Completely Outclassed

Lucivar sucked in a cold breath.

Currently, eight people are attending this night's training including him.

So if Nerissa who had won against Bakar was in sixth place then that means Nerissa was the second weakest right after Bakar. She could send an adult man around eighty kilos flying and yet she was only the second weakest.

Even though Lucivar knew he was the weakest, the gap between him and the others was far.

He was dawned with that realization, these people are freakishly strong.

'Now I wonder what place Leandra was on, and what kind of bloodline does she has?'

Glancing to the side, Lucivar saw Leandra standing with an upright spine and a cold face.

Unlike the others, she seemed to be composed for this tournament.

Just then Tobias announced the second fight, and it was Mirel against Leandra.

Both of them stepped to the center and faced each other, and the others seemed to be quite excited to see the fight between them which made Lucivar also excited. He glued his eyes on both fighters with interest.

"A fight for the fourth place, get ready..." Tobias looked at the two fighters and announced.

Now Lucivar's question was answered.

From the looks of it, Leandra was in fourth place while Mirel was in fifth.

Similar to the starting point of the previous match—Mirel, and Leandra get into their fighting stance and activate their powers. Mirel's eyes began to flash with yellow lightning, cracks of energy spreading from his arms and slowly coursing down his body.

'Mirel has the bloodline of a Yellow Lightning Elemental' Lucivar mused inwardly.

He talked with Mirel about it during yesterday's dinner.

In stark contrast, Leandra's eyes glowed a deep purple but her form remained unchanged.

No manifestation of power accompanied her glowing eyes, but the sheer pressure emanating from her was immense. Even Lucivar—watching from the sidelines, felt the weight of it which caused him to gulp in apprehension.

Looking at the two, Tobias nodded, "Start!"

At the signal to start, Mirel clenched both his fists tightly and unleashed a roar.

His body burst forward with a blast of lightning, as he charged toward Leandra with amazing speed, inhumanly fast. No normal human could accelerate, as fast, as he did. Making his first move, he stomped the ground hard and forcefully clapped his hands.

Blitz!

Mirel's clap created a fan-shaped lighting shockwave that swiftly flew at Leandra.

In a defensive move, Leandra squinted her eyes as a translucent purplish barrier blocked the attack entirely, she was unscathed. But Mirel was relentless, he did not slow down his speed and gathered a concentration of yellow lightning in his right arm.

Going through the purplish barrier, he grabbed Leandra's wrist forcefully.

She tried to lean back but she was not faster than Mirel.

Gripping her wrist tightly, he controlled his lightning power to infiltrate Leandra's form.

It was an attempt to stun or paralyze her momentarily.

"Oh, Mirel managed to touch her, that's impressive!" Bakar commented from the side.

Upon hearing this, Ravenna also smiled, "His lighting had gotten stronger"

But to the surprise of the onlookers, and even to Mirel's shock, Leandra's arm vibrated, with intense purple energy, effortlessly nullifying the yellow lightning. Clicking his tongue in utter frustration, Mirel quickly went down.

He showed that he was trained in martial arts as he went for a fast dragon tail sweep.

Capitalizing on his speed, he tried to catch Leandra off-guard and knock her down.

But again his effort was thwarted as Leandra managed to react and leaped above the sweep with utter calmness, her movement was graceful, and effective, with no waste. Mirel couldn't react fast enough as Leandra delivered a swift kick to his stomach.

Mirel stumbled back, yet another kick to the face disoriented him further.

Blood trickled down the corner of his mouth because of the second kick.

As Mirel regained his focus and opened his eyes—his eyes widened when he saw Leandra's hand, poised to flick his forehead. The moment she did, Mirel was hurled like a comet to the other side of the makeshift arena, slamming onto the barrier.

It was a sight that made Lucivar's jaw drop, he couldn't believe a flick could be that strong.

Before making contact, he saw a wave of energy that amplified Leandra's flick briefly.

A burst of energy that sent Mirel flying away.

Glancing to the side, Lucivar saw Mirel was dazed and struggling to rise.

Despite his best efforts, he fell back down to the ground, defeated to unconscious.

"Leandra is the winner, she retains her fourth place!" Tobias announced.

Just like that, Leandra won against Mirel without breaking a sweat.

She looked at the unconscious Mirel on the side for a couple of seconds before nodding.

From the looks of it, she was making sure that Mirel stayed down.

"Lucivar!" Tobias suddenly called—and the sound of his name being called made Lucivar's heart skip a beat before pounding hard. "Get in the arena, you will be sparring against her, make sure to give it your all"

Upon hearing this, Leandra looked at Tobias with a frown, "Master...?"

"Don't use any of your abilities, but don't hold back either," Tobias instructed sternly.

Despite being unwilling, knowing that Lucivar was barely a Hybrid, Leandra didn't complain and turned to face Lucivar. On the other hand, Lucivar stood up—and went to the center of the arena with the others giving him a thumbs up.

It was clear that he was not going to win, and the others' expressions showed that.

Nervously, Lucivar stood on the opposite of Leandra and raised both of his fists.

Pausing for a moment, Tobias then announced, "Start!"

Leandra remained on her spot passively instead of going in instantly like the others.

Just then, she asked to make sure, "Are you ready?"

"Huh?" Lucivar was caught off guard, but he soon focused again and nodded. "I'm ready"

As soon as he said that, Leandra lowered his stance slowly.

In the next second, Lucivar's eyes widened in complete shock, 'She disappeared?!'

Bam!

'I got hit...?!' Lucivar's eyes trailed downward, only to find Leandra was already right beneath him and landed a powerful blow on his chin, sending his senses reeling. 'Oh, no, I can't focus—she got me good!'

Upon receiving that hit, the world spun around him, his vision blurred with disorientation.

