Chapter 140: Chaos vs Structure

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Rou stood, staff in gripe, staring deeply into Shiva's sneer. "So you think I'm disturbing your precious little soldiers, eh ice man?", remarked Shiva, chucking at the blue haired man's stupidity. Rou grit his teeth in frustration, "Now listen here you irresponsible creep, I don't want you being a bad influence anymore, and I'm gonna prove that your less of a man than me, less worthy of their attention...", announced Rou.

"You're gonna fight me then?", questioned Shiva. Rou said nothing, immediately pinning Shiva to the exterior wall of the tavern with an ice attack, he edged in closer, giving yet another intimidating glare. "Is this how you challenge me?!", remarked Shiva, who simply viewed Rou as pathetic. "I'm far more powerful than you think I am, do you think you can keep up with me?", he then said in an attempt to frighten his opponent. "Bring it on!", responded Rou. "I'll show you that structure is the best way to win any battle!", he declared.

"What the hell's going on?", asked Aster as he watched this surreal battle from inside the carriage. "Shiva has suffered an ice attack, this is obviously too much for him.", explained Vox. "Is this your way of punishing people?!", Demitris exclaimed toward the fae. "If Rou were in his right mind, he'd stop the fight. Shiva's got a reputation of going to far in combat, why else would they put him in the sorcery squad?", Aster added.

Aster was right, as they watched the capo and soldier battle, Shiva's movements were all over the place, and his threats were even worse, "Now I'm going to remove that fucking head from your body!", he declared, knocking Rou over as hard as he could, gripping the man's neck tightly. Rou cried out in pain, "No!", he screamed, but it was still not enough to break him. He stood up, lifting Shiva with him, then shaking him off.

"Impressive physical strength for your size I must admit, but I'm going to come out on top!", he commented, grinning at the two toned man in front of him. "So there is some chaos in that frozen heart of yours?", reflected Shiva. Rou scoffed, "Chaos? There's no such thing in my arsenal! My ice attacks are structured and choreographed, enough to lock away anyone else's spontaneity!", he emphasised. "Okay then.", replied Shiva. "Can you get your way through this?".

The soldier created a black mist that covered a 50 meter radius, making himself invisible to Rou, and the males in the carriage unable to see the battle. "Find me, I could be anywhere. Only someone with moves as sporadic as mine can succeed!", challenged Shiva. However, Rou was clever, he could see through Shiva's deception. The blue haired man formed an ice platform, the widest he's made in years, he raised his hands as it rose above the mist, revealing Shiva atop it.

"How did you find me?!". Shiva yelled, breifly thinking the capo was a genius, but then he had an idea. "Foolish. I can't be captured by mere platforms. You'll have to defeat me in another way...", he said condescendingly. "And how on Earth are you going to do that?", Rou questioned, still positive he's won. "You're on my ice, my territory. I can freeze you right now if it saves you thinking of a way you could possibly get out of this...", he remarked.

The mist cleared as Rou grabbed onto the platform, putting as much energy as he could into its growth into an icicle death trap, prepared to crush Shiva at any moment. The desire to kill Shiva, and his chaos along with him, filled Rou with bloodlust. Extremely concerned, Demitris called out to his superior, "Rou! What the hell?! You wouldn't kill unless it was integral, a last resort. What changed your heart?!", he shouted, but Rou blocked out the sound.

"Who's chaotic now? Eh, Shiva?". The blue haired man could see his victory approaching by the second, as Shiva barely budged. Closer and closer the icicles became, the blood of the sorcerer could already be seen as the certainty of his death approached, everyone was convinced it was going to happen. Nonetheless, at the last possible chance, the two toned man disappeared into thin air.

"Shiva, where the fuck have you gone?!", screamed Rou. Aster and Demitris were relieved he didn't take the soldier's life, but were now confused about his current location. Suddenly, the man reappeared behind Rou, restraining him with vines. "Who's the dead man now, Rou Okumura?", he asked to taunt his opponent. Rou poked through the vines with a small icicle, "Afraid it's still you...", he answered. Aster, Demitris and Vox watched the fight, still uncertain of the winner. But how long will that last?

 But how long will that last?

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