BÂTTLE OF WÎLLS.

***In Continent 'Eclipse of the Oceans'..

***Inner Outskirts..

***Clingford's Martial Academy Duelling arena..

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*..HÜM!..*

One of the arena's metal doors hums lowly as it slowly lifts off the ground with its sound silencing the hundreds of mummuring disciples in the crowd.

Once the heavy metal door is fully up, Master Bia Chen who's currently robed in heavy green attire slowly steps out. Master Bia Chen steps into the duelling circle with his presence immediately causing all martial disciples in the arena to rise to their feets.

"GOOD EVENING MASTER!.", The entire arena echoes in unison as hundreds disciples all bow and cup their hands forward in reference of the present individual regardless of weather or not they know of his identity.

Martial Core Master Bia Chen sweeps a calm gaze across the crowd and then he speaks.

"You may sit!.", Master Bia Chen commands in a voice amplified smoothly by mana.

Hearing the master's words, in unison all martial disciples present in the arena withdraws their cupped hands to their chests as they all sit uniformly.

Master Bia Chen nods his head lightly in reference of the discipline in display and then he stands still with a sound echoing through the arena seconds later.

*..GONG¡*..

*¡¡!GRUGUGP!¡¡*..

A drum sound rings out and then two opposite doors in the arena slowly begins to lift off the ground while making a groaning metallic sound that makes excitement reach a new peak through the still silent crowd.

Of the two rising metal doors, one of them is first to hit the roof and open up completely. Behind the first open door, Marien Lee slowly steps into the duelling circle with the crowd's gaze feasting on his battle attire.

There would have been loud cheers and mummurs if not for the standing Master in the Duelling Circle!.

Through the other rising arena's door, Navi can be seen to have be staying in a lotus position behind. With the door rising Navi slowly rises to feet right and when the door is completely up, Navi slowly steps outside.

Once more, seperated only by four meters Navi is face to face with his Death Opponent. Navi stares at Marien who is also staring back at him with a death cold stare. The two death opponents stand still as the metal doors behind both of them begin to lower once more.

Just as suspected, Marien Lee's does have an helmet to complement his armour.

Like the rest of his armour, Marien's helmet comes in a colour of metalic bronze and thus metal wraps around Marien's scalp, forehead and the sides of his chin while leaving his eyes, nose and jaw open.

Short Metals shaped as downwards pointing wings decorate the sides of Marien's helmet. These vain attachments does a good job in giving Marien Lee a solid heroic look.

Hanging off Marien Lee's back in a slanted positions is a long spear?..

No.. Four long metal spears!.

Each long spear on Marien's back has a different design though one particular spear stands out the most amongst the four.

This particular spear is cruely double headed and its base-metal comes in a deadly pitch black shade. The spear's entire structure seems to be made from a mold of this dark metal element.

The rod near both of the long spear's double tips twist into itself through five loops and a bob that then leads to the pointed spear-heads that are neither too slim nor broad.

Thin lines of sliver metal lines the night-black rod of the double-headed spear in loose spirals. This light touch of silver gives the spear the perfect touch of artistic and deadly.

Still examining Marien Lee's gear-up, Navi cacthes a long curved dagger that tucked by Marien's waist and he expects another hidden one somewhere.

Marien Lee seems to be taking his gear-up seriously but it does not matter much to Navi.

Only one person is stepping out of this Duelling circle alive and although he misses her, Navi has no plans of seeing his mother anytime soon.

Turning his head lightly for a small crack, Navi gets a bit distracted as Master Bia Chen's voice rings out powerfully.

"We are all gathered here today to withness a battle of honour between two martial disciples who see no other way to settle their grudges. It's a duel of closure, a duel to the end. It's a Death Duel!.

"The challenger Marien Lee claims his sister Diane Lee had been murdered by the guilty Igorus Navïælét's-ver-firus. The academy has done their investigation and this is the story they have found..

"On the Twenty-sixth of the month of Augburn(August on earth), It is the academy's martial break day and the guilty Navïælét's-ver-firus had decided to leave for home very early at dusk. At dawn, Navi is soon to cross out of the Academy's gates and also soon to notice that he is being followed!.", At this point in the story, the crowd of disciples cannot help but give soft mummurs as the story being told is shaping differently from what they have fed themselves.

"Getting home, Navi observes that his stalkers have no plans of attacking or approaching him at daytime and with this information, he had guessed their most likely purpose.. to steal and plunder though not only for wealth but probably for his own life given the reputation of such bandits!.", Master Bia Chen speaks with his voice being carried through the arena as disciples begin to whisper amongst themselves with the master uninterested in stopping their mummurs.

"As a martial disciple, Navi prepares for the assault on his home. The intruders did attack at night though Navi was ready. Using a pepper bomb, Navi had been able to tear through five of five intruders!.

"The victims of his blade that night are.. Zain who's a half-dwarf rogue, Troy Winslet who's a martial disciple and an ex-roommate of Navi's, Gorvard who's is a human male and also a rogue, Havef who's a beaskkin and finally,.. Diane Lee who is the sister of the challenger!.". Master Bia Chen says with his word fully enlightening the crowd on a whole different story than the one they have in mind.

Some martial disciples are already begining to feel pangs of guilt as they are finally getting the true story. Amongst these disciples who are feeling guilty is Yuxi who is staring down at Navi's figure from her seat with her hands slowly trembling as she breath deeply in a way that suggests that she's about to hyperventilate!.

To Yuxi, Navi is a Kid and getting the true story of things while spectating a duel about to end this kid's life is a little too much for her to bear.

Why had she treated him like a serial killer?. Why didn't she just ask him for the full story?!.

Utterly indifferent to Yuxi's and any other disciple's internal struggles, Master Bia Chen calmly continues his speech.

"Navi did kill the intruders to defend his house but the martial law stands. An eye for an eye!. The challenger's sister have been murdered without sufficient proof that she had directly threatened the guilty's life.

"Due to the circumstance that had led to the killings, the academy had offered a second solution. The guilty.. Navïælét's-ver-firus is to offer up all of his belongings to the challenger Marien Lee in exchange for a closed case. This alternative was proposed yet this alternative have been rejected with a solid will by the guilty!.

"Due to this, both challenger and guilty cannot settle their grudges without blood and so.. they stands here to defend their honours and life with a duel to the end!.", Master Bia Chen says before pausing his speech for a few tense seconds. Casting a slow gaze at Navi and then Marien Lee, the martial master asks..

"Is there anything you both would like to say to yourselves before the bell is rung?.", Master Bia Chen asks according to martial tradition.

There is silence through the arena for two seconds and then Marien Lee slowly speaks.

"You would die painfully.", Marien Lee's cold voice echoes through the silent arena with a finalty in his tone that sends shivers through many disciple's spines.

"Ring the bell.", Navi coldly speaks as he seems completely unfazed by Marien Lee's chilling words.

These two warriors are now locked in this circle of death and it is crystal clear that only one of them would step out alive.

Neither Navi nor Marien Lee believe that they would fall in this circle but yet, it is certain that one of them would fall to the other.

One person's will to survive and kill would bend to the other.

Once the bell rings, each person's strength would determine whose will will bend or stand in contrast to the other's.

Tension peaks through the arena as Marien Lee takes one of his spears off his back and Navi does.. well, Nothing.

The kid is just standing still and from the crowd's perspective, Navi seems to have accepted his seemingly inevitable fate.

Slowly stepping back into the door he had come out from, Master Bia Chen's voice rings out through the arena.

"With my authority as a Martial Core elder of this Martial Academy, I declare that this death duel.. begins!."

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