Lucivar struggled to maintain balance, but he could feel that he was falling down.

A second strike then follows, this time to his throat.

It cuts off his breath and causes him to choke, forcing him to grab his throat instinctively.

Despite wanting to at least hold on longer, he was no match for Leandra as through the haze, he caught a glimpse of her natural purple eyes—glistening with determination. Before Lucivar could muster a defense, she launched her foot at his face.

Everything went black after that, he didn't feel anything as the world darkened.

An unknown amount of time passed, and Lucivar gasped and woke up on a bed.

"Good morning sleepy head,"

Upon hearing this voice, Lucivar turned and saw Mirel lying on a bed opposite his.

Not even needing any explanation, Lucivar knew what had happened as his face burned red.

Seeing this Mirel laughed out loud, but hissed in pain from a sharp sting on his head that was wrapped by a bandage, "No need to feel embarrassed dude—Leandra is the strongest out of the four of us. Darwin, Bob, and Ravenna are stronger than her—only because they are older, and have more time to train"

"Even so, I didn't even last five seconds against her" Lucivar muttered out of embarrassment.

He wouldn't even be surprised if that was the fastest match in this house.

"It's okay, everyone starts somewhere," Suddenly, another voice intervened in their banter, it came from Tobias' wife sitting on the side, Delilah. She walked over to Lucivar and sat by his bed with a warm smile, "Leandra is a hard worker, so if you also train hard, you will reach her level in no time"

"Ah..." Lucivar scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. "Yes, I will work hard too"

Delilah rubbed his head gently with a light giggle, "Unfortunately, you should rest for now"

"Since you were injured when you arrived here, you have not fully healed from your previous injuries yet, so it has become worse now. I suggest taking a couple of days to rest. Rest well so you can go back to train again," She added before excusing herself to prepare lunch.

Even as Delilah left, Lucivar still fixed his eyes on the door.

He could even still feel the weight of her soft hand on his head.

It somehow felt nice for him, being around Delilah is very comforting.

"Woah, woah... She's Master Tobias' wife you know, we can't have you like her," Mirel teased.

Upon hearing this, Lucivar's face was flushed instantly.

"What are you talking about? It's not like that"

"Oh, it's totally like that. I could see it in your flowery eyes, you had a damn crush on her!"

"Shut up, I'm not talking about this"

Moments later, Lucivar was looking at the ceiling drowsed in his own thoughts.

On the other hand, Mirel was bored as he played with his yellow lightning.

Out of sheer curiosity, Lucivar turned to Mirel and asked, "Say, what's Leandra's bloodline?"

Lucivar knew the others' bloodlines already, but he didn't know Leandra's bloodline.

He knew that Bob had a Black Orc bloodline, and the Albino Werewolf for Darwin, but he still didn't know what Leandra's bloodline was, as she hadn't said more than a few words to him, much less tell her bloodline.

"I never heard her say specifically, but I'm sure she's some sort of a Witch," Mirel replied.

Expecting Mirel to know, Lucivar was a little bit surprised to find that Mirel didn't know.

Knowing what Lucivar was thinking, Mirel elaborated, "Just like you—it hasn't been that long, since Leandra came to us. She came around March I think, so she's the second-newest after you. Me and the others spent years already with Master Tobias"

Not wanting to talk about Leandra, Mirel decided to ask, "Hey, tell me your story"

"My story?" Lucivar raised an eyebrow in confusion.

Mirel nodded repeatedly in response, "Yes, your story. How did Master Tobias find you?"

Even though it still stings to remember—Lucivar, decided to tell his story, excluding all of the betrayal he suffered from his Mother and also Bianca. He only told Mirel that he had become a death volunteer and killed a Titan Hybrid.

Listening to the story attentively with interest, Mirel leaned back and clicked his tongue.

"Of course, they'd do that, those cowards are losers," He commented.

Upon hearing this, Lucivar chuckled, none has dared to say that to the Five Supreme Houses.

"Do you perhaps hate them?"

"Duh... Who doesn't? All of them acted bossy after the Great Separation, a bunch of losers"

About five decades ago, there was a world event called the Great Separation.

Since anyone can remember—Humanity has fought against beings from another dimension that were called Crossers. It was an unending war—with one side defending, and the other side on the offense.

But as more people became Hybrid, the Crossers were being pushed back.

Humanity became better and better, adapting and getting stronger.

Fearing for the worst, the Crossers decided to make one powerful combined attack.

A dimensional slash that splits the entire world into two, separating them with an unpassable warp wall that cuts off any access from one side to the other side. It was done to focus all of the Crossers' efforts on one side, the stronger side before taking care of the rest.

Lucivar was on the left side called the Light World, and the right was called the Dark World.

Despite the name, the Light World was the weaker side of the world.

Not to mention it has regressed so much after the Great Separation.

It gained its nickname because the Crossers focused their attacks east from the poles.

Even before the Great Separation, most attacks were focused there.

Because of that, the right side of the world was heavily guarded.

All of the Five Supreme Houses' forces, were heavily gathered there, so when the world was separated, the left side was left with only the small branches of the Five Supreme Houses. It was because of that the left side was considered the weaker side.

Many considered the Five Supreme Houses on the left side as false rulers.

Each one of them was only a small branch of the real Five Supreme Houses.

Mirel was probably referring to them as losers because of that.

"If I got stronger, I'd destroy them and create my own House for sure," Mirel dreamed.

Upon hearing this, Lucivar smiled wryly as that was a great ambition.

But then again, they still walked the same path, "In that case, let's get stronger together"

"I also wanted to be strong and be free," Lucivar added.

Donning the same spirit, Mirel nodded enthusiastically, "Yeah, let's get stronger together"