It had been a long time since Rahz was in an environment where he was dueling someone, the last time was in Willowdale when he was fighting in the dark arena completing his first evolution task and now funny enough he was once again fighting in an arena for a chance to evolve once more.
Rahz resume was impressive to say the least, he fought against boss level fighters of ancient past, he trained in the 4 sided interchangeable kinetic cube, hunted second evolution beast, fought off bounty hunters left and right and stood up to a Fourth Tier even though she was just playing with him but still this had also shaped his warrior spirit.
The Judge said begin and Rahz's opponent used a skill called Blade Dance, he disappeared from his spot and reappeared in front of Rahz for a slash then reappear in the air and slashed at Rahz's neck then at his legs all that was visible to the other competitor was the mirage image after the attack was performed this happened 10 times in a matter of seconds.
Clink..clink...clink
The gnome tried to play it cool but a smile was starting to form after seeing Rahz stop all the slashes with his nails. He Turned to Jazz that was hitting on a disciple of the Abyssal school and ask "Is that your friend Jazz? How strong is he?"
"Who?"
"Number 13, the guy you said hi before".
Jazz scanned the arenas and said.. "oh him yeah but he said he was going to the demonic chamber. He already has a transformation and he said he wanted a Demonic Avatar to crush people with one fist or something like that".
The gnome grinned at Jazz and said go ahead and give me a beat brother. Jazz took out his drum and started a cool beat tah tah tah tah.. Tah tah tah...while Giant Blade started to dance and sing "Now watch me whip.. now watch me slaying and as the gnome did the gangnam style dance he made his way towards the Demonic Chamber headmaster and sang oooh oooh watch me ..oooh oooh watch me.. Before he stop and said, "Sup buddy, you see number 13 in arena 1 he is going to Vengeance so you better not offered a spot, oh and that goes for all you as well".
The gnome pointed at all the other headmasters and smiled, "Better not test me on this". Gnome engineering had only gotten better with the years despite the bad publicity that half of their inventions malfunction. Jazz goggles were for style points but Giant Blade's had a few functions such as see invisible, infrared vision by switching the lenses but most important of all the ability to gather data from anybody and display it to the wearer in a quantify manner. He had been looking an recording the data of all the level 19 fighters and when he saw Rahz strength, agility, stamina and dexterity he almost puke blood. All he thought about was, 'how could somebody like that exist' the data compare to his opponent was as follows.
Number 13
Race: Unidentifiable, DNA Composition (Barbarian 15%, High Elf 15%, Draconian 40%, Chaos Carrier 30%)
Deity: Fadall God of War Blessing Increased strength and toughness by 10% per level
Strength: Can lift 44000 lbs = Level 25 Pure blood Barbarian ...being affected by an item
Toughness: 4 in the hardness scale - Iron Level = Low blood concentration draconian. Immune to Iron Weapons without penetration Enchantment.
Agility and Dexterity: Response time 100% vs level 20 , 70% vs 22, 40% vs 24
Potential: Level 50 General/Avatar
Number 7
Race: Hobgoblin
Deity: Created by the God of Hate Ruuk- Bloodline blessing 10% increased intelligence per level, 5% increased strength per Level, Avenger: If the hate for a person is unbearable your traits increases by 10% when fighting them.
Strength: 7000 lb
Toughness: 2.5 In the Hardness Scale- Entry Copper Level: Still affected by regular Copper weaponry
Agility and Dexterity: Response time 90% Vs Level 20, 50% vs 22, 20% vs Level 24
Potential: 40% chance to become an Ogre. Mid-Third Tier before evolving Level 45 with Evolution.
"Wait...Wait! the match is not fair, give me a second" Rahz was trying to have a chance to take the Belt of the Titan off but his opponent thought he was just stalling for time to regain his bearings and would the hobgoblin allow his opponent that chance, certainly not.
The hobgoblin added chaos fire to his scimitars and started Blade Dance once more, Rahz was defending as before but the fact that he couldn't make the fight fair annoyed him as hell.."DAMN IT, HOLD ON A SEC"
Rahz grabbed the Hobgoblin leg as he said that and swung him hard against the floor.
BOOM!!
The sand flew everywhere and a crater 20 feet in diameter and 5 feet deep was created with the Hobgoblin laying face up in the middle with his leg and arms bent in weird positions but he was still alive. It wasn't Rahz intention to hurt him but he just lost it for a sec, ever since the last full blown bloodlust when Emma died his temper was not as docile as before.
HELP!! HELP!!
Rahz called for help and very quickly a High Priest (Third Tier Priest) came and cast Divine Restoration, a bright divine column descended on the Hobgoblin body healing him while the High Priest returned the Hobgoblin's bones to their right place.
ARGHHH!!!
The Hobgoblin screamed while his bones were being reset and then passed out. Rahz scratch his head and said, "I am sorry about this, I was trying to stop the match as my strength is being amplified by an item but he wouldn't let me. I won't take a point for this fight please allow me to participated in 4 more. The Level 19's standing by the ring moved back at once except for one person that just frown.
The judge looked at all the headmasters for a response and got the ok from the Vengeance Headmaster that said 'Just continue without the item"
Rahz removed his belt and immediately his strength dropped to 20,000 which was still unbelievable. Giant Blade couldn't believe it, the belt amplified strength by 100% and when he looked through his goggles database for information on the item, it just appeared as unable to identify. His goggles were able to pick up any sort of enchantments on any artifact no matter how rare it was, this was extremely refreshing. This was it, the disciple he had been waiting for was finally there and was a child of destiny "Oooh Yeah".
The rest of the people by the ring didn't have Giant Blade's goggles so in their minds all that was left was the vivid picture of the hobgoblins bones in the pit. They didn't know bones could bent like that.
Number 13 vs Number 20 "I surrender"
Winner number 13.
The Headmasters shook their heads but it was probably the best decision considering the circumstances, the competition was to showcase their skills but fighting Rahz was a ticket to the infirmary.
For the third fight Giant Blade wanted to test Rahz's fighting capabilities so he stood up and said, "Is there anybody out there willing to go a round with Number 13, anybody from any arena is allow to challenge him. Even if you lose, you are in and I can guarantee 4 wins and a chance at greatness, so who has the stones?"
The whole place went silent and Rahz just stood there looking around, from all the arenas 4 people step forward and they had great fighting spirit. The Vengeance Headmaster look through his artifact and while looking he discovered a hidden gem.
"You There! The one with the Iron Knuckles, you are on".
Number 33
Race: Half Giant/Half Demon
Deity: Fadall God of War. Blessing: Increased strength and toughness by 10% per level. Bloodline Skill Empowered Magic: Combat arts and spells have 10% more potency.
Strength: can lift 25000 lbs
Toughness: 3 in the Hardness scale Copper Level: Immune to Copper weapons without penetration enhancement.
Agility and Dexterity: Response time 70% Vs Level 20, 40% vs 22, 10% vs Level 24
Potential: Level 50
Rahz opponent moved to the arena and everyone was perplex cause he was 8 ft tall and even though he looked pretty heavy his skin was pretty smooth. He had a sleeveless coat similar to the one Rahz used when he was the Kobold Man and looked like a boxer. He stood up in a brawler stance and chaos fire surrounded his fist.
Rahz's blood began to boil as he tightened his grip on the 2h Axe, It was time to find out how powerful he really was.