Re:Monster - Soul Eater

Day 21-25

- Day 21

After going hunting for a bit with Gobudo and Gobufu, I noticed that Rou seems to be reading a book on the basics of magic. I'm glad I knew how to use mine from the beginning. After failing to understand he decides that everyone in the cave would have a sparring match to determine who's the strongest. I, as someone who hasn't partaken in any of the training, was told to go first against one of the stronger goblins. Although I didn't take kindly to being ordered by someone or being pitted up against someone far weaker than myself, I participated just the same.

The result was one sided with me delivering a swift kick to the goblins chin and knocking him out cold, possibly with a concussion. In the end, the only people left were Rou, Kichi, Mi, Fu, Do and myself. Fu faced off against Mi and won by a small margin thanks to her having more experience in close combat. After the fight though, she quickly resigned and came over to me, biting me on the shoulder before going off to rest. The next fight was between Kichi and Do which resulted in a surprisingly close match but in the end, Do went down and Kichi remained the strongest second hand.

The final fight came down to myself against Rou. Knowing that if he is who I think he is, a normal spar will result in my loss, I asked if he would like to make it interesting. I noted the fact that he had multiple skills while also telling him I had a few of my own. When he showed that he was against it, preferring to spar normally, I told him that if he won using the rules I suggested, I would show him my magic. This got him interested and after some thought, he agreed.

We both told the spectators to step back a bit and to be on guard. After talking for a little longer, we've come to the conclusion that the only rules of this fight are
1: No killing.
2: No use of Magic.
3: No collateral damage to the cave.

After agreeing to the terms, we began. He charged me with fire in his hand and I ducked under it, grabbing his wrist while using {Hydro Hand} to put out the fire and wet his arm. With my hand still grasping his wrist, I switched to {Electrokinesis} to shock him. Unfortunately he noticed what I was doing and pushed me away with a strong palm Strike to my chest, causing me to lose my grip and balance. Rolling back to my feet, we began fighting with our fists. I used {Pump Up} and {Toughness} to fight back and it seems he did something similar since neither of us could beat the other. Adding {Grow Armoured Shell} to the mix, I was able defend to the point where his fist connecting with my arms hurt him. This created an opening for me to use a combination of {Screech} and {Evil Eyes} paralysing him long enough for me to use {Earth Control} to encase his legs and {Silk Creation} to bind his arms.

I asked if he would yield but he responded by attempting to burn the silk with {Pyrokinesis}. I reacted by dowsing him with {Hydro Hand} before electrocuting him with {Electrokinesis}. He seemed beaten until he used {Earth Control} himself to lock me in place before tackling me to the ground with his charred body. His hits were effective but my {Regeneration} was healing me about as much as he was hurting me and {Physical damage reduction} kept it from doing that much damage in the first place.

In order to get Rou off of me, I used a combination of {Luck Manipulation} which caused him to miss and punch the ground, along with {Stench} which caused him to reel back from the smell, allowing me to land a powerful punch to his face and, after getting up and using {Presence Concealment} to get behind him, I used {Intimidating howl}, {Screech} and {Evil Eyes} on him which let me land quite a few more blows to his face and stomach. I may have overdone it a little with the intimidating howl because a few of the goblins watching appear to have fainted from fear.

As I'm laying into Rou's body with my fists, he managed to fight back with a {Evil Eyes} of his own and as he went for a punch to my face, I could see the grin forming on his. If I could see my own face, It'd probably look very similar, though with less injuries.