Nero, The Legendary Hunter

"That skill..."

Helena backed away as this time she took distance, not wanting to get closer.

She starts using simple ranged magic skills.

Small balls of Mana hit BigBlue a few times, but they weren't able to inflict any damage.

Many didn't understand why she would do something like that. Wasn't she just wasting Mana?

But, Nero understood right away, Helena wanted to know when BigBlue's defense buff would wear off and was using ranged spells to test it.

'She is good.' Nero thought.

It was less than 5 seconds after Helena's eyes lit up when she realized that the Mana shield around BigBlue was gone.

However, before she is able to get close, BigBlue starts firing again at the abilities that have finished cooling down.

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In the bleachers.

"I admit that she is strong, but, that's just against BigBlue, if it was any other magical beast of Nero, this girl would have already lost..."

Hearing Yui's mumble, Choko commented, "That's true, but it doesn't change the fact that she's managed to drag out the duel for so long."

By this time, Helena had managed to get close and attack BigBlue's hull, which went into the turtle shell again.

"Well, that's true, but I don't think she has a chance of beating BigBlue, after all, Big Blue hasn't used that skill yet."

In Yui's mind, she remembered the scene where Bigblue attacked many Lizardman and killed several with that attack.

A special skill, very powerful with great damage scale.

"I know, but apparently Nero doesn't want BigBlue to use this skill, since it's too powerful..." Choko said with almost 100% certainty.

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Nero saw that if things continued like this duel would last for a long time, so she summoned another magical beast.

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[Earth Monster [Red-Skinned Gorilla (Duchess) - Rank C- Level 30 - Has been Summoned!]

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When the Duchess appeared, she soon roared while pounding her chest.

"Go ahead, but don't overdo it, don't hurt the girl too badly," Nero said nonchalantly.

The Duchess nodded, she was smart enough to understand Nero's intention and started to run on all fours toward Helena.

"BigBlue, come back." Nero ordered.

BigBlue enters the turtle shell and spins towards Nero.

Nero made BigBlue come back by touching her head.

Meanwhile, Helena found herself in a dangerous situation.

When the Duchess approached, she already expected this magical beast to have even stronger attacks compared to that big tortoise from before.

Using the element land, the Duchess attacks!

*Whoosh!*

The speed was disconcerting compared to BigBlue's attacks, Helena couldn't dodge and could only try to defend herself against the stone pillar that came out of the ground, right below her feet.

*Who!*

The tip of the stone pillar hit her sword, it flew 3 meters away from the impact!

"Helen, out!" The judge shouted, "Nero from Tamers B team wins."

Helena, who fell outside the arena, sighed.

She looked at the Duchess then at Nero. Yes, she admits that even without Nero having to go personally, even if she had managed to have a long confrontation with one of her magical beasts, deep down she knew that it was because that magical beast was not very apt to attack but to defend.

That big turtle's defense was insane, if not for its speed, Helena knew she would have lost a long time ago as well.

When the Duchess attacked her just now, well, she could only lament that she was up against an Elemental Magical Beast, which was special among magical beasts.

Nero continued in the arena amid applause and shouts of celebration and congratulations.

Soon after, the next opponent arrived.

Nero didn't make Duchess come back, as she barely got to fight, she might as well beat the next opponent as well.

Who climbed into the arena was the team leader, Miller.

He used a large red spear of almost 200 cm.

"Hello, Nero, nice to meet you," Miller said softly, "My name is Miller and I am Class A, Elite Lancer Level 33, hope you will take it easy on me."

"Mm, I will do my best," Nero answered vaguely.

She didn't repeat the level herself, but said while hitting the Duchess's red furry arm: "This girl here is level 30 and has a lot of strength, be careful or you will lose in the first confrontation against her."

It was a pretty kind warning coming from her.

Though Nero didn't say much, it was enough to understand her sincerity while being treated with respect.

When the referee started the match, Miller jumped, reaching a height of 10 meters.

With the spear in hand, he got into a throwing position in the air, and it looked like he was going to throw the spear toward the Duchess, but what actually came out was pure fire energy with the same shape as his spear.

