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.

Navi is currently towering over into a kneeling Marien Lee with his sword raised high and his sword's handle in the grasp of both his hands.

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 but from the death dueller's 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 and looking 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 primal fear over-takes his formerly raging mind!.

The fear of Death!.

Marien's eyes widens and his pupil's narrow as all thoughts pause. His blood seems to run cold and even the pains coming from his limb being cut off have all been devored a sense fear rooted 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 him of the look in the eyes of Ikita's victims in his nightmarish-dreams.

A part of Navi seems to regonise the look in Marien's eyes. This 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 seems to start a small expansion. He feels his affinity with the sword raised by 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 makes the entire arena gasp 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 whobis now raising his left hand up.

People are confused by Navi's actions 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 thighter.

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 but right now, they are a bit more flattened by impact behind his punch which has also scarred Marien's metal helmet!.

!!!!*PUNCH¡‡!*..

"I am..", Navi says slowly as his fist knocks heavily into Marien's face 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 on his knees but 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 as his fist knocks into Marien's helmet once more.

Blood slowly begins to leaks. Prehaps because of the blood he has lost from a cut arm, Marien's face does not bleed much but 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.

"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 a bit louder this time. He is obviously not talking to Marien but rather to himself.

The spectating crowd of disciples feel terror rock their souls as they watch on. Navi has abandoned his blade only to begin to slowly begins un-aliving Marien with powerful brutal punches!.

Navi let's out a breath and lets go of his 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 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 and then most likely out of desperation, Marien's right hand which has been reduced to a barely functional finger and thumb moves.

*¡STAB>ס*..

A small daggers strikes 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 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 ant two seconds later, another follows.

!!!!!!*PUNCH¡‡!*.. For the next minute, disciples wacth in silence as blood spill 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 on the sands.

Terror strikes 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 but he does not care as he lets his fists fall 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, 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 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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