Kaiser of the New World

*Author Note*

Damn, it's been a good while since I've done this, just over 100 chapters, but it's finally time to link a song to a chapter again.

The song for this chapter is Livin la vida loca by Ricky Martin, so if any of you wish to listen to it while you read this chapter, go for it, I think it suits this chapter well.

So, hope you enjoy this chapter, I quite like writing it

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Before Kai even got the chance to respond, Ezekial had dismissed his sword back to his soul and thrown himself at his target.

He threw a wide punch with his right hand before aiming a second punch at Kai's stomach using his left hand. Kai managed to duck under the first one before deflecting the second punch with the body of his sword, letting the strength of the blow knock him backwards and give him some space.

But Ezekial did not let up, he instantly attacked Kai again, acting more like a martial artist than a swordsman.

Kai desparately dodged and deflected every attack, but even when he deflected them he would still lose a sliver of HP just from the sheer strength of the attacks.

Gritting his teeth, Kai inwardly cursed his luck.

Like what sort of bullshit was this? Ezekial was a so called Sword Saint, yet they had dismissed their sword in favour of engaging Kai in a fist fight. Meanwhile, Kai couldn't let go of Esurient because of all the bonus stats they gave, which he needed to execute his plan.

So, to put it simply, instead of bringing a knife to a gun fight, Kai had brought a bigger knife to a fist fight.

Ducking under another attack, Kai watched as Ezekial's fist went straight through a painting of Anastasia and got stuck in the wall.

Taking advantage of that, Kai swung Esurient at Ezekial's back, but they instantly reacted and kicked Kai's wrist, making the attack miss.

Grunting, Ezekial yanked his fist out of the wall before trying to uppercut Kai while he was off balance.

...

Yep, Kai wasn't seeing things wrong.

What sort of Sword Saint went for uppercuts!?

Pulling his head backwards, Kai leaned back and kicked Ezekial in the stomach, making them take a few steps backwards as he took those few seconds to steady and compose himself.

Still, Ezekial did lot let up on his vicious assault.

The entire castle shook with every missed blow, but Kai wasn't sure was that a result of Ezekial of if it was perfect timing to do with whatever the Plague Harbinger was doing.

Kai slashed, stabbed, he even attempted to whack Ezekial with his sword, but the blue haired swo- blue haired man- managed to deflect everything with his fists. It was like he wasn't even doing any damage.

Well, either that or his current state either partially nullified or fully nullified any sort of pain that he felt, which actually sounded quite realistic to Kai.

Still, he was doing well. Another few minutes and he would be out of this Subdimension, home free.

At least, he would be as long as he could keep up. With every passing second, Kai felt himself get a little bit weaker. He was growing tired, he was pushing his body way too hard. He was effectively going to be crippled for a while after this fight was over.

But that was fine, he would be safe after all.

Still, all that accumulating fatigue was all it took for Kai to slip up.

Giving up on the idea of trying to land a punch, Ezekial charged at Kai and grabbed him by the waist.

Cursing, Kai tried to adjust himself to be able to stab Ezekial, but because of the way he had been picked up he could only desparately whack the back of Ezekial's head with the pommel of his sword, but it was no use.

Ezekial used Kai as a battering ram as he ran into a wall. Groaning, Kai felt thankful at that fact that this wall was made out of timber and not the same stone majority of the castle was made out of.

However, he was a little less thankful that Ezekial had used him as a ram to run through a wall.

Now, the two of them were inside a kitchen. The candles were all put out and it was completetly empty, courtesy of it being late at night.

Well, empty except for the two glowing figures fighting.

Ezekial flung Kai onto a table before roaring. Kai meanwhile rolled along the table before falling off it onto the floor. He spotted a few rats scurrying under a cabinet, but luckily Remy wasn't among them.

Quickly standing up, Kai was greeted with the image of Ezekial using a kitchen knife and swinging it at him.

Yelping, Kai grabbed the chopping board was on the table with one hand and used it as a makeshift shield, managing to get the knife stuck in its wooden body before it could reach him. He then let go of the chopping board, leaving it stuck to Ezekial's knife.

Dropping that knife, Ezekial grabbed another one and threw it at Kai, which he managed to deflect. One by one, Ezekial threw every knife what was near him, which Kai managed to block all except one, which had knicked him on the cheek, drawing even more blood.

And yet, Kai couldn't help but he extremely confused.

What sort of damn sword fight was this?

Ezekial then kicked the body of the table, making it skid along the floor and whack into Kai, pinning him against the wall.

Cursing, Kai threw a fireball at Ezekial to delay him as he punched the top of the table, managing to destroy it and free himself. At the last moment, Kai rolled to the side just as Ezekial's fist collided with the wall.

Steadying himself, Kai looked for anything he could use in this kitchen before his eyes locked onto something that was resting on a cooker.

Ezekial freed his fist from the wall, spotting Kai hide behind a cooker. Grinning wildly, he dashed forward, only to get surprised by the massive pot that was on top of the cooker suddenly wobbling.

