Darkness

I don't know why the dude got so angry about me hitting him, we're in a tournament dude, you should expect to get hit.

Instead of blades made of Light he summoned hammers made of darkness, they seemed to burn, the black inky stuff that made up the hammer moved a bit like fire anyways.

He rushed at me like a crazed berserker, rushing at me as fast as he could, which was much slower then when he used the light.

He swung the hammer full force at me, I blocked using my daggers and was intantly in pain.

"AAAGH"

I looked at me hands only to see that my hands were burned to a crisp, I could barely even see them anymore.

He started hitting me, just slamming me against the flooor, throwing me into the air or into the walls.

My entire body was burned, I couldn't move my hands and to make matters worse, my fight was the only one that was ongoing because I was the last of the D-ranks still standing because we were being sorted into the D-rank before the tournament started, meaning that everyone was watching.

Athena was yeeling at me. "USE THE PEN, DO IT NOW!!!"

I don't know what happened but something just clicked inside of me, if I was going down, it sure as hell wasn't going to be because I couldn't move.

"GODDAMNIT, SHUT THE FUCK UP!"

Athena was being too loud, I couldn't think clearly, too much was going on, I needed to hear myself think.

I forced myself to stand up, creating healing symbols while doing so.

His powers were dependent on his emotions eh, well then, let's take those away.

I had two advantages, my attacks couldn't be blocked and I was faster, so, I started keeping my distance, throwing my knives to keep him busy.

While doing so, one though passed through me, I really need to have more weapons on hand.

I had been trained to be able to use most types of swords, the longest of which was a bastard sword, so I really should have more weapons on me.

I had cut the dude a few times but it seemed to only fuel his weird anger.

Finaaly, I was done, using the array in him his darkness dissapated, at least some of it.

He looked up at me, cold eyes, pure logic dictating his every move.

"That was stupid."

Then, he summoned a greatsword, combining the darkness and the light.

His movements had both elegance and brutality, he was fast and strong, now I got where he got the name.

He was the balance betweeen the two forces he used, amd when he truly achieved it, he was truly terrifying.

I tried stop what I was doing but the damage was already done. Just like with Ana, when I activated a symbol like that, I couldn't just reverse it, I had to wait for it to run out, and even then, I might make them stronger in the process.

I was hit, faster then I could anticipate, causing me to be cut by the blade. The damage was of course also a combination of the two, I was assaulted by a sharp burning sensation.

I wanted to scream but I refused.

I looked him in the eyes whilst stabbing him, he still just lpoked at me like nothing was happening. he attacked a second time, and I followed.

It was weird, at that moment, we were just staring each other dowm while attacking, waiting to see who would drop first.

In the end, it was me, I fainted and was carried to the infirmary.

I was given rank 50 in the D-ranks, a rare position to be granted to a newcomer but not unheard of but I wasn't really happy.

I had lost, during the two missions I had experienced I had fought agains a Demigod-ranked and a God-ranked threat, and I had succeeded.

It had given me a false sense of self-worth. They had never wanted to win, on the contrary, they wanted to test me, nothing more.

Today, I had finally felt what it was like when someone was actually trying to defeat me.

I had been powerless, and it showed me that I couldn't do anything in the face of real threats, I was still weak and unable to do anything when it counted.