Chapter 182 - "Servant Competition: Dirt On Lucius"

"You mean-" her words were interrupted when Sigmund pulled her towards an empty dressing room. He slid the latch to lock the wooden door, before letting go of her.

"Shall we use a sound barrier?" Ivory asked.

"No need. We'd spend mana that way. Why, Ivory?" Sigmund grinned, "Why do you always need a sound barrier when you replenish my mana?"

She turned beet red and looked away, "What if we're going to talk about something… important!"

"You always speak nonsense at times like these," the Vampire Servant made her look into her eyes, cupping her chin, "How about be a bit quiet today, hmm? Can you do that?"

She gave a shy nod. Afterwards, Ivory let Sigmund take off her shoulder armour. Feeling his fingers slide repeatedly onto the surface of her neck, she felt hotter and hotter each second that passed. 

Sigmund lowered his head and started to lick Ivory's neck, while embracing her tightly. He couldn't help but grin when he heard her trying her best to suppress her moans.

When he finally pierced his fangs into her neck, Ivory flinched. With Sigmund holding her tightly, not giving her a chance to escape, she couldn't move freely since her hands were stuck under his arms. 

While he bit her, his head sometimes bumped onto her ears, making Ivory purse her lips until it bled. Her ears were itchy and painful, and there were other feelings that she couldn't explain. Nevertheless, she pretended to be alright. She knew that if Sigmund knew of her long-time allergy now, he might get too worried about her and become too protective, affecting their performance in the competition.

Ivory knew how her Vampire Servant truly cared for her.

"Sigmund... I love you, okay?" she whispered to him.

Hearing this, he pulled away from biting her neck and gazed at her light blue irises, "I love you too," Sigmund then noticed her bleeding lip, so he grazed his lips on hers and nibbled it.

Ivory, now with free arms, placed them around the Vampire's neck. She felt his right hand cupping one of her melons, but she didn't resist at all. She let him grope her, and a little while later, she let him remove all of her armor and clothing.

"We are in a dressing room, so…" the silver-haired Master uttered, making the Servant chuckle.

"Stop finding an excuse. Do you think we need them in this situation?"

"Actually, no," she turned red as a tomato.

"They're all focused on the battles. There are three more battles left before the third round, so let's take our time."

And so, the two of them continued their mana replenishment... 

Some more minutes passed, and Sigmund finished replenishing mana. As he dressed up his beloved Master, a smirk appeared on his face whenever his sight landed onto the hickeys and bite marks on her body. 

Ivory noticed this and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I am just pleased to see my marks on you," piece by piece, he helped her wear her armor next. "If you weren't wearing these, they'd see-"

"Sigmund!" the silver-haired Master turned beet red, "Stop saying such things. If you don't, I might not be able to concentrate later!"

Finding his Master cute, the Vampire chuckled. 

After Ivory's all set, the two of them went out of the dressing room and went back to the resting area. They approached Caspian, whose eyes were glued on the stage with a Forest terrain.

"Hi," she greeted him, "What's going on now?" and asked him.

"Where were you?" he glanced at them, "It's Sir Goldwine's battle now."

"Ehh? Already?" Ivory turned her head towards the stage. She widened her eyes when she saw her brother being bullied by the three baby monkeys!

Caspian then narrated what happened earlier. He mentioned that the battle started with Lucius using his level 3 sword against Goliath, the monkey warrior Servant. During that time, the baby monkeys created mud balls with Luhan's Earth and Water magic. While Goliath rested at the side, the monkeys started throwing mud balls on Lucius.

Sigmund commented as he watched the disappointing scene, "That monkey guy has with him his three monkeys, plus his Servant. That's five against two. Isn't that cheating?"

Caspian answered him, "No. When Mister Wong summoned the monkey warrior Spirit Servant, he had the three monkeys with him."

"I can't understand why Lucius kept Volcius in its inactive state," Ivory said, observing the fight at the stage, "If the Educators would permit me, I'd go there and-"

The Vampire Servant patted Ivory's shoulder, "Calm down. Lucius is a clever guy. He will not lose against that arrogant monkey lad."

