Wearing a vertical black and white striped shirt, Javier explained the rules to the two fighters. Nia still wore her ridiculous smile while Rory looked tense, with the corners of his lips twitching. "A fighter loses if they show no signs of life, give up, can't get up within the count of ten, or their body is destroyed, so they can't continue the fight," Matt explained to the audience. Lognar chuckled. "I love the way you said those last words, Matt! Let's see if we'll see a broken body in this match!" "I hope the viewers have a strong stomach to see that." Matt resumed. "And one more thing that viewers should be aware of. Fighters will receive a magical barrier to protect their body if they don't wear armor. If the opponent keeps hitting that barrier, its effectiveness will decrease until it breaks." "Then what about Nia?" The dwarf commentator pointed at the idol. "She's not wearing armor, but I'm guessing her body is mostly metal." "You cou

"I didn't expect that this show would be this exciting." A male spectator in the upper stands commented. "I regret not buying the front-row ticket." "We'll see if this continues." Another man next to him replied. "Maybe that match just happened to be good. We don't know what their fighters will be like after this." While they continued chatting, a slightly pale-skinned woman stood behind them, keeping her eyes on the arena, which was being cleaned of blood. Even though her long silver hair should stand out because it was so shiny and her face looked like the finest artist had sculpted it, people seemed oblivious to her presence. A single tear slipped from her eye. *** Lognar burped after taking a large gulp of water. "Just the first game, and my throat is dry." he chuckled. "I hope you can endure to the end." Matt also drank water from a bottle. "The next battle will also be interesting." Matt signaled to Vivianne, who

The stadium was silent. Shori could only lower her chin, unable to believe what she just heard. Lognar laughed hard. "Amazing!!! Again, something shocking!!!" Matt didn't know what to say. "What did you say?" Shori gritted her teeth and stood up. "Are you out of your mind? We barely know each other!" "Trust me, sweety." Norug wore a broad smile. "We will be a perfect match. But I will prove that I am the strongest by defeating you. That way, you will know that I am worthy of you." "You f*cking sh*t!" Shori snapped. "I wouldn't want to be with you! And I'd beat you so I could go home!" "We will see!!!" Norug laughed again. "I'll show you a move I've never used before!!! You will be amazed and will fall in love with me!!!" "Errr…." Lognar scratched his hair. "I don't think that's how to attract a woman, Norug." Instead of attacking his opponent, Norug pounded the floor with his hammer. "I can feel an earthquake, M

Behind the entrance curtain, Salvia took a deep breath. The hustle and bustle of the people outside made her heart rate crawl up. Her last experience in front of many people was at her high school graduation. They called her to receive the certificate on the stage. Even then, she did it in turns with the other students. So, it's natural that she almost freaked out now. A crew member was standing not far from her, wearing a large headset and ready to give a signal. As the speakers fired hip-hop music with a vibrant synth melody, the crew gave a thumbs up, and Salvia pushed aside the curtain. The female rapper's singing filled the stadium.   "In the techno city, she ready to strike." "A cyberpunk queen, out at midnight." "In the crime-ridden area, she still has dreams." "A future knight, she did it to the extreme."   She slides with her roller s

{A few days after the ritual of summoning fighters}   Jun Tokuma performed a punch combination on a training dummy made of sacks. His bare upper body displayed prominent muscles, though his stature was not overly bulky. The morning sun reflected off his flowing sweat. He's been doing that long enough today. "Arrrghhh!!!" The undercut-haired young man dealt a hard final blow to that dummy, sending it crashing down. He paused, looking at the broken wooden peg, the torn sack, and the scattered sand. Then, he crouched down, scooping the sand into the sack using his hands. His mind was dazed, so he forgot to hold back his strength in the final blow. Since coming to that place, he kept thinking of ways to save those fighters. He will not bow before evil. "You don't have to do that, you know?" Vivianne came up to the man with her hands behind her back. "Let our staff take care of it. You are a special per