Road Fighter [Solo]

 

Job Information:

Brennan Skyllon lingered in the Laughing Coffin grounds, walking around, doing nothing in particular. As he lingered, a letter fluttered to the ground. It was old parchment, and had an intricate red wax seal keeping it shut. Brennan didn't catch the letter, but a sand arm that erupted from the ground did. The hand held the letter in the air, and Brennan took it, breaking open the wax seal. The letter said something about a Road Fighter tournament, and that there were a total of fifteen fighters. The reward was quite hefty, so Brennan, who had nothing to do at the moment, figured that he might as well participate in this tournament. A column of earth erupted from the ground, under Brennan's feet, and when Brennan jumped from this column, another column erupted from the ground and caught Brennan. Brennan hopped from column to column as he headed towards the Talonia Arena. Soon, with the help of his earth pillars, Brennan arrived at the Talonia arena, and hopped down from his current pillar, walking into the Talonia Arena.

Brennan had left A.I.R.C. and his trusty swords at the guild hall, as using them would result in disqualification, he missed the bumping of his swords against his thighs, and the weight of A.I.R.C. on his shoulder. He walked into the arena, and was greeted with a rough looking crowd, and a woman, who was clearly the receptionist. Brennan walked up to the woman, and said, "I'm here for the Road Fighter Tournament?" The woman smiled heartily, an expression that did not work well with her delicate face, and said, "Alright! I'm assigning you to Sector 3. Your fight starts right now, just go to your left." Brennan smiled happily, and slowly paced to the left. Soon, he arrived at a rugged, earthy arena, with bleachers and a huge crowd. A black haired man waited for Brennan in the arena, and an announcer then started to yell into a microphone. "It looks like our competitors have arrived!" On the left, we have Wyvern, last year's champion, and on the left, we have Brennan Skyllon, a newbie who is clearly going to lose!" Brennan chuckled, these people would regret underestimating him. "Alright!" The announcer yelled, Let's get started! 3... 2... 1... Let's go!!!"

As soon as the Announcer said 'Let's go!!!' Wyvern wasted no time, and dashed towards Brennan, running at incredible speeds, arriving within a foot of Brennan in mere seconds. As soon as he was close enough, Wyvern's right fist sent an uppercut Brennan's way, it was his signature move, the Dragon Fist.

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Health: 100%
Mana: 100%

 

Brennan's speed, however, was not that of an average human being, so, even though it was harder than he expected, he managed to sidestep the uppercut, the Dragon's Fist. There was a stunned look on Wyvern's face, he was unable to believe that Brennan had sidestepped him. Brennan smiled slightly as Wyvern dashed away. An intricate magic circle appeared in Brennan's face, and he blew into it with all of the breath in his lungs. A black aura erupted from the magic circle, with chunks of back earth in it. The pitch black aura flew towards Wyvern at twenty muters per second, faster than any human could possibly run, but somehow, Wvyern dashed out of the way, and instead, a huge crater was left in the earthy wall. "Ooh!" The announcer yelled, "That looked like it woulda hurt! But our Wyvern has managed to dodge it!" Brennan grimaced, this bias was annoying, alas, Brennan would have to prove otherwise. Soon after dodging this, Wyvern sent a blast of wind and lightning flying towards Brennan, his signature Wave Motion Cannon.  The blast flew towards Brennan rather quickly, but once again, he jumped out of the way.

Brennan sighed, it was time for him to use... that spell. "God Slayer's Secret Art." He boomed, "Blooming Sand Lotus." A pillar rose up from under Brennan, bringing it up with him, and four petals bloomed from the top of the pillar. The petals enclosed Brennan's body just as Wyvern sent another Wave Motion Cannon flying his way. The cannon fizzled against the petals, and the Lotus exploded. The four petals all flew toward Wyvern, who just barely managed to dodge one of the petals, but the other three smashed against his torso. Wyvern flinched in pain, but beyond that, he showed no harm. Skyllon wanted to get this battle over with, he knew his petals had inflicted more damage than Wyvern had let on, so one attack would most likely finish him off. A pistol, made of black sand, appeared in Brennan's hand, and Brennan Skyllon dashed towards Wyvern. He jumped up and pulled the trigger, a single glass bullet flying at Wyvern. Alas, Wyvern was not able to dodge it, and it caught him right in the shoulder. The man crumpled to the ground and the announcer yelled, "5... 4... 3... 2... 1..." He paused for a second, "Impossible! Our Wyvern has been taken down by the newbie, Brennan Skyllon!"

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Health: 100%
Mana: 80%

 

Brennan slowly walked back into the lobby, and sat down. Less than a minute after he sat down, the receptionist looked at Brennan, and said, "You're up again." Brennan was surprised at how quickly it had been his turn again, and walked back into the arena, faced with a blonde man, who seemed to have an air of confidence about him. "Alright!" The announcer yelled into the mic, "Here we've got Masters, and the newbie, Brennan Skyllon! Let's see how this turns out in 3... 2... 1... Go!" Masters seemed to closely replicate Wyvern's strategy, and dashed towards Brennan quickly, attempting to uppercut him. Once again, Brennan dodged the uppercut, this time, a little more easily, but this time, Brennan countered Masters with a roundhouse kick to the face. Masters was dazed for a split second, but not for enough for Brennan to land an attack. As soon as he regained his baring on the world, Masters dashed away and jumped up into the air, spinning all around the arena, kicks flying everywhere. Brennan was stunned at this attack, and unfortunately, allowed himself to get kicked in the ribs, flinching, in pain. Brennan quickly regained his bearings, and a Sand Sabre appeared in his hand as Masters fell back to the ground.

