Hitman with a Badass System
chapter-668

Everyone felt revitalized when they saw Deacon and Michael on the ground. Their cheers died down due to the overwhelming excitement. Except for Ruby's battle, every battle went according to their guesses. None of the matches had two equally strong competitors. Even though Michael was an Alchemist, not a single student underestimated him.

"Let the battle begin," said Gaya. Her voice swept across the area. Without wasting time, Deacon flicked his wrist as a feel tall and wide metal box materialized on the ground before him. He quickly stepped on the box. To Michael's surprise, the metal box transformed itself by forming a metal armor on Deacon. The armor pieces covered him up from his legs to his head. In a few blinks of an eye, Deacon suited up completely. The silver plate armor didn't leave a single place on Deacon's body exposed.

After adorning the armor, Deacon looked a foot taller and wider. Slowly, he raised his hand, taunting Michael to come closer. The armor and the way Deacon suited up surprised Michael. It was like in the Iron Man movie, except Deacon's armor resembled a typical knight armor rather than iron man's armor. In addition to the armor, Michael noticed several runes glowing in various colors. Bethany White, Deacon's fiance, and Diego's love enhanced the armor's attributes by placing several runes. Since she was a 4-star Runemaster, the runes on the armor were pretty powerful. Many thought Deacon's odds of defeating Michael went way up.

"That was badass," Michael couldn't help admiring Deacon's suit of armor.

But despite everything, Michael felt excited. Defeating an armored Deacon would get him more badass points than Deacon without armor. Thanks to Deacon's badass suit-up action, Michael could be more badass by winning this duel and their bet. Michael didn't waste any time. Deacon had the advantage of defending the flag. If he defended it for three minutes, he will win. Michael had to take the flag which was stuck between the armor and Deacon's chest. Wasting no time, Michael dashed at Deacon, casting the lightning dash. Because of the evening sky and the darkness, he was more powerful than he was in the morning. He left golden streaks of lightning in his trail. Many students saw nothing but a blur. But before Michael could close the gap between them, Deacon raised his hand. Suddenly, a fireball shot out of Deacon's arm with a loud boom. Sparks of fire flew as smoke puffed out of the armor. Everyone, including Michael was shocked. The fireball soared through the sky, creating a deafening sound.

The golden streaks of lightning and the fiery crimson-red fireball clashed in the middle. A loud boom echoed through the arena along with a powerful shock wave. The fireball exploded into smithereens, producing a thick cloud where it clashed with the golden lightning streaks. Deacon put his arm down. All of a sudden, a powerful gust of wind blasted away the smoke, revealing Michael. He stood there unscathed with the black shield in his hand. Many people gasped in shock. He blocked the fireball with a shield and remained still.

Like everyone, Deacon was stunned. A small grin emerged on Michael's face. The system notifications rang continuously in his head. The number of badass points went from forty thousand to three hundred thousand in mere moments. Still, Michael did not give Deacon another chance to fire another fireball. Once again, Michael dashed at Deacon. This time, Michael closed the gap before Deacon could react. Although they were both at the Core Formation stage, the darkness boosted Michael's power. Surprisingly, Deacon's armor was flexible. He swung his metal arm left and right, trying to swat away Michael.

Many, including Gaya expected Michael to punch the armor with all his might. But he surprised them by doing something completely unexpected. While running around Deacon's armor, Michael smashed emerald green vials on the armor. Glass vials shattered when they came into contact with Deacon's armor. If Michael was to punch the armor, he would be able to make a dent in the armor because of the runes. They protected and made the armor quite strong. However, end of the day, the armor was metal. And Michael was an Alchemist with potions to corrode and melt metals.

The students saw the silver armor turning green. When they looked closer, they saw green goo covering Deacon. Deacon immediately sensed the threat. He tried to get the green goo off of his armor. The green goo was a special potion Michael created in his free time. After seeing the beast on the battlefield, Michael wanted to have ways to diffuse metal weapons. So he came up with the metal eater. It was several times stronger than hydrochloric acid.

Even with such a powerful acid, the armor was able to withstand instead of completely melting down. Deacon moved his hand left and right to get a hold of Michael. After failing to grab Michael with his hands, Deacon used his entire body to bear hug Michael. His daring maneuver was fruitful as he finally grabbed Michael. Deacon tried to squeeze Michael. With armor, Deacon was extremely strong. His hands wrapped around Michael's waist. Michael grabbed Deacon's shoulder and pushed himself back to avoid being squeezed. Although he was able to stop being squeezed, the acid got onto his emerald green robes.

