System Code: Pale King

Chapter 07: The Inauguration

Today was the day of my inauguration. I stood putting on the undersuit it was a new on given to me by Seb, it fit well and on top light armor around the rib area and a cloak like jacket that had shoulder plates on the lift it had protection where necessary but was very light just my style. If win I became a Saint and I get to see mother, father and Vlad I can't lose. A gentleman's voice pierced through the changing room " young master it is time " it was Sebastian and time was here.

Entering the grand arena and the arena was filled with spectators shouting and cheering. In front of me up in the spectator area was an area built for the woman sitting on a throne Lady Celeria. Below her was all 6 Saints and standing behind each were their Vice commanders. The arena walls were very high and were metallic and looked very durable. The piece of wall in front of me carved itself away from the rest of the wall and then sinking down to reveal a red skinned man with black hair and two red horns sticking out from the sides of his head curving to meet in front of his face. His clothes looked beat up and torn. The arena fell silent, looking up the reason seemed to be the standing up of their Queen. "Today we will witness the inauguration of the man in front of you all" she said looking down at me, it felt like a good luck of sorts.

"Let the test BEGIN!"

With that the battle was set off. The man in front of my gaze took a big breath and dashed straight at me, I managed to dodge to my left but he had already cut me on my chest. it was on. "Holy Armory " a group of spears appeared behind me and shot at the man although he dodged everything with no effort and followed up with a dash and an upwards s***h with his claws, back stepping his attack. I summoned a spear on my right thrusting the tip towards his stomach and the spear hit but did not penetrate. I felt a sharp pain on my left half of my face as hi ran his fist through my face sending me flying to the steel walls that "cushioned " the impact. With a cough of blood I felt his hand on my face as he threw my body across the arena upwards until my body hit the bearer around the arena. As I fell back down I was met with a knee to the face. Getting up I was in bad shape, I had do no damage to the monster approaching my soon to be a corpse of a body.

" ...holy ...Armory " the spears were blown back by the swing of his right arm.

he grabbed me by the neck and began squeezing is hand shut. my mind began to fade to black. Am gonna lose I failed you Sebastian, I failed you mother, I failed you father, Am sorry Vlad I lost.

in the spectator area

" Hey Gladius you said the kid was strong " a woman in white dress and silver jacket. crimson hair and eyes looked sharply at Gladius.

" Shut up Eve. Well I thought he would hold his own but I didn't know he was gonna face a Noble demon" Gladius replied

What is her grace thinking he is a rookie.

"hahaha...damn but I didn't know he would get his ass kicked this bad it's hilarious " the red haired saint laughed exposing her dagger-like teeth.

Come on Luce live. come on get up.

Back on the battle grounds

I hang from the horned man's arm.

" sorry human but I will go home " the horned man said as he prepared his left to pierce the person in front of him.

"My King it is no time to sleep. your has already been to long. Now raise my KING!" the voice that commands my Arcana of ice [Iris]. I heard it. opening my eyes I was in the field of my dreams before the pillar of pale blue flames that had increased in size since last I was here over a year ago.

"Go ahead an claim thy power " that voice again

"who are you show yourself "

" But be warned if you do, you will go down the same path you so loathed to tread " this voice so familiar but I need power or I will die that's if am not already died " oh well let's tread the path then " . I reached my hand forward to touch the pillar of what could scorch my very arm to cinders. It was cold, very cold but I could seem fragments of visions or better memories of a woman with jet black hair and blue eyes.

" I know you "

The horned man crashed the neck of his opponent and proceeded to throw him across the arena towards the Queen and the six Saints.

" Your grace it seems your champion has lost " a beauty with silver hair an golden brown eyes said looking at the Queen.

The Queens face began to smile and she simply pointed at the Corpse in the battlefield.

" Look Silvia " she replied to the disappointed silver haired beauty.

She looked down on the body of the man that was supposed to be his comrade. she was shocked to see a ridiculous amount of Astral Energy converging on the corpse.

" He is not gifted. Do not that mistake." the woman whose eyes glowing with excitement explained.

" but... what's going on " the silver Saint" asked grabbing the edge of the balcony ridge of the spectator area for the Queen and the Saints.

" He is a man loved by Astral and all that Astral is, including spirits. " the Queen replied.

back on the battlefield

With a snap Lucial's neck return to its original position his eyes glowing blue. A gust of frosted mist exploded out of his body turning the battlefield into a frozen wasteland

[System]

[Abaddon]-[has been sacrificed to the Arcana [iris] ]

[Emperor of Ice Iris is active]

[you have gained the title ]-[Pale King]

"Frosted breathe, Thy name commands the very snow beneath your feet, all shall return to thy cold embrace come forth IRIS!!! " the right side of my hair had lost all color, my hand had turned pale from the forming of ice on it. I didn't have long in this form and my opponent had began charging towards but this time I could see him coming. He swung his arm only to be met by a wall of ice m.

"I beseech my Queen grant me thy warmth, IGNIS" the demon summoned crimson flames that granted him freedom from my ice wall.

"Take this you human scum " large balls of fire formed and launched towards me. Placing my right hand on the ground ice began to form a shell of ice around me. The flame barrage breaking the ice revealing no one inside the broken shell.

Behind him was me as water began condensing from Astral energy and then forming a bow and arrow of ice and water. The demon summoned a gigantic ball of fire that resembled the sun. as the frozen water on the arrow tip grew so did the ball of fire. As we both launched our elementaly opposing attacks the resulting explosion of steam began to c***k the bearer.

"Gladius the barer" Silvia shouted out to her fellow Saint.

" On it" Gladius leaped the off the spectator area on and flew towards the bearer extending her arms reinforcing the collapsing bearer.

In the bearer the steam cleared

Revealing the immobilized demon frozen within a gigantic ice spike.

" I...cough...can't go out...like...this...Mel " the demon whispered under it's breath.

Lucial was kneeling and hyperventilating.

" Damn the air is so thin...its...hard to breath"

"Cursed Arts. Crimson Blood technique [Contract of Power] " the man said as he bit in to his left arm which was exposed from the ice. Blood gushed out and began rotating around the demon. The blood enclosed around him, breaking him out of his frozen prison in a sphere of crimson blood.

"What's going on, wait his not dead " I lifted myself off the shaking ground. after staggering a few times I stood facing the orb of blood that kept shrinking. with a loud pop the blood splashed out to reveal the demon who now possessed an additional horn in the middle it's tip meeting up with the other two in front of his now monster-like face. great big fangs four demonic eyes. the ground began tearing apart with the pieces collecting in two diagonal rings around him forming a cross. He swung his arms spilling blood on the rubble levitating around. His blood along with the rubble of rock were set ablaze, with the flames turning the rock into molten lava Rings. From the rings giant blobs of lava were launched at me.

"...Like I said human I will leave this place alive ".