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

turned to the camera and

rare moment when

his friends,

my colleagues, but also disciples of the same cranky old

and then

was so shocked by our duel… IS…

eyes and

Leo! What he was going to 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 nuisance in a heartbeat, the fact that someone done so

his friend with vitriol, but then gave up on the ad break and

three of us are going to go and see who that

***

the Colosseum after he dispatched the young man in azure

for the human spectators in the amphitheater.

with all these people? Did I go overboard and move

Maybe they just liked the spectacle? Sunny was, indeed, giving them

Stop wasting my time, people!

waiting for their turn to fight him seemed willing to step forward now. Sunny stared at them in boredom for a few minutes, trying to

finally walked toward him, unsheathing a formidable-looking

was wearing plate armor, with an intricate engraving of a castle and four

Be. Kidding

was obviously practicing the same damn

the voice of the Dreamscape

Saifer has

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

from the steel helmet, the voice of the Dreamscape

"Mongrel has won!"

the crowd

is wrong with these people?! Is there no one here who

clean the blade of

was wearing a

Fool has challenged

wielding a heavy saber…

a low growl

and aware than the last two fighters. He managed to sidestep the attack… sadly, it had turned out to be just

the enemy's body and stepped back

robe swayed and stared at the growing red patch on his silk garment. Looking up at Sunny, he silently gave him a thumbs up, then

"Mongrel has won!"

all! Do I need to go to a professional arena to find a proper