42 Chaptr 18.6: The Final Showdown, The End of The Tournament!! (2/2)
Grand me, your loyal servant the power to rectify what transpired here today.”
Gideon knew this could end the both of them, knowing what he needed to do to succeed he tried rushing past Michael, barely slipping through at the cost of injuring his left arm beyond use… He had to stop the incantation or everything would be for naught.
”You wicked bitch! I knew you would be plotting something in the background!
I can't allow you to succeed or the very reason why I am here today would be in vain!”
Gideon closing in on Ereth was blinded by panic, leaving his guard wide open.
This allowed Michael to attack him from the side making him crash into the wall on the east side of the battlegrounds.
Michael screamed in agony as he readied himself to move towards Gideon to end the fight.
”Raaaaaaaaggghhhh!!”
Before moving energy gathered in between the edges of his horns.
Michael put strength into his stance and arms broadening his stance and unleashing a devastating beam of energy towards Gideon.
The ground underneath the beam got evaporated before,
indicating the sheer heat and power emitting from it.
Ereth then finished her incantations allowing her spell to focus on one of the two opponents. At that moment the beam impacted Gideon's body completely obliterating its essence.
The spell quickly took effect as the light took over the black flames around Michael's body.
Just then Michael regained consciousness only to see a vague shadow emerging from Gideon's lifeless body. Soon after the alarms sounded signaling the end of the tournament.
Michael then stood there unconscious as his body was completely devoid of energy.
Quickly the guild masters, guards and announcers rushed in with medics to tend to the wounded making sure most had survived this insane turn of events.
”The Tournament of Beginnings has ended, there are only three people left who did not get killed or lost consciousness… Among them, Geo Birchwood, The Hidden Talent! Congratulations on your victory, to those who have lost this year.
We do hope you all will participate again next year.
Now… we will let the victors take their well-deserved rest before they gain access to the rogues association!
As everyone got carried to the medical bay inside the guildhall Yami quickly rushed towards Michael, worried about what had transpired she vowed to stay with him,
guarding him for any dangers to come.
Once there she never once led him out of sight only to guard him with her life.
After a while, everything had been cleared out and everyone had calmed down.
Allowing Ereth to visit the survivors of the tournament,
giving them the treatment that allowed a full and quick recovery.
Lastly, she arrived at Michael's door, Geo was there too…
Only to be mystified by the sheer demons the boy was carrying.
”Will the young man be okay? I know he was a monster not too long ago,
but he still protected all of us, or at least… that's what it looked like to me.”
”Yami will protect master, he was burned heavily by the black flames that engulfed his body, if only
this could be treated…”
Yami said as a tear fell worrying about her master.
”Don't worry child, during the battle I had purified this young one, please…
allow me to treat what the others couldn't.”
Ereth entered the room, passed Geo without a care in the world and quickly began giving aid to Michael. She held her hand above his body as the light began to dimly emit from them.
It looked like nothing much was happening, but surely the burned flesh and scar tissue began to heal, slowly reverting to the healthy skin it once was before the battle.
After a while, the process had finished allowing Michael to fully recover.
”I am glad that I could be of service to all of you, but please let me do you one more solid.”
Ereth flicked the fingers of her right hand up, slowly a black burning soul emerged from Michael's body. Swiftly inciting some incantations chains formed around them as it slowly fell back into Michael's body.
”This should help him stabilize and keep the beast from emerging for quite some time,
at least until he learns to control it I hope.”
Yami and Geo thanked Ereth as she took her to leave.
Shortly after Ragnee entered worried about Michael.
”I-is… Is he okay? We battled during the preliminaries and seeing what transpired during the finals I was worried.”
”He is fine now, the hidden talent healed him and restrained the demon within,
allowing for a speedy recovery.”
Relieved Ragnee sighed.
*sigh*
”Thank god! The hidden talent also approached us, to be honest, I already scouted the young man for the rogues association before it was certain if he would win, I think it would be in is the best interest to join as well, knowing we can help with the restraining of the demonic essence.”
Ragnee also congratulated Geo as he was one of the two who finished the tournament enabling him to join the association as well.
Hearing the news he decided to join Ragnee and let Michael rest for the time being.
quickly a few days had past when Michael finally emerged from his slumber.