Then, he could only curse as a loud clang came from behind the pot, courtesy of Kai punching it.

Luckily, because he was already on fire, Kai didn't feel the burn when his fist collided with the pot. However, the same couldn't be said for Ezekial.

The lid of the pot fell off, revealing a massive pot of broth that had been left to simmer overnight.

Ezekial braced himself, raising his hands to protect his face, but the burning liquid still fell onto him, scalding him as he cried out in pain.

Just as Kai was about to grin, Kai's eyes quickly widened in horror as he watched the pot fall down after spilling its contents onto the blue haired man.

With the fact that his hair was now wet, a new fringe covering his forehead and even bits of his eyes...

Ezekial somehow looked even more damn attractive!

Maybe if he wasn't so much of a bastard he might have been able to actually get a girlfriend, but Kai didn't care about frugal things like that.

Most certainly not.

Cursing, Kai watched as the remnants of the broth spilled down Ezekial's uniform, the one white outfit now looking a light shade of brown.

Roaring with anger, Ezekial practically threw himself at Kai, the red aura surrounding him getting even darker.

In a last ditch effort, Kai ducked down under Ezekial and...

Done exactly what Ezekial had done to him about thirty seconds earlier.

Gripping onto Ezekial's waist, Kai used the raging man as a battering ram as he activated Flight, launching himself upwards as he attempted to burst through the floor.

Succesfully, they made it through the floor, ending up in another hallway as a rain of wood chippings and dust descended on them.

However, just as they were about to burst through the second floor, Kai heard the faint voices of conversation above him.

"I don't even know what happened. A guard came flying through my wall, and then some red haired boy apologised. I didn't even get to give out to him, I hope-"

Their conversation was cut short by the image of two glowing men bursting through the floor of their room.

Kai caught sight of two maids having a conversation beside the hole which he had kneed that guard through a while earlier. He recognised two of the maids, one was the one he shushed and the other was the one that this room belonged to.

Grunting, Kai threw Ezekial at the wardrobe before tapping his chest, catching his breath as he looked at the maids.

"S-sorry about the damages. I'm sure your King will be more than happy to pay, if you all surviv-"

Kai felt something wrap around his throat from behind. Gripping at his neck, he felt a soft fabric. Desparately, he tried to claw at it, trying to stop himself from getting choked out.

"Jusht fucking die!"

Ezekial hatefully spat out those words as he continued to choke Kai from behind. Kai felt some stray spit land in his hair, disgusting him, but there was a more pressing matter at hand.

Ezekial yanked him backwards, pulling back onto the bed as he continued to choke him with the fabric.

Kai started elbowing Ezekial in the side, trying to get him to weaken his grip, but it was no use, he was not going to let go any time soon.

Glancing to the side, Kai looked in a mirror and saw what Ezekial was strangling him with.

And he couldn't help but internally curse at this sword fight turned comedy show.

Ezekial continued to strangle Kai using a maid outfit, the hem of the skirt dipping into his face as his muscles throbbed with how hard he was pulling.

Not giving up, Kai continued to elbow Ezekial's stomach. Even though they were so close together, the flames of Soul Flame were doing practically no damage to him.

Luckily, they didn't need to damage him, they needed to damage something else.

The fabric of the maid outfit burned enough that when Ezekial pulled too hard it ripped, freeing Kai's throat. Taking advantage of the sudden freedom, Kai quickly turned around and socked Ezekial in the nose, disorienting them.

Then, he grabbed Ezekial by the collar and threw him out the window.

Unable to apologise to the maid that had just gotten her uniform burned, Kai groaned and jumped out the window, following Ezekial.

He used Flight to speed himself up before grabbing Ezekial by the back of his uniform. Then, as quickly as he could, Kai began flying into the air.

Ezekial thrashed around before managing to twist himself and landing a solid punch on Kai's face, making him see stars for a moment.

What happened next was a moment that made Kai contemplate what it meant to have a sword fight.

Temporarily having to dismiss Esurient to have a free hand, Kai held Ezekial's collar with one hand as he started to punch Ezekial in the face with the other, in return, Ezekial kept punching Kai in the face at the same time.

The two of them continued to ascend, neither of them stopping their punches. Kai felt his face begin to turn numb, but he was fuelled by the sight of Ezekial's lip bursting, coating his face in blood.

As they got higher, the blizzard got heavier and heavier. Kai wasn't sure if there was any sort of horrifying aerial beasts that lived above the blizzard, but he wasn't about to find out.

It got colder and colder the higher they went, reminding Kai of what would happen whenever he had the collar on and he tried to use a skill, but he didn't care, he had to go higher.

Kai could see the entire city below him. It got smaller and smaller until eventually, it was fully covered by the blizzard. It was like a thick fog, completetly obscuring it from his vision.

Landing one last good punch on Ezekial, Kai roared as he swung Ezekial around before shouting.

"Fuck you, you blue haired bastard!"

Then, gripping Ezekial's collar with both of his hands, Kai swung Ezekial in a circle before throwing him downwards.