Dragons are magical creatures, they are said to be the Eyes of The World itself with how powerful they are. Very few people in history have ever seen them or even defeated them, but they all have a chance to lose.

  For Selen Champin? She knows no defeat. Because of a simple reason— she knows how to adapt.

  Selen raised her hands to the sky, manifesting a pair of gold-gilded LMG with a drum magazine. She gave Charlotte no warnings and unleashed a rain of bullets.

  Charlotte needs no warning anyway, she stabbed her nce into the ground. Injecting Justice Mist into Quirinus— making it glow a dark blue.

  "In the Name of Humanity.", her grin grew wider, "Raise the Walls of Preservation, Create the Sanctuary of Righteous!"

  Wind coils around her nce, redirecting the direction of the bullets around her. Charlotte then raised Fallen Starlight, loaded with a bullet made of Justice Mist.

  Instead of aiming it up towards the sky, she aimed it straight at Selen.

  "His Final Gift for Humanity Shall be his Undoing.", she chanted, awakening the Barrel Pointed at God, "Fallen... Starlight."

  Glowing with power, eight beams of light escaped the barrel silently, weaving through the rain of bullets to reach Selen—

  The Leviathan just smirked, opened her arms, and took in the shot. Eight beams of light hit her— but they never penetrated through her scale armor.

  "You are a worthy opponent, Charlotte.", she grinned, showing her sharp teeth, "But you are too green."

  She dropped her guns, then dashed towards Charlotte with her cws raised.

  At the moment her cws touched the wind wall, she used Dragon Tongue, "Command: Stop."

  The wind stopped for a moment— letting Selen pass through the barrier to reach Charlotte. Her heterochromatic eyes, like a calm beast looking at an easy prey, met with those azure gaze, showing no hint of fear.

  Charlotte just kept grinning, she let go of Quirinus—

  She punched Selen in the face in a blink, faster than the Leviathan could react. Even so close to her face, so close to reaching the Apex of Humanity, she was pushed away.

  And getting close to Charlotte was a mistake to begin with. She caught a whiff of Selen's excitement.

  Her heart beat faster, her grin became permanent... empathy is Charlotte's greatest weakness, what she detested the most— but at this moment Selen's excitement just added on top of her own.

  That satisfied the conditions for one of her Akashic.

  "I am Charlotte Silvi, Master of Mankind!"

  Crystals began to grow on her body, cracking as she moved her body.

  "Devils of the Void, They who Embodied Infinity!!", her eyes dite to a deep shade of magenta, exposing her madness to its fullest.

  Selen just crossed her arms, observing the power of humanity.

  "The Jester of Passion!! The Bliss the World Chase and Reject!", her hair dyed a bright shade of pink, down halfway where her silver color remained.

  "Entertainment for the Darkest Day~!!", crystals too began to grow on Ars Goetia, dyeing the Garment of Solomon in the color of Joy and Bliss.

  "The Escape of the Brightest Night!!", then her entire body froze in a block of magenta crystal, her smile permanently etched onto it.

  "Anima Pactum... Akashic Euphoria..."

  And she broke free, now in a suit of armor made of magenta crystals and silver metal. The mask is like that of a knight's, made of silver unlike crystal from before, with a visor glowing a pink color. But breaking that knightly image was a toothy grin from ear to ear, made out of silver and emitting a pink mist, showing her never-ending bliss.

  To prove her Title, a silver crown piece dawned on top of her head, her proof of royalty as the Silver Princess of Humanity.

  "Ah~ this is it.", she chuckled to herself with a swaying motion.

  "Are you okay, little one?", Selen asked with interest.

  "Yup~ still fine~ hehahahaha!!", in fact, she was not.

  Charlotte crouched down to the ground, pcing Fallen Starlight to the side. As she is going...

  Feral.

  "Hysteria..."

  Then she became a blur, appearing in front of Selen. She realized the girl's hands were emitting a faint white glow to them, and there were silver cws at the tip of her fingers—

  Before Selen can react, Charlotte grabs her face and sms the Leviathan into the ground! Creating a rge crater that rumbles the entire arena!!

  Selen felt some ache, but that was not enough to make her surrender. Taking the chance, she hugged Charlotte in a tight embrace, locking them together

  "You can't escape me, little one.", Selen smugged, strengthening her lock on the girl.

  Charlotte cocked her neck, "Who said I was trying to escape?"

  "Overdrive."

  BOOOM!!!

