On top of the Grand Arena where the tournament was taking place, two cloaked figures were looking down at the competitors.
“So, what do you think so far?” the female figure asked.
“Hmm, well, they are all weak so it doesn’t really interest me right now but I guess it’s good we came here to check up on them because if this how strong their youngest adults are then I’m worried about their ability to be able to defend against even the weakest Commandeer of the Gamor Army. Speaking of which, how far away are they?” the male figure asked whilst looking at the female figure.
“They are still on the other side of Teuru so it’ll be another couple of days before they get here which is a lot faster than I thought, looks like his army has increased even more sadly” the female voice said.
“It’ll be fine, as long as we are here, we won’t have to worry about the VEIL Kingdom getting destroyed but for now I want to see who wins this little tournament of theirs” the male voice explained.
“Do you know what this prize is then?” the female figure asked.
“No idea. If I had to have a guess I’d say it’s probably a familiar given to the winner by one of the Kings” the male figure explained.
“When are you going to finally go down there and explain why we are here? I’m starting to get bored over here, you know” the female figure asked, bored
“Yeah, yeah, I know, there’s only like three fights left and when they announce the winner I’ll go down there and explain why I’m here, hopefully without having to fight anyone or it will get messy for them. Oh yeah also, keep your bloody cloak on dumbass, that girl with the red hair nearly noticed you” The male figure explained, pointing to Melia.
“Yeah, I didn’t think I would get noticed as well, especially by someone who doesn’t seem to know anything about Covenants, that took me by surprise, must have been intuition.” The female figure said, surprised.
“Yeah, anyway let’s keep watching and see who wins. Who’s your money on?” the male figure asked.
“Uh, probably the one with the red hair and sword as his weapon, he’s the strongest of them all, but that energy boy will give him trouble definitely. He’s also hiding his real power and he didn’t show much during his two fight which means red hair doesn’t have much to go off of. What about you?” the female figure asked.
“Same for me, I think the red haired guy with the sword will win the tournament” the male figure said.
“Oh, looks like the break is over. Finally, I’ve got some entertainment, jeez!” the female figure said.
“MELIA, OVER HERE!” Eva shouted as Melia entered the seating sector again. Melia saw Eva, smiling and waving, so she waved back and walked towards Eva and their seats. The whole Arena was now packed with people watching the Final Four contestants fight in the final three matches.
“Hey Eva” Melia said, smiling, whilst hugging Eva tightly.
“Where were you?” Eva asked, smiling.
“I was visiting my brother in his stall with my dad and we had a whole conversation with him about how he was feeling and how confident was he in winning his next fight” Melia explained as she sat down.
“Oh, how is he feeling?” Eva asked, whilst sitting down in her seat.
“He said that after watching Troy fight against Ilda he didn’t get enough information to go off of that he can use against Troy so he said he will have to wing it and try to win the fight as quick as possible without taking too much damage before he gets into the final fight of the tournament” Melia responded, in a serious tone.
“Ah, so very confident” Eva said whilst smiling.
“Yeah, he didn’t say anything abnormal or didn’t sound nervous at all and I believe that he will win this fight against Troy” Melia said smiling, looking at Eva.
“Okay, if you say so” Eva picked up the popcorn she bought and started eating at it along with Melia. When the introducer stepped out of the dark corridors facing the middle grounds, Melia and Eva looked over at him.
“Oh, we’re starting” Eva said, excited.
“LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A NICE, RELAXING INTERVAL BUT WE ARE FINALLY BACK TO SEE THESE FOUR BRILLIANT SUPERSTARS FIGHT AGAIN AND WE WILL FINALLY BE ABLE TO SEE WHO IS THE WINNER OF THE 10TH QUINQUENNIAL TOURNAMENT OF THE VEIL KINGDOM. SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, ARE. WE. READY!” the introducer shouted into his wind tunnel.
“WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” the whole crowd went wild, cheering and applause covered the whole arena. Melia and Eva also joined in the applause and cheering but whilst cheering, Melia noticed something in the corner of her eye. She looked over at the top of the arena but didn’t see anything.
“You okay?” Eva asked, worried, as she looked over at Melia.
“Yeah, yeah. I’m okay” Melia responded, still looking up at the top of the arena.
“Okay, if something happens, tell me yeah?” Eva asked, concerned.
