Akihito and Hikaru slowly woke up from being passed out from exhaustion.
"H-Hikaru get up" Akihito shook him and slowly stood up "we need to get out of here"
Hikaru got up and looked around "crap.. I forgot we were still in this place..alright I have a plan for getting out now that I saw a bit of your magic"
"What is it?" Akihito looked over at him.
"Well I was thinking you could use that wind move right? Then you point one at the ground then you point one up towards me. I'll use my purple lighting to pierce the stone since it's strong enough for that. We keep going like that until we make it to the top" Hikaru explained.
"Nice, sounds like a plan but do you think we have enough magic for that right now?" Akihito brought his book out to check.
"Hmm..you're right, then I say we wait here until our magic is back" Hikaru said then sat up against the wall.
Akihito nodded and sat beside him.
"So..why do you want to be the king so bad? I know you told me you want to help people and make the world a better place for everyone, but why? I mean did something happen for you to want that?" Akihito asked.
"You know..you're a lot dumber than you look" Hikaru closed his eyes "I don't need some tragic backstory or some heroic reason for wanting to do the right thing. I realize the king and those cloaked figures are doing wrong to the world. I mean sending those monsters to the outside world is crazy right? I want to because it's the right thing to do and that's that" Hikaru responded as he seemed a bit irritated.
Akihito noticed something was up and tried to change the subject "I guess you're right. Makes me sound a bit selfish huh? I want to avenge the people they have hurt, especially the king. But I also want to help everyone in the outside word as well to prevent them from going through what I had to go through"
"Not selfish, you're just determined and you better not get in the way of me becoming king since you are technically my rival now" Hikaru chuckled.
"Rival?" Akihito asked as Hikaru stood up.
"Yes..rival but well, also an ally" Hikaru responded.
Akihito smiled as well "alright, challenge accepted..let's see who's gonna become the king" he stood up and faced Hikaru
They both nodded, smiling.
~2 hours later~
"Alright I think we're ready to get this started finally" Akihito said as Hikaru nodded and they both walked to another part of the cave.
"Alright on my mark you need to jump as high as you can so I can blast you upwards the right way" Akihito said.
"Alright let's do it" Hikaru responded
"Purple lighting!"
"Wind drive!"
"3..2..1..jump!" Akihito said and Hikaru jumped up high. As soon as he was high enough, Akihito pointed one of his hands towards Hikaru and the other one towards the ground which sent both of them upwards.
Hikaru used his purple lighting to smash the stones and create a pathway for them to go through.
"C-come on we're almost there!" Hikaru yelled, shielding his face from the stones falling.
"Ahhhhh!" Both Akihito and Hikaru screamed as they blasted upwards, out of the cave.
The both of them fell down at the bottom of one of the snowy mountains and breathed heavily.
"C-crap..." Akihito stood up "that was amazing!" He yelled "woohoo!"
Hikaru smiled then slowly stood up as well "alright we better get moving now, we have some levels to beat"
"Yeah" Akihito responded as they began walking to make it to the next level.
"I just realized I haven't seen any monsters besides the ones we encountered in the cave" Akihito said to Hikaru.
"You're right, maybe there are none?" Hikaru responded.
Right after they said this, five giant white bears that were covered in armor from head to toe surrounded them. "Crap hellfire!"
"Purple lighting!" They both backed up against eachother with their guard up, looking at the bears.
They both ran in opposite directions, charging at the bears "ahhhhh!" They both screamed and hit the bears but their attacks only scratched the armor.
Akihito backed up and Hikaru did as well but they bumped heads as they did "a-ah! Can you watch where you're going" Hikaru said.
"You bumped into me!" Akihito responded.
The bears made a loud sound and charged at them. The both of them jumped up and landed a bit far from the bears.
"T-this way Akihito!"
"What? No this way! We don't need to go into another cave the bears could be there" Akihito yelled.
"What? That makes no sense just come this way!" Hikaru yelled back
The bears then charged at them again "you've got to be kidding me" Akihito said and right before the bears were about to hit them they stopped moving.
Akihito and Hikaru were shocked "w-what was that" Hikaru asked.
A girl came from behind them and walked up to the bears. In the blink of an eye she sliced the bears up, killing them.
It was too fast for either Akihito or Hikaru to see.
The bears fell down and the girl just walked right past them and kept walking.
"H-hey you what's your name?!" Akihito asked the girl.
She turned around and looked at him "Sara.." she responded.
It was as if she had no light in her eyes or her soul was dead somehow. She turned back around then left. Like she disappeared in the heavy snow
They were both frozen for a second then Akihito noticed the red line "hey! The red line"
"Finally" Hikaru responded and they ran towards the red line but as soon as they were about to cross it they transported to a giant arena. The ground was dirt , surrounded by water and the arena was made of gold.
There was a large crowd in the stadium cheering and making noise and the king was sitting on his thrown in the middle of the crowd.
As soon as Akihito saw him his whole mood changed "I'm gonna kill him.."
Hikaru looked over towards him and put his hand on his shoulder "hey hold on..look around there's a bunch of other people here.."
Akihito looked around and noticed everyone was there except for the cloaked figures.
"Welcome everyone!" Someone with a microphone said in the stadium
"T-that's the guy who was there when we first started..the administrator guy" Akihito said.
"My name is Suok and I'm glad everyone could come..the king wanted to test every participants speed, strength, intelligence, and fighting ability..and there's no other way to do that other than a tournament am I right!" The administrator said as everyone in the stadium cheered louder.
"There's no way out of this so you might as well go through with it..show everyone what you're made off, and to encourage you to do your best....the winner will get one million coins!"
Akihito and Hikaru looked at eachother shocked "one million" They both said at the same time.
The participants in the arena started talking, some people were nervous, others were excited for the challenge, and some were as calm as could be.
"Group up with anyone you want, but no more than four in a group. Or go alone if you're ready for that challenge. Anyways is everyone ready to get this thing started!" Suok said as the crowd kept cheering. Akihito looked around this giant arena and was ready to give it his all.
More coins meant more spells and better armor, which meant a better chance at beating the king. He was ready.
"Then let the games begin!" Suok yelled