Chapter 208: Teasing

Kalon stared at the social profile of Oliver Moniqart, the man he had accepted a fight against.

He also recalled his memory from the time he visited the Ten Dragons Headquarters.

The man was 6’2", a decent bit taller than Kalon, who now stood at 5’10". He was also 97kg, whereas Kalon was only 74kg. They were both Low Platinum Rank, although Kalon had managed to reach such a rank at a much younger age, and was still publicly believed to be Low Gold.

However, Kalon had the advantage in many other areas.

Affinities and skill ranks.

Whilst the Ten Dragons might have had access to other affinities, they never used or trained them. Oliver would rely on nothing but flames.

Kalon, on the other hand, had Fire, Light, Darkness, Earth, Water, Ice, and Lightning. Not only that, but every skill under those attributes was SSS or SSS+ rank.

In terms of reputation, Oliver had 1.2m followers, whilst Kalon now had 780k.

1.2m was a lot. He was actually one of the top three most followed Dragons, but this was not because of his skills. This was because Oliver was incredibly handsome, and took part in modelling in his spare time.

He had a sharp, chiselled face, and luscious blonde hair with streaks of dyed red running through it. He also sported a goatee which made him look mature and handsome.

Kalon did not care about any of this. He only cared about winning.

BZZZT!

As he was looking at his opponent’s profile, his phone suddenly notified him of a text from Thea.

[I just saw your upcoming fight... Kalon, the Eighth Dragon... Are you sure about this?]

Kalon could not help but laugh. Even after all she had seen him do, she was still worried about a simple fight like this.

He shot her a quick response telling her not to worry, and that everything would be fine.

She responded with a heart, and a worried face.

Afterwards, Kalon spent the rest of the day researching his opponent, and placing bets on himself from anonymous accounts in order to make even more money once he won.

...

When night arrived, Kalon was tired. Still, he had two planets that he wished to visit.

First was Cupid.

...

Once he arrived, he landed in a place he was not familiar with. That was the risk of focusing on a person’s location to travel to, rather than a place.

This place was a battlefield. He could tell immediately by the smell of death.

The field was sandy, and covered in corpses dressed in thick armour broken in many places. There must have been at least twenty of them, and they all seemed to belong to the same side.

As for the culprit, Kalon could see them kneeling near a body far in the distance, checking over it carefully.

This figure wore a black suit of armour which was also splattered in blood, but otherwise completely unharmed.

They wore a helmet which completely obscured their face. Eventually they removed that helmet, revealing a perfectly crafted pale face with no hair, except for pink gems scattered across the skull.

This was none other than Daisy, the War Commander.

"You killed all of these men yourself?" Kalon said.

Daisy snapped to her feet, suddenly entering a defensive position that left her ready to fight.

When she rose to her feet and saw who was in front of her, her face scrunched up slightly, but she immediately dropped her stance.

Not because she felt safe, but rather because she knew that even if she wanted to defend herself against this man, there was no point.

Her shoulders relaxed and she sighed.

"I did. They were a faction that went rogue," she eventually responded.

Kalon looked around again. The field was empty, with nothing in the distance.

"By yourself?"

"Yes. Such a task is nothing for me."

Kalon’s brow raised.

He used the opportunity to use his physical trait to check what affinities were in Daisy’s body, both awakened and dormant.

As he did, he saw numerous colours of all kinds.

The ones that were already awakened represented Fire and Force. The ones that were not awakened were...

"Blood..."

"Huh?" Daisy responded to Kalon’s word.

A smile spread across his face as he witnessed an affinity that he rarely ever saw.

Daisy had a lot more potential than he had expected. She used Force to control metals, allowing her to create a gun, which she currently wore around her waist. Fire and Force were used to amplify the bullets as well.

And soon, she would be able to add Blood to her collection, and she did not even know it.

"Nothing... Anyway, you look nice. Even covered in all that gore."

Kalon’s sudden words forced a blush to form on her cheeks. She looked away and made an awkward face, shifting her body into an uncomfortable position.

"W-what are you saying so suddenly?"

"Oh come on, there’s no need to be shy around your lover."

"Lover?!" Daisy shouted.

"Well, do you let anyone besides your lover fuck you until your brains have turned to mush?"

The woman’s blush became even brighter... but on top of that, her seduction meter crawled higher.

She was now halfway through the fifth stage.

This made Kalon realise something. If he could get her to stage ten, she would be by far his most combat-capable ally.

But does she have the potential to be a woman that I can truly trust? She’s nothing like Josinia, Nyphara, Sifa, or Thea... yet she is better than just a casual fling.

I’ll have to think about it.

Daisy had not even replied to what he said, as she was still too stunned.

However, just when she was about to open her mouth to speak, the sound of heavy footsteps clanking against the ground suddenly began to approach them.

They both looked towards the sound.

Running towards them were twenty figures holding weapons and wearing the same armour as the men Daisy had just slain.

Kalon looked over at her with a smile on his face.

"It looks like we get to fight together, my lover."

Daisy looked at him as well, surprised that he was willing to help her.