CH/18

[Alive]

[Max Bellwitz]

[Ivan Thorsen]

[Holger Bisgard]

[Svanhild]

The names of the survivor were shown to the crowd and the king, the king stood up after reading the names, screaming, "The next round Svanhild against Ivan Thorsen, you two are free, now show me your potential, are you worthy to win and go on, win and I shall grant the wish of the victor, I shall take you with me and will leave this world behind, so show me...", with the smile of the devil on his face, "...Are you worthy to be devoured by me".

Svanhild and Ivan Thorsen were freed, Svanhild started to talk, "I will win my king, you showed me the truth, you saved me from this hell and slavery, I will destroy this man...", like a crazy woman she headed towards the king and with joy on her face, "...I will rise to your expectations, then take me with-", the king was surprised, he saw Svanhild's head flying.

Ivan did not waste the time and in a sonic speed attack, with little to no effort, had cut off her head, "Killing you is a mercy from me, young girl...", standing above her body that is slowly being devoured by the earth, "...Your friend was a seal, a lock for you to keep your desires away but now that you have lost her, the self within you seeks everything that is praised, Killing you was a mercy".

Ivan leaned on the wall so that he could be chained but he was Summoned, next to the king, Eyes wide open, Ivan was shocked in his presence, it is much different, "One shot and you killed her, you called it mercy...", the crowd was amazed, they watched him standing next to the king, Max was looking at them too.

"Hahaha... you did well child, let's observe the next match together, for you need to prepare yourself, I am interested in you, so the gift of standing next to me, see it as a mercy", Said the king.

Ivan a raged expression, he was thinking; "You fxcking bastard, you dare to look down and humiliate me, I will destroy just wait and give me time", "Let your rage out kid", Said the king as he looked at Ivan with a death-stare, Ivan screamed and said, "Let the next round begin".

Max and Holger were freed, Max had a stern expression the moment he was freed, he walked to Holger, so did Holger but with a concerned expression, standing beside each other, "I am sorry Max, please forgive me if you die, it is not within my intention to kill my friends and I know you didn't want to kill Elena but was forced too".

Max asked, "How many possibilities have you prepared against me and in how many have you won", Holger was looking down, as he straightened his head, he answered, "in 3 Thousand ways that I planned in my head, only in one I won".

Max beneath his arm cloth came out his wand, "Fall", Said Max as he swung the wand from the top to bottom, a large spear was about to come down, the king looked up in the sky and said, "Oh Lord in heaven...", Smiling, "...What are these you have created, Expand".

The stadium expanded so that they could fight more freely, "A spell like that won't kill me, Max", the spear pierced through the clouds and with it brought a large breeze, pointing his wand to the sky, "Explode", before the spear could reach the top of the stadium.

Holger launched a powerful blast of an explosion which covered the whole sky and broke the barrier that limits their abilities, the explosion burned the spear to ashes.

As the dust got clear, Max punched Holgers Jaw, "We are both killers Holger, you don't need to hold back on me, they are gone now, they won't come back again, everyone lives ones, you want to bring them back to live, stop thinking and use the possibility where you win", Screamed Max as Holger flew to mid-air and fell.

"Why would you think I wanna bring them back, just because I lost the mood to fight, I am not sad by their death but... it is just I wished only if there was another way...", Said Holger as he punched the ground while being on his knees.

Crying he said, "Screw victory, when I am lost in thoughts, I regret killing him, that idiot, I didn't know... why...".

Max approached him, "He wasn't your friend, Hjalmar was like a brother to you, I know but please, let's fight fair and square, even if we killed each other, let it be on a cause, life is precious, let's not put it away but let the fate decide who shall live and die".

Holger answered, "Alright, we will fight... let's begin", from the ground jumped Holger and tried a round kick to his head.

Max saw through his attack and put his arm above his head to protect it, Max pointed his wand, "Spread Light of Sun", a light blast emerged with a wide space of effect, Holger was one step away from death, using a forbidden soul, his wand in his hand he said, "Beyond Spell: Infinite Speed", time stopped and went behind Max.

The Beyond, a spell that opens the potential of all the spells to their max and even beyond, though the spell is amazing it will have a heavy toll on the body, Holger was tired but with another spell, "Maximum Recovery", he healed himself.

The Beyond spell ended and time resumed normally for Holger, Max turned around to him and surprised Holger, "How could he react to me, I was Beyond time".

Max with his wand pointed at him, "Blast of the wind", a powerful wind emerged from the wand and created a whole in Holger's Stomach, he could no longer speak, because of the pain he felt, "How using the beyond no one will notice me, you can't tell me he has infinite manas in his eyes, which made him able to track me down", thought Holger, as he collapsed on the ground and groaning.

"How... did you see... me?", Asked Holger, while his organs regenerated and the pain was all over him.

"You were just slow, that's it, I expected better of you, I thought you would be stronger, to be honest, and that spell you used earlier was a forbidden one, wasn't it? Because you looked very tired using it!", answered Max.

