Chapter 20: A coffee after a drama

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[A minute before their fight end]

All the regulars except for the people at the throne thought the world is ending as multiple gigantic whips rampaged in the arena as it tried to hit Endorsi.

*BOOM!*

*BANG!*

*DOOM!*

*CRASH!*

However, even with the ignition of green april, Endorsi still managed to avoid and block all of them with her experience and the defence artifact she owns. This is due to her living in a dog eat dog competition where princess candidates have to kill each other to rise and become closer to becoming a real princess. Thanks to those unpleasant experiences, she became as strong as she is currently.

Meanwhile with Anak.

Due to her recklessly swinging the green april that is in ignition mode, it already started to make her tired both mentally and physically much to her confusion since she never used the weapon with ignition this much. Unbeknownst to her, using an ignited 13th month weapon can corrupt anyone's mind if they used it more than their strength can.

And her opponent also easily sensed her situation as she already started to go near her slowly while still blocking her attacks that is starting to weaken with her huge discs.

"What's wrong? I thought you said you could take on 5 of myself at the same time? That doesn't seem to be the case since I'm literally about to defeat you right now-"

"SHUT UP YOUR GODDAMN MOUTH!!" She yelled cutting her off before she gritted her teeth as veins started to appear on her arm.

The green april's countless gigantic whip then merged into one before she looked at her and say.

"Die!" She said before blood splurted from her nose as she tried to swing down her gigantic whip to her with all her strength.

Seeing this, Endorsi just sighed as she twirled a needle before numerous needle surrounded her as it aimed towards Anak.

*Swish!*

*Swish!*

*Swish!*

All of it then shot towards her as she dodged it with her all although some managed to cut her tough skin.

Seeing her skin getting penetrated by the needles, Endorsi mocked her.

"So this is all you can amount to. Good thing you have the green april or I would've been very disappointed, Fake." She said before she dashed towards her while the gigantic whip also started to to crash towards her.

She then looked at it for a second before she upped her speed as she instantly became infront of Anak as Anak's eyes widened.

Seeing her widened eyes, Endorsi just smiled and said.

"Hi~"

Before Anak could even react, Endorsi punched her in the face as she flew and crashed to the wall.

*Bsh!*

*Crash!*

The green april also turned to normal mode before it could even crash to the ground as Endorsi caught it.

Meanwhile, Anak tried to get up before multiple needles stabbed and cut her as she screamed in pain.

However, even after those, Anak still got up as Endorsi started to wonder what is driving her to stand up even after those.

"You. What's wrong with you? Why do you want to win this bonus test this much?"

However, she was answered by Anak dashing towards her and attempting to punch her.

To which she easily dodge before she punched her on the stomach.

"You are a stubborn one, aren't you? Just give up."

Ignoring her, she still stood up before she tried to spit on her as she also dodged it.

"You dare to spit on me..." She has anger marks as she had the urge to punch her out of living. She would rather get punched than get spat on. Getting spat on would tarnish her pride as a princess and as a girl afterall.

Seeing her getting angry, Anak's beaten and bloodied face just smirked as she spoke.

"What's my drive of wanting to win this test this much? It's so I could bash your ugly ass face, you bitch."

Hearing her answer, Endorsi's anger hit its limits as she stopped caring about knowing her true circumstances.

"Alright, that's it for my mercy. Get a taste of your own weapon, you lizard bitch." She said before she slashed the green april upwards to Anak's chin as she flew and crashed near the throne where Kai and the others are.

*Crash!*

Endorsi then walks near the throne while thinking.

'Tsk. Why did I even decide to spare her...this human emotions really gets in the way sometimes...'

She then twirls her needle as she continues with her thoughts...

'Well, I never really wanted to become a merciless murderer anyway so whatever...'

She finalized her thoughts before she heard a familiar nonchalant voice coming from the throne.

"Damn...almost forgot the fight."

Hearing him, Endorsi spoke as they looked at her.

"Forgetting the fight of a pretty princess? Seems impossible to me. I even thought that you would try to catch a glimpse of my panties while I'm fighting, handsome."

Hearing her, Kai laughed lightly.

"Well, I have some reasons why." He said while patting Kei as she hugs him tight before looking at her and sticking out her tongue.

Seeing this, Endorsi ignored it and asked.

"So you chose cuteness instead of beauty?" She said as she raised one of her eyebrows as she crossed her arms.

Hearing her, Kai shrugged as he answered.

"Nah. I simply chose what is on my hands." He said as Kei nods her head. Cutely.

"I see...that still doesn't make sense since it's me but that's quite reasonable." She said as she nodded before she looked at Anak who already passed out.

She then looked at Hatsu and Leesoo as she asked.

"So...who's next?"

Hearing her, Leesoo raised his hands in surrender.

"We surrender-"

"Me."

Hatsu cut him off as he readied his sword as he spoke.

"I don't want an unfair fight but I don't want my team to lose without me fighting either.

Hearing her, Endorsi twirled her needle as she agreed.

"Alright."

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"Told you dude. There's no chance at all." Said Leesoo as he pats Hatsu's back who currently has multiple cuts in his body.

They are now inside their room as Kai and the other participants are about to start the 3rd round.

