On the other side of the High Wall, two mysterious figures were currently relaxing in the wheat fields, both covered in brown cloaks. One of them was lying in the grass, looking up at the sky whilst the other was sitting up, looking at the High Wall of the VEIL Kingdom.
“Hey, are we going to do this?” The female figure said, looking at the High Wall.
“Yeah, we don’t need to but I mean why not, if he’s finally making a move then we might as well try and ruin his plans as best as we can right. That’s how we’ll get our revenge” the male voice said, standing up still covered by his brown cloak and looking up at the High Wall. The woman looked up at the man and also stood up. The wind swayed across the fields of golden wheat, whistling, as the cloaks of the two individuals flowed with the wind, The sun flared at them so brightly that it was as if a spotlight was beaming down on them.
“Right then, let’s go. I heard that there is a tournament going on today, shall we interrupt it?” the girl asked.
“Yeah, but you just watch from the sidelines, I don’t want them to know what our identities are otherwise it’ll get too chaotic” the man responded in a serious voice. And like that the two mysterious figures headed off towards the High Wall.
Melia woke up sprawled in her bed, her crimson red duvet covering her whole body completely with her head beneath cushions of pure white. Her room glistening from the sun invading her room due to her curtains being opened completely. With a yawn and a silent whimper Melia opened up her right eye from under the covers. She got out of bed creating a rustling noise from the duvet and stretched her arms and legs out to relieve all the tension her body felt when getting out of bed, she moved her hair out of the way of her face and opened up both eyes when suddenly she could hear a knocking sound on her door.
“Yes?” Melia shouted whilst getting dressed.
“Princess Voydrick, I don’t mean to alarm you but it is 10:30 and if I remember correctly you said you wanted to meet your friend at 10:00” the butler said. Melia, wide-eyed, looked over at the door where she heard the butlers voice come from.
“IT’S 10:30?!!!!!!” Melia shouted. Her voice resonated throughout the whole palace as she rushed to get dressed and ready to meet up with Evangeline. Full of adrenaline, she got dressed and rushed out of her room at as quickly as she could, rushing through the Palace corridors as fast as she could.
“Miss Voydrick you need to eat breakfast!” the maid shouted at Melia who was currently rushing past.
“I’ll eat on the way to Evangeline’s, BYE!” her voice got quieter as she disappeared into the distance. Melia now in the main hall, pushed the main doors of the Palace wide open and rushed down the stairs into the main part of the city. As she rushed through the cobbled streets she said good morning, hello and sorry to everyone she passed by. Melia rushed through the town square and finally ended up at Evangeline’s house. She knocked on Evangeline’s front door whilst squatting down on her knees, panting.
“COMING!” a voice shouted from inside the house. A woman with golden hair and bright green eyes in an apron opened the door, smiling.
“Oh, Melia right, nice to meet you, I’m Eva’s Mother. If you are here for Eva she’s already gone ahead to the Arena by herself, if you want to catch up to her then I would recommend running over there now” Eva’s mother said, smiling, whilst holding a wooden spoon.
“Oh okay, thank you so much, BYE!” Melia responded as she started running again.
“Those kids, I swear” Eva’s mother said to herself as she closed the door. Melia, this time ran straight to the Arena. As she looked up into the bright, blue sky she saw hundreds of thousands of balloons of different colours around the massive, oval, arena made of stone. As she got nearer the Arena she was able to notice the pillars made of stone surrounding the entrance to the Arena. She encountered one of the guards that were by the entrance. They were both dressed in silver armour and were holding spear by their side.
“Tickets” the guard said holding out his hand, looking down at Melia. Melia held up her ticket for the tournament. The guard approved and she ran straight in and up the sandstone stairs to the 4th floor where she was hoping to find Evangeline. As she ran into the seating area that wrapped around the whole arena, she spotted the sandy middle ground where everyone will be fighting and competing for the title of strongest and youngest in the VEIL Kingdom. Melia looked around for Evangeline until.
“BOO!”
“AHHHHH!” Melia shouted as she jumped backwards, terrified.
“Hahahahahahaha” Evangeline, proud of what she did, started laughing as she saw Melia’s reaction.
“Why would you do that?” Melia asked, confused, as she tried to catch her breath once again.
