The Mech Lord

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A silence engulfed the indoor stadium as the students stared at the ground with surprised looks on their faces. The sight in front of them was something very hard to believe, but they couldn't deny it.

"Am I seeing things right?" One of the students suddenly pinched himself. And, the pain that followed made him realize that yes he was.

"How can he bring out so much power? He is a Yellow ranker, no matter how you look at him.."

People couldn't just believe it, and they had a reason too.

"How is he doing that?" Serina had a confused look on her face as well.

Rebecca was staring at the ground with a serious look on her face as well.

"Well, who knows. It seems he is an irregular one. He might just that inborn in him.." Ronnie shrugged.

But, it was a bit hard to accept it at this point.

It was true that there were people who had some innate advantage from birth, they were sure that Leo didn't have that. At least they strongly believed so.

"Anyway, does it really matter? As long as it is interesting enough, I am fine with it." The guy further added with a smile on his face.

People around shook their heads looking at the carefree guy.

…

'Damn..it hurts..' Leo cursed feeling the ache through his body. He swore in his heart that if it wasn't for the fact that he was forced into this situation, he would have never chosen a field full of violence.

'Why can't this guy just stay down..' Leo lamented as Morpheous slowly got back onto his feet.

The guy wiped the blood on his lips, and his body slowly started to harden once again. It seemed he wasn't going to let his guard down again.

"Whoosh!" Morpheous once again charged while gritting his teeth. Blood once again began to slip through his mouth, but he didn't stop.

Leo's face turned dark as he prepared himself. He was no longer as quick as before, but the same could be said for Morpheous.

Morpheous seemed to have realized from his past mistakes, and didn't ram into Leo like before. Instead, he carefully controlled his charge even at the cost of reducing his speed to better handle the situation.

'Crap..'

Sweat dripped down Leo's face as he dodged the consecutive swings from Morpheous. The winds from his fist zooming past his face was really frightening to him. He knew that another blow would probably end this fight at the spot.

He couldn't afford to take another hit.

The situation wasn't looking good for Morpheous as well. His face was pale, and his injuries were severe as well. He didn't know how Leo had managed to gather that much strength in his fist, but it sure hurt like hell.

He knew that it was his fault to begin with. He had let his guard down, not to mention, he had looked down on Leo. After all, just how much could a blow from a Yellow ranker hurt?

Guess what?

It was pretty bad.

'Chance..' Leo's eyes constricted as he finally found a gap in Morpheous's move. The guy was constantly using his Branch skill, and from one look, Leo could tell that it was extremely taxing on him.

After all, he had to constantly use his energy to maintain his skill.

Secondly, he had recently advanced to the Elite stage. It was not odd if he had barely managed to get control over the skill. And, now he was using it so excessively. You can imagine his condition.

He was pushing himself beyond his limit, and this inadvertently opened up a gap in his movement.

"Bang!"

Leo picked this opportunity, and with a flash his body moved, and he kicked right at the guy's chin.

His accuracy sure had increased from before.

Even in his hardened state, the chin was indeed a point you wanted to guard.

Morpheous's movements froze for a second as he was hit by a spell of dizziness.

It was only for a second, but that changed the momentum from his favor to that of Leo's.

As Morpheous took a step back to stabilize himself, Leo immediately smashed his head with a roundhouse kick.

This further send the guy staggering back.

And, after that, the audience could only look at the fight with wide eyes.

Leo didn't hold back at all. With all his Arora energy coursing through his legs, he displayed his peak strength using the Niverian kicking arts.

A flurry of kicks rained down on Morpheous, and each attack connected with the other into a combo.

Morpheous was totally caught onto Leo's momentum, he tried to get out of it, but there was no pulling back. And, he could only defend himself.

He tried to ram out with brute force, but the moment he tried to switch from defense to offence, a kick would come landing right onto his nose or chin.

That was not a good situation for him.

As time ticked, Leo got even more ferocious. He knew that his time limit was nearing.

Morpheous gritted his teeth. He knew that Leo couldn't continue like this. It was a battle of attrition now. The person who runs out of stamina would be the one to lose first.

People held their breaths looking at the exciting fight. For a moment, they had forgotten that the fight was between an Awake and Elite. They began to treat two people at equal levels.

