Novel's Extra: I Awakened The Strongest Physique From The Start

The moment Keryu had transformed was the moment the whole Colosseum had gone completely still. Many were repulsed by his look—that was for sure. But more than that, they could feel how strong he had become. They could feel their hair standing to their end.

Many in the Colosseum were stronger than Keryu. Some were so strong that they could kill him with a snap, but still, the strange sense of crisis they felt wasn't because of his power; it was something more primal—it was as if their bodies just didn't want to go against something like that.

'Keryu is going to win.'

This was all of them could think of—no, this is what it looked like. Everyone, with paused breaths, just wanted it to end as Ben looked hard-pressed.

But it all changed the moment they saw Ben's body tremble and a single sound—the sound of someone sucking in a lot of air—was heard.

That was the moment that even the air stilled. People couldn't stop their bodies from trembling as the air seemed to have turned cold.

"I-Is it really a fight between one-stars..?" Muttered someone from the third-year teachers' group; no one knew who did it, but right now, no one had the thought of looking away from the battle.

It was just a fight between two people who had just entered the power system; they were just one-star brats, yet they could make people from way ahead in the power system feel threatened.

The whole fight was clear in the eyes of those people; they were strong enough to follow the movements of both Keryu and Ben, but still, they couldn't predict the result of the match.

'Hmm, around three-star...' Alex, on the other hand, standing quite close to the ongoing battle, observed how Ben, with his semi-conscious body moving at an impossible pace, made Keryu lose a chunk of his flesh with every attack and rated the power of the guy to have reached around three-star beginners.

One must know that he was just a low one-star, star formation realm fighter a second ago, but now he seems to be three-star, all because of the special physique he had.

"GRAHHHHH!!"

And that was why, even now, Keryu, who had his power elevated to a peak of two stars, could only helplessly scream in pain as the constant barrage of attacks kept tearing him apart.

Keryu, due to his instinct kicking in at the last moment, had been able to avoid the first attack Ben did after getting this boost, but now all he could do was make it so that his vitals were avoided.

He kept glaring at Ben, who was now unaware of what was going on, but his attacks relentlessly showered on him, making it seem like he was taking revenge.

"H-He's clearly disqualified! He's a-aiming—" Keryu, titled his body, tried to avoid Ben's attack as he screamed at Alex, trying to put his point, only to have his words cut short, as again...

"—GAHHHHHH!!" A part of his waist was chipped away, making him roar in pain.

BAAM

But that was not all as he was thrown back by a punch straight to his face, making his already ugly-looking appearance turn worse as some of the scales covering his face broke, making yellow puss-like blood drip out of it.

Keryu's mind went blank for a second. He could feel the shock in each and every brain cell in his head, turning the insides of his head around. As for his jaw, well, it had gone numb, or maybe the pain was getting hard for his brain to catch up now.

However, at this moment, when his head blanked, he didn't see death, nor did he feel fear. No life-flashing moment or anything like that. All he saw was a scene with a girl who looked like the female version of himself, just way pure and innocent, smiling at him.

"I'm waiting for you, Keryu..."

That was all she spoke, and Keryu, who was about to fall to the ground, had his eyes snap open, revealing his polychronic eyes, which were filled with panic and urgency, clear. It was as if he had all of his doubts cleared.

He could see Ben rushing straight at him with a shining blue sword, which appeared in his hand the moment he had had his power reach close to three stars. It was something his physique gave him.

Keryu, however, just stared at the guy, not moving an inch, making people believe that Keryu had given up; even Alex squinted his eyes, but the semi-conscious Ben, who couldn't even tell what was going on, didn't stop, and soon...

Pierce!

GASP!

The sickening sound of flesh and bones being pierced echoed through the eerily silent colosseum, followed by the gasps of the audience, who were now standing in their spots in shock.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Keryu had his heart pierced—it was clear for all to see. The left side of his chest was pierced right through. The sword, pulsating with blue light, covered in red blood, was now protruding out of Keryu's back, and soon, along with the sword, Keryu fell to his knees.

Thud

"..."

The people just sucked in cold breaths, feeling the tension in the air; their muscles contracted as well. 'Did someone die in an election competition?' This was all they could think of.

But just then...

"Heh..."

A strange chuckle was heard, and the next second, everyone, with their eyes wide, saw how Keryu, who was supposed to be dead, raised his head, staring straight into Ben's blank eyes, his jaws wide open, and a dangerous purple ball of energy was swirling.

Looking at that ball of energy, even Ben's black eyes constricted in fear, especially when he was about to take that attack at point blank without his sword in his hand. His body trembled as he hurriedly clenched the hilt of the sword plunged into Keryu's chest, his eyes bright with killing intent as he tried to pull the sword out vertically, hoping to cut off Keryu's head.

'TOO LATE!!!' But Keryu didn't feel a bit concerned as his attack was already charged to full power. His eyes, just like Ben's, were filled with killing intent. Ben's killing intent was unintentional, but Keryu's was intentional.

'It's better if I killed him right now. Much better than having a person capable of much greater feats living.'

That was what he thought. Letting the protagonist of the story grow stronger was the last thing he wanted to do, especially when he was a villain who was supposed to be killed by Ben in the academy arc.

BOOM!

The next instant, his mouth opened wide, shooting the beam of purple energy at Ben, and Ben, gritting his teeth, roared, "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" He was using all the strength he could muster to just kill Keryu, even if it was the last thing he did.

But just then...

Slap!

A crisp sound of someone being slapped echoed through the stadium, and Keryu, who saw Ben being slapped in slow motion, had his eyes go wide as the next second, his mouth, which had just released the beam of energy, was covered by a large palm, and his body was lifted off.

Boom!

With a muffled boom, the beam, which was supposed to explode, got absorbed in that palm, leaving Keryu speechless.

With his body raised up high in the air, he felt like a doll with its strings cut loose, his limbs hanging down with no power to move, making it impossible to turn down and see the face of the person responsible for his current situation.

But, just then, from the corner of his eyes, he saw Ben, with his butt raised up, his head embedded in the cracked ground, and his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

'Who—?!'

He wanted to know who it was that made them turn into this, but his thoughts were cut short as he heard a voice, as relaxed as it could be, making its way into his ears.

"I hereby disqualify both of you from the election competition for using an attack with killing intent laced in it."

'Alex Drakathor...' That was the last of his thoughts, as the next instant his body gave out and he fell unconscious. He had pushed his body for way too long.