The Nine Lords Of Order - Chapter 11

“Sister do you think Mars will win? He should right?” Ena was currently in the expectating area along with her siblings. She was a bit worried about the match, but not too much.

“He should win.” Aila seemed a bit more worried.

“If Mars wins the match, I’m not sure how things are going to develop.” Ansfried frowned a bit.

“Hey, could that woman be the expert from Loftycloud? She barely looks a bit older than 20 right? Just like us.” Rowland signaled with his eyes in a direction.

Currently in the sit of honor which was usually exclusive to the king was a black haired young woman with calm yellow eyes. She could be considered beautiful but had a conservative aura around her. From her current expression she wasn’t too interested in this event either. At her right side was sitting a respectful and warm looking old man, this man was the king from Bluewaves. Behind the the woman was also a shady looking youth.

“She should be since she is in that sit instead of the king” Ansfried responded. “Don’t forget that although she looks young, she might be an old woman who has lived more than 500 years!”

Meanwhile the woman in the honor seat had her eyelids suddenly twitch. ‘Old woman?’ Although the princes were whispering to each other, she still could hear them very clearly. Then she shook her head refusing to deal with their slip of tongue. ‘However they seem confident on this challenger? I might profit selecting another talent then.’ After a bit of thought the woman turned her head to the king with an impatient look.

Apparently she was telling him to hurry up and start this match.

Cough.

The King finally stood up and coughed to signal the public to silence. “Louis Bluecloud, or better known as the Bluewaves chosen, is leaving the kingdom soon to pursue greater heights! However before he leaves he wants to give the people from Bluewaves a worthy farewell. So what better way to do it than an exhibition of battle? This is a world for warriors after all! Fighting is what we do.

The young hero Imperious is a new rising talent from the kingdom. I’m sure he will make a great opponent and will allow Louis to showcase his abilities and grant a great show. Louis, Imperious, proceed into the arena!”

Mars who had been waiting to enter the battling platform couldn’t help but curse inwardly at the king. ‘I’ll give you a surprise old man! I want to see the look on your face later!” He felt insulted when the king said he would be there just so the other guy shows off. Although the king probably meant to praise ‘Imperious’ as someone who was strong enough to make Louis demonstrate his abilities Mars was a chosen as well! So he wouldn’t allow himself to be under any other chosen.

Like a shadow, Mars appeared battling platform. He was wearing the usual black outfit with a smooth white mask. However nobody was cheering for him.

“Crush that guy! Louis!”

“The chosen of Bluewaves is invincible!”

“Instead of imperious, he is just impetuous! Beat his ass!”

“Louis I love you!”

A blue haired handsome young man had also appeared in the battling platform. However he kept shaking his head as if he felt uncomfortable by all the cheering. Louis gave this black clothed opponent of his a look and couldn’t help but feel quite surprised. ‘This guy is not ordinary…’ He thought. Although he couldn’t even see the eyes of his opponent, he could sense a very strong confidence radiating from this figure.

“Alright now that you’re both in your positions I hope you grant everyone here a good espectacle! Once the coin falls, the fight begins!” As the king said that, he threw a gold coin to the air.

Ping!

As the coin touched the floor Mars took a strong step forward half a second later he was already in front of Louis throwing a straight punch at his nose.

Louis was startled! Although he guessed this guy was not simple, he did not imagine this guy would be so fast!

With his current level, Mars could execute these burst of speed at least five times before harming his body. Although he had gotten better at using his ‘lightning flash’ art, the technique was still a huge burden to his body, so he had to be careful when using it.

His guess was that this guy was a peak rank 2 expert with a battle power of 500. He wanted to see how good this chosen was, so he started with a strong move. Just as he thought his punch was going to connect

Louis reacted and Clank!

The impact made a metallic sound and Louis took several steps back.

‘This guy is insane’ Mars opened his eyes wide.

