Peter was lying in the infirmary section of the Arena. His body was completely frozen. "We can't heal this like this. We need to thaw this ice."
"Okay, but how? Magical ice won't dissolve, not even with fire."
"I hope it's not canceled. He fought very well." The doctors were arguing among themselves.
At that moment, King Ireat entered the room. Everyone bowed to him. He gestured with his hand as if to say okay. "Let me take a look at this boy. Allow me."
The doctors withdrew. Ireat put his hand on the ice with Peter in it. The ring with the orange stone on his index finger on his right hand began to glow. The stone suddenly turned black. Ireat was electrocuted. Ireat pulled his hand away "Let's wait until it's Peter's turn. I think the Ice will thaw on its own by the next round."
"Yes, sir."
Meanwhile, Nicolas and his friends were sitting on a bench outside. They were watching the passers-by. Alex hit Nicolas's hand and made him drop the ice cream.
"Why did you do that, Alex?"
"Oops, my hand slipped. I'm sorry," he joked. The others laughed.
Nicolas was very angry. "Fight me, Alex!" His eyes were shining. "I won't let you humiliate me like that."
"Well, well, what a son of the king. Let me knock you out with one punch and see if you dare challenge me again."
"Come here."
Nicolas swung his fist at Alex's face. Alex couldn't stop it, but he slowed it down by taking it in his palm. This allowed him to move to the side. He had caught Nicolas's gap. With his left hand he punched Nicolas very hard in the face.
By this time everyone had gathered. They had formed a circle. Emily and Harry were watching anxiously. One person was collecting bets. Most people were betting on Alex to win because of Alex's body. Alex's body was very well built compared to Nicolas. Nicolas had a normal body in terms of appearance. He looked like a normal 14-year-old boy.
Nicolas was thrown backwards by the punch. He landed on the crowd. The crowd immediately picked him up and pushed him into the circle. The top of his left eye was swollen.
Alex, he was moving. He hadn't even been hit by Nicolas. He was swinging punches at Nicolas. When Nicolas looked like he was going to collapse, he held him down and kept punching him. Emily tried to jump inside, but a big man with a big pimple on his nose held her back. "Stay out of this fight."
Emily shouted. "Alex, don't hit him anymore!"
Alex paused when he heard Emily. He turned around and looked at Emily. "Okay, I'll just parry his punches until Nicolas gives up."
"Who said I was gonna give up?" Nicolas was throwing punches towards Alex.
Alex was parrying easily, but Nicolas was throwing punches very fast. Eventually they both got tired of it. "I'm going to end this here and now Nicolas" Alex was rubbing his fist. "Don't worry, you won't die. Just a little pain and sleep."
Nicolas understood what Alex was going to do. "HUGHES GENERATION VARIANT" A small yellow magic circle formed on the ground and Alex's eyes and fists began to glow yellow.
Nicolas was praying inside.
Suddenly he found himself in a white room. He started to walk around. In the distance he saw someone who looked like him. He ran towards him. It was him, but his hands and feet were tied to the floor with chains.
"Who are you?"
The one in chains woke up. "What? How did you get here?"
"I don't know. Last time I was fighting with Alex and suddenly I found myself here."
The chained one said something, but Nicolas couldn't hear it. He could only see his mouth moving. "He can't hear you-" He was about to say that when he turned back from the white room because he had been punched by Alex's POWER OF GENERATION.
There was a crater in the floor. Nicolas was lying on the floor. You could tell his ribs were broken. There was blood coming out of his mouth. Alex was gasping for breath. "This fight is over. Don't you dare challenge me again, Nicolas."
There was applause from the crowd. Emily and Harry ran to Nicolas. Emily stood up and walked in front of Alex. "Alex, you really overdid it. He's your friend."
"I would be very disrespectful if I didn't feel sorry for him and fight with all my might. I don't disrespect my friends."
Harry tried to revive Nicolas with the healing jam he could make, but Harry's jam was one of the smallest healing jams. It didn't have much effect. Suddenly Nicolas came to with a cough. Every time he coughed, blood came out.
Nicolas stood up. He could hardly stand, "Alex, the fight is not over. Where are you going?"
Alex turned back. He grabbed Nicolas by the collar. "I won. Accept it. You're weak, Nicolas."
Alex let go of Nicolas. Nicolas couldn't stand and fell to the ground. Alex was walking away.
Emily reached out her hand to help Nicolas. Nicolas hit Emily's hand and refused. So he stood up and walked away in the opposite direction.
Harry yelled at Nicolas from behind. "Stop, Nicolas, you're hurt. Let's go to the hospital."
Nicolas didn't answer. He kept walking. He felt like he should be stronger. He gritted his teeth in anger. "I'm going to do you so bad, Alex. I'm going to avenge this."
Alex looked at his fist as he walked away. "The first time my finishing punch hit him, nothing happened. It affected her after a very small amount of time. I wonder if he let it happen on purpose."