Moments before Dante stormed into the scene:
"She's strong," Zed commented as he watched Sara fighting with all her might.
"It seems like they have some unresolved debt, this is getting serious," Aren said as he took a sip of tea.
"What do you think, Katarina?" Zed asked, but received no response. "She's going to kill the vampire princess," Boris remarked, watching Sara sever Elizabeth's arm.
"It's over," Boris concluded.
Katarina abruptly stood up and moved closer to the arena. She leaned on the bars and slowly removed her round sunglasses, revealing a smile on her face.
"Now we're talking," she said, and then everything paused. Dante emerged from the black flames and halted the blade with his bare hands.
Aren stood up and joined Katarina, along with Zed and Boris. The four strongest individuals in the entire Academy watched Dante with sharp eyes.
As he embraced the crying girl, his eyes met Katarina's directly for a brief moment.
"Oh, he noticed me," she commented, leaving everyone slightly startled. "Did he notice you?" Boris asked cautiously. He was arrogant, but challenging this woman could lead to the premature end of his life.
"Everyone else is dull, and that became evident in all the fights, but this boy is different," Katarina said as she smiled faintly.
"He did well to stop the vampire girl," Aren added, analyzing Dante.
"He's still young," Boris remarked.
"Those eyes... He didn't do it just to save the vampire girl," Zed said before sitting back down.
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"Go get treated first, then we'll talk," Dante said as some assistants took Sara, who was slightly in distress.
He turned and looked towards where the teachers were and clicked his tongue. "[Take care of her, I'll cause chaos here]," he transmitted to Joan of Arc, who promptly understood and picked up her disciple from the arena with just one movement.
"Let's move on, get Elizabeth, she needs care," Dante said, and two assistants picked up Elizabeth's body and arm as they carried her away. Her eyes met Dante's, and she felt something different.
Soon the arena was cleared, and Dante stood waiting for his challenger. He was more serious than usual, and his stance clearly demonstrated superiority, at least that's how everyone saw him at that moment. The murmurs of the crowd began, and Dante stared fixedly at the announcer.
"Hey, announce," Dante said to Akemi, who was holding the trumpet.
"[The one who's always in fights, the son of the Wolf King, the Man who walks in packs, holds the title of Alpha Wolf of Kryoris, Alexander Sucellus!]" She shouted, and he began to enter.
The audience fell silent; he was too preoccupied and hadn't noticed the last fight because he was meditating.
"Hm? What's this reaction?" He realized no one said anything. "They must be respecting me? Probably, I'm awesome," he quickly thought and glanced at his opponent.
"Look who we have here, the relentless idiot of the school!" He shouted loudly, and everyone could hear clearly.
A complete silence settled; no one dared to laugh, as they had seen what happened earlier. ut Akemi didn't let it slide, she wanted to have fun
"[Known as the Fire Mage, Dante Rider]," she said slowly, and nothing more was said; everything fell silent.
"Is this a joke?" The audience began to wonder, but only laughter hung in the air.
"HAHAHAHAHA!" It was from the teacher Akemi herself.
"Akemi, can you tell the truth," Dante said, and everyone stared at Akemi. Then, she displayed a huge smile on her face and began to rise and walk around the arena like a reality show host.
[Due to the ranking change, Sara Vortex has become the second-ranked in the First Year Rank.]
"WHAT?!" Alexander asked quickly, leaving everyone confused.
"It's as I said. I'll present your opponent again, fufufufu."
Everyone slowly went into shock as the black-haired boy remained silent the whole time.
[On the right side of the arena]
[One who never bows to anything or anyone except Valentina Scarlet]
[A boy who conquered two of the greatest forces of the present through marriage]
[The most famous young vampire in the supernatural world]
[Official husband of Valentina Scarlet and Morgana Arcano]
[Holder of the highest title in the first year of Kryoris, The Demon King of Devastation]
[Dante Scarlet.]
"This idiot wanted to make a show," Dante thought as he observed Akemi's expression.
Everyone fell completely silent, especially Ethan and the others. Announcing that he was among them was, in fact, a declaration of war. And now, what would he do? He would crush his first opponent.
All eyes turned to the boy, who pulled out a spear from the spatial ring he borrowed from Clovis.
His hair began to catch fire, and the black coloring disappeared. Flames started to permeate the entire area, and an overwhelming pressure enveloped the entire arena.