“Because, you deserved it for being late even when we agreed to be by my house by 10:00 but you were still late so I thought ‘how about I have some fun’ and I did” Evangeline said as she wiped away all the tears she had left from laughing.
“haha, really funny” Melia responded in a sarcastic voice.
“anyway sorry for being late, I kinda overslept. But enough of that, LET’S GO” Melia said in a cheery voice. Melia grabbed Evangeline by her right hand and pulled her with herself to go find a seat that allows them to watch the fight so they chose the seats that look in the middle but also ones that allow Melia to look into the Kings Hub where her Dad and the other kings would be watching the fights.
“So, did you go to my house in the end?” Evangeline asked whilst she sat down in her seat.
“Yeah I did because I thought that you would wait for me but then your mom came to the door and told me to run to the Arena since you already left” Melia responded sitting down in her seat.
“Ah, yeah I told her if you see a young woman with red hair looking like she ran here then tell her to go to the Arena” Evangeline said.
“Yeah that makes sense because I don’t think I’ve ever met your mom, I really need to meet your family one day Evangeline” Melia said.
“Yeah we really should have one day where you come over to my house, also stop calling me Evangeline, call me Eva, we are good friends aren’t we?” Eva said looking at Melia, annoyed.
“Yeah, of course we are. Eva” Melia responded, shyly.
“Great” Eva smirked looking at Melia. The two smiled and laughed a bit more until the whole Arena became full with people all talking to each other filling up the silence of the Arena until. Melia and Eva looked down into the middle grounds only to notice that a man dressed in a black suit and a top hat was entering the middle grounds. As he started speaking a wind tunnel formed around his mouth.
“LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, WELCOME TO THE 10th QUINQUENNIAL TOURNAMENT THAT ALLOWS MANY YOUNG PEOPLE TO SHOW OFF THEIR TALENT. EVERYONE, PLEASE GET READY FOR AN AMAZING SHOW THAT CONSISTS OF GORGEOUS ELEMENTS JUST WAITING TO BURST OUT AND THE SPECTACULAR ART OF WEAPONS THAT THESE YOUNGSTERS HAVE BEEN HONING FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS FOR THIS. EXACT. OCCASION. PLEASE COULD EVERYONE MAKE SOME NOISE!!!!!” the Introducer shouted through what looked like a tunnel made of wind.
“Is he using his Covenant to make himself louder?” Melia asked, surprised.
“Yeah, looks like it. Didn’t know you could do that” Eva replied also shocked.
“WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!” The crowd cheered, filling the entire arena with noise.
“PLEASE COULD EVERYONE GREET OUR FIRST TWO COMPETITORS FOR TODAYS TOURNAMENT: RANDY HAWK AND KAYT LAISSENDER” the introducer shouted speaking into the wind tunnel he created.
“WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!” The crowd cheered yet again now with even more passion as the first two competitors stepped into the middle grounds.
“Do you know any of them?” Eva asked.
“Yeah, Randy, he’s 24yrs old, trained in the Lance and also has the Covenant of Nature….. Also one of the people who has tried to take me out on a date and even proposed to me for some reason” Melia responded. Melia looked at Randy and noticed his short, dark green hair, brown eyes and his black t-shirt wrapping around his torso. Randy noticed that Melia was looking at him and winked at her. Which annoyed Melia, making her wretch.
“Wow, yeah I would definitely say no to him, I don’t like cocky men” Eva responded, also disgusted.
“See what I mean, but then there is Kayt Laissender who is 23yrs old and is specialised in the Bow with the Covenant of Earth and I’ve heard a lot of good things about her so she might be a good opponent for Randy” Melia said. Melia looked over at Kayt and noticed her blonde hair, fair skin and beautiful blue eyes, as if a goddess was in their presence. She wore a yellow shirt that had the pattern of a rhino on it as well as brown jeans.
“So, who do you think will win this fight?” Eva asked
“Don’t know, but I have my sights on Kayt since she seems strong compared to Randy” Melia responded.
“Yeah I know what you mean, there’s something about Kayt that she seems like she is very strong, so I’ve got my money on her” Eva said
“Your money on her, what money do you have?” Melia asked, questionably, looking at Eva
“I have money. Not right now, but I will eventually” Eva replied, pouting. Melia simply snickered at Eva’s response.
