“Hahahaha! Good job, Ashur! You took the lead all by yourself!”

Al-Shura laughed joyously as the Quintus lead was announced.

He watched how his brother made quick work of Yaya and Maki, and singlehandedly gave the Quintus Branch the lead.

It was so fast and disturbing that it enraged the members of the Quartus branch.

“Al-Shura!”

The oldest Sylvia stood up and roared.

“What is the meaning of this?! Our members were just beaten with an inch of life remaining! Isn’t this suppose to be a spar?!”

“Ha! I didn’t hear you say anything when Krul almost killed Hal. Hypocrites!”

Al-Shura retorted.

“My, my. Calm down. This is just a fight isn’t it?"

A new voice reached their ears.

Immediately after a person appeared between them.

This person had white hair, was dressed in a white three piece suit and hat to match, and wore an expensive looking watch.

“C-Curse King, Arsene?!”

The Quartus sisters shouted in unison and immediately distanced themselves.

No, they fled like kittens.

“He Who Spreads Misfortune To All, Tyrant Arsene.”

Al-Shura was also on his guard with Arsene’s sudden appearance.

“Oh, Arsene.”

However, the Primus branch was welcoming towards him.

Momo walked up to him with a smile.

“Oh, Momo huh?”

He smiled at her.

“What brings you here?”

She asked.

“I was informed by my lover about all the interesting events that’s been happening in this country lately.”

“Lover?”

“That would be me.”

“?!”

To everyone’s surprise the one who spoke up was the only who hadn’t spoken a single word from she arrived, Alesia.

In fact, most people probably forgot about her.

She walked up to Arsene and wrapped her arm around his waist.

“That’s how it is. Alesia is the love of my life.”

Arsene said with a smile.

“Wait! This is the first I’ve heard of this!”

Al-Shura shouted.

“Where did you guys even meet?!”

“Prying into a girl’s love life…..”

Arsene shook his head.

“You’re too overprotective, Alshura. No, brother-in-law.”

“I’m not your brother, you cursed bastard!”

Al-Shura got mad and shouted.

“Oh! Things looks like it’s getting interesting!”

Arsene ignored Al-Shura and turned his attention to the battlefield.

After Krul left, Miko deactivated Demon Dragonite and laid on the ground.

“Miko, are you okay?”

Rin walked up to him and asked.

“I’m fine.”

When he said that his voice cracked and his body was shivering.

‘Fuck….Looks like I really relied on Qi too much. I even forgot about the side effects of Dragonite. And to make matters worst, my healing rate is on a continuous decline…..Ahh~. I can’t feel my body.’

He thought to himself.

“Rin, be honest. If the fight had continued, who would’ve won?”

He asked.

“Krul, without a doubt.”

Rin immediately answered.

“You said it yourself, you’re only at 60%. That won’t be enough to defeat Krul. In fact, if you were at 100%, your chances still wouldn’t be optimistic.”

“I thought so.”

Miko didn’t deny it.

“Earlier we were attack by one of his comrades and a couple of his soldiers. I hit one of those soldiers to gauge his strength and was very surprised. They were strong, not what you would expect for something 1/10 of your strength. However, after fighting him I confirmed that he didn’t make 10 soldiers but far more.”

Miko looked up in the sky.

“The announcement mentioned that 30 soldiers were destroyed. Considering that Krul left with a pale face, it’s obvious that his comrades were the one who were done in. That means the soldier I used to gauge his strength was a mere 1/30 of his true strength. From that alone, I confirmed that he’s stronger than I am.”

“But even so, you fought without backing down?”

Rin asked.

“That’s because that bastard was holding back during our fight and it pissed me off.”

“Holding back? I thought he always finish everything in one shot?”

“Think about it. Did the immense power inside him diminished in anyway during our fight?”

“………”

“Well, it’s probably a mental complication. He’s a delusional person who tricked himself that he’s something he’s not, so it isn’t weird if he subconsciously limits himself.”

“So he fooled himself into thinking he’s always been going all out, but instead he’s just a nut case?”

Miko nodded.

“I’m really starting to consider if there’s anyone normal in this clan.”

Said Rin.

“I doubt that.”

Miko said while sitting up.

“Anyway, I need to recover some strength while he’s distracted.”

Rin then watched Miko do the unimaginable.

He willing crawled and fell into the sea of lava.

“?!”

This naturally shocked not only Rin, but everyone who was watching.

“Wha?! Does he have a death wish or something?!”

Kouta shouted.

“Ah, don’t worry about him. He’s just treating his wounds.”

Momo suddenly said.

“Miko has fallen in lava so many times that it’s like a hot spring for him now.”

“How did he fall into lava so much times that he got used to it?”

Christian asked.

“Ah. I pushed him off into a volcano everyday to improve his regeneration rate. I also trained him in mostly volcanoes when he was just learning Qi. I also dipped him in lava to make him learn the laws that govern it, so that he can learn lava magic.”

Momo casually said.

‘D-Demon! This woman is a Demon Master!’

