48 The Arena Part 2

The Audience erupted in a uproar, but mostly form Master Egor's guild members.

"What the *Beep*, that's impossible, they must have cheated!" a shout coming from Master Egor's guild.

"What the hell, using dirty tricks to win? what a bunch a*Beep*holes!"

"Despicable! Shameless cheaters!"

"Mother *Beepers*! why don't you fight fair!"

"Scared Mother *Beepers*, that's why they cheated!"

Curses flowed like a river as General Armstrong's avatar carried Crazy Blondie out of the Arena.

"So when one of them plays dirty and succeeds, they cheer but if one out smarted them, they cause an uproar? How uneducated! Imbécile Méprisable!" French General spat is disdain. Being with someone with class, he really hated Master Egor's Guild as a whole and with a passion as well.

"Agreed" Black haired General said, "Their barbaric and unethical attitude surely is the reason why most of us don't recruit from Egor's Guild, even if they are the strongest. They rarely think with their heads but instead with the fists"

Then the Generals heard someone snorted. They turned their heads and saw a rugged looking young man with an eye patch at the back of the room. He was leaning on the wall with arms crossed, looking casual but mostly bored. "What a bunch of p*Beep*ies!" The young man muttered in contempt, but loud enough for everyone to hear.

"What did you say?!" The French General was furious

"You heard me" The young man was just indifferent.

"Mind your manners Cain!" Dark haired General warned.

"What'd I do? I was just stating facts, is there a problem with that?" Cain said as a matter-of-fact-ly.

"I'm warning you Boy!" Dark haired General snarled, taking a step forward.

"Am I suppose to be scared?" Cain yawed, looking bored.

"That's it!" The Dark haired General growled, as golden aura started enveloping his whole body.

"Bring it on old man" Cain taunted, as a dark and fiery aura started surrounding him as well.

The air in the room suddenly turned intense. Each side wanting to show who is more powerful. It looked like another match was about to start, The Audience near the balcony room felt the strong auras oozing out of the room making the air turn heavy and intense.

Thankfully General Ashe spoke up.

"Generals!" Generals Ashe's voice was hard but clam, the type that's intimidating while looking calm. He's clearly not happy. "Need I remind you that we are in the prescience of the Grand Master and an important match is currently happening? Stop acting like children and start acting like responsible grown ups!"

"He's right, don't let that kid get to you" The Lady General said putting a gentle hand on the Dark haired General's arm, calming him down.

The Aura on the Dark Haired General started slowly disappearing. But his eyes are still aimed at Cain, still wanting to teach the kid a lesson. When Cain saw the Dark Haired General backing down, The aura around him also started to disappear.

"*Beeper*" Cain huffed, leaning back on the wall. He was inching for a fight but unfortunately it didn't happened, which annoyed the hell out of him. He wanted to vent his annoyance on the old man.

General Cain is Master Egor's eldest son, but he has a deep hatred for his father. It may not be noticeable, because he has already mastered hiding it from people. He wasn't annoyed at the Generals, but he was annoyed at his father for the way he trains and molds his members, making them a laughing stock among the other Generals.

General Ashe was a little more cool headed and didn't let Cain affect him, and just focused on the Arena. The Dark haired General just quietly turned around back to the Arena and wrapped his arms around the Lady General.

Anyway..... Thank God, crisis averted!

Meanwhile, in the Arena. Everything is as intense as ever. This time Master's Egor's champions are going all out.

Tattoo guy ripped his shirt, showing his muscular body full of different kinds of tattoo. But a certain tattoo grabbed everyone's attention. An abstract tattoo on his back that looked very sinister, began glowing. Tattoo guy's eyes also started glowed and the temperature in the whole Arena started to rise. Horns, wings and a tail started growing out of tattoo guy's body. The tattoos on his body also changed into a more stylized and abstract art. The intense change in temperature started melting the ice roses and it didn't just melt them but also prevented Andrew from creating new ones. The hot air also melted the ice encasing Pierced Face, freeing him.

"About time!" Pierced face said, cracking and stretching body. Then he saw Tattoo face's form "Ohhh! So now were going all out! I'm in!" He said looking very excited.

He also ripped his tank top, then roared. His body started to transform, as every part of his body started turning into metal. When his all of him turned to metal, his mouth lifted into a manic grin. "Now the real fun begins!" And the audience once again erupted in thunderous cheers.

"This is where the real fight begins" Master Scott said under his breath.

Metal spikes grew on Pierced Face's back, making him look like a porcupine. He then let out a roar and shot out thousands of metal spikes. As the metal spikes rained down, Jordan didn't waste any time. He directly charged at the rain of metal spikes, and swung his sheathed katana at every last one with a blinding speed.

"Get out of the way if you don't want to be destroyed with them!" Pietro warned his comrades.

