When the manager was preparing for the battle Sandhya and all the people who had gone with them to see it were watching the ongoing battle. The battle ended with one person being seriously injured, blood was oozing out of his head and some of his bones were also broken. He came out on the stretcher and then got sent to the hospital. The winner stood there showing his big rows of white teeth to the people who were cheering for him happily. They were probably those who had bet on him and won money. Some were frustrated because they lost their money but they weren't that bothered since they were here for fun.
They were eagerly waiting for the next match to begin so that they could bet and test their luck when they heard the host say, "My ladies and gentleman. I am sorry to interrupt but we are postponing our scheduled official match for a bit. So, the next match which will be held here will be a personal one."
Hearing the announcement, people started to talk among themselves.
"What? They postponed an official match. This must be someone important."
They wondered who has this much power to stop an official underground match. Some people who had waited to place their bets on their favorite contestants seemed displeased and questioned the announcer.
"How can you stop the official match? When did you take our permission? I was specifically here to place my bet on Jackal and you are saying that the match has been postponed. Who knows how long this match will take to end? I don't have that much time. Do you know how precious my time is?"
"Sure, Mr. Beat, if you think that seeing my match is wasting your time then go ahead and get out of this place."
Mr. Beat got angry when someone replied with insult but when he turned his head around to reply, he was stunned seeing Brizio. He slapped his lips for saying something like that about him. But he didn't know that the next match was none other than his!
He instantly tried to apologize so that he wouldn't be angry for his foolish rude comment.
"I… I am sorry Mr. Davide. I didn't mean to say that. It's my greatest honor to see your match."
He tried to please him, "If it's you then the match would indeed end in some moments. I would make sure to cheer for you and place my bet on you. Please forgive me!"
Brizio smiled smugly. Everyone knows how to talk with him which is with their utmost respect. He then glanced towards unconcerned Lola who was waiting for the host to announce their fight and his smile faded. He went up to the host and grabbed his microphone and said, "The person who is present here listen clearly if you don't want to see this match then just get the hell out of here. And if you want to watch then you can just place your bet on us. I will be fighting with the lady standing below the stage. Those who weren't able to recognize me, I am 'Red Hell' the only VVIP member and also the strongest contestant of this underground battle arena."
Now the audiences were on an uproar. They had only heard about his matches but never able to watch him. Because his match's ticket is so expensive that only some of the wealthy people of that city can afford it. Rumour has it that his fireball is so strong that even a good physique person gets pushed back 3 meters away and that his fire hammer can crush every type of barrier.
Those who were doubtful on whom to bet, they immediately shouted, "We will bet on 'Red Hell'!"
All the ladies who were there also demanded their partner to bet on 'Red Hell'.
Brizio gave them a satisfied smile when he heard people cheer for him like a die-hard fan, he looked at Lola provokingly trying to mock her. But Lola was there standing cool like a cucumber. She even felt like yawning when she saw the look on Brizio's face. Brizio could only stomp his feet on stage with annoyance seeing the indifferent attitude of Lola.
"Hump, let's see how long are you going to keep up like this Lola Corsetti!"
He handed the microphone back to the host and moved to one side of the stage.
The host then cheerfully announced, "Now my ladies and gentleman the fight for which you were eagerly waiting with anticipation is about to begin. Please welcome the two competitors one is the no.1 player of this arena 'Red Hell' and…" only then he noticed that he doesn't know the other person's name.
Lola was already on the stage when she saw the host come to her and asked, "Um… miss may I know your name? So that I can announce it."
"Lola."
The host awkwardly went back to his place and announced "Welcome Red Hill and Miss Lola!"
Heavy applause of people rang through the arena and people started to cheer for Brizio. Some were even shouting phrases like, "Go beat her to hell!"
"Yeah, beat her to death!"
"Show her what you are made of brother!"
"Show her who red hill is!"
Some of the girls were so excited that they stood up from their seats and started to pose sexily to cheer him up.
Lola wasn't even a bit fazed by the scenes but what angered her most was the noise they were creating. She was so annoyed that she yelled at them, "Shut up!"
The whole arena fell into silence. People looked at her incredulously.
To break the tension in the air the host immediately announced, "Since, both the contestants are ready let's begin the fight. On my announcement of 3 2 1, Begin!"
Brizio lifted his wand in the air and casted, "Curtains of Fire shower!"
Balls of fires appeared around him like hanging stars. After it reached a certain number, he shook his wand and pointed towards Lola. All the balls of fire that were gathered around him moved towards her with an ingenious speed like it would hit her at any moment.
Some people exclaimed, "It's…. It's 50 stars of fire shower! He must be really powerful!"
"That lady is done for."
But before they could sympathize with her bad luck the balls of fire hit something in the middle of the stage and all of them exploded at once. All of the audience looked at the stage covered with smoke completely shocked. When the smoke subsided, they finally saw that in the middle of the stage there seems to be a wall parting the stage in half. On one side was Brizio while on the other side was Lola.
"What the heck is that?"
Asked one of the audiences when someone instantly answered, "It's… a wall made up of ice! A thick ice wall! But it wasn't there a moment ago! I didn't see her casting anything? How did she make it in such a small amount of time?"
