"Uhhh, Killer Princess everyone!!" the announcer shouted after regaining his bearings. Like everyone else, he had faith in Charlotte winning. However no one thought she would win THAT way.
Zane quickly woke up a few seconds later. Alex had healed his 'injury' as soon as it happened.
'What happened?' Zane internally said as his memories quickly came to him.
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'Right, got it' Zane sighed, he wasn't really sad because he lost.
He was going to throw the match anyway, the reason he was down was Charlotte's engagement. He never expected that the first girl he actually liked on this planet would be getting married.
Zane stood up to see Charlotte staring at him with a victorious smile. "You lost pretty boy, too bad" she said before cat walking to her throne and climbing up. Zane had to stop himself from staring at her back view as she ascended the ladder.
"You lost White Hurler, that was a good fight though" the announcer said.
"Why are you calling me that anyway?" Zane asked, he was quite frustrated at the moment.
"Because you have pale white skin, white hair, white clothes and you hurled twenty people off the stage not so long ago" the announcer said like it was obvious.
"Ohh can i change my name?" Zane requested.
"Only winners change names White Hurler, now go sit over there" The announcer pointed at a seat in the front row, just under the three thrones.
Zane rolled his eyes and went to sit were he was told. He also glanced at Charlotte, who smirked at him from her throne. With how she sat, she really looked like a princess, a Killer Princess.
"Nice fight." A man who was seated on the seat next to Zane said.
"Thanks" Zane smiled.
"Too bad Killer Princess was here, you never really stood a chance against her" the man said.
"You did see how she won right?" Zane raised an eyebrow. His hand also unconsciously covered his crotch.
"Yes i saw, even though it seemed underhanded, it was still a win" The man smiled.
"I guess so" Zane sighed.
The announcer then called on more people to the stage which fought a couple of matches. Turns out there was a little tournament going on for the position of sixth strongest in the arena.
The standings went as follows: First place was the Champ, second place was Crusher with a K, third place was Killer Princess, fourth place was White Hurler and fifth place went to the lady Zane had fought at the end, she was apparently being tutored by Killer Princess.
Zane watched the fights with interest and could even see the many mistakes committed by the fighters. He was also visualizing what he would do if he was in certain situations.
About an hour later, the fights ended with a young man winning the tournament. Champ himself came down from his throne to congratulate the man.
Zane looked around and somehow understood what the reason for this whole underground fight club was. Almost all these people were mortals who pretty much didn't have a chance to become mages.
Knowing that they could never join the Cultivation world, they started their own little world similar to that of Cultivation. Zane even guessed that no Mages and above were allowed here, not that anyone could stop them if the wanted to come.
Zane wanted to become a Mage, but he also felt very at peace here. He felt like he truly belonged. David and the others did treat him like one of their own, but he really wasn't.
Of course that didn't mean Zane would abandon the team and become 'White Hurler'. This was just a discovery of Zane's which wouldn't change anything.
After spending quite some time inside the arena, Zane's mana dust finally filled the entire area and he could see that it was actually smaller than he had imagined.
Only being about 50 meters squared. It also had a little less than one hundred people inside.
After the congratulatory ceremony for the young man who won the tournament, everyone left the underground arena.
A few people stayed at the bar but most of them, including the three elites decided to leave and go to their respective homes.
"H...hey Zane, I'm sorry about what happened in there" Charlotte said while facing the ground, her body language showed that she was embarrassed.
Zane was surprised at Charlotte's change of attitude, she didn't seem like the Killer Princess anymore. She had reverted back to the Charlotte Zane knew.
"It's okay, you found an opening and you used it. That's what we are taught right?" Zane smiled.
"Ohh no I don't mean kicking your balls, i would do that again anytime. I'm apologizing because i was kinda rude" Charlotte corrected.
'Seriously?' Zane thought ' Isn't trying to deny my chance of having children in the future considered rude?'
Zane didn't know how to answer that and resorted to just nodding.
"It's just that I need to maintain my image" Charlotte explained.
"Ohh you mean Killer Princess?" Zane chuckled.
"Yeah" Charlotte laughed in embarrassment.
'How can she be so shy now?' Zane wondered. It was like Charlotte had two personalities, kind of like David sometimes.
"Ohh yeah so are you really engaged?" Zane asked, secretly he was wishing for Charlotte to have been joking.
"Yes i am" Charlotte replied, Zane didn't fail to notice that her previous smile disappeared as she said this.
"Well that's disappointing" Zane mumbled.
"Yes it is indeed" Charlotte said.
"Why don't you sound happy?" Zane noticed.
Before Charlotte could answer, Kieth Interrupted her "We should probably go in now" he said. That's when Zane noticed that they had stopped in front of an ordinary looking house.
"Bye Zane, see you tomorrow. That is if you come to school of course" She chuckled. Zane nodded with a smile and continued walking with Ken.
Kieth and Charlotte stopped at the door before entering "Charlotte do you want Zane to die?" Kieth asked in a serious voice.
"No" Charlotte answered immediately but with a low voice.
"You know Zane likes you right?" Kieth said.
"Yes i do"
"So what do you think he will do if you tell him everything?" Kieth asked.
"He will try to save me" Charlotte lowered her head.
"And what will happen when he tries to save you?"
"He will be killed"
"That's right, so please don't get him involved until he is strong enough, and don't forget that I'm also here. We will try our best hopefully before it's too late."
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Zane and Ken walked together until Ken went into his own home, leaving Zane to walk alone. Since he was alone to his thoughts, Zane naturally began to think about Chris.
Zane knew that Chris could have killed him that morning and he was certain that Chris thought of it.
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'I don't think so, and anyway he is the one who tried to kill me first back then. So we should be even!' Zane thought.
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"Probably not" Zane sighed "Keeping my end of the bargain probably wasn't the best idea"
He now regrets helping Chris breakthrough, however he couldn't help it. Zane was and still is a good person and a man of his word.
When Zane was about a hundred meters from his home, he suddenly stopped "You have been following me for quite some time now, why don't you just come out?"