Guardian of Darkness

In the early morning ray of sunshine brighten a quite large room. In the room, there is someone sleeping shirtless with a blanket over half his body.

"Sir.. It's time to wake up. You have a very important agenda today.

A young male is seen trying to awaken an athletic man who has a height of about 185 cm (6 in.) and is about 34 years old. The man who called Mason didn't budge at all. With the help of a splash of water, there was an intense movement of this man.

"Eurgh…damn you Jav, couldn't you wake me later? It's too early anyway. I can still sleep for two to three hours.

But Javier, Mason's manager remained so insistent on waking him up. Mason couldn't have rushed out of bed. His head felt so dizzy. He has little memory of the dreams while he was still asleep. Mason sees a handsome man who just stands in front of him for a while. The handsome man only saw Mason without a word until Javier woke him up.

"Join me if you desire an unimaginable power".

Mason hurried to the bathroom and began pouring himself with warm water from a shower in the corner of his bathroom.

"It seems I've been watching too many fantasy films lately, I need to stop."

After finished cleaning himself and getting out of the bathroom, his manager was anxiously waiting for him

"Javier, I know you're anxious, but you can relax. I know It's a big day, I've been waiting for it. Let's roll. We have many things to do today."

Javier and Mason come out from his penthouse which is located in the Palazzini Hotel, Las Vegas. Both of them are waiting for the driver and his limousine. Soon the limousine was speeding towards the WWC arena stadium in Las Vegas. A stadium that contains the most expensive martial artist in the universe.

Mason tightened his gloves. He just couldn't wait to kick his immortal rival in the ring named Ivan Davinkov and seize his sixth-time champion.

"WWC fifth time champion, Griffith "The Dragon" Mason.

A tremendous cheer came from all over the stadium after the MC gave the announcement. Mason with his manager, coaches, and some assistants walked into the ring with their lively moves.

Yet in the other corner of the ring, the rival's eyes seem fiery as if to want to devour and avenge the reigning champion.

"Red corner! Ready! Blue corner! Ready! Fight!!"

Not long after the referee decided the game was on, Ivan made a swift attack. The attack surprised mason.

A quick attack hit Mason. From the side knee kick to the swift hook movement Ivan succeeded catches Mason, Ivan grappling movements locked Mason's hands and his body making Mason hard to move. In a few minutes, Mason tried to break free from this ground game.

"This time I swear I will take the belt," Ivan said when locked up Mason's movement.

But Mason didn't give in, he tried to hit his opponent's hip with his jab. Several jabs succeeded in removing himself from the lock and avoiding him tapping out earlier.

Breaking Ivan's grip doesn't mean Mason can breathe easily. Those attacks have sent mason into a frenzy. All of Ivan's attacks were successful hitting the face and body of the reigning champion. Two rounds come to an end and mason's looking pretty beat up by his opponents.

"Dammit, It wasn't any easier game. It was much heavier than the last fight and it made me shaking and I couldn't understand why Ivan would change at such a rapid pace, " Mason complained.

"You need to be more patient and you need to find Ivan's weak spot. Give him a good defense and give him a counterattack at the right moment. Don't give him a chance to breathe when you're on top, " the assistant coach insisted when wiping the blood from Mason's face.

As the final act begins, Mason tries to relax. He tried to ignore how much and how severe Ivan had given him. And something was about to shake itself. His dreams last night made him lose his focus.

The two WWC fighters are still fighting each other in the ring. One of them was Griffith Mason, a five-time WWC champion. However, this latest match looks different. Mason looks threatened by his opponent. The attacks that Mason gives to his opponents have almost always been flushed out.

"Hey-Mason, pull yourself together! You're not this weak. Are you just a big hunk of meat and no brain, huh? Be strong! Beat him!"

Mason Managers shout to the ring so many times. That young man tried to encourage him.

A smile came on Mason's face.

"Damn, this one's even louder than the audience. He even dared to say something like that to me.

Mason is focusing on himself. This time he waited patiently to give a full counterattack at the right time. In the streaks of the attacks coming out from Ivan's, he sees an opening.

"I saw it, it's the right time"

Mason quickly grabbed Ivan's head with his hands, Mason's left knee began to strike his opponent's face, but Ivan managed to restrain the attack and escaped the ambush.

Mason is undaunted, and this time he launches a hook attack with his left hand into Ivan's jaws. Those attacks were effective. Because of the attack, Ivan let his guard down. Then a quick right uppercut comes inside his epigastrium and makes him wobble.

"Fuck, this is wrong!! I couldn't get close to him again if I can't dodge his attack again!," said Ivan's panic.

Those attacks made Ivan to lowering his hands to cover his chest and stomach. Without even realizing it, he steps back a few steps to avoid Mason attacks.

"Stupid move, pal" Mason said something to himself.

Mason grimaced when he saw those blunders move. He is making a maneuver that startled all the spectators in the stadium.

Mason launched a double kick attack that hit Ivan's outer thigh and hip and then followed by a front kick that succeeded in hitting Ivan's chin and making him fall in with one strike. That kick also made everyone's cheers in the stadium even more crazy. When Ivan fell, Mason was still able to give him three to four jabs that went right into his rival's face just before the referee decided to stop him.

But a loud enough voice startled everyone inside the stadium.

"Bang...bang...bang"

Moments later after the gunshot, a fresh bloodstream down in the rings.