Mikanos had formed a massive steel drill with his ability, Steel Smithing. It allows him to create steel weapons or other items at will.
"Spiraling Steel!!!!"
He launched the giant drill at "Copy". He then blocked the attack with a wall of diamond. Just as "Copy" assumed that he had stopped the attack, the drill started spinning furiously and pierced right through the wall. "Copy" then used an intense force of gravity to push the drill into the ground.
"Copy's" ability is obviously the ability to copy the special ability of others. He can add as many abilities as he wants as long as they meet a few criteria.
The first was that he had to see the ability and have an understanding of how it works. The second is that it can't be an ability that is impossible for him to do physically. Finally, it can't be an ability of someone who is stronger than himself.
"I can't be sure how his ability works, but I should assume that he can use all of the abilities of the previous captains. As long as I stay on guard I can cut through his attacks perfectly." Mikanos thought.
The two then exchanged attacks back and forth with neither man able to take the upper hand, leading to a stalemate. "Copy" had a plan to break the stalemate, which was to use Mikanos's own ability against him.
"Spiraling Steel!!!!"
"Copy" said.
"This is precisely what I had expected. You made a mistake trying such a tactic against me." Mikanos said as he prepared his next attack.
"Spiraling Steel!!!!"
Mikanos said.
The two identical attacks clashed against each other and after a brief struggle, Mikanos' attack was eventually the one that broke through and pierced through "Copy" and completely tore his body apart.
"An imitation could never defeat the real thing. I'd been trying to bait you into attacking using my own technique, and it seems that my plan worked perfectly." Mikanos said as he walked away victoriously.
As he was walking away, a blade made of diamond suddenly pierced through his chest. He turned around to see what happened and was shocked to see that "Copy" was still standing unharmed.
"What?" Was all he could muster the strength to say before he collapsed to the ground.
"You say that you were baiting me, but it was actually me that had been leading you to your defeat." "Copy" replied.
"Copy" had been using "Illusion's" ability as well as a mind reading ability that he had acquired previously to read Mikanos's mind and see his battle plan, then show him an illusion that went along with how he wanted the battle to go. In that way he manipulated the entire fight to make Mikanos believe that the fight was going just as he had planned. He then struck when Mikanos left his guard down when he thought he had won.
"What a masterful victory! With that, the Empire increases their lead to 4-2! In a regular War Festival, they would have already won!" The announcer said.
Such a dominant defeat at this stage was a tough blow to the Coalition forces. Especially considering that the Three Heroes were supposed to be the strongest warriors on Earth. Still they had many more battles left to fight.
"Alright! Let's keep it moving and introduce our next set of fighters!" The announcer said to the roar of the crowd. "Fighting out of the Eastern corner, he stands 6 feet 2 inches tall, weighing in at 202 pounds, he has a War Festival record of 500 wins and zero losses. It's, "Eraser"!" She continued.
A man with tan skin and long black hair that was braided down both sides of his face walked out to the arena. He wore an extravagantly designed uniform that had a large fur plumbed collar.
"He's probably the Royal Guard Captain that we know the least about." Hezikiah said as he watched "Eraser" enter the arena. This could be a very dangerous fight for Fabian."
"I wouldn't worry about him. That guy may be strong, but Fabian can handle himself." Toro replied.
"Now introducing out of the Western Corner, his opponent standing 6 feet 4 inches tall, weighing in at 250 pounds, he has a War Festival record of 1 win and zero losses. It's Fabian! Martinez!"
"Let's get this over with, I don't like to work myself too hard." Fabian said as he entered the arena with a lazy yawn.
"I can't wait to see the "real" you." "Eraser" replied.