"Wait?! he's really going to use that?!" Pierced face was shocked but Tattoo face and Katarina are already retreating behind Pietro. "Oh *Beep*!" Pierced face could only curse as he started retreating as well.

Pietro swung his gigantic axe over his head as his gigantic battle axe glowed.

"Minerva..." Chen could only say as all hope left him.

"That Bas*Beep*! He's actually going to do it!" Minerva slammed her fists on the stone railings of the balcony they were in. It was hard enough to break some her bones. Pain flooded Minerva's body, but she welcomed it. She seethed in anger as she watch what her step-brother was about to do.

Sensing the disaster that was about to happened, General Armstrong leaped all the way back, landing in the Generals Balcony. Both of her personas flew and overseed the match from above.

"I swear, young people these days really has too much guts" General Armstrong commended as her eyes stayed on the field. She then felt General Cain's eyes on her; with out turning to him, she spoke.

"General, It seems that you'll have a big catch comes recruiting day for us" Her tone was casual when she talked to General Cain, unlike with the others. She is more of a neutral force, she is liked by everybody and vice versa. She's not really affected much about the ongoing drama that's been going on with the other Generals. She is also one of the Generals who doesn't have a problem with recruiting form Master Egor's Guild, Especially if they are very talented, like what they are witnessing right now. Unfortunately , she could only get undiscovered talents by really digging into General Cain's left overs. With General Cain being Master Egor's Son, most of the Gifted from Master Egor's Guild usually picks him and joins his battalion.

General Cain didn't answer but a satisfied and contented smile appeared on his face. He knew that this fresh young bloods would definitely be joining him and would be adding up to the power and strength of his battalion.

When the audience saw what Pietro was about to do, they all started to panic. The ones closest to the Arena started getting away as fast as possible.

Minjae's eyes winded when he saw what Pietro was about to do.

"Rally to me!" Minjae shouted urgently to his allies.

Andrew, Alisa and Jordan was confused at first when their opponents started retreating, then the audience started acting weird. When they heard the urgency in Minjae's voice, they instantly knew that somethings bad was going to happened. The three of them ran as fast as they can towards where Minjae stood.

Not wanting the innocent to be involve, General Ashe lifted his hand and flicked his wrist. A dome made out of mosaic like glass appeared, enclosing and separating the ones in the Arena from the spectators.

Pietro then let out a loud roar as swung his axe forward and slams it on the ground, releasing a powerful shockwave, shattering the ground.

Andrew and Alisa was closest, so they got to Minjae the fastest but Jordan was the farthest from Minjae and the closest to Pietro. Jordan ran like there's no tomorrow, pushing himself to his very limit. He slightly turned his head and saw the shockwave quickly catch up to him. Dread filled his whole body but he kept on running. He could just shout on the top of his lungs as he pushed his body to run even faster. Then he saw Minjae, Andrew and Alisa running towards him.

"Jordan! Jump!" Minjae yelled as he ran.

Jordan had no time to think and just did what he was told. He took the leap of faith and closed his eyes hoping to survive the day.

Minjae bit his thumb and blood quickly gushed out. His eyes glowed and manipulated his own blood. His blood shot out and wrapped around Jordan's waist, while he's in the air. Together, Minjae, Andrew and Alisa pulled Jordan with all they got. Jordan zipped through the air so fast that it was impossible for someone to catch him and still be standing. They would crash to the ground because of the strong force and be eaten by the shockwave. So instead Alisa concentrated her unique energy. She dance gracefully and caught Jordan. The fluid flow of her dance, absorbed and lessen Jordan's impact when Alisa caught him but she was still pushed back by a little bit, making her clench her teeth and hold her breath.

They might have successfully rescued Jordan but they couldn't relax just yet. Minjae held out his hands in front of him and more blood gushed out from his wound, just as the shockwave came in on them.

The shockwave brought destruction to everything and anything on it's path. Pierto's attack surely shook the earth and everyone's heart in the Arena as well.

A thick cloud of dust and smoke covered what was inside the field so no one had a idea what happened in the field.

General Ashe flicked his wrist again, releasing the glass barrier. The dust then started to be swept away by the breeze, slowly showing the aftermath of Pietro's devastating attack.

When the audience saw most of the field, destroyed, everyone couldn't help but just stare in awe.

"That guy's a monster" Trace said, his head still spinning from the mini earthquake.

"I never would have thought he would use that move" Hyun agreed, rubbing his head, trying ease his dizziness.

"Well you guys have to acknowledge; that kid is something else." General Armstrong said in amazement.

The other General couldn't disagree, so they just kept quite (They still have their prides).

"Impressive as always" Katarina praised as she walks to him.

"That was nothing" Pietro said arrogantly as he swept his eyes on the field with sense of accomplishment.

