Without any body for Derek to clean up, the next round is able to begin rather quickly, and Ciqufrinz begins speaking again as the next two fighters are raised into the Grand Arena.
"And so we enter the final three matches of our first bracket! This round is called 'Mechanical Mayhem', and I'm sure you can guess why! That's right, it's our two robotic fighters, the Time Robit and LX-66, battling to the death to see which is the superior piece of technology!"
The moment Attota blows the horn, LX-66's arm shifts into a machine gun, and it barrages the Time Robit with a nonstop volley of bullets. Hole after hole is blown into the smaller automaton, sparks and oil flying every which way as the Time Robit is sent flying from the force of the bullets, clattering to the sandy ground before it could even take a single step. LX-66's arm returns to normal, and it returns to an idle stance and staring across the battleground at the disabled robit, whose clock is frozen at 2:50.
"Target eliminated." LX-66 states, waiting. The audience and staff alike seem awed by just how quickly the round was concluded, but after no response from the Time Robit, LX-66 is transported straight to the victors' area. LX-66's red eyes gaze upon the other victors, likely calculating how best to eliminate each one if necessary. LX-66 turns around and looks down at the Grand Arena, watching as two more competitors begin to be raised into the battlefield. LX-66's eyes dim as it enters a state of thought, and Ciqufrinz begins his next announcement as usual, without dwelling much on LX-66's speedy victory.
"And so we enter the final three matches of our first bracket!"
LX-66 pauses for a moment. As an artificial intelligence, it is capable of feeling emotions such as confusion, so hearing Ciqufrinz seemingly repeat the same introductory line as the one from the last round puzzles it. Perhaps he simply mixed up his lines due to how fast the battle before was?
"This round is called 'Mechanical Mayhem', and I'm sure you can guess why! That's right, it's our two robotic fighters, the Time Robit and LX-66, battling to the death to see which is the superior piece of technology!"
LX-66 jolts upright, and its eyes light back up as it registers the fact that it is back into the sandy battlefield of the Grand Arena, in the exact orientation it had been minutes earlier. The Time Robit's ever-ticking clock reads 2:49, passing over to 2:50 just a few moments after Attota blows the horn. LX-66 immediately shifts its arm back to machine gun mode, and unleashes another volley of bullets at the Time Robit, planning on double-tapping it this time so that it can't do anything after being defeated. The robit stands its ground just as well as it did the first time, and within seconds, is once again a smoking pile of scrap metal with a frozen clock sticking out. LX-66 rushes over and unloads more bullets into the remains of the Time Robit, blasting it again and again. Just before LX-66 is transported to the victors' area, it notices the hands of the frozen clock twitch and subtly rewind, and quickly determines that this must be related to the Time Robit's abilities. LX-66 idles patiently, waiting to have the scenario reset again. Sure enough, within seconds, LX-66 finds itself back down in the Grand Arena for the third time. It listens through Ciqufrinz's speech, and preemptively switches its arm into machine gun mode, calculating the timings for its plan. At the exact moment that Attota blows the horn, LX-66 fires off a barrage of bullets at the Time Robit, aiming straight for the clock. The hands are successfully damaged, locking the clock at 2:49, and preventing it from being able to tick back at all. LX-66 proceeds to unleash a storm of gunfire onto the rest of the robit, blasting it off of its pedestal as usual.
"Target eliminated." LX-66 repeats, with more confidence this time. The audience is once again awestruck at how fast the round was over, and LX-66 is transported to the victors' area. LX-66 watches the Grand Arena intently, not easing up until it sees Derek show up and remove the demolished Time Robit from the premises.
