
Rigel's fight seems to be held between the afternoon or tomorrow. Different from his expectations, in fact there is only one arena battle and for now, the Elimination round of team A is being carried out. Well, anyway the results are very clear. Marionette who is the Demon Pillar is in zone A, then there will be no chance of winning for the people who are within that zone.
But Rigel remains interested in watching the upcoming fight, incidentally, Marionette will be the first to compete.
"Are we going to watch the demon Pillar fight first, Matsu?"
Garfiel asked, obviously curious about what Rigel wanted to get out of watching the fight. Surely he did not oblige himself to watch, however, Rigel was interested in the nickname that Marionette had.
'The 'doll controller' thing really caught Rigel's attention. Whether the doll in question is an inanimate object like a kugutsu doll or maybe a corpse like a Necromancer, or worst of all...
"I'm sure he'll be our last opponent in the fight. It is important to find out how the opponent fights, his strength and the extent of his strength. If we have read all that, then the fight that will happen will be easier in another sense."
"Another art?" Leo and Garfiel muttered together, seemingly clueless as to what Rigel was trying to tell them.
"Huh, briefly. By looking at the way he fights, we are most likely able to guess some of his trump cards and prepare an anticipation plan to overcome them."
In addition, there is nothing much more sinister than a completely unknown card. There is a need to at least know about the opponent to be faced in order to carry out various anticipation attacks and hidden weapons.
Other than Hydra, Tortoise and Karaka who made Rigel a little lost control, only Lucifer is a figure that is really difficult for Rigel to understand, aside from his plan to throw a bait and act behind it.
In addition to having a God Hand, Lucifer can move freely in the space and time zone as he pleases. Surely Rigel can survive in that zone, but it probably won't be as long as Lucifer. Even a minute in that zone had made his stomach ache, as if he was squeezing an invisible force. For now, let's miss the discussion about it.
"So now I'm starting to understand it. It seems like the thing I heard from the opponent who almost defeated me used to be true, the strongest weapon that someone has is information."
The phrase is not wrong, but it is more suitable in use in long-term war and fighting, as it is today. As long as you still have time before the day of the fight, then the information will be useful, but other things with sudden fights or that just happen.
"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! It's still a long day, don't tell me you're tired, the first fight will be the demon pillar stage!"
"Whoaah!"
"It looks like you guys are still very excited huh... Then, prepare your money to bet on who will be the winner! Even though it was clear who would win it! Let's welcome the Devil's Pillar, Marionette!"
The gate began to open, featuring an 8-year-old girl, wearing a dress that did not fit her body and golden hair as well as blue eyes that did not emit light. Once saw Rigel know, that the girl herself looked like a doll. With a line connected to his jaw that makes it open and close. Each joint from the neck to the neck and legs has a line that looks like a connection.
Didn't he come with a real body and control the puppet from a distance, or maybe the other way around?
Not black or white, it is difficult to determine because the energy released is also very large so it is difficult to determine whether it is a real body or a puppet that is only controlled remotely. If it was a real body, then there would be no doubt to fight it out, but it was different if it was just the puppet.
There was no point in trying to kill the puppet and uncover its power in this place. There was a need to reveal whether she was genuine or just her doll. The whispers of the spectators began to spread.
"That devil's pillar, is he just a child?"
"I thought he'd look a lot like the Necromancer before."
"I'm not sure if I should be afraid or not, she just looks like a cute little girl."
Marionette stared at the audience, making them shudder in horror, her gaze ending at Rigel and her puppet mouth slightly bulging as if replacing a smile.
"On the other hand, the solo fighter is strong with his cursed Hammer, Alexander the Curseman!"
"Whoaah!"
The one who casts a curse through his hammer, Alexander. Rigel had seen his fight with Hercules and he admitted it was pretty awesome. It seemed like he was a suitable opponent, to see how formidable the Demon Pillar Marionette was.
"Please place your bet, whether Veteran Fight To End, The Curseman, Alexander or the frontline Fighter of the demon race, Demon Pillar Marionette the puppet controller!"
The spectators began to prepare their money and place bets on the woman scattered in various places. Rigel doesn't know exactly what the betting system looks like, but it seems that the fewer people who bet on one of the fighters, the greater the profit.
For example, most people bet on Marionette and only one person bets on Alexander, then if only Alexander happens to win, then, then the bettor will take money from the people who bet on Marionette. Of course, there are some pieces for the organizer.
"Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah! The bet is done in pairs, and the fight will begin! Fighters please prepare!"
Alexander brandished his hammer, mounted the offensive horses, while Marionette remained silent and unmoved.
"It looks like the fight will be fierce, huh." Leo muttered.
Indeed, it seems to be fierce because in view of the calmness shown Alexander signifies that he is not afraid of the title Demon Pillar before him. Perhaps he had the same thought as Rigel, that the Demon Pillar in front of him was not his true form. Only puppets are controlled from a distance.
"Who do you think will win this fight?" Garfiel investigated, wanting to know what Rigel thought of this fight.
"Who do you think will win?"
"To be honest, I don't know. Alexander is strong, I admit, but I can't guess how great Marionette is. His magic power was indeed large, but his body was too small and seemed shrewd in close combat."
The observation was pretty good, he could certainly see what most people did not see. As a man who had often been in a situation between life and death, Garfiel's observation was good, but he could not see what Rigel saw.
"Indeed his outward appearance looks weak, yet you won't know what he's keeping. Well, we'll see it soon."
"Well, without waiting any longer, the fight begins! The fight will not be over until one dies or declares surrender and hands over his precious item! Fight To End begins!"