Brennan dashed towards the newly grounded Masters and quickly swung his blade at the blonde man. With Brennan's incredible speed, even when impaired by the blade, he was easily able to slice into Masters abdomen, but the man was resilient, and Masters bit his lip, but did not cry out from the pain. Brennan was impressed by Master's strength, because the man simply cupped his arms together, and ignored the blood loss, shooting a Wave Motion Cannon at Brennan. Brennan Skyllon just barely leaped out of the way of the Wave Motion Cannon, and inhaled sharply as pain enveloped his ribs. He grimaced, and re-positioned his sword, attempting to slice at Masters once again. The blonde man, however, easily dodged the slice, and breathed heavily from the slice in his abdomen. The two competitors both breathed in pain, however, both men still required more hits to fall unconscious. Brennan decided to save up his mana, and quickly forced small spikes of earth up around the man. Masters quickly dodged each and every one of the spikes, but yelped in pain as he did so. Brenn once again re-positioned his sabre and sliced at Masters' abdomen once again, but the man dodged the slash yet another time.

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Health: 85%
Mana: 90%

 

Both men breathed heavily, both severely damaged from the other's attacks. Brennan Skyllon, however, wasn't going to take this anymore, and re-positioned his sword, as a crust of earth enveloped Masters' feet. Brennan ran towards the blonde, however, Masters broke free just as Brennan swiped at his abdomen, easily dodging Brennan's slash. Neither man talked, the battled connected them, each knew what the other was feeling, no words were even necessary. Masters attempted to uppercut Brennan: Dragon's Fist, but Brennan dodged, panting heavily. He was done with this, he just wanted to move onto the next battle, well, actually, he really just wanted to win, he really wanted the prize. With his last burst of energy, Brennan dispersed into sand and reconstructed behind Masters, slashing his back with his Sand Sabre. Masters fell to the ground, unconscious, and the announcer started to yell, "5... 4... 3... 2... 1... And Masters is down for the count! It looks like the newbie has yet another victory on his side! What will come of him?! We'll all see in the next battle!"

Brennan slowly paced out of the arena and collapsed into a chair in the lobby. The receptionist approached him, and, as she could probably tell he was very tired, she didn't engage him in conversation, she simply handed the boy two flasks, one with a bright blue liquid, and one with a dark crimson red liquid, almost like blood. Brennan used his left molars to pop open the dark crimson red flask, and put the cold glass up to his lips. Brennan raised the cool glass flask, and the liquid flowed into Skyllon's mouth. It tasted... strange, like some sort of energy drink, but... more. It tasted as though it had life force infused with it, it was... very strange, but Brennan liked it. He quickly downed the entire flask and then used his left molars to pop open the blue flask. He once again raised the cool, glass flask to his hand, and once again, the liquid poured into his mouth. This one tasted different, it was bitter, like coffee, and tasted like it was imbued with something different... something more like... mana, the essence of magic, the only thing that let Brennan perform his magic, and Brennan's magic was the only reason he was actually fairing well in this tournament, so he continued to drink the blue liquid, ignoring how horrid it tasted to him, how repulsive it was to his taste buds.

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Health: 100%
Mana: 100%

 

As soon as Brennan finished downing the blue liquid, the receptionist cleared her throat and gestured towards the arena, she didn't even talk to the boy, after all, she didn't need to talk, Brennan knew exactly what she meant: it was time for his next battle. He slowly paced into the arena, and was greeted with a woman, who was wearing a blue Chinese dress, which Brennan believed was killed a qipao, and maroon stockings. The announcer interrupted the silence by yelling into the mic, "All right, all right, all right everyone! Right here we've got Brennan Skyllon, the newbie, no, from now on, he'll be known as 'The Earth God!' We've also got Detective Chun, also known as 'The Feet of Fury!'" Brennan took a mental note of this, and decided to watch out for this woman's feet, they were sleek, but didn't seem to be very strong, so Brennan decided that she must have some technique to either speed up her kicks, or a technique to make her kicks stronger. Suddenly, Brennan's golden eye glimmered, and he was given an answer, this woman was able to fire off kicks at superhuman speeds. She also seemed to have the ability to shoot some projectiles. She was a dangerous one, Brennan would have to watch out.

"3... 2... 1... Go!" The second that the announcer said 'Go!', Detective Chun sped towards Brennan Skyllon, her feet were blurs to Brennan, she was so fast that the blue haired boy barely had time to react. Right as her kick was about to land on his abdomen, Brennan leaped out of the way, and panted heavily, even though he had known this woman was strong, he seemed to have underestimated her. A magic circle appeared in front of Brennan's face, and he exhaled into the intricate brown circle until his lungs would no longer allow it. The Earth God's Bellow flew towards Detective Chun, and she almost jumped out of the way, almost. The spell just barely grazed her left arm, and she bit her lip, but swallowed the pain, clearly wanting to win this battle. Detective Chun's legs kicked into rapid fire as she once again flew at Skyllon at unbelievable speeds. An earth pillar raised Skyllon into the air, but before that happened, Chun landed three kicks on Brennan. But before she could land any more, the pillar raised Brennan into the air, causing Chun to kick it, and Brennan Skyllon leaped behind Detective Chun, gaining the advantage in the battle with just one fluid movement.

