"Graahhh!" Pulling himself out of the crater that Rolo had just put him in, Sterling was truly furious at this point. "Who do you think you are to put a fucking hand on me!"
At this point Rufus and Boros had woken up and moved to stand out of the way with Bjorn's family.
Bjorn ready to watch the fight just grabbed his wives and walked over to his parents knowing how the fight was going to go. At least he thought that way until he saw the look in Thor's eyes which seemed to be glowing with pure power and the pride of a father who had just seen the effort he put in be put to good use. But he said nothing just and stared at Rolo.
Baldir for his part looked at Beth and spoke calmly but his voice held a certain warmth. The type of warmth a man has for the woman of his dreams. "I would be honored to fight a glorious battle with you but I feel like we should probably wait for this to conclude."
Agreeing with Baldir, Beth did something that not he or anyone could have expected. "Ok, that's fine. Come lets go over with them out of the way." She slipped her arm into Baldir's like it was the most natural thing in the world for her to do.
Baldir and Beth lost in there own little world walked towards the others while talking quietly to themselves.
"Father or mother could you please make a barrier around the two of us. I am going to teach this vampire some manners." Rolo full of his anger and arrogance wanted to start the fight right there and then.
"Bastard, do you think I am some kind of pushover? Your brother may be able to walk on my head when I allow it but not you!" With that said Sterling started to release his blood red aura that would normally suffocate everyone in the vicinity. The fact was though, he wasn't in the Necropolis or the Vampire Kingdom anymore. He was in the hold of the Asgardian God Clan, the land of Asir!
Before Sterling could even get close to Rolo a monstrous force stopped him in place and weighed down on him so heavily he could feel his bones wanting to snap.
"First of all, you said something wrong about my sister Sterling, now you are talking down to my brother like you have any kind of say in anything here. You may be a friend but that gives you no right to disrespect my home and family. You will refrain from attacking again until an arena is established here. Do.YOU.UNDERSTAND ME!?!"
Bjorn had enough of this damnit. These assholes where going to destroy his family's home. Looking towards his mother who just had a small smile on her face during the whole ordeal he pleaded silently with her to which she just nodded.
With a stamp of her food the beautiful homes surrounding them sank into the ground and in there place rose an area. Bjorn's father Thor then waved his hand moving the two combatants into the arena on opposite sides. With another wave he set a barrier around the whole arena to protect the city from the impact that were surely going to reverberate through the world with the clash of these two.
Enveloping everyone in his power Thor slowly flew to the stands of the arena. After landing it took less then 2 seconds for everyone to have snacks from Bjorn's personal stash and horns full of Baldir's mead ready to watch the fight.
***
In the sky flying towards the north coming from the far east was a shadow that could be seen as it seemed to cut the sky in half. If one were to look closely they would see an enormous purple dragon. Blasting through the sky one could see a small smile playing on its draconic feature. In a rumbling voice that had a feminine touch to it the dragon spoke to itself. "Mmm... I am almost there, don't even think of leaving me behind again."
With a flap of its wings, the dragon shot off at an even faster speed leaving a trail of purple light fading in its wake.
***
In a forest grove surrounded by fantastical floating orbs of light and and plants dancing in the breeze stood a woman that could make any man or woman be amazed no matter their preferences. She had beautiful succulent purple skin that had silver patterns dancing across her body in dazzling patterns that seemed to shift periodically. Her hair was a lustrous silver that shimmered in the light beautifully. The gorgeous white dress she is wearing hugs her generous curves gently accentuating her full figure. The most dazzling thing about her would have to be her glowing silver eyes that made one think they were looking into the heavens, shone so ethereally, truly breathtaking.
She spun and danced with a smile on her face that spoke volumes to the happiness she was feeling at this point in time. Stopping suddenly she looked towards the north and spoke," Wait for this queen my king. I will be there shortly, I can not wait to see our family finally come together. Will it be just like the visions or will it be even better? I hope its even better, hmm..."
She tapped her bottom lip with her finger seemingly pondering something deeply.
"Ahah! I see now! So that's how it is. Very interesting darling, very interesting indeed. Fufufufufu."
With that she stepped forward and seemed to slip through the veil and disappeared from the grove
***
Back in the arena.
Sterling, standing opposite Rolo was seething inside feeling as if his restraints were snapping further. He has always had darker tendencies but who doesn't. But something no one knows. He actually loves those tendencies. He relishes in them, to the point that he finds himself getting into trouble because of them.
Women are a vice that he is truly obsessed over. When he sees a gorgeous woman it is so hard to control the want to just hold her down and take her by force if need be. Just like when he saw Beth, he wanted her. No he had to have her, so why was she looking at the dwarf like that.
It was something he couldn't control. He hated thing he couldn't control. And now here was this muscle head butting in to the conversation like he means anything. So what if you are her brother! Shut up while I... "GRAHHhhh..."
Without waiting for anything else Sterling lunged again this time with even faster speed then when Bjorn had caught him last time. As he neared a rapier appeared in his right hand and he set into a combo aiming for Rolo's vitals.
Rolo for his part smirked as his arms were suddenly covered in a dark golden armor that had intricate runes etched into them, the most eye catching thing about this armor was he area around the fists. You could see large serrated spikes on the knuckles that seemed stained with the blood of millions. Just looking at those spikes one could imagine how Rolo usually fought. In his hands though appeared a pristine silver spear which he promptly slammed into the ground.
In response to Sterling's attack, Rolo slammed his forearms together and an impenetrable shield formed around him blocking from all angles. Again and again Sterling attacked like a tornado. His strikes coming in swift trying to find any kind of crack in this turtle shell.
"Why are you hiding in your shell little turtle? Are you to scared to face me? You put your hands on me just a bit ago, why aren't you attacking me now."
From the outside with an untrained eye Sterling looked dazzling as he moved with extreme speed and grace manipulating his rapier expertly. To everyone who was watching though who have been training for their entire lives, it just looked like he was floundering miserably. He clearly couldn't break through Rolo's defense, but at the same time Rolo cant really take the chance and go on the offensive or risk being struck with one or even many of the attacks coming at him.
Suddenly the stalemate was broken, left with no other option Rolo dropped his shield and with a speed even faster then Sterling could follow stepped in and grabbed his wrist and elbowed him in the sternum in one fluid motion.
Bending down slightly from the blow Sterling used his free hand to punch Rolo in his side hard enough to push the man away and get his hand free.
Rolo recovered quickly dodging attacks from Sterling and stepping back in. This time Sterling moved to try and gain some distance and he didn't pay attention to his surroundings knowing that they had the entire arena and no other fighter would appear. He backed straight into the pear that Rolo had slammed into the ground at the beginning of the fight.
Startled by backing into the spear Sterling lost focus for just one second, but that was all it took for his world to become pain. Just pure pain, that is what he experienced for the next 45 seconds with out a single second to think about anything.
Sterling's whole world had become pain.