Chapter 466: Already over

“Now that we’ve won the low-class tournament, even you cannot take our prize away from us,” Mamba bragged. “With Main Street in our possession, Serpent’s Wash will no longer just be a simple shell company. It will have its own property, turning it into a legitimate company that you cannot punish!”

Claudia smirked as she looked at the pitiful Mamba. “That’s right. If you had succeeded, I wouldn’t have been able to revoke your championship in the tournament.”

Mamba laughed, feeling satisfied with a well executed plan. He forced himself to get up and walk over to Claudia.

He walked past her, ready to leave the cave.

“But that’s only if you won,” Claudia added.

Her words made him stop in his tracks. He looked back at her, with his eyebrows creasing and showing momentary doubt. But a second later, he laughed, realizing that she could have just been lying.

“Nice try,” he told her.

“I’m not kidding. Serpent’s Wash lost in the finals of the low-class tournament.”

Mamba balled up his fists in frustration until couldn’t take it anymore and screamed at Claudia.

“Stop with the lies! I won, you lost! Get over it!”

Claudia snapped her fingers and a scroll of parchment paper magically appeared in her palms.

“I’m sure you know this,” she told Mamba. “This is the official record of the Association. Check the results for yourself.”

She threw the scroll in Mamba’s direction. He caught it in mid-air before looking over its contents.

His arms started to shake as saw the words he wasn’t expecting to see.

{Low-class Tournament—Upperwood District}

{Finals Winner: Reborn company}

{Finals runner-up: Serpent’s Wash}

Mamba’s anger exploded out as he crumpled the scroll and threw it back at Claudia. The scroll slowly dissipated in the air before it hit Claudia since it was just a magical projection of the record and not a real object.

But magic or not, those were official records. It wasn’t something that even Claudia could tamper with.

Serpent’s Wash lost in the finals.

A sense of despair washed over Mamba. He knew what this meant. With Claudia knowing the true story, the fate of Basilisk Ores was already sealed. It was already over before they even came here to tell him.

They had made a bet. If they succeeded, they would have gained an advantage that would have put them a step above others, letting them ascend into the next level. Of course, the alternative was that they would lose everything they worked hard for, but Mamba never thought that they would lose.

“This…this Reborn company must be cheating too!” Mamba frantically claimed. “How else can Kobra be defeated?! That’s not possible! He’s our strongest Maugnetic! He’s in the 4th stage of Body Formation!”

Mamba’s claim surprised both Dicky and Chucky.

Chucky fought with Mamba and almost lost against him. This made him think that Mamba was already the strongest fighter in their midst.

But as it turned out, there was someone stronger than him. Someone whose Diva had already reached the 4th stage.

But somehow, Michael was able to triumph against someone as strong as that. This was a jaw-dropping revelation. They couldn’t help but look at Michael with a new sense of respect and fear.

When Chucky fought with Michael, he thought that the difference between them was only minimal. Michael won their duel, but Chucky thought that if he worked a little harder, then he could have won against Michael.

But somehow, Michael won against a 4th stage Maugnetic.

This was impossible. The last time they saw him, which was only a few days ago, he was in the 3rd stage of Body Formation. That wasn’t enough time for him to ascend to the next stage.

The only thing that changed about Michael was that he now had a proper Mithril Artifact with him.

How strong did Michael become after coating his flying weapon with Soo?!

“Stop with your excuses. It’s time for you to pay the price for breaking the rules.”

Mamba still couldn’t accept his defeat. “You’re lying! How can a no-name like Reborn defeat the best of our fighters?! It doesn’t make sense!”

In his anger, Mamba raised his spear and summoned the power of his Diva.

A giant cobra head appeared above him, with its jaws unclenched and showing its two dangerous fangs. Violet venom dripped from the tip of the fangs, showing its readiness to sting anyone that came in its way.

“Be careful everyone! If you get too close to him, he’ll inject venom into your body!” Chucky warned.

This was one of the reasons why he almost lost against Mamba. As an axe user, his greatest strength came from melee distance. However, Mamba’s Aubility allowed him to become virtually untouchable under the guard of his Snake Diva.

Everyone stepped away from Mamba’s striking distance.

Chucky took this chance to raise his axe and charge towards Mamba. His Bronze Bull Diva puffed out steam from its ears as he gathered momentum before he entered Mamba’s sphere of venom.

He circled around, taking an approach behind Mamba.

But as soon as he stepped within ten meters of him, the giant Cobra Diva turned around and lunged at him. In the same instant, Mamba turned around and thrusted his spear towards Chucky.

And even though there was a large gap between the Chucky and the spear, Chucky felt an incredible power piercing him in the arm and pushing him out of the striking zone.

Blood gushed out of his forearm, with some kind of violet liquid spreading through his veins. The venom inside his body started to shut down his bodily functions.

“Kuh!” Chucky groaned, falling to his knees.

He was about to raise his axe again when he felt a warm hand on his shoulders. He turned around and saw Michael giving him a reassuring nod.

“I’ll take care of it from here,” Michael told Chucky.

He slowly walked forward, making eye contact with Mamba.

“And who are you kid? This is no time for you to interfere in adult matters,” Mamba ridiculed.

Michael didn’t answer and kept walking forward, eventually reaching the very threshold for Mamba’s striking distance.

He raised his foot and stepped forward, activating Mamba’s Aubility.

Mamba smiled, with his giant Snake Diva silently hissing as it positioned itself to lunge towards Michael. He was about to thrust his spear, when all of a sudden, he heard a buzzing sound from behind him.

BZZT!

A [Unity Gun] shot from behind Mamba’s chest. The man didn’t even know what happened. He looked at his body and saw a searing hole near his heart.

He fell to his knees, weak from the gunshot wound. His Diva above him phased in and out of existence.

Michael walked towards him until they were face to face.

“Who am I? I’m Reborn.”

Mamba’s eyes widened. The whites of his eyes became red as anger welled up in his head. He couldn’t believe that he was being defeated by the same kid who ruined his entire life!

But before he could do anything, Michael shot another [Unity Gun] in his chest and finished the fight before it even started.

Mamba collapsed on the ground, with a look of indignation permanently frozen on his face.

Michael looked at Claudia. “It’s done.”

But instead of moving, she and everyone else who witnessed this moment just stood in place, completely in disbelief.

What kind of power does he have?!

Both Chucky and Dicky gawked at the realization that Michael hadn’t used his full power when they dueled.

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