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Health: 70%
Mana: 100%

 

Brennan grimaced in pain, Detective Chun had dealt some severe damage to the boy, but Brennan ignored the pain and punched Detective Chun right in her back. The Detective yelped, and turned around, firing a projectile, very similar to Wyvern and Masters' Wave Motion Cannon. Brennan struggled to dodge this close range blast, but by leaping out of the way, he just barely succeeded. Detective Chun furrowed her eyebrows and her legs once again because blurs. Brennan sighed, and his left hand turned into black sand. He dashed away from Chun, and turned around quickly, his left hand stretching, and stretching, and stretching, until it wrapped around Detective Chun. Brennan heaved his arm, and Detective Chun smashed into a wall, and when Brennan's arm unwrapped from around her, the woman was unconscious. "5... 4... 3... 2... 1... And she is out cold!" The announcer yelled, "Looks like our newbie is doing great! Let us see how well he fares in his next battle!" The audience cheered, Brennan hadn't noticed them cheering in the previous matches, but he probably just hadn't noticed, as he could sometimes be slightly detached from reality.

Like he had done before, Brennan slowly paced out of the arena, and collapsed into a chair, clutching the area where Detective Chun had kicked him repeatedly. This time, the receptionist came up to him with a bright yellow liquid, and an even brighter bright green liquid. This time around, the flasks were seals with screw-on metal caps instead of corks, so Brennan put his left thumb and index finger on the cap of the yellow liquid, and slowly unscrewed. He liquid let out a hiss as he unscrewed, it was carbonated. Brennan put the cool glass to his lips and drank. As he had suspected, the liquid was carbonated, and was also quite overwhelming, flavor wise. Skyllon could definitely tell that it was made with lemon, and he could also tell that there was very much sugar in the liquid, but even though it was very overwhelming, it tasted very good to Brennan. He could tell that it was imbued with life force, and quickly downed that whole liquid. Brennan put his thumb and index finger on the metal cap of the green liquid and slowly unscrewed it, putting the cool glass flask to his mouth. This liquid was more tangy, and had less sugar in it, but also tasted good, Brennan could tell that this one was imbued with magical power. He slowly sipped this liquid, as the tang of the liquid made it very had to drink quickly.

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Health: 90%
Mana: 100%

 

When Brennan finally finished sipping the tangy green liquid, the Receptionist once again gestured towards the arena, and Brennan nodded, once again slowly pacing into the arena, greeted with well, a two thirds naked woman. It took all his energy to keep from blushing, and Brennan almost didn't hear the announcer as he said, "Here we've got the Cannon Drill: Cam, and The Earth God: Brennan Skyllon!" Brennan smiled despite being extremely uncomfortable around this woman, but he was worried. According to his Golden Eye, the woman could create drills of energy, which could pose a threat to the Earth God Slayer. "3... 2... 1..." The announcer yelled, "Go!" Cam wasted no time, and once the word 'Go!' was uttered, she dashed towards Brennan, her breasts bouncing up and down as she dashed towards the young blue haired mage, who blushed uncontrollably, and just barely slipped out of Cam's way. He continued blushing and surrounded Cam in walls of earth. Brennan hoped that it would hold her off, but it didn't. He heard a drilling noise, and from outside of the wall popped Cam, who had drilled through the earth using her feet. "Dammit!" Brennan muttered under his breath, trying to think of something else to do.

Before Brennan could finish thinking, Cam performed a stunning back flip, and her feet became a glowing green drill, the Cannon Upper. Brennan cursed his breath and a pillar of black sand rose him into the air. "God Slayer's Secret Art." He said, his voice resonating with the air. Four black petals bloomed from the top of the pillar and encased Brennan Skyllon. Cam attempted to perform another Cannon Upper on the Lotus, but her drill simply fizzled, and she landed on the ground, grimacing in annoyance. Boom. The Lotus exploded, the four petals flew towards Cam, at incredible speeds. Astoundingly, she managed to dodge one of the petals, but was hit by three of them, two in the back and one in the right arm, her dominant arm. Cam cursed loudly and clutched her arm, but as Brennan Skyllon was lowered to the ground, she hit him with an uppercut to the jaw. Brennan silently cursed, but didn't show any signs of weakness, and stared at Cam, trying to think of a way to effectively use his Earth God Slayer Magic against a woman who could drill right through the earth. He would have to catch her by surprise, he would have to do something completely unexpected.

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Health: 80%
Mana: 90%

 

Brennan withdrew his black cloak, revealing a white T-Shirt, and jeans of the same color. He cracked his knuckles and then his neck, standing completely and totally still. Cam cocked her head, but ran towards Brennan, trying to use her left hand to ht a pressure point. Brennan dodged this, but as Cam backflipped, she hit him with a Cannon Upper. "Perfect." Brennan said with a smirk, and he grasped Cam's hand. A brown magic circle appeared in front of his face, and he exhaled until his lungs would no longer allow it. Cam, who was still immobilized by Brennan's arm, was hit with the full force of his Earth God's Bellow. She screamed in pain, and collapsed onto the ground. "Ooh!" The announcer yelled, " 5... 4... 3..." But Cam wasn't done yet, she struggled to stand up, and trudged towards Brennan, flailing her left arm around, trying to hit a pressure point. It was easy for Brennan to dodge each and every one of her blows, and soon, without any outside influence from Brennan, Cam crumpled to the ground unconscious. "5... 4... 3... 2... 1..." He paused for a second, "It looks like Brennan Skyllon is victorious once again!" Brennan smiled happily and slowly paced out of the arena, once again collapsing into a chair.

