Chapter 59 - Summoner V/s Necromancer

(This chapter will be explained in both the POV of William and Shiva at the same time, I hope this will come out as a refreshing experience and not confusing)

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The colosseum was now filled to the brim with people, The massive colosseum was not enough to house the people who came to watch the fight, Especially this fight. The crowd was getting crazier by the movement, the face of Necromancer against the Summoner was not something they wished to miss.

Shiva entered the arena in a haughty manner while being obvious to the crowd eying on him, as the match was scheduled to start five minutes earlier, looking at William who was standing in the arena with an expressionless face like a statue, it would be a lie if anyone said he was not warry of William, the abilities he displayed so far was no less than himself.

Similarly, William who was standing on one side of the arena for the past 5 minutes looked at Shiva who entered the arena in an arrogant manner, this man who controlled the dead unlike him who controlled the living gave him a sense of crisis.

"The battle between the Necromancer and the Summoner, it is finally starting! let's see who will come out as a victor at the end"

The commentator was as usual full of energy with his mana amplified voice being all-time louder.

"With no further ado, let's start the first semi-final match"

With the initiation from the commentator, the referee came forward as he declared the start of the match,

"Shiva v/s William, Match begin!"

Both William and Shiva looked at each other without any movement as if they were having some type of competition and one to look away first would lose. The silence continued until finally, Shiva decided to break the sh*t,

"You know...whatever you try, you can't win against me, so why don't you give up now to save some embarrassment for yourself", that was a very cheap provocation, He was clearly trying to provoke William to see if could take any advantage of him.

"Thanks for your concern, but don't worry I am not so weak enough to need you to concern yourself with besides, the result shall speak rather than us, right?", William said in a clam manner obvious at Shiva's provocation, of course, he was composed, He was not Tony to get fired up over childish provocations like this, he took out his pitch-black sword and continued to stare at Shiva.

"tsk" Shiva clicked his tongue as William turned out to be more cool-headed than he had thought, he took out his Scythe as he used his signature skill,

[Summon skeleton]

It was the basic necromancy skill that he gained with the class, it was a skill that shined the brighter with the increase in his levels and stats,

The result of leveling up to lv.50 and dumping half of those stats gained to 'Intelligence' and a quarter to 'Dominance' made it possible for him to control more than 70 skeletons at once, but to have some reserve mana, He summoned 50 skeletons all around William with a smirk.

He was not smirking to show William that he was superior but it was due to a passive effect of his skill,

The passive [Undead confederate] was doing wonders by increasing his mana and health regeneration by a whopping 50%!

William calmly observed the small army of Skeletons surrounding him as he used a skill that he hadn't till now, not that he wanted to keep it as a secrete but it was just that there were no one strong enough for him to use this skill on, as it would instantly become an overkill.

[summon mud golems]

[summon fire golems]

It seemed as if the arena itself rose as many chunks of earth manifested into humanoid figures as they blocked the skeletons in addition to the fire golems that manifested out of mana.

William looked at the shiva with a calm expression after that. To the people watching the fight, it seemed as if the brawl between the players had somehow become a po*emon game...'You hit me first, and then I will hit you' like that.

Both were still standing at the same spot without any movement as if they previously agreed not to move,

"You are quite good, to think you could stand against my Skellies, Let's see how you will counter this"

[Summon Nicholas], He said in an arrogant tone looking at the skeleton which appeared holding a staff in a black robe,

Nicholas, His recent summon, made an appearance for the first time. Shiva had already changed his robe from the one with Church of Life's insignia to a black robe to avoid any problem that may arise,

As soon as it appeared, it cast [Mass death wave] buffing all the skeletons, and as the skeletons started to get an upper hand against the Golems,

William who still calmly watched over the battel used his second skill,

[Summon hounds], a group of cute creatures which looked like a breed between the wolf and dog, appeared supporting the golems and making the fight a standstill again,

"As you can see, I am quite okay with dealing with the cute skeletons, but let's see how you will respond to my move"

[Summon Judo]

The summon he obtained after traveling throughout the 8th-floor, A massive 3-meter Rhino-like creature with three horns appeared and started to charge towards Shiva right away.

two skeletons tried to stop it, but the poor skeletons got crushed instead,

Shiva who got agitated summoned one of his main summon to stop the beast,

[Summon Bhima!]

The cute calf appeared still having a strand of grass in its mouth.

"Bhima, stop that massive thing"

That was all he had to do, as the cute calf started to transform, its size started to increase and its appearance completely changed.

A four-meter tall minotaur was now standing in front of the charging rhino as it stopped the beast by holding on to both of its Horns,

The scene of a minotaur holding the horns of a charging beast was a sight to behold as the confrontation created dust to arise.

[Battel form], It was a skill that Bhima unlocked after leveling up, which doubled his stats and, the damage dealt with enemies.

When the dust cleared, it could be seen that the minotaur was pushing back the rhino in terms of strength. with the double of the stats, not to mention the 100% more efficient effect of title against the light creature made him capable of completely overpowering the massive beast,

William was alarmed at this development as his strongest summon in terms of pure strength was being pushed back by a bull-headed monster...he quickly summoned his other summon, not wanting to take any risk,

[Summon fenrir]

A blood-red maned wolf, which was slightly smaller than the rhino appeared and started to run towards the minotaur while tearing apart the skeletons in between, the agility of the wolf was on another level as the common onlooker could only see the afterimages it left behind as the skeletons got destroyed wherever it went.

but Shiva was not going to let that happen now, could he? He summoned his personal Butler,

[Summon Virupa]

Virupa, who was now more refined and more charming with his butler-like accent, looked towards the incoming wolf which was barring its teeth against his master.

he raised his hand as if he motioning for something to rise,

The blood of the small dog-like creatures which was splashed all around the arena due to the wounds caused by the skeletons, rose-like spikes at his hand gesture, Virupa looked towards the spikes as he directed his one hand towards the Wolf all while keeping his other hand behind his back

"[Blood wave]"

The new skill he gained after leveling up, unlike all his skills which were based on doppelganger property, this skill was something that came from his Vampire origin, It reminded Shiva that his butler was not only a doppelganger but a Vampire doppelganger of the demon race.

The spikes shot forward like arrows, aiming at the Wolf, there were countless of them, the Wolf tried to dodge them but couldn't dodge everything as it fell on the ground wimping.

numerous blood spikes could be seen piercing its body as it fell down to the ground,

Virupa who was cause for the scene casually stood behind Shiva as if nothing happened,

But The bell was ringing somewhere else, Finally, William realized that his opponent was not someone he could look down on, He had to get serious and do his best or else he might really lose.

He clasped his hands! as he moved for the first time since the start of the battel!

He was going to get serious now.

It was time to start Round 2!!

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(If you feel like the chapter is confusing or hard to understand please let me know in the comments, I will try to change or rewrite the chapter)