Gods of Arena

'The Arena will be rough, today. Another great fight is coming up, after this great fight. Dan, the living wire, gets challenged to a fight by a mid-tier fighter, Roy; the Iceman. Dan is known to be tough and strong but Roy seems confident. Roy has defeated four low-tiers on the ring. He's about to bring down his first top-tier. Stake your bets while you still can....'

"Did they just call him Iceman?", Kang asked.

"Yea. He has the same powers as Rico", Jin replied and glanced at Finn. He wasn't sitting near them.

"Leave him alone. He's probably trying to be like Romeo, for a reason"

"I'm guessing he's going to become a total introvert, once he wins this fight", Jin said. "He's probably scared too. Picking a friend in the hall will betray you when you have to get on the battlefield with the same person... what do you think will happen if we are pitted against each other, Kang?"

Kang looked into his eyes. Anything could happen on the ring, truly, and one of them must die. "You won't kill me, will you?"

"You will fail to take your chance to kill me while you still can and that might affect you... or affect both of us", Jin said and looked at the Arena. "The match is starting. Let's watch"

Roy changed his full body into ice and created a sword of ice too. Dan ran at him with his sword too. The swords clanged against each other, with Dan's sword bouncing back repeatedly due to the thickness of Roy's weapon. Dan flipped and kicked Roy back. Wires sprung out of his body and they darted at Roy. Roy ran backwards in fear and stood still, fighting back with his ice sword. He swung the sword, cutting the tips of the wires swiftly.

Dan shot another wire out of his hand. The wire wrapped itself around Roy's leg and Dan tugged it at himself, pulling Roy on the ground. Roy flung the sword at him, making him shift aside to dodge the sword. Roy created another short knife with ice and cut the wires from his leg. He flung the knife at Dan. He created more knives and flung them at Dan, immediately. Dan's wires caught the knives in the air. He shot the knives back at him, immediately.

Roy bent his head, avoiding the knives quickly. Immediately, Dan's wires flung at Roy and wrapped around his body, holding him up in the air. Dan glared, smiling evilly as the wires tugged at Roy's limbs. "Good night, brother", he muttered, as the wires pulled Roy's limbs apart, bursting him in the air.

"Fuck! That was fast", Jin said, casually.

"And bloody", Kang said and glanced at Finn's seat. He had left there, already. Jae had also left his seat. They were probably on their way to the arena, already.

"That's how brutal Dan can be", Jin said, as he watched Dan walk out of the Arena.

Finn walked into the Arena, immediately, and Jae walked in, through the second door.

'The second fight is here. Finn, a low-tier, dares to challenge the top-tier fighter, Jae, the Rock bottom, to a fight on the Arena. We don't know what Finn has up his sleeves, yet, but he has promised to wipe the floor with Jae's face. We just watched a top-tier brutalize a mid-tier fighter. It'll probably be the same, this time.... Or probably not the same. Stake your bets while you still can, Gamblers, and let the great battle begin....'

Jae dropped his weapon, glaring at Finn. Finn glared back and dropped his weapon too. He clenched his fist and the metal in his arms showed. Jae clenched his fists too, turning his arms into stone. Jae flung his arm and opened his palms, as if pouring something out. Countless tiny stones shot at Finn's face, distracting him. Jae shapeshifted into complete stone and pulled a huge rock out of his side, throwing it at Finn immediately.

Finn caught the rock and flung it back with greater velocity. It slammed Jae in the chest, throwing him back. Finn jumped at him, throwing punches against his head, repeatedly. Jae threw a punch against Finn's head, almost stunning him. He raised his knee against his chest and kicked him back. Finn rolled away, healing slowly. Jae flung a rock at him, immediately he sprung back up. Finn raised one hand and stopped the stone. Holding the stone up in one hand, it turned into metal and he flung it at Jae. The metal ball shot faster than Jae could throw his stone. It shot a stone out of Jae's shoulder, almost pulling his arm apart.

Jae fell on his knees and held his shoulder, as the rock slowly regrew on his shoulder.

"That's how rage helps you grow stronger", Jin said. "By the next time his power level is checked, he will probably be classified as a mid-tier fighter" "Wow!", Kang said. "We shouldn't have underestimated him, after all. This is the end of Jae"

Finn approached Jae, slowly, with his arms shaped into sharp blades. Jae's shoulder had only healed halfway. Finn swung his metal blade arms at Jae, who blocked it with an arm. He threw a punch at Finn's face. Finn's face turned into steel, immediately, and his whole body turned metallic. Jae roared wildly, as his attacks seemed to have no impact on the mid-tier. He shouted, throwing Finn backwards with the wave of his noise. Tiny stones shot sporadically out of his body at Finn, who just stood still as the stones ricocheted. Finn walked around him, wondering how to put him down finally. Jae's shoulder had healed, completely. The metal ball was probably his most effective attack since the fight started. Jae pulled two rocks out of his side and flung them at Finn. Finn smiled, as he held the two rocks in the air, turning them both into a metal ball. Jae flung more rocks at Finn before he could throw the metal balls, throwing Finn down on the ground. Finn managed to throw one of the metal balls, which shot right through Jae's chest. Jae staggered forward and fell on the ground, with a hole in his chest. He glanced at the hole and looked at Finn. He looked at the hole again, as if wondering what was going to happen to him.

He could hear the gamblers shouting and hailing. They had probably staked their bet on Finn. The fighters just looked at him from their stand. Everything moved so slowly in his eyes. His stone head changed back to his human head, while his body remained completely stone, with the hole in his chest. It didn't look like it would cover up, soon..... or ever. He fell on his back and his eyes closed, slowly.

Finn got up on his feet and raised his blade arm. "I won!", he howled at the bleachers and the Gamblers clapped and made noises.

"I don't know if I'm happy that he won the fight", Kang said.noveldrama

"You're not meant to be sad", Jin replied.

"I know. Looking at Jae's face now, I feel some sort of pity for the guy"

"Everyone looks innocent at one point in their life and everyone looks like a monster at one point in their life"

"Finish him!", the Gamblers stood up and screamed. "Finish him! Finish him!"

Finn wanted Jae to die, slowly. He didn't want to be as brutal as Romeo was on the Arena. He looked at Romeo. Romeo was smiling, casually, staring back at him. Finn shook his head and turned, walking towards the door. "Wait! You fool!", Jae's voice called him back. Finn looked back and saw Jae getting up. "You don't know why they call me top-tier, do you?"

Jae turned into complete stone, with the hole still in his chest, and ran towards Finn, swiftly. He jumped at Finn and pushed him to the ground. He enlarged his stony arms and slammed Finn's head with it, repeatedly. Finn had changed into completely metal but the hit was having an impact anyway. Jae kept smashing till multiple dents appeared on Finn's metallic head. He shook Finn's head, making him transform back to his human form, then he slammed his huge stony arm on Finn's head, bursting it. He laughed, maniacally, as blood splattered all over his face. He pulled Finn's head out and showed it to the Gamblers and the fighters. "See! I won!", he howled and looked at the Gamblers. "Fuck you!"