“Yeah, don’t worry, must have been nothing” Melia said, now smiling, looking at Eva.
“NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, FOR OUR FIRST FIGHT OF THE TOP FOUR, WE HAVE: MALIAN VOYDRICK VS TROY FILKKER!” the introducer shouted as the whole crowd went wild yet again. Troy came first onto the middle grounds, holding his great sword and leaning it on his shoulder as he casually entered the middle grounds, smiling and waving at the crowds. Malian entered the middle grounds shortly after Troy. Melia looked over at Malian and saw him with a serious face, his hand tightly squeezing the hilt of his sword. His whole body gave off an aura of seriousness, the way he walked, his posture, his face and most of all, his eyes burned bright, bright as fire.
“My brother has gotten serious now” Melia said. Eva looked at Melia who was looking down at her brother with a stern face so she switched her attention over to Malian and saw that he also had a serious face.
“FIGHTERS, ARE. WE. READY!” the introducer announced. Troy smiled over at Malian whilst leaning his great sword over his shoulder. Malian kept his hand on his swords hilt and took his stance
“THEN IN THREE. TWO. ONE. GOOOOOOOOO!” as the introducer shouted Troy placed his great sword on the floor and launched himself at Malian with such force that he got to him in a couple of seconds. The two exchanged blows between each other with Malian getting hit in the gut and Troy getting hit in the face. The two kicked their feet into the air, colliding with each other.
“You are a lot stronger than you seem” Malian said.
“You too. So don’t bore me now that I’m having fun” Troy replied. He kicked Malian’s feet away, jumped back and with two hands took control of his great sword and launched it towards Malian. Malian dodged the flying great sword but he didn’t see that Troy also jumped forward after throwing his great sword. Troy threw a punch that landed cleanly into Malian’s gut, making him fall on one knee in pain.
“Damn!” Malian said to himself as he stood back up. Troy yet again propelled himself towards Malian but Malian this time ducked underneath Troy’s punch and swiped at his feet making him trip. With Troy tripped up, Malian swiftly kicked him cleanly in the stomach which sent him flying into the wall of the middle grounds.
“Shit!” Troy said to himself. Out of nowhere Troy’s great sword flew straight towards his head forcing him to avoid it. His great sword buried itself into the wall, creating a crack.
“WHOOOOOOO!” The whole crowd went insane as Troy looked back over at Malian who took a strong stance.
“Come!” Malian shouted, in a serious tone. Troy looked at Malian, visibly annoyed. Troy placed his right hand on the hilt of his great sword and forced it out of the wall it was stuck in.
“I’M COMING FOR YOU MALIAN!” Troy shouted as he leaped forward with his great sword in his hands but Malian simply stood his ground. He held his sword with both hands and swerved it upwards. The two clashed but Malian overpowered Troy’s great sword attack by going on the outside of Troy’s strike and pushed him far back. Troy looked back up at Malian and started laughing maniacally.
“AURA OVERLOAD!” Troys whole body got covered in energy and his eyes became a bright yellow.
“FLAMIAL AUTHORITY!” Malian shouted. Fire started spreading to his hands, feet and chest lighting them up, his eyes red colour started gleaming an even stronger red colour.
“YES, THIS IS WHAT I NEEDED MALIAN, SHOW ME YOUR POWER!” Troy shouted as he rushed towards Malian at really fast speeds, forcing Malian to dodge Troy’s attacks.
“ZAPPER” Troy let out an electrical field that covered the middle grounds which made him go even faster finally letting him to be able to clash with Malian. Malian unleashed a ruthless combo on Troy which he tried to block by dodging but one of the sword strikes was able to hit Troy on his left leg leaving a gash on the side. Troy became visibly annoyed and instead of laughing he turned towards Malian, now visibly angry. Troy jumped into the air with his right leg and whilst in the air he lifted his great sword above his head. He then launched himself towards the ground, targeting Malian. The two exchanged blow, after blow, after blow, after blow until Troy landed a clean hit on the left side of Malians torso which sent him flying into the wall of the middle grounds and ended up with him spitting up blood. Malian picked himself up and fixed his posture as he also started looking visibly annoyed. His eyes became a crimson red colour, burning brighter even more. This time Malian rushed towards Troy who was surprised by the advance and swung his great sword towards Malian who ducked underneath the strike and sliced at Troys right leg. Visibly in pain, Troy turned around.
