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The chairman continued, "As always, we continue with the next round, this round Nathalie Margit Vs Svanhild, they may be free".

Both of them were let go off, they walked forth, Nathalie was thinking, "She is my best friend, she said she would let me win, all these people died here for each other, my friend would let me kill her too just so that I could live, right? appear my wand".

Svanhild walking forward to her, "Beauty, luck, power, wealth, you got them all with this luck of yours but it ends here today, I am sorry I got back on my word, I want to live for tomorrow and wake up next to my siblings just like you wish too, Nathalie".

Both stood before each other, they were once best friends now one must die so the other could succeed.

"You will let me kill you, right Svanhild, you said you would give me the win", Said Nathalie.

"That was the case once but no longer, I too wish to live", answered Svanhild, frustrated, Nathalie crazily asked, "You liar you were not my best friend, you are not my best friend, if you are then why don't you give me your life, you useless woman, stupid girl, I am worth ten of you, die for me".

Svanhild had done so much to Nathalie, with all her life, she can't even pay it back, Svanhild clenched her fist and hold it within her.

"You bxtch, it's all because of you I am here, if you hadn't spoken to me that day, I would have married a nobleman and be saved from this hell, it was you, you are the reason for my fall of grace, you-", Screamed Nathalie at Svanhild.

Svanhild angrily punched her, "You dare to insult me, I saved you that day, they were gonna make you pick up shit on the ground and feed it to you, I saved you from loneliness, I gave you everything I had, we were supposed to be sisters, but it seems, I was the one in wrong here and not you", answered Svanhild.

Nathalie on the ground got crazy and aimed her wand at Svanhild, "Go to the same hell you put me, Water Beam", a high concentrated warm water emerged and was aimed at Svanhild.

Svanhild swung her wand from the bottom to the top and Yelled, "Protect me, wall", a wall emerged from the ground but the water turned it to mud, Svanhild avoided it by going far from her.

"You won't escape me, rain of frozen knives", knives fell on Svanhild, as she was running away from her,  the knives cut and pierced through her back, she then created a curved wall that protected her from the knives till it stopped.

"Why Nathalie, is this the true you, what kind of situation is this, as much as I want to my heart doesn't let me harm her, why am I supposed to even care anymore, she is not holding back at all", Asked Svanhild, Nathalie, was thinking low of Svanhild's abilities, so she slowly approached her without fear, "You were nothing but a doll played by me from the beginning, Svanhild, I never liked you, I just used you for my free time, made you do my works and make me pretty, made you praise me, you are nothing but a slave for me".

Svanhild was holding back all within herself, all she needed was a push and release herself from this nightmare.

The world stopped moving Svanhild felt a greater presence than Nathalie's behind her back, she turned around to see the king, "Your Majesty, you are here to manipulate me too, like the siblings and those before me, why don't you let us go and return to us our precious lives", Said Svanhild.

The King answered, patting her head, "Oh dear Svanhild, you might think this way but I don't see it that way, the truth is I see through you two and choose the best of you, at this moment you are the worthy one here, my eyes have seen your past, present and future, of all the countless possible futures, it seems you have always chosen the wrong one, the one where you are a slave to love, but I am here to help you...", the king got on his knees and touched Svanhild's heart, "...I know it hurts you in there, so let me help and guide you to the right path... love, peace and war, are also my treasures".

Svanhild had a tear on her left eye, "I can't choose your future, I do not want to kill her, she doesn't mean what she said, she is just frustrated and scared, she is still my sister...".

"Well, they said even intelligent people make mistakes, intelligent, are some dumb people who believe in what befits them the most, a fake reality, they make themselves believe something that is false, their feelings are nothing but chemical science reactions... I know In your mind, she is a beautiful girl, formal and well dressed, to be honest, that is what we all see on the outside but believe me... I can see right through her, she is like a devil who is angry after her plan had gone wrong, behead her and win to restore your honour, have some pride, don't believe in the made-up fantasy in your mind but rather see the reality with your heart, the heart which always lives in the present and gets crushed by the very mouth it once loved".

