The Sanctuary: Chapter 26

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Chapter 26

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Bang! Bang! Bang!

"Shto—"

"I gwiv—"

Punch after punch rain down on Enzo's face. His face, now looking like that of a pig is so messed up that even his mother won't be able to recognized him. He had tried to give up several times earlier but Dylan did not allow him to. Everytime he wanted to shout "stop" or "I give up" he is answered by a fist to the face.

Enzo really wanted to faint and end this punishment but Dylan controlled his strenght if his punches thus preventing him from fainting. He wanted the referee to stop the fight but due to his insistence that their will only be a victor if either him or Dylan say "give up" or fainted. He planned to use the rule to pummel Dylan like what he is experiencing right now. Yet all his plans backfired and is the one being pummeled instead.

["Please let me faint already!"]

Enzo started praying to the gods in his mind despite the fact that his an atheist. Yet the gods seemed to have abandoned him as his consciousness stayed awake.

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The crowd looked at this scene dumbfounded. Earlier, Dylan mounted Enzo and started punching his face. They heard Enzo threatening Dylan but moments later those threats changed to begging. There are even several times that Enzo wanted to give up but Dylan did not allow it—punching Enzo on the mouth whenever he was about to say it.

Everytime a punch landed on Enzo's face people started to cringe as if they are the ones being punched. Some could not even look at the scene anymore, and there are others who vomitted. None of them expected that Dylan could be so brutal to his opponent.

From the look of things the beating will continue until Enzo lose consciousness. But unfortunately for Enzo with the way Dylan was controlling his strenght and Enzo's own [Blessed] body, fainting is still a long way ahead.

The way people looked at Dylan had completely change. Before they understimated Dylan for supposedly being the weaker of the two. Yet the earlier fight proved them wrong. Enzo had not been able to leave a scatch on Dylan's body while he is currently being pummeled to the ground!

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"Shouldn't the referee be stopping the fight now? I mean its obvious to everyone that Enzo could no longer fight."

One of Enzo' classmate could no longer stand it and asked his friend.

"It's unfortunate but the referee won't be stopping the fight unless Enzo faint or say "I give up". I heard it was Enzo who insisted on such rules. I guess he wanted to do what that Dylan guy is doing to him right now."

"Ugh! So his plan backfired huh?"

This kind of conversation is happening everywhere. Some thought that Enzo had been punished enough while others think that the referee should step in to stop the fight. Of course there are those who are eating popcorns and cheering on Dylan to keep pummeling Enzo's face. This people are given the strange looks by those around them. And one of those people is fatty Jing.

"Yeah, go pummel him some more! I'll be better if his face is disfigured for good!"

Fatty Jing is greatly enjoying the show. He even thought that it's a shame that he is not the one bashing the arrogant prick's face. Helpless to stop fatty Jing's embarrasing action, his classmates and schoolmate could only smile wryly.

"Stop that fatty, your embarrassing! Also where did you get the popcorn?!"

Nami could no longer hold still and reprimand the popcorn-eating fatty.

"What's wrong? Shouldn't you guys be enjoying the show? And if you wanted popcorn maybe you should ask the author to write one for you!" Fatty Jing replied in a cryptic manner.

"What the hell are you talking about?!"

Confused by what fatty Jing is saying, his classmates yelled at him.

"But seriously. I didn't think that Dylan have such a brutal side." Ed could not help but say.

"Brutal? I don't think his brutal enough on my opinion. Besides it's that Enzo guy's fault he is being beaten like that. Who told him to step Dylan's reverse scale!"

Fatty Jing disagreed with Ed's comment between a mouthful of popcorns.

"Reverse scale? What do you mean?" Vivian asked.

Fatty Jing swallowed the popcorn he was chewing and answered.

"Dylan had always been a calm and patient guy. But that does not mean he had no temper. It's just that angering him is not easy. But... there is something that can blow his fuse very quickly, and that is if someone targets the people he cared about." Fatty Jing answered as he chewed and swallowed another mouthful of popcorn.

"What Enzo and his classmates fall to that category. Though what attacked us is just a Lvl O demon beast, it is STILL a demon beast and ordinary human cannot fight demon beasts. And though we are [Blessed] we are still students. So if not for Dylan's timely warning some of us here could be hurt or worse..."

Fatty did not complete his last sentence but everyone who heard it could understand what he meant. Indeed, what Enzo and his group is just too much. Not even experienced and veteran [Blessed] would understimate a Lvl 0 demon beast.

