[That's it, enjoy!]
This guy thinks he is funny doesn't he? Shit! Mikey dissapears and reappears in a strange room. It looks like some kind of an old fashioned locker room. There isn't much to note about this room. It's well lit, the walls, ceiling and floor are made out of dark wood. There's a large chest next to Mikey and a door leading out of this room.
[Take the equipment before leaving this room. You might have noticed that your inventory is empty. Don't worry, if you manage to win, you will get it back]
Mikey looks in the chest and finds the following. Chainmal chestplate with chainmal leg armor and leather boots. A Long sword with purple color and a small arm shield. That's the equipment which Mikey and his opponent were given.
Mikey takes out the sword and shield out of the chest. The sword seems to be made out of material called Purpurium. Because that's literally its name, "Purpurium Longsword." The shield is called "Buckler" it's a very small type of shield that will not protect you against a rain of arrows, but can be used pretty effectively in a close combat to block incoming attacks of sharp weapons.
Mikey swings the sword around and realizes that this Purpurium is an ultra high quality material.
"Man, I sure wish I could keep this sword, anyways. Let's put on this arm-"
[Attention everyone! Since a whole lot of you are way too stressed about the upcoming fight (which is understandable), I decided to give you a short break to get mentally prepared. The fight will start in five minutes]
Suddenly a table with snacks spawns next to Mikey.
[Feel free to eat from this table]
There's a wooden bowl on it with potato chips inside. Mikey tries one of them, it's his favourite snack. Lays Max chips with Paprika flavour. Mikey starts drinking from the water bottle next to the bowl and wonders.
How did they know that this is my favourite snack? Just how much do these people know about us? Or maybe it was just a pure coincidence?
Mikey eats a few more chips but doesn't overdo it, he drinks the entire water bottle and sits down on a couch which suddenly appeared there aswell. As he is sitting on the couch, Mikey realizes something. "WAIT A SECOND?! I asked that person for their name and who they are, and I only received their coordinates from that message. Well... they were probably in a dire situation considering what they wrote.I guess I will find out soon enough.
After about two minutes something happens...
[You have received a message from "Mysterious Player"]
(Mysterious Player is how Mikey decided to call this person in his contacts as he has still no idea who he or she is)
[I am sorry for not telling you my name or anything in the message before. I was still in trouble being hunted by the monsters on my island at that time.I have time now to write this message to you for well, obvious reasons.
My name is Lucy Hunt, I am 19 years old and I come from England. I learned about you through my special attribute of the Past. I can't explain it to you as I don't really know how it works myself yet.
I will definitely win my fight by the way. My current Rank is 5. After the fight ends, wait for me at the coast, don't leave your ship. I will probabably bring an entire hoard of zombies with me.
I'll quickly jump on your ship and we will leave the Island.
I know that your ship is nearby, just try to finish your fight as soon as possible and come here]
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Mikey looks at the message, there are several things that he didn't expect and is questioning. "She's a woman who comes from England. And is only nineteen years old?" Well, I guess I am only eighteen so I shouldn't be saying anything. "What surprises me the most is her rank. Number five huh... and her last name, it's the same as mine... could she be? Nahhh, no way no way."
"Well, whatever, I'll get this fight quickly over with and come for her. It's been a while since I saw a human face. Although I guess I will see one right now."
I wonder what my enemy is going to be like, Mikey thinks to himself. And I really don't want to kill my opponent, shit.
(One minute before the wait time ends)
[Two last announcements for every player. First, some of you were in quite the dire situation before you were teleported here. I will give you all three seconds of invincibility once you teleport back. You will not be killable or even damagable in any way for these three seconds, so use them wisely.
Second, after your fight ends you will be teleported into a fight that's still occuring, not all of you have the same loot or fight in the same arena, it's quite diverse actually.
The duels which I deemed would be the most intense, nervewrecking and even, are all taking place in a different massive colloseums. If you win your fight you will be teleported to one of these colloseums. Don't worry, you don't have to do anything. Just sit back, spectate and relax until all the fights end]
Hmm, interesting. Well, I certainly won't have an even fight... Wait, no one is supposed to have an even fight. Everyone in the upper group should have a huge advantage in their fight. What's this about?
