The Earth After Rebirth

"Kiro, they seem to be endless." Jorge complained not knowing what to do.

"Just breathe, relax, remember that keeping these summons is draining them too. If you\'re gonna lose in terms of mana and stamina, you may aswell drop dead right now." He yelled, he was right next to him but with the noise he didn\'t think he\'d be heard.

"Right!" Jorge stilled his heart and forged forwards.

Kiro looked at his opponents pitifully, they didn\'t quite grasp what they\'ve gotten themselves into. He wasn\'t planning on using all his power, since that would end the battle before it even entertained anyone.

He was barely dodging with the power he was using. He didn\'t care about impressing anyone that was there, winning this would do that better.

Hiro had his shield and axe. He was shorter but effective, he hacked while using his shield to block. His axe wasn\'t yet at the level he wanted it to be, but it was enough for the skeletons. They weren\'t sturdier than the ones they\'d fought before, so if anything, they saw this as tedious work.

"Leader, they\'re breaking through easily, we should attack with the army!"

"Just keep summoning!" He shouted.

"But, we\'re going to run out of mana at this point."

"We have potions don\'t we? I\'ve bought plenty."

"They have potions and so many healers, if its a battle of stamina we won\'t do much well."

"I\'m not gonna repeat myself!"

It was nothing but fear talking, his guildmates were no longer certain of their victory. The leader however was a little laid back, in his mind, he still maintained that they\'d win.

It was then that he showed his hand, strong winds blew in the battlefield, after the gust had settled two giant skeletons stood at the centre.

They were exuding a purple kind of energy. Their footsteps slightly shook the ground. The atmosphere in the arena shifted, if only a little.

"My children, go and bring back victory." The leader shouted in an impressive voice.

Sure enough, the giant summons did as they were told. They marched forwards, their only goal was to destroy their master\'s enemies.

"Careful with those two, they\'re poisonous." Nikolai warned as he was the one who dabbled in poisons, he could smell it ways away.

Felix launched his attack first, his intention was to get one to fall on the ground. His weapon positioned itself perfectly around its leg, he yanked with all his might.

But nothing, he was instead pulled into the air when the thing rose its foot to step forward. Kiro used whirlwind to cushion his fall.

"Well, that was dangerous." He commented actually smiling.

Kiro summoned lightning, he hoped it would burn them into ash, instead it gave them a bit of damage. Nikolai\'s poison daggers weren\'t working either. The two poisons cancelled out each other, making the damage zero.

"Hiro, I\'ll leave the feet to you."

He nodded in response, his attacks were much better than the rest. He was even able to halt them from advancing with his shield, but only for a few seconds before he was pushed back.

His axe managed to dig deeper into their bones, though he noticed that, his axe was suffering too. The poison was also digging deep into his weapon, he had a few hits before it was corroded completely.

His shield was holding up well, there were no signs that the poison was eating at it. It was a legendary item after all.

Kiro threw Ryu up there and followed right behind. There were gasps that, there was another who seemingly could walk on nothingness.

"Where the hell are they getting skills that let\'s them walk on air?" One complained, implying the game played favourites.

"You don\'t pay much attention do you?" Another shot back, intending to silence his ignorant self.

"What are you talking about? There have been only two players able to do this one thing."

"That\'s just the thing, it\'s not one thing. This skill vastly differs from the first one. The goddess used mana to walk up there, in an untrained eye it could seem like she was walking on nothing. But this guy? He\'s not using anything, he\'s just walking up there. I bet the air wherever he steps is condensed, what a fascinating guy."

He wasn\'t even listening by the end of it. He didn\'t like smart people who showed off their knowledge when they were not even asked. So he shut his trap and watched the match.

Kiro was up there causing havoc with Ryu on their skulls. While Hiro was down there, occasionally stopping their movements and hacking their bony legs.

The rest were now attacking the other team, they couldn\'t do summons anymore. The potions their leader was so proud of and depended on depleted not so long ago. They clearly underestimated After Dark and Chasing Madness and stocked up very little.

Ryu was extremely frustrated that he couldn\'t decapitate the giants in one single attack. Kiro released a vast amount of wind blinds at the same time Hiro was pushing them back with his shield. They wobbled for a while and fell on their backs.

The impact was extremely noisy, it shook the ground and almost broke it. Kiro summoned lightning once more, and released more wind blades. He didn\'t want them getting up.

He threw Ryu down, he travelled between the two giants. Pinning them to each other and to the ground by their bony shoulders. Kiro showed a smile, he was very satisfied with the outcome.

He then propelled himself downwards and landed on the two skulls with a great force that rivaled bending kick. A big crack sounded. He held onto his staff for balance, before pulling Ryu out of the ground. He gave slight vibrations, showing his excitement.

The leader of Evil Spawn had his eyes wide open in surprise, as his biggest trump card was crumbling under barefeet.

The crowd went wild, with just his barefoot, he was capable of breaking skulls of an A rank summon. That was something nobody in the arena was capable of doing, Kiro was seemingly like a god in their eyes.

Everything Kiro did seemed to be an impressive feat that left people\'s mouths agape in shock. They found themselves wanting his strength, not knowing it was gained through almost dying. He had to go to a very cruel place to gain this much. What was even scarier was the fact that he hadn\'t even scratched the surface.

Because his summons were dying, it affected him too. He coughed up a bit of blood, seeming weaker than when the fight started.

"Sh*t, front line, attack now."

He was busy focused on the two summons that he didn\'t realise that, his front line was already busy warding off attacks. They had dwindled to just two, and every necromancer but him had been bested.

"Your arrogance was your undoing." Jorge proclaimed driving his short swords through his throat.

"Im-mpossible. It should\'ve worked." He said with gaggling sobs, before the light completely took him.

The two dead summons dissipated right after their summoner died. There was complete silence before cheers erupted in the arena. The two allied sides quickly became one of the favourites in this war.

"Oh my gods, did you see that? Did you see Kiro killing those two giant summons with just his barefoot?"

"Holy sh*t that guy is too broken, he can walk on air and his strength can take out not one but two A ranked summons!"

"He\'s not even wearing armour or boots!"

Of course nobody knew that, that shabby robe had more protection than their low level armours. It was ranked ancient by the system after all.

"I want to join After Dark, are they taking any underlings?"

"You should\'ve joined before this, after this I\'m sure they won\'t be taking anyone in. Anyone who looks to join them now doesn\'t have pure motives." The smart guy gave his two cents again.

"Dammit Braun, will you shut the f*ck up?"

The celebratory mood didn\'t die for a long time. People were excited for the next match, they hoped it was also an all out war. One on one didn\'t bring this much excitement. Some secretly hoped that the system would force everyone to only one form of fighting.

One on one\'s took way longer, even though the two teams were required to choose 10 champions to represent them. They had yet to see even 5 fights in a row making them this rejuvenated.