The girl sat and overlook the entire fighting ring. An attendant came and whisper into her ears. She looked interested.
The announcement came and people were hyped.
"Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the most anticipated Deathmatch of the world where we pit criminals against exotic beasts and whoever emerged as the survivor will have their crime exempted and a gift from the leader of this city, except for the beast of course. They will continue to stay and serve as a challenge to our next contender, provided if they are still alive and well!"
The crowd cheered.
"However, there's a little twist in today's match. Instead of fighting against monsters, today there is a man who has the balls to challenge all of these death row criminals. So for the first time in history, we will have a man to man showdown."
The crowd hype simmered down. They were not as excited as before.
"Can a human even defeat these monsters?" was the doubt of the crowd and they begin to worry.
"Now, without further a due, let's welcome our contender!"
The gates opened and James walked in. From the other end, a bulky dude walked in as well.
The crowd was dead quiet.
"You looked scrawny, winning this match will be easy."
James had to look up because not only this dude is bulky, he is tall as well.
The dude licked his tongue.
"Oh, I am going to savor every moment of it. I will make you cry and I will make you bleed and I will make sure to extend the match as long as possible."
He stretched his necks and grinned.
"So who's my opponent?" asked James as he was waiting in the waiting room.
"A man who committed genocide. He broke into a family's house. Tied up the daughter and killed her parents slowly and gently in front of her. And afterward, he did the same to the kid. It took almost a group of knights from the kingdom to subjugate this lunatic," said the sleazy man.
"I see."
"3! 2! 1! Let the match begin!"
The crowd closed their eyes.
The criminals rushed in and grabbed James's head.
"So…you want to extend the match as long as possible?" James gripped his arm.
The criminal could not move his arm.
James threw a soul punch to his gut and the criminal is immediately on his knees.
"Kneel and beg for forgiveness, you criminal scum."
The crowd started to cheer.
"Ya, beat that piece of shit!" screamed one of the crowd.
"Oh boy, this might be more interesting than I thought," said one of the attendants beside the girl.
"Oh, our lady is on the edge of her seat. This is unusual," said another one of the attendants.
At the gate, the sleazy man was smiling and grinning. "This is going to be so much fun to watch."