When they were questioning about how the hell the ice wall appeared in the middle of the stage out of nowhere. They heard Lola say, "This wall is made up of my magic. I cast it just before your fireballs reached there. If you succeeded in breaking that ice wall of mine then you win. Don't worry I won't use any more magic. You can make a trusted man of you guard me. Now, the choice is yours. Do you accept my challenge?"
The impact was great. Sandhya’s eyes blurred and her head was dizzy. She slumped on the ground while holding onto the net. “Are you alright?”She shook her head and tried to get up. “Why didn’t you use your mana layer? I’m amazed you are still standing.” Demi said.A while later her dizziness subsided and her eyes cleared. She saw Demi resting near the post. “How much time did I take?”“10 minutes. Much faster than a normal person.”He gave her water to drink and replenish her energy. “There are 20 minutes left. Do you want to continue or want to get some rest?”“I will continue.”“Then you better use mana layer or else you won’t last.”Demi prepared himself to kick the ball. He gave a quick look to confirm Sandhya is alright and gathered all his energy on his foot. With a swing, his foot touched the ball sending it towards her. Sandhya took a deep calm breath and replayed all the moments where she had practiced with her magic. Regaining her strength and confidence she poured all
Sandhya nodded and watched the whole fight. The time they had for the fight ended and the result was a draw. Both of them were equally matched and both of them had sustained some damage. The fight ended and the crowd dispersed. Jazz and Sandhya went to them. Jazz handed both of them a healing crystal to treat the wounds.“That was a nice fight. Both of you must have enjoyed it.”“You were late though.” Said Wynn. Her eyes landed on her tag and her weapon.“You are a patrol member?” “Yep, just joined today. Sorry, I didn’t make it on time. But I enjoyed watching you two nonetheless.”Sandhya and Jazz went towards the playing grounds. On the way, they met some troublemakers but Jazz was able to pacify them. Sandhya watched and noticed how he was doing it so that she could apply those techniques. They were walking beside a football ground when a ball hit Sandhya with tremendous speed. Sandhya put up her mana layer but the timing was slow. She was pushed back quite some meter away. Wh
She said this loudly so that each and everyone present in the classroom could hear her. The student's jaws dropped after hearing this. They indeed had noticed it and they also knew the real incident but who could tell these mind-sick girls that are way head over heels about Kane.Some boys couldn’t stop their laughs so muffled sounds of laughter echoed in the room. Those girls glared at Sandhya and those boys who dared to laugh.‘Did she just call them crazy?’ Thought those girls in their mind.Those boys also stopped laughing instantly knowing that if they didn’t then it might become their last laugh.Sandhya waited for Kane to speak.‘Say something. At least say a word so that I can clean this mess up.’ Sandhya yelled at Kane in her mind. But when she didn’t even see a shift in Kane’s face, she decided to initiate it herself.“Is there anything between us, Kane?”She asked and slammed the desk to get his attention. Kane finally looked at her. He stared at her deep brown eyes who wer
Lola rolled her eyes. No doubt about it she is turning like her sly best friend. They are sisters after all. …. The next day Sandhya and lanlan were walking to the academy when Sandhya asked, “What happened about the duel between you and that girl named Wynn?” “We’ll duel in today's break at the practice ground before our lessons.” Said Lanlan. When they reached the entrance gate, they saw Wynn and her two friends standing there waiting for someone or maybe for them? “You are here.” She said looking at them. “I thought you may not come so I was waiting here to confirm but looks like you didn’t back off on your words.” Lanlan only returned it with a smile. “All the best to both of you.” Said Sandhya to both of them. “I was also waiting for you. I wanted to invite you to see the match.” Said Wynn. “Sure, I will be present there.” Wynn nodded and said to lanlan, “Let’s go.” Lanlan sighed and they went to their classrooms. “You came.” Sandhya turned her head and saw Aina st
Ren had a weird expression on her face when Sandhya showed her the medicine she was holding, “The wound looked deep so went to bring medicine. While returning I came across this stall who was selling these so I bought them.” Ren looked at Sandhya’s calm face as if it’s her daily job buying medicine and sweet potatoes. She internally facepalmed herself. “Well, come in.” Sandhya nodded and entered the house. The house was nicely furnished with just the daily necessities. The front door opens directly to the living area. She put the baked potatoes on the table and her bag on a chair while Ren went into the kitchen to wash her wound. Some time passed and Sandhya entered the kitchen. Ren was standing in front of the faucet with her eyes closed while trying to put her hand underwater. She looked like a reluctant kid who doesn’t want to take her injection. ‘It will take forever.’ She sighed and took a small cloth to clean the wound. Since Ren was busy deciding she didn’t notice Sandhy
Ren puffed her cheeks up while Sandhya shrugged her shoulders.“Shall we go now?”“Yeah…”When they got out of the academy building Ren asked, “Wouldn’t you like to visit the headmistress?”“Hm? Why?”“To tell her about this incident. Felicita and Luisa might try to smear your name. If you tell the headmistress everything beforehand then you may not get punished.”“I don’t think so.” Sandhya replied.“Why?”“First of all, even though they had initiated the fight and I was trying to defend, the classroom got damaged in which I was a part. So, technically I should be punished for this as well or students will take the rules lightly.Second, the incident happened during lunch break and no one was seriously injured so higher-ups may not put much stress on it. They may get it closed saying that this was just a small fe