I AM NOT..(†I AM..†).

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

***Inner Outskirts..

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

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***{!¡!18:21pm!¡!}***

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The crowd of disciples all rise to their feet with shocked expressions and bulging eyes. Some disciples yell in shock and fear while some of the other disciples are too stunned to form words as they look at the scene at the center of the Duelling circle.

Raising his sword high with both his hands, Navi is currently towering over a kneeling and exhausted Marien Lee.

The majority of the rising crowd are completely focused of the scene that is happening in the Dueling circle. They see Marien's lips moving and they know that a conversation is taking place between the death opponents.

The crowd of disciples cannot make out the words being said though from the death duellers body movements, it is very obvious that Marien Lee is pleading for mercy from Navi who seems completely unfazed by Marien's forceful pleas.

Rasing his sword high, Navi's mind is cold as he looks down into Marien Lee's trembling eyes.

"..but you fought against me.".

Rage filled yet unable to do nothing but look up into Navi's eyes, Marien see something that should not be possible. Something that even Navi is not aware of.

There seems to be a rune-ring of purple shining faintly in Navi's orange irises!.

Looking into Navi's orange eyes and seeing the ring of purple, Marien's body freezes as a sense of suffocating primal fear over-takes his formerly raging mind!.

The fear of Death!.

Marien's pupils narrows dangerously, his body trembles as all his thoughts pause. His blood seems to run cold and even the pains coming from his limb being cut off have all been devored by a new sense fear rooted deep in his soul.

Marien finds himself not feeling fear due to his situation but rather due to the person responsible for his situation!.

Looking down into Marien's widened eyes, a part of Navi remembers the look in Marien's eyes. The gaze reminds Navi of the look in the eyes of Ikita's victims in his nightmarish-dreams.

A deeper part of Navi seems to regonise the look in Marien's eyes and even finds thrill in the situation. This deep part of Navi's mind seems to spill out into Navis more conscious mind.

Holding up his sword, Navi's grip on his weapon's handle suddenly trembles as a thought that's not his own trickles lightly into his mind.

"Show him why we are the living death."

These words are whispered through Navi thoughts and a more subconscious part of Navi seems to be awakening.

Navi's mind immediately seems to enter a state of expansion. He feels his affinity with the sword raised in his hand growing dangerously and the dim darkness of the shadowy part of the arena seems to thicken around him.

Still looking down into Marien's eyes, Navi seems to have found something within them as he suddenly makes a move that leaves the entire arena gasping collectively..

..*Clang!..Glang!*..

A sword's blade rolls against the brown sand as Navi let's his sword fall to the ground by his left side!.

"I'm not Ikita Shi.", Navi whispers to almost to himself as he looks down to Marien Lee's gaze that's still frozen from primal fear.

Taking a small step towards the still kneeling Marien, Navi puts his right palm over Marien Lee's left shoulder and then he whispers with a tremble in his cold voice..

"..I'm better!.", Navi says in a low voice as he slowly raises his left hand up while clenching his fist.

The spectating crowd are both confused and tense as they sense a cold shift in Navi who is now raising his left hand up with his right hand placed comfortingly on Marien's shoulder.

People are confused by Navi's action of dropping his sword to the ground but then, Navi let's his left fist desend brutally on Marien Lee's helmet covered face!.

!!!*PUNCH!‡¡*..

An eerie silence desends into the arena as Navi lands a brutal punch on Marien Lee's still helmet covered face.

The now standing crowd are shocked, confused and lost for words but they do not exist in Navi's world as Navi's grips on Marien Lee's right shoulder becomes painfully thight.

The force of Navi's left-handed blow stuns Marien Lee a bit out of his stupor of terror though Navi does not care in the slightest as he pulls his left hand back once more. Navi's left fist is covered by metal knuckles though right now, they knuckles are a bit flattened by impact behind his punch which has also scarred Marien's metal helmet!.

!!!!*PUNCH¡‡!*..

"I am!..", Navi says slowly and powerfully as his fist knocks heavily into Marien's face again while drawing blood as the side of Marien's helmet lightly deforms.

Marien is nearly knocked unconscious by Navi's blow. His cut and beaten body sways as he is limp on his knees though Navi has no care for Marien's exhaustion as he grips his left shoulder thighter with his right hand.

!!!!!*PUNCH!‡¡*..

"..Navi¡.", Navi completes his words with fiery orange irises becoming colder yet brighter as his fist knocks into Marien's helmet once more.

Blood slowly begins to leaks out of Marien's face. Prehaps because of the blood Marien has lost from a cut arm, Marien's face does not bleed much though Navi bleeding fist ensures that Marien's face is covered with sticky crimison.

