Settright.

A few minutes passed by, where Karya got ready and starting stretching out. We didn't knew who she would be fighting against, nonetheless we weren't too worried about it.

As she was warming up her legs I said to her "Make sure to not do unnecessary movements and end it quickly, I don't want you getting injured for not taking this seriously, okay?"

She smiled at my words and answered while rolling her eyes up "Yes dad, I'll promise to end this quickly." After saying that she chuckled at my reaction.

"Hey, this could be serious, so you better off take care of yourself up there since I wouldn't be able okay?" I said while crouching down towards her height and looked straight to her eyes.

She returned the gaze and nodded while saying "Dont worry, I'm not Ymir or Hyuna for doing that. Also even you dont believe that this may be serious." When saying the last she gave me a teasing smile while I simply poked her forehead with my index and middle finger.

She answered with an "ouch" while I raised up again and took Morpheus on my arms. The swordsman duo started to meditate after the fat guy left and I was just continue staring at Hyuna doing her warm ups.

Feeling my gaze she seemed to adjust her position to give me better views, I shamelessly looked over her with an appreciative looks.

However I was thrown out of my bliss by Sett laugh. The man voice resounded through the entire room bringing the attention of everyone to him.

"Look at those two, flirting while all of us are waiting for a deathmatch! Can you believe it?" As he said that a bald fighter roared at him "Shut up you bastard boy, we are tired from hearing you shouting everytime you open your fucking mouth!"

Sett stopped smiling as he stand up from his seat and went in front of the bald man, the people around the man grabbed their weapons while looking menacingly to him. "Say that again, baldy, and I swear for my mommy that I won't wait for Grevant calling for us." As he said that I saw his fist clenching while the bald man smirked at his response.

"What? Don' you like being reminded of what you are, beast boy?" Sett looked at the man eyes and just as everyone thought that he was about to punch the man, he chuckled and said "Your face going to fetch a good price after beating you up, baldy." As he said that he turned around.

Just as he was about to return to his previous position, he stopped midday and said "Ya know what? I don't mind that money!-" As he finished his words, he turned around with a fist and punched the bald with an uppercut that send him flying to the roof.

*BOOM*

The people around the baldy launched their attacks towards him as Sett literally punched back the attacks from their swords and axes.

And with a quick speed, he punched one of them on his chest, sending him flying away against the walls, while the other was kicked on his knees and then punched down, knocking five teeths at the same time.

The remaining one tried to attack Sett on his back, but the later swiftly turned away and punched him strong on the guts. Making him fall on his knees without air on his lungs.

The rest of fighters who were looking at the show, just shook their head while others said something under their breaths.

It seemed that they were expecting something like this.

"I didn't finished with all of you just because I want to be payed later." Sett said while scoffing at their sight, he them went to sit down in the middle and looked back at us once again.

"Like I was saying, don't ya think you are quite bold to act like that when everyone here is fighting for their neck?" He send his question towards us, Karya looked back at me while her eyes asking me 'Did I flirt with you?'

Meanwhile I just smiled at both her and Sett while answering in my broken Ionian.

"I trust my fists, that's all." As he heard my answer, Sett gave a not bad look as he added "Well, it's a shame that I'll ended up beating you, I'll try not hit you so fast since I liked your answer."

Not minding the granting tone he spoke with, I just smiled at him as I moved my gaze back to Karya.

Just as I was about to talk her, the fat man came once again and shouted "0681 and 0689, up!"

Karya looked back at me as she waved her hand, walking through the doors.

"Remember to end it fast." I said to her while she nodded her head without looking back at me.

When I turned back to look for her opponent, I saw the tall Noxian that was with the Ionian female on his group, moving forward to the gate.

The fatman stayed behind as he looked at the paper and roared "0679 and 0690, you both are next! He said and I looked around for the person who I was about to fight with. However no one showed any clue that I could work with. Thus, without minding anymore I sat on my spot while picking up Morpheus and made him lay on my legs.

Time seemed to pass slow, until the door was opened once again, but I wasn't seeing Karya anywhere.

Frowning at this, I asked to the fatman before he opened his mouth "Hey you, where the fighters from before?" I approached to him with each words while I slightly towered him.

He raised his head and looked at me with an annoyed expression and shouted "Who the hell are you? Just go inside the arena and stop asking shit!"

I didnt moved an inch and continue glaring at him, this time with a pissed off expression "Where Is she?" I asked with a cold tone.

The fat man who was about to say something, simply grabbed a cane on his waist while swearing "..You piece of shit!.." As he was about to hit me with the cane, he stopped midair as a pained expression appeared on his face while his hand started shaking.

"GAH, WHAT THE FUCK?" He shouted and then looked at my face with a frightful expression "S-She took the tunnel towards the resting room! I-I-if you win you'll be going there too, now plea-!" I didn't bother with the man anymore as I moved him aside without minding my strength and before walked the ramp up I turned around and nodded my head towards the two disciples.

