'This again!', Sam was asked to fight if he wanted to get his friends back. "Once brother Emile has made his mind it cannot be changed. You have to fight for their freedom", Mia explained the situation to Sam.
In the arena matches were held for entertainment the royals and nobles. Today a championship was being held and the winner would get 1000 gold coins. 'Maybe if I bargain right I can get those 1000 gold coins also. My life will be set', with this Sam asked Mia if he can get reward money too.
The arena contained eight gates for entrance and it was surrounded by special defensive barrier meant to protect the audience from attacks. Sam was guided to one of the waiting rooms by two soldiers.
"Submit every weapon you have and change into this. You can pick any weapon you like from the rack over there", the soldier instructed him. The rack was filled with every kind of weapon from short sword to star crusher. "This sword is not going to last very long", picking a sword he inspected its quality, it was chipped from various places and barely hanging.
"Oye, your turn to enter", a soldier shouted from outside and guided him to entrance. The entrance gate was very big and operated by four musclemen. Sam entered the arena and the gate closed behind him.
"Everyone here comes our first fighter, Beelzebub. What a peculiar name". Sam had worn a mask and changed his name to 'Beelzebub' to hide his identity.
Another door opened and a Megatherium entered. The crowd went mad and started screaming in excitement. "Here comes our star champion, undefeated for thirteen fights, Megamon. Let's start the fun".
Sam had seen this animal in books of extinct species, commonly known as giant sloth. They are over 20 foot tall, have long sharp claws and possess extraordinary grip capable of pulverizing many monsters. Seeing the monster and his raging screams, "So big. I can sense the bloodlust in his eyes".
Sam drew his sword out and took the first initiative to strike. But the skin of Megamon was thick and the blunt sword barely did any damage. The Megamon started throwing punches and every punch packed quite the power. Taking the attack head on is suicide and Sam used his short height to dodge the attacks while continuing to strike.
"Looks like our challenger is struggling to do any damage to our champion. Who will win this death game, please keep your eyes open everyone", the fight commentator rallied the crowd.
[You are not doing any damage. Listen, Megatherium have a weak spot under their belly. Attack it], instructing Sam on how to deal with the monster.
"Okay, here I go", Sam went after its weak spot but the Megamon was a battle veteran and didn't allowed Sam to get a hit on its weak point. The fight went on and Sam ustilised all his brainpower to fight.
"Woah, completely overcoming our expectations, the winner is Beelzebub", Sam strategy worked and the Megamon went down in one attack.
Like that Sam fought many monsters and people, emerging victorious against everybody's expectation. They slowly changed their opinions and started supporting him.
"Woah, our champion Beelzebub had again secured victory", it was Sam's seventh win. In the VVIP room, Emile and Mia were spectating the fights. Emile had an amusing smile while Mia had a concerned expectations.
Sam was sitting in the waiting room when Emile and Mia came. "What a surprise that you made all the way to the finals. Friendship is such a beautiful thing, huhu", Emile placed his hands on Sam's shoulder and continued, "I have lots of expectations from you. Don't let me down", his expression changed into a scary one.
"Be careful. The next opponent of yours is quite powerful", Mia said this and left. [oh, a death order. You better win], Sei told Sam. 'What do you want from me. I have been fighting with my life on the line', Sam replied in an irritated manner.
"No weapon here that I can use. Guess I have to continue using this", all of the weapons were old and rusty so even if he wanted to change he couldn't. Sam exited the room for his final fight.