“RIGHT. FIGHTERS, ARE. WE. READYYYYYYYYY!” the introducer shouted.
“YES!” Randy shouted.
“YES!” Kayt also shouted.
“THEN ON MY COUNT WE HEAD OFF FOR THE FIRST BOUT, THREE. TWO. ONE. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!” and like that both fighters put on their serious face, Randy held his lance and pushed it forward holding it with both hands and rushed Kayt who brought out her bow and brought out one arrow and pulled her bowstring as far back as possible.
“Arrow of rock, let your might fall upon my opponent and smite them” Kayt said. She let go of her arrow and let it fly at Randy. And like that her arrow split into sharp shards of rock that flew at Randy at high speeds. With only seconds to think, Randy spun his lance and stuck it into the ground and spoke.
“Vine Distribution”, suddenly large vines grew out of the earth and stopped the large shards of rock from reaching Randy. He took his lance out of the sandy ground and continued on rushing Kayt. Kayt saw this and pulled out three arrows at once speaking yet again.
“Combine into one to form one force of destruction, Rock Charge!” and like that the three normal arrows combined into a large rock upon release from the bow and launched straight at Randy who saw the danger and uttered.
“Nature’s Cut” poison ivy grew on his lance and covered it completely, extending his lance and sharpening it. Randy jumped in the nick of time, with Kayt’s arrow only slightly cutting his leg. Whilst in the air he raised his lance above his head and targeted Kayt. As he started to plummet to the ground, he forced his lance to slowly dive towards the ground, targeting Kayt who wasn’t moving. Kayt took one arrow out and then yet again pulled the bowstring as far back as she could as she spoke the words.
“Lands Tremor”, the arrow was let go from the bow and at first the arrow didn’t seem to change at all so Randy thought this must have been a trick and simply cut through the arrow only to realise that the arrow was a simple trick and real deal was behind him as he noticed the giant shadow that was below him. As he looked up he saw the massive boulder falling on him and with this he lowered his lance to his knees and lowered himself as well. As the boulder slowly fell on Randy he shouted and raised his lance with all his might knowing that if he doesn’t cut the boulder it will spell his defeat. Seconds before the boulder reached his position, Randy sliced upwards, hoping to cut the boulder. Upon impact a massive dust cloud was created, impairing everyone’s vision from being able to see who won and who lost creating a silence around the Arena.
“Who do you think won?” Eva asked, looking deeply into the cloud of dust.
“I don’t know” Melia said. As the dust cloud settled everyone saw Kayt standing proudly on her side whilst Randy was one the floor, unconscious and bruised.
“WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!” the whole crowd went wild from the view as they all started cheering for Kayt winning.
“LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, OUR FIRST MATCH HAS BEEN DECIDED AND OUR WINNER IS KAYT LAISSENDER!” the introducer shouted. Whole crowd went wild shouting and clapping Kayt for her first win. Kayt exhausted from her fight slowly walked back into the dark corridor behind her whilst Randy was levitated into the air by the medical team and then was hurled away from the middle grounds. With the arena destroyed a bit, everyone noticed one of the Kings standing up.
“Oh, Dad is standing up” Melia said, looking over into the Kings Hub as Bradamis stood up.
“Wait, King Voydrick is standing up?!” Eva asked, surprised, whilst looking over to the Kings Hub.
“Yeah, looks like he’s going to speak” Melia responded. The introducer created a wind tunnel around Bradamis’s mouth, allowing him to speak loudly.
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“Ladies and Gentleman, thank you for coming to our 10th quinquennial tournament and this year is also going to be like no other as we’ve already had a taster of what’s to come so I want to thank you all for coming and please enjoy the show that we are able to present to you today” Bradamis declared into the wind tunnel. The crowd started cheering and clapping at King Voydricks speech.
“Do you know all the kings?” Eva asked, curious.