He used his fingers to control the human-shaped puppet and surrounded Alexander from both directions. Carefully, Alexander leaped into the air to avoid the encirclement and scythe trying to slash him. His choice of jumping into the air was not entirely wrong, yet he had forgotten that the puppet was controlled, instead it was impossible for him to get a siege in the air.
Sure enough, the two puppets darted flying after Alexander. There is no footing that can be used to escape so it is difficult to escape from the air siege of the dolls.
Seeing that, Alexander smiled and struck the air using a hammer, throwing himself swiftly towards Marionette who was fighting on the back line and letting her two puppets fight.
"With this it's over!"
Alexander's hammer began to emit an evil-looking blackish ambient light and smashed it into Marionette. Casually, Marionette reached out her right hand and held Alexander's hammer easily. Even the Hammer did not touch it in the slightest, it suddenly stopped right in the air and left only a few centimeters apart.
Alexander was certainly surprised, but his calm returned quickly as if he had guessed that it would not be that easy to defeat Marionette. If it was really that easy to defeat the Demon Pillar, then the Heroes had long since finished them off. But it's not as beautiful as expectations.
"As expected of the enemy of mankind! It's not easy even just to touch your skin!"
The audience cheered with excitement, and the exciting battle was between Alexander and Marionette. Even Rigel was amazed at Alexander's prowess in battle. If he was still alive after this fight, Rigel would recruit him to become one of the fighters in the Region.
Alexander tried to keep his hammer away, but Marionette held him back with dense Mana as the other two puppets shot towards Alexander at high speed. Alexander had been cornered, Marionette's grip on her Fake so hard that she had to give up her Fake.
Alexander resentfully removed his hammer and ran west to avoid the puppet, but Marionette did not let go of it, she threw Alexander's hammer firmly.
The hammer was spinning so fast that it was impossible to catch. In addition, Marionette also used her ability to make Palu as her puppet, because the hammer continues to follow Alexander wherever he goes.
Hmm, how many puppets can he control? If the little girl herself was a puppet and Marionette was controlling from afar, then her abilities were obviously very strong. Even more powerful than my Necromancer.
"Tch! Give me a break!" Alexander cursed while running from his puppet and hammer controlled by Marionette.
He started to pick up something from the infentory and it was a very shiny metal shield with lion carvings. Alexander turned around, holding his hammer back and crashed a few meters until he finally managed to stop it. Not long after, the puppet with a sickle weapon had been behind Alexander and was about to cut off his head, but Alexander was already waiting for that and took out the magic dagger he had already hidden behind the shield.
"Geez!" Marionette roared, lowered her head and ran to the back of the doll then cut through the air right on the back of the sickle doll.
"Huh? So he realized it too?" Rigel muttered in awe, not expecting Alexander to also realize the thing he had long since realized.
Something that neither Garfiel nor Leo could see, a magic thread made of natural Mana or fairy power, so that only people with special levels could see it. Other than Rigel and Alexander, it seems that none of the audience noticed it other than the masked host. It seems like as the host, he has quite a capable ability.
"Well, whoa, whoa, whoa! Beyond estimation, Alexander was able to stop the movement of the Marionette Demon Pillar puppet by cutting off its energy supply! A lot of veteran fighters
risking their lives in the field!"
"Whoaah!"
"As expected of the Curse!"
"However, he hasn't dealt a single blow to the Demon Pillar."
Although he managed to cut off the supply of Mana to one of the puppets, the obvious advantage lay in Marionette who was still unmoved from where she had stood from the start.
"It looks like things are starting to turn around, what do you think ay—Matsu?"
Leo was almost lost, it was clear that he was not used to using other calls besides father. Of course Rigel ignored, as long as Garfiel did not hear him, because there was still a great need to guard his identity.
"No. I think Alexander is already deadlocked and does not know what else he should use, other than to reveal his trump card. Of course if he has it."
"I agree, even I don't see any loopholes to attack from him at all. The evidence that Marionette had not moved in the slightest was enough that she could defeat Alexander without any effort." Even Garfiel who had experience fighting in Fight To End agreed.
It was clear that Marionette was just playing around and warming up with Alexander. Surely he also realized and felt annoyed would be the heating material of Marionette.
"I don't want to use this method, but there is no other choice! Transform!"
His body began to emit a red radiance and was filled with anger. Rigel thought that it was some sort of sin series curse anger like him, but Alexander's property was much inferior to Rigel's.
Marionette pulls out one doll left to protect her, but it's just an engineering that she's honestly looking forward to what's coming. Alexander gathered strength in both fists and darted as fast as the pace of the flame bullets.
"Feel this, the Rage of the Dragon!"
The reddish light formed the head of the Dragon together with Alexander who shot out rapidly. Marionette had done nothing special like her attack action and for the first time since entering the arena... He smiled and spoke.
"Boring..."
Saying that, he stretched out his right hand and shot a fierce Mana explosion towards Alexander. Due to the magnitude of the explosive force, a crater was formed in the arena, leaving Alexander lying unconscious in the middle of the crater.
The results were very clear from the beginning. Inner Rigel.
"Hehe, hehehe... Good, good, not good, certainly good, maybe good, could be good, because it might be good! The game just now was quite fun, very fun, of course fun because it will be fun!"
Marionette's true personality is revealed, from the way she talks to the smile formed on the little girl's doll is insane. The demon pillar of Marionette, she's beyond Rigel's expectations and there's only one word that can describe her figure, which is "Crazy!".