Chapter 85: Tatsuya Vs Einer. 2 (1/2)
”This power…” The audience was speechless, especially the younger vampires.
”How did he achieve this form despite being so young? It's impossible!” Some were unbelievers.
”OHHHHH! That's what I wanted to see! Now it's interesting!” The most bored vampires didn't care; they just wanted to have fun.
”Hey blond boy, show me something interesting too!”
The two fighters ignored the voices of vampires from the audience and focused their attention on each other.
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”Father…” Zwei spoke in a neutral voice, but one that held a sense of warning.
”I know. It's all right. It's not like it's rare for the sons of vampire counts to take that form.” Niklaus didn't look worried.
Jessica looked intently at the arena. Although this was a power she still hadn't quite grasped, she hoped that by watching her brother do it, she might understand something.
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”Lady Victoria...” Hecate looked worried.
”…It's okay… My son can win, but….” After seeing the form her son's opponent took, she thought; 'These damn geniuses, how old is he? Only 105? And even though he's so young, can he take that form?'
She was really starting to get worried about her son. Even though her son is a full-fledged genius, he hasn't released this transformation yet! She knows it's foolish to just let him fight without using all of his powers...
But despite knowing this, she's still a mother, she wants the best for her son and doesn't want to involve her son in Clan Fulger's schemes.
”…Hecate. If things get bad, send him a message telling him to use all his powers.”
”...What about the Fulger clan?”
”I'll deal with those bastards later, but first, we must win this game.”
But despite being a mother who wants the best for her child. She was an ambitious woman. A contradiction of ambition, desire, and a mother's affection.
”I see. I will get the message across if something happens.”
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Crack! Crack!
Sounds of breaking glass can be heard. It felt like reality was breaking...
”This reality will decay in the face of my power!” He raised his hands, and his power seemed to cover all the space around him.
The moment he raised his hand, the world around him began to rot, and slowly, the illusion disappeared and showed Tatsuya, who had a surprised expression on his cold face.
Einer broke Tatsuya's power with sheer brute force!
”And to think you surpassed my power with pure strength... And there's also this transformation... Do you call it Vampire Count Form?”
”Are you scared now? Don't be. We've just started.” Einer's smile grew.
”Wrong…I'm not scared. I just realized that I still have a lot to improve... that's a good thing.” Tatsuya braced himself.
”I see.” Einer didn't care. Einer's wings of power seemed to grow, and, as soon as he rose into the air, he spread his wings.
Black thorns began to grow inside the wings, and soon a shower of thorns flew towards Tatsuya.
Using a foot movement that would be the envy of any martial artist, Tatsuya dodged all the thorns.
He seemed to be dancing in the middle of the arena and avoided all attacks with as little effort as possible.
The thorns hitting the arena seemed to be causing a decaying effect, and the ground was becoming unstable.
But for Tatsuya, it wasn't a bother; he just realized that he shouldn't let those thorns touch his katana.
”His footwork is awesome. I want this technique...” Scathach and Victor's eyes sparkled with curiosity.
As two beings who were always wanting to get stronger, seeing a new technique was something that made them very interested.
Scathach; 'Does this look like a Japanese martial art? But it seems that whoever invented this martial art adapted it for use by vampires...' As a 2,000-year-old vampire, she could already understand the technique with just a glance.
And it took less than 10 seconds for her to understand that this technique was useless for her. After all, she had something like that, and the technique Tatsuya used was created specifically for Katana users.
But she thought it didn't hurt to learn, and, because of that, she just watched the boy fight. By doing that, she could learn faster since, as a master of all martial arts, it was something simple for her to do.
”Interesting... It's very similar to the technique I use, but it's more refined....” Lacus was interested in the match now. The vampire count form and Tatsuya's footwork caught her attention.
Sasha had the same feeling as Lacus, but she didn't want the speed, she wanted that calm that man has; even being in danger, his emotions were never altered.
She wanted that, and this thought was shared by Violet, she knows that one of her weaknesses is that she loses control of her emotions too easily.
”Tsk.” Seeing that he wasn't making any progress, Einer decided to change his strategy.
”Cocoon.” He whispered in a low voice.
Soon several black thorns came out from under the arena and formed a black cocoon.
”Hey!! I can't see the fight that way!” The audience complained.
”Yes! Yes! Do something! It was just starting to get interesting! You mother fucker!”
”Do not worry!” The referee acted quickly, then used a magical observation device, and soon their fight could be seen through the giant hologram that was floating above the arena.
Using the cocoon as a means of using his powers, Einer was throwing several thorns at Tatsuya, a simple overpowering tactic.
”This is getting complicated….” Tatsuya whispered while dodging the black thorns. Then, realizing he was getting cornered with each passing minute, ”I don't have any choice….” He decided to do something.
His eyes began to glow blood red, and golden energy began to shine in his Katana, ”I'm sorry, Mother. I will be rebellious today.”