Arena Troubles

Why was Aurora here again? It had just been another afternoon when she lost a bet with her friend Xazinay that if she didn't like the arena, she had no right to complain about it unless she tried it. Being the foolish hot head that she was Aurora had taken that bet, and now she was quickly rising within the ranks of the strongest within its walls, and not because she was fighting fair. Magic was completely allowed in these types of competitions, but with how she functioned within real space, it was all a joke to her, nothing could actually defeat her, or rather none of these people could, those who fought more conventionally, heck even those who cheated and brought an aid were defeated. It was both droll and felt very unfair in her eyes, that some who were so strong simply lost because she could outlast them by simply not truly being there. Still, the crowds seemed to like her right now and the money was good so here she was about to start another match. This time, it was a kid that had challenged her, he was probably some poor farm boy trying to make a name for himself in the only way he knew how, and simply because Aurora's abilities this fight was already decided.

Walking out into the desert toned arena Aurora looked forward at her opponent, he was a young kid, heck he kind of had pots and pans for his weaponry and armor. At least they had given the others actual armor, or they had their magical powers to hold them down, this kid only had a hope and a prayer. This is what made her detest this place, not only did she have to use her power, which she disliked, but sometimes she got this kind of match, and despite parts of her being yelling to cut him down without remorse, the main conscious part of her disliked harming such a kid simply because he didn't know what she could do, and the worst part was that compared to most Aurora wasn't even that strong. She was the little star in the lower ranks, an up and comer, if this kid wanted to fight the real heavyweights, he would need decades of training to do so.

The gunshot which signalled the start of the match rang throughout the arena, and with a wild charge the boy prepared his strongest smash against Aurora. She would take pity upon him and with one downward swing she would smash him into the dirt in one shot. Hopefully all he would get was a bump on the head, and not a thrashing like some of the others here desired to give for no good reason but for some kicks. Speaking of thrashing, boo's started ringing out from the audience as it was just one decisive blow. It wasn't her fault that he had to fight this little kid, it wasn't her fault that she wasn't going to rip him to shreds when he didn't deserve it if these people wished to see a true match maybe they should jump down in here and fight themselves... actually.

"If you want to see a match why don't any of you come down here and fight me unless any of you want to you can't complain about this kid, at least he had more guts than the entire lot of you!"

The booing intensified as she made that claim, boy did she hate this part of the job, even if the pay was good, the people were so fickle.

And you have a mouth bigger than the oceans. Shut your damn mouth, you arrogant bitch.

This woman awakened a new being, a witness to the beatdown handed to the young boy. Merciless, careless, heartless most likely. He was willing to look past all that. Arrogance, however, was the key trait to getting him angered. Jumping over the railing of the arena, he'd fall gently towards the ground, light brown eyes locking onto the arrogant brunette. His boots would lightly kiss the earth as he landed, hands in his pockets. Both light brown eyes were halfway closed as he would face her.

If you are so sure of yourself, take the first shot at me. See how far that will get you. The instant you do, the very air you breathe will betray you.

That was not a threat, but a promise. Naturally, he did not know the actual being that this person was. But if she planned to fight him with just her fists, she will have an unfortunate time. Melee was a field that could be easily avoided, and spells are where he specialized. It was designed to make him superior. Nimpha told him so at least. Seeing as she never leads him wrong, he would gladly take her words before nodding his head.

I will give you the benefit of the doubt. The kid did come to fight, and that was his mistake. Slamming him to the ground, eh... He'll recover. But then you had the nerve to call out an audience full of people, including even smaller children, just to demoralize them... That is where I step it.

With that, he'd pull out his own sword, Bound Iris. If she wanted to dance, then he'll dance with her. Get too close, and he'll steal her speed. Go too far, and "The World's Access" will come into play. Or maybe just use magic. Give them all a show to see. After all, he was a Lerale Magician, and performing for others was just something he did naturally. So a bunch of Flashy Wind spells and Celestial Spirit summons should be the best route to take.

"Well that was a bit harsh don'tcha think?"