"Yes… Yes, you're right!"

And so, the battle went on, until Educator Heidi announced that there were only ten minutes left.

In the Forest terrain, the blonde young man's hair had turned brown due to mud, and his previously squeaky clean armor and clothes were dirtied as well. 

Luhan looked down on Lucius as he sat on the cypress tree. He smirked at him as if he was already victorious and yelled, "I told you I'd complete the thirty minutes and beat you. Do you have anything to say, Mister topnotcher?"

But Lucius only smiled at him as he wiped the mud on his face, "You must be feeling great today, huh?"

He laughed out loud, "Of course. I am a very competitive man! I'm disappointed, though, you didn't fight back, and let yourself in that embarrassing state."

Lucius momentarily looked back at the Blue Gem resting area and saw that Ivory had finally arrived. "What took her so long…" he creased his brows. He just wanted Ivory to see how he'd handle the boastful Master, so that they could give him a slap on the face!

Everyone was shocked when they saw him raise his hand, while he held Volcius upwards! 

"I guess being that damn dirty tainted the reputation of the Goldwines," Luhan chuckled, "I can understand why you wanted to quit now-"

But he was startled when Lucius suddenly yelled, "Volcius!"

His Golem Servant started gaining size. He hopped onto his rocky head, until eventually, Volcius became taller than the trees!

"You know what to do, Volcius. I trust you a hundred percent!"

Seconds later, the cracks on Volcius' stone body emanated a brighter red light. Lava started to seep out from him, spreading on the forest soil. Lucius glared and looked down on Luhan and his companions. It was evident on his face that he was too shocked with the turn of events!

Volcius roared. The flowing lava from its body started to come after Luhan and the others uphill. It started burning the trees, making him panic!

Together with his Servants and the three monkeys, Luhan ran uphill as fast as he could. Volcius never stopped releasing lava from where he was standing. 

From the top of Volcius' head, Lucius could see what part of the forest was burning. It didn't take long before the whole forest got burned. 

Luhan and his companions were at the edge of the peak's cliff, panting hard, "You will still lose!" he saw the giant Volcius approaching him, "You used so much mana, so-"

But before he could finish his sentence, the ground started shaking.

Lucius stared at Luhan with a blank face as the cliff started to crack.

"No!!!" he yelled. Because of the fast turn of events, he couldn't think straight, so his Servant and the baby monkeys were also confused. Eventually, he fell down the quagmire.

Goliath followed him right after, hoping to save him by casting magic. But in split seconds, he lost his Master's trust, making him doubt his actions. He opted to let himself onto the quagmire as well, together with his three monkey brothers.

The crowd cheered so loud with the unexpected outcome of the battle.

"Twenty nine minutes! End of battle!" Educator Heidi yelled and turned back the stage to its initial appearance.

Lucius turned Volcius back to its inactive state and held its warm body. Covered with mud, he walked back to the Blue Gem's resting area, while the audience loudly applauded him.

Ivory was already waiting for him down the stage as she held with her a damp towel. She wiped Lucius' face first, "You could have beaten him in ten minutes. Why did you let him do this to you?" she asked with furrowed brows.

"I was waiting for you to come back," Lucius said with a kind smile, "Did you like it?"

"It was awesome, but you had me too worried," she then wiped his arm.

Sigmund teased him with a smirk, "It's refreshing to see you this filthy, Rich boy."

"How about you, why is there nothing pleasing coming out from your filthy mouth?" Lucius glared at him.

"Now, now, stop it," Ivory told them, laughing. She took another damp towel from the shelf, and ruffled Lucius' hair with it to remove some of the mud. "Lucius, I think you need to take a full bath."

He sighed, "I was thinking about it, too."

With that, Lucius went directly to Principal Arthurdane and asked permission to use the arena's bathing room. Fortunately, he was allowed to do so.

And then, the next battle started.