"Killing you will be an enjoyable experience." The Darkness Elementalist said icily while facing Klaus.
Of the group of four, Klaus was the one he hated the most because the first person to hurt him was Klaus, and he didn't hurt him alone, but he started to rub it in. And from his expression when saying it, it looks like he relishes the experience of hurting him.
"Hey, blockhead! Your opponent is me. We had an unfinished business, remember?" Grey called the Darkness Elementalist while changing positions with Klaus.
"I'll leave him to you, I don't want to defile my hands with his expired blood." Klaus turned to Grey fist-bumping him as he walked past him.
The Darkness Elementalist almost charged at Klaus when he heard this remark. This was the most annoying person he had ever come across in his life.
"I'll see where that sharp tongue of yours gets you. After I'm done with him, you're next, maggot." The Darkness Elementalist calmed himself before replying.
"I don't think you'll live long enough to see this maggot transform into a beautiful butterfly, corpse." Klaus retorted smugly.
"Uhmm… Klaus, maggots don't transform into butterflies, caterpillars do." Reynolds whispered into Klaus's ears when he got close to him.
"I know. But you don't expect me to say transform into a fly, right?" Klaus smiled happily, clearly excited by how quick-witted he was.
"Yeah, you do have a point there." Reynolds nodded on hearing Klaus's response.
"Wait, do maggots transform into butterflies?" One of the companions of the Darkness Elementalist couldn't help but ask his comrade next to him.
"I have no idea. But I don't think they do." His comrade shook his head after pondering for some time.
"I'll have to find out from his mouth personally." The youth said before positioning himself opposite Klaus. Obviously, he had chosen his opponent.
The other three did the same with two teaming up against Alice, and one facing off against Reynolds.
Grey chuckled lightly when he heard Klaus's reply, but he quickly regained himself and focused on the opponent ahead of him. It was time for him to test the limit of his strength, and no opponent would be better than the young man in front of him. Although he wasn't too confident in being able to defeat the Darkness Elementalist after seeing his impressive battle when they were fighting against the protectors, he still didn't back down, rather, he was pretty excited.
He knew his strength, and the only way he could defeat the Darkness Elementalist easily was if he entered the Fusion State, which is impossible for the current him since it hadn't been long he used it. And even if he could use it, he wouldn't use the State, unless it was absolutely necessary.
"You're the first person in my generation I've regarded to be almost on par with me. It's a shame we are meant to be enemies. Had we met on a different circumstance, there was a chance we might have become good friends." The Darkness Elementalist praised Grey for his strength.
"You're not bad yourself, but, I already have great friends who I wouldn't change for anything in the world." Grey shrugged.
Although he was slightly taken aback by the Darkness Elementalist's words, he didn't bother about it.
Who would want to change such amazing friends?
"Hmph! Don't worry, after I kill you, those great friends of yours, will join you shortly." The Darkness Elementalist snorted.
Without delaying any further, he launched an attack at Grey, not forgetting to keep a good distance from him though. He was still very wary of Grey's speed and physical strength. At least at this distance, he would get the chance to react appropriately if Grey tries using his speed and physical strength.
"Heh! You're not capable of achieving such feats." Grey smirked at attacked as well.
Boom!
Attacks flew from one side to the other. The moment the Darkness Elementalist and Grey started their battle, the others also attacked.
Reynolds was fighting against an opponent in the Second stage while still being at the First stage. Although the power difference wasn't much given the fact that he was naturally stronger than his stage, his opponent was a notch stronger than him.
Alice wasn't having a good time either as she was facing off against two opponents on the same stage as herself.
Both youths were talented and even though one of them was no match for her, two of them were a little too much for her to handle alone. But as long as she focused on defending, she wouldn't have a problem holding on for now.
Klaus was having a relatively easier time since his opponent was in the same stage as himself, and he even gained the upper hand from the first attack.
Bam! Boom!
The impacts from the attacks made the blue-clothed youth's companions retreat in fear, with the unconscious youth in tow. They weren't strong enough to get close to a battle of this caliber. But they didn't retreat far from the battle and quickly started trying what they could to awaken the blue-clothed youth.
Bam! Bang!
Grey crashed into one of the rocks behind him, and it exploded from the strength of the impact.
"You might be strong, but in front of me, you're nothing." The Darkness Elementalist declared with both arms open after sending Grey flying.
Grey stood up from the rubble and stared at his opponent. The Darkness Elementalist was indeed the strongest opponent he had faced.
He looked at the Darkness Elementalist calmly without any sign of fear in his eyes, rather, there was an unrestrained fighting intent.
When the Darkness Elementalist saw the fighting intent, he chuckled in disdain.
"You're not fit to be my opponent. Had you waited for another year or two, then maybe, just maybe, you could stand on an equal footing with me. But for now, you're not strong enough." The Darkness Elementalist slowly walked forward and started his attacks once again.
"It's still too early for you to say that, the battle had just begun." Grey smiled and also launched an attack, two to be precise with the second one following behind the first one sneakily.
The first attack compromised of the fire element, and the second one was the lightning element.
Boom! Bang!
The Darkness Elementalist who had just destroyed Grey's fire attack was pushed back four meters hitting the rock behind him in the process, by the lightning attack that followed behind the fire attack.
"You're a Dual Elementalist." The Darkness Elementalist looked at Grey in shock.
From the first time he saw Grey, he had only witnessed him using the fire element. Even when fighting against the protectors, he took peeks at Grey's battle, and he didn't see him use a second element, so he concluded Grey was a Single Elementalist with terrifying physical prowess, and nothing more.
"What? Do you think you're the only one allowed to wield multiple elements?" Grey asked when he saw the expression of his opponent.
The Darkness Elementalist refrained from speaking and instead, lashed out with another attack. Now, he didn't know if Grey was still hiding his strength or not.
'I'll have to kill him. If he doesn't die, he might become someone that could foil our plans later in the future.' The Darkness Elementalist thought.
Grey and the Darkness Elementalist started their intense battle once again with the Darkness Elementalist having the upper hand in most of the exchanges.
Klaus's battle.
Bang!
"Hehe! Do you think you can fight against me? I'll beat you into a pighead." Klaus proclaimed after striking his opponent once again.
Of all the fighters, Klaus's opponent was currently the most depressed one. The reason for that was that Klaus wasn't only beating him physically, but he was also beating him emotionally.
Who are the worst opponents to fight against? The ones who curse at you even when they are beating you up! And Klaus fell perfectly into that category.
Klaus's opponent was on the brink of having a mental breakdown. The words Klaus had told him were things that shouldn't be said, he still hasn't been able to decipher some. And truthfully, he didn't dare to. He was afraid he might go crazy if he were to discover the meaning of the words.
But things went from bad to worse when Klaus would actively start to explain the meaning of some of the words he was telling him when he notices the expression of confusion on his face.
"How can you call yourself a normal person! You're a psychopath!" Klaus's opponent yelled with tears-filled eyes.
"Thanks for the compliment. Kekeke." Klaus's hysterical laughter rang out.
"Aron, let's switch opponents." With no option left, he could only seek the help of his friend.
"Okay." Aron who was one of the people fighting against Alice switched places with his friend.
"*Sigh* Reynolds, look, my initial opponent ran away. I'm just too awesome." Klaus sighed putting on the air of an expert before calling on Reynolds who was having a difficult battle.
