Unmasked Anger

Adrian had finally made it to the final fight without a single loss. Adrian just had to win the last battle, and he would have a perfect track record. The last battle was against number 36, which meant that he was from the fourth house.

Adrian got onto the battle stage, waiting for the guy he had to fight. When he looked to the side of the arena, though, he saw Seth there, talking to the guy he was fighting. Before the guy went on the battle stage to fight Adrian, Seth slipped something into his hand. Adrian couldn't see what it was, but he knew that it was not something good.

As the guy came onto the battle stage, and both of them seemed ready to fight, the judge started the fight. As the fight began, the other guy proceeded to talk to Adrian.

"So, you are the guy that stole Seth's woman!?"

"Hmm? As far as I know, she was already mine." Adrian gave the guy a smirk. He couldn't help but think that this fight might get interesting anyway.

"So, what you are saying is that she is a slut?" The other guy proceeded to bad mouth Johanna with a small smile.

As soon as Adrian heard this, his face became ice cold. His killing intent stormed out from his body. It was so thick that you could just barely see a red fog forming around him. His anger had risen. No one should ever bad mouth the woman he liked.

All the strong fighters around and everyone in the VIP stands looked over when they felt the thick killing intent. Everyone was shocked to see it was someone as young as Adrian that could emit such killing intent.

"You have to die now!" His tone was ice cold, and the other guy could not help but feel that Adrian was the god of death at the moment. Just standing here, felt like he was suffocating.

Adrian didn't charge at the other guy; he just walked slowly towards him. With every step Adrian took, the other guy's body became heavier, and he couldn't help but get fearful of his life now.

The other guy couldn't move as Adrian got closer, and Adrian soon arrived right in front of him. As Adrian stood right in front of the guy, he said in a low, cold tone, "Die!" The other guy felt like it was a death sentence, and he could do nothing to defend. Adrian's spear traveled from the top down towards the other guy.

He suddenly remembered what Seth had handed him. It was a small pill that would give him a massive boost in power for the cost of being bedridden for years after the effects wore off. He ate the pill straight away and disappeared from Adrian's vision.

Adrian's spear still came down at full force. As the spear hit the ground, a massive crater formed around 4 meters in diameter. Web-like fractures could be seen all around, and everyone around the arena looked over at the big sound it made. They were horrified when they saw Adrian's face, the pure unmasked anger.

Even the guy that took the pill felt fear. If that attack had hit him, his whole body would have turned to mush. He had hurried away and now stood on the other side of the arena, looking at Adrian's back.

Adrian turned around and looked straight into the other guy's eyes. He was not going to let that idiot get away that easily. He charges straight at him, with his pear pointing at the head of the other guy. He was going for no mercy.

The charge was devastating; even before it hit, you could see the ground breaking all around him. A giant smokescreen was being made behind him as he charged. Everyone looked on in horror for the other guy's life.

What surprised everyone was that the judge had not intervened yet. He still just stood at the side of the arena, looking at the fight with an indifferent expression.

Adrian was just about to hit the other guy, but the other guy was gone again just before he hit him. It seemed like the pill had given him overwhelming speed, making it possible for him to evade everything.

Adrian saw what happened this time. It was really just overwhelming speed, but Adrian could see him more clearly now. He was adjusting to his speed slowly. He might be angry, but he was not thinking irrationally.

Adrian once again charged at the guy, and the guy tried to do the same move by evading. As he was evading this time, Adrian pushed out his hand to his right side. It hit the other guy and sent him flying for meters.

As the guy landed, he looked at Adrian, shocked. He had been seen through, which meant this fight was going to be extremely hard, if not impossible, for him. His plan was to tire out Adrian before striking him down. Too bad for him, Adrian had seen through his evading.

Adrian charged at the guy once again; the same thing happened. The other guy was really panicking. He was losing, even though he had taken a drug that would make him much stronger than he already was.

This just showed how strong Adrian really was for a young man of 16 years old. Keep in mind his opponents in this tournament are all around the age of 20. Adrian was winning fights against people with more experience than him.

***

In the VIP lounge.

The king was now staring at Adrian intently. He had never seen a young man with more talent than Adrian. He was positively surprised. He wanted to rope in this talent to have someone under his command who could grow to protect the kingdom.

"Advisor! We have ..." Before he could get any further in the sentence, an old man appeared by his side. It was the old man with the spear. The king was quite surprised.

"Gary, how may I help you?" The king looked at the old man with a friendly smile. It looked like they knew each other.

"That kid is mine!" He said these four words before disappearing again.

Everyone in the VIP lounge saw this small exchange. They all recognized Gary, and when they heard what he said to the king. They all looked down on Adrian with envious looks.

The king's face had a defeated look. This kid had already been recruited by Gary. The king knew that Gary was a man he could never go against; he was called the god of war after all. He was an old man, many years older than the king himself, and he was a man with more authority than him.

Gary was a well-known figure threw history, he had been in many battles, but he didn't fight for one side only. He only fought in wars, where one of the sides was facing ultimate massacre. No matter what, he would never watch, as a large number of innocent soldiers, who only followed orders, would die without reason. He was called the god of war because he could turn the tides of a losing battle in a matter of seconds. He also went by another name, hero of the people.

The king could only look at Adrian with an envious look, but he was also happy for the kid. He had a bright future ahead of him if this old man Gary could mentor him. This was a magnanimous king; he loved his people, so he would, of course, support Adrian as well.

***

Adrian had no idea that he had been recruited already back at the battle stage. If he knew the king wanted him in his services, it wouldn't really move him. If he knew that this old man Gary wanted him as his disciple, he would be elated. He needed a good teacher, after all.

At the moment, he was having a fight, though. His anger was still showing, but it had subsided a little. All he wanted now was to hurt him and push him off the battle stage.

That is precisely what happened. He went up to the guy and just smashed his fist into his chest. The drug had started to wear off. As the fist hit the other guy, his chest caved in, and he threw up some blood. He was sent flying out of the battle arena. As he landed, he was unconscious while lying in a pool of his own blood. Adrian gave him a death stare before going off the battle arena.

"The winner of this battler is number 76, Adrian, from the house of Harlace!" The judge called out.

Seth was by the side of the battle stage still. He had been hoping this guy could hurt Adrian a lot, but what happened was that the guy he had wanted to hurt Adrian got destroyed. His anger was also visible, and Adrian felt it. Adrian felt it, and he gave Seth a death stare as well before leaving for the Harlace family.