***FIRST ROUND (1)***
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“Let the Tournament begin” Dariuz's voiced boomed aloud and both the competitors and crowd went wild.
Dariuz raised his hands and continued.
“In this round. You would be grouped in two and you will fight against each of your opponents. The first twenty people with the highest score will move into the second round. Your scores will be determined by your number of wins.” He said as he scanned the contestants.
“Make sure you take this round with utmost seriousness. Out of the thirty five beings here, twenty will move on, I am very sure you would like that position. The rules of the game is that you are not allowed to use any ability or magic even mana energy. We only need your pure strength. You are also not allowed to kill”
He looked over at The Princess’s side and she sent a nod to him.
“The first round begins” A huge electronic board appears above the arena.
The contestants readied themselves and Dariuz pressed a button. With that the first part of the board started to fluctuate and a picture of Roshan was seen on the board.
“Hmmm, that kid” Dariuz thought as he glanced at Roshan.
“I must have a very weird luck to be the first fighter.” Roshan thought as he awkwardly smiled at the people throwing glances at him
“He doesn’t look too strong” someone smiled
“I’m pretty sure I can defeat him in ten seconds” another person scorned
“Look at those arms, I bet he wouldn’t reach the second round” A man from the congregation smiled.
“I can bet he wouldn’t even make top thirty” another laughed.
Only a short man by the corner of the front row of seats remained silent as he prayed
“I hope Bahr doesn’t face him again, A monster!”
Dariuz pressed the button again and the second part of the board moved again and landed on another guy
“Look…it’s Vulcan” Someone from the crowd said
People started to mutter.
“Who’s Vulcan?”
“Don’t you know, the champion of the neighbouring town” another whispered
“Yes, yes.. I remember. That Roshan boy has some bad luck. I heard Vulcan rarely uses his ability before he could defeat someone”
“Roshan vs Vulcan” Dariuz said as he invited the two contestants to the middle of the arena
“A knockout is needed to win this round” he said as he looked at them both.
“Begin!!” Dariuz brought his down as he flew off the stage.
This was the very first match of the Tournament and everyone was already pumped up.
“You are very unlucky to meet me at your first round brother. I would have love to go easy on you, but I need to defeat you in one hit. I am sorry” Vulcan said as he lightly bowed his head.
Roshan slightly nodded his head as he took his position.
He didn’t need to waste time chatting aimlessly.
They moved at the same time each baring his fist at the other with the same thoughts in their head
“Just one hit is all it takes”
Everyone watching could feel the heat from their buttom. From the looks of it, only one person would emerge victorious but the question remains, who?
Roshan poured all his strength stats into the punch with his eyes remaining focused. Within a few seconds, both fists collided and immediately a loud bang was heard.
Roshan stood in the middle with his fingers bleeding while Vulcan had crashed into the huge wall of arena no longer moving.
“What? What happened, I didn’t see anything”
“Are you blind, that Roshan boy won”
“I know you dull horse but how?”
The whole spectating crowd was thrown into an uproar.
A look of surprise was seen in the eyes of Dariuz but he quickly regained his composure. Of course, this was still the first round.
He had seen the exchange between the both of them with their fists colliding and Vulcan was immediately thrown away, he wasn’t able to even resist for a second before he flew away.
“I can’t believe that boy even held back” Dariuz frowned as being a experienced fighter, he could understand the exchange.
Roshan had already left the fighting ring before the crowd burst into a state of cheer.
“Wow, I didn’t know you were strong” Kade smiled as he looked at him
Roshan broke a smile “Surprise”
“I like you already” Kade said before looking into the arena.
“I hope you would be able to beat all those monsters in the next round” Kade said absentmindedly
Roshan looked at the short boy before turning his look back to the arena
He hoped so too.
“Hulde vs Jack”
Dariuz voice was heard again.
Two boys made their way to the arena each taking their respective stances.
Hulde threw a punch at Jack but he quickly dodged it using his palm to push the fist away applying just the right pressure and force. Jack immediately sent his side of his palm straight to Hulde’s neck hitting his meridian causing him to falter for a second.
That small pause was enough for Jack to land a roundhouse kick on his head causing Hulde to crash into the ground.
“Winner: Jack Clay” Dariuz announced as the winner jumped out of the stage.
“Looks like I’m still not close. The moves he displayed were skillful. What if I am able to make out more and improve them” Roshan thought as he looked at the electronic board.
“Kade vs Siera” Dariuz
Kade looked at the board on hearing in his name and a cloud of despair flew over his head
“Seems my luck is far worse than yours” He said as he sluggishly moved into the arena.
Roshan was confused as he looked at Kade bent down back.
“Who is this Siera”
Siera looked around as she flew onto the arena.
“It’s her” A shaky voice sounded among the crowd and everyone started chatting.
“I hope this match is going to be interesting”
“Kade vs Siera. Fight” Dariuz announced as he flew away from the stage.
“Hey Princess, please take it easy on me.” Kade said as he sadly smiled.
Siera glanced at him before covering the distance between them
“How fast” Roshan thought as he looked at her move.
Kade attacked as fervently as he could but every of his attacks were being evaded and
BOOM!!!!!
He crashed into the floor creating a wide hole.
The crowd in the arena stood up as they tried to look for the boy in the hole.
“I’m sure he’s dead” Roshan slightly shook his head as he looked at the hole.
“I think I used too much force” Siera crept closer as she peeped into the hole
The dust cleared and a boy crawled out from the hole, his clothes in complete tatters
“Cough…cough I said you should take it easy” Kade said as he glared at Siera
“I’m surprised you actually survived that, you must be strong enough” Seira said as she smiled.
Kade clenched his fist as he moved again sending a full force punch in her direction
He could have died. He had always hated being near to death which was why he trained to this level he is now.
His speed increased as kicks and punches flew in Seira’s direction.
Siera smiled as she easily evaded these punches until a kick hit her on the abdomen causing her to move some metres back
“Hmmm.. I need to end this”
She thought as she moved her palm in the fraction of a second into the chest of Kade causing him to fly out and crash into the wall.
Dust flew as Kade was on his knees coughing out blood.
“Damn!! I give up” He yelled as he lay on the floor breathing hardly
“Winner, Siera Trey”
Kade was moved out of the arena while a boy by the corner thought,
“These Monsters are everywhere”
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- Writer