The king vanished and the World resumed, Nathalie saw the rage and the revulsion expression on Svanhild's face and knew, "So you have decided to fight me back, I won't let you move a muscle", pointing her wand at Svanhild, "Ice Age", a piece of giant ice was directed at Svanhild.

"What will you do, smart girl, follow the mind or the truth (heart)?", Said the king.

Svanhild looked at Nathalie with dark eyes, eyes that brought fear to her, "What is this... I can feel it... she is angry with me, I have never seen her be angry", Said Nathalie to herself and her attack was dispelled by Svanhild, "Disappear".

Svanhild stood up, the crowd was surprised, "Has she decided to fight back", "I would fight her back too man... she is a monster", "Beauty on the outside but she is ugly from the inside".

Svanhild said as she pointed her wand at Nathalie, "I had offered you all this love but you were so quick to forget it all for a split second, in this lives friends are unnecessary beings, I will crush you, Nathalie, go to hell, Sand desert", from the wand emerged sands, without a stop.

"What should I do, should I burn it, I can't burn sand, can I, am I gonna die, I can't think straight", the sands took Nathalie with her and leaned her on the wall, she reached her hand to Svanhild, "Svan... sister... help me, please, I am sorry, I don't wanna die, please, I am too good to die this soon...", Said Nathalie while crying.

The sand covered all her body and her vision was covered by darkness, "Water of the ocean, turn the sand to mud", water emerged by a spell of Svanhild and turned the sand to mud.

A statue of mud was Nathalie and Svanhild stood before it, the king was smiling and said, "Yes, strike her", putting her fingers together and strengthen her hand, she pierced through her heart and she died, "Goodbye, impostor".

"The winner of this round is Svanhild, the next round will begin right away, Torsten Helmfrid Vs Jesper Danielsen, they may be free", Said the chairman.

The Sand and the statue of Nathalie were devoured by the earth and Svanhild was pulled and chained to the walls.

[NEXT ROUND]

Walking freely, Torsten said, "Ah... to think I have to kill you, dear friend, I am sure you understand that like you I have my own dreams, Jesper, we trained and fought together to this point, why don't we use this time to chat and let our true feelings out, after all, what we have done together, we both were liars, you never told me about yourself and neither did I tell you the truth about me, life is indeed unfair".

Jesper smiled and said, while standing before each other, "Where do I even start you were always a boring man, you had no life, you never went out to see the world, the bigger picture and thought you could change something with the books you read, I have known all along about your family, I followed you around when you were going home on vacations, I took your sister away one time and with magic, I looked through her memories and to my expectations, your past is darker than your look and tone and I liked your sister".

Lina Rigmor was standing next to the chairman and she Yelled at Jesper, the crowd and the king looked at her and heard her, "You bastard, Jesper... you dare to like someone other than me... that was the reason you didn't like me? I don't care just kill that bastard and I will kill her sister later and we can be together".

Jesper looked at her, Torsten put his hand on his shoulder and laughed, "She is quite lovely isn't she, my sister I mean, it is unfortunate but you will die here and your girlfriend there, hasn't realised, she will eventually fight too but I am still surprised she made it to this rank, it was all because you told her, you like strong girls and the next moment she became strong as hell... hahaha...".

Jesper looked at his hand and smiled, "You sure enjoy yourself, it seems death does not affect you, people will feel frustrated and might even break down upon the thought of death but you, I feel no emotions from you".

Torsten removing his hand said, "Well it is our last day together, so I am gonna be honest with you, everyone in this world is a slave to something and I am a slave to my father, I feel no emotion toward anything but my father".

"So all this time in school, you were just acting and tricking us", Asked Jesper, then Torsten with a stern expression answered, "We all have to play our role in this world and I just did as I was instructed".

"So Jesper what are you slave to, everyone is a slave to something, if I guess you, I would say you are a slave to strength, though you never showed me your true self I already knew about you, you think you would live with me and hide the truth from me, just tell me what are you slave to before your death", Asked Torsten.

Jesper with a dejected expression answered him, "I am a slave to revenge", "Revenge, against who?", Asked Torsten.

Jesper looked at the king and said, "Against the system".

The king smiled and said, "This will be an epic fight", then he stood up and screamed, "Begin".