Every time a storm passes by, there is always going to be calmness that comes after. But this so called calmness was disturbed by a loud laugh. The source was non other than Master Egor himself. His long awaited time has finally come. The time when he finally put Lady Maria on her place and show her who's more powerful. And there was no better way to celebrate that to laugh at her defeated face.

"Excellent job my son! You've done well!" Master Egor showered Pietro with praise. He rarely gives anyone complements or praises for that matter, but right now he was feeling ecstatic. So he let this one be an exemption.

"See Maria! This is what you get for even daring to go against me!" Master Egor's voice spread though out the Arena.

When they saw that their master was already celebrating, Master Egor's Guild followed and erupted in ear deafening cheers.

But the people who had their hopes and futures riding on this match were deeply crushed.

Crushed and dejected, all energy left Nadet and Shiro.

"No, this can't happened. I can't go back there... I just can't go back there(There = Master Egor's guild)." Nadet said as is voice shook. He knelt on the ground after his knees gave up on him. "I'd rather die that go back there" Nadet suddenly said as he grips his hair, looking like he was about to loose his mind.

Then suddenly two strong hands grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him so hard, he was forced to stand. Then at a blinding speed, a hand swung across his face and pain flared on his left cheek. He was slapped so hard that his lips actually bled. "Snap out of it! It's not over until it's over." Minerva said calmly but her voice had conviction.

"WHAT WAS THAT-!" Nadet was furious and was ready to just let all his anger and frustration out on her but when he turned to Minerva he was silence by the way Minerva was looking at him. Her eyes were filled with pain, anger, dejection and most of all fear, which stopped Nadet from bursting out on her. She wasn't doing any better that any of them and from the looks of it she may be suffering even more that them but she refused to show it.

"Get yourself together, it's still not over yet" Minerva said, releasing Nadet's collar. She said those words not aimming at her companions but more at herself, trying to convince herself.

Chen reached out his hand to comfort Minerva, but then decided to go against it. Chen wanted to hold and comfort Minerva so badly but he knew Minerva is not the kind of girl who likes to show her weakness to anybody.

Master Egor's guild cheered as if they had already won, even if there was still no official announcement from General Armstrong. The other supporters of Master Egor's Guild also started applauding and cheering for his Champions.

With all that's happened it seemed that Lady Maria wasn't affected at all. She was just calm and stood firmly in place, observing the aftermath of Pietro's attack. She patiently waited, ready to see her children alive and well. People might think that she's way to arrogant in thinking this way but she was just confident. Confident, because she knew what everyone went through, and this is nothing compared to what they all went though.

General Armstrong's personas still hovered above the field, ready to report back to General Armstrong of any updates. As they examine the field, the female spirit felt something and quickly turned her head. Thick white fog was oozing out from somewhere in the cloud of dust.

"I guess it really is over for Lady Maria's champions this time" The Lady General said, a little bummed.

"They surely fought valiantly" The French General with a sigh or regret.

Everyone already accepted the outcome of the match and was ready to leave. General Armstrong was already going to announce the winner when she felt a sudden zap through her body.

"It's not over yet!" General Armstrong announced out so loud that everyone in the Arena heard it. Before anyone could figure out what she meant, the last of the cloud of dust was completely gone and a crimson dome stood in the center of the destruction that Pietro made. The thick fog was coming from the crystallized dome, looking like a precious ruby glinting under the bright sunlight. Everyone gasp in disbelief, jaws dropping to the ground as they stared dumbfounded. All the cheers has completely died out being replaced by awkwardness and a complete sense of embarrassment.

The crystallized dome started to liquefy, then bursts into millions of droplets of blood, scattered and floated in the air across the Arena, revealing Minjae, Andrew, Alisa and Jordan whose all alive and well. Minjae was breathing hard, while his hand were raised and his head bowed down. Andrew, whose also breathing hard, hunched over and rested his right hand on his knees. Jordan was sitting on the ground still breathing hard from pushing his body, while Alisa continuously, gently rubs his back.

Minjae was able to created a dome, just in time, out of his own blood to create a barrier protecting him and his allies from the devastating shockwave. Andrew never doubted Minjae's abilities but he wanted to make sure that they had a higher chance of surviving. So he played a piece called "Safeguard", fortifying the dome that Minjae created.

The reveal was spectacular that Lady Maria couldn't help but tease and fan Master Egor's fire.

"What is that look for Egor? Surely you did not think that it would be that easy, did you not?" Maria said, couldn't smile at Master Egor's priceless reaction.

Minerva, Chen, Nadet and Shiro's eyes almost popped out of their sockets, as they witnessed the miracle that just happened. All the hope that left them earlier came rushing back and couldn't help but rejoice.