Everyone began to tremble in fear. There were exceptions, like the teachers and the elite students, but none of it mattered. He was furious.
"I tried to be someone kind to all of you. I tried to make friends, but you made excuses and excluded me from everything. Since you excluded me, I will exclude you too."
"Especially the filthy offspring of world leaders, who have been acting like spoiled children for the past month."
"I gave a month without doing anything, and even without knowing who I was, I became the absolute focus of all of you. What irony, isn't it?"
"Since you wanted so much to destroy me, just as you were practicing horrible acts with all the students inside this school, then let's go."
"Extortion, Physical and Psychological Abuse, Intimidation, Theft, Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Sexual Harassment."
The pressure began to affect the surroundings, the arena started to crack slightly. "If I kill everyone, it means I've cleaned your realms, don't you agree?"
"So, I challenge all of you at the same time," Dante said with a smile they only saw once before, when Valentina appeared the first time.
Dante's voice echoed "COME YOU SUCKERS"
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As Valentina enjoyed scaring the kids, two women entered the Tower of Nightmares.
"He's started," said Valentina as she watched what was happening through a sphere.
"Yes, our husband is showing off a little," Morgana added, and they opened the door to the meeting.
"It's good to see you're all well! Because I'm not doing well at all," said Valentina, clapping her hands as everyone stared at her with cold looks, and she smiled like a princess.
"Can someone explain to me why our agreement was broken?" Valentina said, sitting in one of the chairs.
"You know, I've been quite complacent in recent years since I 'retired,' but I'm still quite strong, you know, Titania?" she said, changing her tone when mentioning the name of the Fairy Queen.
"What happened?" Vlad asked curiously, as he was not informed of the situation. "Exactly, why are you here?" Velkan added.
"Titania, did you do something?" Orion, the King of the Giants, asked. He was a man of few words and accepted most things, except disrespecting a contract.
Titania remained silent, unwilling to explain anything. But then Lyriana was the first to speak. "What happened, Valentina? You wouldn't come personally even if we told them about your son. What's so important?"
Barskev observed the situation as he followed what was happening in the Arena. "There's something wrong," was his only thought.
"Spill it," Alice Arcano said as she closed her eyes.
Titania remained silent the whole time, and Valentina lost her patience. "Then I'll speak."
"Our dear Queen, the Bitch of All Fairies, decided it was a GOOD IDEA to ask her daddy to banish Dante forever from the Spirit World," Valentina said with a wide smile that made Titania look away slightly.
"What did you say, Valentina?" Vlad, not knowing what to say, asked, but Valentina didn't respond, just smiled.
Except for Barskev, Orion, and Adam, everyone present began to raise their auras to the maximum possible, simply in anger.
"That's enough, you'll destroy this tower," Morgana said, and Alice agreed, sealing the place so that no one could leave or flee to do something about Titania.
"No one here is a child; you all know the reason I came that day with Valentina. It was to ensure that no one antagonized him," commented Morgana, looking at the center of the table.
"All we wanted was for you to leave him alone and for your children to do whatever they wanted with him. And we kept our agreement. He himself said so just now," Morgana continued.
"While your children abused other children and created horrendous scenarios, Dante remained silent and did not lay a hand on any of them," she concluded, turning to Valentina and nodding in agreement.
"The agreement has been broken, decide what you're going to do about it," said Valentina with a crimson-red gaze, as if she were about to kill everyone there immediately, something she clearly could not do.
"I'm leaving," declared Valentina, turning away, and Morgana followed suit.
"Wait! You can't just leave!" Titania finally composed herself and shouted, but Valentina hit her with a look of disgust. "Why didn't you do anything?" she asked Valentina, who looked confused.
"Why would I need to do anything?" Valentina questioned. "Eh?" Titania was puzzled.
"My husband said he would take care of everything and asked me only to let you sort things out. I don't need to give you reasons to be afraid or anything like that. Apart from the Dwarves and Humans, all of you here are difficult to deal with in your natural form, but that doesn't mean I have to do something," Valentina explained, turning away and continuing to walk slowly, speaking aloud.
Morgana, who was accompanying her, stopped and turned back again.
"We don't need to deal with an issue between you; find a solution. We don't need you or your kingdoms, but you need us. Even if it means I have to abandon my surname, I will just leave this to you, superior beings, to solve," she said with a smile, and left with Valentina, who was waiting for her.