Six Warriors

Hard Battle - (Arthur)

The big guy was waiting for him near a flower bed, standing, staring at the horizon, arms folded. The guy must have been over 190cm tall, burly in a mixture of muscle and fat, hairy arms, a prominent chin and narrow eyes. Arthur arrived humming "Bad to the Bone" as he always did when he wanted to get inspired to overcome a challenge. Only then did the guy seem to notice him.

"Strange place for a battle between warriors," said Arthur.

"Probably," the big guy replied in a deep voice, "but I would like it to be here. I would like to see if you are a real user of earth magic."

"What do you mean?"

"If you would be able to fight without harming these beautiful life forms", he pointed to the flowers, "to be able to protect without losing the aggressive strength of a rock, or if you're just a force-intoxicated who just thinks about crushing things."

"Well, I sure think a lot about crushing things, starting with you man, I'm sorry" Arthur got into a fighting position.

"Such a pity" the big guy sighed, "anyway, this will not be the place of our battle". He had something under his feet, a little cubic box that he crushed with a strong stomp, the whole aura of the place changed, Arthur was now in another place, it seemed to be an ancient arena in ruins in that strange dimension of two moons.

"Nice trick, man."

"Yes, here we won't have anything to stop us from fighting with all our strength, an old abandoned gladiator arena that faced each other to the death."

"Cool, cool, but when are we gonna start fighting, huh?" Asked Arthur, punching the air.

"In the short time I've known you, I've realized that you are reckless, presumptuous and, above all, just think about destruction, have no respect for anything," the guy slightly opened his narrow eyes, in an expression that looked like genuine anger, "I cannot allow an ancient power so important to so many people to fall into the hands of someone as sordid as you!"

"Who says that choice is up to you?" Arthur was advancing against the enemy, starting a close range combat, the boy threw a jab, but the big guy blocked it. Arthur tried another punch with his left hand, but his opponent just caught the blow with ease. Arthur thought he was strong, but that guy was much more. He tried to get rid of the guy who was still holding him, but he couldn't. "This is bullshit" he growled and began to focus his magic power on his right hand, "STONE PUNCH!!" He screamed, trying to hit the opponent with his arm covered by a thick layer of pure rock. The blow hit the opponent right in the middle of the stomach and the big guy gasped with the attack. After the gasp of pain, the big man cracked a smile.

"That was a good hit". He then tensed his arm and delivered a blow to Arthur himself. The open palm attack hit Arthur hard in the chest, which was pushed back on impact. Arthur moaned in pain and put his hand to his chest. He tried to smile, but only managed a faint smile.

"You resisted my attack with my technique, and gave me a good blow. I appreciate you telling me your name before, Gaius. My name is Arthur, it's good that you know the name of the one who will defeat you!"

"You at least seem inclined to respect me, I appreciate that, but my name is Glabro." the big guy finally started to take a fighting stance, "Arkoúda Glabro and I will make sure you never forget that name for the rest of your life!" He stomped the ground and the earth shook "STALAGMITE SEQUENCE!!" and a straight line of sharp stones went at an impressive speed towards Arthur, he tried to escape by jumping to the side, but the blow still hit him in the leg, hurting it, what drew a curse from the boy. "Which looks like it won't be much longer" continued Glabro with a roar.