This guy who had just jumped down from the stands with a pretty fast reaction, and a pretty casual landing. To jump from the stands into the arena in one swoop, this guy was pretty good or was cheating in some way. Aurora didn't quite know which it was at this moment, but if she had to guess it was probably his skill as one who cheated would have normally not engaged in a straight on fight, as Aurora could attest. Still though this guy with his hair and attitude, she had heard of him before, but why couldn't she remember who he was? Now this was going to bother her the entire time, more so than his harsh words towards her.

"First off, it's not so much arrogance as an annoyance they always complain when the fight is too one sided, but they don't sign up themselves, while people can complain, it just seems lazy for them to drop complaints, and then not participate themselves."

As she spoke she tried to scan him up and down, this guy was tight, he didn't leave any openings and upon further inspection, it was hard for her to really grasp the true level of his power, that meant he was either complete crap or far beyond her range of abilities....

Aurora didn't want to take the chance of him being stronger, so this is where she would try and cheat.

A portal rapidly opened up behind his head and another Aurora popped out to fire at him at point blank range with some of her unholy energy. It was like a small wave of pulsing power, which would hopefully catch him off guard enough to at least inflict some kind of damage, if not she would probably be in a lot of trouble. It still bothered her though who this brown haired man was, so much so that within her realm she looked back towards her figure collection, and scanned it up and down. She was sure she would recognize such a... wait, there it was, of course, it was so obvious. The figure in boxers on the bed full of roses, the limited edition that came with the collective stand that held the name, it was Elyx one of the wizard saints! Oh poop, she would now have to get his autograph, and possibly show him some of her awesome fan fiction, that is if he didn't beat the ever loving crap out of his little manifestations, and didn't hate her guts after all of this.

Damn it, why had she failed as a fangirl of all things boy toy this day!

Without them, you would not even have an audience to witness your fight. And yet you go out of your way to call them out. You wanted a challenge, and now you damn well received it, I'm sure you were well aware that anyone could have been watching. And now you just so happened to pick a fight with me.

The attack to come towards him first was from behind, a sudden portal to try and get him with some unholy energy. His awareness was much too high to not see a surprise from behind such as that. And while he could avoid it, a part of this was to show of towards the crowd as well. It was not like he actually wanted to beat her down. It was just to give a show, and now he was given an excuse to do so. So the unholy magic would hit him, inflicting minimal damage due to the damage reductions of spells, and since his body was unable to take knockback either, there was no way a spell would even make him move. The damage he took was then recovered since his body healed faster than it could take damage. And so he would begin to walk towards her with his blade in his right hand, a sphere of wind in his left.

Forgive me for this. The Sky Slayer would tell her before slamming the palm towards the ground, the wind sphere exploding and shattering the ground of the area, causing a huge way of flying rocks all over the place. An Earthquake had been caused, which should heavily shake up his opponent if successful. It would be rather damaging if she stayed on the ground as well.

Well that didn't work well, but what did she expect, this was a living legend she was now battling, she was in a bit of trouble, or rather would be if she was actually there. His attitude though was a bit odd, he didn't seem to get what she was implying about how this was a repeated event, and how she didn't really work here for a living. Granted she probably didn't communicate it well, which was her fault and probably due to her own social awkwardness. Perhaps she should try to take it slow and just talk it out with him, especially since the crowd was now on even more of a mix opinion about the whole ordeal, and if this was a stunt or not. It's not like Elyx was trying to go all out and wreck the place or anything...

And then the giant bomb of boom hit and shattered the arena floor, never mind he was going all out, and now there was going to be property damage for days. The people cheered but damn, now she was completely screwed, not because of his harsh attack, but because this would totally come out of her paycheck, and that meant she wouldn't make any money from the previous fights she had been in, which meant she just wasted her precious time. Granted she probably had all the time in the world, but she could have been focusing more on writing fan fiction and streaming off of magwitch than just doing some fights out of a dare.

"Whoa man, property damage much!"

The manifestation in front of him would poof into a cloud of mist as the earthquake happened and instantly shattered it, which was to be expected, that and she figured if she just took the hits she could hold off as much property damage as possible and try to at least walk away with something. Thankfully the other manifestation was perfectly fine, and as she waited for the quake to settle down, she would have it fall up out of one of the portals, and lie there on the broken ground.

