Chapter 80 - 80: Duel Against Xenovia
C80: Duel Against Xenovia
Meanwhile, In all the places where the spies came from, there was chaos knowing that their subordinates were not responding to them. Of the twenty spies that were executed, aside from the three spies who came from the Ancient Neo, Asamiya and Drake families. The other seventeen spies were from the Ancient Scarlett family, Gremory family, Smith family, Rosewise family, Meliodas family, Ruby family, Violet family, Rosebane family, Graham family, Holy Church Nation, Lionheart Empire, Brunhild Kingdom, Magus Association, Dune Empire, Demonian Kingdom, Evil God Organization and Slave Trader Group.
After knowing their important spy inside the Adventure Guild Headquarters is killed. The Holy Church Nation, the Ancient Scarlett family, Gremory family, Smith family, Rosewise family, Ruby family, Graham family, Meliodas family, Brunhild Kingdom, Magus Association, Slave Trader Group and Evil God Organization sent another ten men to spy inside the Adventure Guild Headquarters. Meanwhile, the Rosebane family and Violet family sent ten women to spy in the Adventure Guild Headquarters.
Meanwhile, In the Capital City of Lionheart Empire, Lionidas City. Inside the branch leader's office room, two men are talking to each other while sitting on sofas facing each other. One of the men has the following characteristics: a long-shaped face with a bald head. He has a wide-set yellow eye, a thick straight red eyebrow, round ears, an aquiline nose, a wide mouth, a full lip, a strong jaw, a prominent chin, a thick red beard and mustache, a burly built body with a prominent muscles, a smooth white-tan skin, a slash mark on his chest and back, an overweight of ninety-nine kilograms, and a height of six feet one inch. He wears a Leather Armor from upper to lower and Leather shoes. He is the branch leader of the Branch adventure guild in Lionidas City named Ganthora. He has a nickname of the red beard berserker.
Meanwhile, the man in front of Ganthora is a handsome man who has the following characteristics: an oval-shaped face with short straight blonde hair. He has bright blue eyes, a thick straight blonde eyebrow, delicate ears, an aquiline nose, a small mouth, a full lip, a strong jaw, a prominent chin, a stubble dark-blonde beard and a shaven mustache, a muscular build body with prominent muscles, a smooth fair skin, an average weight of eighty kilograms, and a height of six feet one inch. He wears a Blue Baroque Royalty dress and Black Baroque boots. He is the current Emperor of The Lionheart Empire and his name is Leon Lionheart. He and Ganthora are discussing a collaboration to conquer several monsters on the border between Storm Mountain and the Lionheart Empire. He wants a Monster Stampede to not happen anytime soon if the number of monsters continues to increase and attack the areas of cities and villages bordering the forest of Storm Mountain. But soon there was a knock from behind the door, they both stopped discussing and Ganthora said, "Who is it? Do you know I have an important guess right now?" Ganthora said in a loud tone.
Then from outside the room, there was a woman's voice saying to Ganthora, "Excuse me, Branch Guild Leader. There is very important information that I want to convey to you because this is information from the Main Headquarters."
"Huh? From Headquarters? Then you can come in." Ganthora said.
Soon the door was opened and a woman with a white cotton shirt, a knee-length black skirt, and black rococo shoes walked into the room. The woman was the head of the guild staff at the branch adventure guild in Lionidas Capital City.
"Excuse me."
The woman walked forward towards Ganthora and when she reached Ganthora's side, she whispered in Ganthora's ear. After Ganthora listened to the information conveyed by his guild staff, he ordered the woman to immediately leave and return to her work. The woman walked out of the room to continue her work.
After the guild staff woman left the room, Leon asked Ganthora, "What's wrong Ganthora? Your face is very serious, did you get any surprising information? If I may ask, I would like to hear it too."
"Yeah, I did get some unexpected information from the Main Guild Headquarters. According to the information I just got, the Main Guild Headquarters carried out a public execution of thirty-three people an hour ago. This was the first time since the Adventure Guild was built, that we did a public execution." Ganthora said.
Hearing him, Leon was surprised and then he asked him, "What? Then who is the one who did something like that? And who are those thirty-three people that were being executed?" Leon asked.