Everyone was completely astonished, making the skeptics into believers.

"They actually survived that, I mean.... Wow!" Gabe was loss for words.

Master Scott couldn't help but laugh "Lady Maria, you never cease to amaze me!"

Everyone was affected by the turn of events but no one was more affected than Pietro. He was shocked at first but then his shock started to turn into excitement. Pleased to have finally met some worthy opponents who are not easily defeated by a strong attack or two.

A wild grin appeared on Pietro's face "That's it! Get up! All that more for me to destroy your pathetic little faces!". Then he dashed forward, Katarina followed him without question.

"Oi, aren't you getting a little excited?!" Pierced face tried reasoning but Pietro was out for blood and he could't be stopped. Letting out a sigh, Pierced face cracked his neck and the same wild grin appeared on his face "Well, I guess I'm joining in on the fun too" then followed Pietro's lead.

Tattoo face didn't want to be left out. He spreads his wings and flew. He stopped high in the air then extended his arms upwards with palms wide open. Dark energy started to gather, gradually forming a huge black energy ball.

"I've had it!" Minjae said raising his head with an intense look on his face. His eyes glowed fiercely, like two precious rubies.

A chill ran down on Arthur's spine when he saw Minjae's expression. "That look..... Now it's really over. It's a pity that they had actually succeeded in pushing Minjae to actually be serious." Arthur said, feeling quite sympathetic over Master Egor's champions.

"You mean he still wasn't serious a while ago?" Gabe asked, shocked.

"Nope" Arthur answered, "Knowing Minjae, as much as possible he would avoid getting violent. because when he gets to the point of being serious, you better pray that you get out of it alive."

*Ba-dum*

Everyone in the arena heard a single loud heartbeat, making them all break into cold sweat. There was no exemption, everyone felt it in every part of their body, From the top of their heads to the tips of their toes. It was merely a single heartbeat but the terrifying pressure that came with it petrified everyone for a single moment.

If the pressure that the audience felt was strong enough for them to be rendered immobile, what more for Master Egor's champion. They felt it twice as much as everyone else. The pressure that struck them felt like gravity multiplied. Making their bodies heavy, almost to the point of them dropping to their knees. It was just a single second but it was enough for them to stop charging.

"What the hell?" Pietro said as he staggered for a moment.

"That ain't gonna scare me!" Tattoo guy shouted. Since he was in his Incubus form, he wasn't affected by the wave of killing intent. He then swung his arms froward hurling the black energy ball towards Minjae and the others.

As the Black energy ball descends on Minjae and the others, another kind of music ("Cadenas") filled the arena as Andrew played his violin . A glowing circular pattern expanded from the ground where Andrew was standing on, with a beautiful snow flake in the middle and intricate designs around it. Multiple spiked tip ice chains shot out from the circle and pierced the energy ball one by one, making it burst like a balloon but the explosion after was so powerful, producing a powerful shockwave that spread across the Arena.

"How?" Tattoo guys was astonished, letting his guard down.

The chains pierced through the cloud of smoke created by the explosion and zip towards tattoo guy. Tattoo guy didn't even had time to register what was happening when the spiked tip chains impaled his limbs and wrapped around him like hungry snakes. He howled in pain as he struggled to get free from the chains but every time he moves the chains wrapped around him gets tighter and tighter. He tried melting the ice by heating up the air temperature. His incubus form can radiate heat from his body, thus heating up the air temperature but the chains that's wrapped around him, cools his body to a negative level, preventing him from radiating heat.

Everyone's attention was directed to tattoo guy and Andrew, that nobody actually noticed Pierced face until he was close enough to attack Minjae. He was excited to finally have his time to show off and eliminate one of the opponents along the way. But in the corner of his eyes, he saw an afterimage of someone moving fast but gracefully.

Instinctively, he put his arms up just as a leg swiftly came at him. He succeeded in guarding but the force still pushed him back.

Alisa didn't stop dancing, and as every move she makes releases a deadly force directed at Pierced Face.

Since Pierced Face is in his steel skin form, he could withstand any attack that Alisa throws at him and last long.

"This the best you can do baby girl?!" Pierced face mocked as he laughs arrogantly.

Alisa just kept dancing and Pierced face continued to arrogantly take Alisa's attacks head on. Alisa ended with a aerial front walk over landing on the ground. Pierced face also took the last attack without even guarding, hitting him directly in his torso.

"What a joke!" Pierced face snorted, Looking more than okay. Dusting himself off, not looking like someone who just took a barrage of attack. "Get ready baby doll, because I'll give you taste of this" Grabbing his crotch area so hard.

Almost all if not all of Lady Oba's Guild members gagged, feeling very repulsed at the vulgarity of the action.