The receptionist slowly walked up to Brennan and smiled, handing him a vivid purple liquid, and a bright pink liquid. Brennan wasn't exactly sure why every single time he was handed a single liquid, but he wasn't going to question it, it was fun not knowing what the liquid was going to taste like. These glass flasks were sealed shut with corks, as the first round of drinks had been, so Brennan popped the cork off with his left molars. No fizz, the liquid wasn't carbonated. He put the cool glass flask up to his lips and drank. The purple liquid was grape flavored, and was laced with life energy, which Brennan was grateful for, as this battle had taken quite a bit out of him. He popped open the second liquid, which wasn't carbonated either. He once again put the glass flask up to his mouth and drank. It was peach flavored, it wasn't Brennan's favorite flavor, but it was alright. It tasted very strong though, so Brennan had to sip the peach flavored liquid, which was laced with magical power, rather slowly, it was quite overwhelming to his taste buds.

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Health: 80%
Mana: 100%

 

Just as Brennan finished drinking the pink liquid, the receptionist once again gestured towards the arena, a slight smile on her face. Brennan nodded slowly and paced into the arena, where he was hit with a man with a pink Gi. According to Brennan's golden eye, this man wasn't very strong, so Brennan assumed he would be pretty easy to beat. Both men smiled at each other as the announcer said, "Here we've got Brennan Skyllon, the Earth God!!! We've got got, well, erm, Hibiki." Hibiki smiled heartily as soon as his name was mentioned. "3... 2... 1..." He announcer yelled, "Go!" Hibiki ran at Brennan and used some sort of flail-like Dragon's Fist to attempt to uppercut him. Brennan easily sidestepped this uppercut and lightly punched Hibiki's arm. The man in a pink Gi screamed in pain and clutched his arm, but soon stopped screaming, and began to taunt Brennan, "Is this all you got?" Brennan frowned, "No..." Hibiki smiled, "That's what they all say." "Well..." Said Brennan, "If you want me to give it my all, then I shall." The earth under Hibiki rippled, and a spike appeared under his feet. Hibiki clumsily dodged the spike and took two full minutes to regain his balance. "Heh. Weak." Hibiki said with a clearly fake smile.

Hibiki performed a tornado kick and started to fly around the arena clumsily, he clearly had absolutely no idea whatsoever about what he was doing. As Hibiki was about to hit Brennan, he grabbed Hibiki's foot, and smashed the man into the ground. Hibiki groaned, and stood up slowly, "You're weak." He fired off a demented and incredibly slow Wave Motion Cannon, which Brennan easily dodged. Brennan sighed, why was this man even here? He was so incredibly weak! Brennan knew the audience would be disappointed if he finished off the battle so quickly, so he decided to let Hibiki fire off a few more demented attacks. Once again, Hibiki used a flail-like Dragon's Fist, which Brennan once again sidestepped. Hibiki then attempted another Tornado Blade Kick, which once again sent him flying around the stadium. Brennan sisghed in annoyance, this man had to be the worst fighter in the world. Hibiki landed on the ground, "Heh! I think it is time for me to use my full power!" Brennan sighed as Hibiki fired off another slow and demented Wave Motion Cannon, which he easily jumped over. "Hibiki, why are you even here?" Brennan asked in annoyance. "Because I'm the strongest in the world!" Hibiki replied adamantly, resulting in another sigh from Brennan.

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Health: 85%
Mana: 100%

 

Brennan Skyllon could not take this anymore. He was going to kick the crap out of this guy. "Hibiki." Brennan said in annoyance, "Let me just put you out of your misery." Hibiki smiled, "As if!" Brennan sighed, and a light brown magic circle appeared in front of his face. He exhaled as much as he could, and an Earth God's Bellow exploded from the circle, hitting Hibiki full on in the chest. He screamed in pain, and flew against the wall, groaning, and crumpling to the ground, unconscious. "Well..." Said the announcer, "That wasn't unexpected at all." He paused for a second, "5... 4... 3... 2... 1..." He paused briefly, "Brennan Skyllon wins, everybody!" The audience cheered halfheartedly, clearly expecting this outcome.

Brennan slowly paced out of the arena, his feet dragging against the floor, he was incredibly bored, this battle had been so boring. Brennan sighed and slowly sat down in a chair, where he was greeted with Wyvern. "Hey kid." He said, with a deep, gravelly voice, "Congrats on beatin' me!" Brennan smiled, "Thanks! You were quite tough." Wyvern smiled, "I'm bettin' on ya kid! Go ahead and win for me, why don't ya." Brennan smiled and nodded, "Will do." With that, Wyvern paced out of the building, leaving Brennan alone. The receptionist walked up to Brennan, and gave him two liquids, a shimmering golden liquid, and a shimmering silver liquid, this time screwed shut with metal caps. Brennan put his left thumb and index finger on the cold metal cap, and unscrewed it slowly. There was a hiss, the golden liquid was carbonated. He put the cold glass flask to his lips, and tipped it. This liquid tasted strange, it didn't taste like anything Brennan had ever tasted before, but Brennan could tell that it was imbued with life energy. Brennan chucked the liquid quickly, the substance was almost addictive, it tasted so amazing. He quickly finished the first liquid and burped, "Excuse me." He said quickly, before putting his thumb and index finger on the second metal cap. He unscrewed it, no hiss this time, the liquid wasn't carbonated. He put the glass flask to his lips and drank. This liquid was the same, but also somehow different. This one was imbued with mana, magical energy. Brennan quickly finished off the second liquid, pumped for his next battle, and cracked his knuckles. "I'm ready!" He muttered to himself with a smile, waiting for his next battle.

