AC: Here's the third chapter. I hope you will like this duel.
Chapter 3: The...duel?
They walked to the coliseum. The coliseum was very similar to the Roman one on Earth. It was made of dark stone.
It was clear it took time to build it and rebuilt it.
Illumina remembered that the coliseum had been destroyed long ago during a war against the Danians during the period when the humans weren't there. It has been rebuilt after the war. It remained similar but the stage was bigger than before since the population had increase, even if the Underworld was divided on two parts. Tigerslash explained it to her.
She felt depress thinking of him again.
The group followed the M'arrillian. They were in front of the coliseum and they watched it.
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"Well...It's bigger...But not better," Tobek commented with a grin.
"It's simple, but solid and well made." Navare'par replied.
"We should go. I cannot afford to waste too much time in here." Ica interrupted them.
They two others nodded and they walked toward the entrance. Lima was there and she crossed her arms.
"So you decided to come and try fighting me. You are brave," she said with a smirk. She was sure of winning.
"So...He's the one you will fight," one soldier near the entrance said.
"Yes. He was brave and foolish enough to talk back to me at the bar." Lima said.
"You threated Illumina. I won't let it go. I don't intend to win with my fist or my power." Ica said.
Navare'par, Tobek and Illumina gasped when they heard him.
"How can you defeat me?" Lima asked before laughing.
"You'll see."
Ica looked at Illumina and he winked. He had a plan in his mind.
"We will find our place and watched the fight." Navare'par said.
"Be careful Ica." Illumina said.
"I'll be careful." He replied with a reassure tone.
They went their separate ways.
The trio searched for their seat. Tobek was the one who find it and they sat near the arena.
"We have good place." Tobek said with a smile. He had a flirting tone. He looked to his right and grunted.
"We will see the fight with better detail." Navare'par said. He was between the mipedian and Illumina. "Also. I don't like the way you are flirting me."
"I hate you," the mipedian said, grunting against him.
"I hate when you act as a womanizer. She's not an adult yet."
"So? She had mature mensuration."
"Will you both stop talking about me when I'm right here?" She glared at them.
They said nothing and focused on the match. It was Ica against Lima yet. There were a few fights before them.
Illumina then thought how Ica was doing right now.
Ica was in a room where the fighter prepared themselves. They were they were different battlegears: swords, shields, mugic, spears, blasters, etc. He looked at them and he didn't pick any. He didn't want to win with his muscles and his power. He wanted to humiliate her for what she did to Illumina. He won't tolerate what happened in the bar.
He looked at his hand and closed it into his fist. He was ready to defeat her.
Elsewhere, at one part of the coliseum, the muscular ruler of the Western Underworld sat on his throne to watch the battle. Which battle did he want to watch, Lima against the giant armored one. He was curious about the armored one and he wanted to see him in actions.
He was Hatern, rulers of the Underworld. He was a tall underworlder with red and blue skin. His blue reptilian tail was on the throne and the ground. His dark eyes watched the arena. On each side of his head, he had two blue horns with black bracelet and two red horns on his forehead. He wears his black uniform that covered most of his body except his stomach to show his abs. He tapped the ground with his gray metallic boots, waiting for the battle to come.
The previous battle before the one the group and Hatern were waiting for was coming.
Illumina was growing nervous a little, wondering if it will end up badly like the one between him and Navare'par.
"Do not worry sweet Illumina. Everything will be fine." Tobek said sincerely and with some flirt in it.
She didn't saw him with the M'arrillian stomach blocking her vision.
"Too bad his gut is in the way." Tobek commented.
"Do I need me to shoot you?" Navare'par asked to the mipedian. He still had his battlegear with him.
"No." Tobek quickly said when he felt the danger.
The M'arrillian nodded satisfied and he watched empty arena.
"-And now for the match you are all waiting for! To the left, we have the champion of the West underworld. You all know her for her power. She crushed everyone who dare challenged her; especially our warrior who lost his manhood and became more feminine. That was ugly,-" the commentator said. Everyone was cheering for the match until he said that. It was an awkward silence. "-I've done it again. Grrr...Anyway! We have on the other side a stranger who decided to fight her. The reason are unknown and Lima forbidden anyone to say it or...You know what. Anyway, his name is Ica and he will be the foolish one today.-"
Everyone screamed. Navare'par, Tobek and Illumina only heard two sentences that explained everything.
"GO LIMA! BEAT HIM!" Most of the Underworld screamed.
"YOU MAY BE BIG ICA! BUT YOU WILL FALL HARD!" Screamed the few others.
None of the three had the guts to show they were on Ica side. They voice will be buried anyway.
Lima and Ica were each in their respective center.
"-Before the match begins, I have an important announcement. Our king has come here to watch this fight! I'm pretty sure he wants to see who the stranger is before his face will be broken in pieces! Hatern! Do you- I guess he had nothing to say,-" the commentator said. "-This match will be short! BEGIN!-"
(Theme end)
Lima drew her ace and walked at Ica's direction.
"You must be foolish if you decide to come here without a battlegear." Lima said.
"No. I don't need it to defeat you." Ica said. "You will regret insulting Illumina." He added darkly.
Lima punched the ground and magma came out. It charged at Ica who dodged it by the right. Lima jumped in the air with her axe and slashed. Ica evaded it without trouble and calmly.
"-Looks like this Ica is fast!-"
"That's all you can do Lima." Ica said. "Maybe you are the whore. After all, who would say that unless they are at themselves? Right...Whore?"