"That perverted son of a *Beep!*" Camille shouted in outrage as sparks started to surge her body. She was ready to jump into the arena and take matters in her own hands, if not for her guild mates that's stopping her.

Obviously Lady Oba's guild has a deep feeling of enmity towards Pierced face for some reason, that even just the sight of him makes them all repulsed.

"Fool" The Grandmaster suddenly said, referring to Pierced Face's arogance. Every General in the snickered, agreeing with him, even General Cain.

Pierced face crouched down like a hungry animal, ready to pounce on its prey. As he was about to actually pounce, his body suddenly froze mid-way, crashing on the ground face first. He suddenly gasped so hard then started coughing out blood. His Steel Skin started cracking, then shattered like glass, returning his skin to normal. Some of him is still covered in steel while some part of his has already returned to normal skin.

"That young lady is fearsome indeed. Such unique Gift" The Grandmaster said in admiration.

"That guy won't be moving any longer. His organs are completely lacerated" Arthur said.

Every move that Alisa made, released a powerful forced that every hit from it, not only damages the outside but also penetrates the inside. So even though Pierced Face was in his steel form; it might seemed that the Alisa's attacks were not causing any damage outside, but inside his organs are taking unimaginable damage.

"Useless!" Pietro spat, keeping his focus on Minjae.

Three of Pietro's comrades are already down: One who's really out of the match and two who are pretty much useless by now. Pietro has to win this. His father is watching with great expectations, he can't afford to fail or disappoint.

As Pietro and Katarina continued their charge, Blood colored mist like aura started oozing out of Minjae's body. His eyes glowed even brighter.

"Crimson...." Minjae spoke. His voice was calm but was very ominous, to the point of his voice echoing. The skies started turning dark, and thunder started rumbling in the dark clouds. "Storm!" Swinging both arms forward, the scattered droplets of blood in the air started to fall, like rain. Everyone in the field was instantly bathed in blood.

The blood rain was heavy making it hard for Pierto and Katarina to move. It also halted their charge as blood kept covering their eyes.

"I'm giving you one chance, give up now." Minajae said in warning. He looked calm but his presence was menacing.

"Don't *Beep* with me!" Pierto shouted. "You think this little trick will scare me?! Don't make me laugh!" He scoffed. But when he took a step forward, excruciating pain suddenly burst inside his chest. He gasped and gripped his chest as he falls to his knees. He felt like his heart is going to burst. He gasped and groaned in pain, as he curls on the ground. Katarina was no better that Pietro, who's currently rolling in mud.

"Give up" Minjae said again, but it was more of a command than warning this time.

Minjae manipulated the blood to enter every opening in his opponents' body and block the blood flow in their veins and arteries. And if that wasn't enough, he also manipulated the blood to slowly squeeze out his opponents' hearts, making them experience an excruciating and torturous pain.

When Pietro and Katarina refused to give up, the pain in their chest multiplied. Their screams rang though out the Arena, the type that would haunt you in your dreams.

"What terrifying young man" The Grandmaster said in appreciation "It's truly ashame that he never wanted to be a General" Letting out a sigh of regret.

Minjae was once invited to become a general, but he politely refused.

"A shame indeed" General Ashe said in Agreement , "What is your decision Grandmaster. This match has already been decided. No matter how hard Master Egor's Champions struggle, the end result will not change. Master Egor has already lost"

"Anyone who agrees, raise your hand" The Grandmaster said to the other Generals.

Everyone raised their hands in unison, even General Cain, making it a unanimous decision. The Grand Master nodded at General Armstrong giving her the authority to stop the match.

"Stop the match!" General Armstrong's voice rang through out the Arena. When she said those words, the blood rain ceased and the sky cleared again. Pietro and Katarina are still on the ground but the pain that they felt is already started to fade aways.

General Armstrong jumped from the Generals' balcony and landed in the field.

"It has been unanimously decided by the Grandmaster and the Generals to stop this match and announce that the winner of this Match is Lady Maria's Guild!" General Armstrong said, extending her arm towards Lady Maria's side.

After General Armstrong announcement, the entire Arena fell silent, then suddenly erupted in cheers. All the skeptics and doubters slowly became believers as the match went on, and now that Lady Maria's Guild was crowned the winner, they're all genuinely glad and happy to see that a Guild was able to finally crush the strongest Guild in the Castle. After the scolding from the Grandmaster, all of Alisa's haters suddenly changes their minds and decided that they liked her. (They don't actually hate Alisa, but decided that they hate her because of the stories that was passed down to them by the people who experienced the traumatic events at the old Castle.).

All the New Gifteds that has already decided and joined a Guild, instantly felt jealously towards the Gifteds that decided to be patient and wait until the last minute to joined a Guild, and there were only a handful of Gifteds who doesn't have a Guild yet.

