Chapter 15: Double Surprise

" Let us proceed to the fifth match of the day " the referee called out the those who will fight the final match of the day.

Celia and a robust teen who is the same age as her walked up the stage .

" summon your savage beasts "

The robust man swiftly summoned his savage beast.

Rock tortoise - reptile type - turtle race - earth attribute.

Skills: earth spike,earth wall, shell hide

-It has great defense and strong offensive earth attribute skill, but has slow movement and agility.

"It was a rock turtle, it seems like this burly teen likes a slow paced fight " Kali commented.

After seeing her opponent summon his savage beast, she didn't waste any more time and summon her own savage beast.

A fox with silver white fur appeared in front of her it gives off a cold aura, the temperature ten meters around it dropped, those who are near the stage felt cold. Eyes widened when they saw the majestic and beautiful savage beast on the stage, some even has their mouth open for a long time.

Kali's shook on his seat and his eyes widened because of the beautiful sight in front of him, Celia's savage beast is like her, cold and beautiful.

" so that white fluffy thing on her arms that day was a fox savage beast" Kali was referring to when they were in the crimson forest and the blood horn rhinoceros chased Asu and Ban, he saw a white fluffy thing on Celia's arms that time.

" the growth of that fox is unbelievable, last time it can be carried around on one's arms, now it can carry a person instead " Kali was surprised because of the growth Rae of Celia's fox.

Arctic demon fox - beast type - fox race - ice attribute.

Skills: beast claw, tail whip, snow dash, blizzard.

- rare savage beasts with strong ice abilities, they are noble of the savage beasts world, with great strength, speed, and agility they have the ability to fight those with higher stage than them.

" what a strong savage beast, but my black serpent can also fight those who are one stage higher " Kali praised Celia's savage beast but he was not scared, instead his eagerness to fight Celia grew stronger.

Asu on the other hand has an ugly look on his face.

" first it was that Kali and his stupid snake and now Celia with this fox, what the hell! " Kali was mad and cursed, because he thought that he got the competition on the bag but, Kali and Celia's appearance made his chance of winning slimmer.

The village chief and the mysterious old man was shock as well.

" what a talented and lucky girl not only is she at the peak of apprentice stage her savage beast is also rare and powerful " village chief praised Celia's strength and talent which everyone heard.

When Kali heard that Celia is already at the peak of apprentice stage he looked at her and his eyes widened.

" she really is at the peak of apprentice stage, what great potential " Kali also praised her.

The mysterious old man smiled when he saw Celia's real strength, he didn't say anything instead he whispered something to the village chief, which made the village chief almost stand on his seat.

On the stage Celia's opponent is also shocked to see the Arctic demon fox, his savage beast ran away in fright, because of the Arctic demon fox, the action of the rock tortoise caught everyone's attention.

" hahahahahahaha hahahahahahaha " the crowd laughed at the rock tortoise.

The action of his rock tortoise greatly embarrassed the burly teen, left the stage with his savage beast not even looking back, and left the village square.

"Celia wins the match " the referee announced.

Leaving the stage means surrender, Celia wins without exerting any effort, this greatly disappointed the spectators because they want to see the arctic demon fox in action, but they have to wait for tomorrow.

Everyone left the village square, including Kali.

...

The first day of the competition ended on the afternoon, Kali was in his backyard with black serpent, he was sitting, his back leaning against the tree and he uses his hands as a pillow, his eyes were closed, black serpent is beside him coiled up and sleeping, although his eyes were close Kali was not asleep, he was thinking about Celia's, savage beast, the majestic image of the Arctic demon fox is stuck in his head, the aura it exude is imprinted on his mind, but he was thinking about the Arctic demon fox not because he was scared, he can't stop thinking about Celia's and her savage beast because he's excited to fight her, when Kali and black serpent killed the blood horn rhinoceros his standard when it comes to opponents soar, normal apprentice beast contractor doesn't catch his attention anymore.

" there is no use thinking about my opponents, I will be able to fight them tomorrow anyway "

Kali hen opened his eyes and looked at the sleeping figure of black serpent, then smiled.

...

Early next morning the square, where the competition is being held is already full, and one by one the participants started arriving, even those who lost the first round because they will fight those who lost against the fight between the seeded participants and the winners of the first round.

When the village chief and the mysterious old man came everyone went silent, they didn't notice the mysterious old man yesterday because they are busy watching the matches, only the observant ones noticed his presence.

" second day of the completion begins " the village chief announced then sat down beside the mysterious old man.

The first to fight are those who lost the first and second round to determine the rankings.

The fights between them proceeded smoothly, surprisingly the one who ran away against Celia is the first place among them, second is the original seeded player who is the daughter of the village blacksmith, and third is Ban, Asu's friend.

Their fights didn't make the spectators excited, because they pretty much saw their strength already, only the seeds players didn't show their full strength, except for the one with the Gale wolf who defeated the blacksmith's daughter, the people do not expect much from him, he was treated as a side character, but it didn't made him angry because he knows his strength and limitations.

