The sound of multiple thunder claps and explosions where heard throughout the colosseum
"Hahahahah" Lucian laughed lightheartedly while electricity continued to sizzle and crackle around him
"So we've finally reached the point of a never ending stalemate huh Talon ?" He said looking at his doubleganger and the mess they both left this colosseum in
He decided to name him since he got tired of calling it doubleganger or copycat , so he went with Talon since it was short and easy to say plus it sounded cool , he felt it was fitting for someone who didn't talk at all
Lucian was not joking when he said that they were on a never ending stalemate , He had fought Talon thousands of times with magic , at least three times more than he did physically combined.
Never would he have guess that fighting with magic would allow one to create thousands of new openings , especially if one used more than one element
He managed to kill Talon hundreds of times before he could start retaliating. Little did he know that slowly but surly hell was opening its doors for him inch by inch , since Talon would not allow to be hit by the same move again he slowly started resisting until he was able to hold his ground and managed to make Lucian experience what it felt like dying from a high voltage attack or slowly freeze to death in sub zero temperature
Talon repeatedly kept killing him to the point that Lucian was sure it loosened a few screws in his head , which screws he didn't know but hoped it wasn't anything too bad
But after a long time he eventually started fighting back and his K/D ratio started to balance itself out and this is where the fighting truly became equal as it was both intense and fun at the same time. This is when Lucian learned the most about how to fight using magic , because to him this is when it became a true life or death battle
They continued to fight for a long time until they no longer could beat one another as they had reached the pinnacle of what was possible on the fourth stage and both refused to be caught of guard by the same moves twice
"So it's finally time" Lucian said with a voice full of excitement and a little bit of longing in it
He had been here for a very long time , Lucian could theoretically calculated the days if he wanted thanks to his astonishing memory but he didn't bother as it was not important to him
Now that he could defend himself Lucian was ready to go out and begin an adventure in this new world filled with magic and wonder , and even if he wanted to stay a bit longer it would be pointless as he had learned everything he could from Magnus's information and if he wished to continue improving he would have to leave since the information he needed for his progress was out there
But he had a dilemma , although the colosseum always healed him back to a 100% he couldn't say the same for his clothes , he was almost butt naked
"That's not a way I would like to start my adventure" Lucian said troubled
He walked to the blue flame and stopped , should he just go with it and find some clothes to steal he pondered
"!!!" An idea popped in his head but he wasn't sure if it would work
"Oh well , might as well try" he said while clapping his hands in a prayer to a curtain entity he sneakily named Magnus without its permission
"Grate entity , I don't know if you're watching. And I know i'm being selfish here but can you please grant me some clothes to wear so that I can go out with some of my dignity intact"
Lucian said as loud as he could , hoping that Magnus could hear him and have some pity for him
After waiting for a couple of minutes Lucian knew that he wasn't going to get any clothes and he was ok with that it was worth the shot anyway , He was already granted far more than any human could ask for it was understandable that asking for more would be considered just selfish at this point
Lucian reached out with his arm towards the flame to extinguish it , like Magnus had told him but as soon as he did he found out that the remaining scraps of clothes that were on him were burning up and he was being engulfed with a blue light
"What is this ? I've not even extinguish the flame yet" Lucian was puzzled at what was happening
The blue light did not last long and very soon disappeared , but what greeted Lucians sight was something that made him smile in gratitude
A pair of brown leather gloves connected to steel armguards extending all the way to his forearm for protection
On his torso he wore a short sleeved hoodie that had a dark blue color and over it a silver steel breastplate , around his waist looked to be a brown leathered utility belt with three small pouches , two on his left side and one on his right and in the middle four small daggers were tightly secured
A short blue cloak with silver engravings covered his shoulders that was being held by a silver button next to his heart , the cloak was slightly longer from his left side reaching a little lower than his elbow
His pants were dark blue he had silver steel shin guards that reached slightly lower than his knees and wore brown boots
Lucian was ecstatic he could completely see how he looked by summoning Talon since he would copy him to every last detail
"Now that looks more like it haha" Lucian could finally say that he looked like a normal human being , he really didn't want to start his new life looking like a primate
"Goodbye little blue and thank you for keeping me company" Lucian said as he reached for the blue flame and grasped it , extinguishing it.
The start of his new life was finally beginning and he could confidently say that he was more than ready for whatever came his way , and this time he would live his life as free and unrestrained as he possible can like his soul desired , and if someone dared to stop him doing it
His eyes lost their luster as they grew colder "I'll give them a taste of the misery I endured in order to enjoy this life to it's fullest"
As soon as the flame was no more the colosseum disappeared and Lucian completely blanked out , but before he did he could manage to see that his body had started to glow and was slowly disintegrating