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"Is there anyone that could challenge me here?

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nEztein said in a loud voice while standing on the top of a Grim Rock. He just defeated a third evolution monster which shocked the entire colosseum.

nAt this moment, no one doubted his strength and some people even feared him. As they knew he was the culprit behind the cursed incidents so how are they gonna kill him if he was this strong?

nThe organizer gritted his teeth in frustration while looking at Eztein's arrogant look.

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"You leave me no choice...

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nSwoosh! Swoosh!

nDozens of people wearing dark green cloaks landed on the stage. The aura they possessed was quite strong and added that they were all together it became overwhelming.

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"I'm going to personally take you out.

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nThe organizer also jumped down from the audience's seat to face Eztein.

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"Oh, one, two, three...

" Eztein raised his eyebrows and started to count his opponents.

"Thirteen... Me against thirteen people? It's not bad.

"

nLayers of flesh covered his body and his aura became domineering.

nHe smiled and said,

"Come I'll take all of you! It's a good chance to remove thirteen people from blocking my boss' way!

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"You! Fucking!

" The organizer grunted as Eztein kept taunting them.

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"If you're not going to take the first move then I'll do it!

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nEztein quickly dashed towards the thirteen people. The thirteen people scattered around and he followed one of them.

nSwoosh!

nHe raised his hand and it turned into a brutal blade with heavy killing intent that spread throughout the entire area.

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"You know, I'm quite furious at you people!

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nEztein slashed his hand to eliminate one of them. But three people appeared in front of him and blocked his attack.

nBoom!

nThen, another three people appeared behind him. Before he could turn around the three people already launched a series of powerful attacks.

nBoom! Boom!

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"You can talk big but you wouldn't win against us alone!

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nThe organizer smiled before he stretched out his hand. One of his comrades stepped forward and passed a pitch-black staff on him.

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"Today onwards, we will stop hiding in this city! We will make it big!

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nHe stabbed the staff on the ground and a powerful wave of cursed energy burst out. The barrier that protected the audience from the battle on the stage disappeared this time.

nCursed Connecting Wave!

nHe opened his arms widely as the curse spread out. Hundreds of people quickly collapsed in just a few seconds.

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"Fall! This city will fall soon! The lord will destroy this city!!

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nThe audience started to panic. They were just prey for people with higher power levels. Without the authorities, no one will protect them. No, the authorities were in cahoots with the organization that wanted to destroy this city.

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"You! How dare you?!

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nSome of the nobles wanted to fight back but they realized that they couldn't move their bodies. They also couldn't properly circulate their mana.

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"W-What did you do?!

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nThe organizer smiled and explained,

"I'm sorry for our respectable nobles but I'm afraid that you can't stop us. I put poisons in your drink and secretly inflicted all of you a curse.

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nNobles were the only people that had the ability to stop them in the entire dukedom. Ordinary people didn't have that power.

nThat's why they carefully planned this event. To gather a whole lot of nobles and poisoned them. If the nobles were gone then they would be free to do whatever they wanted in this city.

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"Our duke will stop you!!

" One of the nobles said with great effort.

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"The duke?

" The organizer looked up and rubbed his chin.

"Ah, he's already gone.

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"W-What do you mean?

" Another noble asked.

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"He's gone. I'm afraid that you people can't count on your duke anymore. My lord has already taken care of him.

" The organizer said with a smile.

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"Bwahahaha!

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nA laugh sounded causing everyone to turn their heads. They saw that it was Eztein.

nEztein wiped the blood on the corner of his mouth and his wounds regenerated rapidly.

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"You people thought that you already win. I'm gonna say that you are celebrating too early. You haven't even defeated any of us. And as for your lord, my boss will take care of your great lord.

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nHe said with great confidence.

nThe organizer's expression turned serious. He slowly opened his mouth and said,

"We actually knew that you people are from Athen's Champion. But that's the reason why we are moving this plan faster. We are going to take care of everything before those strong people from Athen's Champion arrive here.

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"So you are saying that you can take care of us but not the reinforcement that will arrive after you defeat us?

