Power Thief's Revenge [BL]

But Hermes was soon snapped out of his musings as he realized that the next battle was going to be the last. Which means…

"And for our final match… Necromagia and Copy Cat!" Somner announced like a sports broadcaster.

Victorina did a triple pirouette and then cracked her knuckles. "Let's go, girls!!! I get to fight our fabulous freshie! I'll try to go easy on you, but no pinky promise!"

Hermes considered first what to do. If he used Sirentone, he would not have any excuse on why he had that ability. There was nothing he could eat that could fit that, unless he somehow managed to get his hands on real siren meat.

That's pretty disgusting to think about and he doesn't even know if sirens were real or not. 

It most likely exists in a world like this. But they're most likely from the Void, before ancient humans even called it that and realized it's another dimension. 

But he's getting off track. The long and short of it was that he can only use Cryoshift. 

"Ice please." He asked from the refreshment stand.

Eirwyn handed him a block of ice. "How much do you need, exactly? Is there a certain amount of intake per minute of ability?"

"Uh…." Hermes hadn't really thought about it. "I think this much is enough."

He then steeled himself and bit into the thick ice. It didn't give him brain-freeze, as he expected. Probably because of Cryoshift. 

It was also easy to bite through using his sharp canines.

He munched on the whole block as if it was cake, which earned the stares of everyone in the training grounds.

"Wow. This guy really eats everything, huh?" Fiero said, both impressed and weirded out.

"His digestive system must not be the same as most of us." Vera pointed out. "To think that he could also eat iron to gain your ability."

Victorina tilted her head. "Wow, so if he bit one of my zombies, he would gain my ability? I should be mindful of those chompers then. They look mighty scary."

Cam scoffed. "He should have been called Pig's Mouth instead of Copy Cat, if you asked me."

Hermes swallowed the ice and wiped his mouth. "Ok… I'm ready."

Somner patted his shoulder. "Are you sure? Victorina is no joke… How about you duel with me instead?"

Cam shook his head. "You already had your duel with Vera. And aren't you stronger than Victorina? That wouldn't be a fair fight."

"He does have a point." Hermes said. "I'll be fine. Plus, I think Ms. Victorina is nice. I don't think she's the type who will break the rules or play dirty."

Victorina smiled proudly. "That's right, girl! But that doesn't mean you should let your guard down!"

She raised her star staff and started chanting. 

"Fossils and fossilettes, bones and remains of those that have fallen in these hallowed grounds… Rise under the name of the Prisma Star!"

Suddenly, the ground shook. From the dust and glitter, creatures started forming. 

There were mammoths, saber-toothed tigers, cavemen and cavewomen skeletons, and lastly….

A giganotosaurus, one of the largest carnivores, standing 40 feet tall! It roared, releasing a gust of rainbow glitter.

"Cough! Cough!" Hermes covered his eyes. 

Even the glitter was deadly enough, but by the gods… Victorina's necromancy was no joke! To think she can summon even creatures that existed thousands of years ago!

"Begin!" Somner announced.

Victorina started dancing among her zombie servants, and they followed the lead of their princess. 

Hermes summoned ice daggers to shoot at them but—

The giganotosaurus swatted Hermes with its tail, knocking him off his feet!

Eirwyn cheered for him. "Shake it off, Hermes! You can do it!"

Somner was also alarmed by how quickly Hermes was knocked down, but his jealousy flared when hearing the HR manager cheer for him.

"Get up, you idiot! You're stronger than that!"

Hermes was feeling a bit ashamed that he was on the ground in mere seconds, but with the support of these two beautiful men, he got back up and tried again. 

'I need to be creative and fast! I can't just do the same attacks over and over.'

He recalled all the times he had watched Ymir fight using Cryoshift. It's quite ironic, but the man he hated served as his inspiration in this duel.

WHOOSH!

Hermes placed his hands behind him, and used the ice to get him soaring into the sky!

"He's flying!" Fiero pointed out. 

Hermes used the ice to support himself to keep him off ground. The skeletal giganotosaurus leapt and tried to bite him, but he was way too high. 

Its teeth were the size of knives and would have easily torn Hermes to shreds. The other zombies from below also tried to mindlessly reach him, but to no avail.

"Hah!" Victorina just laughed while doing a pique pose. "Flight is not your friend, girl! Don't just run away like a coward!"

She suddenly started scaling the dinosaur's back, running like a track star. It was scary to imagine being chased like that by such a large woman. Then, she sprung into the air with her thick and strong legs—

Hitting Hermes on the back of the head with her magic staff! 

Hermes immediately started plummeting to the ground, 50 feet off it!

"Hermes!" Somner yelled, rushing to catch him. 

BOOM!

The impact caused a crater to form. 

Victorina looked a bit guilty. "Ooops. I might have gone too far. Girly, you ok!?"

Eirwyn rushed to the scene, ready to cast Rewind—

"Hahahaha…."

A low, guttural laughter came from the hole in the ground. Then, a hand shot out like a zombie's, ice blue with spikes.

"Thank you for taking me seriously… This is the only way for me to learn…"

A completely different person stood before them. He was wearing a psychotic smile that reached up to his ears. His fangs gleamed, and his nails had grown the size of daggers.

He was a monster made of ice and malice.

"NOW THIS IS A REAL DUEL! HAHAHAHAHA! THE ONLY WAY TO FIGHT IS TO THE DEATH!"