'I am gonna lose..' Leo muttered inwardly. He realized that he was fighting way above his level. He couldn't sustain his energy consumption for long.

[Don't you dare to lose! This will be our first serious victory! If you can't even win here, we will never be able to break through our limit. Do you want that-nya?!!] Aiden roared.

Leo gritted his teeth hearing that, and the Arora energy began to buzz in his body.

'Right....I can't give up..I promised myself not to..' Leo's face turned serious. An Unknowingly, a will began to surge within his body. But, there was no one around who was at a level to sense it.

Morpheous who was beginning to feel at ease with victory in sight, frowned. He suddenly felt the strength behind Leo's attack increase.

'What's going on?' He looked at Leo with a face full of trepidation. 'Did this guy level up?'

"Bang!"

A strong kick suddenly broke Morpehous's guard, and he looked at Leo whose face had that ferocious look on it. His eyes gleamed with a strange yellow-bluish light and the next instant, lightning sizzled through those eyes.

Leo's body rose into the air with a single leap, and he raised his right foot over his head.

"[Burst]!"

"Crackle!"

A loud thunder clap rang across the stadium. And, an intense charge of energy was released by Leo's leg as it came crashing down on Morpheus.

Morpheous looked at the blinding flash and immediately crossed his arms above to defend.

"Bang!"

Morpheous felt as if his feet immediately sank without any resistance. It was as if a meteor had crashed onto him. He knew ...it was over..

"Boom!"

The ground beneath cracked forming a spider-web like pattern, and Morpheous's eyes immediately rolled backwards.

As he felt himself losing consciousness, Leo's voice entered his ear. "I won't lose as well.."

For a brief moment, he seemed to realize that there was a difference between the same words spoken by him and Leo.

…

The lightning had blinded everyone for a second, and the thing that happened next was very quick.

Hence, by the time people realized what had happened, the fight was over.

Obviously, there were a few people who managed to see through it very well.

"Holy crap! That guy has activated a Branch skill!!'' Ronnie's loud mouth shocked everyone in the stadium.

It was a known fact that Branch skills only appeared every 10 levels and those who could activate it earlier were very talented.

But, there had never been a case of a Yellow Ranker (A person with Yellow Rank skill) to have done this. After all, such people shouldn't have the ability to go beyond Lvl 10, so there was no way for Leo to have a branch skill.

No matter how people wrecked their brains, they just couldn't understand what had happened. This was just unheard of.

"Winner, Aiden Silver!"

The projection screen up in the air declared results. But, there were only a few people who cheered for Leo. After all, most people didn't like his current self.

"Is the loser going to rise again?"

"Don't talk bullshit....he is a yellow ranker.."

"But, he has a Branch skill.."

The people around continued to whisper, and argue, but there was no way that any results would come out of this argument.

Leo and Morpheous both were taken to the infirmary since they had dueled it out in a real environment instead of a virtual one.

"Should we go and meet him?" Ronnie asked with a smile, and Rebecca froze for an instant.

"Why do we need to do that?" Serina frowned and then gave Rebecca a glance.

"He helped me earn a large amount of money. We should thank him, that's the proper etiquette, right Princess?"

Rebecca forced a smile on her face.

"Why should we go with you then? It's your job not ours." Serina frowned.

"I am not asking you. " He ignored her and turned her head towards Rebecca, "Are you a free princess? Won't you accompany me?" He asked her with a smile. He knew that she had a thing for Aiden, but he had no idea about the recent rejections.

Rebecca looked at him, and then nodded. Nothing had changed because of the rejections. Even if they weren't lovers, she would have still congratulated him. And, so she would.

Serina sighed at the situation.

…

"Don't move, let me treat you.." The Doctor berated Leo, and he could only force a smile on his face.

There was Billy by his side in the infirmary. And, the rest of the guys had gone to wait at the Club to not make this place crowded.

At this moment, three figures entered the room.

The person in the lead was Ronnie.

"Cong-"

He had barely spoken out when Spike appeared out of nowhere with a flying kick.

"Get out of the way!"

"Bang!"

He immediately sent Ronnie flying before looking at Leo as he panted heavily. It seemed he had came running all the way.

Everyone's eyes immediately went wide at the unexpected situation.