Outcast

" Valoris... let's run, no way can we beat that thing."

" Ha... I would agree but ah while you might get away I probably won't be so lucky. Let's try and fight it. If it looks like we are gonna lose we can just call for help"

"...Okay but as soon as it looks like we can't win we tap out."

"Same plan, as usual, I will focus his attention, you send attacks at him. Listen I dont know about you but I haven't been using all of my strength when we fight the others. But for him, I'm going all out right from the start. I'm gonna ask you to do the same please"

Asks Valoris before hissing back at the grizzly and charging at him. Thin bolts of golden lightning arch from his body. The grizzly enraged by the challenge roars back and starts lumbering towards him. The grizzly swings a plate size paw at Valoris's head.

Dodging the slash, Valoris slashes his own claw deep into the grizzly's neck sending a large amount of lightning into the Grizzlies body. Jumping back Valoris immediately starts into his next attack. Taking a deep breath, He then sends out a thunder shockwave that hits the Grizzly and knocks it over.

" Now!" yelled Valoris

Delior who had been hovering above the two sends 3 condensed fireballs. They hit the downed grizzly burning it all over. The grizzly roars at Delior before swiping a paw at her that sends a wave of metal needles at her.

She narrowly dodges it before yelling to Valoris.

" I'm sorry...I'm my parents only child I can't die here," she says before flying away.

" ... guess I got complacent after coming to the tribe. I forgot that in the end, you can only rely on yourself to survive."

" do you need assistance? " asked his observer a pitch-black jaguar.

"No, I want to push myself. I was starting to forget my goal. She helped me remember"

" What's your goal?"

" To not be weak and looked down on, too make the heavens bow and tremble with fear at my strength" roars Valoris before a thick bolt of golden lightning came down from the sky hitting him and being absorbed.

"You should run, I'm not sure if you can win even with that"

"DRAGONS DONT RUN" as Valoris said this he takes a step forward. The Jaguar feels a small amount of pressure coming from him

"Draconian Might!!" thinks the observer shocked before backing off.

Each step forward causes the pressure coming off from Valoris to increase.

"DRAGONS DONT FEAR"

"DRAGONS DONT SUBMIT"

DRAGONS DONT LOSE"

Each step closer puts more and more pressure on the grizzly. At first, it simply enraged him but as the pressure increases, he starts to hesitate. Just as he was about to turn away, a giant bolt of lightning shot out of Valoris's mouth and hit the grizzly right in the c.h.e.s.t.

Charging forward Valoris goes in to finish off the grizzly when a massive force hits him and sends him ten feet through the air. The next thing he remembers is getting up legs shaking, vision blurry, blood blinding one eye. as he looks up he sees the grizzly.

Its fur is burnt off, one of its forelegs was burned away, internal organs are able to be seen. Its eyes though still glare at Valoris with an insane hatred for all living things.

"whhat... happened?"

" He moved at the last second sacrificing his forelimb to strike you. Honestly, I don't know how you are alive. You should be a bloody pulp right now." answered the jaguar.

" Oh... Time to finish this" Valoris starts limping over to the grizzly.

" Be careful, He has at least one move left"

"I know, this is a fight to the death after all"

Hissing Valoris circles the grizzly, as he does the various wounds on his body start to heal at a visible rate. Suddenly he pounces managing to bite deep into the neck.

He begins to wrench back and forth as hard as he can, trying to break the thick bones, and muscles protecting the spinal cord. The grizzly begins to struggle to try to bite back.

Just as he is about to reach him, Valoris growls and pulls with all his strength and a loud crack is heard before they both drop to the ground. One dead, the other panting as his vision blackens again for a few seconds.

"Damn..no wonder he scored so high. To think he could activate Draconian Might as a kobold. That's something only pureblood Wyrms normally can do." thinks the observer as he watches. Suddenly a loud noise echoes throughout the forest.

"Hunts over, 25 points isnt bad at all. you need help getting up?"

" Ha..yeah please, I gotta focus on healing myself for the next event"

" They expect injuries during the hunt so next match won't be there until tomorrow. Will you be healed by then?" asked the jaguar oddly curious.

" I should be, why?"

" Good, I'm gonna go see what odds I can get betting on you. hahaha" said the jaguar before picking him up and running back to the checkpoint.

As they are about to reach the checkpoint Valoris has the jaguar stop and limps back. While the wounds on his face and body have healed considerably, they still are visible and hinder his movement.

Arriving at the checkpoint he sees that several of the other contestants have already arrived. Delior is one of them when she sees Valoris and the state he is in she lowers her head in shame and regret. Also, there is Marsall who stares at Valoris before nodding.

Soon after everyone arrives, the observers for each contestant huddle together for the official to inform him of each contestant's score.

" Everyone, first I want to thank you for your contributions. Deranged beasts threaten everyone and by helping to take care of them you have contributed to our countries safety. Now let's get on with the scoring, shall we? In the first place, we have a tie. For 25 points we have Marsall and Valoris!"

As everyone claps and shouts, there is one who stares in shock and terror. Delior knows that there was no way he could have killed five beasts after she left. Which means he had managed to kill a General tier deranged beast basically by himself!