“COME HERE!” Troy shouted at Malian.
“GLADLY!” Malian shouted back. Malian and Troy ran at each other, both exchanging blow after blow with each other. During their exchange, Malian managed to cut Troy on his cheek and right arm. After exchanging blows they both backed off into a wall in the middle grounds, both becoming visibly tired and annoyed that the other one isn’t backing down from losing. The field still covered in energy Troy started smiling at Malian.
“COUNTER AURA!” Troy shouted with his full might and the whole ground started electrocuting Malian whilst not affecting Troy.
“THIS IS THE END FOR YOU MALIAN!” Troy shouted whilst charging at him with his great sword behind his back.
“No, I’m sorry to say this but it’s the end of the road for you!” Malian shouted
“SALAMANDERS IGNITION!” An apparition of a salamanders head made from fire, spawned above Malians head and launched fire balls the size of boulders at Troy who managed to cut through them. Troy saw this so he stopped targeting Malian and instead changed his target to the Salamander, hoping to destroy it. The salamander released a flamethrower in the direction of Troy enveloping him in the fire. Troy released himself from the shackles of the flamethrower and destroyed the apparition but Malian was nowhere to be seen.
“UP HERE, YOU LITTLE TWIG!” Malian shouted. Troy looked up into the sky to see that Malian was currently plummeting towards the Earth. Troy tried to raise his great sword with the both of his hands but was unable to as one of his hands seemed to have been burnt from the salamanders flame. With Troy not being able to block the incoming attack, Troy attempted to dodge the attack.
“DISPERSE!” Malian shouted as he plummeted towards the middle grounds. As he landed, he thrusted his into the ground, creating a wave of fire that suddenly released at high speeds, enveloping Troy in it. Due to the damage that Troy already sustained, he was sent flying towards the wall of the middle grounds creating a massive crater in it. Malian looked over at Troy to see if he was still conscious but he saw that he was in the wall, unconscious.
“LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, MAY I PRESENT OUR WINNER: MALIAN VOYDRICK!” the introducer shouted into his wind tunnel.
“WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” the whole crowd went wild, cheering and applauding.
“YES, HE DID IT, MALIAN DID IT!” Melia shouted, jumping up and down all excited with Eva whilst hugging each other. They both sit down, excited and overjoyed. Melia sighed as she finally sat down.
“You must have been really stressed, huh” Eva asked. Melia, finally relaxed, looked over at Eva exhausted.
“Yeah, but I’m good now” Melia responded. Malian looked up at Melia, gave her the thumbs up, picked up his sword and left the middle grounds to go back into the dark corridor where his waiting room was. The medical team rushed into the middle grounds and picked up Troy and took him to a medical centre to heal his wounds and injuries.
“I was also a bit stressed out there for a second, not gonna lie” Eva said whilst still smiling. I’m soooo happy. Malian is going onto the final, oh thank god” Melia said, overjoyed, as she sunk into her seat.
“Yeah me too, he’s onto the final fight now which is exciting” Eva said all excited.
On the top of the Arena.
“Well, that was entertaining wasn’t it?” the female figure asked.
“Yeah, it was somewhat exciting I guess, those two were really close to beating each other but I guess red hair had more experience that energy boy” the male figure responded.
“I wonder what he will show us In the final fight, do you think he’s unleashed it yet?” the female figure asked.
“Hmm? Oh god no! If he unleashed it he would have gotten that guy at the beginning of that fight instead of dragging it for this long but I’ll tell you what, it WAS entertaining to say the least” the male figure responded.
“Hmm, yeah I guess that would be the case if he did unleash it. To be honest I don’t know if he’s even unlocked his Covenant fully, let alone Unleashed it” the female figure said.
“Yeah, like I said, there ain’t no way. Oh, looks like the next fight is about to start, hopefully this will be as interesting as the other fight” the male figure said. The female nodded in agreement.
Back with Melia and Eva.
“Melia, the next fight is about to start!” Eva shouted.
“Oh, let’s see who will win this fight and will have to fight against my brother!” Melia said in excitement.
“LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, PLEASE WELCOME OUR NEXT TWO COMPETITORS ONTO THE MIDDLE GROUNDS: KLAY ROTTO VS ZANDER GAIL” the introducer shouted out to the crowds which were going crazy.
