30 Fight With Me If You Dare

Aster and his friends entered the stadium. They were shocked to see the sight in front of them.

The whole stadium was burning. Flames lit up the massive pillars surrounding the grand gallery. It seemed like there was an occasion about to be held in the stadium. They could spot huge barrels of wine here and there. Many barrels had turned over spilling its contents everywhere. The smell of alcohol mixed with the the smell of the smoke.

But what terrified them was not the condition of the stadium. What terrified them was a person. A person of massive built. He was trying to choke a woman to death. She was struggling to get free of his hold. Her silver armour matched the man's armour. They had the same carvings in the armour. It even had the same emblem. But still, he was choking her. Her eyes had popped out of its sockets. Her face had turned pale. She was dying. If something was not done she would in the hands of that beast.

The man was ugly with a massive body. His eyes pronounced hatred. His face was red with anger. But it also had a faint tint of satisfaction and happiness. His armour shined as it reflected the flames surrounding him. His exceptionally long fingers were protected by the unbreakable armour. He had an axe hanging from his waist. The whole sight of him was hazardous. No one would dare to approach him let alone, save the choking woman. He was dangerous. More dangerous than the worst storms on earth.

Behind them, they could see a woman with three children surrounding her. They were trapped in the fire surrounding them. One of the three children was just a baby. The woman had taken the child in her arms and was rocking the child. The baby was crying all the while. The mother seemed to be crying too. The other children stood close to the mother. They were, practically, hugging the mother's legs, clinging to her long robe. There was a deep sense of fear in their eyes.

Aster saw this and he immediately recognised the woman that man was choking. He knew that he was being foolish. But, he couldn't help it. He screamed on the top of his lungs.

"Taniaa!!"

All the heads turned to him. Even the man turned his gaze towards him for a moment. He smirked and continued choking Tania as if this little boy could do nothing to him. Tania's eyeballs rolled towards Aster for a moment. She looked as if she was pleading for rescue.

The woman standing with the children recognised the boy from his silver sword. Tania had told her everything that happened on earth that day. She felt happy that Tania could get some help in time. Otherwise she and her children would have died a painful death.

Some hours ago, the master had seated himself in the special seat arrranged for him. He asked his guards to bring in the special and unexpected guests to the stadium. The guards dragged a woman and three children into the stadium. Huda screamed on top of her lungs watching the guards drag her children into the stadium. Everyone turned to look at the source of the scream. They saw a servant screaming. The master saw her and asked the guards to bring her down too. She followed the guards without any hesitation. She wanted to get to her children.

The master then proclaimed them as traitors and said that they would be killed then and there. But, he wanted to torture them before hanging them to death. But torturing them with all those people watching would be a disgrace to the master. Hence, he dropped that idea and untied their hands as it was the custom in the planet. Anyone to be hanged should be free to move their hands and legs. He made them to walk to a pole where criminals are usually hanged. The pole had been a part of the stadium forever since the master ascended the throne. He asked his guards to hang one of the children first so that it would be a painful sight for the mother.

Tania's heart was beating fast. She couldn't bear to see a child dying for her. Huda was flooding the place with her tears and screams. Tania felt an urgency to find out a way to escape. She had never imagined the master to be so cruel as to kill a child.

Before the guard reached out for one of the children, Tania freed herself from the grip of the guards holding her and lit a fire on one of the huge curtains of the stadium using magic. The spell that she used was so intense that the other mages couldn't put down the fire. The visitors ran out one by one.

The master stay put in his place. He was smiling as if that was the stupidest thing Tania had ever done. He asked the guards not to let anyone inside the place until he was done with the traitors. Tania was searching for an escape route. She tried to reach towards Huda and her children, but could not. She was pulled back by a strong arm. He wrapped his arms around her neck and started pressing it slowly. The grip grew tighter every second. He smiled sadistically.

"Hadn't I asked you not to disobey me? Now suffer."

His eyes looked so cruel that no ond could bear the intensity of the look. One look was enough to kill the person in front if him. That's when they heard the scream.

PRESENT TIME

Aster couldn't bear the sight. Sienna and Eren had tried to hush him but he spoke.

"You! Leave her alone. Fight with me if you have the guts."

The master smirked at this and threw Tania over to where Huda was standing. She fell on her back on the muddy floor. She was all pale and coughed hard.

"What is a kid like you going to do to me, huh? Anyway if you want to die let's fight."

"Let's see who will die." Aster said confidently. He eyed Sienna and Eren meaningfully. They understood that he was asking them to take care of Tania and the others.

"Aster, no." He heard Tania say in between constant coughing. Aster made sure that Eren and Sienna reached to their side and he got ready to fight. He ignored Tania's words.

The master smiled again.