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Health: 100%
Mana: 100%

 

The receptionist cleared her throat, "You're up, Brennan Skyllon." Brennan smiled and got up slowly, pacing into the arena as he had done five times before. He was greeted with a man in tight shorts and boxing gloves, and according to Brennan's Golden Eye, he was a non-mage. Brennan could, however, tell that this man was clearly tougher than Hibiki, so this battle would at least be a little more interesting. The announcer's blasting voice interrupted Brennan's thoughts, "Alright, everyone! Here we've got The Boxer, Mike Bison, and everyone's favorite newbie, Brennan Skyllon! Let's see how these two competitors battle things out!" He paused for a second and cleared his throat, "3... 2... 1...! Let's go everyone!" He ran towards Brennan and punched once, twice, three times. He continued punching, and Brennan managed to dodge most of his punches, unfortunately, Brennan got his ribs smashed in by one punch, and got his breath knocked out of him. He recuperated quickly, and created an earth spike under Mike Bison, who just barely managed to dodge it, as he wasn't really the fastest person in the competition, not by a long shot. Bison ran towards Brennan and began to punch again, Brennan decided to dodge all ten punches, but it was much harder than he had expected, this guy was really good. Brennan ran up to Bison, and suddenly, all the ground in a ten meter radius became black quicksand. The quicksand sucked at Mike Bison's feet, slowing him down, as well as dealing damage to him. Bison grimaced in pain, but struggled onward, attempting to punch Brennan again and again.

Five punches. That's what Brennan counted, and due to Bison's decreased speed, these punches were much easier to dodge than they had been. The only bad part about the spell that Brennan had just cast was that he was essentially locked in place, he couldn't move without moving the quicksand away from Bison. As Bison approached him, Brennan socked him in the jaw, and Mike Bison flinched in pain, hesitating, and forgetting to punch Brennan. Brennan smiled and spun around, attempting to tornado kick Mike Bison in the face, but he dodged, even with his decreased speed, which Brennan thought was very, very impressive. "You're good." Brennan said to Bison, smiling happily. Bison simply smirked in response, finally breaking free of the quicksand, "Impressive." Brennan said, a hearty smile filling the blue haired teen's face.

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Health: 80%
Mana: 90%

 

The quicksand was still around Brennan Skyllon, so there was no real way for Mike Bison to deal any real damage. Since the quicksand would follow Brennan around, Brennan ran towards Mike, getting him caught in the quicksand once again. Mike Bison cursed loudly, struggling to get out of the pit of black sand. Brennan smiled, it was time to finish this. A large, light brown magic circle appeared in Brennan's face, in front of which Brennan exhaled until his lungs would no longer allow it. From the circle, erupted a black aura, filled with chunks of black earth, which hit the slowed Mike Bison head on. The force of the spell blew him backwards, and the poor boxer smashed against the wall, leaving behind a large crater as he crumpled to the ground, unconscious. "Ooh!" Yelled the announcer, "Even I felt that shock wave, and I'm all the way up here!" He audience cheered happily, and the announcer finally started counting, "5... 4... 3... 2... 1..." He paused for a second, "It looks like Mike Bison is out, and this match's winner is Brennan Skyllon!" Brennan grinned heartily and waved at the audience, giving them a thumbs up as he paced out of the stadium, this was getting very, very fun!

Brennan arrived at the lobby with his ribs aching from his battle with Bison, and collapsed into a chair, grimacing in pain. This time, Brennan was greeted with Masters, who looked at him with a sly smile. "Hey kid." He said, his voice surprising high pitched. "You're doin' a great job kid." He paused for a second, "Both Wyvern and I put lotsa money on ya, kid. You better win." Brennan smiled slightly in response, and then nodded, "I will." Masters smiled again, and slowly paced out of the building,  probably going to meet up with Wyvern somewhere. The receptionist went up to Brennan, and handed him two liquid, both of which looked very similar to him, they seemed identical to the red and blue liquids he had been handed before. Brennan removed the cork of the red liquid with his left molars, putting the glass flasks up to his lips. As he expected, the red liquid tasted like an energy drink, imbued with life energy. Brennan downed this liquid rather quickly and hesitantly uncorked the blue liquid. He put it to his lips, and as expected, it was bitter, very bitter.

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Health: 100%
Mana: 100%

 

Brennan soon finished drinking the bitter, coffee-like mana imbued liquid, and the receptionist cleared her throat, "Good luck, Brennan." She smiled slightly, and Brennan smiled in response as he paced into the arena. He was greeted with what he assumed was a man, but he couldn't really tell, because the person had their face hidden behind a half blue, half red mask. On the man's left hand there was a wolverine-like glove claw thing. It was incredible, each claw was about a foot long, and the man (or woman) himself (or herself) looked very limber. The announcer cleared his throat, and began to yell into his microphone. "Alright! It looks like here we've got everyone's favorite narcissistic man, Balrog, and the newbie who has earned himself some respect, Brennan Skyllon!" The audience cheered loudly, and the announcer started to count down, "3... 2... 1... Let's go you two!" Balrog wasted no time, and bounced off the earth wall, flying towards Brennan, attempting to slice his head clean off. Brennan just barely dodged his attack, and yelled at Balrog, "Oi?! What are you going? You aren't supposed to kill people, dimwit!" Balrog simply chuckled in response, and bounced against the opposite wall, once again attempted to slice Brennan's head off. Brennan could tell there would be no holding back in this battle.