“!!” both the female and male figure stood up immediately after the introducer shouted out the last name.
“We both heard the same thing right!?” said the female figure, surprised.
“Yeah, definitely. Let’s just wait it out and see if it is who we think it is but I don’t remember her having a sister but if she does and the person down there is her sister then their opponent is in big trouble” the male figure said, concerned.
“Yeah, let’s keep an eye out to make sure nothing shady happens” the female figure said, concerned
“Mhm” the male figure agreed. Melia also sensed something when she looked at Zander, as if she wasn’t normal but she couldn’t quite put her tongue no it. Klay and Zander both went to the opposite side of each other and faced each other. Klay looked at Zander with a stern face but he saw something in her that made him feel uncomfortable and nervous to fight her. Klay thought this was just him getting nervous since he just needed to win the fight and then the next one and he would win the tournament. Klay, as he looked at Zander more and more, noticed she was smiling at him almost maniacally which sent chills up his spine. Reacting to this, he raised his fists in anticipation of getting attacked whilst Zander looked very relaxed and calm compared to Klay.
“FIGHTERS, ARE WE READY!” the introducer shouted out. Both fighters were silent, staring at each other.
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“He’s nervous” Melia said as she looked over at Klay who had sweat starting to form on the top of his head. Eva also looked over at Klay and noticed that he was nervous as well, but she didn’t say anything. Klay shut his eyes and started to try and get his breath under control by shutting out every noise around him.
“THEN LET THE FIGHT COMMMENCE IN” Klay breathed in.
“THREE!” Klay breathed out.
“TWO!” Klay breathed in.
“ONE!” Klay breathed out.
“GO!” Klay opened his eyes, but what he saw when he opened his eyes, he could only describe as ‘TERRIFYING!’. Zander was just standing there, not doing anything but her aura, her aura was so big and so horrifying that Klay didn’t want to move but he knew he had to, HE HAD TO! Klay took one step and already felt like his knees wanted to give out underneath him, he wanted to curl up in a ball and forget about this fight, but he couldn’t, NO, HE COULDN’T! He snapped out of this illusion and raised his fists.
“AERIAL BLOW!” Klay punched the air multiple times sending shockwaves at Zander at such high speeds that it should have been impossible for her to see them and hear them. But Zander just kept dodging and evading the air shockwaves casually, Klay just kept on punching and punching thinking to himself ‘FASTER, I need to punch FASTER!’ so he did. Is what he thought but even if he did punch faster and the shockwaves travelled further and at higher speeds, Zander was still evading all of his attacks with ease. At this point Klay was starting to get annoyed so he rushed Zander with a flurry of punches. Punch, after punch, after punch, after punch yet nothing. Nothing was hitting the girl standing in front of him. Klay soon backed off to the other side of the middle grounds.
“AERIAL SUPPORT: EAGLES!” 4 eagles created from wind appeared by Klay.
“GO!” the 4 eagles started rushing at Zander with Klay behind them trying to find a weak spot that may be potentially hidden from him by Zander. The 4 eagles put up a good fight making sure that Zander was distracted whilst Klay found her weak point but one after the other, Zander destroyed them all with her spear in a flash.
“How? HOW DID YOU DO THAT SO QUICKLY?!” Klay shouted at her.
“What, it’s nothing special. It’s just that your little friends here were” as Zander was speaking Klay felt the same thing he felt before.
“WEAK!!” Zander said whilst smiling maniacally. ‘FEAR!’ he felt fear just from watching Zander smile, laugh and her walking alone sent chills up his spine as if he was standing in front of a mountain.
“What are you?” Klay asked, scared. His heart beat even faster than before, his body told him to ‘RUN!” but he couldn’t, he couldn’t move from his spot due to the fear of the thing in front of him that could possibly kill him if he moved even an inch further away.
“ME? Oh I’m just a passerby who came to this here place to check everything out, don’t worry about though, there’s no one here that could beat me so I can do whatever I want. So what I’m gonna do first is FUCKING DESTROY YOU!” she started laughing hysterically, whilst wrapping her arms around herself. Then, suddenly her aura started growing and growing but it stayed the same shape with it only feeling more condensed.
“I’M COMING FOR YOU, WEAKLING!” Zander shouted. At that moment, in just a split second, she went from the other side of the middle grounds to right up in Klay’s face.
