Chapter 64: Promise to the Princess

Cleru Neos

There she is. Princess Serenity Elkyria was sitting uncomfortably on her golden seat at the top of the colloseum. She had her eyes amazed and worried at the same time at the grand fight she has been witnessing. Amphere Harrison versus Mark Anthony Ocatvius. Some of my fellow dragon knights said that only one of them will be the Princess’s Knight. They honestly forgot that there’s still a battle after this, and that’s my fight.

The arena is getting messy, but the audiences are rather thrilled to see this good fight. All of them stood in awe as the hero Amphere Harrison revealed his last card at play.

“Overloading Vesryn Pulse!” the lawyer-knight shouted. Upon proclaiming, his scary red eyes glowed with a fierce glare fixated at the gladiator knight!

Suddenly, light particles started dancing around the Gladiator Dragon’s body, as well as Amphere’s cute dragonoid. Their bodies were converted into gold as they surged up on the skies and fused together, forming one, Ultimate Dragon. I have seen Amphere’s Ultima Dragon in the past elimination round, but this time, it’s different. Only two dragons were only fused, so it only has two heads.

That knight… Amphere Harrison is surely a terrifying enemy. He got his enemy dragon turn to his side! The twin headed white dragon roared with a deafening blast as it landed in the center of the arena!

“Y-You cheater…” Mark gave an awkward laugh, and then dropped his halberd. He then raised his hands and turned to the emcee of the tournament. “I concede. I can’t have my dragonoid Abigail fighting against me. Amphere wins this fight.”

The emcee blinked three times until he finally grasped Mark’s words. “The winner is Amphere Harrison, the hero of Twilight City!”

The crowd went wild, especially Amphere’s fangirls. The disgusting dukes and the duchesses who are in favor of Amphere cheered up with their glasses of wine. In the arena, Amphere slowly went to him and then shook his hand in a very sportsmanlike manner.

“I’m sorry if I cheated.” Amphere said. “It’s just…I have a big reason to win this fight. I could’ve lost if I didn’t do it. I already threw everything at you, but you’re really a formidable gladiator.”

“I also did my best to defeat you, but it wasn’t enough.” Mark laughed once again. “It was a good fight. You deserve this win more than me. Anyway, your weird eyes are really scary.”

Amphere blinked, and then his eyes are back to normal. The twin headed dragon glowed, reverted, and separated into two dragonoids of their respective knights. And then the two opponents made a friendly exit through the backstage.

Now it’s my turn.

“The next battle would be the student council president Reina Fleuret and the people’s choice Cleru Neos!” The emcee proclaimed.

“Let’s do our best, Cleru!” Jasmine said as she pumped both her fists.

Jasmine Fontaine is my trustworthy dragonoid. She has this short black hair which makes her cute and famous to many of the guys in the campus. She’s always wearing a shrine maiden’s outfit, simply because she was, in fact, a priestess in the Cathedral Exa. She may look naïve, but she contains unbelievable magical power.

I marched through the arena at the same time President Reina Fleuret made an entrance. The crowd kept yelling “Destroy him, Prez!” or something like “Beat that plebeian’s ass!” and also “You’re dressed like a hobo, Cleru!. That last one hurts me the most. Sure, I’m a plebeian with a farmer’s blood, but it has nothing to do with my own fashion. I’m wearing the burnt scarf my mother gave me before she died, and I wear a black worn out trench coat that my father used to wear back in the province.

I unsheathed my rusty scimitar, and the president revealed her short sword. Both of us prepared a balanced stance as we face-off with each other. But three seconds before the buzzer beeps, I had my chance to look at the princess.

Seris is surely worried. She has those trembling hands on her chest. Seeing this, I mumbled to myself. “I will be your knight, I promise.”

“Let the battle begin!” Emcee shouted and the buzzer screamed.

The first move was Reina! She rushed forward in a fencing stance and made a flashing series of hacks. I was so unlucky that some of it escaped from my block and got my arms hit. It wouldn’t wound me, but my shield plate already dropped at 63%! If I don’t do something, I’ll lose immediately! I have to escape!

I jumped and somersaulted backwards to avoid Reina’s fast blows. But Reina has opened a new opportunity! “Activating Vesryn Pulse!” She shouted, and his teenage dragonoid transformed into a white snakelike Portal Dragon! At first, Reina just stood on the Portal Dragon’s head, but then she swiped her fingers to open a breach in the dimension!

As soon as the president jump into the portal, a disk of light appeared half a meter behind me! Reina launched from that portal and gave me a direct thrust to my spine! My shield plate went down at 11% real fast because of the dangerous hit! Reina was about to launch another hack at me, but then Jasmine casted a barrier to deflect all the president’s hacks.

Realizing her attacks was useless; she jumped back to the portal and then magically returned on top of her dragon’s head. I used this opportunity to grab my chest and cast my Vesryn Pulse!

Jasmine’s dragon form is a truly magnificent beauty. Her wings and her whole body are colored red, orange, yellow, green, indigo, violet, and blue alternately. Her colors perfectly shines with the sunlight, as her seven-meter-tall basilisk body gave everyone radiance. She is the mystic Rainbow Dragon.

My rusty scimitar was finally engulfed with colorful glowing aura that contains all the magical elements of this world. This is one of Ranbow Dragon’s perks; to have an absolute control on all elemental magic. Fire, earth, water, wind, nature, poison, thunder and sound… These are the enhancements my sword can make!

Seeing these, Reina Fleuret didn’t spend much time. She’s ready to use her trump card! “DRACARYX! Activate Hyperspace Fury!”

Several portals opened up in the sky and blocked the sun’s rays. Suddenly, light beams surged from the portal and bursts towards us! Everything happened so fast that I can’t barely get a grasp of the situation! Is this my end!?

Is this really it? I came all my way here, made an indestructible pact with the woman I loved, and get defeated easily in this fight? Will I swallow…my promises…to Seris!?

But suddenly…I heard a painful shout. It is from afar; the stage where the eleven generals sit together with the princess…

“…Don’t lose, Cleru!”

It was definitely Serenity’s voice!

A deafening explosion once again covered the arena. I had my head, shoulders, stomach, legs, and feet covered with blood. Several scrapes and bruises are randomly placed all over my body. I do feel excruciating pain all over my body, but I have to endure it. For the sake of my promise to the princess.

As the smoke went out, Reina Fleuret’s gaze at me became dreaded. She was awestruck at my current situation.

I have the ability to absorb all the incoming magical spells’ damage without hurting my shield plate. It is my bloodline magic Martyrdom of the Plebeian which was taught by my father. That is why I was able to sacrifice my own health for the sake of my shield plate.

I used my scimitar to help me stand up. Blood dripped from random parts of my body, but I can still fight. I still have 1% left on my shield plate. That’s good enough. I’m not going to lose here.

“Haaaaaah!” I made a loud war cry as I charged recklessly to the enemy.