  In an instant, Selen was hit with something going almost as fast as light in the shoulder— she felt a few bones in her body cracking under such absurd strength. Her eyes locked onto Charlotte's right hand, breaking apart, and then was repced by a new set of armor almost instantly.

  It was the power of Ars Goetia. In combination with her using over one hundred percent of her strength. It is a wonder how Selen survived that hit.

  "Hehahahaha!!! You won't break easily!!", she ughed, squeezing Selen's neck even tighter.

  "You really need a good lesson, don't you?", Selen kept on smiling, she let go of Charlotte, "Command: Push."

  Charlotte was sent flying, crashing to the other side of the arena—

  "Hm?"

  And she was back right in front of Selen in half of a second.

  "HEHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! THAT WAS FUN!!", Charlotte maniacally crackled. Then she uppercut Selen!

  Charlotte was too fast for Selen to react to— she was sent flying into the sky. The Silver Princess of Humanity was a formidable opponent, but nothing for the Leviathan of Victory could not handle.

  She was hit pretty hard, flying higher than the Colosseum itself.

  "Command: Adjust.", she used her Dragon Tongue once again bancing herself in the sky, "I will grant you the honor to let you witness the power of a Dragon..."

  As she descends down, moisture in the air gathers at her feet, forming a barrier. Charlotte kept on crackling to herself, her arms wide open, ready to take the hit.

  Charlotte wants more, to feel more— she found someone who can match her, there is no way she would want this to end quickly— for her Climax never ends.

  Magic whirls around Selen's leg, making the water glow a brilliant light.

  "Champ Strike!", Selen yelled out with excitement in her voice— she cast a shadow of a giant beast, a wingless dragon—

  She crashed right into Charlotte's chest with her feet. Selen expected the girl to be in a crater, but the reality was something different...

  "Caught you~", Charlotte pyfully giggles, she was still standing. The armor in her chest was crumbling, breaking down by pieces...

  The armor crumbled until what was left of her armor were a pair of gauntlets and boots, all made of crystal with frames made of silver.

  She grabbed Selen's right leg, swung her over herself and smmed the Leviathan into the ground!!

  "Hehahaha!!! This is sooooo~ much fun!!", she leaned back, ughing to herself.

  Selen saw the face underneath the mask. A wide smile spread across her face, breathing pink mist out of her mouth... and her eyes, those deep magenta eyes, shaking with uncontrolble mania as wispy lines escaped them.

  A monster in human form, that is what Charlotte is currently. But Selen kept on smiling. Having her breath robbed so easily...

  "Hysteria..."

  Time slowed down for Charlotte, so she approached Selen. The Leviathan sighed, a beating was about to begin.

  "Overdrive."

  Time completely stopped... no, Charlotte was moving faster than everything in the world. The sonic barrier broke with just her movement.

  "Climax!!"

  Her gauntlets and greaves glow a pink hue, mixed in with strands of white. Not even the girl herself noticed. She kicked Selen in the back, sending her up. Then Charlotte punched her in the stomach.

  Selen went flying, and Charlotte pursued her. Another punch to the chest—

  On and on, Charlotte was enjoying this one-sided beatdown. But Selen was also savoring the pain...

  Being a Dragon, an Agent of the World, a Herald of the Pnet in technical terms. So she does not have many people to match her strength, her endurance...

  It has been a while since she faced a challenge, making her blood boil. Selen returned the strikes, punching Charlotte in the face.

  The girl bleeds out from her nose, but her smile never fades. She had enough of just dodging, just making herself superior was not fun.

  She is only human, after all. Abandoning all defense and just going at it. The thrill is what kept her going.

  She felt her ribs cracked and healed constantly. A cycle of pain repeating in mere microseconds—

  She feels it, she feels pain! Punching each other, unrelenting, like two unstoppable forces cshing. Blood everywhere, her own mixed with Selen's spit.

  When two people who can endure it all meet, it becomes a battle of attrition— who will fall first?

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  Selen was breathing with ragged breath.

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  Charlotte was still ruthless with her fists and legs. Even if her entire face was soaked in her own blood.

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  Selen was on guard now, her scale dress had received too much damage and was torn in some parts.

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  Charlotte was bleeding from every part of her body. Her muscles and skin being torn and recovery constantly was... putting strain on her body.

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  Selen kicked Charlotte away, making the girl stop for a single moment. She was motionless, like a statue. By now, Selen was too exhausted to do anything, even if she was a Leviathan— no one should fight for more than two hours.

  "Heha~", she giggles, "Hehahaha~ it was sooo~ fun!!"

  She looks around, finding Fallen Starlight on the ground. She swiped it from the ground.

