"You wouldn't have joined Love Life's knockout arena. Just see for yourself around, who amongst us is a weak punk like you?" Another guy voiced his displeasure. Most of the fighters who were seated on the benches were level fours. There were also a few level five here and there and their auras were dominating and suppressful.
Lazy Wafula could easily feel their hidden killing intent that was focused on him, it seemed like if they were allowed to fight him, they would not only just stop at making him surrender but they would go on and kill him. How dare a level three want to contend with them?
"Probably the guy is looking for some easy money or exposure, but I can assure him that this will basically be his grave. The arena of champions in Love Life hotel will be where he will be buried. Ha ha ha ha ha!" A daunting middle-aged woman said with an amusing look.
Lazy Wafula was quite as if he was not here in this room with the condescending contestants. He was not even unsettled as he was indifferent to their bugging. He didn't even care to waste his breath in answering their questions as to him, they were nothing but his stepping stones. His fellow contestants also saw his scornfully face and the coldness in his eyes that just fueled their anger even more.
How dare a level three refuse to speak to them? There were very many low ranks out there who were their fans and these low ranks wanted so much to get just a mere glance from them but the low ranks never got that chance.
Here there was a level three who was ignoring them, to say that they were mad was an understatement, they will kill someone! There were rules in this room where they had been assembled, the rule prevented them from fighting against each other in this place, so, they could only suppress their ravaging emotions and claim in their hearts to teach Lazy Wafula a lesson when they met him on the ring.
They would kill him, that was for sure, but if they were so magnanimous, they would only cripple him. Leaving him unscathed was out of the question here.
Anyway, the knockout arena of champions in Love Life hotel should not be looked down upon, this was essentially because all the matches that were undergoing in that arena were also aired live on the Love Life's hotel local TV channel.
Watching the matches from the TV was also free and people could bet on the matches from their home. Even though the matches aired by Love Life hotel were not much cherished by the denizens like the matches of other big hotels, Love Life hotel still had some loyal fans who were supporting the contestants from the background.
Where Lazy Wafula was, there was a huge screen in front of the contestants. The screen was showing the ongoing matches and Lazy Wafula could clearly tell that the contestants were not to be underestimated.
On the screen, Lazy Wafula also saw the logo of the channel that the matches were being aired on and he could not help but frown in displeasure.
The woman had not told him that the matches would be aired live. He didn't like the exposure of the media. The good thing was that he had been also asked by the woman to chose an alias that he would use for himself and because he wanted to be among the distinguished in this hotel, he chosed to be called, EMINENCE. It was just a name that he was going to use for this match so, there was nothing to think much about it.
On the screen, the matches were still going on and contestants who were going to fight were being selected at random. The fans on the ground floor didn't stop screaming as they cheered for their selected contenders whom they had placed their bets on.
Nevertheless, the matches went on and on like that and after much waiting, Lazy Wafula was called to the ring.
"Eminence!" The voice of the commentator reverberated in the room where the contestant were seated. They stared at each other until they saw Lazy Wafula standing up. They wore complicated expressions. Why did the guy chosed such a name? Didn't he knew its meaning? This was the question that was going in their minds right now. Lazy Wafula could have chosen a name like "An Ugly Novice", "Undisputed Punk" or "The Most Handsome Level Three", how dare he choose such a name which was supposed to be theirs? Did he want to be punched in the face so much? The room was very quiet as no one found anything to talk to Lazy Wafula against his ridiculous name.
"The guy must be tired of living, right?"