Time was running out. Suddenly, Michael head-butted Deacon. The force of the hit stunned Deacon for a moment. Without giving Deacon time to retaliate, Michael used his feet to push himself out of Deacon's grab. At the same time of the push, Michael cast the Wind Blast. The sudden blast of Wind pushed Deacon backward while throwing Michael out of Deacon's hold.

"How does it feel like to taste your own medicine?" Deacon snickered. Michael couldn't see his face through the metal helmet, but he could feel the arrogant smile on Deacon's face.

The acid ate through Michael's robes in a few blinks of an eye. Under everyone's gazes, Michael grabbed his robe and tore it away, finally revealing his bear upper body to the crowd. The students were stunned, especially the female students. They almost drooled at his chiseled body. Every piece of muscle had clear definitions as though his body was made from a special place. Wulfric and the staff raised their brows, not because of the muscles but because of the scars on his body. The entire was riddled with scars, burn wounds, and marks.

Ignoring the sound of gasps in the crowd, Michael cracked his neck.

"You have a minute," said Gaya.

"Sixty seconds, more than enough," Michael's words oozed with confidence. Bolts of lightning crackled all around his body, almost covering him like a golden blanket. At this moment, he looked like the god of lightning. In a blink of an eye, Michael dashed at Deacon. This time, he left after images on his trail. Deacon didn't even have time to raise his hands to cast a spell when Michael hit Deacon in the chest. The force of Michael's punch sent Deacon flying. The heavy metal hit the ground with a loud thud.

Deacon left a trail of dust for several meters. Michael didn't give any time for Deacon to pick himself up. He landed on Deacon's chest with a single leap. The emerald green alchemy flames covered his hands. Since Wulfric was here, Michael didn't use the Dark Flames. Using his flame-covered hands, Michael grabbed Deacon's chest plate.

"ARRGHHH!" Michael's biceps flexed up as he roared, tearing the chest plate in half. With a final thundering roar, Michael completely tore off the armor and took the flag from Deacon's chest. Michael threw the flag into the air before smashing Deacon's head between the two ripped metal pieces. Deacon felt his head being smashed by two hammers. Everything turned dark as he got knocked cold.

After knocking out Deacon, Michael shot to the sky like an arrow. He grabbed the flag in the mid-sky. Throwing a final glance at Deacon, he flew straight through the golden hoop, finishing the duel. Everyone clapped and let out thunderous cheers for Michael. The Alchemists were extremely proud of Michael. Today, Michael had become a role model for many first-year alchemists. He proved that an Alchjemit could defeat anyone. First, he defeated Diego, and now, he crushed Deacon, a 4-star Blacksmith.

The orcs, dwarves, and even some of the elves clapped. They couldn't help admiring Michael. Meanwhile, Michael was extremely happy. Not because he defeated Deacon, but because of the one million badass points he received. He handed over the flag to Gaya. She gave an approving nod. Eventually, under the thunderous cheers, Michael went through the door that he came from to join the others.

After Michael's battle, a few of them battled it out, but none were as entertaining as Michael's battle. Eventually, the first day of the friendly duel came to an end. Michael returned to his room, laid back on the bed, and started to ponder how to spend the million badass coins.

"What to do?" Michael asked himself.

He thought about buying new spells for a moment, but after taking a look at his status window, he chose not to. Instead, he decided to upgrade the existing spells as much as he could with the points he had. His instincts told him to strengthen himself before venturing into the treacherous Ocean. As the first step, Michael upgraded the Eyes of Doom, Energy Devourver, and Soul Eater. They were the low levels spell in his arsenal. In a blink of an eye, he spent four hundred thousand badass points. The three spells had reached level 5 after the upgrade.

That was a simple task. The difficult one was which spell to upgrade next. He was in deep thinking. After a while, Michael decided to hold onto the points so he could upgrade whichever spell he needed the most in the treacherous ocean or use them to buy something else. Finally, Michael closed the system and his eyes for a good night's sleep. He wanted to get some sleep before venturing into the treacherous ocean again. Who knew how many dangers he would face this time?