Taka walked on to the tournament field and stood between Yama and Kaida. He gestured with his hands that the audience should be quiet.
"Dear ladies and gentlemen, the time for the combat tournament has arrived. The rules are simple, no candidate can bring such serious injuries to his opponent, that it will be resulting in death. The winner of a match is determined by a knockout, when an opponent gives up or gets out of the lines of the tournament field. Each match will lasts 15 minutes, if they are over and if there is no winner, the one who inflicted the most injuries on his opponent wins. "
Taka stops talking and looked at Yama and Kaida
"are you ready? You are allowed to use weapons. If you want to use it you now have the chance to get it, if you don't have any weapons with you. "
Yama nodded at Taka and said
"my lord I already own my weapon"
he took hold of his sword and looked at what Kaida was going to do.
Kaida looked at Yama and smiled
"I have no intention of using weapons"
Taka and Yama looked at her in surprise. Taka turned to her and asked
"are you sure your highness?"
When Kaida nodded, he let it go and told them to take their position.
"..3… .2… ..1… .start"
when Taka made that statement he made a high jump and landed smoothly next to the tournament field
The moment Taka said start, Yama immediately started moving. He rushed towards Kaida but stopped halfway. At first glance, it seemed as if Kaida had taken on a very casual combat position with different openings. Now that he was closer to her and he could see her well, he did not see a single opening, even though he was armed.
The moment the spectators saw that Yama was moving, they were cheering wildly. But why had he stopped halfway? The audience suddenly became noisy
"What is this terrible fear"
"I am paralysed with fear"
"I can't move"
Kaida heard what the audience said and laughed, it looks like it's my turn. She took of and appeared before Yama with a flash.
"Is this all the fear you can radiate?" "
Before Yama realized what was happening, Kaida sank through her legs and kicked him hard. The power of the kick was so powerful that Yama lost his balance and fell to the ground. Before he hitted the ground, Kaida slapped her fist in his belly just at the right time.
The force was so great that he was spitting blood. Her fist hitted Yama with great force, which ensured that he ended up outside the lines of the tournament field.
Everyone was amazed and it was silent. Each tribe had a specialty that only the people of the same tribe could use.
The people of the dragon tribe were able to radiate high temperature heat from their bodies. The consequences of this depend on the person himself. They say the earlier queen of the dragon tribe could burn entire forests without the help of her dragon and only with the heat she could radiate.
It was clear that Yama had also used the wolf tribe specialty. The wolves tribe were able to display a terrible fear that could paralyse people. It is said that during the war the current king of the wolves tribe paralysed an entire army of rebel warriors with fear, and thus won the battle.
While everyone in the audience was paralysed, Kaida was able to move without difficulty and was super fast. She had won the match in seconds. It had gone so fast that most people didn't even see what happened.
Only when Taka announced the winner and Kaida bowed before she left the tournament field, did the audience realize that it had really happened. When the audience was back to their senses, they started to cheer loudly.
The only one that didn't cheer was Nana. She had clearly felt Yama's fear, and despite the fact that it didn't effect her much, it was a powerful fear. But it didnt effect Kaida at all!
She got up and went to the servant who was waiting for her, it was time for her match now. She was sure she would win. If I win then I have to face Kaida, she thought to herself. No matter, I was already looking for an opportunity to show everyone that I had been a better candidate for Huli!
Huli looked from the opening of the tournament field to Kaida, who was following a servant. He turned around laughing and was happy that he hadn't gone and watch her match for nothing.
The match of Nana did not last long. Her opponent was a warrior of the fox tribe. Although he was a worthy warrior, he could not compete with Nana. When Taka declared the winner, she happily walked out of the tournament field under the great cheers of the audience. Nana heard that there was more exuberant cheering at her than at Kaida and that gave her a wonderful feeling.
After the match of Nana it was time for the match of Ronin and Julan. The match was of a high level. It was clear to see that Ronin was at a higher level in terms of experience and skill than Julan.
But despite that, Julan managed to stand up fairly well against him. When Ronin saw that Julan was exhausted, he accelerated his pace and made sure that Julan ended up outside the lines of the tournament field.
