"I'm telling Mia once we get back. You have not only tried to seduce another woman, but you also called another woman cute," My maid then smirked as if she was trying to get back at me for something.

"First of all, the seduction was just part of the job, and second of all, I can't call another woman cute?"

"Indeed… But, I would be willing to let this slide if you give me some of that steak right there,"

This girl…

…

I was back inside the arena, but this time with an even stronger opponent, as my next challenge was ranked fourth within the arena.

It was kind of stupid how they were skipping so many spots, especially when the ranks rise up exponentially, but I guess some people want to see me die… so I can't complain about that as I have no free will here.

After walking into the dirt arena, I met eye to eye with a man shrouded in black shadows, making him almost blend in entirely with the background.

Intrigued by the man's magic, I immediately began to walk toward him before the announcer could even announce anything.

After coming within three meters of the man, I noticed he had black robes covering his entire body, but it was then darkened by shadows that crawled up their leg.

Seems they don't use weapons… such a shame.

With such powerful shadow magic, they could reign supreme over quite a lot of people in a short amount of time.

"TODAY! WE HAVE AN AMAZING MATCH-UP! THE TRAITOROUS WENCH! VERSUSSSSS! THE SHADOW OF DEATH!" The announcer shouted into his microphone, and the match soon began… and I had no time to react as shadows immediately gripped my ankles.

They tripped me by pulling me down to the ground, causing me to faceplant and then get dragged across the dirt.

I stopped myself by stabbing my sword into the dirt below me, but just as I was distracted by that, a feeling of looming death appeared over my shoulders.

I glanced back and noticed the shadowy figure had appeared behind him, and they had bent all the way back to charge up a shadow attack that completely ripped through the air.

BOOM

A giant explosion appeared beside me, just as I managed to roll out of the way and recover… but I was still within the palm of his hand.

A wall of shadows suddenly appeared behind me, surprising me a bit as I couldn't even detect them, and even as the man began to charge toward me, he was filled with utmost confidence.

Seems I underestimated him.

Krkkkkkkk

A massive wave of ice coated the floor of the arena, limiting his movement as each time he tried to take a step, he tripped slightly.

FWOOSH

But my ice was soon countered as shadows covered by ice, and then they began to crawl up my ankles and then drag me down to the ground again.

[Crown of Flames]

A crown of green flames that sparkled with rainbow flashes appeared above my head, and just as I was about to create a pillar of flames from beneath the man… he disappeared.

"Tch… Well, you aren't as good as Charna when it comes to this," I muttered as I erupted a pillar of flames from behind me, burning the wall of shadows and burning the shadow user.

He cried in pain as his body began to melt, and just as he was about to die, he slipped out of the shadows and tumbled onto the ground.

I smiled just a bit upon seeing his pathetic state, but I knew better than to not underestimate him anymore, especially when I almost got my ass kicked previously.

From above me, I felt a slight tug, and then all of a sudden, it felt as if I was being ripped off the ground.

I kept myself firm with ice attached to my feet, and as it held me down, I looked up at what was doing this.

"A… black hole… made of shadows?"

"AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH HAS PULLED OUT HIS ULTIMATE MOVE! WHAT WILL THE TRAITOROUS WENCH DO NOW!? NOBODY BESIDES THE TOP TWO HAS EVER SURVIVED THIS ATTACK! BUT EVEN THEN! THEY STILL TRY TO AVOID IT!" The announcer shouted, and I felt a heavy drop of sweat slide down my cheek.

How the fuck was I supposed to counter a black hole when it looked as if it was eating itself and everything around it.

Obviously, it was nowhere near as powerful as the ones in space as those consumed light, planets, and even stars.

But it's still a variant of it, meaning if I get sucked into that, I'm mostly not even going to have a 1% chance of survival.

"This seriously sucks," I muttered, but I didn't give up as the magic should stop if I kill the user who is currently trying to crawl away.

FWOOSH

I sent a volley of spears made of green flames towards the man who had lost the shadows that covered him, revealing a heavily scarred face, but everything else was concealed by his dark robes.

They almost reached him but were soon sucked back into the black hole, just as it was about to kill him.

"Fine…So be it," I muttered with a sadistic smile and dropped an entire glacier on top of us… yes, us.

That means I was about to be crushed under it since the black hole is nowhere near strong enough to completely eat this thing.

Maybe the center of it, but judging from the power, everything else within this arena should be crushed.

"GODDAMMIT!" I heard the man shout as he began to pour more mana into the black hole, surprisingly eating more of the glacier.

Then, in an instant, the glacier smashed on top of us, creating a bone-crunching sound that echoed through the arena.

"A-AND! BOTH FIGHTERS HAVE DIED! THE TRAITOROUS WENCH TOOK HER AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH OU-, WAIT! WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE!?"

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