– 'Train Tackle'! – Nasturtium shouted before launching towards Glechoma with full speed. The air split in half as he broke forth, whistling like a train horn. – Taste the shoulder tackle of gods!

Glechoma widened his stance, lowering his core closer to the ground. He made a circling motion with his arms and readied for defense.

Crash! Getting hit by the force of a stone boulder, Glechoma's body got pushed backwards while Nasturtium relentlessly followed.

– 'Train Smash'! – the giant raised his tremendous arm. – Feel the force of thousand blows!

He charged up his fist before striking. An orange glow followed the monstrous attack hammering his opponent into the ground.

Bang! Nasturtium smiled as dust rose into the air. Though, his wicked satisfaction didn't last too long.

Glechoma was still standing. A bit bruised, but his frown didn't change a bit.

– What? Impossible! – the giant raised his leg. – 'Train Stomp'! Take the…

– Shut up! – Glechoma yelled and took hold of the Nasturtium's leg. – You're damn annoying!

He sunk his nails into the giant's foot, leaned back a bit and, with a painful battle-cry, lifted his opponent off the ground.

The unwanted sensation startled Nasturtium. He tried to stopping the grappler, but couldn't. His body spun too fast. He couldn't do anything.

– Agh-ya! – Glechoma groaned as he threw the body, shaking the entire coliseum as his enemy launched through the arena wall.

The crowd went frenzy. Nasturtium's body disappeared behind the rumble and Glechoma proudly raised his fist into the air.

Although the crowd clapped like the match was decided, Madonna had a different reaction.

– Ara ~, my predictions were true. Katsu, let's bet! Who are you rooting for?

– Neither. I hate both of them.

– Come on now, be a good guest and entertain me!

– Dude, I'm not rooting for anyone. Besides, the match is over.

– My-my, you think so?

– You still think the other guy has a chance?

– Uhum!

– Agh, fine! My bet is on Glechoma. If I win, you owe me a favor.

– That's the spirit! I bet on Nasturtium. If he wins, you have to spend the entire night in my bed. – she leaned closer, whispering into the girl's ear. – Completely naked.

– Ehw. Thank god it won't ha-…

Katsumi's words were cut short by the sound of an ear-piercing whistle. It originated not from a person but the split in half air, as the Nasturtium broke forth from the rumble.

– 'Train Tackle'! – he screamed, hitting the surprised titan.

Glechoma got thrown away by the impact, straight into the wall. Plates crackled as his body hit the stone. He tried his best to retaliate, but Nasturtium cut his attempts short, pinning him against the wall with another tackle.

– You hurt my head! – Nasturtium said with a teary eye. – Now I must hurt yours!

The titan tried to raise his arms for defense, but the giant had it pinned down. His hands were so huge they could easily grab Glechoma's entire torso.

He punched him in the face again and again, gaining momentum after each hit. His knuckles soon became dirty from the blood oozing from the titan's nose.

– 'Train Punch'! 'Train Punch'! 'Train…

Nasturtium stopped.

– Huh?

He looked down on his hand with great confusion. Bamm! He punched the titan again, but just like before, his fist stopped before the opponent's face.

– What magic is this? What are you doing to me?

Glechoma spat out some blood and smiled.

This book's true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience.

– Me? Nothing. Say, you have so many curse marks… it couldn't be one of them, right? – a faint red glow illuminated his cheeks.

It came from Nasturtium's hand. The giant looked down at his palm in confusion. One of his curse marks turned red.

– Quite comical, isn't it? Such a stupid brute gets such a stupid curse. – he laughed.

– I am not stupid!

Launching another attack, his curse mark gained more light and struck the titan with scarlet red lightning. The electric explosion blew him away from the man.

– It's hot! It's hot, it's hot, it's hot!

– Such an idiot. Your curse makes you unable to strike another if you have their blood on your hand. As I said it before, fitting for a meathead.

Glechoma cracked his joints. The giant was open for another spinning attack, which made not just him, but Katsumi grin the same.

– See? I told you! The match was decided when he launched the giant through the wall!

Madonna leaned back in her chair and sighed. She was ominously calm about losing a bet. Raising her glass, she spun the wine and watched it swirl.

– You know Katsu… I haven't tried a human woman before.

– Sucks to be you. – she smugly smiled. – You're not touching me tonight!

– My first thought when I saw you… ah, it was to press my skin against yours…

– Ugh… that's a weird thing to say.

– This might be a once in a lifetime experience, I might never see a human woman again!

Katsumi watched as Glechoma grabbed the giants leg and got into stance.

– A human woman's skin… her voluptuous lips…

Glechoma leaned back and slowly began to spin.

– Her tight skin, her curvaceous form… I would do anything for that.

