Power of a Supreme

"Kalliste?" The boy with dark silver hair thought deeply. "I've never heard of anyone by that name... And she is a Sixth Slasher...? How is a Sixth Slasher attacking the Southeastern part of the Empire...? Isn't Grandfather's-" He stopped mid sentence and then shook his head as he thought. "No I mean His Supreme Majesty's Third Guardian down there...?"

Nikator scoffed as he said to Alekto. "You expect me to believe that a Sixth Slasher that just happens to be a Devourer is attacking your territory? The whole point of My Third being down there is to dispose of any major threats that happen to appear. You can't lie to-!"

Nikator was suddenly cut off by Klymene who stood up from her seat and said. "She is telling the truth! We really are being attacked by Kalliste and nobody within any of our three Queendoms is powerful enough to kill her!"

Chara said in her monotonous voice. "Killing her... Is it even possible? Can someone like her actually die? Devourers can make themselves look like us so that does mean they have two cores like us too? If we destroy both cores would she even die? Or would that just make her stronger?" She placed her left hand on her chin and asked herself. "Stronger? Is that even the right word to use? Or would it be more powerful? Or is it both? What is the difference between strength and power? Strength is just muscle, right? Then what is power? Do you need muscle to have power? Power is just-?"

Nikator cut Chara off as he chuckled mischievously and said as he looked at Alekto. "Tell me something, Number Seven. You said there is a Sixth Slasher attacking your territory but why am I just now hearing about it? And why would they just attack your territory when they could easily take it over since you're just a Fourth Slasher." He smirked mischievously and said. "Your rank isn't accurate is it?"

Alekto put her right hand over her mouth and giggled as she said. "Oh my. What a bold accusation. How could you come up with such a ridiculous assumption?"

Nikator smirked mischievously and said. "You said there was a Sixth Slasher attacking your territory. But, I was never informed of any Sixth Slasher attacking the Southeastern territories by My Third which means you never told her! And if you really were a Fourth Slasher then why wouldn't you request help from a Supreme Slasher to deal with a Sixth Slasher?"

Klymene interjected and said. "But, Your Supreme Majesty Alekto told Chara and I that she already informed Anemone of our situation."

Nikator laughed loudly. His laughter echoed across the stadium.

Alekto tightened the grip of her scythe in her hands as she looked up at Nikator.

Nikator suddenly stopped laughing. He had a serious expression on his face as he grabbed one of the crimson greatswords in front of him with his left hand and said. "This is taking too long." He ripped the crimson greatsword out of the ground with minimal force as he said. "I'll just show you." He disappeared from where he was standing.

He appeared in front of Alekto as he swung his crimson greatsword toward her. A shockwave blasted across the stadium from the force of the swing. Large cracks spread out across the entire stadium with most of them being close to Nikator and Alekto. Everybody, except for Nikator, in the stadium who was not either sitting down or laying down was sent flying toward the ground except for Aineas, Adrastos, and Alekto.

Of the three still standing Alekto was the only one who was struggling to remain standing. Adrastos was only a little shaken up and Aineas was completely unaffected.

Ismene quickly grabbed Adrastos's arm before she could fall toward the ground.

The boy with dark silver hair thought as he fell toward the ground and looked at Nikator and Alekto. "He held back... Is he trying to figure out her rank?!" The girl with the club grabbed his arm as they both fell toward the ground.

Alekto blocked Nikator's greatsword with her scythe. When her scythe blocked the greatsword another shockwave blasted across the stadium. The second shockwave caused everybody who attempted to get up to fall back onto the ground. More cracks spread across the stadium and the platform Nikator and Alekto were standing on collapsed as well as the middle and right seat. It all collapsed and fell down onto the next level below it.

Nikator smirked mischievously as he fell toward the next level with Alekto and said. "Oh so you can withstand the force of a First Supreme Slasher?"

Chara and Kambyses watched as the level above them came crumbling down toward them. They both moved quickly. Chara grabbed Klymene as Kambyses grabbed Phobos. Both of them then jumped off the edge together toward the sand pit.

