Janine kicked him on the chest that he blocked with his arms. The kick was so hard that the pain reverted inside his armor. Ethan could only yell in pain as he felt his body crash on the ground, his eyes barely open.
"The ninth Champion has fallen! The first victory goes to the Cosmic Arch Guild!" Irv announced that made the crowd go wild.
Ethan laid on the ground with his eyes on the sky. He raised his broken arm, trying to reach out for the far clouds above him.
"I was so close," he whispered. "But I guess, it's still not enough."
Janine stepped beside Ethan. She took his hand and pulled him up, smiling at him widely, "If Rocky didn't injure you earlier, you could've won."
This made the boy look at his arms. He covered them with a cast made of bort as a support while he fight, but it seems like it wasn't enough too.
"Come here," Janine offered and guided Ethan. "Can you walk?"
