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Chapter 51 - Prince of North

In the middle of the shady forest, Dmitri stood alone. Flicked his fingers repeatedly. Try to create a small momentum from finger rubbing. The air around him blew slowly, fluttering his blonde hair. His eyes were tightly closed as if he was listening to every movement and sound with its momentum.

On the other hand, with her long brown hair, Meera sat neatly accompanied by a Sarangi on her lap. Her caramel eyes stared straight at where Dmitri was standing. Shortly after, her curly fingers began to pluck the traditional musical instrument. Playing a beautiful yet deadly tune that only enemies can hear. Plump red lips on her white skin covered in a thin veil, a smile chanting a tone.

The tone wave was as small as a needle but directed right at Dmitri's head. Her voice traveled quickly, moving freely among the trees. However, Dmitri who had prepared Meera's sound-based attack with the momentum he was vibrating with the surrounding trees, moved his head quickly. Making Meera's attack shoot into the tree in front of her.

The attack came from behind Dmitri. Several strands of his blonde hair were cut off as a result of the attack. And blood dripped from his temples. 

Knowing the direction of the enemy's attack, Dmitri turned his body towards Meera. Although he didn't know exactly where and how far away Meera was, Dmitri stared intently with his blue eyes. "Beautiful tone"

"I think we can have fun," said a voice out of nowhere.

Unbeknownst to Dmitri, the entire area between them had become Meera's appearance. By spreading the sound waves continuously, Meera was able to find out what Dmitri was doing and saying. Making it seem as if their distance is close but far away for Dmitri.

Even though he couldn't find Meera's exact location yet, Dmitri continued to snap his fingers to create an area of momentum around him. Dmitri closed his eyes, focusing on expanding his area of momentum. 

In the eyes of outsiders, all they saw was Dmitri who kept snapping his fingers. Even Meera's previous attack was invisible to most normal human eyes. They only knew that suddenly Dmitri's temples were bleeding. Even the screen that was supposed to show the whereabouts of the two hunters could not find Meera who was playing Sarangi.

Knowing that Dmitri was trying to expand his observation area, Meera played a tune to deceive Dmitri's vision. From the four cardinal directions, Meera uses the illusion as if she is in four different places. Not enough with this illusion, Meera began to attack Dmitri from every cardinal direction. Each direction's attack was done by a different method, trying to confuse Dmitri.

The four attacks were not carried out at the same time so that Dmitri would think that Meera always moved when attacking.

From the north, Meera used a striking sound attack. Trying to distract Dmitri. A solid wave of sound spears came towards Dmitri.

Knowing there was an attack coming at him, Dmitri who had previously managed the momentum to remain stable, flicked his fingers violently. The air particle particles that had previously only collided with each other in harmony, struck Meera's spear attack just as it was about to hit Dmitri. 

Dmitri let the gust of wind from Meera's attack hit his face who was staring straight at the attack. Makes his blonde hair waving.

"Prince of the North.... a fitting nickname" Meera muttered to herself.

At that moment, Meera changed her plan by preparing two attacks at once from the east and west. Meera played her sarangi, making a fairly powerful and fast attack. However, both attacks still held Meera and waited for a direct attack coming from the north. Because it was likely that Dmitri would realize that the attacks launched towards him were coming from the four cardinal directions.

The two attacks that Meera prepared were, amplitude with a very large one and a frequency with a very high vibration. If these two attacks meet, it will create an explosion of sound that will disrupt the surroundings. And at this moment, Meera will attack directly with one of her strongest skills that can vibrate resonances in the body with high frequencies. But since this is just a duel, Meera will probably lower the frequency which will have an impact on temporary unconsciousness or fainting.

Unfortunately, Meera's opponent this time is Dmitri. With the collision of momentum that Dmitri made by flicking his fingers, he knew which sounds came from direct quotes or sounds that were used as a deceptive medium. 

Everyone really couldn't watch what the duel was really going on between Dmitri and Meera. Even Hyoma and Jean couldn't see the attack. But if one of the two is there, maybe the forest will be gone. By Hyun's side, he had come to his senses and was currently sitting next to Katlyn. Earlier when Hyun entered after recovering, Katlyn and Lan Yi congratulated him on the stunning victory. Jean smiled with satisfaction and said that he was looking forward to their fight. Hyoma and Dmitri didn't seem to care about putting on cold faces. But in their respective minds, they also agreed with Jean's words.

"System, do you know where Meera is?"