Glechoma fell back. Nasturtium's body became dust, slowly descending to the ground. The titan froze down from the unforeseen turn of events.

This was the beginning of his downfall.

– 'Train Stomp'!

He didn't have a second to react. Nasturtium stomped down on him from behind, raising dust into the air.

The giant kept his foot on the man for a bit before finally raising it. Glechoma lied in a small pond of blood, his arms and legs broken into uncanny formations. He looked like a child's first try at drawing an octopus. It was messy and hard to watch.

Nonetheless, Nasturtium won.

– Hurray! – the crowd gave him a standing ovation, clapping and whistling as loud as they could.

– What? H-How? – Katsumi stood up from her chair. – How did he do that? What just happened?

– Magic, my dear.

– But… but he's not a magic user! He's… I don't even know what he is, but not a magic user!

– It's true that he's a common barbarian, just like Glechoma.

– Then what the hell just happened?!

Madonna enjoyed watching her terrified freak-out. She tried holding it back, but couldn't. The tingling sound of her laugh gradually field the air.

– Oh, I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! You're just too cute for this world! Haha!

– What? What is that supposed to mean?

– It was me! I interfered and helped Nasturtium win the fight!

– W-What? Why did you do that? You just killed Glechoma! He's going to get eaten by…

Madonna hugged Katsumi tight, pushing her body up against the girl's. Her purple eyes flamed from the charcoal of desire. Katsumi tried to push her off, but the woman tightly clung onto her.

– I did it for you! – she said with a playful voice. – Have you ever slept with a titan and a giant before? This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. If you give it up now, you might just miss the pleasure of a lifetime!

– What are you…

She heard a loud bang. It was Nasturtium. He stomped on Glechoma's body again.

– Why are you still moving?

The titan's body was twitching. Even after suffering two merciless attacks he was still alive. He could move his fingers, but just that. Slowly, he crawled away in a direction.

– Ehaheha, you think you can escape? 'Train Stomp'! – he tried flattening Glechoma, but even after the third attack, he could crawl. – Where are you going? Huh? Why can't you be a proud titan and die with grace?

Frustrated yet seeing an opportunity, Nasturtium crouched next to the titan. He taunted the half-dead titan loud enough for the entire crowd to hear.

– You remind me of a worm. Crawling, slowly but surely going somewhere. They usually eat dirt. Your last meal is dirt. But… you know what's the difference between you and bugs that crawl around like the insects they are? When it's time to die, they might wiggle around for a bit, but they know how to die. And you? You disgrace the entire titankind with this cowardly behavior.

Katsumi could barely focus on the giant's words. She felt horror, but not from the sight of blood or broken bones.

She was the only one that actually saw where Glechoma was crawling: towards her. She could see his struggling eyes scream for help.

'Why? Why are you crawling towards me? I'm not one of your friends, I'm not even on the same team as you! Then why… why am I the first person you run to?'

– So, what do you say, folks? – Nasturtium turned towards the crowd. – Does this traitor deserve death?

– Yeah!

'What could I possibly do to save you? You're a way better fighter than I am! Look at what that monster did to you with just two attacks! How could I have a chance?'

– Louder, I can't hear you!

– Yeah, kill him! Murder him!

'Why, why? Why are you crawling to me?'

– Come on, give it all you got!

– I challenge you! – a voice could be heard from the crowd.

– That's it, that's… wait… who said that?

– I did!

Katsumi pushed Madonna off of her. She grabbed the wine from the table and jumped down to the arena. Running as fast as she could, she summoned her pot and poured half of the blueish alcohol in there.

– Supermarket! Give me two apples, quick!

As she asked, two identical fruits manifested above her and fell into the pot. It quickly began to boil and as Katsumi focused it gained even more heat. The mixture finished with the sound of a microwave's satisfying 'cling' and Katsumi poured it all into Glechoma's mouth.

– Are you healing him? – Nasturtium stepped away as a raspberry red aura engulfed the titan. – Who are you to barge into this sacred arena?

– So impatient, oh my! – she stood up from the titan with a cheeky grin on her face. – Glechoma was right about you, you're truly annoying!

– You… tell me your name and get ready for a fight!

– Me? Ahaha…

Katsumi nervously laughed seeing the giant's body up-close. For a moment she wanted to run, but even with all the fear she felt, her heart remained strong. She couldn't choose whether her actions were stupid or brave, but deep down this is what her heart decided as the right thing to do.

Narrowing her back, she spoke with determination.

– I am Momo Katsumi, past citizen of Terra, new citizen of Titannia, up and coming hero of this world, a loyal ally of Enque Aeren of the Celestial family and the world's first ever battlecook!

She equipped her battle stance and readied her knife.

– I'm the woman who's gonna' bring justice to these lands!