“BLEUGH!” Zander delivered a full straight forward kick to Klay’s gut which sent him flying across the Arena. But she didn’t stop there. She picked him up and threw him in the air. Klay, now exhausted from that one kick, couldn’t gain control over his body in the air. He saw Zander propping her spear up as if she was about to pierce his chest. He sensed the danger and with one fist.
“AIR REPULSION” the words he spoke allowed him to punch the air allowing him to dodge the spear attack delivered from Zander. He landed on the floor, spitting out blood, unable to stand up, no matter how hard he tried.
“That was a neat trick you did there you know” Zander said as she stared him in the face. Troy knew that he couldn’t move anymore, his legs were shaking like crazy and he was still wheezing from taking a kick to his gut.
“It’s my loss, just please leave me alone, you have no need to fight me anymore” Klay said tired and exhausted as he lay on the floor, but Zander simply looked at him.
“No need? no, no, no, I’m not leaving you alone now, I’m gonna have my fun with you but I guess I should kill you just now” Zander said, whispering in Klay’s left ear. Alarms started ringing in Klay’s ear to ‘STAND UP’ and ‘RUN!’. Troy struggled to get up, he tried to muster up any energy he had left from the bout, but nothing.
“Why are you struggling so much?” I’m not that scary, AM I?” Zander asked as she stood up, looking down at Troy.
“Well, it doesn’t matter anymore now does it? I mean, I’m about to kill you, so you can be at least thankful that you were an AMAZING test subject!” Zander exclaimed, smiling crazily.
“Hey Melia, I think something is wrong!” Eva said, concerned.
“Yeah there’s something wrong about that Zander girl, I feel like Klay is in trouble” Melia responded. But then Melia felt it, the ‘FEAR’ that Klay felt.
“EVA, WE NEED TO GET HIM OUT OF THERE!” Melia shouted looking at Eva.
“Wait what, why?” Eva asked concerned.
“BECAUSE HE IS GOING TO DIE IF WE DON’T, THAT GIRL IS GOING TO KILL HIM IF WE DON’T!” Melia exclaimed, urgently. ‘FATHER!’, Melia thought that if anyone could stop the girl it would be her father, so she ran over to the Kings Hall.
“DAD!” Melia shouted.
“DAD, OPEN THE DOOR!”
“What is it sweetheart?” Bradamis asked, surprised as he opened the door to the Kings Hub.
“ZANDER IS GOING TO KILL KLAY, I CAN FEEL IT!” Melia exclaimed. Bradamis knew that Melia had a keen sense for danger and always felt it before him, THAT he definitely knew very well, ever since her childhood. Bradamis looked over to Zander and he also started to see what Melia saw ‘FEAR!’.
“King Luim!” Bradamis said, concerned.
“We need to go down there and stop that young lady, NOW! Dyrra and Iluman, you come with us but you have to evacuate everyone out of here!” Bradamis shouted. The three Kings looked confused at first, but they knew that Bradamis wouldn’t joke around at a time like this. The four of them stood up out of their seats, ran out of the Kings Hub.
“EVERYONE HAS TO LEAVE RIGHT NOW, THERE IS AN EMERGENCY!” King Ishta shouted. The crowd looked distressed but King Ishta and King Enhant made sure everyone left safely.
“What is happening?” Eva asked, concerned, as Melia returned to her side.
“Listen. I need you, for now, to go and follow everyone else and exit the Arena! I’m also not going stay up here but I need to go downstairs and find my brother!” Melia said, visibly distressed by the situation.
“Okay, I- I’ll do that” Eva said as she stood up from her seat and followed the crowd out of the Arena. She wanted to ask more questions but she knew that it wasn’t the right time so she did what her friend asked of her. Whilst King Ishta and King Iluman were evacuating everyone, Bradamis and King Luim swiftly jumped down from the seating section and into the middle grounds where they landed with a bang, scattering dust. At this point Zander had picked up Klay by the neck into the air, picked up her spear and just before she was about to pierce his heart.
“STOP!” Bradamis shouted at Zander. Zander, seconds before piercing Klay’s heart, stopped and looked over at the two Kings now looking at her.
“Oh, finally someone who is somewhat strong enough to give me fun” Zander threw Klay up into the seating section where King Iluman quickly rushed to help Klay who was now completely beaten up and barely alive.
