Book 2: Chapter 10 (8/10)

The battle went on for another twenty-six minutes with the tide of absolute victory leaning toward Kain. Kain commanded his vampires to eat all opponents as soon as they were killed to prevent Mellisan from being able to revive any of them. Mellisan was the only one who survived the longest. And after Mellisan was also killed by Finwe, the loud voice announced, “Kain Bersk has defeated all of his opponents. Therefore, he is the winner of this match. Kain, please go back to your rest chamber. Your next battle will start in two hours.”

Kain stood in the middle of bloody dueling ground, lifted his head, closed his eyes, smirked, and said out loud, “I can’t wait to toy with my next opponents.” Kain opened his eyes again and deactivated [Second Soul], as well as banished Finwe, Aerlix, Fyre, Amdusias, vampires, and all Ancient Vampires back to their realms.

“I have used four blood pools inside my stomach. Resting two hours won’t be enough to recover even one blood pool. If they allow me to use Magical Equipment, then I still have over two hundred Magical Blood Equipment that allows me to fight with even thirty Saint Mages that have reached level 100 at the same time. If I can’t use my Blood Equipment, then I need to think of a better way to fight to reserve my blood pools. I will need to have a full mana pool for the last match. This is against my motto of 'always going all out to secure an absolute victory', but I have no other option.” Kain thought to himself while resting inside his rest chamber waiting for the next match.

Another two hours passed. Kain was summoned back to the dueling ground where he met his new opponent. “Huh? Just one opponent?” Kain thought as he saw only one competitor this time. Kain quickly noticed his competitor this time wasn't a human being, but a Sixteen Wings Angel. “Are they seriously placing just a Sixteen Wings Angel Warrior as my opponent for this match? This is perhaps my easiest match compared to the last three. Ah right, they probably will prohibit me from using magic again to make it more challenging.” Kain thought.

Just like the last several battles, the loud voice introduced Kain's opponent to him, “Kain Bersk, your competitor this time will be Tim Vydia, a Sixteen Wings Angel Battlemage of the Heaven Realm.”

Kain was waiting for the “You can not use magic” part but the loud voice just stopped there for five seconds before saying, “Battle started!”

“Can I use my magical power?" Kain asked out loud.

“Of course. You still can’t use any Magical Blood Equipment though.” The loud voice answered.

“Hmm… I am allowed to use magic, this means that Sixteen Wings Angel isn't simple. A Sixteen Wings Angel Battlemage huh? I have never encountered one before.” Kain thought to himself as he activated [Twin Soul] to create a blonde-hair version of himself.

“Kain Bersk, I have watched your contention for the last three previous matches. I just want to let you know, you have earned my greatest respect. You are the strongest competitor I have ever faced which is why I’m going to use all of my power from the start. Please let me know whenever you are ready before I attack.” Tim Vydia said using a respectful tone.

“He is too polite, just like Peanut the Dragon.” Kain thought.

Kain bowed at Tim and said, “I don’t know how strong you are but your reverent tone is explicating to me that you are a person who possesses reverence. In that case, I will be straightforward with you. I will not use all of my power because I have to reserve my ultimate magic spell for the next opponent. However, I am not looking down on you, and that is the truth. I promise to take you seriously and grant you the death of great honor.”

Tim was very happy with Kain’s answer. He said, "Very well, I hope that you can kill me without using your ultimate magic spell."

Tim casted [Aerial Swords], the strongest Saint-tier Light Magic spell that he had created. This spell can create between a thousand to three thousand flying swords mixed with different elemental auras including flaming, icy, lightning, and windy. Less than five seconds later, two thousand four hundred sixty eights (2468) flying swords were created. Wasting no time, Tim commanded his [Aerial Swords] to fly toward the blonde-hair Kain while he withdrew his blazing saber and flew toward black-hair Kain.

“I see. He is very different compared to a regular Sixteen Wings Angel Warrior. This Angel can use magic which meant he possessed an Angelic Soul which meant he used to be human before becoming a Sixteen Wings Angel like Markus Berethryl. His strategy is interesting. Those flying swords can keep my Second Soul busy while he is focused on attacking me. Still, that is not good enough.” Kain thought.

Markus Berethryl. He is the son of Malark Berethryl and Dara Bersk. Markus was born in the year 115,706 of the Forty-sixth calendar.

He became an Executioner who served Lord Hardy of the Red after advancing into level 90 Light Mage. Markus was recruited by Archangel Zerachiel when he was about to sacrifice his life in the battle with Etgar Revenmar. After agreeing to become a disciple of Archangel Zerachiel, Markus traveled to the Heaven Realm to become a Sixteen Wings Angel Battlemage.

Blonde-hair Kain activated [Demon Anatomy IV] spell to transform himself into his flying demon form then he used the [Time Slow] spell to better avoid attacks from Tim’s [Aerial Swords] spell. Kain activated [Blood Extricate] spell, then casted [Convene Ancient Vampires] spell, and an exact of a thousand Ancient Vampires were convened. Before the Ancient Vampires could attack Tim, the flying swords that were attacking blonde-hair Kain switched direction and started attacking the Ancient Vampires.

“Why did those swords switch direction instead of keeping my Second Soul busy? My Second Soul is far more dangerous compared to a mere thousand Ancient Vampires.” Kain asked himself in a confusing tone.

Kain’s Second Soul enhanced his flying demon form from [Demon Anatomy IV] into [Demon Anatomy V] then casted [Aura Adjustment] to switched the flaming aura into a lightened aura that can blind anyone who comes within five feet of him while granting blonde-hair Kain a stronger Magical Resistance rate than he already has toward Light Magic spells.

Since the flying swords were no longer a problem, Kain and his Second Soul flew toward Tim to attack him. Tim could sense the confusion in Kain's mind, he said, "That is correct, your Second Soul is far more dangerous compared to a thousand Ancient Vampires. That is why I allow my [Aerial Swords] to attack the vampires instead. Because I rather fight with the quality opponents instead of quantity pieces of trash." Tim then casted [Second Self], another Saint-tier Light Magic spell that he had created. Less than a second later. another version of Tim Vydia was created.