Brennan could tell his earth manipulate wouldn't be very useful against this man was was legitimately bouncing off the walls, so he prepped himself to perform a spell that didn't require the man to be touching the floor. Brennan's left arm suddenly turned into black sand, and Brennan flung it at Balrog. The arm stretched, and stretched, and stretched, until it wrapped around the man, essentially freezing him in midair. Balrog struggled and slashed his claws around, somehow only scratching Brennan's sand arm. Brennan ignored the cuts and hurtled the man into the wall, however, somehow, Balrog slipped out of Brennan's arm, and landed on the ground gracefully as Brennan's arm hurtled into the wall. Balrog started to talk, "If that is all you have, then you are pathetic, child." Brennan frowned, and Balrog once again bounced off of a wall, hurtling towards Brennan Skyllon at inhuman speeds. Brennan dodged Balrog, but he simply pressed his feet against the other wall, and once again flew towards Brennan, o fast he was almost a blur. Brennan was amazed, this man was stunning at acrobatics, and if he weren't trying to kill Brennan, he would have been amazed.

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Health: 95%
Mana: 90%

 

Balrog flew towards Brennan, trying to cut the God Slayer's head off, he was so fast, the young mage barely had time to react. In fact, Brennan just barely dodged the slash. It was such a close call the Balrog cut a small part of Brennan's hair off, and Brennan grew increasingly annoyed as the blue hairs fluttered to the ground. Brennan also noticed a few drops of his own blood fall to the ground.Brennan cracked his own back, "You're going to regret that." He stretched his sandy black arm towards Balrog once again, once again wrapping his arm around the man. This time, Brennan coiled his arm around Balrog even tighter, he wasn't going to let the man escape, not this time. Brennan's arm flew towards the wall, and Balrog, unable to escape, went with it. The man and arm left a huge dent in the wall as they crashed into it, but Balrog wasn't done yet. He broke free of Brennan's grasp and panted heavily, dashing towards the teen. Before Balrog could even reach Brennan, a magic circle appeared in front of Brennan Skyllon's face, which Brennan blew into, causing a black aura with black earth to fly towards the already injured Balrog. As the Bellow flew towards Balrog, he froze, shell shocked, not sure how to react to the lightning fast spell. The Earth God's Bellow hit Balrog head on, causing the narcissistic acrobat to once again smash into a wall. The man crumpled to the ground, unconscious, his mask cracked, and the announcer started to yell, "5... 4... 3... 2... 1..." He paused for a bit, "It looks like Brennan Skyllon is once again the victor! We'll see him again soon!" The audience cheered as Brennan walked out of the arena, smiling happily, this was extremely exhilarating. He waved and grinned to the audience the entirety of the time that he was walking out, giving them a thumbs up as he exited out of their line of sight, into the lobby.

As Brennan collapsed into the chair, the receptionist walked up to him slowly, this time around, she handed him two liquids, which were just as similar to Brennan as the previous round of drinks had been. They were the yellow and green drinks, which Brennan had rather enjoyed, last time around. Brennan unscrewed the cap of the green liquid, chugging the delicious drink rather quickly. He then proceeded to do the same thing with the yellow liquid, both of which he enjoyed greatly. The tang of both of the liquids was extremely refreshing to Brennan, he was happy to drink something other than the bitter liquid.

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Health: 95%
Mana: 100%

 

The receptionist cleared her throat and gestured towards the arena, and Brennan nodded happily, strolling into the arena, being greeted by a man who was over seven feet tall. His upper body was normal sized, however, his legs were super freakishly long. The announcer started to yell, "Let's so what's going to happen in this match between two powerful fighters! Who will win, Tagas or Brennan?! In this match between two master fighters, no one can possibly know who will win!" The audience cheered, half of them yelling Brennan's name, and the other half yelling Tagas' name. "All right!" The announcer yelled, "3... 2... 1... All right, you two! Go get 'em!" Tagas wasted no time, and immediately dashed towards Brennan, chucking a fireball his way. Brennan almost dodged the fireball, but it grazed his right arm, and he grimaced in pain, trying to ignore the burn. Brennan cracked his knuckles and a black sand pillar started to raise up from the ground and then it suddenly stopped. Then, four petals appeared from the top off the pillar and encased Brennan Skyllon. Tagas attempted to punch the petals, but they remained unaffected. Tagas stepped back and grimaced. Suddenly, the Lotus exploded, and the four petals flew towards Tagas, all four of them hit him, and Tagas groaned in pain.

The pillar that held Brennan in the air lowered to the ground, leaving him totally vulnerable to Tagas' attacks. Quickly, Brennan raised himself into the air using an earth pillar, but Tagas, who could jump insane heights, easily hopped up onto the pillar and punched Brennan, the punch connected straight with his chest, and sent Brennan flying into a wall. Or, it would have, if Brennan hadn't jumped down from the pillar, just in the nick of time. Brennan slowly walked around the pillar, and a brown magic circle appeared in front of his face. Brennan blew into the circle, and a black aura with black earth in it flew towards Vegas, who didn't see it, and was hit full on in the back with it. Vegas yelled in pain and flew towards the wall, leaving a gigantic crater where he crashed. Vegas crumpled to the ground, unconscious, and the announcer started to yell, "5... 4... 3... 2... 1..." He paused for a second, in awe, "It looks like the winner of this match is Brennan Skyllon!" The audience cheered, and Brennan smiled, happy to win another match.