Of course system know, master.

Hyun's expression was filled with curiosity because it felt uncomfortable to see a duel that was only shown on one side. "Oh, then can you show it to me?"

Where?

"Eh?! What do you mean where?! Shouldn't you be able to display something on that screen?!"

Where is the master's brain!! The system screen is just a pop up that appears as a notification, not like the screen of a master phone that can play videos!

"H-hey... I just asked—"

Hyun didn't expect the system to react like this. Making Katlyn who saw Hyun's clumsy face ask if he was unwell. "No, I'm fine..." He replied while rubbing his hair that wasn't itchy.

And if master wants to absorb the power of Hunter Meera, just wait until the duel is over!

"A-alright..." Seeing the system's reaction, Hyun thought that the one in front of him was a woman in the form of a panel. Finally, Hyun tried to refocus on watching the duel on his front screen.

At the duel venue, Meera has launched both of her attacks towards Dmitri. The attack moved twice the speed of sound. Moving each other in one direction. And from the north, with her finger on the sarangi, Meera was ready to send the final blow for her victory.

But Dmitri also had a plan. Dmitri quickly gathered momentum on his feet and shot deep into the air. Above, Dmitri leaned his body face down. Keeps a huge momentum in the air with both feet. 

Everyone watching from the broadcast screen couldn't distract from what Dmitri was going to do. In her place, Meera also saw Dmitri who was currently floating in the air in a swooping position. Ask what he will do. Meanwhile, Meera's two attacks are getting closer to the position Dmitri was standing before.

Below there, the air was getting more and more dense as Meera's attack moved extremely fast. With his skill, Dmitri will gather momentum in the air before finally falling like a meteor that will destroy anything underneath.

When the momentum was stored was large enough and Meera's two attacks were also close. Dmitri stamped his feet in the empty air and drove very quickly to where he had previously stood. The stomping effect makes a very loud sound that makes the audience outside close their ears.

Not only that, while driving in the air, Dmitri also gathered momentum in his hands to be hit on the land. The momentum is getting bigger as the friction between Dmitri and the air increases.

"Oh no!"

What Dmitri did made Meera cancel her final attack and immediately formed a tone that protected her entire body.

"I found you..." Dmitri smiled slightly seeing what Meera was doing with her carelessness.

Meera's two previous attacks could not be stopped and continued to advance very quickly. And there is Dmitri with his great momentum who is ready to collide. 

The incident took place very quickly. The collision between Meera's two attacks and Dmitri's momentum created a sizable explosion, knocking down almost a part of the tree there. But strangely, there was no sound from the collision. All that was heard was the sound when Dmitri's momentum hit the mainland.

For those watching outside, it may not be sound but for the two who were at the scene, it was a moment when the sound disappeared temporarily. Making eardrums provides additional sound perception.

Everything became silent. Tap... Tap... Tap...

In the silence, there was the sound of someone walking. Dust was still flying in the arena, interfering with the vision screen.

Due to the previous explosion, Meera reflexively closed her ears and eyes even though she had been protected by her tone barrier. Meera didn't know that Dmitri was slowly approaching her wide open due to the fallen trees.

"That was the most beautiful tone I've ever heard..."

A sound crept into Meera's ears, making her immediately open her eyes to look at the source of the sound. In front of her, Dmitri with his shady expression, stood up and reached out to Meera who was sitting on a rock. Meera's expression showed momentary confusion. But when he came to her senses, Meera smiled and accepted Dmitri's helping hand.

"It seems like defeat is on my side..."

The dust begins to disappear. Showing the scene where Dmitri and Meera are standing face to face. People are confused by it.

"What happened?!"

"Who wins..."

However, Meera cupped her hands and walked away, making everything finally clear. It was Dmitri's victory.

"Alvida..." Dmitri replied when Meera gave a farewell greeting.

The sound of the system announcing Dmitri's victory over Meera broke the audience.

"Although I don't know what happened, I think their fight is pretty cool.

"Seeing the damage done, they fought fiercely!"

Some people are still talking about the duel. And the duel between Dmitri and Meera, was won within 40 minutes.

"Hey Hyun! Look at my fight!"

Jean stood up and pointed at Hyun who was focusing on the system screen. Without waiting for Hyun's response, Jean walked out confidently.

"Haha, he's indeed an eccentric hunter"

The next fight was a duel between Jean and a German hunter named Aline Brunhilde with a reversal force.

 

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