"They won! They won! They won!" Shiro and Nadet jumped up and down as they celebrate. "We're free!"

"They won!" Minerva could only let out a sigh of relief. She never noticed that she was holding her breath the whole time until Lady Maria's Guild was announced the winner. She can't help but smile. She was feeling so much joy, that it startled her because she never really knew how much she wanted to leave her father's Guild until the moment that she's no longer part of it.

"They won!" Chen agreed with a grin. He was glad that he made the right choice.

Andrew, Alisa and Jordan only just started realizing what was happening, upon hearing the loud applauses and cheers. Their minds were still on survival mode, that it didn't even register to them that the match was over. Like waking up from a long and scary nightmare, all three of them let out a long and deep breathe. They could now start breathing easily, knowing that it's finally over.

"It's over!" Jordan sigh in relief, as he let his back fall to the ground. He laid there, shut his eyes but a big smile plastered on his face. He was happy that they won, but he was mostly relived that the match was over.

"Alisa! you're so cool!" Some of the audience shouted, making Alisa blush in embarrassment. Encouragement and Praise plowed like a river from the audience, that Alisa felt like crying. This was different for what she used to be treated, that she didn't even know what to do. She remembered what her father thought her about taking a bow or doing a curtsy as a dance etiquette. Since she didn't know how to react from the cheers she was receiving, she decided to treat it like every after performance. Just like a dancer receiving applause on stage, she took a graceful but sincere bow, Which only made the cheer grow louder.

"Good work out there!" Andrew said with a big smile as he walked toward Alisa.

Alisa rushed to him and almost crashed into him. "You too!" She said in a soft voice as she hugs him, making Andrew chuckle as he hugs her back

"General what is the meaning of this?!" Master Egor demanded "My Champions are still in the field and are still conscious!"

Master Egor's actions killed the mood in the Arena, making everything awkward.

"Well, yes they may still be conscious but can't you see that they couldn't continue anymore?"General Armstrong was baffled and was angry by how Master Egor was acting. "Do you have any concern for the members of your Guild at all? Look at that overly pierced young man, Do you even know what's happening inside his body? Because if you really don't have any idea what's his condition, then let me make it clear for you! That young man is dying and you're just standing there, throwing a tantrum, acting like brat, and not even doing anything to help the young man! No wonder even your own daughter decided to leave you!"

"Oh dear, There she goes again" The French general couldn't help but be amused. But General Cain just burst out laughing. French General and General Cain mostly doesn't agree with each other but if they had to agree on something, it's not liking Master Egor.

General Armstrong is a very passionate person and sometimes she can get a little too overboard with it.

Master Egor was speechless. He couldn't make a come back, and just clenched his jaws as he watched his champions being carried aways by the medical/healing team. "I'll show you next time, Maria!" Master Egor said as he turned to leave, deciding that he'd had enough. Seeing that their Master is already leaving, Master Egor's Guild also decided to leave.

After Master Egor and his Guild Left, the mood in the Arena came back to the way it was suppose to be. Everyone again erupted in cheers and applause.

Minjae turned to see his allies gathered together, still drenched in blood, but was laughing as they celebrate their victory. All three of his allies celebrated like normal and innocent teenagers, that he couldn't help but smile at the sight.

"Good job out there guys, you guys are something else" Minjae said in praise.

The three turned to him, then started gushing out.

"Thanks! but you... You were the most bad ass out there! You looked so cool! I mean seriously, I wouldn't want to be on your bad side....-" Jordan kept taking, in animated way, while Andrew, Alisa and Minjae just kept laughing. But their celebration was cut short.

Shiro faded into existence carrying Ji Soo on his back. His face was worried and panicked. "Doctor Ahn!" Then Ji Soo started wheezing out and coughing blood. Shiro was the first to get there because of his Gift. The gate leading to their balcony opened and Minerva and the rest ran out, heading towards them.

Minjae instantly turned serious "Lie him on the ground" he instructed immediately.

Shiro did as what he was told, he lay Ji Soo gently on the ground.

"How is his condition?" Minjae asked, while examining Ji Soo's vitals.

"I... I don't know, but he started getting worse." Shiro said anxiously "He started coughing out blood in the middle of the match"

Upon seeing the events that is happening in the field, everyone on the audience quiet down as they anxiously watch the events as it unfolds.

"Arthur" Master Scott called.

Arthur immediately knew what to do as he nodded. He got up and run down the flight of stairs and jump over the stone balusters, landing in the field. He ran to where Minjae and others were. When Shiro saw Arthur coming he stood up and stepped aside, to make room for Arthur.

Arthur nodded in appreciation and knelt down. "What's the situation?" putting two fingers on Ji Soo's neck to also check his pulse.