"The three people out of thirty-three that were being executed are Rodrick Neo the vice guild master, Kuroki Asamiya the treasurer of the Main Adventure Guild and Gargan Drake the storage warehouse chief. Those three are the traitors of the Adventure Guild, they do many illegal things, corrupting money and materials from the Adventure Guild Headquarters. As for the thirty people, the ten are also traitors like Rodrick, Kuroki and Gargan. While the remaining twenty are spies from the twelve Ancient families and several other kingdoms including your kingdom. The one who executed them was a new SSS-Rank Adventurer. He did it on the orders of the Guild Master who held the Public Execution." Ganthora answered.
"What? How Can–" Leon said with a shocked expression, but he was cut off by Ganthora.
"It seems you put a spy on the Adventure Headquarters and exposed by the Guild Master. If I become you, I will never send a spy again for a time being." Ganthora said.
"But why did he execute them? I know he can do anything to them or kill them but why did he have to do something like public execution?" Leon asked.
"I don't know about that, But from the guild staff said early. Your spies along with other spies did illegal things and made losses for the Adventure Guild, so the Guild Master executed them in public along with the traitors. She wanted to warn the others about the consequences of betraying the Adventure guild and doing many bad and illegal things in the Freedom City or they would be executed in public just like what happened in an hour before." Ganthora answered.
"I see. Well it can't be helped since my man can't follow my orders and does many bad things in the Freedom City." Leon said.
"You must be careful if my wife knows that you sent a spy inside the Adventure Guild Headquarters and did bad things. I don't know if she will rush to your castle and make calculations with you." Ganthora said.
"Ah, I forgot that your wife is your guild master's student. Can you help me not make her angry with me? Because I never order my man to do bad things in the Freedom City, I just order him to stay nice and watch what happens on there." Leon said.
"Well... I will try for our friendship." Ganthora said.
"Thank you, bro, then what about this new SSS-Rank Adventure?" Leon asked.
"The New SSS-Rank Adventure is a handsome young man with black hair and black eyes. Not believing the strength of the new SSS-Rank young man, he had thought a bad thing to the guild master. So the new SSS-Rank young man was suppressing him with his aura and making him split out about all his did along with his party. After that, the aura of The new SSS-Rank increases and pressurizes all the men in the plaza by making them all bow down on the ground except for the women. Soon he killed all the party members of Wyvern Fang with his black flame and burned their bodies into nothing left behind even their ashes." Ganthora said.
"What? Your guild master's husband? Since when? And he can kill the seven SS-Rank easily without moving and just using one magic spell." Leon said.
"He can also suppress all the men in the plaza, don't forget about that too. As for when they got married, I don't know. Maybe you can talk to my wife since she was a guild master's student." Ganthora said.
"I will pass, how about you ask her since she was your wife?" Leon asked him.
"She won't tell me about her Master's private information like that. She just told me about how it felt training with her master." Ganthora answered.
"I see, but isn't already known by everyone now since she announced in the public about her relationship with the new SSS-Rank Adventure?" Leon asked.
"I think she also didn't know about her master's husband. Because from the report early, he was just eighteen years old." Ganthora answered.
"What? How can he fall for a teenager? How old is your guild master?" Leon asked again.
"She was two hundred years old, I don't know if she fall in love with the young man or not. Maybe she just wanted to protect the boy, by making him to be her husband." Ganthora answered.
"I see, that was good information after all. I will leave and return to my palace, see you again my friend." Leon said.
"Yes, take care I hope nothing happens to you and you can come here to talk about our business again," Ganthora said.
"Sure," Leon said.
Then Leon left Gantharo's office room, he headed back to his Castle.
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Meanwhile, in the training field of the Main Adventure Headquarters, the training field has a size of five hundred square meters. Zero will have a duel against Xenovia, Zero promised Diana to never use her Judgment Sword technique because Diana worried that it would make people panic. Shortly Zero and Xenovia walked to the middle of the Training Field. Soon Zero used a skill of Yin Yang Shield Formation around the training field but he let the onlookers see, hear and sense them, So they could witness this duel. Because if Zero didn't do that, the onlooker couldn't see, hear or sense both Zero and Xenovia who were inside his barrier formation technique even Zero and Xenovia looked very clearly through the barrier. Is like a camouflage. Shortly Zero held his mithril sword while Xenovia held a big sword. Her sword has a length of one and a half meters and a width of sixty centimeters.
"Hoh, you can create a barrier too," Xenobia said.
"Well, this is not much. Are you ready, Lady Xenovia?" Zero asked her.
"I'm ready," Xenovia said.
"Then you can come at me first." Zero said with a smile.
"Heh, you're underestimating me, Boy. Alright, here I go." Xenovia said.