“Hmm, oh yeah, from left to right in the first box is King Bradamis Voydrick, my dad, and then King Iluman Enhant, his main weapon is his fists, he’s the one with long silver hair, green eyes, wearing a white robe depicting his familiar the Skarard, oh yeah also his Covenant is Wind. Then after that is King Dyrra Ishta, he has thick brown hair with a large beard, brown eyes and he is very muscular, he’s the one wearing the Ishta royal families garments that depict an ancient creature called the Diplodocus. His weapon, if I remember correctly, is a club which works well with his Covenant of Earth. And lastly is King Tarroy Luim, he’s the one with black hair and dark blue eyes, wearing the blue royal garments of Luim that depicts a Leviathan. His weapon is a spear and his Covenant is Water” Melia said as she pointed at each King.
“WOW, you know a lot about them, don’t ya?” Eva asked as she looked over at Melia
“Yeah I know them due to their frequent visits to the Royal Palace. They’re all very nice, but insanely strong. Like, all the kings including my father are in their own league I swear” Melia said.
“They are THAT powerful?” Eva asked, surprised.
“Yeah I wouldn’t be surprised if they are the strongest in the world because I’ve seen their power firsthand and they are STRONG strong” Melia responded, raising her eyebrows, whilst looking at the Kings.
“Damn I wish I could see them fight as well, it would be such an honour to see the kings fight against someone as strong as them” Eva said, excited.
“Yeah it would be, but I don’t think that will ever happen” Melia said. Whilst the two of them kept on talking King Ishta stood up and without a word he raised his hands and the earth in the middle grounds started to completely alter itself and became brand new as if a fight never took place and King Ishta returned to his seat.
“Thank you Dyrra, my good friend” Bradamis said as he looked at King Ishta.
“Well, I will leave the rest of the speech to my good friend down there” Bradamis said as the wind tunnel slowly made its way down to the introducer.
“THANK YOU KING VOYDRICK FOR THAT GLORIOUS SPEECH, SO I HAVE TO ASK, EVERYONE ARE YOU READY FOR THE NEXT FIGHT!!” the introducer shouted.
“WHOOOOOOOO!!” the crowd started going crazy.
“LET ME INTRODUCE OUR NEXT COMPETITORS FOR THE GRAND PRIZE: MALIAN VOYDRICK AND FEER LANDEW!!!” the introducer announced.
“WHOOOOOOOOOO!” the crowd cheered and whistled at the two competitors now entering the middle grounds.
“Let’s go Malian!” Melia shouted down at her brother, cheering her brother on.
“Yeah, beat his ass!” Eva responded, excitingly, copying Melia. Malian leisurely entered the Middle Grounds and looked around the arena, into the crowds that were cheering him on. He waved at his father and as he turned his head around he saw Melia waving and smiling at him so he reciprocated by giving her hearty smile and waved back at her. Melia noticed he was wearing his sword hilt and belt along with his armour that was specially made by Dad. The armour was made from pure steel melted in fire, it held a crimson red colour with silver lining on top of the outfit and phoenix crest in the middle of the torso, his gloves were black as charcoal, and his leggings were holding the same shape as his chest plate. His opponent Feer also came trotting out of his corridor and waved to everyone and then calmly looked at Malian with a smirk.
“I would ask you who do you think will win but I think I know the answer already, Malian right?” Eva asked.
“Yeah, of course. Malian is super strong compared to everyone near his age and his use of the sword is mastered to the extreme due to the teaching of my father at an early age” Melia responded smiling with her arms crossed across her chest.
“Wow, that’s impressive Melia!” Eva said, excited, whilst looking at Melia with a gleam in her eyes.
“ARE BOTH FIGHTERS READY!” the introducer shouted as he looked at the two competitors.
“YES!” Feer shouted.
“YES!” Malian shouted.
“BEGIN THE FIGHT IN THREE. TWO. ONE.” Both fighters readied their weapons by placing their hands on them as they stared into each other’s eyes, trying to anticipate their opponents next move.
“GO!” as the introducer shouted, Feer, with a stern face, charged at Malian with the full brunt of his spear and lunged towards him throwing his spear at high speeds. Malian easily avoided Feer’s attack and pulled out his sword to counter the attack. Feer jumped into the air and dodged Malian’s upward strike whilst in the air. Feer landed on the ground and retrieved his spear swiftly lowering himself to the ground. He lowered his spear using both hands and rocketed himself towards Malian who was looking at Feer charging at him. Feer unleashed a flurry of thrusting attacks at Malian who avoided them with utmost caution. Feer noticed that his thrusting attack didn’t work so he lowered himself and tried to sweep Malian’s feet with his spear. Malian jumped into the air and raised his sword above his head.