  "Now... I wonder.", more pink mist escaped her mouth, "What would happen if I shoved Euphoric Dust into Fallen Starlight?"

  From her right hand, a magenta crystal the size of a bullet grew out— she pulled back the chamber, putting the Euphoric Crystal in.

  God Syers are made from malice, they embody the worst qualities of humanity. But Euphoria represents the Joy and Bliss of Mankind.

  Those two were not meant for each other— and yet, Charlotte was able to awaken Fallen Starlight. Without the craving for Justice, without the Malice against God... but the Joy of what it means to be human...

  The Runes of the Barrel Pointed at God glow pink, then dyed into a shade of magenta...

  Distorted voices began to whisper to her mind— and she repeated them.

  "I decre, by your own Creation, you shall Fall.", Runes began to be enscribed onto the Euphoric Crystal.

  "I decre, as humanity's representative, we shall defy you!", the crystal began to emit a bright pink hue as it spun inside.

  "I DECLARE! WE SHALL CELEBRATE OUR DEFIANCE AGAINST THE DIVINE!!!"

  Charlotte pointed the gun up to the sky, her eyes closed but her smile was still there, wicked and evil—

  "I DECLARE!! FALLEN STARLIGHT!!!!"

  A bullet of pink light shot out from Fallen Starlight, flying into the sky— it made a sharp turn, unlike Justice and Malice, and another sharp turn.

  Zigzagging across the sky, dancing without order—

  Then it heads straight for Selen!

  Recognizing the current situation as being very bad, Selen forced her body to move, running towards Charlotte. The bullet of light homed in on Selen, it was catching up to her very quickly.

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  Selen rolled to the side, the bullet flew past her. It made several sharp turns to head in front of the Leviathan.

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  She sidestepped just in the nick of time before the speeding bullet hit her side.

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  Selen decided to focus on dodging, as Charlotte became motionless after shooting.

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  A pn formed in her mind as she got closer and closer to Charlotte.

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  Charlotte began to move once again, and her body twitched. Her eyes snapped to Selen, twitching like crazy—

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  "Hello~ heha~", Charlotte giggles.

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  "Hi.", Selen pyed it cool.

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  Charlotte began attacking Selen, engaging her in a dance with her cws against the girl's gauntlets. Selen cannot afford any more damage, so she focuses on evading and redirecting both Charlotte and the bullet.

  Selen can see her pn completing itself...

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  "Command: Still.", Selen used Dragon Tongue once again.

  Charlotte stopped for a moment, frozen as her body refused to move.

  Taking the opportunity, Selen let the bullet fly past her once again— she grappled Charlotte by the shoulders.

  As the bullet made its way back, the Leviathan stared intensely at it, waiting for the right time...

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  Now!! Selen pulled Charlotte right in front of the bullet— it penetrated her back— Selen rolled over to the side, avoiding the bullet as it went into the ground...

  White cracks began to spread across Charlotte's body... her eyes stopped shaking and stared distantly at Selen.

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  "I..."

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  "How..."

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  "Can..."

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  "I..."

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  "This doesn't..."

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  "Make sense..."

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  "I..."

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  "Lost..."

  Charlotte fell to her knees. Her gauntlets and greaves shattered into pink dust, her eyes returned to normal as well as her hair... Euphoria's Anima Pactum had ended.

  She leaned back, making herself feel onto her back.

  Charlotte lost this fight.

  "Wow...", she was not disappointed, "Just... wow..."

  "You okay, little one?", Selen approached her with a ragged breath.

  "No.", Charlotte answered instantly, "I lost..."

  She nodded, "You sure did. Hey, can you move?"

  "Not really, no. My entire body is... sore. Can you get me to the infirmary?"

  "Sure, little one.", Selen smiled, observing the glowing white cracks spreading, "You need to get treated, fast."

  Quickly, Selen carried Charlotte in her arms and made their way out of the arena.

  Finally, she can hear the crowd cheering. Maybe because Charlotte was brought down a peg, or because it was a great fight. Either way, they will not remember any of this.

  As the world promised to remove their memory.

  This was Charlotte's first-ever loss in a fight. Strangely, she did not throw a tantrum, she was quiet and strangely satisfied. Now she has complicated emotions to get through...

  The two left the Colosseum, just in time to see reality once again ripped apart, the massive eye of the Ego of the World looks down on everyone. Then a fsh of white light enveloped the entire pce.

  "Just like that, everyone forgets about your defeat.", Selen hums to Charlotte.

  "I... loss...", Charlotte muttered, staring at the closing reality crack.