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- Catherine's POV -
Waking up shortly after Nova left I get a shower and dressed to watch the fights. The first half of the tournament is people less than demon overlord, so he won't have any trouble with those. After that there is a good number of low-tier demon overlords and then ends off with three peak demon overlords.
A Samael family member who is unknown publicly but I have heard of a few times, and Obsidian the current emperor of the fallen angel empire. Lastly, there is someone who used an alias as far as we were able to investigate, I am interested to see who the mystery combatant is.
"It will start soon." Tara informs me and I teleport us to the waiting room and we await for the announcer to introduce me before heading out.
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After his first opponent insults him multiple times the fight begins at the announcer's command. Nova dispatches the first so fast that the crowd is struck dumb, Nova makes his way back over to the starting point and awaits the next.
A few people even immediately withdraw from the competition and the line to go onto the stage shrinks. A particularly loudmouth challenger who has recovered after fainting earlier begins to shout profanities at Nova. Nova's lip twitches and I tell Tara to note down the fool to be removed later so he doesn't continue to smear my husband's reputation by calling him a wife-stealing thief.
Nova hasn't stolen anyone's wife, I am unmarried and the fool keeps hollering at him.
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The long-awaited match of Nova versus the hollering fool begins and before the fool can so much as take a second breath after the match begins the match is over.
I shake my head at the smile on Nova's lips looking down at the unconscious idiot who is throwing up blood. He doesn't have to stoop to their level when they are being stupid. Only a few more matches and then the first overlord will enter the stage.
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The overlord opponent walks slowly onto the stage after being introduced as golden thorn. I frown seeing the man brazenly use his spirit power before the match starts but Nova breaks through it with his demonic energy in moments. Nova didn't make a big deal out of it so I won't either, it's not like the guy stands a chance whether he tried to cheat or not.
The fighting begins and the now-identified envy royal family uses his territory to create a field of fog. From my point of view, I can see Nova's eyes slightly glow and I know he is using his unique ability to see through things. I have seen him use this multiple times and I wonder how much it allows him to see, some times he even uses it while we are even just casually talking and I want to hit him in the face. Is he looking through my clothes or not?
truthfully I wouldn't mind all that much, he could just ask though. We need to keep working on making an heir for the empire anyway so instead of just leering he could take me to the bedroom.
A giant black serpentine body takes up most of the available fighting space as it twists and turns through the air. It then dives head-first toward the envy royal family member and crushes him into the stage. Spirit power tries to resist Nova's demonic energy and is unable to deflect or end the barrage of water and the envy family member collapses under the pressure from the attack.
The crowd begins to cheer for Nova as he walks toward the downed opponent. Reaching out to help the man up I frown after feeling Nova imprint his demonic energy on him, who is he?
"Tara keep an eye on that guy but don't let whoever you send get discovered or he might flee. I don't know why Nova is interested in him but if we can help keep an eye on him it should be for the best." She nods and writes down the man's participation name while Turning to walk out of the room.
Nova walks back to his starting point once more while smiling and waving to the screaming crowd. A few brazen people even flash him and not just girls but he ignores it and looks towards the approaching challenger.
Edmund Mammon, one of the two sons of Raizen who are leading a side of the civil war. I have no clue what he is hoping to accomplish by coming here but he seems confident enough that it shouldn't be an unthought-out idea. At least I hope, Raizen may not be the best political opponent but he is one of the best generals in the demon world and even he should be able to tell that losing here is political suicide. Yet he allows his sons to participate anyway, what's his goal here?
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- audience member 2344 POV -
"I can't believe he is doing so well, I thought that he would start flagging later into the tournament." My companion nods.
"Yea, I am just glad I didn't bet this round because I thought that he would have surely lost. That guy was screaming at him for so long and he never responded so I thought he was scared or something." I agree internally, but now I feel I should hold onto my money until the last few fights. Nova seems to have an unending energy source.
"I guess it's because he is so powerful and the opponents are pretty weak comparatively, so he isn't even using any energy. I just hope that the later challengers will put up more of a fight or this would have been a massive waste of time." A new challenger walks onto the stage and this one seems different, a calmness that wasn't present in any other. It's like he is entirely sure of the results before the fight starts, and that's saying something after all the wins Nova has.
"This guy seems different?" I nod at my companion.
"He thinks he has already won." A fog rolls out when the fight is called to start and only a few movements through it can be seen.
A flame erupts and clears the fog, we now can see the challenger has approached Nova's side and launched a jet of water. The water stops midair and more water appears from thin air and is dark black in color.
The water coils itself into the shape of a massive snake and dances through the sky and its at this moment everyone realizes that Nova has been massively holding back. With the power to do this, he could have taken out all the previous challengers all at once with just this. The massive beast takes off to the challenger and slams him into the ground pinning him in place.
To his credit, the challenger try's his best and stands for a few moments before crumbling, after he falls the water slowly dissipates.
Nova being a good sport even after showing he is immensely powerful and doesn't have to, helps the challenger up. The challenger marches off and Nova just spins on his heels and walks back to his starting point.
"Bet everything on Nova in the remanding fights." My companion stands up and rushes to the betting booth.
"The next challenger is none other than a prince from the bloody empire, Edmund Mammon!" I smile predicting the payout I will get from this match.