"Morpheus, grab my bag and come here!" I shouted to the little kitty, as he took it on his mouth and run towards me, jumping to my arms as I turned around and continue walking.

While patting his head, I walked through the dark ramp as I heard a faint voice towering above the shouts and screams "... another fresh fighter, a young foreigner that came this night to test himself, welcome to the.. what the hell is this name? Ladies and gentlemen this one is called the NoobMaster69!.."

As I stepped inside the arena, I was welcomed by the sight of a circular arena with dry grass and wooden columns planted around the battleground.

There were four lights sources that illuminated the arena, creating a contrast between the well illuminated arena and the dark seats where the spectators where supposed to be.

"..oh this one is a pretty boy! Hehehe I would love to see the other fighter tearing his face up!.."

"..He even brought a pet, who the hell they let them fight in the arena!?..." I heard a few voices saying amidst the mix of roars and shouts.

"...on the other side, fighting for the second time on this arena is Teeeeeeeeenaaaaariiiii." I heard the announcer presenting my opponent and saw the ponytailed girl exiting the door and passing me.

She walked to the middle of the arena as she raised her fist, then she turned around and looked at me.

I let down Morpheus while muttering to him "take care of the bag buddy, I trust you that, okay?" And then I headed towards the middle too.

Looking around briefly with a nonchalantly expression, I gulped down when I heard the announcer saying "NOW, RAISE YOUR BETS AND PREPARE FOR THE FIGHT!"

Tenari got into position while looking at me, it seemed that the battle didn't started yet as the bets were made.

"TIME'S UP! LET'S NOW SEE HOW WILL RAISE VICTORIUS FROM THIS MATCH, FIGHTERS, DIE!" when the announce finished roaring, Tenari launched herself towards me as I sidestepped and dodged her move.

Noticing that she wasn't fast, I raised my hands on guard and advanced slowly to met her.

She turned around swiftly and started dancing around my position while throwing some needle that didn't pass through my skin layer.

Calming my heartbeat, I started to vibrate the air around me as I traced her movements. Moving towards her next position I launched a small punch with my left hand while preparing my right to punch afterwards.

Tenari didn't choose to dodge me and clashed me head on with one of her legs while kicking me.

Immediately grabbing her leg, I didn't let her go while I punched her face with my right fist.

Her body, unable to fly away due to my grip on her leg, as she bent backwards as she hit violently the ground.

I heard her muffled groans as she passed out on the ground. Sighing lightly I created tremors around her body to check her condition, I didn't wanted to kill someone if I didn't need to after all.

After making sure that she was okay, I looked around and noticed that the people started booing me.

"You fucker! I just lost my money because of you!"

"Why the hell the weird guy won the match!? This was staged! Staged I say! You just want to stole my money!"

"KILL HER YOU SIMP!"

I didn't minded those shouts as I looked for another door or gate to open so I can head towards where Karya was in.

"AND SURPRISINGLY, THE WINNER IS NOOBMASTER69! WHO IS ALSO CLASSIFIED TO THE NEXT STAGE!" Said the announcer and I saw two guards appearing from one side and signaling me to follow them.

I turned around and gestured Morpheus to follow me and he jumped with the bag towards my position and getting comfortable on my arms.

As I passed through the doors, the screams and shouts dimmed greatly and I walked through a dimly illuminated corridor until we reached an spacious room where I saw the familiar face of Karya who smiled at me.

Heading directly into her directions without looking around I asked her "Are you okay?" As I stand in front of her I started to examine her body in search for any wounds. Not finding anything out of order I heard her saying "I'm okay dummy, only a slight pain on my wrist since I didn't expected that guy to have a lot of strength."

Looking at her face I saw her smiling and answering "I followed your advise and ended it swiftly with a hole on the man chest."

Not minding the grim context on her words, I sighed in relief and started patting her head while hugging her.

She didn't seemed to mind my actions as she returned the hug while saying "So who did you ended up fighting against?"

Opening my eyes in the exact moment that Morpheus layed on the bench, I answered her "One of group of three girls, didn't killed her though, just knocked out."

Karya simply said "Hmm" As we stayed like that.

"What kind of mad couple end up entering this arena?" Suddenly we heard someone exclaiming that.

Chuckling at the words I didn't broke the hug while turning around and seeing the person, meanwhile Karya remarked with an sarcastic tone "...It seemed like everyone sees us like that and we didn't act upon it..." I gulped down at her words while smiling wryly.

The person who said that was a lean and tall middle-aged man in black gi.

I didn't said anything at the man and continue chatting with Karya while we waited for the next stage.

Luckily we didnt waited too long, as after twenty minutes Sett entered last Into the room.