“I don’t know who you are, but I’d advise you to stop what you are doing and come with us before things get messy for you, I don’t think you would want to take on two Kings, now would you?” Bradamis asked Zander in an intimidating voice.
“Wouldn’t want to? Of course. I’d LOVE to take on TWO of the four kings of the VEIL Kingdom since you are sooooo strong. ARENT YOU!” Zander released her aura through the whole of the middle grounds as she became serious, now facing the two kings, King Voydrick and King Luim. King Voydrick and King Luim didn’t have their weapons on them so they would have to fight their opponent barehanded whilst Zander had a spear, giving her the edge but that didn’t intimidate them. They both stood tall and calm, facing the enemy.
“How are we going to do this?” King Luim asked.
“We take her on from both sides and we go from there” King Voydrick said, dourly.
“Well if you’re not gonna come to me, I guess I’ll have to come over to you!” as Zander spoke she appeared right between both Kings which shocked both of them as she kicked both of them into the side of their torso, making them move away from her. Both Kings looked at each other, accepting the fact that she is strong.
“Well then it looks like you are a lot more stronger that we thought at first, but this time me and my friend are ready, so come!” Bradamis exclaimed. With those words, Zander got visibly annoyed as she looked over at King Luim who she targeted first. She rushed him with a wide smile on her face and unleashed a flurry of punches on King Luim, at first she thought she hit her mark but what she saw next, confused her. King Luim using his hands completely cancelled out all her attacks.
“Flow of Water, is what I call that technique” King Luim tells Zander. Zander gets pissed.
“STOP FUCKING AROUND AND LET ME HIT YOU!” Zander shouted but King Luim kept on redirecting all her punches with his technique but then King Luim countered her attacks and punched her in the face twice, lower torso left and right, right leg and left arm which sent her flying across the middle grounds.
“fuck, Fuck, FUCK, JUST FUCKING DIE ALL OF YOU!!!!” Zander started shouting. Her aura increased significantly which sent the Kings on HIGH ALERT and they composed themselves, waiting to see what she would do.
“AQUAFALL SERPENT!” Zander shouts which creates a massive serpent made of water. The serpent was about the size of the arena and it launched itself at the Kings.
“LAVA FLOW!” King Bradamis threw a massive fireball straight at the Serpent which completely evaporated it into thin air.
“Is that all you got, little girl” King Voydrick asked. ‘Is that all I got?’ Zander thought to herself, ‘IS THAT ALL I’VE GOT!?’, Zander started to get more angry and annoyed.
“IS THAT ALL I’VE GOT, ALRIGHT THEN I’LL SHOW YOU WHAT I GOT, COVENANT UNLO-“ Zander was cut short by something that no one saw but a huge bang could be heard followed by a massive dust cloud being created around the area where Zander was standing. The remaining crowd, Melia and the Kings stood there waiting for the dust cloud to pass and see what happened to Zander.
“Get off of me, you bastard, who do you think you are!” As the dust cloud settled a hooded figure in a brown cloak was seen standing over the body of Zander who was now currently struggling to get the figure off of her. King Voydrick and King Luim looked at the figure that stood in front of them and assumed that if he was able to subdue Zander who was already as dangerous as she was then this person is even stronger than her. So without moving they kept their composure.
“I thank you for subduing the girl over there before she did too much damage but with all due respect, WHO ARE YOU!” Bradamis asked the stranger with stern face.
“Well first of all you’re welcome because what she was about to do would have done a lot of damage to not just you guys but also the whole area here. But my name is, well let's keep that hidden for now since I came here to chat with you guys about something that is VERY serious. Something that has to do with this girl over here on the floor” As he said that he looked down at Zander who was fidgeting and trying to squirm her way out of the figures foot which was on top of her.
“GET THE FUCK OF ME, DICKHEAD, DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHO I AM!” Zander shouted as she struggled, but then the figure took his foot off her back and smashed her head into the ground with his left hand. He put his lips right next to her right ear and whispered something that completely neutralised her and made her go silent. The Kings were surprised at the sudden mood change that Zander presented but they were happy that she was finally silent. The Kings understood that the hooded figure was not their enemy.
“Can we talk with you?” King Bradamis asked.
“Sure, I would like that” the hooded figure asked, but then out of nowhere.
“WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!” Malian shouted at the hooded figure, whilst entering the middle grounds.