Their fight only took seconds to be decided. Endorsi's strength plus her weapons are just too much for him. All Endorsi did to defeat him was to block his swords with the discs before shooting countless needles to him and dashing towards him and uppercutting him. And with a single punch from her, his sight turned black as he woke up seconds later in their room.

Knowing how easily he got defeated, Hatsu's eyes didn't lost its flames is it only grew more.

"I will defeat her someday." He said as he balled his fists while looking at the participants on the center of the arena.

Hearing him, Leesoo nodded as he also thought of getting stronger.

"Yeah. We'll definitely be able to stand with those monsters someday..."

He said as he remembers his promise to his friend.

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Meanwhile, Anak is only lightly snoring beside them despite the her multiple injuries. A freak of an existence indeed.

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"Why are you so lucky..." Complained Ho as he looked at the outcome of their rock paper scissors. He lost to Kai because he picked paper and Kai picked scissors. And due to that, their opponent is the team of the masked girl.

By the way, no other teams entered this round since they want Kai to fight more for him to be exhausted once they fight him. At his current state that they are seeing, he seems to have regained all his energy which is bad news for them if he still won't fight.

Hearing his complain, Kai laughed lightly.

"It's just my second lucky pick and you already deem me as someone who luck sides with?" He asked with a small smile.

"Nah...it's just that...when we're about to pick, I always feel like I'm destined to lose...something like that." He said as he scratched his long yellow hair. He indeed feels like whatever he picks, be it rock, paper or scissors, he is always bound to lose facing Kai. The feeling is like participating in a rigged game that is fixed to be against you.

Hearing him, Kai just shrugged it off.

"Don't mind it. That's probably the feeling of being infront of someone like me." He said. It's only normal for normal people to feel overwhelmed when infront of someone like him after all.

It's just like a deer's instinct sensing that a sleeping lion is still a predator nonetheless. Well, what can he say. It's been like that since he was born. There's that one time when he tried to pet a very aggressive dog and it instantly stopped barking and started whimpering trying to get away from him. He doesn't know why but he won't go all the way just to search for the reason.

Hearing him, Ho somehow decided to take the risk by asking a question that can determine his very life.

"You mean being infront of a weirdo?" He joked with a sweat. There's no way of knowing how he will react afterall.

Inside his head, he is already regretting what he said and is already considering to kneel to him and beg for his mercy.

Hearing him, Kai just stared at him as more sweat come off of his head.

After a second of silence, he thought that he is waiting for his apologies as he tried to apologize before he got cut off.

"S-s-sor-"

"I would've bashed your head if you didn't even attempt to apologize." Kai said as he just stared at him. Looks like his guess was correct. He is indeed waiting for him to apologize.

Hearing him, Ho sighed in relief. Looks like he avoided a disaster. He also took notes to never call him weirdo ever again.

Kai then thought about it for a second before he spoke.

"Now that I think about it, I actually don't hate being called a weirdo."

"?"

Looking at the question mark floating above his head, Kai continued.

"That's because being part of this race is a stain for my principles itself." He said as he looked into his eyes.

"What do you mean?" He asked as he slightly tilted his head.

Hearing him, Kai thought about it for a moment before he shook his head as he walks towards the throne.

"Nothing. Forget about it. Just remember this, man:" he said as he looked back to him before he continued.

"WE are an existence astronomically smaller than even an atom in this universe. Remember that."

At his words, Ho only got confused as all he did was stare at him jumping on top of the throne.

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'His eyes is so freaking heavy...' Kai thought as he stood on the throne. The moment he looked at Ho's eyes, he immediately felt the sadness within it. It's at the level of sadness when the individual lived with only unfairness in all his life and is already questioning if his existence even have a little meaning.

Kai would've ignored it if not for Ho actually not showing anything of it at the outside at all. The feat actually impressed him to the point that he is willing to give him a friendly advice. It's of course, for the individual to understand the meaning of it by himself. No way in hell would Kai explain it for him.

'This tower is really fucked up. I've just been here for a day and I've already met countless people with this shitty thing called depression.' He thought as he scratched his head.

He would never understand how anyone could get depressed this much. Like he said, everyone is literally smaller than an atom in this universe. Why would you even waste time feeling that kind of shitty and useless emotion when you could literally die out of nowhere. There's literally a chance that an asteroid flying at the speed of light will hit the very place you are standing on and you will still waste your time brooding?

For him, once a being came to life, he or she only has 2 options. It's either live the way you want or pursue absoluteness.

But of course, he will not complain to those who wants to be worthless. Afterall, without them, there will be no balance. Without hierarchy, everything will be equal.

And when everyone is equal, he cannot show off and have fun stepping on worthless villains so...No. Neín. Nope.

Anyways, back to Kai.

After gathering his thoughts back, he then announced the teams for the next fight.

"Alright. Next fight is team Ho and team Jeff. Good luck." He announced lazily before slumping on the throne as he thought.

'Damnit. My mood already got affected...this is why I always turn the tv off if it's drama...'

He then looks at the girl in full body tights with a blunt pole arm for a weapon attack Laure's team all by herself as he thought...

'I need more coffee.'

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(A/n: I pity Ho. People might treat him as garbage since he easily got jealous of bam's talent but y'all know that it's human nature. Just imagine your love ones getting killed because of you not having a talent. Then here comes some mfcker doing everything that you trained hard for in less than a second. If it was me, I would also have the urge to kill.)

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