Louis who could not find a good way to defend the attack, had covered his forehead in frost and headbutted the punch. However after the strike he felt dizzy. ‘I miscalculated, he is not only fast, he is this strong as well. Who is this guy?’ However he couldn’t think about his opponent background right now. Mars was heading straight at him again!

Gritting his teeth Louis weaved his hands and several ice spikes materialized in the air in front of him. If Mars were to continue pressing, he would run straight into those spikes.

However Mars only snorted. He raised his finger and pointed at Louis. With a sharp roar of thunder a lightning bolt emerged from his finger tip passed through the small gaps between the ice spikes, straight towards Louis.

‘Lightning!’ Louis did not have time to defend as he had just summoned those ice spikes with difficulty.

Boom!

He was stroke in his chest and sent flying several meters away.

The public and the King were shocked silly. This was not how this match was supposed to go

“Haha! This chosen is nothing mu…!” Ena couldn’t help but laugh out loud but Aila quickly covered her mouth. It would be troublesome if they got negative attention for a comment like that.

Mars wasted no time. When fighting someone, it was better to beat them while they are down. He clapped his hands and then started separating them slowly. As he did that, arcs of electricity were condensing in the space between his palms in the form of a long blue throwing lance. The power of lightning was very concentrated within this lance. If someone of the same level was pierced by this lance, that person would instantly turn to ash.

‘That is a very high level skill which requires greats amounts of control… This kid is very good!’ The woman from Loftycloud was surprised.

The king was already standing with a frown. This Imperious guy was very strong for a rank 2. The king wasn’t sure at first but now he could tell Imperious had a power level around 500. This meant he probably was a chosen as well! If Louis life was in danger he would immediately intervene.

Mars also did not plan to kill Louis. That would be suicide. Without taking a step, Mars threw the lance in front of Louis who was still lying down. ‘Something is not right’ Mars frowned. The lance left a streak of lightning and landed 1 meter in ahead from Louis.

Boom! As the lance landed a huge explosion occurred. The concentrated electric forces created a blast radius several meters wide and a huge crater was left on the ground. However as the lightning explosion hit Louis he instantly turned into a puddle of water.

‘Uh?’ Mars was also surprised and suddenly leapt back.

Bang!

Right after he did that, a blue haired youth with a staff stroke the spot where he was previously standing.

Mars said no words and pulled out his sword and with the same motion he cut straight at his opponent.

Louis also moved, with a flick of his wrist, the staff made a swinging motion and parried the sword attack upwards. Just as Louis thought he had created and opening for him to attack Mars sword movements changed mysteriously. The blade which was previously pointing upwards due to the parry suddenly appeared with a swing from below. While rotating the staff Louis blocked the slash but just as he was going to attack Mars he felt the sword which was touching his staff suddenly banish and now it was piercing straight at his shoulder.

‘How did he do that?’ Surprised, Louis stepped sideways to avoid the attack.

Splash!

Mysteriously, the sword had already pierced his leg. Losing his balance Louis fell to his knees. While he had a stunned look, he found out that he could move anymore. ‘What happened?’

Mars smiled under his mask ‘Nothing much after all’

He proceeded to pull out his sword from Louis leg and placed the tip on Louis neck. Blood splashed from the wound and drops of blood were dripping from the tip of the sword.

‘I lost?’ Louis closed his trembling eyes. He couldn’t quite believe what just happened. He was sure the guy in front of him had a power level similar to him But he felt he did not even have the opportunity to use his skills.

If he had known this guy was so fierce at close combat then he wouldn’t have gotten close to him like that

Then he thought about the beginning of the match. ‘If he had used his sword in the beginning to attack I wouldn’t had lasted more than a move’ Sighing, Louis opened his eyes. He regained his calm look and stared straight at Mars.

“You win. I admit defeat.”

Hello, my beautiful readers! I have some Bad news and some Good news! So lets start with the bad news.

The bad news is that I will not be uploading for a couple of days due to some work. The good news is… once I finish this work I’ll have a lot more free time and I’ll start releasing two chapters a day! 🙂