Shadow Slave

Chapter 541

"An incredible win by Lord… uh, by Mongrel!"

Looking at the cloud of blood rising above the arena, Syclus couldn't contain his enthusiasm.

Today, there were no simultaneous duels, as there were only thirty-two contenders left. Each battle was intense and exciting, and received the full attention of the commentators.

Looking at the cheering audience, Dimi laughed.

"Indeed, indeed… Mongrel did very well against No Wait. That Aspect of his is a real menace, believe me. I've been on the receiving end of those explosions way too many times!"

Dimi had been one of the first renowned duelists of the Dreamscape, back when it had been just growing popular ten or so years ago, so he was talking from experience.

Syclus glanced at the chat, knowing that it was a good time to involve the viewers in the discussion. Coincidentally, he noticed a comment concerning something that he himself was curious about.

"Yeah, very devious! But, Dimi… don't you feel like Mongrel behaved a bit out of character today? I mean, he practically called a respected Dreamscape veteran an idiot. With how noble, dignified, and chivalrous Mongrel usually is…"

Dimi thought for a bit, then shook his head.

"You see, Syclus… I respected Mongrel before, but now I truly admire him. It takes a very talented fighter to quickly recognize a battle style, true. Mongrel is talented... but he is also wise."

He smiled.

"Because it takes a very wise man to quickly recoginze an idiot. And make no mistake, this guy is a complete buffoon! Believe me, I have the misfortune of knowing him pretty well. I mean… only an idiot would end up with an alias like "What? No, Wait!"... right?"

Instantly, a deluge of comments flooded the chat:

"True! Mongrel is so wise!"

"Wise, deadly, and handsome!"

"How do you know that he's handsome, fool? He never takes off that creepy mask!"

"You mean SHE is handsome? Wait, that doesn't sound right…"

"...Can someone ban that troll already?!"

a complete idiot would end up with that alias. Why would

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where I've seen that weird

ended up with that exact name after accidentally saying the words out loud. Luckily,

that's the guy!

being called Mongrel was

essence through the coils of the

feeling that it

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next three duels

hair who wore a light armor, wielding

was fast. Very fast. So fast, in fact, that Sunny could barely see some of his movements. The worst part was that this speed did not come from an Aspect Ability, but simply from skill, training, and incredibly precise essence

Caster, who could move with insane speed constantly, the young man seemed deceptively slow until he chose to attack, at which point his weapons almost teleported from one place to another. Sunny only managed to resist because his enemy skillfully masked the movements of his body, but didn't think to mask the movements

but Sunny was utterly fascinated by the way

Lowph ended up being the first human to make Mongrel

slid between the breastplate of the Mantle and one of the spaulders, sinking deep

and then retreating to save himself from a retaliatory strike, Lowph glanced at the

you're human,

pain and tilted his head

"Am I?"

possible — not because he was done learning Lowph's style, but because even with Blood

to deal with fast enemies. So, in the end, neither speed nor incredible

as soon as Sunny returned to the

I have ways to go as far as controlling essence

His enemy this time was named Everain and possessed a powerful sorcerous

a mountain fell on his shoulders. Sunny was barely able to move, while

[Feather of Truth], which diminished the burden a little. More importantly, he had a rich experience dealing with the Crushing. Even though

duel, however… made him rethink a lot of

garments instead of an armor and wielded no weapons. At first, Sunny fought that

ripping through the simple clothes. His skin glistened, becoming covered by metallic scales. His nails grew into

a predatory humanoid lizard. A split second

a Nightmare Creature and was as strong and fearsome as one, the hybrid fought with a measured technique of an experienced, cunning, battle-hardened brawler. The effect

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