“BROTHER!” Melia shouted as she saw her brother enter the middle grounds.
“What are you doing Malian?” King Voydrick asked.
“WHAT DO YOU MEAN ‘WHAT AM I DOING’, WHAT IS HE DOING!” Malian started to get even more angry and stared daggers at the hooded figure.
“Kid, don’t do anything you will regret” the male figure said, calmly.
“Malian, don’t attack that man, he hasn’t done anything wrong” Bradamis started to raise his voice.
“KID?! Don’t call me KID!” Malian charged at the hooded figure.
“Bloody Hell, why does no one listen to me, I swear” the hooded figure stood there, relaxed. Malian raised his sword into the air and swung it with full force down at the stranger, but his sword got stopped by the strangers right hand.
“You done?” the male figure said calmly. Malian looked confused at the figure and he looked down at his sword. He felt that the sword should have hit the man but it wasn’t even close. The male figure let go of Malian’s sword and turned around to go check up on Zander who was sitting against wall, motionless. But then Malians thoughts got the best of him ‘He blocked my attack? And it did no damage? No, impossible, it had to be a fluke, I used my full power, there’s no way, THERE’S NO WAY!’. Malian’s anger turned into rage and he yet again tried to attack the hooded figure but this time, the male figure just kept his back to him. A second brown cloaked figure appeared out of nowhere and delivered a devastatiing kick straight into his stomach, sending him flying straight between the kings and into the wall of the middle grounds.
“He really tried that, didn’t he” the female figure said as she lowered her foot onto the floor.
“Yeah, but I don’t know why, he should have noticed the difference between us from the first encounter but I guess some people are stupid” the male figure said as he checked up on Zander. Bradamis looked behind him to see his son in the wall of the middle grounds, unconscious. As he looked back at the hooded figure that kicked his son all he felt was ‘ANGER’ and ‘PURE RAGE’.
“What do you think you are doing!?” Bradamis asked the hooded figure, wide eyed and angry, clenching his fists.
“Huh?, he was going to attack my brother so of course I was going to hit him but I didn’t know he would be that weak to be honest. I thought if he had those kind of guts then surely he’d be really strong, but I guess he wasn’t” the girl said, calmly. ‘I didn’t know he would be that weak, is that what she really said?, that my son Is weak?’ Bradamis thought to himself. He tried to keep calm but he couldn’t, he couldn’t because he just saw his son get beat up with one hit and he hadn't done anything to protect him. All he could feel was rage and anger.
“HOW DARE YOU!!!” Bradamis yelled.
“FATHER!” Melia shouted as she entered the middle grounds.
“DON’T DO IT!”.
“I’LL SHOW YOU WEAK, YOU BRAT!” Bradamis yelled out at the female hooded figure. He charged the female figure with his full force with his fist, blazing hot, covered in red scorching flames. The flames that covered his arm made his hand grow 6 times in size. Bradamis launched himself towards the female figure with his fist racing forward ahead of him.
“STOP DAD!” Melia shouted but he didn’t stop as he shut out the noise around him so he could focus on the enemy in front of him. He looked at the female figure just standing there, leisurely and calm, not even trying to dodge or block his attack and all he could think to himself is ‘IS SHE UNDERESTIMATING ME AS WELL?!” which made him even more angry as his fist grew larger in size even more by about 10 times this time.
“If you think I’ll let you hit my sister, YOU’RE DEAD WRONG!” the male figure appeared in front of Bradamis. A look of shock and surprise was placed on Bradamis’s face as the figure who stood in front of his accomplice, would attempt to block his attack. Time seemed to slow down as the figure took his hood off to reveal a young male figure with skin as white as snow, short silver hair that held a tint of light blue, dark blue eyes as if they held the abyss itself in them and an ice cold stare. As he raised his left arm Bradamis could see that the figure had a snowflake pattern on the palm of his left hand. Out of shock, Bradamis completely forgot what he was about to do but before he could react the male figure, with his left hand raised, blocked the massive flaming fist without a struggle. The male, now holding Bradamis’s hand, held it tightly causing Bradamis to squirm. Bradamis, still in shock, continued looking at the male figure with awe. The male figure then breathed out releasing a breath so cold that the air around him started to freeze up, he took his right fist and thrusted it into Bradamis’s gut causing him to spill up blood as he fell on the floor in pain.