"Slow, me... I used a spell that breaks my body and takes my lifespan and he says... you were just slow... I underestimated him", thought Holger, Max noticed the sky formed a hurricane and a blast was coming from the sky, so he dodged it by jumping backwards, "Nice try...", Said Max.

Holger stood up, his body was covered in the blast, mana was covering his body, "I already used half of my life, so let's just finish what I started, it's not like I am gonna live forever... I should enjoy myself to the fullest", Said Holger.

The king smiled, "What a waste of talent, there are not so many people who can call the spell beyond, a special spell that helps you break all the limits, he is just using it the wrong way, one can master it and make it a great weapon to control the world".

Ivan Thorsen said to the king, "Just like your family three thousand years ago?", the king looked at him and showed him a smile, the king pushed his hand at his armrest throne and Ivan's head was there, "What?", "Don't you dare to mention this anywhere, son of Thorsen or I will kill you here", with a concerned expression and angry feelings he kindly said, "Yes, King".

Back to the fight, Max asked, "What is this Holger, your mana I can't feel it no more, what have you done?", Holger laughed, "I sacrifice the dearest things to me so that I could be undefeated, Beyond Mana", Max's concern expression, confirmed he knows of this spell.

In a blitz, his punches reached Max, as Holger punched Max, the punches hit even the air, and air so strong it threw many students out of the stadium and even killed some there.

Holger stopped and looked for Max, "Where is he, I sure I hit him", Max was behind him with a shocked expression, "If I hadn't teleported a second before that, I would have been dead", thought Max, heavily breathing.

His face was slowly becoming red and the punch mark was visible on his face, Max touched it and it was burning, "I must say, I never thought you would be a user of beyond, I am sure the side effects are severe", Said Max.

Holger was flowing in mana, mana was like the ocean, no matter how much you swim, you will never reach the end and die along the way, "To think this much mana exist in the world, no one would even believe me if I told them in numbers, now I can do everything, so why don't I take them all down, I will test this power to it's fullest", thought Holger.

Holger didn't even answer Max and destroyed his wand, "He destroyed his wand, well I guess if you are in the state of beyond, you can't unlock the power", Said the king with a smile, pointing his palm to the sky and Holger shouted, "Appear my wand".

The gates of mana opened in the sky a wand appeared the size of the world but with a spell, "Decrease in your size but not power, so that I may use you freely, your dear host".

[The size of the wand increases as the user gets stronger but use a special spell to decrease its size and wield it, though the spell decreases the mana that the wand can hold and use, that's not the case for Holger]

The size of the wand Decreased, but like a meteor it ascended, as Holger caught the wand, just the pressure alone made everyone except for the king kneel.

Holger pointed his wand at Max, "I have just a couple minutes before I leave this world, I wanna see if you were worthy of my sacrifice, the blast of hell, emerge".

Max saw the mana in the wand and saw how the red, blue and white fire merged, pointed towards him, he saw all his life in a matter of seconds.

A long time ago, when Max was given the infinite book of magic spells, he looked for a spell that would help him for cleaning and put things to order in his room, he stumbled upon the best spell for that, the back sender, a spell that returns everything to its place or wherever it once came from, even a spell, thus spoke Max, whispering, "Go Back To Your Owner", before the blast of mixed fire had reached his face, it changed direction and headed towards Holger.

"Well played, you bastard", Said Holger as he got hit by the attack, the attack was so powerful, the blast reached the sky and created a pit on earth, even Max wasn't saved from the blast, Max got his back broken when the blast threw him beyond the walls.

The king stood up and put his palm together, "Expand beyond comprehension and be neutralised", Relik and Ivan were shocked but the earthquakes and the stadium weren't being damaged anymore.

The king sat down with an annoying expression, "Oh man... I hate it when they give their opponents chances to win, just fight for yourself and you son of Thorsen, you must watch out, he has a full counterspell up his sleeve, he will be annoying", Ivan took the words of the king seriously, he was more shocked that the man stopped such blast and expanded the whole stadium, where he couldn't see the other side of the stadium, "What kind of monster is this man, can I beat him, if I even train for 100 years, He is in my dead list, It doesn't matter, so I will still try".

Max was on the ground, eyes open and shocked, "I can't move, my back has been broken and his presence is no longer there, only in 1 I won my ass, you had 2999 ways of beating me, but killing your friend affected you so much, you chose suicide but also make me look good at the same time, never use forbidden spells and you used them...", Max punched the earth and continued angrily, "...you could have brought everyone back and even destroy that bastard up there but you chose to sacrifice yourself for a prick like me... why?".

Holger's skeleton was standing there, the crowd manage to see it as the blast vanished and the space turned to normal again, "There is nothing left of him", "He is dead as one would think", the students were scared when the skeleton's fell, they were devoured by the earth and Max saw it, he had an angry and sad mixed expression.

"The winner of this round is Max Bellwitz, the final, the last match will be between Max Bellwitz and Ivan Thorsen", announced the chairman to the crowd of students and his king.