“Enflamement Art” his sword became covered in flames and increased in length as he landed back on the ground. Feer looked up at Malian and simply started smirking.
“Energy Entanglement” his spear started glowing a bright yellow and energy started dispersing across his whole spear. With both fighters starting to use their Covenants, both lunged at each other at high speeds. Feer thrusted his spear forward in a flurry, barely missing Malian which Malian responded to by thrusting his sword towards Feer’s chest. Feer threw himself on the floor and dodged Malian’s attack. Feer, now on the floor, used his spear as a polevault and launched himself in the air out of Malian’s reach. Now in the air, Feer started smiling even more.
“THIS IS FUN, ISNT IT MALIAN!” Feer shouted, smiling.
“INSTEAD OF RUNNING AWAY, HOW ABOUT YOU COME DOWN HERE AND FIGHT ME LIKE A MAN YOU COWARD!” Malian shouted, sternly, as he assumed a stance.
“SURE, IF THAT’S WHAT YOU WANT, I’LL GIVE IT TO YOU! ELECTRICAL DISPERSITY!” Feer shouted, his spear got engulfed in a glowing yellow matter that increased the spears size and length but also a second spear appeared in his left hand that he threw at Malian as he was descending onto him. Malian dodged back, avoiding the electrical spear but he was now in Feer’s line of sight as he plummeted to the ground. Feer landed on the ground and catapulted his energy spear at Malian, who redirected it onto the ground.
“Flame Sword, Advanced Art” Malians sword grew even larger and the heat coming off of it became so intense that the air around Malian started pulsating.
“ENERGY STEP” Feer shouted as his feet started making crackling electrical sounds. He then launched himself yet again at Malian at intense speeds and thrusted forward his elongated spear straight at Malians chest. Malian, seeing this, breathed out fire and raised his sword as high as he could. He then let his sword go and plummeted it to the ground where he met Feer, face to face with each other. A dust cloud was yet again created around the Middle Grounds which left the entire arena silent except for the crackling noise of the dust cloud. Melia and Eva held each very tightly waiting to see what was the outcome of the fight. Everyone watched on desperately to catch a glimpse of who won. As the dust cloud settled everyone could see.
“LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR WINNER: MALIAN VOYDRICK!” the introducer shouted into his wind tunnel.
“WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” the whole crowd went wild, cheering and applauding, Melia and Eva both jumped up into the air, hugging each other, smiling.
“HOORAY, HE DID IT, MALIAN WON!” they both shouted. Malian stood in the middle of the Middle Grounds as he lowered his sword and returned it back into his hilt as he looked over at Feer who was now embedded inside the Middle Grounds wall, unconscious. Malian raised his fist acknowledging his first victory in the Tournament and looked over to find Melia smiling and cheering for her brothers victory. Malian reciprocated and also gave her a hearty smile as he started to walk off the Middle Grounds. Feer was taken out of the wall by the medical team and was taken off somewhere to be checked on.
The tournament continued for the next 6 fights and the tournament finally had its last 8 competitors: Kayt, Malian, Troy, Ilda, Klay, Bala, Zander, and Riisa, the FINAL 8. The first match for the final 8 was Kayt vs Malian and both competitors walked onto the middle grounds where they met face to face. Malian drew his sword from his hilt and instantly set it aflame. Melia looked at her brother who had put on a stern face, looking like he wanted to finish this fight straight away. Kayt pulled out three arrows and drew her bowstring as far back as she could. Both fighters faced each other with serious faces not letting one go out of their sight for one second.
“EVERYONE, WE FINALLY HAVE OUR FINAL 8, ARE WE READY FOR THE FIRST FIGHT!” the introducer shouted. The whole crowd went crazy as they all started shouting and clapping at the introducer’s announcement.
“Hey Melia, what do you think about this fight?” Eva asked.
“Hmm, oh I’m not worrying at all, my brother is really strong so I don’t think he will lose to someone like her” Melia responded, calmly.