Soon Xenovia started to move, she rushed at him and launched an attack.
<~Speed boost~>
<~Sword Slash~>
*Clang*
But Zero only parried with her attack with his sword.
Then Xenovia uses another skill and launches an attack at him.
<~Power Boost~>
<~Multy Sword Slash~>
But Zero only keeps parrying her sword skill, while he keeps directing his sword with Qi's energy.
*Clang ~ Clang ~ Clang ~ Clang ~ Clang*
Xenovia kept attacking him and Zero kept parrying her attacks.
*Clang ~ Clang ~ Clang ~ Clang ~ Clang*
'He only kept parried with my sword attack, did he underestimate me? Then let's get a little bit serious.' Xenovia thought.
Meanwhile, the onlookers around the training field were very amazed by their speed because they couldn't see their movements except for Diana and some people at the rank of SS-Rank, two SSS-Rank and one ex-SSS-Rank who suddenly showed up to watch their duel. They are Sophia's party, the woman's party with three men that was affected by Zero's Killing Aura at the plaza town and a single woman in a black mage robe who was standing beside Diana now.
Not long after, Xenovia uses a Sword Intent and her skill against Zero. Seeing that Zero just smirked and also used his Sword Intent and parried her attack again.
*Clang ~ Clang ~ Clang ~ Clang ~ Clang*
Meanwhile, in the onlooker side. The SS-Rank was amazed because Zero can use sword intent but they felt different about Zero Sword Intent because there is no mana's energy on it.
"Hmm~ Your young husband is very interesting, Diana. Even though I can't feel any Mana's energy in his body or his Sword Intent, somehow his Sword Intent is more deadly than Xenovia." a magus woman in the black rope said.
"Oh, you can feel that too, Vanessa," Diana said.
"Of course, how can you forget that your best friend is a magus? Does having a husband make you stupid?" Vanessa said.
"Y-You–" Diana said but cut by Vanessa.
"Alright, I understand now about the word 'Fall in love can make you never care about anything except your lover'. Congratulations, my dear friend Diana. You become stupid now." Vanessa said with a teasing smile.
"Hehe, it seems you also forgot being roped," Diana said with a scary smile.
Hearing her speak and seeing her smile, made Vanessa's body tremble.
"Please, don't do that again, Diana. Aren't we a best friend?" Vanessa said while her body trembled to remember about her being roped by Diana many times when they were young.
"Yeah, a best friend that always wants to laugh at me when you have an opportunity like you said to me earlier. But unlike you, I had a husband now. Hurry up find a man or you will be too late. Oh... I forgot you are already too late to have a husband. Hehe..." Diana said.
"Y–You... Aren't you also an old hag who deceived a young boy?" Vanessa said to her.
"You–"
"Sigh, let's stop now. Aren't we watching their duel? Why do you have a child's emotion like that?" Vanessa asked her.
"Aren't you the one who started first?" Diana asked her back.
"Alright, I am sorry for teasing you like that. So how well do you know about your little hubby?" Vanessa said.
"I don't know much about him, but one thing for sure, he is always overprotective of all his wives," Diana said.
"Huh? Then why did you decide to announce him as your husband?" Vanessa asked her.
"About that, let's talk somewhere else after this duel finished," Diana said.
"Oke," Vanessa said.
*Clang ~ Clang ~ Clang*
In the training field, Xenovia keeps attacking Zero while Zero only parries her attack. Then Xenovia stepped back around ten meters in front of him and said to him.
"All you can do is only parry my attack, then you just like the other man who only talks without action," Xenovia said with a mocking tone.
"I just don't want to hurt your perfect body because you will soon be my wife." Zero said with a smile.
"Hmph, if you keep like this you can't win me. Hurry up attack me with your skills." Xenovia said.
"Then prepare yourself, my dear Xenovia." Zero said with a smile.
Soon Zero suddenly disappeared and appeared in front of Xenovia, he attacked her with his skill
*Bang* ~ *Swoosh* ~ *Boom*
"Argh"
She let out a little blood from her mouth because received a Zero punch attack and the impact of the barrier wall. Meanwhile, all of the onlookers around the training field were shocked to see Xenovia thrown into the barrier wall as a result of being hit by a punch from Zero.
'Damn it, I was careless and couldn't see his movement when he suddenly appeared in front of me. Let's get serious now.' Xenovia thought.
Then She gets up again, she stabilizes her body. Shortly she uses her skills.
