Quint and Simone attacked the green claws holding onto to Shay. The claws still grasped her tightly.
"It won't be that simple to get rid of my Claws of the Beast King! " said Sahro as he turned his attention to Lucas and continued with saying, "A punch like that can't stop me!"
"Ok, how about this?!" said Lucas as he began wailing into Sahro's stomach, forcing him backwards.
Sahro then let out another roar and the force of it pushed Lucas away from him. "How do you think that you can hurt me if you can't even stand against my roar? Now be gone with you!" roared Sahro.
Lucas put his feet into the ground and stood against the force of Sahro's roar. He then ran up to Sahro and punched him in the gut, pushing him back further.
"You seem like you're all talk and your power isn't as strong as that demon named Joan. I can beat you by myself!" said Lucas, intentionally taunting Sahro.
"What did you say?!" asked Sahro while his eyes glowed red.
He began trading punches with Lucas. The two of them went back and forth, hitting each other constantly without even attempting to block. With each swing, their punches become stronger and stronger and created shockwaves.
Quint and Simone saw that the green claws holding Shay beginning to quiver so they both attacked and destroyed them. Shay started falling to the ground, but Simone used her telekinesis to catch Shay and land her safely on the ground. Quint and Simone ran over to Shay to make sure she's protected.
Lucas looked over and saw that Shay was free. Sahro noticed and punched Lucas as hard as he could. Lucas was sent flying twenty feet away and crashed into the gravel. Sahro ran over to Lucas and picked him up and saw that Lucas's eyes were rolled back into his head and grinned.
"You lost focus because of a woman! They have no place on the battlefield!" roared Sahro, sending Lucas flying again.
Sahro leaped into the air behind Lucas and used a double handed hammer fist, sending Lucas crashing into the ground, creating a small crater under him.
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At the fortress, Joan approached Tupp and says, "How is that tiger cub doing out there?"
"Miko," stated Tupp as he motioned for him to reveal Sahro.
Miko opened a portal that allowed them to peer through it. They could see Sahro walking slowly towards Lucas's battered body.
"He's not doing too bad. It must be those gauntlets. But there's no way they're going to let him escape. Sometimes I forget how ruthless he can be against his opponents. I just wish that he'd finish them off faster, but he likes to play with his prey before he rips them apart," said Joan aloud.
"Even if he defeats the boy, he still has three other fighters to go through. The one I fought is dangerous enough and Miko believes that the one he's currently fighting is very powerful," responded Tupp.
"He's strong! Strong! He'll beat the cat!" said Miko excitedly.
"See. Miko has a knack for judging someone's power. If he says that the boy will win, then he'll win," stated Tupp.
Joan turned to Miko and asked him, "You think that he'll win even though he's using the gauntlets? Those gauntlets increase the power of all Sahro's abilities and he still won't win?"
"Nope! Nope! Nope! The boy is too strong!" answered Miko.
"We'll see if you are good at judging," said Joan.
They all continued to peer through the portal.
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Lucas finally came to his senses and slowly got up and wiped the dust off of himself. Sahro looked surprised at the fact that Lucas is standing. Lucas began stretching and cracking various joints.
"That was a good punch. You caught me off guard for a second. Too bad you didn't kill me when you had the chance. My warm up is finished. Now let's get serious!" said Lucas as he raised his spirit level.
Sahro became angry at the fact that he hit him with all his might and it didn't take him out. "These damn gauntlets was supposed to raise my abilities! Why the hell didn't that punch finish him?" thought Sahro.
"You look confused. Maybe I should explain it to you. My stone skin reduces any physical damage I take. So, even though I was unconscious, I was still protected. I was impressed that you were able to knock me out temporarily though. I'm gonna need those gauntlets after I kill you, so try not to get them too dirty," said Lucas.
Sahro became frustrated and let out a roar and charged at Lucas! Lucas sidestepped him and swept his leg from under him, knocking him into the ground. Lucas then kicked Sahro in the head, launching him into a building. Sahro emerged from the building, even more angry than before, but before he could do anything, Lucas had raised stone from the ground and launched it onto Sahro. Sahro is now getting held down by the stone. He attempted to roar, but Lucas hurriedly brought down a big piece of stone on top of his head and it broke on impact.
Lucas approached the restrained Sahro and said, "So, I thought that you Imperials wouldn't come here. We weren't supposed to see you all for a week, but you're here. Are you guys not following protocol or something? It sure would suck if that Joan woman found out about this?"
"I don't care about what she thinks! She doesn't control Sahro the Mighty!" said Sahro.
"So you guys aren't exactly on the same page? Very interesting, but you coming here was a bad decision because now you're going to die a few days sooner than you were supposed to," stated Lucas.
"You make me laugh!" said Sahro as he chuckled.
"What's funny? You're about to die and you're laughing. I like your spirit," says Lucas.
Sahro continued to laugh and finally burst from the stone restraints with the gauntlets glowing green. "These gauntlets have another ability. They cancel out your spirit powers. I gotta say, these things are actually pretty good," said Sahro with a huge grin.
"So, that means I can just pummel you to death! You just don't know how happy this makes me!" said Lucas with excitement in his voice.
"You've impressed me boy. I'll have some fun with you and then swallow you whole. Eating humans always makes me stronger. Eating a specimen like you will be exquisite!" said Sahro as he drooled all over himself.
Just as Sahro finished speaking, Lucas appeared in front of him and uppercut him right against his chin! He followed that with a roundhouse kick to his head, snapping his neck.
Sahro's body hit the ground and the fight was over!
"You, eat me? Now that was laughable," said Lucas as he stood over Sahro's body.