The middle seat from the second lowest level crashed into the third seat on the lowest level. Both seats destroyed the other upon collision. The right seat from the second lowest level crashed into the second seat and completely destroyed it. The right seat however remained intact; it only had a few small cracks.

Nikator and Alekto both landed on the lowest level. Nikator landed on the rubble of the two destroyed seats. Alekto landed on top of the right seat from the second lowest level.

Krios had remained in his seat the entire time. He looked over at Nikator and Alekto as he remained seated.

Chara and Kambyses both landed onto the ground in the sand pit. Chara set down Klymene and Kambyses set down Phobos.

Klymene looked at Chara and said. "Thank you."

Chara nodded and then quickly laid down on the ground on her stomach as she looked up at Nikator and Alekto.

Klymene watched as Chara laid down on her stomach and then she quickly did the same thing.

Phobos said to Krios. "You dirty Easterner! How dare you touch me!"

Kambyses grabbed Phobos by the front of his armor and picked him up with ease. He glared at Phobos through his mask and said. "You're lucky I just saved you. Talk to me like that again and I'll kick your ass. You understand me?" He dropped Phobos on the ground. He looked at Phobos and said, "Only reason your rank is higher than mine is because my target was Kapaneus."

Kambyses turned around and yelled at everybody in the sand pit as he said. "Everybody get down! Their fight isn't over yet!"

Next to the boy with the dark silver hair was the girl with the club who immediately scrambled to get down on her stomach. The boy with dark silver hair then did the same thing. He looked up at Nikator and Alekto.

Nikator chuckled mischievously as he said. "Fight? That would imply that we're equals!" He dashed toward Alekto and said. "But I'm vastly superior!" He raised his crimson greatsword straight up into the air and then grabbed the hilt of it with both hands as he swung it down toward Alekto. An even stronger shockwave blasted across the entire stadium.

Of the three that were able to remain standing before only two were able to remain standing this time. Only Adrastos and Aineas were able to withstand the blast of the stronger shockwave. Adrastos was struggling to remain standing and had his arms wrapped up around Ismene to prevent her from falling down. Aineas remained completely unaffected.

Alekto, who was previously able to remain standing, got blasted off the ground from the shockwave and flew up into the air.

The boy with the dark silver hair looked down at the ground and hugged himself tightly as soon as he felt the shockwave coming.

The shockwave knocked the boy with the dark silver hair a few inches up into the air where he saw the same thing happened to everybody else and then he fell back down onto the ground again. He remained planted in the ground as he heard the stadium crumbling. He then finally looked up as soon as the shockwave faded away.

The boy with dark silver hiar thought with shock, fear, and amazement as he looked around the stadium. "So this is what Father meant... when he said he couldn't go all out."

The center of the Western section of the stadium had been completely destroyed, only rubble remained. The boy with dark silver hair saw no sign of Nameless Scarion, Nameless Scarion's Fifth Guardian, or Kapaneus's Fifth Guardian. There was only rubble where they once were.

The Northern section of the stadium wasn't in much better condition. Of the four levels only two remained intact. The top level and the level right below it. The lowest level and second lowest level had both been completely destroyed. Both Krios and Menelaos were nowhere to be seen.

The rest of the stadium was not left unaffected. There were cracks along all the walls and chunks had come off in various spots. One more shockwave and everything would be reduced to rubble.

The boy with dark silver hair stared at Nikator fearfully.

Nikator who was previously standing on top of the two broken seats was now standing on top of a giant pile of rubble in the sand pit as he looked up at the wall.

The boy with dark silver hair turned his head and looked at what Nikator was looking at.

Planted in the top part of the wall of the stadium was Alekto. She carried a broken scythe in her left hand. Her armor and mask were completely cracked. Her body was covered with blood.

Nikator muttered as he looked up at Alekto. "So the force of a Second Supreme Slasher was too much for her..." He sighed as he said. "Well at least now I have confirmation." He frowned as he looked up at her and said. "She is the First Supreme Slasher, Andromede Asuka, Empress of the Asuka Empire."