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"Aaaaaare yooou ready?!"

A loud deep voice ringed around a large coliseum with a size at least 100x that of a traditional Roman one. The near million people cheered a loud roar of applause and cheering in response. Half of the audience started chanting. "Sky Breaker! Sky Breaker!"

"SSSSSKYYYY BREAKER!"

A loud round of cheering and applause takes place at around the same level as before, if not louder.

"AND UUULT TAMERRR!"

Another round of cheering takes place yet again, except at a minuscule level compared to the previous ones.

Among the audience sat very few humans and there instead sat more diverse species ranging from orcs to even ants.

Within the audience, a few large spectator boxes existed, which separated themselves from the rest of the audience. In one of them, a 7 foot tall humanoid dragon in dark gold armor and a pig in business attire sat.

Looking at the stage where two distant figures stood opposite each other with a transparent bright red barrier ceiling far above them, the pig solemnly says, "This isn't even a challenge.."

It sucks in deeply into a cigarette it was lightly biting on before blowing out a large cloud that immediately gets sucked in almost immediately by the ventilation. It adds, "Sky Bräker is, without a doubt, immeasurably stronger. Though, I am interested to see what brought The World to even consider bringing this Ult fellow against the legendary Sky Bräker. Right, Ragnok-un?"

"Ult Tamer himself is just an appetizer; just wait. And you should know not to question our decisions, Kolk-ka. It's a bad habit of yours."

Snorting as he laughed in response, Kolk adds with a serious face, "I can do whatever the f*ck I want."

Ignoring the sudden change in attitude and tone, Ragnok looks towards the stage and gazes at the battle ring after the starting announcements finish.

In the ring were two very human looking figures. Ult Tamer was an actual human with tanned skin and glowing green eyes. He held bolas wrapped around his right hand. He wore a jaguar pelt to cover his torso and legs and had his head inside the head of a jaguar with the large mouth opened wide to allow a full view of his face.

Sky Breaker held a large bō and was clearly old with a long white beard and combed back grey hair, although his skin was so clear that he would seem much younger otherwise. He wore loose fitting clothing and had sandals on.

The clear difference between him and a regular human was his sharp horn from his center forehead and his scaly skin.

Needless to say, he looked damn awesome.

"I love you Sky'ker!" A young fairy woman confessed very loudly. Then as if a chain reaction, tens of thousands of various people started confessing loudly to Sky Breaker followed by more cheering.

Sky Breaker started rubbing his chin. "Ho ho. You are all too kind."

Ult Tamer wore a frown in the near zero reactions he received both times.

In anger, as soon as the match started, he assumed a low stance and threw out the bolas with a perfect swing, then he dashed forward and arrived almost instantly in front of Sky and did a side kick.

Sky responds with a simple yet quick dodge from both consecutively and a back swing with the bō.

The bō swings towards Ult's neck and he rolls to his side to dodge then grits his teeth. He pulls out a small knife from a sheath. He scratches his left palm with the knife and lets the resulting blood drop to the floor and chants in an unknown language very quickly. Fortunately for him, the auto translate function in the stadium was turned off for the fighters and his enemy nor the spectators would know what he was chanting.

After Ult's first roll, Sky did a quick succession of swings and seemingly attempted to force Ult to delay his ritual. Expecting this, Ult didn't pay any heed and let the blood continue to drop on the floor while dodging Sky's attacks. After around 10 drops of blood, a dark black flame lit up on each blood drop and a black light completely filled the huge ring before being sucked into a single spot on the ring right in front of Ult.

Back in the spectator box, Kolk snorts and shakes his head. "So inexperienced. He neither did any research before this either. He should've just given up the instant his matchup was announced. Though, I am happy Sky Bräker is giving the kid a chance to pull out his trump card."

Ragnok chuckles and speaks in a hoarse voice. "A fine fellow indeed."

In that spot, a cute small puppy appeared. It had black glistening fur and sharp red eyes, yet these menacing features just made it look even cuter.

Shouts of admiration could easily be heard from the audience.