Everyone, even Arsene thought that at the same time.

“Thanks to that, Miko is now able to use the pure mana inside the earth cores to nurture himself.”

While Momo was explaining that, Miko was sinking towards the bottom of the lava sea while absorbing mana.

While he was doing that, chaos was brewing elsewhere on the battlefield.

*Boom!*

Krul crashed into the earth after shooting through the sky.

He looked around and saw Ashur sitting on the ground sharpening his claws.

“Oh, Krul.”

He stood up and walked towards Krul with a smile.

“You’re finally here. How cruel of you to send those two to attack me.”

He smirked.

“It was as if you wanted me to break them.”

*Boom!*

After he said that, he was punched in the face by Krul.

“Hm? Did I make you upset?”

However Ashur still smiled, even when blood flowed down his face.

“You’re upset aren’t you? Please tell me you’re upset.”

Krul then grabbed him by the neck and began strangling him.

“Yeah, I’m upset.”

*Boom!*

He slammed Ashur on the ground, while still strangling him.

“Hahahaha! I thought so!”

Ashur still continued to laugh.

“But Krul…..”

He then stopped smiling.

“I’m upset too, you know.”

He looked at Krul seriously and placed his on the side of his head.

“Hal was my friend you know.”

*Boom!*

With one quick motion, he slammed Krul's head on the ground beside him, forcing him to let go.

“You’re not the only one who gets angry when your love ones get hurt.”

He stood up and looked down on him.

“This is something that you've proposed. You wanted this battle. I was fine with just crushing those I wanted to crush, but you had to mess it up.”

He showed no reaction to Krul’s furious look.

“You sent those two to me, and I had to no choice but to crush them. And now you get mad?”

He then started laughing.

“Get real, you delusional god. This world isn’t yours, and it’s people aren’t you puppets.”

“Shut it!”

*Boom!*

Krul suddenly sprung up and hit Ashur in the stomach, and forced him off the ground.

“You talk like you’re my superior. You’re nothing, but a wild beast!”

“I’m fine with being a wild beast, but at least I’m not trying to fool myself!”

Ashur spoke while he hung off Krul’s fist.

“You brat!”

His arm turned into a muscular scaly monster’s arm.

He then punched Krul across the face and forced him back a few steps.

“How disappointing. I thought that I could finally break your delusion and make you drop that stupid act, but looks like this isn’t enough.”

His body then changed into a muscular dragonoid, that had azure and gold scales.

“Looks like I’ll have to break ‘Krul Dragna’ to bring out ‘Krulty’.”

He jumped and kicked Krul across the face with his thick leg.

Krul got mad and slammed his fist on Ashur’s chest, forcing him back.

Ashur rushed forward and slashed Krul’s torso with his claws.

Krul’s fist lit up and a star appeared under the two of them.

Ashur suddenly found himself being pulled towards Krul like he was a piece of metal and Krul was a magnet.

*Boom!*

Krul slammed his fist in his face and he was sent flying back, before being pulled towards Krul again.

“Haaaaaaaah!”

Krul started to rain down blows on Ashur’s body.

Every one was heavier than and crueler than the last.

As if he got tired of punching, he started to kick him instead.

Each hit forced Ashur back, but he was immediately pulled in again.

“Go, Krul! Destroy that freak!”

The sisters started to cheer on Krul in the stands.

Krul fists grew brighter with every punch he connected, until it looked like they had become stars themselves.

It was then that two stars appeared in front of and behind of Ashur.

Krul punched the front star, and forced it to slam into Ashur; while the back star also slammed into him from the back.

“Squish Star!”

*Boom!*

The two stars closed in on each other and squished Ashur from both sides until blood started flowing on the ground.

The star on the ground disappeared and only the two stars that trapped Ashur remained.

Ashur’s blood drained on the ground staining the land.

“Hehehe!”

“?!”

Krul was surprised when he heard Ashur laughing.

“That was a bit better….”

Explosive sounds started coming from the stars as Krul saw them being forced apart by two draconic hands.

Krul could see Ashur’s gold eyes shining in the shadows formed between the stars.

“But it’s still not enough!”

*Boom!*

“Is that so? Then let me give a hand.”

That’s when Chika appeared out of nowhere, and kicked the back star, crushing Ashur again.

“Ugh?!”

Ashur groaned in pain when Chika placed her hand on the star and leaned on it.

Verde silently appeared behind Krul.

“Look what we have here. Two juicy lambs ready for slaughter.”

He said with a wild grin.

Chika shook her head.

“They’re not lambs, Verde. They’re just a means to an end.”

She smirked as well.

“Oh? What’s this?”

It was then a different party made their entrance.

It was the Tertitus Branch headed by Ren.

“It looks like we walked in on a scene.”

He said while smiling.

“Nen, it looks like other than Rin and Miko all the representatives are here.”

“Those two must be fighting, KC.”

It was at this moment that Nen and KC also appeared.

Krul smiled wryly when he saw everyone.

“Hello, everyone. Looks like hell is about to break loose.”