Chapter 4

The sun has just set in the sky freeing the moons to glow brightly in the night sky. Below the night sky, a small ground was lit with fire torches all around. The ground was filled with cheering fans. All the seating arrangements inside the ground were filled leaving many to stand and watch. All of them gathered to watch a small time armed combat tournament for the orphans. Orphans not by birth, they were still not part of any combat family hence they were called orphans.

“Welcome to the Sedow Ground, our home of the Guerilla Combat Tournament!”

The crowd cheered as the announcer started with his introductions.

“This evening, we will start off our show with a good old fashioned battle royal!!!!”

The crowd cheered some more.

“The winner will receive a purse of 5000 Rais, while the last eliminated competitor will receive 2500 Rais. So good people of Raison… let’s… get… ready… tooooo… RUMBLE!!!!!”

After the announcement, ten chosen competitors walked in the combat square one by one. Each and every one of them had no weapons other than their own two fists, the only weapons allowed.

Four officials stood just outside the combat circle to mark in case of elimination. Another official walked inside the combat circle and stood in the middle. The announcer quickly made his way and stood beside the official, holding an announce tube to the official’s face.

“The rules are simple. If you step your feet outside the circle you’ll be marked as eliminated and yes even one foot outside will count as eliminated. After those that have been eliminated cannot step into the square again. Once you’re out then you are out. No arguing with the officials and yes, you will be eliminated if the officials deem you to be unprofessional. Last one to stand will be announced the winner. Best of luck to all of you.”

After stating the rules, both the official and the announcer left the circle. The battle royal started with the ringing of the bell.

Just as the bell rung, a poor bastard got sucker punched and got knocked the fuck out. His limp body fell out of the circle thus being the first to be eliminated. This started a frantic paced melee among the legal competitors much to the crowd’s liking. The crowd started to cheer loudly as they saw pure chaos in front of them. They had come and paid to see some violence and were getting exactly what was promised to them.

Within minutes, a fighter was picked up by another participant and held him over his head, showing off his freakish strength. He threw the man out of the circle with minimum effort. The man collapsed like a sack of potatoes in front of an official and had to be carried out of the field in a stretcher, much to the crowd’s delight.

Amidst the melee, one fighter seemed to sort of going through a plan of his own. He had a medium build, nothing impressive, just an average frame. He had minimal upper body protection while only a knee pad over his knees counted as his only protection on his lower body. He had a leather cap over his head, which covered most of his vulnerable parts of his face, like his ears, temple, cheeks which was attached to his face by a strap covering his jaws. His hands were wrapped up in cloth as well as his feet, covering his ankle.

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The man suddenly crouched and waited, while his eyes were watching everything that was going on around him.

He slowly made his way to a pair who were engaged in a slug fest. They were having a showdown without paying attention to their environment just at the edge of the circle. Those two were punching each other like there was a prize for the most punches thrown. In the midst of their slugging they failed to see the man crouching just behind one of them.

He stood up and front kicked the closest of the two on the back. The duo was in such a frenzy that they didn’t have any body control left to stop their fall. Both of them tumbled out of the circle and laid on the ground.

On the other side of the circle, two fighters had formed a loose alliance and both of them threw another fighter out of the bounds. This left only three people still standing in the battle royal. Wary of the situation, he took stock of the situation.