“Okay, if you say so” Eva said.
“FIGHTERS ARE WE READY!” the introducer shouted.
“YES!” Kayt shouted.
“YES!” Malian shouted
“THEN LET THE FIGHT COMMENCE IN THREE. TWO. ONE. GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” and like that, Malian’s eyes lit up on fire and his sword grew even larger than in his last fight. He charged straight at Kayt who realised the threat in front of her and jumped into the air. She aimed her arrows down onto the ground and released them. Once her arrows hit the ground they started vibrating the earth, creating an earthquake in the middle grounds, shaking up Malian who had a hard time moving fluently.
“God damn it” Malian said, whispering to himself. Suddenly, Malian’s feet were engulfed in a big bright red fire that allowed him to move faster. He jumped towards Kayt who was still in the air and he swung his sword as hard as he could at her legs, hoping to trip her up and send her back onto the ground, but to no avail, she dodged mid-air and she shot one of her arrows straight at Malian, landing the hit and sending him to the ground. Malian picked himself up off the ground and stood up straight away, visibly annoyed.
“Flamial Authority” Malian spoke and his whole body started to burn brighter and the air around him started to become thinner and warmer. Malian, now with a serious face, raised his sword high into the air. Kayt now on the ground, pulled out more arrows and pulled them back as far as she could.
“Ground Resonance” She let go of her bowstring and aimed at the ground near Malian. Malian sensed the danger and rushed around Kayt to avoid her arrows. Malian saw an opening and rushed Kayt. Kayt, yet again, jumped into the air aiming her arrows at the ground. Malian, seeing her arrows flying at him, avoided them and jumped above Kayt and swung his sword downwards. Kayt, surprised, released her arrows at Malian but Malian’s flaming sword demolished all her arrows and completely burned her bow. With shock on her face, Kayt got hit cleanly by Malian’s sword and went plummeting to the ground. Upon impact she spit up blood and tried to get up but Malian, who was now also on the ground, walked up to Kayt and pointed his sword towards her head.
“Game Over, you fought well” Malian said in a deep, serious voice.
“Yeah, it’s my loss, well done” Kayt said weakly as she lost consciousness and her head fell flat on the floor.
“WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” the crowd went wild upon seeing Malian win again.
“LADIES AND GENTLEMAN OUR FIRST WINNER OF THE TOP 8, MALIAN VOYDRICK! The introducer shouted into his wind tunnel.
“WHOO, YEAH. THAT’S MY BROTHER!” Melia shouted as she jumped up and down in pure joy.
“WOOHOO! HE DID IT!”” Eva shouted as she jumped up and down along with Melia.
“Of course he did. THAT’S MY BROTHER!” Melia said proudly, pumping her chest and crossing her arms as she sat back down.
“But that Kayt girl surprised me to be honest. I didn’t know she’d be able to touch Malian let alone hit him with one of her arrows but I’m glad he won in the end” Eva said as she also sat back down.
“Yeah, to be honest you weren’t the only one but I know that it would take a lot more than that to hurt Malian” Melia said, proudly.
“WELL WASN’T THAT A TENSE FIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, BUT NEVERTHELESS THAT WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING AND NOW COMING UP ARE OUR NEXT CONTESTANTS FIGHTING TO GET INTO THE TOP 4: TROY FILKKER VS ILDA RAW” the introducer shouted into the mic.
“WHOOOOOOOO!” the crowd yet again went crazy and applauding the next contestants.
“Do you know any of them” Eva asked.
“I know Ilda, because she used to be an older girl when I joined the VEIL Academy, if I remember correctly she used a sword as her main weapon like my brother and her Covenant was Water. And looking at Troy I can see that he is using a great sword but his covenant I have no idea about.” Melia said. Melia looked at Ilda who had refined armour on in the colour dark blue with shades of light blue around her shoulders and knees. She had silver embroidery around her whole body and black gloves. But when Melia looked at Troy she only saw a black t-shirt, brown trousers, black gloves and a grey/black great sword which didn’t help her identifying what his Covenant what.
“I guess we will just wait and see what it is” Melia said, looking at Troy questionably.
“Yeah, I guess we will” Eva responded.
“LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, ARE WE READY!” the introducer shouted.
“WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” the crowd went wild.
“FIGHTERS, ARE WE READY!” the introducer shouted.
“YES!” Ilda responded with a stern face whilst Troy simply laughed and smirked at Ilda, who looked at him with a serious face.
“LET THE FIGHT BEGIN IN THREE. TWO. ONE!... GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” the introducer shouted. Ilda rushed Troy with her sword as to test out his skills, but yet she could not hit him at all. Troy kept on smiling whilst evading and dodging.
“Water Sphere”, 3 spheres of water surrounded Ilda and started shooting water bullets at Troy who just, casually, kept on evading without doing anything. Ilda seeing this got visibly more annoyed.
“AquaMine” the whole of the middle grounds got covered in a thin layer of water. But with Troy still laughing, Ilda got visibly pissed off so she rushed him swinging her sword frantically and barely missing him as he kept on dodging and evading all her hits as well as her water bullets. As he kept on dodging he started to speak.
“Alright, I’ve had my fun so now let me show you something Ilda” Troy responded, and like that he jumped into the air.
“PULVERISING HANDS”. Troy’s hands became yellow and energy flowed through them. Ilda noticed what he was going to do and tried to get out of the water but it was too late for her. Troy fully blasted himself into the ground, sending energy through the water layered arena. The energy attack chased after Ilda and reached her, completely pulverising her and knocking her out. And like that the second fight was finished.
“LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, WE HAVE OUR WINNER TROY FILKKER!” the introducer announced.
“WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” the whole crowd went wild, cheering and applauding Troy for his win.
“Are you okay Melia?” Eva asked, concerned, as she looked over at Melia who looked bewildered.
“Yeah I’m okay. I’m just surprised at the outcome I guess, I didn’t know Ilda would get completely one sided by that guy, but I got to say he must be a very strong individual to be able to completely pulverise someone like Ilda” Melia responded.
“Yeah that was very impressive I got to say, I as well didn’t expect that to occur” Eva said, surprised. Troy, without having to use his great sword, left the middle grounds smiling all the way back into the dark corridor behind him and Ilda was taken off the middle grounds by the medical team.
“Wait does that mean your brother will have to fight him then?” Eva asked, concerned.
“If so, then I feel sorry for him, since my brother has yet to show us his full power” Melia said in a serious voice, looking down at the middle grounds. Eva stopped asking questions knowing that she can trust Melia and simply smiled and turned her head back towards the middle grounds. The final two fights went off without a hitch. Klay vs Bala ended in Bala completely being obliterated by Klay with his fists using his Covenant of Wind and Zander vs Riisa ended in Zander beating Riisa with her spear skills and her Covenant of Energy.
“LADIES AND GENTLEMAN WE HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED AT OUT FINAL FOUR CONTESTANTS: MALIAN, TROY, BALA, AND ZANDER, THESE FINAL FOUR WILL NOW FACEOFF AGAINST EACH OTHER, BUT REMEMBER ONLY TWO OF THESE CONTESTANTS WILL BE ABLE TO FIGHT EACH OTHER IN THE FINAL FIGHT OF THE TOURNAMENT TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN A SPECIAL REWARD FROM THE KINGS THEMSELVES SO PLEASE DON’T GO ANYWHERE YET AND PLEASE ENJOY THE 3 FINAL FIGHTS!” the introducer shouted out to the crowd seeing them all visibly excited to see who would win, the crowd started chanting and cheering yet again.
“I can’t wait to see who will win the tournament all four of them showed amazing potential and all of them look sooooo strong” Eva said excited, clapping her hands.
“Yeah, I really hope my brother wins because as you said, these last three all surprised me how powerful they are but I still don’t think my brother will lose to these people, I know how powerful Malian is” Melia responded to Eva.
Melia looked over at the middle grounds looking at the last four contestants thinking that nothing will go wrong but something in the back of her mind kept on bugging her, she looked left, to the top of the arena, confused, but she didn’t see anything. Melia looked back down thinking she saw something in the corner of her eye, but nothing. She looked back over at Eva who was having the time of her life so she decided to feign ignorance to her troubles and enjoyed her time there with Eva whilst cheering on her brother.