“Are you done?” the male asked, looking down at Bradamis.
“Yeah, I’m done” Bradamis said, completely dumbfounded. He looked up and just agreed with the stranger as at that moment he showed Bradamis the difference in strength between them by just simply blocking his attack and then driving his fist into his gut.
“FATHER!” Melia came rushing over to see her father and hugged him tightly, she looked over at the male figure and was mesmerised by his silver hair, the dark blue eyes shining ever so brightly. King Luim came over with Malian’s body in his arms, unconscious and bloody.
“We need to get him to a doctor” King Luim said, distressed and concerned for Malian.
“Yeah okay, let’s do that” King Voydrick said as he stood up from the floor. He looked over at the two figures.
“You two, I need to speak with you two about this whole charade and about that girl over there and who she is but right now I need to rest and so does my son, so, tomorrow at 2:00pm I want you two by the entrance to the royal palace and I’ll send over a personal friend of mine to guide you to the conference hall where we will have a meeting, is that clear?” Bradamis asked, wheezing.
“Yeah, that’s fine with us” the male figure responded. And like that, King Voydrick with Melia and King Luim who was carrying Malian left the middle grounds, leaving the Arena in complete silence, except for the silent whimper that was coming from Zander.
“So, what are we gonna do with her?” the female figure asked, pointing at Zander.
“Do what you want to do with me, I don’t care anymore, if what he said is true then there is no point in me returning back to the Gamor Kingdom” Zander said, exhausted and emotionless. The male and female figure made their way over to Zander’s beaten up body.
“What did you tell her?” the female figure asked. The male figure whispered in her ear.
“OOOOH, yeah that sucks, I feel sorry for you now, only a little though. I mean you ARE her sister, aren’t you?” the female figure asked.
“No she’s not my sister, she’s my cousin. But still, that doesn’t change the fact that she has gotten so strong that, no matter what I do she won’t recognise me. Not anymore anyway” Zander said. The male figure crouched down to eye level with Zander.
“Hey, your name is Zander right?” the male figure asked, looking down at her.
“Yeah” Zander said, looking up at the male figure.
“Standup” the male figure said, harshly.
“Why?” Zander asked.
“Just do it” the male said. Zander used the rest of her energy and strength to get up on her two feet but she couldn’t so she leaned against the wall for support.
“What are you gonna do?” Zander asked, holding her stomach and wiping away the blood from her face.
“Hmm? Oh, I’m just going to put you out of your misery” the male figure said, earnestly.
“What do you me-“ and before she could finish her sentence, the male figure cut her throat. Her lifeless corpse fell over onto the floor, as all the light from her eyes completely faded away, leaving behind a darkness that had not one flicker of light left.
“You know, you didn’t have to be so brutal when you did that” the female figure exclaimed, wiping away the blood from her hand and face.
“I know, but it would have been a lot nicer for her like that instead seeing her struggle over the fact that I needed to kill her” the male figure said, as he looked down at the blood that spilt all over his cloak.
“Why did you kill her?” the female asked, looking over at the male figure.
“Well I need to rile up Seera somehow right? Otherwise, what would be the point of this. Besides, she lost her life right then and there when I told her that little bit of info” the male figure said, smiling as he put his hood back up.
“Yeah, that piece of news is tragic isn’t it?” the female figure said.
“Yeah. Anyway, we need to take her body away from here and throw it away before the King gets angry at us. Again” the male figure said as he picked up Zanders lifeless corpse.
“did you freeze her cut neck by chance?” the female figure asked.
“Yeah of course I did, I didn’t want to leave a bloody mess in the Arena especially after this whole fiasco now do I. But it looks like I wasn’t fast enough since our cloaks got dirty now because of it” the male figure said, looking down at his cloak.
“Yeah, probably not a good idea huh” the female figure said.
“Alright, I’ve got her body, let’s get out of here” the male figure said. And like that they both disappeared with Zanders body out of thin air. As King Voydrick left the arena with Melia by his side he looked back into the middle grounds to see the two individuals gone and focused on the task at hand and continued to drag himself across the stone pavement, clutching his injury whilst watching King Luim carry his son in his arms. They gradually walked on and on until they arrived at the Palace Doors which he pushed wide open with all his might. A crowd of people rushed over to the four to help them and as Bradamis entered the Palace, the doors slowly closed behind him.