<~Power Boost~>
<~Super Speed Boost~>
<~High Defense Boost~>
<~Mana Sword~>
Then after that, she used a magic spell to distract Zero.
<~Wind Magic: Hundred Wind Arrow~>
<~Light Magic: Flash Light~>
Soon she attacks him with a flash of bright light to make Zero can't see. A bright light soon showed up making Zero and the onlookers couldn't see because of the glare of the light. Then when Zero tried to avoid the glare of the light, a hundred wind arrows came attacking him. Of course, Zero could sense the attack and avoided the hundred of wind arrows. But Xenovia was now suddenly behind Zero and immediately attacked him using her sword skill.
<~Light Sword Art: Light Slash~>
A sword slash made by Light was approaching Zero but when Xenovia's sword attack was about to reach Zero. He suddenly disappeared and appeared behind her. Then he attacks her with King Kong Punch but Xenovia who is suddenly has a feeling from behind her. She turned her body and blocked Zero attack using her sword. But she was still made to fly backward by Zero for around twenty meters as a result of withstanding Zero's attack. After that, she stopped her flying backward momentum by using her sword.
"Hey, how about you use your strongest skill to attack me? I wanted to end this duel quickly."
"Oh, are you so impatient to have my body, boy?" Xenovia asked with a teasing smile.
"Yes, that's for sure." Zero said with a firm tone and smile.
"So be it. I will unleash my powerful attack, don't blame me if you get killed." Xenovia said with serious eyes.
"Don't worry, that will never happen." Zero said with a smile.
"You look very confident. Then take my strongest move now."
Then Xenovia was standing while she raised her sword and soon her sword glowed with a bright light.
<~Light Sword Art: Light Judgment~>
Soon A big beam of light sword launched at Zero, seeing that Zero used his skill
*Boom* *Crack*
Then not long after, her sword was destroyed but she was still fine with a dumbfounded expression. Zero controlled his skill to only aim at her attack and her sword. The onlookers were shocked to see Zero attack except Diana, and the result is now decided. Meanwhile, the notification system is showing up.
[Ding! Congratulations Master for completing the mission, 'Win a duel against Xenovia'. You received 20 AP and 500 SP]
[Ding! Your AP: 4,310 => 4,330 and your SP: 15,630 => 16,130]
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Zero ignored the notification from the system, he looked at Xenovia and said, "With your sword being destroyed now, I win this duel right, Lady Xenovia?"
But Xenovia didn't answer him, she just mumbled something "I found it, my ideal man,"
Soon she walked toward Zero when she reached him. She suddenly huge his left arm. Made him surprised by her suddenly changed attitude while all onlookers were dumbfounded seeing her suddenly hugged Zero. The fans of Xenovia were broken hearts including all the males who watched this duel.
"Miss Xenovia?"
"I found my ideal man. You must take responsibility for me."
"Don't worry, I will take care of you like my other wives."
Then Zero undo the Yin Yang Shield Formation and soon he and Xenovia walked out of the training field together while Xenovia still hugged his left arm.
Shortly, both of them arrived in front of Diana and Vanessa.
"How is it, my dear Diana? I can win without using my Sky Judgement. Are you happy now?"
"Well, I know you can win against her very easily. So let's go to my office room."
"Okay," Zero said but he turned toward Vanessa, "Who is this beautiful lady beside you, my dear Diana?"
"Oh, let me introduce her. She is Vanessa, a magus in the rank of the first stage of Sage King. She is the manager of our grand library and the Potion Storage room in our guild. She and I along with Xenovia were the same party member a long time ago."
"Nice to meet you, lady Vanessa. My name is Zero. You have a very beautiful face and body."
"Thank you, Zero, and nice to meet you too," Vanessa said, but suddenly realized something amiss from her words.
'Huh? My Body? How can he see my body while I'm still covered by my magic robe?' Vanessa thought.
Then they heard Diana's voice, "Alright, how about we talk inside my office room."
They nodded and soon they walked toward the Main Adventure Guild Building. The onlookers started murmuring and some also left after seeing them leave the training field area. Meanwhile, the two SS-Ranked parties wanted to talk with Zero. They suddenly left their thoughts after seeing him walk together with Guild Master, the manager of the weapon storage warehouse Xenovia and the manager of the grand library and potion storage room to go inside the Main Adventure Guild Headquarters building. Then they also left the training field area after not being able to get what they wanted.
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To Be Continued
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