Bro, I'm not an Undead!

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Name : Ijjit Ecna Stonof

Stage : Second Phase Master

Core : Blue

Family : Stonof

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Name : Occa Ben Ekkel

Stage : Second Phase Master

Core : Blue

Family : Ekkel

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All witnesses and contenders saw the floating text above the two on the platform and gained a better understanding of how the Control Seal worked.

Name, Stage, Core and Family name...

These were the details the Control Seal showed.

Ijjit was the woman with the expansive bust while Occa was the man.

The two stared at each other, their visages displaying different attitudes towards the battle they were about to engage in.

Both wore simple clothing, with Ijjit donning a confident smile while Occa bore a serious face as he got into stance.

The crowds were hyped!

The distance between the two opponent was no less than four hundred meters and from the platform to every witness watching, the distance was greater, yet it seemed like their eyes were bolstered by an unseen force that allowed them to see with astonishing clarity!

To common folk, this was amazing.

To those who were already strong enough to see all this though, it wasn't enough to garner surprise. The text was very informative though, which was much appreciated.

A detail to be noted was how the two Contenders both had middle names. These in actuality, were their original last names, with the surnames at the end being the names of the Families they were signed into.

This notation was meant to ensure that there was a clear distinction between original Family members and otherwise just for the sake of it.

Exposing this didn't make much of a difference to the overall game after all.

For Skullius who had his sockets burning with a thick darkness as he saw all shapes in a mix of grey, white and black, the same applied.

He could also see the text but...

'Something is not right here...' he thought.

His extensive senses and [Greater Mana Crafter] helped him catch traces of something peculiar about these two combatants that leaked partially.

Something was forcibly subdued within their bodies.

Something sinister.

Something familiar.

An energy that he had felt before.

On top of this, the two's presences had a distinct similarity to those of the Energy Formers he had met!

High above, someone else felt most of what Skullius felt.

'Hmmm. I'm rarely off when it comes to sensing something like this...' Ruhrees thought while leaning forward, his armour clanging lightly with his movement.

These two individuals.

Their presence...

Something about them...

He couldn't quite put a finger on it but he had an obvious theory.

For now, he would keep it to himself however.

It was not worth it to run around spouting baseless accusation after all, especially not when he was who he was. Besides, if it was as he thought, the old geezers in the towers would have said something... probably.

The boisterous cheer from the crowd suddenly exploded as Ijjit made the first move, her figure darting forward while layered with bright mana!

The platform below her enhanced the light of her footsteps ridiculous for dramatic effect and she rose over Occa with a fierce dropkick, the shrieking air around her also blared in the spectators' eyes!

Occa released a great amount of his mana and smothered it over his hands which guarded above his head to cushion himself from the blow!

The impact birthed by this one exchange shot outwards ravenously and smacked against the thin, rising around the platform which blinked!

Skullius instantly narrowed his eyes as he noticed something interesting.

The harsh mana which raged from the two's clash was barred from leaving the area within the barrier but bits of it that wouldn't even hurt a child were let out to spray outwards over the stadium like a breeze!

This was all to enhance the experience!

'It's still a competition where you can kill. This match is probably meant to mask the hundreds that will die here later,' Skullius thought while scratching his chin.

Ijjit rapidly moved away from Occa before rushing towards him again and throwing three significant blows that were packed with atrocious force!

Occa easily weaved and swiped the attacks away before rising up and launching an ugly kick at Ijjit's neck!

The woman ducked down and swept down right when Occa was descending but the man gathered the majority of his mana into his feet to reinforce them, preventing himself from getting knocked down!

Unfortunately, while he was successful in avoiding getting knocked down, he was temporarily left unable to react to Ijjit's next move which employed quick thinking and flexibility. The woman chest bobbed as she pulled in legs and pushed her feet at Occa's chest which was largely unguarded by mana!

BOOOM!

The man was blasted several dozens of meters back before, with a hard face, he rolled and hurriedly stood only to see Ijjit blitzing her way towards him and flinging tens of punches!

An crazy physical exchange began and the regular witnesses roared in excitement, some standing as they whistled, no doubt supporting Ijjit : many of them were from the degenerate community!

Ordinary men, women and children could follow the rapid movements and the finer details of the fight they would have been unable to perceive otherwise, which pumped up many to a much greater degree.

To the Contenders and the witnesses seated at the top however, this was nothing.

It was a show that could only excite the normal people.

At least this current point.

After several minutes of back forth, Ijjit and Occa created some distance between them again, their mana bubbling.

They both exhaled hot air, the sound of this amplified by the stadium to cause another burst of excitement. Something was coming!

These two were about to get serious!

From Ijjit, a storm of cobalt blue, neon energy rose from her body, lighting up a huge portion of the stadium!

It seemed the thin barrier around the platform also amplified the various intense colours that manifested within it, a low level feature but enticing to the audience nonetheless as it made Ijjit using her Genuine Incarnation a treat to watch!

Occa did the same, a bright white light bursting up from him too with a similar level of radiance and power to Ijjit's!

Above the man, something formed.

The Aura he expelled from his body moulded itself into something intricate.

It formed large pillar!

One could call it a pole that was about twice the size of full grown man, at the ends of its pristine white cylindrical shape two black caps with sparkling white patterns!

The pillar moved and fell right beside Occa who hold its surface while his eyes refused to leave Ijjit.

The woman smiled as above her, what formed with the perfect Aura was...

A large feminine figure!

The details were not as clear cut, but they weren't meant to be.

The outline of blue woman with features just like Ijjit's appeared, her size being thrice that of the original and with a minimalist design of feminine combat armour over her!

Aside from a pair of radiant white eyes, a nose and a simplistic mouth, nothing too surprising could be seen on her face, but her outlined figure held a deep sense of authority and power that didn't need demonstration!

It oozed from this Genuine Incarnation, tainting the surroundings with sprinkles of blue dust!

The Genuine Incarnation descended to float serenely behind Ijjit, the blue hair on its head rustling about beautiful!

UUUUUUOOOOOOH!

Excitement was palpable all around.

How would this battle unfold?

Skullius and every other contender looked at this development with keen eyes.

The Hybrid Luman accessed the knowledge he had gained from one of the bandits he had thought, one who had been somewhat capable.

Apparently, the Master Stage different immensely from the Advancement Stage.

While the Advancement Stage had 10 levels, the Master Stage had 20 each ten that made it up being a different phase.

Those in the first phase could not be compared to those in the second, as the latter had two major advantages.

One of these was the ability to forge their Genuine Incarnation into either a Living type Incarnation or an Object type Incarnation : the Living type Incarnations were able to borrow the characteristics of their user, including technique, unique ability or blessing, bolstering them and using them incredibly well offensively. The Object type Incarnations doubled down on defense, enhancing Genuine Incarnations' ability to counteract mana and basic Aura attacks to an extremely high degree!

Naturally, both types of Incarnations were still capable of attack and defence but their areas of speciality were well... more specialised.

All that said, as Skullius saw the Incarnations, it was obvious which was what.

In fact, he was forced to remember Bek who had Genuine Incarnations that formed rings around his rapiers, their solid form proof that he was probably not in the second phase yet.

As many expected Ijjit was the first to show the intent to attack with her Incarnation while Occa raised his large pillar defensively before him while his body glowed with excess Aura!

The masses were expectant but even with this, all the Contenders knew this wasn't going to be an exciting match. It would pretty much end with a generic show of bland power...