Vincent and Jenna teleport to the Colosseum. They see Uvall ramming through a group of tourists. They are scrambling and screaming to save their life. “Crocell !!! Get out !!!!!”
“Hm.. talk about rage..Jenna, can you distract him while I find Crocell ? ”
“Sure…leave the hard work for me.”
“You can do it. Give me the Truth Seeker.” Jenna hands it to him, and he immediately jumps to the top of the Colosseum. He places the Truth Seeker on top of the Golden Phoenix Egg. The Truth Seeker glows, slowly levitates, and then blasts golden rays to all directions, just like hundreds of lights in a football stadium on a Friday night. The plan works effectively. Vincent sees many creatures hiding in disguised forms, whether angels or demons. With his skills back, Vincent sweeps the area with great speed, and finds Crocell moves stealthily to escape Uvall. Vincent dashes to Crocell and appears right in front of him. “Hello, Waldo.”
Crocell is taken by surprise, and wants to run, but Vincent tackles him and Crocell falls face first. “Where do you wanna go, slime?”
“Zuriel…it’s been a while.” Crocell is really scared of him. He, after all, is just a cunning shapeshifter with no battle power.
“Yes it is, you deceitful little swine. Now, give me what I want.”
“What is it?”
“Don’t get cute with me. The third piece of Manna Crystal. Where is it ??”
“Oh…That…um...I don’t have it with me.”
“Liar !!!” Vincent hits him in the gut. Crocell is moaning and coughing in pain. With his new power, Vincent really packs a punch. Suddenly the ground shakes like a freight train passing by. Vincent turns around, and sees two flaming red eyes of a huge bull the size of an elephant, charging him heads on. With fast reflexes, he jumps high, pulling Crocell up with him. The bull hits the Colosseum wall, the building shakes, dust and debris everywhere.
Jenna comes running from behind. “Sorry, he escapes from me. He just ignores me when he smells, I guess, Crocell ? The angel smell must have been gone as soon as he transforms back. ”
“I see. Can you hold him for a sec? Better yet…” Vincent punches him so hard on the stomach that Crocell pukes and faints. “Just to be on the safe side.” He lays Crocell down on the roof.
“Do you see Uvall’s true form?”
“Yeah. That huge bull. The effect of The Truth Seeker will wear off soon.” When the dust settles, the human demon form of Uvall is standing there menacingly, looking up. “Come down and let me crush your puny bones.” Vincent puts his sword and shield down inside the satchel, and hands it over to Jenna. “I won’t need these. They will just slow me down.”
“Be careful.”
“I will”
Vincent descends slowly, almost straight down. He can move really fast now, but for some reason he wants to make a dramatic entrance. He touches down right in front of Uvall, looking straight at him. The two enemies stare at each other without blinking. They are ready to rumble, in a place where gladiators of the ancient Rome fight to the death.
“Today you die, Zuriel.”
“I think the angel of death’s scythe is thirsty for your blood. Come and get me, stupid ox. I’m ready for you.”
Uvall, aggravated by the insult, roars like a hungry bear, and comes charging at Vincent. Vincent easily avoids all the attacks, his movements are so fast that he becomes a blur. Uvall punches only meet the walls in front of him. Uvall gets confused, look the left and the right, only to find Vincent is standing behind him. Uvall rushes to Vincent and tries to hit him, but he only punches air. Again and again he tries, but Vincent dodges every blow. With his accelerated sense, all those punches seem like a slow motion move in Six Million Dollar Man to Vincent. Finally after hundreds of punches, Uvall is totally out of breath. He gets desperate and angry, as he is afraid of failing his master for the last time.
“Had enough? You are so slow, a 100 year old snail moves faster than you.”
“Coward. Stand still so I can hit you.”
“Okay.” Vincent challenges Uvall and stands perfectly still.
Uvall lifts his arm, and deliver a blow with all his might. The sound of a huge explosion echoes through the whole place. Jenna covers her ears, as the resonance pierces through her eardrums. When the echo dissipates, Jenna sees that Uvall’s huge knuckles are in Vincent’s face. “No!!”
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Jenna’s mouth drops with disbelief. Blood drips from Uvall’s knuckles. Jenna fears the worst that Vincent gets a mortal wound. It’s the longest 10 seconds in her life watching the frozen pose of the mortal enemies. 2 seconds later, Jenna hears Uvall’s earsplitting scream of agony. Amazingly, Vincent catches the punch with his right hand; crushes Uvall’s fingers and breaks the elbow with his left hand. Uvall rolls like mad on the ground holding his limping right hand. Vincent stares at him like a lion watching its defeated prey. Uvall is devastated, afraid. There’s only one person in the world that has a fearful power like that; the Dark Lord himself. His breath is short, he’s crying out of desperation. Vincent taunts him. “A big bad demon is crying? What are you? Five?”
Uvall is very scared, but the thought of his master’s punishment gives him the final push. He roars like a wounded T-Rex, summons his sword with his left hand. Uvall brandishes the sword like crazy, creating a vortex of sword attacks. The sword attacks miss him by inches, but that seems to be intentional. Vincent glides like a ballerina and he even does a triple jump just to mock Uvall. Uvall becomes angrier and angrier. He keeps on swinging the sword until suddenly Vincent disappears. He looks left and right, and can’t find Vincent.
“I’m over here.” Vincent is standing on top of Uvall’s head. Uvall furiously wave his sword on top of his head. Vincent does a back flip; on his way down, he grabs Uvall’s wrist with both hands and break the arm with his knee. A loud cracking sound and Uvall’s elbow bends backward. Uvall weakly falls on his knees, both of his hands are completely useless now.
“Now, hand me your Manna Crystal, and I will make this easy for you.”
Uvall begins to laugh uncontrollably. When he finally stops, he spits on Vincent. “I don’t have it with me. The Dark Lord keeps it with him.” As soon as he finishes his sentence, he jumps toward Vincent for one final attack. Vincent stops him on his track, and makes a human punching bag out of Uvall. He hits him up and down, from his face, his guts, his temples, and his throat. Finally, he moves to Uvall’s backside, put his arms around him and execute a suplex. He lifts Uvall’s huge body and slams it to the ground. Uvall’s body is so big, that the weight of the body crushes his neck. Just like that, Uvall is no more.
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