"Not good" Minjae said, shaking his head after checking his vitals. "If it wasn't for his Gift, He would be long dead by now. His organs are really damaged and he keeps using his Gift subconsciously, draining his energy more and more. The poison is his body is too strong. I have to completely flush out the poison in his body for me to regenerate his organs."

"Can't you manipulate his blood to cure the poison in it?" Andrew asked

Minjae shook his head "The poison mixed with his blood is too potent, to the point of his blood could not be considered as blood anymore. Trying to manipulate his 'blood' could cause some major side effects and even death. All the blood in his body needs to be replace by new and healthy one. "

"I might be able to cure the Poison but it will take some time." Arthur offered

"I don't think he has much time, but it might slow down the poison from eroding his body" Minjae said. He was glad Arthur was there to help because, he knew it would be hard for him to heal Ji Soo on his own. Arthur laid his hands on Ji Soo's chest "Cure!" and his hand started glowing.

"Where is General Anselm?" The Grandmaster asked

"He's currently on a mission and won't be back for a few days" General Ashe answered

The Grand master nodded "See if there are any remaining members of his battalion that were left here in the Castle, and call them over."

"Understood" General Ashe took a step back and mosaic like glass shards appeared around him. He closed his eyes and the shards started glowing. After a while he opened his eyes again and stepped beside the Grand Master's chair. "My apologies, but it seems that there are not much of General Anselm's members who were left. And those who were left are all working in treating our soldiers." General Ashe, informed the Grand Master.

The Grand General just nodded but he was deep in thought. Healing Gifts are extremely valuable but very few has it. General Anselm is currently the most powerful, pure healer in the Castle. Even though Minjea can heal, it's just a branch of what he can do. Being a pure healer meant that healing is what you do and is what you are born to do. Right now General Anselm is on a rescue mission, bring most of his members, which are mainly healers as well, only leaving a handful to stay in the Castle to still treat the Gifteds from the previews rescue mission. The limit in numbers is always a problem, especially in time like this.

"I can't make a blood transfusion. He already has low blood pressure and if do a blood transfusion while he's still in pain might result in rapid heart rate, causing a shock that might lead to cardiac arrest" Minjae said, while trying to still stay calm. As a doctor he always needs to stay calm even in life or death situation like this.

"Is he gonna die?" Shiro asked, feeling hopeless as he looks at Ji Soo's tortured face.

Nobody answered. Everyone had grim expression in their faces thinking that it might be really hopeless to save him, when suddenly someone spoke.

"Um..... Excuse me" The voice said, politely

Everyone turned to the source of the voice simultaneously. The person who spoke took a step back, putting a hand on her chest and yelp in surprised.

"Uh...May I help you?" Minjae asked politely, but there was a hint of impatience in his voice.

Remembering her intent. The girl straighten up and smiled.

"Uhhh.... Yes" then she cleared her throat, "I heard when you guys were talking that he's in real pain?" The girl said, pointing at Ji Soo.

"Are you blind? can't you see for yourself!" Shiro retorted at the question. He's feeling a lot of stress and worry for Ji Soo that what came out of him was harsher than what he expected, but he wasn't going to apologize for it.

The girl ignored the harsh tone in Shiro's voice. Instead she smiled even wider and said "I might be able to help with that". She excitedly knelt beside Minjae, pushed her hair behind her ears, then held Ji Soo's hand with both hands.

Everyone watch every move that girl made, not sure what to think of this overly bright girl. Nothing seemed to be happening for a few moments but then Ji Soo's breathing started slow down. His groans also started getting softer and softer.

"What's are you doing with him-?!" Shiro shouted, he started getting panicked. Since he started getting panicked, Nadet also started panicking.

"Wait" Minjae raised his hand, telling them to quiet down as he put two fingers on Ji Soo's neck. While checking Ji Soo's pulse, Minjae's eyes suddenly grew wide. He lifted his head to Arthur with a shocked face.

"What happened?" Arthur asked in confusion

"His pulse is normal" Minjae said in disbelief.

"Huh, What do you mean?" Arthur said, not sure if he heard him correctly.

"What I mean exactly. His pulse is normal!" Minjae repeated

Arthur's eyes widen in disbelief "How could that possible?"

Then both of them suddenly turned their heads to the girl beside Minjae. Her eyes were shut but her bright smile never left. Feeling the heated stares that is directed her way, she slowly lifted one eyelid, taking a peak. When she saw everyone's eye on her again, she started getting nervous.

"How did you normalize his heart rate?" Minjae asked

"Huh?" The girl asked with a confused smile

"His heart rate is normalizing, How are you doing it?" This time Arthur spoke, explaining it a little further. But the girl still had the biggest question mark on her face.

"I think what they're trying to ask is, how are you making him better?" Andrew said, trying to simplify. The girl's eyes lit up in understanding, and felt a little embarrassed that she couldn't understand them the first time.