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Health: 70%
Mana: 90%

 

Brennan paced into the lobby, and was once again handed a round of similar liquids. It was the bright pink liquid, and the vivid purple liquid from before. First, he put the glass flask to his mouth and downed the grape flavored liquid, which tasted just as good as he remembered. He then put the other glass flask to his lips, and started to drink the pink liquid, with was once again peach flavored, and tasted just as strong as it had tasted the last time around. The receptionist cleared her throat, "You're up, Mr. Skyllon, I bid you good luck." Brennan smiled gratefully, and paced into the arena slowly, getting bored of this battles, he just wanted to win already!

As Brennan paced into the arena, he was greeted with a man in a red colonel's outfit, and purple hat and cape. It was a rather cheesy outfit in Brennan's opinion, but he had learned not to underestimate anyone. The announcer then started to yell, "All right, everyone!" He paused for a second as the audience cheered loudly, "We've got Brennan Skyllon and Vega, two of our most powerful and deadly fighters!" The audience once again started to cheer, and the announcer started to yell again. "3... 2... 1..." He yelled, "Go!" Vega wasted no time, and jumped to an insane height, doing a triple flip in the air and landing behind Brennan. Brennan swallowed nervously right before Vega smashed his fist into Brennan's back, sending him flying at a wall. Brennan dispersed into sand right before he hit the wall and materialized behind Vega. Brennan hurtled his fist into Vega's face, and this time, it was Vega who was flying towards the wall. However, to avoid taking damage, Vega lit his body on fire, burning through the earthy wall. Vega hopped out of the hole, and once again jumped up into the air, landing behind Brennan, who back kicked him in the crotch before he could do anything. Vega crumpled to the ground clutching his private area, where Brennan proceeded to kick him once, twice, three times. He then proceeded to punch Vega three times, who groaned, before falling unconscious. The announcer looked surprised at how quickly the battle had ended, and then started to count, "1... 2... 3... 4... 5..." He paused, in awe, and said, "The winner of this match is Brennan Skyllon!" Brennan smiled and waved grinning at his win.

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Health: 80%
Mana: 90%

((Note: I made this battle and the previous one only one post long each, because the job description said the job only had to be 16 posts without bonus bosses.))

 

For some reason, this time, Brennan's body just shimmered this time around, and he felt rejuvenated. "All right, everyone! We'll be keeping Brennan here for the time being, as the next match is the semi-finals!" The audience cheered, and from the other side of the arena walked in a man who didn't strike Brennan as very powerful, but the make it to the semi-finals, this man had to be powerful. "All right everyone!" The announcer yelled, "We've got Brennan Skyllon and Kouken here!Two of our semi-finalists! Let's see who's going to win in 3... 2... 1... Go!" Kouken wasted no time and dashed towards Brennan, attempting to strike him with an uppercut that Brennan was familiar with, it was a Dragon's Fist. Brennan was unable to avoid it, and took the full force of the blow right to his jaw. As Brennan flew into the air, a column of earth rose up from the ground, catching the teen in mid air. The column receded into the ground, and a sabre, made of pitch black sand, appeared in Brennan's hand. Brennan ran towards Kouken, and slashed his sword, trying to slash open Kouken's chest, not to kill him, of course, just to harm him enough to knock him out.

Kouken almost dodged this, but got slashed in the shoulder, grimacing in pain, and hesitating for a brief second. Brennan took the chance and slashed at Kouken's right arm, trying to prevent him from performing any more Dragon's Fist uppercut attacks. Kouken yelped, and started to spin around, performing a Tornado Blade Kick far superior to both Wyvern's and Masters'. Brennan paused for a brief second, was this man Masters' and Wyvern's mentor? If so, Brennan had to be careful. It took all of Brennan's energy to dodge Kouken's Tornado Blade Kicks, so he really had no time for any offensive maneuvers, even though he was clutching a sword in his hand. Eventually, Kouken landed back on the ground, where Brennan Skyllon proceeded to slash at the man once again. Kouken, however, was extremely fast, and easily dodged all of Brennan's slashes. Brennan grimaced, this guy's speed was way more than he had bargained for, so he had to up the ante. Brennan proceeded to swing his sand sabre even faster, the sword almost a blur as he swung it around. Yet somehow, Kouken was able to dodge every single one of Brennan's slashes, the two of them seemed completely evenly matched.

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Health: 70%
Mana: 90%

 

Somehow, perhaps it was just dumb luck, but Brennan was able to slash Kouken in the right leg, causing blood to gush from the man's leg, however, Kouken seemed to just ignore the pain, remaining unfazed. Brennan frowned, and a light brown magic circle appeared in front of his face. Brennan exhaled into the circle, sending a black aura full of black earth chunks flying towards the man. Kouken was unable to dodge this attack from close range, and took the full force of the blow, flying towards the wall, smashing into it with a sickening crack. But somehow, Kouken still hopped right back up, still ready to fight. From his hands erupted a familiar blast of wind and lightning, the ever so popular wave motion cannon. Brennan glowered, but a column of earth sent him flying into the air, out of harm's way. Kouken pouted in response, unable to perform a Dragon's Fist or a Tornado Blade Kick thanks to his injured arm and leg. Brennan smirked, it had just been dumb luck, but thanks to his sand sabre, he was going to win this. Sprinting towards Kouken, Brennan spun himself three hundred and sixty degrees, attempting to slash at the man's abdomen with his sword. Kouken, as injured as he was, was still able to dodge this slice, somehow lugging his wounded body out of the way.