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Lima saw red.
"I'LL (Massive censoring) YOU!" Lima screamed.
She ran at Ica whose eyes shined.
Lima ran after him and threw fire ball coming from her hands and axe. Ica turned around and he started running. The duel suddenly turned into a chase scene. Ica was only making Lima running everywhere in the arena.
Everyone in the coliseum said nothing and started grunting when they realised it wasn't what they expected at all.
Tobek started laughing when he saw this loudly.
"That's his plan! Brilliant!" Tobek shouted before laughing stronger.
Navare'par watched this a little confuse and he said nothing. He realised it fast what was going on.
"This will be real humiliation." Navare'par said before laughing with Tobek.
Illumina said nothing, but she smiled. She knew now that nothing bad will happen.
In the arena, a fire ball appeared and Ica jumped in the air and evaded it.
"-Looks like it will not be a real fight,-" the commentator said slowly and negatively. He was bored to watch this.
Lima continued running after him and trying to hit him.
"STOP RUNNING AND FIGHT ME!" Lima screamed infuriated. Smoke was literally coming out of her nostrils.
She slashed the ground and Ica did a back step and seemed to fly in the air before he touched the ground. He said nothing to her. He just looked at her as if he was bored. That made Lima screamed even louder and she ran after him. She threw fireballs at him, magma, Power Pulse, etc. Ica dodged all of them and made Lima ran.
This entire show continued for a while before Lima moved slower. She was reached the limits her lungs provided to her and she started to walk for one second. She then felt on her knee and breathed loudly.
"C-coward! *Peuf! Peuf!*" Lima barely said. She closed her eyes for a second from exhaustion.
Ica saw that and he charged at her. He stopped near her and pushed her on the ground with one finger. He raised his hands and some light vine appeared and trapped her on the ground. Lima tried to escape. She couldn't and the fight was over. Ica looked at the commentator who knew what he had to say, sadly.
(Theme end)
"-The battle is over. Ica wins the duel.-"
The Underworlders were booing at Ica for boring them in something they didn't want to see. They booed as loud as they could while Ica looked at them and appeared satisfy.
"I'VE BEATEN YOUR BEST WARRIOR! I'M GLAD TO BE HERE AND BRING YOU ALL DISATISFACTION. PEACE!" Ica screamed loud enough to cover all of them. He showed his two fingers in a V sign he learned and walked away.
Tobek and Navare'par stood up. Illumina saw them and she did the same.
"Let's get out of here before we had a riot." Tobek suggested.
They all walked out of the bench to join Ica.
The ruler moved his fingers on his jaw when someone appeared behind him. He whispered something in his ears and he smirked.
"You!" He said to a soldier. "Invite Ica and his friends to my castle. They are guess for diner." He said.
The soldier nodded before walking away.
"There." He said to his visitor.
He walked away.
Hatern smiled and he returned to his castle.
Ica was back at the entrance and he waited for the others. He was glad to show her that he didn't really need to fight to defeat her. He humiliated her. The non-violent fight was all that he needed.
He saw his three companions walking at his direction.
"You were awesome!" Tobek shouted. "I never expecting this to happen. You brought them nothing they wanted."
"You sure got her." Navare'par said.
"I'm glad everything was fine." Illumina said with a smile.
"Beating her will show nothing. So I just tired her until I was victorious." Ica said without too much expression. He then looked at Illumina kindly. "I'm especially glad to defend your name against that Underworlder."
"You can call her a bitch. Because she is a bitch." Tobek said.
"Let's go." Illumina said.
"We have to go to the East Underworld now." Tobek said.
Ica nodded. He ended this and he wanted to continue his search for the Cothica when a soldier appeared in front of them.
"Excuse me, but I have a message from the king," the soldier said.
"What is it?" Tobek asked.
"Ica. The king sent you an invitation for a diner with you and you friends. When he said diner, it's always a banquet," the soldier said. He didn't sound happy to say it. Maybe he was a little disgust.
"Sorry, but I have no time for a banquet. We have to continue." Ica said.
"I'm sorry, but when Hatern said something, you have to listen to him," the soldier warned him. "If you anger him, you might end up in prison or the army against you. He's the king after all. The invitation is just a word, you are ordered to come there."
Ica looked at him and grunted.
"Then we will accept." Navare'par said. He knew the threat was real.
Ica looked at him. He saw the tentacles behind the M'arrillian mimicking what will happen if he said no.
"I'll be honored." Ica said, hiding all the sarcasm he had in him.
"You can follow me now," the soldier said.
Ica grunted under his mask. It made him losing more time. He knew Navare'par was right and cautious about it, but he didn't like that.
Illumina scanner suddenly rang once. She looked at it and it was only a message. Tobek and Ica heard it and they looked at her. She took out her scanner and looked who sent her the message. It was Tenebrae. She opened it and read it.
Dear Illumina,
I hope you finally got over this little curse I've sent you. Also, I'll send you this congratulation on Ica victory against Lima. That was hilarious. He used to blow my head off pretty often when he was younger. He sure changed.
Anyway, I have a little thing to say to you:
When restrained behind bars, searched the rightest and lowest rectangle to let you out. Hope you can figure it out.
You're admirer, Tenebrae. ;)
Illumina hated it. She put her scanner back in her pocket.
"Nothing important." She told them. Navare'par turned around and he wondered what happened. Since it was nothing, he didn't ask.
AC: Here's the end of the third chapter.
Next chapter: The banquet.