Diana was scared, confused and worried.

Scared because of the fire that surrounded her, the thing stuck to her mouth and the sudden darkness that followed.

Confused because she didn't feel any pain when the fire appeared. Only discomfort from the heat and the strange tube stuck to her face.

And finally worried because Vita was caught in the fire as well. Yet it quickly went away when she was slowly raised over Vita's shoulder. She saw Vita holding a student by the head, which was pressed up against the barrier created by the teachers.

"Diana, the best spot to hit when approached by a stranger is right here." Vita pointed right to the prince's jaw. She didn't understand anything at all at the moment, so Vita flicked Rees jaw hard right in the with a tentacle.

No blood, no more noise other than a slight grunt before he lost consciousness. Vita let him fall down to the ground before dramatically turning around with a fist in the air. The announcer was just about to say the magic words, but.

A raging ball of fire suddenly spread out from where Rubert-Ree was laying. That was what it looked like to most, but a handful of people and thing knew what was happening. Ree had turned into what Vita had called an egg. And if Vita's totally perfect memory wasn't filled to the brim with memories of DNA sequences, Vita would've remembered that that egg would soon turn into a dragon.

Vita was still standing further away with a fist in the air, waiting for the announcer, ignoring the worried sounds coming from Diana, who was staring at the fire-dragon-egg with wide eyes. Panicking, she pulled on Vita's' ear while mumbling something about 'fire' and 'round'.

What is the problem now, then? What, he is killing himself? Shit, was he like a sleeper agent programmed to kill himself like that? That cant be good. Should I help him?

Hmmmhmhmhmm, nah... You know, when I look at it, it looks a bit familiar to something else. Let's see, uh, there were scales on the guy. His fire had a dragon kinda in it. Reptile eyes. Well, they did look like reptile eyes, but they could be cat eyes. Then there was that guy from before who did something like this. So if I am correct then soon a-

The ball of fire burst open, sending the fire all over the place. Some people in the audience jumped back. And in front of both Vita and Diana stood a small humanoid dragon on its hind legs. Most of the clothes on his body had burned away, except for his pants, which were badly burned. Standing there, his wings opened up, and an ear-piercing scream resounded throughout the arena.

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Now turned into half a dragon, Ree tried blitzing Vita with a punch. The speed used was quick enough to break the ground under him and disappearing from others eyes. Vita attempted to jump up again, but Ree flew up above and kicked Vita down to the ground. While up there, he took in a deep breath and let out a fierce fire from his mouth. What little remained of Rees mind in this state knew how durable Vita was and didn't stop until a full minute had passed.

Still in the air, Ree looked domineering like an ancient beast of legends. The ground was cracked open, with the dirt still burning. Gasps and cries came from the audience. Heracles had to be held down by Earl and Beatrice to stop him from jumping in. Yet the teachers and Victor looked at Hans, who had his eyes closed.

"The mana signal from the ring given to student Diana Wolfheart is still stable. No need to pick a winner just yet." He opened his eyes and wiped some sweat away from his forehead. Victor nodded and looked back to the arena.

With a small earthquake, the ground burst open even more. Large pieces of dirt and rock were sent flying towards Ree, who dodged to the side. Right into a massive fist which knocked him into another, then into a large jaw made of rock that bit down on him. The jaw went down hard and slammed into the ground, revealing a series of blood-red vines. Before Ree even got to cough up blood, a pillar of rock and vines burst out of the ground.

From underneath the pillar, a badly burned Vita with Diana still on the shoulder emerged. Vita nails grew longer and slashed open Rees back and with the momentum of the slash, slapped Ree away with a backhand. Ree managed to stabilize himself midair and landed in a crouched position on the barrier. His wings started burning as he shot out once more. The exoskeleton on Vita's' chest cracked open, yet Vita didn't go flying as Ree had expected.

A beam of acid pressed down on Ree, forcing him to take a knee. Badly damaged, Ree looked up to see that all seven eyes were staring down on him as Vita's mouth closed.

"You better surrender." Vita said and turned around to walk away. Ree was clearly unable to win this, yet he didn't say anything at all. A bit of his humanity was shown in his eyes, yet they burned with clear anger and hate.

Diana had yet to make a sound with her eyes being shut tight. She had closed them when the massive shift in movement almost made her lose her grip, yet Vita hadn't let her fall off.

"Is... Is it over?" Words came weakly out from her mouth as she opened an eye.

With their backs turned from Ree, they couldn't have seen him slowly raise his arm and hand. And as a glow started to gather on his fingertip, the man in the VIP area and Victor both tried to react. They were, however, too late.

The glow had collected itself into a single point of light before releasing a laser which cut right through the shield that had formed around Diana at the last second. With the breaking shield, so did the ring on her finger, and a massive wound cut through the right side of her back and chest. The beam didn't stop there and pierced Vita's head and only stopping when it hit the barrier made by the teachers. Even then, it left a crack in the barrier protecting the audience.