Lanius and Ahri made their way into a big square room. A beam of sunlight was cast through a single window behind a throne. A young, tall and muscular man sat on the throne, surrounded by a woman and another armed man.
"So, you're the guy that wants to speak to me?" he asked.
"Sett, I suppose?" Lanius asked. He took a few good seconds to look at him. He had medium crimson messy hair and two big foxlike ears, somewhat resembling a vastaya.
A triangular crimson stripe across his nose decorated his face. He wore some sort of sleeveless furred coat over his bare shoulders, and white trousers with grey boots on his legs. He had additionally wrapped bandages at his hands, and added gloves on top of them.
He nodded. "Sett for you, Boss for lil' Adessy over there." Sett smiled at them, revealing a set of sharp fangs, similar to the two other vastaya and the Winter's. "Let's get to talking, what'cha need me for?"
"I'll be having a trip to a remote location, and I need muscle. So I was thinking about hiring you." Lanius cut to the chase.
"And what the hell will I win? I'm a bloody businessman. I can't leave the pits to go god knows where..." Sett leaned forward. "There's tons of muscle in here. Find 'em, pay a sum of their contract and take 'em."
"I need the best one." the young man said.
"Well...I'm flattered. Supposedly I accept, what's your offer?" Sett raised an eyebrow.
"Are five thousand Noxian coins enough?" Lanius asked.
"I make double in a day. Where even is this?" Sett moved a toothpick from the one corner of his mouth to the other. It seemed that he grew interested.
"Bilgewater...then Shadow Isles." the young man said.
Sett's ears slightly moved back. He sure was startled, yet he did not show it. "So...ya tell me to leave my company to travel to that hell hole...possibly die, only to help you out? For a damn fist of coins?" his voice cracked in the end. He then coughed, hiding it. "I? Sett...the Boss of this pit?" he raised his voice. "Beat it!"
"You can leave your two buddies and Adessy over here. I heard she's your best fighter." Lanius looked at him straight in the eyes.
"How about a deal?" he then proposed. "We can fight for this. First one to get knocked out wins."
"If you win?" Sett asked.
"You'll come with us. I'll pay you the same, but you gotta come." The Winter explained.
"As expected." Sett smirked. "But if I win, you gimme your girl over there." Sett pointed at Ahri.
"She's not mine, and she ain't an item to be "given"." Lanius said.
Ahri then stepped forward. "Deal." she said with a cold voice, catching off guard both the young man and Adessy. "I believe you can beat him." she turned towards Lanius, as if she had read his thoughts.
"Oh...spicy." Sett got up and took his toothpick out of his mouth, flicking it to the side.
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Sett and Lanius stood opposite of each other in the ring. Lanius was using his ice gauntlets and Sett wore his brass knuckles. Adessy walked in front of the two and looked at them. She then opened a paper fan and stretched it out.
Sett cracked his knuckles. Lanius took a few deep breaths. As the fan closed and Adessy stepped to the side, the fight was on. Both opponents moved in a circle, always keeping each other at distance.
The two then charged at each other and the fight ensued.
Sett and Lanius delivered punches to each other. Both dodged with ease as the fists drove onto them.
Sett drove his fist into the young man's right side and chuckled.
The young man thought. This guy wasn't like Titus, who combined skill with force, it was just brute force. He had to use it to his advantage. He then rushed forward and punched towards Sett's way.
Lanius reeled his other fist back just as Sett dodged once and slammed it to his stomach. He heard a crack. Perhaps he cracked a rib right there.
"WRYYY!" Sett yelled and growled. He stepped back and slugged his jaw, causing the Winter to stumble back.
Lanius felt dizzy for a few seconds. He could taste blood. He looked at Sett. He raised his fist. That fist then emitted a yellow light. It was too late.
"Kiss my fist." He heard as he was pulled forward, right into Sett's brass knuckle.
Sparks of light momentarily flooded his vision. The young man fell on all fours as blood poured from his nose. He raised his head to see Sett, who was smirking in front of him.
"You thought that you could trick me. But the one that ultimately tricked you." Sett pointed at himself with his thumb and smirked again. "It was I, SETT!"
Lanius growled. He wouldn't stand there to get punched by a kid. He twisted around and swiped Sett's legs, causing him to stumble with a yell. Just as Sett fell down, the young man positioned his gauntlet, resulting in Sett's face colliding with it.
"It seems that aside from your body, you also got muscles in your brain." He said as he wiped his nose with his forearm, bloodying the black bandages.
The crowd cheered. Sett got up and spat at the ground. "Fine, have some!"
"I'll kill you!!. USHAAAA!" Sett yelled as he jumped up and raised his hands into a fluid motion to strike the young man down.
Lanius rolled to the side, barely avoiding him.
Sett then then unleashed a punch of energy right in front of the young man. It looked like some sort of animal's mouth. Lanius fell back on the ground and stopped moving. The crowd roared ecstatically.
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"Heh...seems like you lost..." Sett scratched the back of his head and approached the exit, where the fox sat with her eyes widened. "...As expected!" he yelled.
"Don't worry sweat heart. For now, I'll take you to meet my mum." he said. She glared daggers at him. He chuckled."Spicy again? Too bad for you, cause spicy girls are my type."
The fox then smiled deviously. Sett was caught off guard. "Uh...if you like it as well, then we're good. Then we'll have some fun after we visit my ma'. I can show you what else I know aside from kicking ass." he said and learned towards her way.
Sett then froze in place. The crowd was silent.
"Looks like you screwed up." he heard the fox say. He was left speechless. What did she mean by that?
"Oi!" that smug bastard sounded behind him. Sett turned around to be met with a punch straight at his mouth. A tooth flew out.
"You...you..." he said as he held his mouth. "BASTARD!" SETT moved in to hit him, but instead received another punch.
"Next time, make sure that I'm down." the young man said. He then began to barrage him, throwing one punch after the other.
Sett yelled. His voice cracked mid way. "WRYYYYAAAAA!!!!"
Just as he was done, Sett fell to his knees. That bastard, that bastard...he...he.. . His eyes rolled back...then everything went dark...