Record of Ragnarok: Ouroboros

Chapter 17: Beauty and the Beast

The gentle king and the demon king shall annihilate each other in a battle of life and death.

As Heimdall declared the start of the third round, both fighters prepared their stances and stared at each other in case one of them executed a surprise attack on the other.

"Well then, pretty boy, shall we begin the killing?'' Nobunaga proclaimed, a feral grin present on his face. Both representatives stood on their side of the arena. Yu Huang on the China half, and Nobunaga on the Japan half, a few meters from one another.

"Oh my, thank you for your compliment." Yu Huang giggled as he put his hand on his mouth, hiding his embarrassed smile.

Nobunaga pouted at the god's reaction and laughed. "Ahahaha! Let me rephrase that! That pretty face of yours will be no more when I scar it to the point where your subjects cannot even recognize you!"

"Oh? Is that so? So vulgar of you," said Yu Huang "Unfortunately, we are forced to make you eat those words, if you don't mind, that is." Yu Huang continued.

"Ahaha! If you even can!" Nobunaga scoffed as he grabbed an object from his back before revealing his Volund. An upgraded and futuristic version of the matchlock gun that he and his army used during his campaign when he was alive. With a katana blade embedded in the rifle's forestock, The firearm received many accessories with the motif of the rising sun, a demon, and the Oda clan emblem.

In a room that was a replica of a traditional Japanese dojo. Behind those two doors, three individuals were observing the fight. "Wow! Look, Kondo! That's a cool-looking sword!" A man with long, dark brown hair is tied back in a ponytail, wearing a black and white checkered patterned scarf, and purple tone kimono underneath Shinsengumi Dandara haori and gray tone hakama pants pointed at the weapon in awe.

[Okita Souji - Japan]

"Susano'o would've loved that sword!" Okita continued.

"I agree, he would've been crazy about this hybrid of a sword!" A tall man with dark hair and a rectangular face with a vertical scar along the left side of his face replied, crossing his arms as he smiled at Okita's claims.

[Kondo Isami - Shinsengumi Commander]

"Guys...I know I'm not the one to talk but there is another part other than the sword, you know!" A girl with light braid hair, with white and black clothing said, holding Okita's shoulder.

[Skalmöld - Sixth Valkyrie Sister]

Meanwhile, in a pink and white room with countless toys everywhere. Jack the Ripper and his Valkyrie, Hlökk were watching from a TV.

"You got any color from that guy, Jack?"Hlökk asked, taking a bite of a piece of cake.

"This color, it might be even the same color as that demon, Hajun. If his title was literal, then he might even be the incarnation of Hajun himself." Jack answered, sipping a cup of tea while looking at Nobunaga blankly.

"Now now, don't be like that!" A voice cut in between the two individuals from behind. A man is wearing an intricate bare-shouldered robe, resembling one worn by Chinese Empresses, and a blindfold decorated with a patterned streak that covers his eyes. He has two tattoos of centipedes: The first on his right cheek, going downward vertically from his right eye, which is covered by the blindfold; and the other on his back.