Endless Horde: Through the Eyes of a Godking
Chapter 199 - 199: Sword Coliseum

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"How was it? Did you gain anything?"

That's what Thirdy asked as soon as Cedric came out of the Sword Communion Hall.

"What could I possibly gain within an hour?" Cedric humorlessly lied, "Sword Laws are too profound, I'll need more time. Besides, I haven't digested everything I've gained since my breakthrough. I'd need to settle that first before adding more."

"That's reasonable." Thirdy nodded, "Okay, shall we go to the Sword Collesium then?"

"Yes, please." Cedric nodded.

In the end, he didn't tell Thirdy about his weird encounter with the Law Communion Sword. If there's anything he could talk to about it, it'd probably be the Instructor only. Even then, from what he heard about the sword, Uruk didn't qualify for the true Sword Communion Hall so whatever he could tell about it to Cedric might not be as much as he knows now.

'I'll deal with it later.' Cedric mused.

Just like the Sword Communion Hall, the Sword Collesium was just nearby, they didn't have to go that far to arrive there.

True to its name, it is a collesium. A fairly sized one. It's large enough to contain at least 500 people at once.

"The Sword Collesium is where we Swordsmen fight." Thirdy explained after they entered the place.

Cedric immediately saw a couple of people in the audience, the majority were his classmates. In the arena, he saw two people facing each other; a man and a woman.

"The easiest way to hone our skills is through battle. I've told you this before but fights are fairly common here. Well...sparring is the actual term but meh, semantics. In here, you can either challenge your fellow classmates or challenge the Alumni Phantoms to test your skills."

"Alumni Phantoms?" Cedric asked, this was the first time he heard those words.

"Yes, Alumni Phantoms," Thirdy confirmed. "Each person who graduated from this class definitely went here at least once. The Sword Collesium remembers every fight that happened in it. It records everything it knows about us and creates a memory that others could challenge in the future."

"It could even stimulate your potential future, creating a version of you from the future for others to test their skills with. Usually, it's those graduates that you'd see there, but excessively talented students could leave their phantoms early."

"I see." Cedric hummed.

"It looks like we came at a great time too. Aurora and Roran are fighting today. Hurry, take a seat, and watch. You'd gain a lot by watching them." Thirdy urged as he too found a seat to take.

The dude even took out some finger food from his inventory to munch on. Wasn't he being a little too comfortable?

Aurora Swiftblade of the 'Shadowless Razor Sword Heart' and Roran Bloodsteel of the 'Blood-letting Sword Heart'...

Cedric heard these names before, they were respectively the 5th and 4th ranking students of this current class. They are strong, that much was obvious.

"I literally could be anywhere else right now, yet you just had to ruin my day." Aurora's cold voice echoed in the arena as she held her sword.

Aurora was a beauty, and the displeased expression on her face didn't even come close to ruining that. If anything, some would even prefer being stared at by her with that expression.

Cedric could tell that much from the faces of the people around him.

Meanwhile, her opponent - Roran Bloodsteel, just wore a rather cocky smile on his face. He's handsome too, but compared to Cedric, he has a long way to go.

"It's not my fault." Roran replied to her, "If only you were behaving, I wouldn't have done it. But you just have to do something like that, how could I possibly let you be? You need to be punished."

Cedric didn't miss the way Roran obscenely licked his lips as he stared at Aurora, but that's not the kicker here. It's Aurora's reaction to those words that surprised him greatly.

She didn't show it deliberately, but how can it escape Cedric's absurd senses? Aurora might look cold and disgusted outside but inwardly, Cedric could tell that she was incredibly delighted.

Cedric winced because he could literally smell her arousal from where he was seated. That said, who was he to say anything? Whatever kink-play that's happening here has nothing to do with him.

"Hmph! Disgusting. Stop looking at me with those eyes. It's creeping me out." Aurora admonished, but she's not being honest at all.

"Oh, shut it. I know you love it when I'm like this." Roran sneered at him, and Cedric could sweat he saw her quivering in delight every so slightly.