By now the previous 22 participants in the previous room was reduced to 11.

From our group, everyone won their battle, although one disciple was wounded on his back.

Nonetheless, aside from us, Sett, the two females from the trio, just one twin the dark haired one, one of the naked torso man from the duo, and another two I didn't remembered.

Inside the room were other three participants. Thus raising the total number to fourteen.

Then another versus fight was next, where only seven was bound to remain, and with the last stage being one last man standing between the seven.

We weren't really that much interested on the battles, but in who was rulling this place and who promote it.

As the first two fighter were called, which were the gi middle-aged man and one of the disciples, we wished him good luck and saw him disappearing from the same place we first entered.

Meanwhile Sett sat on the ground in the middle of the room while looking at everyone with a grin.

To be honest, his face really seemed punchable, I couldn't explain it properly but that was the feeling he was giving me.

Nonetheless, we keep waiting as we saw more and more people making their way out, until only four remained inside.

Karya, Sett, the bare chested man and I.

The remaining swordsman was just called now and was currently fighting outside against the dark haired twin.

Both Karya and I remained silent as we closed our eyes, I didn't knew the hour but it should be already the dawn, or near to it, after all we came into this place quite late.

"0682 and 0679, your turn!" a guard shouted and Sett stand up on his feet, followed by the bare chested man.

"I hope you don't disappoint my fists." Said cockily Sett while walking alongside the man, who didn't said anything to him.

I looked at Karya with a wry smile and said "Well its seems like you and I are fighting next, I wonder how should we decide this?"

Karya gave me a sideways glance as she answered "Cut the crap, you go next maybe this way I can sleep for a while. Make sure to win so we can pay for somewhere to stay." As she finished she hugged me and rested her head on my shoulder.

I hugged her from her waist while I chuckled at her words, we stayed like that while I played with her ponytail and hummed a song from earth.

"What song is that?" She said on my neck while giving me goosebumps.

"A sad song about a girl I no longer know." I answered while she raised her head and looked me in the eyes "Well I'm asking for the name, not the story."

I laughed heartily at her words while answering "But that's how's the song is called you idiot." Then I poked her forehead with the hand I was playing her hair with.

With an "Ouch" she looked at me with an aggrieved expression and rested her head once again in my neck, just as I was about to continue patting her hair, she bit my neck.

"Hey, what was that for!?" I asked her while preventing my body for shaking at her actions.

"Payback." She simply said and continue hugging me.

We stayed for a good couple of minutes, while I continue humming the song until the door was open again and we heard the guard saying "Your turn now!"

We begrudgingly stand up, while I hugged her from behind and whispered on her ear "Try to look for those two if they didn't make through, see if they're alright and search around for somewhere we could stay, after dawn wait me in the entrance okay?"

As I finished that she tilted her neck sideway from my breath on her ear while nodding. Then we both head outside while I took Morpheus with me.

As we both walked once again into the arena, the same shouts and screams reached our ears, looking around the now more battlefield we saw more spots with blood, and six people around the corners.

We were able to see one of the swordsman, the one that wasn't previously injured, there, but now with broken lips and a cut on his hand. Alongside Sett, the two females from the duo, another person I didn't knew and one of the previous people that were in the room before I entered.

Karya moved towards the center of the arena and roared "I surrender." Even before the announcer could say something.

She was immediately answered by booings and curses, not only towards her person but the place itself.

"DEAR SPECTATORS, WE DIDN'T PLANNED FOR THINGS GO THIS WAY, PLEASE FORGIVE US FOR OUR MISTAKE!." As he said that two guards appeared and took Karya with them, I looked over her slightly concerned about this people possible actions.

Thus, not wanting to waste more time I shouted with my vibrations help "YOU, IDIOT, START THE FIGHT!" As my voice dimmed down everything in the whole place, the announcer seemed to choke on his own spit as he cursed openly "WHAT THE HELL DID THAT GUY SAID? KILL HIM, JUST KILL HI FO-" he didn't seemed able to continue as someone took the thing that was amplifying his voice and said "RAISE YOUR BETS FOR THE ONE WHO WILL BE RAISING VICTORIOUS ON THIS LAST FIGHT!"

"The bastard boy! Its obviously him!"

"Who else than that brat!?"

Some people started shouting while I assume they made their bets.

I walked over the disciple and muttered to him "...I win this, go for Karya, I'm concerned." The man simply nodded to my words as he seemed to be in pain.

Just as I was about to tell something to Morpheus after letting him rest on a corner I heard the voice of the announcer shouting.

"TIME'S UP, FIGHTERS, DIE FOR US!"

As the announcer finished his words, I automatically channeled the tremors around my body while I turned around and said to the disciple "Sorry man." And knocked him unconscious with a punch.

Then I turned around just in time to avoid a blade from one male, moving my hands quick to grab his hand I was slightly slower than him as he easily slipped.

