Olivia and Noctis had decided that the rematch would take place in front of the lake, immediately after the wounds were healed. And so it happened. Along with Nighishad officiating as referee, the lizard and the wyrm would meet again on the same stage as their previous bout, less than twelve hours ago.

And this time, they would do it with rules to avoid new serious injuries as much as possible.

- Well, the rules are simple, if Noctis lasts longer than the previous time without losing, or if he comes to knock down his opponent, which a server believes impossible, then he wins. - The referee started.

-Well, I did'nt measure the time - Olivia commented - Do you think about fifteen minutes? 

- For me there's no problem, I will tear you down in less than that. - The lizard affirmed.

- Well, as for Olivia, her condition of victory is to bring down her adversary. - Nighishad continued. - Crushing, attacks on vital organs, or sensitive areas such as eyes or the like are not allowed for neither of you. It is also forbidden to get away from the opponent by turning the back. Being knocked down is defined as contact with the ground of any part of the body except hands and feet for Noctis, and contact with the floor of the sides, neck or head in the case of Olivia. And if someone ends up inside the lake or too far from the combat zone, he or she would also be considered defeated. Isn't that fair? You know what? I don't care. Fight!

Both were more or less in accordance with the rules. And even if they had complained about that, it would only have put them at a disadvantage. So without hesitation they started the fight.

Noctis had two opposing ideas, of which he could only apply one at a time. To keep the distance enough for the time limit he had, or to take the initiative and try to take down his opponent.

On Olivia's side, she simply did not think, after her previous victory and with these rules, she had decided to relax and take this as a game. So, she simply crawled and ran stumbling in the direction of the lizard, which was waiting on guard. This one, on his part, jumped to one side at the right time to not allow the wyrm to turn in his direction, and replied with a hit of his naked claw. It did not have a great effect, but it was better than he expected.

The same thing was repeated a couple of times, with Olivia accelerating harder at each attempt, and failing equally once, and again. Finally, she decided to try something else. Using her left fins along with her tail, she pushed one of her sides towards Noctis, who, on the other hand, was expected a play of the style, so it was not difficult for him to locate outside the area of ​​greatest danger, which was near the flank of the wyrm.

Once again they ended up facing each other after this, and Noctis, beginning to run out and seeing that his rival was barely heating up, decided to take the initiative. Using Form just before realizing that he should not have done it, the lizard covered his hands with a second layer of claws made of the gift's energy.

-Is that ... Form? But how is it possible? - Nighishad muttered when he saw it.

Noctis thought that, if his claws had hardly pierced the scales of the wyrm, this would surely hurt her even more.

By that time, about five minutes of the battle had already passed. And, on the other hand, Neoh and Mercedes had been watching it from the sky for a minute.

Again, the wyrm charged, this time with his right side, against the kindfolk who, for his part, had committed a new errand for thinking about how he had allowed himself the error of showing Form in front of Nighishad, and not only him, the lizard already had noticed at least another dragon enjoying the show from the air. This neglect caused Noctis to jump back to avoid what would otherwise be an imminent defeat.

And, as for Olivia, well, she expected something like this to happen at a given moment, so she did not hesitate to do her final play. In a matter of seconds she had curled up on herself. And before Noctis could react, the wyrm had already raffled a tailwhip and given the lizard all the numbers. As the strength of almost half of Olivia's entire body had impacted against Noctis, cushioned mostly by the soft membrane of the tail, and in another large part by the lizard's armor, but still enough to throw this down.

- Hehehe. - laughed Noctis when he saw himself defeated. And he just could not believe what was happening. In a way even he thought it was funny.

- What are you laughing at? - Olivia asked.

- Nothing. - The lizard said, of course, he was not going to say what he thought, not that easy. - Later I'll want another rematch.

- Of course, it was funny.

- Well, we close the bet? - He proposed.

- Yes, of course.

- Notice that it will not be nice what I am going to say. - Noctis started. - Triskelion City, that's where I got this, but ... You know what? I better tell the whole anecdote.

"When I joined The Poisonous Tongue, I started from below, like everyone. We had been promised that those who survive the training would get the power of a dragon. We were more than three dozen, but the vast majority died while training, others wanted to flee, and I guess they also died. When the training was over, they took us to a hidden place, outside Triskelion City, there they put a red-hot mark on us, and with that, we felt the gift arise.

In exchange for that new power, they demanded us to participate in what they called a hunting night."

- ¿They? - Nighishad asked.

"Those who were in charge of the training. Not only were they strong, they were powerful too, they had several marks, only when they gave me mine did I realize what that meant. In short, they demanded us to hunt a dragon and bring proof of hunting to a certain inhospitable spot in the middle of Jorhalt. And when we completed our task, they made a final request, promising greater power to those who fulfilled it, and without giving us the option to retire. So it was that they put us in charge of novices who, in some way, had obtained the same gift as us. They ordered us not to ask questions. They named us leaders, and they sent each of us to a different region"

-What about the others, those under your command, where are they? - Olivia asked.

- Two have already died. The third, i suspect that he has defected.

After hearing these words, there was something  that caught Olivia's attention. Neoh had landed a few meters in front of her, with Mercedes on hid back, and a few meters away, leaving the school, there was a group of students approaching her with a worried face.