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nEztein stood up as a domineering aura exploded out of his body.

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"That's where you are wrong.

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nHe squatted down and placed his left palm on the ground.

nElement Drive: Earth Force!

nHis aura grew several times higher than before.

nBoom!

nEztein glanced at the organizer and said,

"Now, let me show you my real strength.

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"Have you forgotten that this is your execution?

" The organizer didn't even flinch at Eztein's burst of aura.

n...

nBattle was occurring in the middle of the city. The shockwaves from the battle already destroyed several tall buildings and most of the civilians had left the area.

nBoom!

nAlice crashed into a building. The building was shattered and a ball of energy flew toward it at high speed.

nIn the next moment, the shattered building exploded as debris of rocks flew in every direction.

nBoom!

nFreezing Breeze!

nEverything within hundred meters quickly turned into ice. The temperature in the atmosphere suddenly went down as a cold breeze swept out.

nBang!

nAlice emerged from the debris of rocks and stared at the figures above her.

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"These guys are strong...

" She muttered in a low voice.

nShe tightly wrapped her fingers in her spear. She was ready to fight any of them once again.

nFighting these guys let her discover one thing. These guys were trying to protect something in the corners of the magic circle that enveloped the whole city.

nShe turned her head from the side and thought, 'I should lure them and disrupt whatever they are planning. Casting a huge magic circle isn't easy after all. There must be a core. A core that will stop the spell.'

nSwoosh!

nThe people wearing dark green cloaks once again charged at her.

nHmph!

nAlice gathered her mana on the tip of her spear and thrust it forward.

nClang!

nOne of her opponents blocked her spear attack with a sword. Then, another figure appeared behind her.

nShe stomped her right foot on the ground and several spikes of ice burst from it.

nBang!

nThe figure didn't have a choice but to avoid the spikes.

n'Fighting several opponents is really hard especially if their power level is close to mine. It's hard to create a gap.' She said inwardly as she thrust her spear several times at the figure in front of her.

nClang! Clang! Clang!

nElement Drive: Ice Force!

nA powerful cold aura burst from her body. She tightened her arms and pointed her spear at the sky.

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"Fall down! Winter Dazzling Meteor!!

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nHer opponents couldn't help but look at the sky. They saw several gigantic boulders of ice with a diameter of two hundred meters.

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"I know that you people wouldn't avoid this attack of mine.

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nAlice smiled at them. Her attack this time had a huge AOE effect that could damage whatever her opponents were protecting.

nSeven boulders of ice with that size would surely destroy a huge part of the city including the core of the magic spell.

nAlso, these weren't ordinary boulders of ice. It contained Alice's energy so destroying it wasn't easy.

n'I gambled... If they didn't stop my spell then my spell would kill hundreds of civilians but it doesn't matter now since they will try to stop it at all cost.' Alice narrowed her eyes.

nHer conscience wouldn't be able to handle it if she kill hundreds of innocent people. Those people didn't even have any hostility against her.

nBOOOOM!!!

nThe people wearing black cloaks released several spells. The shockwaves from it shook the ground. It even blew several small houses in the vicinity.

nBang! Bang!

nThe debris from ice meteor fell in every direction.

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"It's time.

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nAlice tightened her grip on her spear as she launched herself towards the people wearing dark green cloaks.

nIn an instant, her spear pierced the chest of her opponent. The blood of her opponent didn't even splatter as it quickly turned into ice.

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"One down, I'm going to finish this real quick.

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nInside the tomb, dozens of people wearing dark green cloaks were lying on the ground. All of them were lifeless as their bodies were covered in blood.

nSouta was walking in the center of these corpses. His face was blank as these corpses didn't bother him in the slightest bit.

nWhen he entered the last room, he laughed.

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"Hahaha, they fooled me...

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nWhat was before his eyes were just a simple giant orb of curse energy. This was the source but at the same time, it wasn't.

nUsing his eyes, he could see a small string of cursed energy behind the orb connected to somewhere above the city.

nThese were just a huge amount of cursed energy that supplied the curses incidents that were currently happening above.

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"You think I wouldn't find you?

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