As sir hughes sat back down one of Bisons eyes opened. " so did you make them leave or did you kill them. unfortunately the latter." sir hughes says responding to Bisons question. "hmph, tough luck for them." he said closing his eye.
Back in obsidian city Jolly,steel and copper were standing in an all white room that had stone beds with an engraved symbol on them. there were around six stone beds and each bed had a different symbol on them. Jolly followed the systems instructions and told steel and copper how everything would work.
He instructed steel and copper to place their dead cousin's body on the stone bed with the symbol of a skull on it and when they were ready he would do what needed to be done. this particular stone bed was different from the one Damon placed jolly on when he was near death. this stone bed was meant for the dead and when they placed the girl's body on the stone bed a few words were said by them both.
"Lydia, you were a beautiful person with an amazing soul. see you on the other side, forever family." steel says.
"big cousin, I remember everything you've ever taught me and the way you would beat me in every game we have ever played. those memories are the best. I may have not beaten you in this world,but maybe in the next. forever family." copper spoke softly choking up here and there on his words.
after getting their emotions together they gave jolly the go ahead.
jolly activated the stone bed through the system and black flames surrounded Lydia's body as it began to burn. it only took a few minutes before her entire body and bones were gone,but there was one thing that remained. in the center of the stone bed was a crystalized ball the size of a tennis ball that had dark shadows moving around inside.
Ding!
[a soul core has been saved of the deceased. A deceased one, soul core can be given to another with one's blood if a compatible attribute is present.]
Jolly smiled while pushing steel towards the stone bed. he was currently stuck in thought and so was copper. Jolly had already been informed about the options of saving Lydia's soul core and its functions as soon as her body was placed on the stone bed.
usually once an awakened soul died their soul core would eventually fade and the beasts that were apart of their souls would die as well. this particular stone bed was special in more ways than one as if their was a fraction of a dead person soul core left it could revitalize it whole. the only thing was the soul cores were useless to anyone and everyone unless they were the same blood and even then the attribute of the deceased soul core would have to be compatible with a blood relative powers in order for it to be used.
Jolly informed them of what happened and how while also explaining to them the pros and cons. steel and copper were happy to say the least. they were happy that in such a sad moment in a way they still had a piece of Lydia. steel grabbed Lydia's soul core inspecting it for a few seconds and handed it over to copper.
"keep it safe little bro,I know you two were closer and adored each other." copper held Lydia's soul core in his hand while a few tears fell from his face. "I'll protect it with my life."
copper and steel continued to thank jolly over and over again. Jolly insisted it wasn't necessary and that Damon was the real person to thank. jolly knew nun of this wouldn't have been possible if Damon didn't find the system and the city and so he didn't feel right taking all the credit for something the system was responsible for knowing Damon decided to share it with him.
"I know you guys are grieving and I'll understand if you two don't feel like it, but whenever I have a lot on my mind training a little helps so if you guys are up for it.....oh we're coming as well. whatever did this to Lydia had to be pretty strong and she was stronger than both of us combined. I'm not the foolish type, and I know not to go off half ass looking for the beast knowing it's a great chance I'm weaker and so I'll make sure I become stronger. that bitch is going to pay." steel said clenching his fists with an angry but determined face. copper said nothing and just began walking out the room with clenched fists as well.
They soon arrived at the stadium, jolly gave them a quick tour and showed them how the changing of the terrain/ battlefield worked.
they all summoned their soul beasts while they agreed on a half mountain and forest terrain.
"free for all and anything goes right." steel asked in which they agreed.
steel and copper's soul beasts were currently molding into beasts of their choosing. steel's soul beast changed into the silver bird beast he used when village city was under attack while copper's beast turned into a miniature mountain lion it's fur was caramel mixed with a bronze color. it had real fur but was mixed with small strands of copper. Jolly's battle mount beast bronco was summoned in his original form standing with a strong stature.
unbeknownst to them shield had sent out invites through the city devices announcing a free for all battle would take place and the winner would receive a rare reward. he also added for the amount of participants which were ten. just before they were about to start the match/training session.
