"First, I see how strong my opponent is..." Morgaine said as she stopped taunting Ryuk.
In the next instant, a blue holographic panel appeared, which she quickly began typing on.
The various cave ins around the area began closing up, the cracks mending themselves, and the robots being absorbed into the walls. Less than half a minute later, the room Ryuk stood in was spotlessly clean and sparkling white.
'Interesting...' he thought to himself.
"Ryuk, right?" she suddenly asked.
Ryuk nodded his head. He wasn't surprised she knew, as he was well aware of how widely his 'reputation' was spreading.
"Yes. And you are?" he asked, thinking of her as 'the girl'—which was a bit tiring.
"So tell me, Ryuk, what is that one special thing you've noticed about us Fallens?" Morgaine asked.
Before Ryuk could think of what was in his mind, the air slapped heavily across his face, and Morgaine appeared just a few centimetres away from him.
"Well, you all are pretty fast. Crazy fast..."
"That's a solid point. After the Shadow Walkers with their ability to fade into shadows, we Fallens are the second fastest race."
"When I moved just now, I clicked my fingers twice, swerved my sticky hair back, smoothed it with my hands, and wiped the sweat off my face."
"But all you saw me do was simply take a single step forward and arrive in front of you, right?"
"You never saw the rest of the motion, did you?" Morgaine asked, her voice as taunting as ever.
Ryuk couldn't argue—he really did pick up the sight of her feet leaving the ground but never caught the rest of the actions she mentioned.
"We Fallens pride ourselves on speed and overwhelming power. Our battles end in a few seconds. We love to overwhelm our opponents rather than going one by one, testing abilities and all that nonsense."
"The Way of the Fallen is the Way of Domination."
"The final test will most likely be done in the Way of Domination, meaning ten people will be chosen to represent the family in the Ascension Academy. It will be a free-for-all fight, and you can rest assured that only the ten most powerful will be chosen."
"You don't need to worry about reading some old scrolls like some idiots are currently doing. Just focus on being able to defeat everyone, and you'll be fine..."
Morgaine explained lengthily before a holographic panel appeared in front of her, and she began typing.
Quickly, Ryuk witnessed the ground beneath him undergoing metamorphosis, rising higher into the air. Soon, some sort of arena had been formed, leaving Ryuk and Morgaine standing ten meters apart on it.
"Let me see what you're capable of, Ryuk. Don't worry, I will only use 10% of my true strength..." Morgaine said with a confident smirk.
True to her words, Ryuk saw the golden glow on her wings dim considerably, as if her strength was being toned down.
It seemed like she was serious about this strength thing.
The ground shook as a snowy white figure tore off the ground, the air wave exploding with power in the face of Morgaine, whose hair flapped around her face.
A smirk that reached her ears appeared when she felt the magnifying punch less than an inch in front of her face in easily less than three seconds.
Ryuk's fist tore through the air with all his power as he slammed a punch toward Morgaine's face, his face holding no remorse at all.
He also wanted to see how strong he was, and since she was confident enough to deal with him with just 10% of her strength, then he wasn't to blame if she got some bruises.
But the joy quickly faded when Ryuk saw his fist pierce through Morgaine's face, only to meet nothing but cold sweat left behind by Morgaine's split image.
"Sneak attacking a lady? I underestimated how shameless you are..."
The hot wave of air bristled against Ryuk's ears as he reflexively slammed his hand behind him. But Morgaine easily dodged it, grabbed Ryuk's flying hand, and revolved around him with horrific speed.
Ryuk called out in his head in shock when he felt a backhand slamming forth with speed toward his head.
The power of the backhand was so immense that Ryuk's legs slammed into the ground and then spined back into the air, revolving twice from the momentum before slowly dropping down.
'How... how fast...?'
He thought as he saw Morgaine slowly raise her hands. Then, she faded into thin air.
A mini-shockwave rippled through the air as Ryuk, before his feet could land back to the ground, was sent flying away from the arena with twice the speed he had come running in before, slamming into the wall and digging through it.
TRICKLE... TRICKLE...
In the dead silence that followed, the sound of blood trickling onto the ground broke through. As the dust settled, it revealed Ryuk sitting in the crack imprinted in the wall, blood trailing down his jaw and dripping onto the ground.
"Did I use too much strength? Perhaps I should have lowered my strength to 5%..." Morgaine muttered, just loud enough for Ryuk to hear.
In the next instant, she watched as strands of stone fell downward, and Ryuk tore himself out of the wall, landing on his feet.
Raising his head, Morgraine caught sight of the wound on his head rapidly closing. In less than five seconds, it had disappeared, leaving not even the blood behind.
"No. Your current strength is just perfect. Let's continue, shall we?" Ryuk asked as he cracked his back, and his neck.
This would be the official first time fighting a Fallen Genius and he wanted to make sure he made good use of it.
Morgaine's 10% true power was just perfect. Not too much to overwhelm and far from being too easy for him.
Morgraine smirked before, once more, she faded into thin air.
But in the next instant, the ground beneath Ryuk also shook as he tore forward rapidly, two punches—one milky white and one glowing with golden energy—slamming hard at the center of the arena, sending chaotic pulses of energy and shockwaves rippling through the entire area.
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