"You mean..." understanding where fatty Jing is going with his words, Vivian's voice trailed off.

"That's right, Dylan's punishing him for our sake!" Fatty Jing declared with force.

Everyone was silenced after hearing fatty Jing's explanation. Even Dianne and Liz could not help but admire Dylan's action. Despite knowing that people would judge him for beating an opponent that is already down, Dylan still did so without hesitation.

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"That kid's not half bad!" A bald and white-bearded oldman admiringly exclaimed.

"Could teacher be interested in taking him as a disciple?" Asked a beautiful black-haired girl in a white one piece dress.

The bald, white-bearded oldman laughed and said, "I, Sendoh only have you as my disciple but I do think that young man is worth taking. What do you think Yuki? Do you want a junior apprentice brother?"

The black-haired beauty Yuki looked at Dylan and gave a gentle smile.

"I won't mind as long as teacher wanted him."

"Hahaha! Then I'll ask him once I get a chance!"

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Dylan not knowing that he attracted the attention of a famous figure, continued raining punches on Enzo's face. Though his arms are starting to ache, Dylan ignored it and keep hitting.

"Referee! Why are not stopping the fight?!"

A voice suddenly broke the silence.

"Hm?"

The referee who have his focused on Dylan and Enzo looked at the person who spoked. His brows furrowed when he noticed four people standing below the arena.

"Who are you and who told you to stand near the arena?" The referee asked coldly.

The person who spoked earlier feel the temperature falling and shuddered with fear.

"I-I'm Dellon Norgan. I- I apologized for suddenly barging in but I think the fight should be stopped. It's obvious that that guy us just being cruel. His opponent can no longer fight but he still mercilessly beating him!"

The guy who call himself Dellon Norgan started berating Dylan for his ungentlemanly and cruel behaviour.

"Oh so you're a Norgan? But so what? You are still forbidden to stay near the arena. So why are you still there?"

The referee's voice was becoming increasingly colder. He doesn't like people who broke the rule as such he didn't even bother to hide his irritation.

"But, I—"

"I have been a referee for 20 years and had preside over countless duels. Who are you to question my decision? Do you think that the Norgan are above law and could do whatever they wanted here?"

Cutting off the Dellon's sentence, the referee proceed to scold him. His tone unfriendly and he made it clear to everyone that he does not care if he is from an aristocratic family like the Norgan.

"But Enzo could die!" Dellon persisted.

"Die? Do you think anyone would die while I'm here? In my 20 years as referee, no one died while on my watch!"

Dellon still wanted to argue but was stopped by someone. "Stop it Dellon! Get step down and apologize to the referee!"

"Third elder!"

Dellon and the other three recognized the person who spoked. They quickly apologized to the referee and leave the arena ground.

The referee simply looked at the third elder but did not say anything.

The crowd looked at the third elder from the Norgan clan and Dellon and started chattering.

"So people from the Norgan clan had came out huh?"

"Yeah, I guess they can no longer watch as a descendant of theirs are being beaten huh?"

"Well... it is a matter of pride for them."

"Yeah, but that Dylan guy doesn't seemed to care."

"More like he doesn't even noticed their existence..."

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The referee walks towards Dylan and tap jis shoulder as he is about to give another punch.

"That's enough. You're opponent already fainted." The referee said.

Dylan was startled and looked at the pig-faced Enzo and noticed that he is no longer conscious. He took a deep breath and stood. After calming himself, Dylan respectfully bowed to the referee and started walking down the stage.

The referee seeing this announced Dylan as the victor of the duel and quickly summoned the staff to have Enzo be brought to the infirmary.

Dylan who is still in dazed was awoken by am arrogant and angry voice.

"Brat, did you enjoy beating a member of the Norgan clan? You think you'll get away with what you just did?" Dellon who hadn't left yet threatened Dylan.

"If you wanted to fight me then you should apply for a duel." Not caring for the threat Dylan simply shot back a reply.

Dellon not expecting to he shot down could only point a finger and say "you", a few times. As for Dylan's suggestion for a duel, Dellon have no courage to accept! He watched the entire duel infolds and knew that he is no match for Dylan. He might be older and stronger than Enzo but Dylan's mysterious ability to negate attacks is just to powerful.

Seeing that Dellon's not planning to issue a challenge, Dylan ignore him and walks toward his waiting friends.

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to be continued

Chapter 25 / Chapter 27

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