A giant transparent screen appeared on the stadium wall with a notification for all of them. jolly also got the notification personally.
Ding!
[free for all battle is taking place at obsidian stadium, 3/10 participants have arrived. winner of the free for all battle will receive one rare item. seven more participants are needed. the seven other participants will be chosen upon entry and will be called by name.]
they both looked at jolly who shrugged his shoulders while quickly coming up with a lie. "I think it's the stadium functions, Damon said this city has a mind of its own at times."
that's very hard to believe,however now that this has basically turned into a tournament and with more people to fight i will definitely sharpen my skills." steel said with a smile.
it wasn't long until people started pouring in with mesmerizing looks on their faces looking at how massive and beautifully built the stadium was. many people didn't come to battle but spectate instead.
through the city system each person who entered was scanned and didn't know it. their name and other information would be visible,but only to shield as he remained linked to his creations including the city. if he wanted to he could see everything that went on in the city.
After thirty minutes of waiting nearly everyone in obsidian city was in the stadium. There were only a little over a hundred and fifty people there and with how big the stadium was there were hundreds of unoccupied seats left.
scanning everyone that entered, shield focused on sensing strong people around the same age as jolly and company mainly teens.
Miss grey, spade, flash,Mastiff,nurse heart were also there taking a seat. after everyone was seated the large transparent screen appeared on the wall of the stadium for everyone to see.
[seven more participants have been chosen. if your name is on the screen and you do not wish to participate please stay seated and another will go in your place.]
1.Calvus Hughes.
2. Levy Castle
3. Berry wade
4. Bay green
5. Laya wave Aka mumsy
6.Vora bolt
7. John locket
if you wish to participate please follow the arrows to the tunnel which leads to a space that will transport you to the battlefield.
everyone chosen stood up except for Levy and John locket who were part of the Mongrel's group. Levy pestered spade for a few seconds and before she can get to begging him he caved in like an overloaded paper plate. he then looked down the rows of seats and gave John locket parents a nod in which they gave him the ok to participate. with rules of course, only to change into their beast forms if it's necessary. he also gave vora bolt who was a few seats down sitting by mastiff a nod. at this point and time everyone within the city knew they were different and not from planet syair. rumors had gotten out about them and to put it to rest during the voting that was held while a select few went to find Damon. she and a few of spades people showed their beast sides.
The people of obsidian city didn't see anything wrong with them or treated them different. Many different races were known throughout planets it's just most races remained to themselves and on their own world. sir Hughes didn't want them to show their true selves and power because of everything that was going on at the time and miss grey knew this beforehand but saw the election they were holding as a good opportunity to let the cat out the bag.
as soon as all the contestants entered the tunnel a bright light flashed and they disappeared. the same happened for jolly, steel and copper as well even though they were already on the battle field.
the space of the battle field changed and they all appeared in different areas. instead of the regular battle field it was now like a spacial little world that went on for miles. it even had an artificial sun with multiple and different terrains.
upon the city being upgraded once Damon completed the challenge of getting more residents the stadium had gained a few more features and this was one of them but due to all the notifications jolly and Damon were getting they decided to ignore many and never went back to check so to make things more interesting shield activated and set the new world spacial feature.
to the crowd all they saw was the battle field disappear entirely by being covered by a dome while multiple transparent screens appeared hovering over the area the battlefield once was.
only two rules were placed and could be read on the screens by the crowd while a transparent screen popped up in the vision of each contestant.
Ding!
Rules and regulations
1. no killing. punishment ban of obsidian city.
2. all participants will be forced to move forward by five different ring barriers of energy that will move slowly and gradually speed up after each ring. getting consumed by the ring for a certain period of time will result in automatic disqualification. there will be a timer before each ring barrier begins and ends.
Duration to be in the ring.
Ring one...4 minutes
ring two....3 minutes
ring 3....2 minutes
ring 4... 1 minute
ring 5.....15 seconds.
After ring five if there are any remaining participants,those participants will battle until only one remains.
free for all battle begins in 30 seconds.
each person participating went over the rules of the ring a few times.
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Began.