Chapter 77 - Zhao— The Destined (1/2)

Note: This Chapter is cliche at best.

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”What are they doing?”

Yue looked at Nik curiously, a beautiful glow on her face as she kept on smiling giddily for no reason at all.

Then maybe, there was a reason after all.

To be able to chat with someone for hours, not to mention, a spirit, Yue only counted her lucky stars and asked everything she could think of.

And Pavāka being Pavāka, answered everything with her own pace and excitement, her influence easily growing over Yue.

”Well, if I am not wrong, this is Agni Kai. Two participants— the Challenger and the person challenged— fight against each other using fire bending.”

”Heh~ Then that ugly guy is one of the fighters?”

Yue pointed at a rugged man with his body and face covered spots of mangled skin, his hair patchy and his eyes bloodshot. Some of the soldiers were actually massaging his body while lubricating the surface of his body with oil.

The scene was disgusted at best, at least, to Nik's experienced eyes.

”I am destined...”

Zhao muttered eerily, the soldiers around him shuddered once again, cold sweat leaking through their forehead as they quickly continued the massage. By now, the soldiers had already concluded that their commander had taken something suspicious, making him act against the Princess and they had no wish to stay near him longer than necessary.

”Say...” Yue looked at Nik and then looked back a Zhao, ”Who's the other fighter?”

Nik pointed at himself and grinned.

”This handsome guy right here!”

Yue's eyes widened as she immediately looked back at Zhao's maniacal eyes while turning her gaze at Nik's foolish grin.

”Oh god... out of Karna and I... I'll die a virgin's death, isn't that right?”

Her curious expression faded as a blank look appeared in her eyes. Hearing her soft mutters, Nik was definitely startled for a moment, but still, confirmed that he would be enlightening another person tonight.

Grinning at his luck turning for the better— not that is was worse— except for the time when he slipped off a banana peel and fell down a cliff, Nik gazed at Zhao before looking at the sky.

”Hehe, I think that Yue has quite a bright future ahead.”

A fluffy body jumped over his head, the miniature Pavāka, then looked at the sky and softly whispered.

”I can feel Raava's presence... the Avatar is near.”

Nik nodded at his words before Yue suddenly recalled something and immediately patted Nik's head with her tiny hands.

”You know... you'll have to work hard tonight.”

”What do you mean? I always work hard!”

Nik's voice entered within Pavāka's consciousness as she chuckled.

”Well... you'll understand when the night comes. Meanwhile, you have a hard day ahead.” She spoke while floating to the side of Nik's face and pointing at Zhao.

”Him?” Nik flashed a smiled and waved at Zhao while communicating with Pavāka, ”He doesn't hold a chance. A punch or two, and he is down.”

With a quizzical expression, Pavāka looked back at Nik and frowned.

”A punch or two? Last time—”

”Last time I lost my cool. Those bastards—”

Nik took a deep breath and calmed his sudden bout of agitation.

”They deserved the brutal departure for what they did to Inferno. Either way, when it comes to Zhao, I only need to keep an eye on his movements and predict the direction of his bending before landing a punch at his vitals.

That's it.”

When it came to bending, Nik was just a bit proficient at best. His amazing control actually came from the fact that he wasn't a conventional bender and the use of his energy would make his control over the element way stronger than ordinary bender's.