Extra Life. Sparring with the Yellow Dragon

"So you were only 12 when you were selected?"

"Yes! I'm the youngest Yellow Dragon in history, just like Seiryu-san is the youngest Blue Dragon, as he was selected at age 14."

I'm on the Nakiri side of the Five Principal Clans' base. Oryu wanted to show me something, so he led me here while talking about his childhood as a mysticism prodigy.

"Here we are Yuma-senpai!"

What he's showing me is an open place. It looks like a training field, so I'll assume that's what it is.

"I want you to battle with me."

Oryu makes a bold declaration. So fighting with him, huh.

"I'll accept, but be careful; I didn't gain my famous alias of the Devil of Grigori for nothing."

Both of us get in our positions and stretch a little. I can see people are gathering here.

"Do you mind if I'm the referee?"

Akai, who is with Nero and Goldentime, ask that to us.

"Sure."

Nero and Goldentime get in the crowd, being close to both Genbu and Suzaku.

"The battle will be Rito Yuma against Oryu Nakiri. Go ahead!"

Oryu gets covered in a yellow aura! I'm pretty sure I have seen that before.

"… Touki."

Goldentime says that with shock. Yeah, that's touki!

"Being able to use the touki is an ability shared by the inheritors. Our aura colours represent the Sacred Beast we own."

Oryu starts launching rocks at me! This must be a work of the mysticism from his clan.

"[Number III: The Empress]!"

[Number III] is the exact opposite of [Number IV: The Emperor], which increases the power of long range attacks used by the wielder of the card, since this card reduces the power of long range attacks used by the opponent.

However, he moves at high speed towards me and punches my stomach! Ugh! I coughed a little bit of blood.

"Did you forget you taught me what your cards do, Yuma-senpai? If I cannot use long ranged attacks, then I'm going to attack you with my own fist!"

Oryu steps back a little and starts chanting.

"My power that comes from earth will purify these evil spirits. Please, Yellow Dragon, lend me your strength!"

He suddenly turns into Dragon! Well, only parts of his body reminisce that of a Dragon.

"I get my power from earth, but the earth here doesn't give as much energy as the one on the outskirts of the shrines."

I don't get how that relates to turning into a Humanoid Dragon, but ok.

He covers his claws in touki and charges right at me!

"Sorry!"

The slash from his claws inflicts a huge damage! Ugh, I wonder if I would be able to survive these attacks back when I was a human.

I hate using this card, but I need to so I can show a good face to the Five Principals Clans, who are watching this battle.

"[Number XX: Judgement]."

Oryu won't be able to move, since this card can restrain the movements of the person I use it on.

"If I won't move anymore, then I'll do this!"

A Yellow Dragon comes from Oryu's body! It must be his Sacred Beast.

"Yiaaaarg!"

After that weird growl, many sharp rocks point towards me! I'm pretty sure I may die if I try to tank them.

"Ok, I give up."

After saying that, the rocks, Dragon and Oryu's aura and transformation disappear. I shouldn't have held back my power, since now it looks like I lost to a kid.

"And the winner is Oryu Nakiri!"

As Akai says that, the members of the Five Principal Clans rejoice. Maybe this wouldn't be the case if I had won.

"What about a rematch against us?"

Goldentime says that to Genbu. He nods with his head, so a second round has been decided.

"The second round will be Goldentime Erklight and Spadaccino Nero against Genbu Domon and Suzaku Himejima. Go ahead!"

A black aura covers Genbu while a red one covers Suzaku! Without a doubt, the inheritors of the Five Principal Clans are opponents you cannot underestimate.

Goldentime summons his Twice Critical and cover himself on his own touki aura; however, his isn't nearly as dense as the one from his opponents. Nero, on his hand, is wielding Durandal.

Goldentime charges towards them and hits Genbu right onto his head! As he is sent flying, Suzaku starts launching multiple fireballs, but Nero cuts them with Durandal!

Nero cuts the air and launches many waves of holy power that hit Suzaku, while Goldentime makes a series of punches towards Genbu. Seriously, Silverage's peerage is insanely strong.

Many plants try to restrain Goldentime, but he just frees himself every time. No matter how many attacks Genbu launches, Goldentime is able to either tank them or destroy them.

Nero shows a great technique with his sword, being able to change between attacking at long range with his holy power waves and at short range with the blade itself.

The battle continues like that for many minutes, on which Goldentime and Nero show an absolute superiority to Genbu and Suzaku. It doesn't matter what the inheritors do, they just null their attacks with Durandal and sheer force.

Despite showing some injuries on their bodies, it's clear they won. Genbu and Suzaku lie on the ground, probably because they ran out of stamina.

"The winners are Goldentime and Nero!"

There's no doubt about it. If we want to defeat Silverage, we have a long way to go.

"I'm amazed that he was able to keep fighting for way longer than my Twice Critical could boost my power. You were a great opponent, Genbu Domon."

Totally different from his brother who is a battle maniac, Goldentime is truly a gentleman.

"Let me help you with that."

Nero holds Suzaku's hand so she can stand up. How Silverage hasn't learned from them?

"I praise both of you for the great battle."

"Thanks, Goldentime, even with our mysticism we weren't able to win…"

"Well, thanks to that, you were able to deal more damage to us, so I'm pleased with the result."

Goldentime and Genbu exchange praises for their battle. I look at Oryu to ask something.

"Can you please use your rock mysticism while I hold [Number XVII: The Star]?"

"Sure."

He fulfilled his promise and used his mysticism so I could copy it.

"And that's the story of how I got this power."

I say that to Azazel-sama, who asked how I got the power after I used it during one of my training sessions on [Nephilim].

"That's a nice story, kid. Do you mind if we continue training?"

As Azazel-sama asks that, I go back to my training at [Nephilim]!

Vølume 4 – End