[The door to the arena is unlocked, everyone has one minute to leave, after 1 minute the waiting room will collapse]
"Here goes nothing."
Mikey puts on the armor and walks out of the waiting room as it slowly starts collapsing. His arena is a massive colloseum. That's right, a massive colloseum.
"Wait a second. A massive colloseum? Does that mean..."
He sees a mountain of a man in front of him. He is huge, not only is he over two meters tall, he is also large, so large that it shouldn't be humanly achievable. The man is MUSCULAR, he looks even more ripped than Mikey himself, but the man's rank suggests that he really is in the lower group.
The man's appearance makes him seem like he comes from the eastern Europe. He has light blue eyes with dark brown hair. The look on his face makes him seem like he is a friendly guy.
The man starts talking to Mikey.
"Hello there young man, before we fight may I ask you something?" "I have a lot of questions aswell mister." Mikey answers.
"First I will introduce myself. My name is Claudius. What's your name young man?" The man introduces himself and waits for Mikey's response.
"Mikey, my name is Mikey. And I would like to ask you a few questions." Mikey says.
"Ask me anything." The huge man named Claudius replies.
"First of all, why is your rank so low? You are huge and you seem like you have an immense amount of strenght." Mikey asks.
"Well, it's quite simple you see... my spawn was very unlucky. I spawned in a desert with no trees in sight. It took me an entire day to find another biome. But it was already too late... the monsters started spawning and I had to keep running away from them. I might have been able to deal with zombies, but skeletons and creepers? No way I can defeat those without any armor or weapons. That's why I kept running until sunrise. After the first night, my rank was almost at the bottom. I quickly gathered resources and decided that I am going to rise in ranks. And I managed to do so but I wasn't able to reach the upper group unfortunately." Claudius gives a long answer.
Mikey is wondering if what the man said is true, but considering his muscles, there is no denying it. The man standing in front of him is Underrated. Insanely underrated. By his looks he could easily be in top one hundred. Mikey realizes why they are in a massive colloseum. This fight is not going to be easy, at all...
"Okay, my second question is. Are you a profesional bodybuilder by any chance?" Mikey asks.
"Hahaha, no, I am an amateur bodybuilder, the reason why I am so big is one of my attributes." Claudius responds.
"I see... okay, my last question... we were supposed to receive the same weapons right? Why do you have a large spear?" Mikey asks while looking at Claudius's weapon. Claudius doesn't have a longsword and a buckler, instead he has a HUGE spear that was as tall as Mikey. It seems to be made out of purpurium and the same wood as Mikey's longsword.
"Hahaha about that. You received a table with food aswell right?" Claudius asks Mikey. "Yes, I did. Why do you ask?" "Well you see, I spent the five minutes breaking apart the table, punching the floor with my fists, getting a crafting table and crafting a longspear combining the legs of the table and the longsword."
"Wow, I didn't even think of that." Mikey says, astounded at what he had just heard. "I know right? I don't even know how I got the idea, it's just that the longsword wasn't big enough for me." Claudius responds happily.
"Okay, that's all of my questions Claudius. Let's fight!" Mikey is about to take an offensive stance.
"Wait, I wanted to ask you one more question aswell." Claudius says.
"Well, you answered all of my questions, it's only fair from me to answer your question." Mikey answers.
"Thank you, so you're Rank 13 right? You seem young but I can see that you're very muscular aswell, my gut is telling me that you are a great fighter. The look on your face, your posture, your fists. Am I right? Are you a fighter?"
"Your gut feeling sure is accurate. That's right. I am a fighter, and not an average one. All of my experience in fighting links up to one of my attributes. That attribute will probably help me in this fight aswell. This will not be easy for you. Is that all you wanted to ask?" Mikey gives his egoistic answer.
Claudius smiles and says. "Yeah, that's all. Bring it on Mikey!"