SSS SKILL: DUPLICATE

219  Tournament's Final

The next day, the final of the Monark Tournament began in the morning.

"Let's give a cheer to our finalists!" shouted the host, then there was a loud cheer as Alex and Iceman walked to the stage. "Who is your bet to win the finals?!"

"ALEX! ALEX!

"ICEMAN! ICEMAN!"

There were more women who were cheering for Alex, while more men were cheering for Iceman.

"Iceman! Kill that damn Alex to save many women in the world!" A man in the audience shouted. His shout caused many of the women in the audience to feel angry.

"Look at your damn face! Many women will suffer heart attacks because they will feel scared. Go kill yourself and don't spread harm!" A woman shouted.

"Damn you, woman! Do you have a death wish?!" shouted the man. Men and women were arguing in the audience, which caused a sweat to appear on the host's face.

"Do you think Iceman can kill Alex?" asked Rancel.

"Iceman has the ability to kill him, but he prefers an easy way out," said Vistal, causing Rancel to chuckle.

"They seem calm that Alex will not be killed in the tournament after they made many arrangements. Do they have a backup plan? They will definitely not leave any evidence that will directly point to them, but I could get that evidence. I could use it for my own interest," thought Rancel, then he smiled.

Vistal crossed his arm while he was thinking. He was analyzing what he and his subordinate had talked about in the evening.

Last evening, he was in a private room, looking at a floating hologram screen. On the screen, there was a picture of Mari and Alex drinking in a club.

"Sir, Alex seems to be courting another girl named Sheyla, and he seems not interested in another girl right now. Our informant talked with those girls, and they said that they are from Europe. They don't seem angry at Alex, so we can't cooperate with them. We can't force them because there were hints that they are members of a powerful family in Europe. We are afraid to make the same mistake twice. It will take time before we can confirm their background, but Alex could have left the island before we could check their background," said a man named Becket.

"That will be a problem. Honeytrap is the best and easiest way to bury Alex on this island if the tournament fails to do it. How are the girls that had contact with him?"

Becket smiled. The floating screen changed into pictures of three women."Just like what you said, sir, we did not treat them badly, but we did not treat them too nicely. We did not do anything that would make our ulterior motive obvious. The girls that we deliberately set up to approach him failed, but those were the girls on the island that he met in three years."

Vistal chuckled."He is not only doing it on the island, but in other countries as well. He could be a gentleman or a womanizer. He could be deliberately doing it, so his enemies would think that he won't risk his life for those girls. But offending the girls might mean offending him, and no one is dumb enough to become the chicken to scare the monkeys."

"Sir, you are farsighted. You predicted the situation and prepared for it," said Becket with a flattering expression.

Vistal smiled."I just know that the boss' tolerance for Alex is limited and that knight in shining armor will not easily stop, so I prepared accesories to a trap before the boss ordered me to cut that man's head. Did you talk to those girls?"

"Yes, and I think the last girl is the best candidate. She has much more to gain if she cooperates with us and much more to lose if she refuses. She is easier to convince since she has more family members we can use."

Vistal touched his chin while he was thinking."How's the friend of the man that Alex killed in the tournament?"

Becket chuckled."He is angry, sir, and has said many times that he wants to kill Alex."

"Set up a meeting with that man and the girl. Choose a place that has no CCTV, but make sure that they are captured together. The CCTV should look accidental. After our operation, make them evaporate on this world. Choose one of our men to disguise as that man and appear in his home country, then let him also evaporate," ordered Vistal. His expression looked the same, as if his order were nothing. Becket had a big grin, then his face turned hideous.

"Did I miss something in the plan?" thought Vistal as he looked at Alex, who was standing on the stage.

Malik was looking at the two finalists on the stage while thinking.

"If Iceman were pushed off the stage, I will ask Alex if he wants to continue. Our men in the audience will taunt him as a coward. With his arrogance, the possibility that he will continue the fight is high. Iceman seems to be part of a powerful family in Europe.

Children of families have pride. If his pride is hit by Alex, we expect a bloody revenge. Pushing Alex off the stage should not happen, since he knows that Iceman did it to his previous opponents. Dying on the stage is his best outcome, but being seriously injured is also good. Vistal's suggestion is really good," thought Malik, then a smile appeared on his face.

Alex was looking for someone in the audience, then he saw Mari sitting with Yuno and Anne. A big smile appeared on his face. He released his aura, then stretched his hand and cast magic. A lightning lance was forming on his hand.

"You are not wearing armor and don't have magic weapons, so I will do the same. I hope you can last a lot longer because I need to put on a spectacular show," said Alex with a smile as he looked at Iceman. He was wearing a white sleeve and black pants.

Edgar chuckled as an ice spear formed in his hand.

"His lightning aptitude is better than mine. Duplicating a simple skill should not take too long," Edgar thought, then he broke a lightning rune skill in his sea of consciousness.

Whoosh! Alex suddenly appeared in front of Edgar while lightning was flashing through his whole body.

Edgar stabbed his ice spear to block the attack, but Alex instantly appeared to his left side. He spun to dodge a stab, then swung his spear, but Alex appeared above him.

Boom! Alex's lightning lance stabbed the floor, but Edgar moved away. Edgar charged and stabbed his spear, but Alex cast magic.

LIGHTNING STORM

Many lightning bolts rose from the floor. Edgar jumped away as he added more ice energy to his spear. He rapidly stabbed while he was in the air, then many spears made up of ice energy attacked Alex.

The lightning that rose from the floor gathered in front of Alex and blocked the spears. They did not disappear but were forming into human shape. A huge lightning knight holding a lance appeared on the stage.

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