That's when he stared at me and said,
"This is the power of a mage."
Then a circle ball appeared in front of him—made of flames.
He said,
"And now..."
"Flame Realm – 4th Stage: Burning Inferno Burst Sphere."
The circle thing began to rotate—as if it was his body.
It made me irritated.
But why do I feel like I'm gonna have it rough now?
Then he said again,
"Flame Realm – 3rd Stage: Bouncy Flame!"
On his legs, small flame balls appeared—and then he began to bounce.
Whenever he touched, he jumped.
Everyone was so astonished.
They all began to say,
"Dante! Dante!"
Shouting his name.
Then he stared at me and said,
"Isn't flame amazing?! And now to the finale—"
And he bounced right into my face.
I stood straight and saw my sides.
My eyes rolled all over, but there was no way of getting out of there.
It was all crowded and packed.
I'm already circled.
And if I jumped, he would use his bounce and hit me back with his leg.
Then I said,
"Well, I guess there is no other way of doing it..."
Then he attacked.
The giant flame golems attacked as well.
And just after that I said,
"Are you done over there?"
—from behind.
I remembered...
When I was in Nyumbani Kingdom.
Those criminals—the ones who caught me...
I know how he made me fear him before I even knew him.
It was all so simple.
I used that right in front of them all.
I used Dash, and just when he turned around to see me,
I caught his face and pushed him forward—
And his golems stopped him.
Then I used the black side of the dagger.
I caught the white one in my left hand,
Grabbed the chain with my right hand,
And began to rotate it.
I jumped into them all, destroying the golems to reach him.
It kinda reminded me of when I caught every last one of the serpents and butterflies...
But this time, I was using skill.
I was controlling the dagger using the chain—
Cutting them all one by one.
Then one of them attacked me from behind.
So I turned over and dodged it by crossing the daggers—
After grabbing the other one with my right hand.
Then another two attacked me while I was defending from here.
So I swung the dagger by holding the middle part of the chain in my mouth.
And I punched the head of the golem holding me.
Just when I finished this one and rotated,
The other two were slaughtered by the flame swing.
And after that happened, I said,
"Hundred Fangs."
I slashed them all and approached him.
Then he created more—
But not as strong as the first ones.
And he led the way.
Dante came straight to me.
And when I dodged his attack, my face got burned.
My left eye turned black—it burned.
I stood up.
Then I grabbed him and threw him to the wall.
He used the golems and tried to bounce back.
And he did it.
Just when he bounced back—
I punched him dead in the face.
He even bounced harder.
And when he got to the other side,
The flame ball on his chest began to shoot flames
That equaled half the stage—
In all directions.
He said:
"Flame Realm, 6th Form!"
Everyone was almost shocked to see it.
Even the kings stood up and said:
"He really is one of the 8 Reincarnations."
He said:
"Flame Magic: Flame Realm, 6th Form — Burning Ground: Plasma Vortex Nova!"
And he himself turned into flame.
Laughing.
He walked toward me.
He absolutely had no strength left,
And the land itself was getting ready to melt already.
But I walked straight to him—
And punched him in his belly.
He flew up into the sky—
And I jumped higher than him.
I punched him down to the ground.
The kings were straight-up watching my face.
They saw me using nothing much.
And they were shocked by me.
"How is he walking, enjoying, surviving, and even fighting—
Without even getting burned?"
The reason behind it all was simple.
I was teleporting to the coldest sea ever, every second.
And even when I walked on nothing,
It was because of the teleportation speed that I now appeared as if I was doing it all for easily.
Then he cooled off—
And I was still standing.
Everyone was unbelievably shocked by my survival and me standing—
Not to mention that the stones were changing to molten rock, just like magma.
Then I said:
"Let's leave that to the fight experts...
Let's see if someone is gonna come with logic."
And we won the first round.
Next is the second round.
Then the last is the third round.
Almost no one cheered for me.
They all said commoner stuff.
So I just stood in front of the camera and took the mic.
I said:
"If you think I do deserve this, thank you all.
But if you think I don't deserve it,
Then come over here and teach me.
Or I'll come to ya all."
And they began to clap for themselves.
Everyone came to see us.
And then the healers came and asked to heal me.
But I said:
"Nah, thanks.
I got my own personal healer."
And they asked her to heal me.
I took off my upper cloth and wore shorts.
She began to heal my whole body.
While she was doing that, we talked a while.
Then I asked her,
"Who are you up against next?"
And she said:
"We are against—"
Rim's group.
We are up against Rim's group.
Then I said to her,
"Be careful of Rim. She ain't gonna use magic as magic. She is really weird."
Then she said,
"How do you know?"
Then I said,
"She might be my opponent. It won't hurt to know."
Then she said,
"Well, yeah."
And then I said,
"But the biggest threat is Hana and Faysal. Make sure to team them up with the strongest, okay?"
Then she said,
"Okay."
After that, she said,
"Don't do anymore exercise. It will hurt your body. Rest for a while, at least today."
And got out.
I already knew she would say that anyway.
I already knew she healed me perfectly and got out to check if Dante is alright.