Valentina

"GO!" The referee blew his whistle.

Immediately, Lucia threw a knife towards Jasper, she had it hidden in her shoe. The knife had a peculiar engraving on the tip of the blade. Jasper narrowly dodged the knife, scraping his cheek and drawing blood, "Not fast enough!" The knife exploded in a large fire ball, missing Jasper but catching his clothes on fire.

"Hey! Not fair!" Jasper complained.

Lucia created a symbol with her hands, "Let there be embers!" A large burst of fire exploded from her hands, "Let there be embers!" Another burst of fire exploded from her hands. The entire arena had been covered in a thick smoke, limiting vision.

"When has fire attacks ever actually landed?" Jasper appeared behind Lucia, his clothes stained a dark black from all the ash the flame had created, "Take this!" Jasper swung his fist down onto Lucia, having it completely imbued with magic, it dealt massive damage on Lucia.

"You bitch!" Lucia blocked the attack last minute by turning her entire body and raising her arms as fast as he could, "Now!" Large veins grew around her, grapping onto Jasper's arms and legs and immobilising him, "Let there be sparks!" Lucia pressed her hand towards Jasper's chest and a large explosion came out of her hand, sending Jasper flying out of the red circle, "Out so soon?"

"In your dreams!" Jasper had magically appeared beside Lucia, throwing a fast punch to her face, catching her off guard, "You're not the only person who can use magic without speech!" The clone of Jasper had completely melted on the side of the arena.

"Woo!" The audience, seated around the arena, started to cheer for Jasper.

"Done already? The whole crowd is just riled up!" Jasper placed his foot ontop of Lucia, "Taste your own medicine!" Jasper created a large fire from his hand, "Blitz Fireball!" The fireball grew in size fourfold, engulfing his entire hand, "ARGH!" Jasper screamed as he struck Lucia with the fireball.

BOOM!

The entire arena was filled with smoke, the audience coughing and fanning the smoke away.

The referee stood to the side, his whistle in his mouth, ready to call off the fight. As the smoke cleared away, the silence was abrupted with the sound of fists clashing.

"These robes are expensive!" Lucia was fighting back against Jasper in close combat, blocking and dealing punches, "I'm not as rich as you! I can't afford infinite clothes!"

"Then give up!" Jasper blocked two punches from his side, delivering a jab to the side or Lucia's face, "Before I burn your robes!" Jasper backed away from Lucia, "Exploding Fireball!"

A giant symbol was underneath Lucia, erupting with flames and burning Lucia.

"Agh!" Lucia jumped out of the explosion, her clothes torn and destroyed but she had virtually no damage done on her, "I'm resistent to fire magic!" Lucia took out a knife from her boot and charged towards Jasper.

"AH!" Jasper screamed as Lucia stabbed him in the abdomen. The knife stuck inside Jasper started to heat up.

"Explode." A large explosion exploded from Jasper's Abdomen, sending him flying.

The audience went quiet, anticipating the next move.

"Weak!" Jasper gritted his teeth and stopped his fall by banging his head against the ground, narrowly avoiding crossing the red line. Jasper's abdomen had a large wound on it, heavily limiting his mobility, "I'll end this now!" Jasper stomped onto the ground, "I'll use all of my magic in this one move!" Large pillars of rocks rose from both sides of Lucia, "Earthquake!" The large pillars broke apart in smaller pieces of stone, collapsing onto Lucia.

"Not yet!" Lucia created a protective barrier around her, "I can't lose in the first round!" She gritted her teeth hard, trying to stop the rocks falling down on her.

"You're wide open!" Jasper kicked through the front of the barrier, sending shards into his legs and abdomen. The front of the barrier was less condensed than the sides, making it easier to break. Jasper kicked Lucia in the face.

"Argh!" Lucia was sent flying from where she had originally been.

"Out!" The referee called.

Lucia had been sent flying cleanly against the wall, her feet clearly touching the outer rim of the arena.

The audience screamed in excitement and cheer for Jasper.

"What happened?" Jasper started to get dizzy and light headed, his vision was blurry, "I...think...I...won..." Jasper fell flat on his face, he had used up all of his magic on the final blow against Lucia, with a majority of his magic going towards the earthquake.

"If he's struggling that bad on the first round, he'll be in a whole world of trouble in the next round." A student in the corner smirks, "I can't wait to beat your ass up, Jasper Yean." The male student fist bumped himself.

-----Scene 2-----

"Jasper isn't going to be in bed for a couple hours. He'll most likely be able to participate in the next round." A doctor told Anais and Lin.

"That's rough buddy." Anais squinted his eyes as Jasper. His entire body had been covered in bandages. Only his eyes were left exposed and he had 2 black eyes, "You look like a mummy."

"Hey, Anais, they're announcing the fifth match now." Lin and Anais stepped out of the room, "The past 3 matches have been pretty dry." They stepped out into the audience and they were all cheering loudly, "Seems like a fan favorite entered. Maybe it won't be so boring."

"The second match will consist of Valentina Agusses and Amelia Kruter!" The two students walked out onto the stage. As soon as Valentina had walked into the arena, the crowd erupted in applause.

"The son of a famous war veteran. His dad single handedly stopped the second Laftier war." Anais explained, "Can you blame the audience? The guy is 6'8, built like a monster and has muscles that rival that of the dogs. He's the definition of a role model."

Valentina walked onto the stage, his head held high and his hair wrapped in a durag, "Let's get started!" Valentine flexed his muscles and ripped the leather jacket he was wearing, revealing what could only be described as a palace of muscle. The audience screamed even louder and cheered for him.

Opposite of Valentina was Amelia. She was a dwarf compared to Valentine.

"I'm sure you guys already know the rules, please step into the circle whenever you're ready." The referee said.

"C'mon girl, do your worst." Valentina walked into the red circle, confident. Amelia walked into the circle shaking and scared.

"3...2...1...GO!" The referee blew his whistle.

In an instant, Valentina had completely disappeared, nowhere to be seen, "You're out." Valentine appeared infront of Amelia, as if he had teleported.

The entire audience was quiet, not a single person dared to make a sound.

"Look at your feet." Valentina pointed downwards to Amelia's feet, "You're out."

The entire audience exploded in confusion and the referee was stunned.

"What?! In an unexpected turn of events, has Amelia forfeited?" The announcer said in a confused tone.

"No, she didn't forfeit and willingly step out of the circle." Anais had a serious look on his face, "He grabbed Amelia, placed her out of the circle and positioned her like how she was and acted as if nothing happened. He did all of that in the blink of an eye." Anais was a smirk on his face but a droplet of sweat rolled down his cheek, "That crazy son of a bastard!"

"I'll be waiting for my next match." Valentina clapped his hand and removed the dust. He stared into the audience, straight into Lin's eyes. He smirked and walked away. Amelia was left confused and defeated, she had been defeated in less than a second. She knew she would've died if she had tried to fight Valentina. Valentina took the least violent option to win.