Chapter 90: Contestants vs Constains

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Cassie looked in shock and awe, tasting the ketchup from the packs Sehki crushed while holding up the debris from the damage at a far enough range as Rigal flew at her, smashing her into the ceiling floor and causing her to crash.

"If you," coughing, "won't give me what I said, I'll end this with their severed heads!"

Her feathers rapidly pierced through the room, but Wai transformed back from a mouse to normal and summoned his spectral chameleon, flipping with friction to unleash a double Python Forger while spinning, deflecting most of them from the hostages.

Angered, she commanded the ones with enough movement to slice the heads off her victims but Wali pushed through the pain of them ripping through his limbs to rotate his tongue filled with concentrated lava he enhanced with the spin of his stave.

The heat shut down Cassie's spells from inching closer to his body but "Wali" and Sehki restrained their limbs while Cree shot her, encasing them in ice.

The ceiling collapsed on all of them, but Wali retracted his spell, causing his duplicate to disappear in front of her: the perfect shock for Cassie to land in front of her captors while the heirs and Cree freed all of them.

"It's over."

"No!"

Sehki leaned down to her. "I'm sorry, I genuinely didn't intend for you to get hurt."

"Liar."

Rigal sighed. "If we wanted to hurt you, don't you think you would've?"

Wali picked her head up. "Proxim just admitted to Sanchez he's only using you all. We want to give you all a second chance, but not if you ruin it."

"They killed my family!"

"And if you do the same, you're killing theirs," spotting one scientist's family photo falling out of their lab coat. "I gave up on you all, but Sehki didn't do so with them, so I'll learn from their example."

Cassie twitched. "We have to move!"

A giant gale blew the walls behind them so hard, Sehk acted his Necrosis instinctively to protect the captives as the other four bore witness to Akilah and Lorena fighting a giant metal dragon with Proxim in toe, releasing a powerful purple sphere.

The queen blasted it but regretted it immediately as the explosion spread at the skyscraper. Sehki was able to coat Wali and Cree, but Cassie pushed Rigal out of the way.

As she was doused and infected, the ice on her body melted while the feathers roasted to gain a new form all by themselves as she struggled to maintain control.

Sehki asked Rigal to summit his drone and record it as Proxim played a recording for her to hear.

"Eager to rid Cassie's brother off the board. Maximilian Bezek. Akilah. Mechion."

"Them?"

She clutched her head while Sehki tried to warn her it was edited. The information overloaded her senses and she emerged as a grey skinned De:Void with flowing white hair on all fours, surrounded by Malora Constains.

"Bezeks!"

With no choice Sehki forged the giant Ophiuchus beast to fly everyone else out of their range until enough guards and military soldiers were able to retrieve them. The Brawlers, heirs, Squadron, Rising Twelve, and contestants regrouped to see the army flying above.

"We're screwed."

Everyone else was debating whether to flee or fly as they approached, but Rigal commanded a drone to come over with the focus on him, quelling the conversations.

"All of you signed up to the Battle Circuit Royale to be the strongest in Shugoda, and against someone interrupting our battle, we're debating whether or not to retreat?! Are we not alphas meant to defend our pack!?"

He paused seeing the mixed reactions, remembering his talks with Ainsley, Calypsa, and Delta.

"If you choose to refrain, retreat to those willing to protect the members of the populace! Sehki, I'll deal with Cassie."

"But you said you can't fight her alone!"

"I'm not. We'll divide and conquer. You, Ainsley, and Taylor, lead the others to fight the Constains. She's my responsibility."

Cree stood forward.

"Then I guess your mom and I will fight Proxim," with Lorena and Candy agreeing to back her up.

Queen Akilah nodded. "I see you're ready to prove yourselves. Be prepared."

Wali stood up. "Let's fight together again, Queen, his manipulations need to end here."

Capel, Minus, and Mandrew tapped Sehki on the back. "If Rigal wants you to lead, we'll hunt down every Void for you to take down."

Sehki relented. "I guess we're doing this," getting Tenshia and Meng's agreement to fight with him while Hyuga and Bao decided to fight regardless.

Everyone attending Celestial was already ready to fight as Cassie flew down wearing a Sprite Suit, complete with the gauge reading immeasurable.

Rigal raced up Sehki's Ophiuchus, the latter charging a sphere of wind in his fist at a diving Cassie.

"Participants of Shugoda's Battle Circuit Royale! Attack!"

"Your wings will get clipped with the rest of your family!"

The heir and Nuckelherd member clashed in midair while Sehki led the Battle Circuit participants to take on the Malora herd, and Akilah cushioned the Shadow Brawlers to ascend with her to combat Proxim and their pet metal dragon.

The normal contestants could barely keep up with the chaos, Tenshia busted out a staff to uppercut a Constain about to stop on an innocent fae, Bao stomped and tackled a handful, Hyuga gyrated several away, and Meng galloped some into a ring of fire.

Capel and Minus's pillar driving combo allowed Mandrew to throw some into Sehki, constantly manipulating the dark wave to protect the ones hunting other fae and forging impaling spikes. Slowly, the other contestants started to get encouraged to fight.

Voids were getting thrown in mall billboards and giant screens, fae were having arms and limbs bitten, ganging up and smashing spells into the Constains, or having their bodies dragged through the air.

Rigal and Cassie brushed each other's hits off as the chaos underneath them unfolded, ready to settle their feud.

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