Standing in the midst of a highly advanced city, a figure can be seen walking around aimlessly. He looks around seemingly surprised.
"Earth? I'm back?"
The lone figure jumps up in excitement as he rushes around the shops, soon his excitement dies down as he realises he seems out of place compared to the other pedestrians bustling about the high street.
Looking towards the sky he sighs.
"Its familiar yet unfamiliar" He mutters.
Feeling himself stumble, he looks down and sees the ground begin to shake as an earthquake seems to have erupted in all its glory, the entire city vibrates as the pedestrians flee in panic.
Stunned, he watches as a deep crevice leading to the abyss opens in front of him. Thousands of blood red creatures with black bat wings flee from within.
Laughing as they begin a slaughter, dragging down anyone they can find into the abyss below. Scared he stumbles back into someone.
Turning around, he sees a three meter tall Devil grinning with its fangs as its hands pierces the lone mans chest, pulling out his still beating heart.
"Whoaaa" Jumping up, I look around the room with my heart still racing.
"A dream?" still shaking a little, I open my eyes wide.
"A nightmare? but why?"
"I don't remember the last time that's happened"
"I wasn't in control but it seemed so realistic, dreams huh?" shaking my head I get up.
Looking at the light creeping through the gaps in the curtain, I determine its around 9:30 AM. I Take a wooden stick to use in place of my lost wooden sword and begin training in blue feather slash.
I recall the battle last night as I train, and my comprehension immediately skyrockets as I break through from the advanced stage into the peak stage of blue feather slash.
"I still cant get used to this" Smiling gleefully, I but down the wooden branch.
To think it took the ex host three years to get into the initial stage while I've already reached the highest stage you can obtain in just two hours.
Above peak stage is the boundry stage, but this is a special stage of comprehension. The boundry stage is when you surpass the martial arts beyond the creators own concept.
Although between peak stage and boundry stage is the perfection stage, but this is only possible for those who created the martial art themselves.
Wiping off sweat, I begin doing my daily routine of getting washed, getting dressed and eating my full, At 10:30AM I leave the house.
"Lucas Flynn didn't like cultivating, he hasn't gotten any memories of martial arts" narrowing my eyes I think as I walk.
Besides the new dark Arts, I only have the Blue feather slash which is a sword skill and blue feather foundational cultivation technique.
Its the watered down version of the blue feather domination arts, being only a low ranked marital technique.
To solve this problem, I should watch some battles between experts. I had gained a bountiful amount of inspiration after last nights battle between the light and dark.
"Who knows, I might be able to peep at some of their secrets" laughing, I make my way down to the arena.
Its a giant stadium owned by the Santos family, one of the eight great noble families. They are just below the royal family in influence.
The stadium is used as an arena capable of holding 25,000 civilians, it has eight arenas and one central arena.
Anyone can sign up to fight in the arena, whether its for money or glory. Of course these consist of the few, the majority of battles here are performed by slaves and criminals.
There are three types of battles,
The first is a human vs human where admitting defeat would end the fight.
The second type is a battle to the death, only one can leave the arena alive.
The third type is a battle between a human and a beast.
Stepping inside, it looks identical to the roman Colosseum of earth.
Looking around, I can see hundreds of people walking around going from arena to arena. I look towards the central Billboard and scan the upcoming fights.
The arena can be spectated for free, but of course the fights aren't as good as the ones you have to pay to watch.
I see one which catches my eye.
Its Jericho the destroyer vs Hippos the big
They're both in the 4th stage of the martial apprentice realm, One uses a blade while the other an axe. Its a death match between two criminals.
"They sure understand the minds of people" Looking at the rules of the criminal fights, I shake my head.
The criminals sent here have committed the worst sins, or rebels looking to overthrow the monarchy, the crimes are the death penalty.
Through connections, the Santos family buys these criminals and have them fight, if they can obtain ten victories in death matches they can have their crimes pardoned.
Jericho is currently on his 6th winstreak, while Hippos is on his 8th win streak.
"Could be interesting" nodding, I walk through a tunnel leading to that particular arena.
Its not a long tunnel, but as I'm walking through I can already hear the commotion of shouts and chatters of the spectating crowd.
There are many stands to sit, while 70 % of the spectator stand is full. Towards the left is a small wooden stand with lines of people clamouring to the clerk running it.
"I'm not suprised theres a gambling stand" smiling, I take a look at the odds.
Jericho is 5:1 while Hippos is 1:1
Overwhelming in favour of Hippos? Feeling my pocket I have 12 silver left. 100 Copper coins equals 1 silver coin, 100 silver coins equals 1 gold coin.
"I shouldn't" laughing, I find someplace to sit.
"Perhaps when my accumulation of martial arts increase I could try gambling, but as it is now Its a sure loss for me"
Soon, the cheers and roars of the crowd breaks me out of thought as both ends of the arenas gates open up.
Two figures can be seen walking towards the middle of the stage.
The one on the left is Hippos, He stands almost 2 meters tall with broad shoulders. He looks around thrity with scars stretching across his face, a savage look can be seen in his eyes.
A Giant Two handed Iron Axe can be seen strapped to his back.
The figure on the right is younger, looking around twenty three years old, he stands 1.8 meters tall. While he looks pale due to malnutrition, a sharp light can be seen hidden within his eyes, a blade strapped to his belt.
Anger can bee seen flashing across his face as he glares at the crowd, this does nothing but makes the crowd more wild.
Soon, a voice covers the noise of the crowd.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Thanks you for coming here at the Santos Arena, we hope to provide you with an enjoyable experience"