Odyssey of the Blind God

"Are they nuts? Why are they fooling around like this?" A confused voice reverberated through the Pagoda's first floor.

"Does this look like fooling around to you? They clearly intend to kill each other!" Another voice, one filled with worry could be heard by everyone as the harrowing and unexpected sight in front of them caused them to feel various emotions surging through their entire being.

They could clearly tell that something in the arena was going wrong but they didn't really understand it. By now, all six Valxians had several broken bones and there were bruises all over their body.

None of the Valxians was unscathed and it looked like they would suffer a lot more and receive permanent injuries if they were to continue to fight. Yet, it looked like they couldn't be less bothered about holding back. The strength they exerted to smash their fist onto their designated target kept increasing and some spectators began worrying about the Valxians' life and sanity.

Even if they were to survive the fight, it was not certain that all of them would be able to escape permanent and lifelong injuries.

For most Valxians permanent injuries could be considered a worse problem than dying on the battlefield. They were a race filled with Warriors, meaning that only powerful Warriors were truly respected in their race. A person who could not fight was just a burden to them.

That was also why the Dojo Master had gained enough respect from the leaders of the Valxian race even though he was not born into their nobility.

His achievements on the battlefield had been more than enough to elevate his status, and only a few families dared to annoy the Dojo Master of the Thousand Bodies Refinements Dojo as much as the descendants of the six influential families did.

Their current fight, if one could label it such, was a disgrace for the six influential families and their biggest advantage was not to be present and witness the humiliation with their own eyes. If the heads of the six influential families were to be present right now, they would die of shame and end up coughing up blood or fainting from anger about the attitude of their descendants.

However, what nobody had yet realized was that Nial was at fault for all the things that were happening right now. He didn't move around, which decreased others' awareness of his presence drastically.

Right now, Nial was already trying not to attract anyone's attention. Thus, his presence was already as shallow as possible. Only the Dojo Master, Elder Walin, and the other students of the Thousand Bodies Refinements Dojo were still paying attention to Nial. As for the rest, they had already forgotten why the six Valxians had started to fight in the arena, to begin with.

They didn't notice Nial at all, especially because he was less than two meters in height while the average height of the six Valxians was above five meters.

Nial began to smile as he perceived everything that happened around him. His plan had worked out much better than expected and it was only a matter of time before the six Valxians would have defeated each other...the same Valxians who had tried to mock him for his strength.

'Should I end it here?' He wondered while he focused on the one Valxian, who had been able to resist [Dominion] if only for a few seconds before he was also forcefully subdued by the tremendous power the ability executed.

What had followed suit was a brutal battle of brute force, a battle Nial enjoyed watching thoroughly. However, his interest had died down and Nial had perceived more than enough.

"Leave the arena!" He thus ordered while activating [Dominion] once again.

As if they had been frozen in place, the Valxians stopped moving all of a sudden. They turned around after a moment and faced toward the closest wall. For a second or two, they didn't move just to start walking slowly.

It looked like they were unable to feel the injuries they had sustained as they walked out of the arena on their own accord, or so it looked to the gobsmacked spectators at least.

"The last standing person in the arena is…the human…" One of the spectators blurted out in disbelief when he saw the tall and mighty warriors of their race walk out, leaving behind the small human.

The final result of the battle was different than what most had presumed to happen when the battle had yet to start. Even the Dojo Master was surprised about the result, but his mood was rather good because Nial's capabilities were clearly beyond what he had expected.

It was a good sign and the Dojo Master began to think about a few ways to help Nial to continue making use of this new ability which he had bound to his Mana Core.

The Dojo Master had yet to learn what exactly Nial's third ability was but he could only make a few guesses that shouldn't be too far from the truth.

He was getting excited, not only because Nial's actions would draw more attention to the Thousand Bodies Refinements Dojo as soon word of his heroic act would spread but also because Nial had beaten up the six entitled Valxians in the most humiliating way possible.

Defeating them with a single blow wouldn't be as impactful since it would end the fight in just a minute. At first, the Valxians would be baffled until they would have to accept that Nial was stronger.

However, making them fight each other until they were about to land a killing blow at each other and making them stop and leave the arena to save their lives left a jarring impact on the minds of everyone present. The fight and Nial's prowess would be the talk of the town! It took most of the spectators a while to understand what had actually happened but when they fathomed the situation, everyone ended up utterly dumbfounded.

It was hard to accept what they had witnessed just minutes ago but the situation was clear; Nial used some ability to make the Valxians fight each other, just to end the battle at his will.

The Valxians had no way to escape Nial's ability because they were clearly weaker than him. And this was something the six descendants of the influential Valxian family couldn't accept. They just couldn't accept that Nial had defeated them easily as if he was wiping his butt.

However, Nial couldn't care less about that. He walked outside the arena, straight toward the Dojo Master, who stared down at him with a faint smile.

"I heard that you wanted to speak to me about something before we were…interrupted," Nial stated rather plainly. He began to smile lightly as well just to perceive a faint change in the Dojo Master's expression.

The change was barely perceptible but it was something Nial still perceived even if it was hardly detectable for others.

"I know that I said this, but it is not something that affects you right now," the Dojo Master said at first before he stopped talking for a few seconds to think about what exactly he should tell Nial.

"A new type of monster has appeared in the Universe and they're spreading out really fast," He ended up adding further.

"Okay, and what about it? Isn't it normal for monsters to evolve often and new lifeforms to be born?" Nial asked, not sure what exactly the Dojo Master wanted to say.

Considering that he was so worked up, the situation had to be serious but the content of the message he tried to convey was definitely not easy for Nial to understand.

"I don't mean something as simple as that… A new type of being appeared in the Universe, using a portal that is not connected to any of the miraculous places in this universe!" The Dojo Master explained after setting up a sound isolation barrier using a powerful runic armament.

It was not common for Valxians to use runic armaments. That being said, many people were staring at the Dojo Master with a mixed expressions. The fact that the Dojo Master was using a runic armament to isolate whatever he and Nial said from the outside world meant that they talked about something extremely important, something none other than Nial was allowed to hear.

And according to Nial's expression, the situation was utterly shocking.

"A portal that leads to a place not related to this Universe? Does it lead to another Universe or what?" Nial said jokingly but the Dojo Master didn't start laughing with him.

"Seriously?" He asked in a stupor while the Dojo Master just nodded his head.

"So…how did you come to the conclusion that this is not important? I was told that you have something trivial to share with me…and then you go ahead to tell me something like that???"