However, he didn't expected the tremors to hit him, as with my left palm I channeled little bits of it as it hit him right through his face.

His eyeballs exploded in bloody mist as I my face contorted in a ugly expression at the sight. I wasn't expecting that to happen.

At the same time the brought his hands up to his face as he screamed in pain. Not wanting to let him continue suffering, I knocked him out.

When I looked towards the other fighters location, I saw the two females fighting against Sett while the bodies of one fighter lay on the ground, his head a few meters away from him.

I walked with a calm pace towards the trio fighting, Sett didn't seemed to be facing too much problem.

The two females however were moving swiftly around him while evading his fist.

As I didn't wanted to drag this more than it was necessary, I launched forwards while imbuing my whole body in tremors.

With my leg impulsing my body through the air with the tremors as catalyst, I appeared before any of the three could react and punched Sett on his head towards the floor, while quickly moving both hands towards the females directions and slapped the air, bringing with it tremors that knocked them out.

As everyone fell down in a swift motion, the arena fell into silent when seeing the result.

Meanwhile Sett forced his body to turn around and look upwards, but failed miserably and went unconscious after a few moments.

Meanwhile the females stayed down with their eyes rolled up.

Although one slightly concerned me as she started bleeding from her nose.

"AND NOOBMASTER69 IS THE WINNER OF TODAY'S ARENA!" The announcer said and the whole arena erupted into screams of rage and disbelief.

"Give me my prize and show exit!" I said to the announcer as I grabbed the disciple and Morpheus with each hand.

Then, a Noxian soldier walked towards me and gave me a bag with money, he tried to tell me something but I quick told him I wanted to leave this arena.

Thus, he took me towards one tunnel where I was welcomed by a few figures that seemed to wanted to talk me "Not interested, where is she?" I simply said while making clear of my current intentions.

They pointed out towards the exit, thus I made my way towards it while seeing some of the spectators starting exiting too.

Some started to curse me, while I continue walking. I didnt really have time nor the patience to hear their nonsense, thus after spotting the exit door, I saw Karya waiting outside with an annoyed expression and some bruises on her face.

Beside her feet the badly beaten body of one of the apprentices.

Furrowing my brows I walked over to her position and asked "Are you okay? Did they do something to you?"

She looked over the unconscious disciple in my shoulder and sighed in relief while answering with an annoyance and aggrieved tone "Yeah, they tried to attack after leading me through a corridor, the bruise on my face its for breaking the neck of the guard, the other one was taken care by the ball. Fucking trash." She spat on the ground while looking over one Noxian guard, who furrowed his brows at the sigh.

Looking over the other disciple, I saw him breathing faintly as I said to her "We need to take him somewhere they can treat him properly, or else he would die." As she heard my words she nodded her head and help me carrying him above the other disciple on my shoulder.

We walked through the village roads, until we found the house of a healer, that was packed by beaten people outside.

Not caring about the line, of unconscious people, we entered inside as we called for the person in charge.

Luckily the owner of the building appeared as we left him the two disciples under his care, I even went as far and left half of the money inside of the bag for the treatment.

It seemed to work as the moment the man saw the money he took them inside and promised us that they'll be okay by noon.

Thus, after receiving his words and asking him for a place where we could rest in, we headed towards the west side of the village were an inn or rest house was supposed to be.

However, as we were walking through the path, we stumbled into someone I didn't wished to meet for the time being.

"Oh hey! It's you!" Sett screamed to us while pointing his finger towards me, his face looked quite angered at my sight.

"You took the money that were supposed to go for my mommy!" He roared once again as I sighed at his words.

'For Christ sake! I just want to sleep!' I roared in my mind while I simply answered to him "I don't have time, I want to sleep."

As I said that I took Karya hands and walked pass him, however Sett turned around and said "HEY IM NOT DONE WITH YOU, GIVE ME THE MONEY AND YOU CAN GO TO SLEEP ALL YOU WANT! "

Just as I was about to punch the boy again, he added "I can let you sleep on my house for that money, what do you say, huh?"

I turned around and looked over him with a frown on my face, not taking into account the pain into the ass that it could be, the stay will be overpriced, and not only that, they have to bear staying in the house of someone else.

"Hey, that might not be a bad idea, we don't know if that other place would have room for us." Said Karya and I cursed under my breath.

'Why you Karya!?' I simply said while I stayed there thinking throughly.

Was it really worthy? Looking over Sett face, who by the way was slightly taller than me, even when he looked much younger, I couldn't answer my question clearly.

"Tell him that we'll take his offer if we don't find room in that inn" I said while Karya nodded her head.

After Karya conveyed my words, Sett simply said and walked" 'Kay, I'll go with you so."

Thus, we walked alongside Sett under the dawning sun in this village, looking for a room to sleep for today.

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