Sky licks his lips and compliments, "An original, eh? A fine companion you have there."

Ult grimaces and shouts, "Go, Ah-Tabai!"

Looking at the puppy, Sky grips his bō harder and stands his ground holding a battle ready stance. "Come!"

The puppy barks and runs up to Sky and jumps up to him from a little distance away. With a swipe from its claw, a large blood swipe spanning 3 meters swipes at Sky.

Almost immediately after the blood swipe, a series of darts shot out from a blowgun Ult was holding. They shot towards any place Sky could possibly dodge. The puppy then followed up with a great swipe up towards Sky that should force him to dodge to one of the darts.

Sky's eyes flash as he grabs the bō to block the first swipe. The bō crushes under the strength of the attack and Sky bears a cut from the attack. Before the wound gets to even bleed, it heals up instantly. The darts and the other swipe that followed looked likely to hit and injure Sky at the very least.

Things don't always go according to plan though, and Sky completely broke their expectations and instantly created another bō from thin air, which excluded an air of divinity. He swung, jabbed, and danced with a golden bō at unreal speeds and simply knocked out both Ult and Ah Tabai before they could process what was happening.

"..."

After a short pause, the audience roared at the result of the battle. Some of the audience members were at a loss at what was happening. "What the.. what just happened? It's only been around half a minute!"

A fellow spectator looks towards the other person. "You must be new here."

Looking at the other person nod, he continues hurriedly as if missing out on something, "Just go into the shop around the corner and get a pair of 'The Eyes' and that'll explain the rest." The same spectator stares into blank space before they suddenly shout while standing from their seat. "What?! How did Sky Breaker even do that?"

The spectator's shouts fell on deaf ears, though, as the entire audience was drowned in the noise made by similar situations of loud explanations and confusions.

Down in the ring, Sky smiles and says, "That was a good match. Thank you for the…"

Sky pauses after spotting something amiss. The announcer never announced a winner as they usually would. Sky immediately hopped backwards, dodging a large black claw swiping up at his previous location.

The audience were quickly silenced as they watched with expectant eyes.

Ult slowly rises up and eyes down Sky menacingly. His eyes turned completely yellow-green with his pupil being deep black.

The puppy that originally was by Ult's side was completely gone and Ult looked greatly angered.

A low growl filled the entire coliseum. "Moonlight"

Immediately, as before, a complete darkness filled the ring. It disappears soon after, though, and Ult Tamer is ultimately found collapsed on the floor.

Kolk widens his eyes. "Woah! He did pretty good considering! Where did you find this guy, Ragnok-un?"

In satisfaction from the praise, Ragnok waves his scaly hand as if all was vindicated. "Stop it." he says jokingly while smiling. "You're going to make me blush."

Kolk laughs and jokes as well. "Alright. Alright, calm yourself you big shot."

Back in the ring, Sky Breaker sighs and pretends to wipe sweat from his forehead after the announcer officially announces the winner.

*Phew*

Walking out the coliseum, the cheering slowly fades out and Sky reveals a serious expression seeing two people blocking his path.

"Sensei!" They both kneel after seeing him.

"Arise, the both of you."

They stand up and Sky continues, "Mohammed, pitch to at least one of the wealthy looking people here on why you'd be a good fighter for them. Jake, I want you to finish all of the tasks on this list." Sky Breaker hands a list he held in his back pocket to Jake. "That is all." Sky waves his hand and walks past them.

After Sky Breaker walks a long distance away, Mohammed hangs his head low and walks up a staircase leading to the audience. Jake then turns his attention to the list after they wished each other good luck.

{Save 15 damsels in distress}

{Kiss 20 plants and hug 50 trees for one minute each)

{Cook your favorite meal 200 times and give it to those in need of food}

"Why do you do this to me, sensei?" Jake walks dejectedly to the exit of the coliseum. He trips on a rock and hits his head against a wall.

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But wait! This is cool and all, but… who are Jake and Mohammed? Why are they talking to animals and mythical creatures?

Ah. You see, it all started that one day...