Demon Lord's Reincarnation

The appointed time for the duel finally arrived and many members of the Loder Clan gathered in the fighting arena. This was a fight that would decide the future of the Loder Clan which is why many more members of the Loder Clan came to watch than what was expected.

Of course, there were some who did not go since they did not care who became the patriarch, for all they cared about was their own research. Since watching a fight would interfere with their research time they wouldn't even bother thinking about it.

...

Mythious was quite surprised to see so many had come to watch the duel between Nero and Julius. Despite not being as abnormal as Cry himself, these guys' descendants were still within that spectrum.

Both Julius and Nero were already on stage waiting for Ren to arrive. They still had a few minutes before the appointed time.

"Nero, I hope you're ready to hand over the position of patriarch."

"If you prove yourself worthy then I will gladly hand it over to you."

"Tsk," Julius clicked his tongue after hearing Nero's response. Even now he could not get used to Nero's goodwill of him. It would have been better if Nero was like the others who thought ill of him and cursed at him behind his back.

"I hope that you and I have a great duel today." Nero extended his hand forward wanting a handshake. Julius stared at Nero's hand and sighed as he shook the other party's hand.

"... You better do your best. I don't want anyone's pity and I especially don't want things to just be handed to me. What I want I will take using my own power."

"Of course, I will not dishonor this duel by doing something like that. I can only hope that the ancestor's reincarnation would be satisfied with our duel."

"Hmph, the ancestor was said to be a man who thought that a thrilling battle is a battle were both sides use everything they have without thinking about anything else but the battle itself. So as long as we devote ourselves to the battle the ancestor would not be disappointed."

Watching Julius' reaction made Nero try to hold in a chuckle and smile instead. On the other hand, when Julius saw Nero's smiling face it made him frown, this person who was the same age as him was looking at him as if he was a child.

...

When the time of the duel was near the sky above the arena darkened, and a powerful force could be felt above the clouds. The members of the Loder Clan felt the powerful presence and were about to do a preemptive strike but before they could do anything Mythious signaled them to stop.

"Heh, this reincarnation is even more flashy than Cry."

The silhouette of a person falling from above could be seen, and as it got clearer everyone saw that the person falling was none other than their ancestor Ren. When Ren fell to the floor there was no sound no massive damage, nothing it was like a feather had landed on the ground.

"Heh, it seems that the two of you have arrived at the venue safely. You guys showed me quite the spectacle before the start of the duel."

Ren stared at the people who harassed Nero in the past few days. Those who Ren was staring at quickly lowered their heads.

"I was expecting you guys to be more violent or use more despicable means since you are the descendants of Cry. Based on my understanding of the other party, unlike the other past reincarnations, that guy was not just focused on battle but on using whatever it was he had just learned. So I was expecting some of you to use more special means than just explosives and poison.

Well, it doesn't matter anymore, now then since the two of you have made it to the venue in one piece do you have anything more to say before we start the duel?"

Ren asked the two who were about to duel. Nero and Julius looked at each other and without saying a word seemed to have come to an understanding. The two nodded their heads and did not say a single word at one another, instead, they took went to the opposite sides of the arena.

"Hoh, it looks like the two of you are raring to go. Alright then, before we start I will remind you guys. The two of you can use whatever means you want. The winner will be decided if one party surrenders or is unable to continue. Of course, you can go all out and try to kill the other party. As long as it's just a few seconds I have many means to resurrect you.

So do as much as you can to your heart's content. Then without further ado let the duel start!"

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"You heard that Nero, the ancestor can resurrect us and we can use anything we can. So don't say that this is cheating." Julius took out a bottle from his sub-space.

"Like the ancestor said use any means that you can, and I will respond in my own way."

Nero calmly responded as he did not make a move instead waited for Julius to finish his preparations. Nero seeing that Nero had no thoughts of attacking while he was preparing just made Julius even more irritated. Julius clenched his fist and breathed in and out, calming himself down.

'That's right I don't need to think too deeply I just need to focus on the battle before me.'

Julius' mindset changed and his battle intent had risen significantly. Nero did not fall behind as he too quickly went into the mindset of focusing entirely on the battle at hand. Julius drank the potion he prepared. The very second he finished drinking the potion an incredible amount of energy came bursting out of Julius's body.

Nero who was looking at Julius with extreme focus lost sight of the other party, but Nero could still sense Julius's aura. Nero quickly did a roundhouse kick behind him. Julius who was filled with strength due to his potion was able to move behind Nero and was ready to attack but Nero intercepted him.

Julius blocked Nero's kick with his forearm when the two clashed an incredible booming sound echoed through the arena, which also resulted in a strong shockwave.