Gripping Marien by his shoulder, Navi seems not to feel any pain as he slowly pulls back his left fist once more.

!!!!!!*PUNCH¡‡!*..

Another punch deforms Marien's face and helmet once more as Navi keeps on speaking with a low voice though it is obviously he is talking to something fundamental.

"I am!..", Navi coldy says as his bloody left fist rises once more.

!!!!!!!*PUNCH!‡¡*..

Navi's fist desends while rocking Marien into a lifeless sway.

".. Navïælét's-ver-firus.", Navi says coldly and a bit louder this time. Navi is obviously not talking to Marien but rather to himself.

The spectating crowd of disciples feel terror rock their souls as they watch on as Navi executes his will.

Navi has abandoned his blade only to slowly begins to un-alive Marien with powerful brutal punches!.

Pulling his fist back once more, Navi lets out a breath and lets go of his right hand's grip on Marien's shoulder. On his knees, Marien sways almost lifelessly as he falls backwards with a bloody cough while spitting out more than one broken tooth.

Uncaring about the silent crowd and their shocked expressions, Navi sits ontop of Marien's stomach then he fluidly pulls off both his metal knuckles.

!!!!*PUNCH¡‡!*.. Navi's left fist slams into Marien's face and helmet while deforming both!.

!!!!!*PUNCH!‡¡*.. Navi's right fist joins the bloody action!.

*Groan!.*, A deep groan excapes Marien blood oozing mouth. Most likely out of desperation, Marien's right hand which has been reduced to a barely functional finger and thumb moves in action.

*¡STAB>ס*..

A small daggers strikes forward and it spills blood.. Navi's blood!.

Marien Lee's grasp on his dagger is shaky and desperate as the dagger's blade pierces through the side of Navi's stomach.

Looking down at his stabbed stomach, Navi is breathing heavily as he feels.. nothing.

A part of Navi feels the pain and dizziness of being stabbed but at the same time, he feels completely disconnected form these numbing emotions.

!!!!*PUNCH!‡¡*.. Navi does not care he has been stabbed. With the same brutal yet paced intensity as before, Navi's right fist strikes another solid blow into Marien Lee's face!.

Pulling back his hand again..

!!!!!*PUNCH¡‡!*.. Another heavy blow deforms Marien's helmet and face. This punch pushes the side of Marien's head into the dirt and causes Marien to lose his pathetic grip on his small dagger.

!!!!*PUNCH!‡¡*.. Another blow crushes into Marien Lee's skull while accompanied by a splatter of blood as Navi's right fist bursts open.

Navi is now breathing heavily but this does not stop his fists from raining down slowly but heavily.

!!!!!*PUNCH¡‡!*.. Navi punches out once more.

With wide eyes and racing hearts, the crowd of spectating disciples can only stand and wacth Navi's display of feral brutality as a chilling silence echoes though the areana.

The disciples can almost hear the sound of Navi's heavy punches in their minds!.

¡!¡!¡!¡*PUNCH¡‡!*.. Another punch impacts while chilling multiple souls. By now, Marien's eyes has lost signs of life but Navi does not seem to notice.

!!!!!!*PUNCH!‡¡*.. Another punch impacts and two seconds later, another follows.

!!!!!!*PUNCH¡‡!*.. For the next minute, disciples wacth in silence as blood spills with punch after punch raining on Marien Lee's head.

They wacth as Marien's helmet deforms then crack open and they wacth as brain matter spills and splatters on the sands.

Terror strikes through countless souls as each blow lands and finally..

¡!¡!¡!¡!¡*PUNCH!‡¡*.. Panting heavily, Navi strikes his final punch on Marien Lee's destroyed head.

Navi's fists are torn and bloody though he does not care as he lets his fists unclench while panting.

Slowly, Navi stands up from Marien's torso and then he looks at the dagger that Marien has stuck into his abdomen. Rolling his eyes back to retain strength, Navi swallows as a light wave of dizziness knock into his mind.

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***{!¡¡18:25⁰⁰pm¡¡!}***

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Swallowing down a mettaliic taste in his mouth, Navi is in pain but it does not stop him from slowly walking forward to his sword. Croching down, Navi picks his bloody sword up once more and then he re-shealths it across his back.

Under the gazes of all, the winner of this death duel is decided. Navi slowly moves across the arena's circle and then he picks up Marien Lee's black spear with a powerful voice ringing through the arena.

"The death duel is over. Standing is the winner of this fight of martial honour.. Navïælét's-ver-firus..

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