Scarlet V Olfina

Scarlet heard it was time for her fight, so she checked her bow and other weapons. Seeing all was well, she walked to the center stage in preparation for her battle. She felt it wouldn't be too hard, as Julius and Davina won.

"AND HER OPPONENT IS THE STRONGEST YOUNG PRODIGY OF THE FALLEN RACE; WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE HER, GOLDEN WING OLFINA!" The cheer was deafening as a tanned beauty walked towards Scarlet.

Her eyes looked unfocused, and Scarlet was confused. She saw that the fallen walking in her direction did not have wings behind her.

'No wings? but she's clearly called Golden Wing." Several questions wondered in the mind of Scarlet.

Olfina finally stopped about three meters away from Scarlet and smiled. "I am sure your mind is spiraling as to why I have no wings."

Once again, Scarlet was shocked as she noticed the girl's eyes were still unfocused and not even choosing a stagnant position.

'She's blind!' Scarlet was wondering why a blind, no-winged fallen would be the strongest prodigy, but she was still on her guard.

"Have you ever heard the story of the man who felt his eyes were only causing him to be distracted, so he took them out?" Her voice sounded so pleasant as she spoke.

"That is exactly what happened to me. The wings that were supposed to make me boundless and free were too heavy to lift me above the skies; they were holding me back, so I took them off, and now I am totally free."

"And you also blinded yourself?" Scarlet was curious, so she asked.

"Oh no.. I was born blind. Why would I take out my eyes? That's going to be stupid." She laughed at Scarlet like she had said a crazy thing.

'Says the person who literally tore off her wings. Scarlet aimed her bow at Olfina and signaled for the referee to call the match to begin.

"IF BOTH PARTICAPANTS ARE READY, FIGHT."

Immediately after the referee told them to fight, three arrows made of flames formed on the string of the bow and were released.

They flew nearly at the speed of sound, but at such a short range, it was instantaneous. They appeared in front of Olfina, and Scarlet thought there was nothing the blind girl could do. A shield of Light deflected all the arrows into the air, causing a huge explosion in the air. Scarlet looked at the blind Fallen girl that looked defenseless earlier, and her mouth nearly dropped to the floor.

With a shield of light on her left and a bastard sword made of light on her right hand, she looked like a Valkyrie ready to go into battle. Scarlet was ready to attack guerrilla style when she noticed there was a giant wing—yes, just one—made of light attached to the back of Olfina.

"Yes, I can sense the surprise. I lost my material wings, and now I have one made of pure light, and I am two times faster than I was when I had two made of feathers. Imagine if I nurtured another energy wing."

She flapped before Scarlet could fire any more arrows. Arriving behind Scarlet and slashing with her sword, but who was Scarlet? She was the captain of the Crimsons, a force that had faced several near-death scenarios and knew how to escape them. She blocked with her bow.

Olfina thought the bow would be cut in half and severely injure Scarlet, but all that happened was that Scarlet was pushed forward.

"Huhn? That's a very strong bow." She smiled and flapped forward again. At this point, to Scarlet, it seemed like instant transmission.

Scarlet knew her eyes couldn't track the fallen, Olfina. So she started to shoot positions she felt would be advantageous for Olfina to appear in to attack. To the spectators, it felt like Scarlet was firing her flame arrows randomly, but to Olfina, it was a different case.

"How can she know where I'll appear? I am pretty sure she can't see me or even sense me, so how? Is she predicting my moves? If she is, then she's a monster." She continued her "instant transmission" as she felt Scarlet would make a mistake.

Obviously, Scarlet was not predicting her moves but instead using her combat sense to guess tactical positions that would benefit Olfina, but she did not know that and did not bother to try thinking outside the box or even try a different position. As expected, Scarlet began to slow down with the attacks, and Olfina took advantage of that. Scarlet was a millisecond slow in firing her arrow when Olfina flashed in front of her, stabbing her through her legs.

Blades popped out of the bow, which Scarlet immediately swung, trying to slash at Olfina, but she had disappeared again. Before Scarlet could arrange her thoughts, Olfina slashed her back, leaving a long gash. Scarlet ground her teeth as the pain went to her head.

She yelled as a flare of crimson flames spread out of her body, slamming "Speedy Gonzalez" into the wall.

Scarlet had gotten up, although it was difficult for her. She stood panting with her bow in her hands. Four tentacles made of crimson flames waved around in rage; they then combined to look like two fairy wings made of flames.

"You aren't the only one who has wings." Scarlet waved her wings, and she flew high.

Olfina smiled, her eyes still looking unfocused. She flew high into the sky, even getting there before Scarlet.

"This is my domain. You have made a grave mistake." She shrugged as she prepared her sword to dash.

"Actually, I didn't want to hurt the people down there, but here I can let loose."

Her body started to combust. She slowly started to look like a fairy made of fire.

Several flame arrows along with spheres of flame materialized above her, and she fired instantly. Olfina vanished as she evaded the attacks. All of a sudden, a giant twister made of flames formed, and Olfina was clearly trapped in it. She tried to escape, thinking the fire was normal, but she was burned, sending her back.

She couldn't even phase through it. She was now worried. She could also feel the air thinning—thinner than it used to be at extremely high altitudes.

It was like there was no air in the tornado. Wait, there actually is no air.

She started to choke and gasp for air. She eventually passed out as she tried to attack the flame fairy, which she could not even touch.

Scarlet landed and walked to the backstage area. Her injuries were slowly healing.

"THE WINNER IS SCARLET OF THE VAMPIRES."