Pantalla!"
Cudny and Pantalla stepped onto the circular stage. Before the match started, Cudny gave Pantalla a flying kiss. The disoriented Dwarf didn't know how to react.
When the horn for the start of their match blew. Pantalla was still looking back at the audience. His girlfriend who was watching the match was glaring angrily at him.
With his back exposed, the Dwarf was easily pushed off the stage by Cudny's shield.
"The winner of the first match, it's the crowd's favorite, Cudny! Now it's time for our second match: Tarcza vs Pedang!"
This time it was Tarcza and Pedang's turn. Their battle lasted for thirty minutes and no one was giving in. Both their HPs stayed at 50%.
It looked like the fight would continue for another thirty more minutes when Tarcza used an all out attack which Pedang took on with his shield.
Even after blocking the attack, Pedang's lifebar was only left with around 20%. On the other hand, Tarcza stood motionless and was drained from his failed coup de grâce. Pedang grabbed the opportunity and pushed Tarcza off the stage with his shield.
"And the winner of our second match is Pedang! Now let's move on to our third match: Blastar vs Ecran!"
Blastar and Ecran took to the oval ring. Ecran readied himself and as soon as the horn went off, he made a dash towards Blastar.
The middle aged Swordsman met him head on and used the same technique 'Sword Smite', Ecran's slash was blown away and he was thrown off the ring. Blastar's fight lasted less than twenty seconds and he stared at Smoke, as he stepped over the defeated Gnome's body.
"Wow! That was quick and the winner of our third match is Blastar! Now! For our finally match on the first round of elimination. It's Ilad vs. Szabla!"
Smoke took the stage and he was followed by the huge Ork, Szabla. His opponent was carrying a Zweihänder. Szabla took the initiative and immediately used his 'Great Divide' ability.
Szabla missed his target but the floor of the ring had been greatly damaged. Smoke backed off a couple of more steps and continued dodging all of Szabla's attacks.
The stage now looked like it was about to break apart because of all the missed 'Great Divide' attempts. There were no more solid footing available on the stage. Smoke was now at the edge of the ring. The Ork readied himself for one more slash.
Just as Szabla was finishing his downward slashing motion. Smoke moved swiftly to his back and slashed him pushing him off the ring.
"That took long enough and here I thought that Pedang's match was gonna be longest. Right, the winner of the fourth match is Ilad! We will have a short break as our Earth Mages reconstruct our ring for us."
Smoke went to his assigned area and ate his prepared meal. He was sharpening his blade when he felt an ominous feeling that someone was watching him from the crowd.
He tried looking around but couldn't find the source. He shrugged it off. After all, he was in a competition where at least 80,000 people were watching him.
The announcer's voice resonated everywhere in the coliseum. They would resume the second round of the competition.
"Thank you for waiting patiently! I hope that won't happen again. That's right I'm looking at you, Ilad."
Smoke just gave a wave to the crowd as his disguised face was shown on the main screen. The hooded cape, bunny ears and specialized mask gave him the perfect disguise.
The main screen displayed the participants of the second round.
Second Round:
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Cudny (Human)
vs
Pedang (HighElf)
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Blastar (Lioumerean)
vs
Ilad (DarkElf)
"Let's start our second round! First up, we have our beautiful Cudny vs HighElf Pedang!"
Cudny started her signature move and gave Pedang a flying kiss. Pedang's eyes just stared at her with fury. He wouldn't fall for her
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