The battle between Ray and Demittry finally came to an end and the aftermath wasn't so disastrous thanks to the Royal Guards.
The field was full of smokes of dust after the explosion which made everyone who was watching hold unto their seats, not wanting to anticipate the result of the battle.
As the cloud of dusts slowly fading into the air, the result of the fight is slowly unfolding before everyone's eyes.
In the middle of the training grounds, everyone could see a massive hole in the middle and the silhouettes of two figure remain standing on opposite sides. However, the other silhouette started to fall to the ground slowly which made everyone hold their breath, waiting to see who won the battle.
Eventually, when the field finally clears out of dust, everyone could that it was Ray - the Elven King who remain standing, and Demittry was down on the opposite side, unconscious.
The training ground was enveloped by cheers and yells as they saw that their King won the battle.
"WOOOH!!! That's right! Eat that, you dirty human!"
"That's what you get after fighting the King!"
"Ha! What more do you expect? A human will always be inferior to the elves!"
All the insults and uncalled for sarcasm flew through the air as they celebrate their King's win.
However, their cheers turn into silent when Ray dropped on his knees. The chest part of his dress was missing, he was battered all around his body, and blood was coming out of his mouth.
"Quick! Aide the King immediately!"
Yelling to the elves' healers, the mediator worriedly came to the field first.
Ray on the other hand was smiling as he take a look at Demittry. Although he can't move his body anymore, he still manage to utter a few words before completely falling to the ground and passed out.
"Looks like it's my win again this time, old friend."
"King! King! Kin..."
Those were the only words that Ray heard as his consciousness faded away.
The healers immediately rushed to the scene to heal Ray.
Ash saw that Demittry was being left out as the healers were only attending Ray. He then immediately rushed to Demittry's side. Jumping from his seat all the way to the training ground, Ash's feet left a crack on the floor.
As he reached Demittry's side, he immediately opened the system's shop and look for healing potion which he found right away and purchased it.
[Ding!]
[100 points has been successfully deducted.]
The potion appeared and he immediately opened the bottle of the potion and forced the liquid into Demittry's mouth.
In just a few seconds, Demittry gained back his consciousness and found himself lying to the ground.
"Looks like I lost again to that old fool! Haha, although I lost, I'm glad that he was still stronger than me."
Demittry said, standing from the ground flabbergasted.
"What? Where are all my bruises and wounds? And how can I move perfectly fine after that intense battle? Ash was that you? How did you do that?"
Jumping up and down, Demittry felt anew as he found his body in perfect condition.
"That's actually a traded secret, Demittry. Hehe."
Ash said.
They were casually having a conversation when the commotion on the other side of the training ground were starting to get loud.
"Why is he not waking up? And why are his wounds not healing? Healers why aren't your power doing something!?"
The mediator shouted, scolding the other elves at the scene.
Hearing this, Ash and Demittry immediately rushed towards the Elven King's side. However, they were blocked by the King's Royal Guards.
"You are not allowed to come closer to the King at the moment. Stand back and wait for another instructions in a few moments!"
"What the fuck are you talking about!? Let us through! Or we'll force out way in!"
Demittry raised his Ki to its maximum output in frustration.
Seeing this, the Royal Guards staggered back but didn't make a way for the two.
"Let them in!"
The Elven Queen ordered.
"Yes, Queen Celeste."
The Royal Guards immediately bowed and made a way for Ash and Demittry.
Ash immediately purchased another bottle of healing potion from the system's shop.
[Ding!]
[100 points has been successfully deducted.]
Ash and Demittry saw that Ray's skin was starting to get pale.
Rushing to Ray's side, Ash immediately made Ray drink the potion which was initially prohibited by the mediator but the Queen allowed it.
In just a few seconds after Ash forced Ray to drink the potion, all of Ray's wounds were healed, his color started to came back to normal, and a green light can be seen enveloping his entire body. Eventually, Ray wake up on the ground and saw everyone worried sick about him.
Cheers blew through the air once again as everyone witnessed a miracle happened right before their eyes.
"The winner of the battle! King Ray Timbers!"
The mediator officially announced and everyone celebrated.
"Damn you, old fool! I thought you finally kicked the bucket! Don't joke around like that anymore!"
Demittry said as he stretch his hand to help Ray stand.
Grabbing Demittry's hand, Ray laughed by the concern of his old friend.
"You really did improved, old friend. You've become a lot stronger than before."
Ray responded.
As Ray stood up, his top shirt eventually falls to the ground, and everyone who knew what was on his back was in panic.
"Oh no!"
Celeste rushed to cover Ray's back.
However, as she saw Ray's back, the scar from the duel against the Dwarf King was gone. Even a small portion of the scar was nowhere to be seen.
"What? Wow."
Celeste was actually turned on after seeing Ray's back instead of being worried.
"Why? What happened?"
Ray asked his Queen who was caressing his back with her face blushing.
Demittry couldn't understand the actions of the Elven Queen, so he went to look at Ray's back himself, and to his surprise, the scar that Ray showed to him earlier was nowhere to be seen.
"Ray... You're back! It's back to normal!"
Stuttering to speak, Demittry was beginning to smile and his face lightened up.
"Wait, really?"
Ray tries to move his body in order to feel the pain from his back but miraculously he felt great and the pain was gone.
Unable to contain his happiness, Demittry lifted up Ray and throw into the air which made the others angry at first, but after seeing that the King was actually happy, everyone joined and throw Ray into the air.
"WOOOH! Long live the King!"
"Long live King Ray!"
Everyone cheers their King's name and completely forgotten about the match.
"Alright, put me down. I'd like to announce something."
Ray ordered and everyone followed.
"Tonight, is one of the greatest moments of my life aside from the moment that my eldest child came into this world. Vale, come here, and Aurora join us here as well."
Ray called his son who remained standing in the grandstand with Aurora.
Hearing that their father called out their names with such endearment, Aurora and Vale came down from the grandstand. The other elves went to the side in order to give the Royal Family a moment for themselves.
"The greatest gift I have received from the creator are these two. My flesh and blood, my pride and my everything."
Ray introduced his children with such pride that made Vale and Aurora moved inside.
Vale and Aurora reached Ray's front and kneeled in front of him.
"Vale, my son. I apologize for being so hard on you all this time. I have no excuse to give in order to justify my deeds. Son, will you forgive me and let this foolish father of yours redeem himself?"
Ray asked with such care in his voice.
Vale didn't noticed that his eyes were starting to produce tears, and his nose began to run.
"Ye... 'sniff' Yes, you're Majesty."
Vale replied.
"Aurora, I know you're rebellious and had a strong character for a girl, but maybe, that's because I never pay a close attention on you guys. I am sorry for neglecting my responsibility as your father. Yes, I am the King but doesn't give me enough reason to abandon my title as your father. Please raise your heads and accept my apologies, my children."
Ray opened his arms wide to give Vale and Aurora a hug.
Raising their heads, Vale and Aurora saw that their father wants their hug.
Seeing their father's love once more, Vale and Aurora couldn't contain their happiness and cried as they run to hug their father.
"I am really sorry for the way I treated you guys, and thank you for giving me another chance to redeem myself as your father this time, not as your King."
Ray said as he caress his children's back.
Seeing that her family were reconciled once again, Celeste joined and hug them as well.
The whole crowd applaud as they saw a wholesome ending of the event.
"Lets all enjoy the rest of the night and have a feast!"
-End of Chapter-