Power and Elimination

As Danael was about to pass out from using his life force to squeeze out the remaining mana as an act to survive, he felt a surge of power, power he has never felt before. It was the power of Lucifer himself.

What the hell is this power! It's amazing! it feels like all the pain has disappeared! Is this your power Lucifer?

"I only gave you 5 percent, be grateful I wanted you to live!" Lucifer expressed

"Dont think Ill lend you my power again ok? Next time I wont really care if you die" Lucifer added

"Damn Tennile your student is really impressive! That amount of mana is impressive! Wish one of my students could master mana to that point " One of the spectators beside Tennile commented with a jealous smile

"Thanks Lucifer!" I accidentally said aloud

"Danael?" Samuel asks with a confused face

Crap! now everyone's looking at me...

"Idiot" Lucifer adds

I know that already! By the way how long do you think this will last me?

"24 hours at best, Thats how strong 5 percent of my mana is! HWAHWAHWA" Lucifer arrogantly states

Wait so this can last me through the entire exam and even longer?

"Yes it definitely can! But the side effect for using it for too long is severe so withdraw it after the stupid exam" Lucifer stated

Got it! Just withdraw it after the exams!

another hour passes and the second exam finally finishes

"Danael your mana surge after your mana coating dissolved was amazing! How the hell did you pull that off?" Samuel asks him, happy that his friend passed

Should I tell him about what happened?

"No, just lie to him or something" Lucifer responded

"W-well ive been training really hard for the past 7 days, so yeah this is the result of my hard work and everything!" I lyingly said, with sweat dripping down my face

"LOOKS LIKE 87 OUT OF THE 2,307 OF YOU PASSED THE SECOND EXAM! HEAD BACK TO THIS AREA IN 5 HOURS AND REST!" The announcer shouted through his mic

"That announcer guy is so annoying it makes me wanna possess you and kill that bastard" Lucifer angrily expresses

Wait you can do that?

"Obviously, were literally living in the same body, Do you lack braincells?" Lucifer exclaims

Thats pretty harsh ya know

As Samuel and I enter the huge ass waiting room, someone with menacing mana emanating around them pass us as they leave the waiting room, as they pass we were unable to move, scared as heck, even Lucifer was unable to say a thing, Lets just say that the guy who passed me was someone has malice was written all over them.

As we sit on the bench I ask Samuel

"S-Sa-Samuel w-who the hell was that..." I ask with a terrified face, my body shaking all over.

Samuel was staring at the floor blankly, he wasnt able to utter a word, he was sweating and everything, As I look around I realize everyone was at the same state as Samuel, they were all scared shitless, No one could move from where they sat and was staring at the floor.

Lucifer do you know what happened?

"That thing was obviously a devil, like me, but that devil was paid to scare all the participants with their menacing mana that emanated around them, scaring them so much so that they may be unable to participate anymore, you were unnafected because you havent withdrawn the mana I lent you" Lucifer stated

"Speaking of borrowed mana, WITHDRAW IT!" Lucifer added

But whyd you even lend it to me in the first place I thought you wouldnt stoop so low to help celestials

"Thats a nice question, first of all I was amazed by your determination and you were stupid enough to spend some of your life force just to maintain your mana coating, which would result to your death either way, I helped you because I was interested, I wanted to see that you werent just talk because you kind of remind me of someone I knew from the past" Lucifer stated

After Lucifer said all that I smiled and then he started saying "Why are you smiling you idiot" repeatedly

For the next 3 hours no one in the waiting room said a word until Samuel looked at me, he was frustrated, he just realized what had been done to him, his mana spiked, anger triggered his mana to spike and he was ready to destroy the guy earlier

"D-Danael that guy was most likely paid to sabotage us... I cant believe someone would do such a horrible thing" A frustrated Samuel proclaims, His eyes flaming with anger, ready for revenge.

2 more hours pass

After the 2 hours had passed we had to return to the arena, As we walk towards the arena I noticed that the hallways were empty, the huge ass hallways were empty, it was definitely a sight to see. As we walk in to the renovated arena only 8 of them were waiting. The arena was much smaller and was made like a tournament like fighting arena.

"I see so that was the third exam" Lucifer muttered

What do you mean?

"The guy that was supposed to sabotage you was probably an examiner, seeing who could maintain a steady mana coating" Lucifer explained

But you didnt you say he was a devil?

"No he wasnt really a devil, I thought he was a devil at first because of the menacing and deadly mana but as I replayed the situation again and again, I realized that wasnt the case" Lucifer added

"OK PEOPLE FOR THE FINAL AND FOURTH EXAM WE WILL HAVE A TOURNAMENT SYSTEM, YOU TEN WILL BE FIGHTING EACHOTHER IN A ONE ON ONE MATCH, THE MATCH MAY STOP WHEN AN OPPONENT CANNOT LONGER CONTINUE TO FIGHT! YOUR NAMES ARE IN THE BOARD. WE WILL GIVE YOU FIVE MINUTES TO TAKE ALL THIS INFORMATION IN!" The announcer excitedly announces

(The list of fighters and matches are as follow)

1st match Danael vs Reynald

2nd match Kris vs Leish

3rd match Samuel vs Omar

4th match Kiel vs Marque

5th match Itaa vs Gav

WHAT?! IM IN THE FIRST MATCH?! AND IM FIGHTING REYNALD OF ALL PEOPLE?!!

"Who is this Reynald guy? Why are you so worried about him?" A curious Lucifer asks

You see Reynald is a really really terrible and awful guy, even though he is a celestial he doesnt act like one, He's gifted all right but he would use his talent to target Samuel and I, when training he would try to provoke either me or Samuel, making us lose focus, and he would challenge me to a fight randomly every day and the fights werent even fair, he says its a one on one but makes his friends hold me in place while he gets his attack ready, then beats me up.

"I see... Reminds me of someone I hate... Maybe Ill even possess you and pummel him till his core turns into dust!" Lucifer exclaims

Well I dont want that to happen to him regardless on how much I hate him

"PEOPLE THE MATCH YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR, THE FIRST MATCH OF THE FINAL EXAM!!! DANAEL VERSUS REYNALD! HOLD ON TO YOUR SEATS, AND FIGHTERS GET TO THE RING!.