Chapter 219: Remember Me (2)

3rd Person POV

"Distance yourselves," Reiner shouted as Perseus and Rolan faced each other "I will ring the bell when you have properly done so."

"Say, Rolan, before the bell rings, you got a sec?" Perseus asked

"Sure, if this is about your complaint to the committee about me having an unfair advantage, I don't care, I've learned enough from my defeat that fighting fairly won't help me beat you, much less the demon lord." Rolan replied

"I was gonna ask about whether you let your fellow heroes know that you'll be suffering another humiliation and whether they're prepared to console ya."

"Unlike then, I'm a proper adult who's been making my own decisions for a long time, I should be saying the same to you, maybe you'll get your beautiful mothers to wipe your bloody tears while you're on the stretcher." Rolan countered with a smirk

"Well, hope your words can come through, I'll wish you luck, cuz you're going to need all of it today if you wanna live, that ref ain't gonna do shit to stop me."

"Thanks, you too."

They both then walked to their...corners? Really author? The arena for fights are always colosseums, they're circular. Circles don't have-

|Just do your job and narrate, no wonder I use first person POV often, you suck, and those guys do it for free.|

I don't get paid.

|In food and beverage, yes. Don't sass me.|

They then distance themselves, Rolan got his staff out and charged up a large spell, a spell far stronger while Perseus did nothing but smile in return, which was strange to Rolan, there are no rules forbidding anyone from charging up a spell or preparing a trap after they are told to distance themselves, so why is Perseus doing nothing?

For a guy who's known to prepare for every kind of attack like his unsuccessful attempt to kidnapping his brother, Perseus just remained still, but he does notice that the air was denser, and it was almost as if it was screeching as it vibrated abnormally, but Rolan blamed it on his own nervousness.

Reiner, after seeing that they are properly in their positions, used the rose powers to create a large red piece of lumber which he used to knock the side of the bell, giving out a large pleasant ring in everyone's ears.

And Rolan immediately shot the spell, a large burst of light that was so fast he was sue Perseus can't escape from, and hit him on the spot. And that's why everyone realized something was wrong, the air started to become harder to breathe and could have sworn that the air was screeching and screaming at him to get out.

Despite the sunny and warm weather, Rolan felt cold and dry, the pressure emitting from where Perseus was standing felt terrifying and yet so tempting, he gulped several times and his lips were quivering, though it's hard to tell for the audience.

He wanted to cower, he was afraid, and all he could do was to should more spells at the same spot, it hit something, so it means that Perseus was still there, since the referee isn't interfering, it means that Perseus in the middle of the smoke arising from his attack, was still alive, probably behind some sort of barrier.

"You done yet, idiot?" Perseus then sends out a burst of laughter that sends shivers down everyone's spine

Rolan was trembling inside his thick armor but calmed down after a few deep breaths where he then charged up another large fire spell and aimed it properly at Perseus' direction. He also got out his blade with his other arm while holding his staff with the other, something was telling him that everything is wrong.

The smoke cleared, and on the spot was Perseus. Even though he looked mostly the same, there were visible differences, his hair was now black instead of white, and he got black feathery wings on his back.

"Man, I was hoping for some horns and a tail or something, but this will do." Perseus said as he took out a mirror to look at himself in the middle of the arena "Well, what are you staring at?"

Rolan shot out a burst of flames in the shape of a phoenix as black-colored energy then clad the mirror in Perseus' hands as he then threw the mirror to intercept it. It cut through the flames with no signs of slowing down and embedded itself in Rolan's chest. It wasn't deep enough to fully stay there as it then falls onto the ground.

If it wasn't slowed down by the flames...Rolan doesn't want to imagine the consequences. A mirror...it took only a mirror to stop his spell.

"Good, it seems that I can control it." Perseus chuckled as he walked slowly toward his opponent and once he got close, Rolan stumbled and fell down.

Perseus then crouched next to him, Rolan is now trembling, the crowd was quiet, and the silence made his fear stronger, every nerve in his body told him to run for his life, Perseus then stared him straight in the eye.

"Look, you're going to lose, and depending on your answer, I can make your loss less humiliating." Perseus said "If you stop doing whatever the fuck you're doing behind the scenes, I'll give you a merciful loss."

"The devil, he's the devil!" exclaimed some of the followers in the anti-magic cult

"Lucifer and Satan..." Phineas muttered "They were different entities, Lucifer was a perfect angel before his fall, described as beautiful and full of wisdom while I believe Satan was an evil personification that our founder said originated from what he called the Hebrew bible.

"2 separate entities, but...the previous pope was right, due to the mistranslation and misunderstanding for most people of the 2 being the same being, they've merged into one thanks to the majority believing it so." Phineas commented "Perseus is now both Lucifer and Satan, both the angel of light and the devil. No matter how holy he may be, the hero currently stands no chance."

Lachlan, the demon lord, stood in awe as he stared at the scene.

<He brought out his demon side? How? That's impossible!> he thought <We had a half-breed become a demon lord before, but even if he was powerful, he can never fully bring out his demon side...I may need to pray for answers. We can raise our powers by at least 5%.>

<Dammit, he's fucking hot.> Ruka thought