"Well elder Claire, why have you called all of us here on such short notice? It doesn't seem like you to suddenly call a meeting after all, and such an urgent one at that." A middle-aged man that was sitting across from Alex spoke. "And also who is this young lady, and why is she here?"
Claire smiled. "I called this meeting here to nominate the heir to the Dark Street."
"Isn't that decided already? Even if you didn't agree, you can't just suddenly nominate a new candidate, and even if you did there's no way they could be more powerful than my disciple." An angry woman berated her.
"Naturally if it was what you said indeed I couldn't nominate an heir, but I have recently accepted a disciple, and she is far more talented compared to that Ne-Nemo? of yours."
"IT'S LEO NOT NEMO."
Claire chuckled, "Well my new disciple is far more impressive, she managed to take down the Dark Street branch in Greenvale village."
The elders were noticeably stunned.
"Are you referring to the one with that monster in it? That Greenvale village?"
Claire simply nodded.
They all gasped. "And you're saying she beat him?"
"No not just beat him, she killed him in one strike."
Shock.
That was the emotion that spread throughout the room. It was simply uncalled for.
The boss of the Greenvale branch was one of the best experts among the various branches of the Dark Street, and he was well known for his strength. To think he was killed in one strike was simply absurd.
"And your disciple is this young lady?" A kind looking old man gestured at Alex.
Claire just nodded.
"I'm utilising my rights as the first elder to nominate my disciple as an heir to the Dark Street."
The kind old man nodded, and declared: "We shall hold a duel between Leon, and Speedy Star to determine the new heir to the Dark Street Organisation."
The elders all nodded solemnly.
Leon was called out. He was a thin young man who had the gaze of a predator, and he wore a black cloak.
Alex was on the other side, she wore her shabby armour, but her boots were particularly eye-catching. The viewing elders muttered inaudible words to each other, and the two dueller's eyes never left each other.
The kind looking man nodded when he saw that both of them were ready.
"I hereby declare this duel between Leon Heremsky, and Speedy Star BEGIN!"
Leon instantly vanished into thin air whilst Alex dashed forwards at a ridiculous speed. The elders were shocked. [Vanish] was a common skill for assassins, but Alex was replicating his invisibility by simply moving too fast to see.
This was going to be a protracted battle, but Alex quickly realised that she would get tired of running for too long whereas Leon only had to wait. So the problem was how to lure Leon out of hiding. Alex wracked her brains before finally coming up with a plan.
All of a sudden out of nowhere, a pigeon appeared, and it was a particularly striking pigeon, it was golden coloured, glowed, and had a letter in its beak. The pigeon suddenly started flying towards a particular spot in the arena, before dropping the letter onto that spot.
Written in the letter were 2 words.
You Lost
Suddenly both Leon, and Alex appeared in the corner in a position where Alex's soul dagger was pushed up against Leon's throat.
"I believe that I win?"