"...really, in broad daylight? Damn, that's crazy." Cedric muttered in disbelief.

"What is?" Thirdy asked, looking clueless.

"Nothing." Cedric replied. Again, this was none of his business so he better keep his mouth shut.

"If I win..." Roran declared, "...you're coming home with me. If you win, I'll follow your orders for an entire day. Deal?"

Aurora's eyes flashed briefly. She then let out a snort and said: "Deal! Just as well, you've been sitting in the 4th place for far too long. It's time to have some changes around here."

After accepting the terms of the bet, a countdown appeared above them. Both contestants summoned their swords and released their fighting spirit.

Aurora's body suddenly erupted with invisible force. Upon closer inspection, Cedric discovered that the winds around her turned into a compressed vacuum. This vacuum also shrouded her sword, making it invisible. The strength she's releasing causes her clothes and her to billow out.

On the side, Roran was shrouded in a deep crimson shroud that resembled blood. His eyes turned red and his sword started dripping with acidic blood. His armor became stained with blood and his killing intent skyrocketed.

Once the countdown ended, both of them disappeared from their previous positions and met at the center.

Measure for measure, steel against steel...Aurora's invisible sword clashed with Roran's bloodstained sword, emitting explosive sparks from contact.

In terms of raw strength, Aurora knew that she couldn't compete with Roran, that's why she didn't linger too long in this initial clash. With a twist of her wrist, she swerved the force she received towards the side before twisting her delicate body to deliver a rather nasty strike from a weird angle.

Additionally, the vacuum around her moved in accordance with her will. Her stab was accompanied by vacuum slashes coming at all undefended angles.

However, this wasn't the first time that Roran fought against her. He's aware of her insane flexibility and opportunistic swordplay.

In response to her attacks, blood coagulated and turned into shapes before hardening to defend against her attack. Meanwhile, he moved his sword to block her stab, completely enduring the force behind him. He's physically stronger than her but she aims at the squishy parts so he had to be alert.

After another clash, Aurora once again swerved and increased her speed. She turned into a blur of motion that was hard for the naked eye to follow. Her presence was completely masked and she was not making any sound at all.

She ran laps around Roran, which would normally cause her opponents to panic. But like what was mentioned earlier, this isn't the first time that he fought against her.

'She just doesn't learn her lesson. No wonder she could never defeat me. Or maybe she's doing it on purpose. After all, this whole fiasco is her entire doing. God, she's lucky I like her.' Roran groaned inwardly as he brandished his sword.

He stabbed it onto the ground which was followed by an excessive discharge of bloody substance.

Within seconds, a dome of blood-red skies with rivers of blood and mountains of corpses appeared within the arena with Roran at the center.

"There it is, Roran's Blood Asura Domain!" Thirdy excitedly commented.

'Domain.' Cedric muttered.

A Domain is a forcefield that only those who entered the Intermediate Level of their Concept Laws could use. It is the manifestation of their will and fighting spirit given form. Their comprehension of Concept Laws - the very forces that make up all creation, allowed this to happen.

Within their Domain, the user was a hegemon. Aside from additional effects, their overall strength is doubled inside their domain. The only way to counter this is by having a domain of your own or exploiting its flaws.

Roran's Domain made Aurora weaker and uncomfortable. She inevitably slowed down because of the pressure and also the sticky blood that was taking hold of her.

She tried fighting it off but she couldn't. She's not fast or strong enough to outrun the influence of his domain. Her vacuum was also turned useless here.

Slowly but surely, the blood around her crept into her body and immobilized her completely.

That's when a fountain of blood erupted behind her, revealing a blood-drenched Roran who snaked his arms around her waist and pressed the blade of his sword to her neck.

He leaned close to her ears and whispered: "Yield."

"Ugh, fine! I yield!...stupid gross domain! Hmph!" Aurora complained after surrendering.

"I'm gonna make you regret those words later." Roran scoffed next to her before dismissing his domain.

He then carried her like a sack of rice and disappeared from the arena, leaving the audience somewhat stunned.