"Well... Everyone who's feeling bad or hurt, when I touch them, the pain always goes away" The girl explained

"I don't really understand it yet, but I'll have you keep doing what your doing, okay?" Minjae said, gaining a little bit of hope back.

"Okay!" The girl said cheerfully.

"I can do a blood transfusion now. Thank God he's an AB positive. " Minajae said, ripping Ji Soo's shirt in half "Bite your fingers, I need everyone's blood" Minjae instructed everyone.

Everyone did what he instructed, except for the Minjea, Arthur and the Girl. Minjae pricked Ji Soo's two arms, then started to work. His eyes started to glow and everyone's blood streamed down from their fingers. The blood streams met at a single point, combining all their blood, forming a single blood stream that entered the puncture wound in Ji Soo's left arm. While the poisoned blood came out from Ji Soo's right puncture wound. As soon as the Poison came gushing out of Ji Soo's wound, it immediately started to evaporate, filling the air with an awful and toxic stench. Everyone started heaving and coughing as the smell spreads into the air.

The ground suddenly started to rumble and trees started erupting from the ground, growing at such a fast phase.

Arthur turned his head to the direction of where his Guild was sitting, and there he saw Gabe at the bottom of the stairs, His arms stretched out in front, wearing a serious expression.

"Gabe" Arthur could only smile

The trees absorbed the toxic air and released fresh air, making the air breathable again.

Finally, after what felt like forever, Minjae raised his hand. The streams of blood stopped flowing and the wound of everybody's finger instantly closes. He nodded at Arthur and the Girl, signaling them to stop. Arthur removed his hands from Ji Soo's Chest and the Girl let go of Ji Soo's hand. Now without any support, Minjae check Ji Soo's vitals once again. Everyone waited anxiously, as they watch Minjae take his time, checking everything one by one.

After everything got checked, everyone held their breath, bracing themselves. Minjae let out a sigh and a big smile appeared on his face. When they saw his expression, everyone released out the breathe they were holding.

"Is he healed?" Shiro asked, still in shock

Minjae nodded "Yup! It's a success! We healed him!" He announced in triumph "Good work everybody!"

"He still needed to be monitored but he's stable now, he'll just be needing a lot of rest" Minjae informed everyone.

Cheers erupted from every corner of the Arena. The ones in the field, the audience, The Grand Master and the Generals all joined in celebration of their success in winning the match and of coursed saving Ji Soo's life.

"Well, I guess my work here is done." Arthur said as he stood up.

"Thanks for your help" Minjae stood as well.

"This isn't free you know, you owe me a drink." Arthur said with a wide grin.

"Of course!" Minjae said with the same wide grin "Just like old times"

"Just like old times" Arthur repeated with a little bit of sadness in his tone. "When was the last time we hanged out and just had a good time? I miss you bro..."

Minjae smile sadly unable to respond. He was ashamed of not making time for his Best Friend. "I miss you too"

"Well if you really do miss me, we have to start hanging out more often" Arthur said

"You got it" Minjae respond

"Deal?"

"Deal"

Then they did their special bro hug with both of them ended up laughing like teenagers. Then Minjae remembered the girl who helped as well.

"By the way, thank -" Minjae's voice faded, when he turned to where the girl used to be but she was already gone. "Where did she go?"

Arthur pointed at a direction "There"

Minjae turned his head at the direction and saw the girl already far away from them. She skipped and bounced happily as she returns back to the audience.

"What a strange girl" Arthur said, in an intrigued kind of way.

"But I have a feeling that we still haven't saw that last of her yet" Minjae said

"Agreed" Arthur nodded, then turned to Minjae "Well I have to go back, it's been nice seeing you Jae"

"You too, Arthy" Minjae said sincerely.

Both gave each other a quick bro hug, then Arthur left, walking back to his Guild.

After a moment of celebration, Shiro wanted to thank the girl for saving is friend's life and apologize for his bad behavior a while ago. But when he turned to where she used to be, she was already gone. When he saw the girl already far from them and started disappearing in the audience, he felt his heart fell. "I don't even know what her name is yet" He muttered as his eyes stayed on the direction the girl disappeared to, hoping to meet her again.

"Good Job everybody!" A voice said

Everyone turned around to see Lady Maria walking towards them, with a big and proud smile.

"I'm proud of you all!" She said sincerely.

"It was hard but we got through it, right?" Andrew said looking at Alisa with a grin.

"Right" Alisa said back with the same grin.

"I still can't feel my legs" Jordan said making everyone laugh.

"Well, I think it's time for us to go home and give our new family members a proper welcoming" Maria said with a joyful smile.

Everyone agreed and started walking out of the field and ready to head home, with big smiles on their faces.