"Ah I am defeated, as expected my foolish arrogance has caused me much pain and distress! I was foolish to try and challenge the great and powerful Elyx!"

Yes, she was hamming it up, yes she was trying to make it look like a show, yes she was trying to save her paycheck, yes she also wanted to try and get his autograph on one of her fan fictions later. At his name however the crowd would erupt in a cheer, now it looked like a proper show, and now it was great. Thankfully though Aurora had dropped the kid who was still lying on the ground knocked out into her realm to keep him safe from the hit way back when, because otherwise that could have been really messy. Yeah, it was probably due to selfish reasons, but she didn't want to see the poor kid kick the bucket.

Ohhh riiiiight... The kid... Whoops. And that was pretty much all the reaction that he would give to it. Maybe it could have looked a lot more like something done on purpose, maybe summon his Phoenix to catch the kid in the air. Hey, in a way, it might have helped if she just did that rather than him do anything. Now he obtained a new respect for her for her actions. On top of that, she was an actress, able to fool the ground. He would take gentle steps towards the girl, hopefully able to look at her face to face. Sorry about that, got a bit carried away. Kinda forgot about where you left the kid, I'm just glad you save him. The Wizard Saint would explain, his voice mute so that only she could hear him. I might have been pissed with you before, but... You seem to have good intentions regardless. And you gave the people a show to see. For that, I shall treat you to something with your permission. Name something, and I'll do it. The lady saved a child that he might have almost ended the life of. If anything, she might as well receive something for her work done.

It was over, which was good, Aurora didn't want to make more manifestations of herself within the real world, and she also didn't want to have to fight this guy. Elyx was pretty dang scary, and that was just one attack. Sure Aurora could drop a nuke in an area, but it would be far slower and weaker than anything he could do. Still, it wasn't about his power, but more she didn't want to have to explain away the destruction to any of the staff here, actually she didn't want to have to deal with any of them anymore, this entire career had been done on a dare in the first place. Instead possibly Aurora could get away with simply moving on, and since he said that he would give her any favor...

"I will actually ask for 2 favors though one is small. First your autograph at some point, and second if the rumors were true you started up a guild right? I don't want to have to explain any of this destruction to the owners of this place, and I'd prefer not to make this arena a home... would you mind if I tagged along and joined your group? I understand if you say no, but well you said anything..."

Er... Autograph? Sure, but it's not that big of an honor you know. He would reply humbly to her first request, scratching the back of his head before she proceeded to tell him of the second thing she would like. Joining his group... Did she mean his guild? While that did seem to be the only group he was in, did she even know what she was asking of him? I will admit, that is an interesting proposal. but in order for you to be able to do that, you need to know what you are getting into. A Treasure Hunting guild, Golden Phoenix. The Guild Master would tell her, his light brown eyes boring into her own as he would speak with seriousness now, his lips gravitating downwards so that they would form a natural neautral shape. I don't deny you access, you are very much welcome to come. In doing so however, I want you to know what you are getting yourself into.

"I just got done in an arena, fighting people because I was dared by one of my friends to do so, hunting for treasure in various local's sounds way more fun than just doing this all day, besides you will need someone to save the kids if you snap again."

No Aurora wouldn't let that last bit go, at least from a silly perspective, and not being totally serious, since she was rarely serious in the first place, well except for wishing to join that is. She didn't want to just keep wandering around bored out of her mind, and hunting for treasure did sound quite fun. Enough pondering on it, she had to make it clearly as day.

"Final answer is yes, I know what I am getting into."

All right then, consider it down. Where you would like the marking to be placed He would ask her before looking around the arena, the audience still there. They probably were going to need a different place to be doing this sort of thing, why would the audience care if she was joining anything or not? Placing his palms in his pocket he would proceed to walk towards the exit before looking looking back for a moment, using one hand to motion her towards him, then would look back over to the gate and continue to walk. It was a fairly simple walk, nothing too far, and the people can focus on the upcoming matches to come.