A grimace spread across Brennan's face, Kouken was using the Wave Motion Cannon once again, and this time, at such close range, it would be almost impossible to dodge. Brennan stumbled out of the way, his right arm getting caught in the blast. He screeched in pain, resisting the urge to clutch his right arm. Both Kouken and Brennan were now severely injured, anyone could win now. The arm holding Brennan's sand sabre turned to black sand, and Brennan flung it at Kouken. This was one of Brennan's favorite combos, it made his sand sabre usable against enemies who were great distances away. Kouken had most definitely not been expecting this, the sword stabbed him right in the left thigh. Kouken screamed in agony as Brennan's arm withdrew back to his side, and Kouken crumbled to the ground, not unconscious, but unable to get up. The announcer started to squawk, "5... 4... 3... 2... 1..." He paused briefly, "And it looks like the winner of the match is Brennan Skyllon! It's time for the Finals everyone!"

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Health: 45%
Mana: 80%

 

A purple aura encompassed Brennan's body, and he suddenly felt reinvigorated. He cracked his knuckles, "Let's do this." From the other side of the arena walked in a man with an immense aura of confidence about himself. He picked up Kouken's unconscious body and tossed it to the side, cracking his back and staring at Brennan, his eyes pouring over the blue haired teenager's physique. He made a growling sound, and before the announcer could even start counting, he pounced. Brennan's eyes widened, this man would not hold back. He didn't care about Brennan's life, he was trying to kill the teen. Two could play at that game. Brennan sidestepped the man, whose name the announcer hadn't announced, and suddenly, a black cross, made of pure darkness, appeared behind Brennan. "I present to you, the Corrupt Cross." He said with a smile, as a pillar of black sand rose the boy into the air. The petals that appeared on the pillar encased the boy, and Demon, not sure what to do, jumped into the air and performed his demon flip, smashing downwards with his foot, however, the Lotus remained unfazed. As soon as he hit the ground, the Lotus exploded, and the four petals, enchanted by the Corrupt Cross, flew towards Demon, two of them hitting him, and the other two being avoided. This was an incredible feat, considering that the petals were flying at twice their normal speed.

As soon as the God Slayer hit the ground, pain awaited. Demon flew towards him, crashing his fist into the teenager's abdomen. Brennan screamed in pain, and flew towards the wall, dispersing into sand just in time, reforming behind Demon, where he proceeded to nail the man in the crotch. Demon, as strong as he was, was still a man, so he whimpered in pain, and Brennan grinned, this man wasn't invincible after all. After recuperating, Demon turned around, and Brennan proceeded to punch him in the face. The man was enraged, but seemed to be unable to land a single hit on the blue haired mage. All the while, the Corrupt Cross sat perfectly still, feeding it's energy towards Brennan's spells. Brennan knew he needed to conserve his mana, so his attacks were limited to melee hits, most of which consisted of punching Demon in the face whenever an opportunity presented itself, which was rather amusing to the Earth God Slayer.

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Health: 30%
Mana: 70%

 

Brennan was reaching his limit and he knew it. There was absolutely no way he could let Demon hit him, not even once. However, Brennan could tell that Demon was also reaching his breaking point, at this point, whoever landed the next hit would win. Demon cupped his hands together, and almost instantly, a great , vivid purple blast of swirling energy erupted from his hands. Brennan almost panicked, if this hit him, it was all over, all of his hard work went to waste. Brennan tumbled out of the way, the swirling energy just barely missing him. Brennan panted heavily, but Demon wasn't done, not yet. He ran towards Brennan, hurtling his fist at the ground, and just as Brennan scrambled out of range, a ginormous crater appeared in the ground. Brennan gulped, he knew that Demon had done that, and was now scared, what if he got hit while performing a spell? Brennan shook his head, he had to, a spell was his only chance of winning. An intricate, light brown magic circle appeared in front of Brennan Skyllon's face. Brennan inhaled as much as he could, and exhaled with as much force as his still developing lungs would allow. As soon as Brennan exhaled, a black aura exploded from the magic circle, filled with black chunks of earth.

Demon was not able to dodge the spell, as it's effects were doubled by the Corrupt Cross, and was hit head on, flying into the wall, and crumpling to the ground, unconscious. Brennan beamed, he had done it, he had won! The audience cheered incessantly, and the announcer yelled into his microphone, "Yahoo!" He paused for a second, letting out a shrill scream, "Brennan Skyllon is the winner of the Road Fighter tournament, everyone! Yahoo!" The crowd cheered and whooped as Brennan paced out of the arena, where he was confronted with the receptionist. She handed him a hefty bag of Jewels and smiled, "Good luck." He nodded, "Thank you." She enveloped him in a warm hug, her hair cascading over his back. As soon as they parted, Brennan started to pace out of the lobby, holding up his hand as a final goodbye. "Farewell." He said, a warm smile enveloping the teenage boy's face. Brennan paced through Talonia, the smile still on his face. This had been an amazing experience, and he didn't regret the time that he had spent here, not one bit.

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Health: 35%
Mana: 70%