--- [Leon’s perspective]

  “Alright! Let the final match begin!” – Host

  As soon as he announces that the match has begun, the light starts slowly closing in on us.

  In a fight like this, where time is limited, you’d think she’d attack me right away, but she isn’t…

  She must want it to be smaller.

  I suppose it makes sense given what I know of her ability.

  Touching her makes you convulse and will seriously hurt you.

  Being in contact with her for just a few seconds too long can turn deadly quick.

  I need to figure out what her ability actually does if I’m going to beat her, and the only way to do that is to experience it for myself.

  I rush towards her, but she just continually hops away from me.

  She’s trying to stall for as long as possible…

  Eventually, after an annoyingly long time, I manage to corner her.

  I throw a regular punch at her, and the moment it connects, I retract it on instinct…!

  I hadn’t taken any damage yet, so the punch wasn’t really strong enough to seriously hurt her.

  But there’s no mistaking it…

  The moment I touched her, I was zapped by a large amount of electricity!

  So that’s what her specialty does…

  It continually sends out waves of electricity to anyone who touches her.

  A quick touch will hurt, but that’s it.

  Prolonged exposure will destroy you…

  She must be waiting for the ring to get small enough for there to be no escape.

  If I can’t get away from her, she can just throw herself at me and endure any potential hits I may or may not be able to throw at her while she quickly electrocutes me.

  I can’t let it get to that; it’s way too risky.

  Let’s finish this now.

  I bite my lower lip, splitting it open.

  The familiar taste of my own blood calms me down as I concentrate as hard as I can on catching her.

  She may have the advantage when the ring is tiny, but right now, it’s just big enough for her strategy to not be viable, while also being small enough for her to be unable to easily get away from me!

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  I throw an empowered punch at her; knowing she can’t dodge it, she tries to catch it instead.

  The power is too much, and her hand is knocked back and her fingers snap in half.

  The quick surge of electricity runs through my entire body and makes my muscles spasm.

  She takes advantage of that small opening and tries to grab me with her other hand.

  I quickly lean away, and using the momentum to my advantage, I manage to kick her in the face.

  As I pull my foot away, I make sure to run the soles of my shoes across her burn scars to cause maximum pain.

  “Yaghha!” – Daisy

  The charred skin being ripped off and the wave of agony that follows makes her stagger for just long enough for me to follow up.

  Naturally, the moment I touched her, I got zapped, but that works in my favor.

  The more hurt I am, the stronger I get!

  Using all my strength, I hit her in the side of the head, and a part of her skull fractures.

  She falls to the ground, and groans in pain.

  Somehow, she’s still awake.

  “Ten! Nine!” – Host

  Seeing that the light is rapidly approaching her, she immediately gets back up on her feet.

  I could try to push her out of the light…

  Just with the damage I’ve currently taken, I’m definitely strong enough.

  The problem is that a shove requires longer exposure to her specialty than a simple punch.

  Is that a risk I’m willing to take?

  Alternatively, I could try to knock her out, or knock her down twice instead.

  Honestly, I don’t think I have time to knock her down two more times.

  It won’t be long before the ring is so small it’s impossible to avoid her.

  My only real alternative is straight up knocking her out or killing her with a single powerful attack.

  It’s not like that is without its own risks either though…

  If it doesn’t work, I’ve wasted too much time and the ring will be too small.

  Shit!

  I don’t know what to do!

  Suddenly, she lunges towards me…!

  Fuck!!

  I wasted too much time thinking instead of doing!

  I should have just punched first and asked questions later!

  She manages to wrap her arms around me, and the unimaginable amount of pain it causes becomes the only thing on my mind, as what feels like getting struck by lightning a million times per second destroys me from the inside.

  S-s-s-s-s-s-shi-i-i-i-it!

  I can’t think!

  I try to control my body, but it’s completely impossible.

  “Gotcha!” – Daisy

  Every muscle fiber in my body is torn to shred, my heart is on the verge of collapse, and my organs feel like they are on fire.

  With what might be my last breath, I put all my hopes and dreams, everything I’ve ever fought for, and the reason I was born in the first place on the line as I try to retaliate.

  My limbs are completely uncontrollable, so a punch or a kick is off the table.

  Instead, I simply try to resist her clench.

  With the overwhelming power granted to me from my specialty by being on the verge of death, her arms literally turn into a mist of blood from that simple motion alone.

  I fall down, unable to move my body.

  “Ten!” – Host

  Before the host has time to count down any further, she accidentally steps outside of the light due to the shock of what just happened to her.

  “The match is over, Leon is the winner!” – Host

  The light disappears, and healers quickly arrive.

  It doesn’t take long for them to get us back to normal.

  From the verge of death to as healthy as can be in mere moments…

  Healers are something else…

  Daisy obviously didn’t mean to step outside the light, but honestly, it was probably a blessing in disguise for her.

  Had she waited those ten seconds it would have taken me to get disqualified, she might have bled to death before the healers could save her, just like Molly.

  But whatever…

  No need to think about it anymore.

  It’s over.

  I won.

  Like I was destined to.

  I am a winner, after all.

  Suppressing my ego for so long was painful.

  All I wanted was to humiliate those pitiful opponents, but I just had to force myself to take things seriously…

  If I ever meet her again, I’ll make sure she knows she never stood a chance in the first place.

  “Unfortunately for you, Daisy, you fail the exam. You did well though, so I’d love to see you try again next year!” – Host

  She walks off with an annoyed expression.

  “As for you, Leon… You passed. You are now officially a low ranked royal guard. You should head back to Adamas immediately; they’ll inform you of what to do next there.” – Host