Ronin looked at julan and said
"it was my pleasure, you have talent! I am curious about your progress at a later age "
Julan bowed and said
"it was an honor to fight against the first general of the army of the fox tribe"
Together Ronin and Julan walked back to the grandstands. On their way there they came across Hu who was on his way to the tournament field. Hu nodded at them and said
"great match my friends. Who knows, maybe I'll see you in the next round "
when he finished, he walked on
Hu's competition did not last long. He went against a warrior who was beaten by Huli and Ronin during the battle royal. The warrior landed outsde the lines of the tournament field in seconds.
Which was not surprising since he had not recovered from the blow that Huli and Ronin had given him during the Battle Royal. Hu helped the warrior up and together they walked back to the grandstand.
Half of the games were already played and the opponents of two of the matches of the quarterfinals were already known. The public could not wait until the next day. They wanted to see the match between Kaida and Nana. Many were sure that Nana would win as Kaida's match did not show the skills she possessed.
It was time for the fifth match, Rei and Salmus faced each other on the tournament field. when Taka gave the start signal they started the game.
Salmus hurried toward Rei with a sword in his hand. Rei stood with a spear in her hand and looked at salmus approaching her. Just when he wanted to strike her with his sword, she blocked him with her spear.
They exchanged strokes together but were on the same level. After a while, they each jumped in a different direction to create distance between each other. Salmus wiped the sweat from his forehead as he caught his breath. He looked at Rei looking for an opening, but did not see one.
I had forgotten how fierce Kyro's wife could be. Now is not the time to be soft because she is a woman. The gods know how strong she is, even her husband could not win against her, he thought to himself. He got a mysterious smile on his face. I think it's time!
Rei looked at him and squeezed her eyes together, he is up to something! Suddenly she felt the air getting heavier and it was hard to breathe. She looked up at Salmus and laughed, so this was what he intended.
rShex2 changed her combat attitude and started to release an incredible heat from her body. If I am on time I can still burn the poison else i will be at a disadvantage.
The audience watched the two people who were each on one side of the tournament field but didn't move. Suddenly someone cough in the audience, then more and more followed on the side where salmus stood. When Salmus's wife saw that, she got up and stood in front of the stands behind salmus.
She looked at the tournament field and was glaring at Salmus. How can he release such a large amount of poison? The spectators are affected, but that means that he is up against a worthy opponent.
She folded her hands together and also began to release a poison from her body. The spectators in the stands slowly stopped coughing and were able to breathe better.
On Rei side, the audience tried to cool off with all the liquid they could find. They were so hot that they tried everything to get rid of the heat. Kyro walked into the stands and absorbed the heat that came at the audience. He looked at the tournament field and laughed. So this is going to be a good fight.
Both Rei and Salmus were affected by the specialties of each other's tribe, but it was not visible for the public. They ran towards each other and got into a fight, because of the heat that Rei gave off, it was difficult for Salmus to get closer.
Rei, on the other hand, had trouble breathing just because of the poison in the air around Salmus. This time Rei was on the defensive and Salmus was on the attack. Due to the speed of Salmus blowes, Rei could only block with her spear and wait for an opening.
Salmus looked at Rei and felt that something was wrong. For someone in the defense, she was extremely calm and had enough openings to attack him. It was clear that his movements had slowed down and he was no longer in favor as before, but why is she still in defense? He looked at Rei and saw that she laughed just how he realized she was planning something he could not respond in time anymore.
Rei sank through her knees and slid through the floor and moved behind Salmus. He stood at the edge of the tournament field and was struggling to keep his balance. Rei gave him a flying kick in his back, making him fall flat on his face outside the lines of the tournament field. Just at that moment the bell rang and the 15 minutes were over.
The audience jumped from their seats and started to cheer. They had seen a beautiful match. The skills that Salmus and Rei had shown were magnificent and it had been an exciting competition. Everyone had sat on the edge of their seats because the outcome of the competition had been totally unpredictable.
The last three match combined lasted even shorter than the match of Salmus and Rei. Kyro won against his opponent in three moves. Cuan's fear that he radiated was so ruthless that his opponent gave up even before Taka finished talking.
How Huli had won was still a mystery to most spectators. After Taka had given the go-ahead, his opponent flew out of the tournament field at high speed and hit a wall hard. Because of the bang, the candidate lost consciousness.