A surprise to everyone

"Stop right there"a boy holding a rifle said in front of a staircase blocking us from going in

"Oh wait is that you Ian where have you been the past week"the boy said as he looked excited to see him

"Yeah I've been kinda busy I started doing hunter work since last week"Ian said while holding up his tag

"Your really moving up in the world"the boy said

So he's only been doing hunter work for a week not much longer than me he started only a few days before me shin thought to himself

"Yeah can you tell scar one of my friends is gonna participate"

"Uhh yeah sure"the boy said while looking shin up and down

"Wait you mean scar the leader of the spiders?"shin had heard of scar before almost everyone in the slums knew him the vipers and spiders were two of the top gangs in the slums

"Yeah that scar"Ian said nonchalantly

Dammit I don't wanna get involved with someone like that something bad always ends up happening when your around those kind of guys they don't make trouble they are trouble shin thought while sweating a little bit

"Alright follow me" the boy said while the rifle to his side made a clanking sound everytime he went down a step

Loud screams began to fill shins ears as they went down the steps and reached the bottom where a bunch of people formed a circle around a large cage where a kid was on top of a different kid pummeling him with his fists

"Kill him" a kid called out while others did the same

The kid on the bottom showed no sign of giving up as his blonde hair was completely filled with blood and his green eyes were barely visible from the swelling the difference in size between the two in height and weight was noticeable

"That guy on top is xan I've lost to him a few times but I've beat him before as well"Ian said as the kid under didn't look like he could handle much more

Xan continued to throw wild punches while it looked like he enjoyed demolishing the boy under him until the boy pushed up his hips making the other boy lose balance and fall ahead of him and with insane speed he quickly went from behind grabbing his head and tightening his arms around his neck

"Your going to die"the kid with blonde hair said while xan elbowed him in his stomach repeatedly but there was no let up from the other kid he quickly tried to move his arms from his neck as his face turned red then purple as the grip tightened even more

Then he let go and stood up while Xan's body went limp

"The match is over" everyone in the entire area went quiet looking at xan on the floor

"Hey xan get up your joking right"a kid called out while a few older men just laughed

"you wouldn't lose to that fucking weakling right"There was no response to be heard xan had passed out completely

"Give me a tougher Opponent next time"the blonde kid said as he poured water over himself to get rid of the sweat

He was losing I'm 100 percent certain that he was losing did he bait him in similar to when I countered Ian?

Regardless it definitely wasn't luck shin said to himself as he saw the two names over the cage Xan and Allen

"So that must mean that he's Allen"shin said as he looked at the slim body which was surprisingly fit

"Xan is a top 3 fighter I didn't expect him to lose to a nobody but that guys a little different"Ian said while his face looked conflicted

Allen began to walk out of the cage as he was handed some black chips on his way out

Shin and Allen had made eye contact for a brief second

"Oh you I heard about you"shin thought he was talking about him for a second until he noticed Allen's eyes were focused on Ian behind him

"I would love to fight you next time I'll probably win easily but it will at least be harder than that loser"Allen said pointing with his thumb behind him

"I'd like that too I like to crush people who talk a lot you see"Ian said while not blinking for a second to lose eye contact

"Good talk but it seems like you already got beat up enough for today"Allen said while looking at Ian's face

"Yeah you too you look pretty bad right now I can barely tell you won that fight from how you look"ian smirked laughing a little

"Not to mention how you were on your last legs the entire fight from what I got to see trust me if we fight I won't underestimate you like xan did"Sparks were basically flying between the two of them

"What a waste of time after I get some rest I'm coming for your spot next" Allen said as he pointed to a board

[Pit fighter rankings]

[1st Nash] [11-0]

[2nd Ian] [39-12]

[3rd Allen] [1-0]

[4th Xan] [21-8]

I see so they have a ranking system probably going back to what Ian was saying about the SCF age rules

"Which means these are for the fighters that are 18 and under"shin is surprised that this place is more organized than he thought it would be

"Talk is cheap"Ian said while Allen walked out

"Come on let's go get you a fight"Ian said while walking forward

They walked up to place where a man was serving drinks to men and kids they were treated all the same here Ian grabbed something off the table and brought it to me

"Just sign you name and stuff wait you know how to read and write right?"Ian gasped

"Yeah I'm not best but if course I know how I couldn't become a slayer if I wasn't able to do at least that"shin said as he quickly put down his name on the sheet