Shadow Slave

Leo sent the clip to a couple of his buddies and waited in the dark void, chatting with the viewers and laughing about his terrible performance in the duel against the demonic newbie.

'That Mongrel... there's something about him...'

Just as he had expected, his friends joined him in the Dreamscape almost immediately after receiving the message.

Yes, his defeat was rather embarrassing… but there was an opportunity in every disaster!

This was going to be a very special broadcast.

A rare and bombastic… crossover episode!

Answering the invitations, two figures joined him in the black void. The viewers grew silent for a moment, and then sent so many reactions that the Broadcast Interface almost crashed.

Well, as expected. Both guests Leo had invited were very prominent duelists, at least as popular as he was himself, or perhaps even more.

One wore a heavy plate armor. There was a castle engraved on its breastplate, and four dragons depicted on his pauldrons and vambraces. This was Daoist Saifer, a renowned swordsman who possessed a powerful Aspect that allowed him to control fire.

The other was a taciturn warrior in a grey silken robe. His alias in the Dreamscape was the Fool, and he was known to be one of the most peculiar and persistent duelists in the professional league.

Leo grinned.

"Hey there, Saifer. Hey there, Fool. Long time no see!"

Saifer scoffed, then pointed at him.

"Leo, my friend. What the hell was that? You got killed by an amateur… in one strike!"

The Fool simply shook his head and remained silent.

Leo coughed in embarrassment and looked down.

"Yeah, well… it's not like the two of you never tasted a piece of humble pie, is it? If I remember correctly, Queen Bee decimated both of you just last week…"

Saifer grinned.

"I am ready to be killed by our noble Queen every day. But a newbie? Come on..."

Leo shrugged, then pointed to his sword.

"Alright, alright. But there's a reason the two of you arrived so quickly, right? You saw it too?"

glanced at each

to the

Well, well, well. It's this rare moment when

to his friends,

days of my broadcasting… as you might know, these two distinguished gentlemen are actually not only my colleagues, but also disciples of the same cranky old man who taught me swordsmanship. Basically, the

paused, and then

pride a little to have been defeated by an unknown novice, the real reason why I was so shocked by our duel… IS… YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT... oh yeah, before we

his eyes and interrupted

say is that the masked guy used the Roaring Lion Strike style to defeat that dolt. And while there are many — lots and lots, really — people who can beat that loud

but then gave up on the ad

to go and see who that Mongrel really is, and what

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man in azure armor. The other Awakened seemed to stare at him with a bit of

amphitheater. Many had

Did I go overboard and move too

not appear too powerful. Maybe they just liked the spectacle?

one challenging me? Stop wasting my time, people! I'm on

fight him seemed willing to step forward now. Sunny stared at them in boredom for a few minutes, trying to understand what was going

walked toward him,

a castle

Be. Kidding

same style… he was obviously practicing the

the voice of

has challenged

armor could even attack, Sunny unceremoniously bashed him in the face with the pommel of the odachi, swiped his foot, and then viciously thrust

blood flowed from the steel helmet, the voice of

"Mongrel has won!"

faces in the crowd

wrong with these people?! Is there no

blade of the Shadow Serpent, a new

wearing a grey silken

has challenged

saber… and using the

let out a low growl and

to sidestep the attack… sadly, it had turned out to be just

out of the

at the growing red patch on his silk garment. Looking up at Sunny, he silently gave him

"Mongrel has won!"

it all! Do I need to go to a