Chapter 5.
Saint is laying in his backyard, breathing heavy, exhaustingly.
(Saint's inner monologue: I can't move anymore… using Mana is so tiring…)
Carmelo returns to the backyard with Brugger,
"Hey shithead, the tournament has begun already." Brugger says annoyed,
Saint glances at Brugger,
(Saint's inner monologue: Shit! I forgot the deadline…)
Saint laughs awkwardly,
"Just a minute… I need a breather." Saint sits up,
Carmelo shrugs proudly.
"He seems different now, what did you do?" Brugger asks,
"Why spoil the fun? He'll show you soon enough… you record the matches, right? Bring me a copy once you hand him the trophy." Carmelo says confidently, while leaning against a wall,
Brugger chuckles.
Back at Sangre De Reyes, Beyce and Kevo are about to resume their fight after Beyce refused to give up,
(Beyce's inner monologue: How can I beat him? Look for an opening… an opening… an opening…)
Kevo bursts towards Beyce faster than the eye can track and pummels him with critical hits, every punch hitting a vital point, each hit landing harder than the last.
"This is a hard watch…" Ari says to himself as he looks at the battle scene ahead of him.
Beyce is getting thrown around, he could hardly defend himself, let alone fight back.
The crowd is silent, with occasional mutters and gasps… while Beyce is yelling in pain while getting pummeled.
After what seems like a final hit, Beyce looks knocked out.
Kevo takes his hoodie and puts it on, he starts walking away, Beretta teleports to Beyce
"This match has been concluded, winn-"
Beyce stands up,
"I'm never going down" Beyce says, brokenly.
(Beretta's inner monologue: This guy… Did he?)
(Oshoku's inner monologue: It seems like there are more geniuses than we thought…)
(Ari's inner monologue: I bet he's got this in the bag now.)
"How are you still?-" Kevo asks confused,
LIMITER BREAK
Beyce's Mana skyrockets and his Mana around him turns green, his eyes light up green as well,
(Beyce's inner monologue: This power… I can beat him…!)
Beyce blitzes towards Kevo with insane newfound speed, which Kevo barely manages to dodge limbo style,
Kevo traps Beyce's arm in a flying arm bar, but Beyce quickly slams him to the floor, before grabbing his hood and yanking him in the air,
Beyce jumps up to meet Kevo in the air, he uppercuts Kevo before appearing behind him double axe handling him sending Kevo crashing to the floor.
(Kevo's inner monologue: No use not going all out anymore…)
"Thunder Style: Shida's Storm"
Beretta's eyes widen in shock as he realizes Kevo has 2 abilities, meaning he has broken his limiter twice already,
(Beretta's inner monologue: … How was he ranked so low?)
Kevo's body turns purple, bursting with electricity, destroying the floor in the arena slightly, causing rubble and smoke,
While Beyce is still in the air, Beyce revs up his fist
(Beyce's inner monologue: I just gotta hit him… really, HARD!)
Beyce concentrates his Mana all into his fist, making it shine with green Mana.
"Enhancing Style: Wolf's Impact"
Kevo jumps up to meet Beyce in the middle, as the two crash into each other, connecting with their strongest abilities, they cause a massive shockwave that creates a massive pile of smoke and dust, mixed with a half destroyed arena.
"Brilliant Beyce!" Ari says excitingly,
As the dusts clears, Kevo and Beyce are both falling from the sky, with Kevo being lower to the ground while unconscious.
(Beyce's inner monologue: I… I did it…)
Kevo wakes up midair and locks his hand into a fist,
Then suddenly a big lightning bolt hits Beyce straight in his back, burning it open and sending him crashing to the ground quicker than Kevo
Beretta rushes to the scene and checks Beyce's pulse.
"Winner, Kevo!"
The crowd erupts, Ari leans back in his chair.
"I lost my bet… tch" (Ari's inner monologue: You did great though Beyce…)
Ari overhears some girls behind him talk
"Even though he lost, he was still really cool, wasn't he?"
The girls giggle, Kevo walks injured to the medic room while a crew of medics carry Beyce inside.
Beretta clears his throat before speaking up, "We're taking a break here everybody, please return to your seat in about 15 minutes as we have to rebuild the arena again. Thank you for understanding"
The crowd all leave, as Ari is leaving, hands in pockets he runs into Plaster… His opponent in the tournament.
"Yo! You nervous?" Ari asks as he's smiling innocently,
"Don't piss me off, Ari" Plaster shoulder bumps him before continuing to walk away.
In the medic room, Saint just arrived. He's standing over Beyce's bed while he's laying unconscious with a respirator and a low pulse,
(Saint's inner monologue: Beyce lost… against that Kevo dude…)
Saint glances over at the other side of the medic room, he sees Kevo holding an ice pack to his shoulder, slightly bruised.
(Saint's inner monologue: At least he put up a fight…)
As the 15 minutes pass, the battle arena starts filling up once again. The battleground's looking good as new.
Beretta walks up to the center and announces the next match.
"Alright everyone, time for the next match. Participants, please step inside."
The big screen randomly chooses the order of the fights and stops at,
Plaster #3886 (B22) VS Ari #4001 (B22)
Ari gets up from his seat he was slouching on, Plaster jumps down directly from the stands, landing inside the arena.
"Nothing personal, right, Plaster?" Ari says as he stretches, "Just a friendly spar."
Plaster cracks his knuckles with a slight grin,
"Whatever you say."
Beretta starts the fight, "Begin!"
Ari immediately does a hand sign,
"Scorpion Style: Viper Pulse"
Ari's fists erupt with purple Mana,
Plaster's eyes widen in shock, but he quickly regains his composure.
"Heh, let's go."