The fights between the seeded participants will happen in the afternoon so the people didn't even left their seats to go home and eat lunch, they just waited, while the other brought their own food.

The afternoon came and o e by one the seeded participants appeared, when the five seeded participant are completed, the village chief stood up.

" this time what we will witness is the fight between the five excellent young beast tamers, I'm sure you are all excited so without further ado let the final round of the competition begin"

The crowd went crazy as they cheer for their own favorites, Celia is the participants with the great chance to win the competition, only Asu is treated as her opponent, they completely disregarded Kali's display of strength but it didn't bother him, he doesn't care about fame what he cares about is strength, his goal is to surpass the emperor stage so what does little fame amount to that.

The five seeded participants lined up, they will fight four matches today and the one with the most number of wins is the champion of the competition.

The first match is between, Quincy and the one with the Gale wolf, the fight went smoothly and as expected the Gale wolf lost, the young beast contractor treated his injured Gale wolf to get ready for the next match.

The next fight will be between Kali and Asu, Kali grinned when he saw Kali walked up to the stage holding an umbrella.

" get ready to be defeated " Asu said to Kali, he just ignored Asu's words and summoned black serpent, although Asu was being mad for being ignored by Kali, he also proceeded to summon his earth trampling bear.

" battle start " said the referee.

" earth trampling bear use beast claw " Asu ordered his savage beast and it immediately attack.

" black serpent, dodge then tail whip " Kali said in a calm voice and manner.

The black serpent slithered swiftly dodging the beast claw then counter attached with a tail whip which the earth trampling bear blocked easily, the earth trampling bear's defense is really formidable.

" what great defense, even black serpent's tail whip delivered by its strong body, is blocked easily " Kali praised the earth trampling bear's defense.

" but I will still break your defense that you are proud of " said Kali then grinned.

" black serpent continue your attack " Kali ordered black serpent.

The earth trampling bear and black serpent continued their fight, it lasted for five minutes but none of the savage beasts are tired.

" is that all your little snake can do?" Asu asked in a mocking tone.

" don't worry it's about time to end this fight " Kali said.

" black serpent use combo skill "

Black serpent turned into a black streak and attacked the earth trampling bear with its shadow like tail.

The earth trampling bear couldn't dodge it so it used its arms to block the attack but it was blown away by the attacked, Asu was shocked to see his earth trampling bear which is almost the same height as him get blown away.

" what the hell was that?" Asu asked

" that is your bear being blown away " said Kali then smiled.

Asu gritted his teeth and orders his earth trampling bear to stand up, it stood up immediately and glared at the three meter black serpent.

" earth trampling bear use rock armor and attack that stupid snake with beast claw" Asu ordered his Savage beast, it dashed towards black serpent but black serpent didn't stood idle either it use dark strike to reachthe earth trampling bear when it was about to get hit by the beast claw Asu smiled wildly like he already won the match, but his smile faded when black serpent dodged the beast claw mid air and opened its vicious mouth revealing a pair of bone chilling fangs, when the earth trampling bear saw that black serpent dodged the beast claw and was about to bite his neck, the earth trampling bear dodged, but it was a second late and the fangs grazed its neck, Asu heaved a sigh of relief when he saw his savage beast dodged the vicious attack by black serpent.

Kali grinned when he saw the earth trampling bear got grazed by black serpent's fangs, the earth trampling bear attacked again but this time it intend to fight mid range, it used one of its earth attribute skill the earth spikes,earthen colored spikes appeared where the black serpent is but it slithered swiftly dodging every attack bit it got graze by some of the spikes from time to time, Asu smiled when he saw black serpent getting grazed by his attack, but something weird is happening in the earth trampling bear's body, its neck area started darkening and the beast movement started to get sluggish. When Kali saw this he immediately ordered black serpent.

" use corrosive poison "

Black serpent spit a black colored liquid like a bullet and hit the earth trampling bear's body and it started darkening, when Asu saw this his eyes widened.

"Poison its poison! You, you poison my savage beast " said Asu.

But Kali didn't mind his words and black serpent continued to attack using corrosive poison.

" referee he poisoned my savage beast" Asu complained to the referee.

But the referee ignored him.

" my savage beast has poison attribute so naturally I will use it in a fight "

Asu then ordered his savage beast to take the initiative to attack, it dashed towards black serpent sluggishly, Asu has no intention to surrender. When the earth trampling bear is about to reach black serpent it stopped moving, Asu was confused, as to why his savage beast stopped, but when he was about to use his dominance to communicate with it, it suddenly fell down.

" the earth trampling bear lost its ability to fight, Kai wins the match " the referee announced.

The whole square was silent because the beast contractor that they think can match Celia lost to Kali who they didn't even mention when they were arguing about Asu and Celia's strength.

Kali walked down the stage holding his white umbrella with black serpent.

After he left the stage everyone came back to their senses and started to cheer for him.

The village chief smiled while looking at Kali figure.

" do you know this kid? "

The mysterious old man asked the village chief.

" he was an orphan and I act as his guardian" the village chief answered.

" hmmmm, I see " said the old man.

The two then turned to look at the stage like nothing happened.