*Whoosh!*

With a cold snort, Duchess slammed her hand to the ground, and an earth barrier was created in front of her.

*BOOM!*

Right after the flame spear hit the earth barrier, although it managed to penetrate a little, it was not able to pass through the barrier and hit the Duchess.

To the Duchess she slammed her hands on the ground, making the barrier collapse, and then she created several earth arrows and shot toward Miller who was still suspended in the air.

Miller doesn't show fear even though it looked like he was now in a dangerous situation.

By holding the spear with his two hands in the middle of the spear, he began to rotate the spear very quickly, creating a kind of fan that soon caught fire, and on top of that, it seemed to have activated a skill capable of marking a spot with more than 10 meters away, choosing the spot where Duchess was, heading towards her, gliding through the air at great speed while defending herself from the stone arrows.

*Beng! Beng! Beng!*

The sound of the stone arrows being destroyed echoes, Miller reached Duchess and fell close to her, landing without taking any damage from falling from a relatively high height, now with the spear hitting the ground, creating a pillar of flames in front of him, directly catching on the Duchess.

The Duchess wasn't able to dodge though, her body was enveloped in earth armor.

When the pillar of flame disappeared, screams echoed in terror.

where the duchess was, it became as dark as coal.

Miller was a little surprised, even scared.

'Did I kill her?' Miller looks in Nero's direction afraid that she would be angry but finds that she has a smile against everything he could imagine.

"Don't get distracted or else… The Duchess will get you~" Nero's voice echoes with a silver bell full of teasing.

As soon as those words were said, Duchess who turned coal black from being exposed to a pillar of flames starts to show cracks in every part of her body, soon a layer of that black stuff starts to peel off and fall to the ground, and, the previously stopped hand moves at high speed towards Miller's head.

*BOOM!*

A powerful punch with the Duchess' giant hand hit Miller in the head making him see stars.

In moments, everyone saw that the Duchess was actually completely unharmed, free of any harm.

"I told you~"

Nero's voice echoed once more, and Miller, who was hit on the head and fell to the ground, sat on the ground as he felt the world spin.

Miller tries to sober up, but then he sees an angry red gorilla heading toward him, Miller gets scared and activates a defense skill.

*BOOM!*

The Duchess's [Super Strength] skill activated, and she kicked Miller's stomach who tried to get up, sending him flying more than 5 meters away, going at great speed out of the arena.

When Miller stepped out of the arena, there was silence.

Seconds later, cheers and applause echo!

*Clap! Clap!*

*Wow!!*

"That's too much!"

"My God, I thought my heart was going to stop when I saw the red gorilla… Duchess? I saw her get scorched...]

Meanwhile, the Duchess smacked her chest proudly as she roared.

Nero looks at her and shakes her head. 'Well, she won, so let her be happy.'

In particular, the Duchess seemed to enjoy all the attention she received.

After the judge announced Nero's victory and had her answer that she wanted to continue, it was time for the Os Punishers team to send the next participant.

However, after talking among themselves, the other two remaining members didn't want to go up into the arena and duel against Nero...

The judge shouted excitedly: "Team The Punishers gave up, the victory goes to Nero from Team Tamers B wins and moves on to the final of the tournament!"

This time the audience was quick to react.

*Clap! Clap!* Clap!* Clap!* Clap!* Clap!**

"Wow!!!"

Screams and applause echoed more than ever, they were so excited to clap that most of them had their hands red.

"Nero, Nero!!!"

Until someone started making a clapping pattern while calling and Nero's voice chanted twice.

"Nero, Nero!"

*Chap!Chap!* *Chap-Chap-Chap-Chap!! *

The public seems to have liked it and jumped on the bandwagon:

"Nero, Nero!"

*Chap!Chap!* *Chap-Chap-Chap-Chap!! *

"Nero, Nero!"

*Chap!Chap!* *Chap-Chap-Chap-Chap!! *

In the chorus, the audience was chanting Nero's name twice and then claps in rhythm: twice a little too fast; followed by four faster claps.

Nero waves to the crowd as he exits the arena.

This time even Yui's voice was drowned out by so much loud applause and screams calling Nero's name.

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