayed in front of the whole arena, reminding everyone of just how weak Henry was.

'It was probably just a fluke' They thought, disregarding what happened as the announcer's voice rose up.

"LET THE FIGHT BEGIN!!!"