Mindless Beasts

Khaldun said, "Just step over them."

Sly ignored this callous advice instead choosing to walk around out of habit.

This place was huge and split into several sections.

Not everyone was interested in the match going on, some just came to do their routine workout.

In different areas some men were just aimlessly loitering around or socializing after their workout sessions.

These were muscular dudes dripping with perspirating still grasping barbells that Sly could only lift in his dreams, muscles bulged and flexed while chatting with their workout buddies.

Some were doing intense workouts lost in their own world while running at ridiculous speeds on the treadmill.

Or bench pressing more than twice the size of their own body.

Bang!

Bang!

Iron plates and steel rope pounded, metal against metal, limits were being tested.

A skilled fighter that practiced kickboxing was in a corner aggressively punching and kicking on a sand bag.

Don’t be fooled this was not your typical gym, it was more like an underground fight club.

Here it was not education, family background or wealth that dictated the top of the pyramid.

In this gym only fighting skills mattered out of someone’s defeat a new fighter is born.

This fighter’s ring was where a handful of the most powerful fighters from the legions came to test their prowess.

Only here where there were no rules, could champions arise.

Winning matches meant popularity, huge gains, opportunities, special privileges and publicity.

To be a fighter here meant more to the people of Ephedra empire than to be a snot nosed preppy student at a military academy.

Sly’s eyes gleamed, "a new match is going to start soon!"

The fighter that lost his teeth had already been carted off and the time for placing a bet was over and a new session had begun in the ring.

Even Khaldun paused and looked a bit impressed.

Khaldun said, "this new fighter is not ordinary. I sense that his defensive and attack quotient could be considered the best in the Legions Fighting Arena. I wouldn’t mind getting in the ring and fighting him because he seems much better than the slop I’ve been fighting at the academy. Lucky for him I’m not here for myself, I brought you here for a reason."

Everyone could feel the pressure from the replacement fighter’s gaze.

This fighter was showing not just respect to the other fighter but reverence for the ring.

Even Sly’s breath hitched, this masked fighter had to have nerves of steel and even the inexperienced Sly could tell that he had probably participated in many fights to the death.

This fighter was tall and slender with a lean muscular body, he wore an orca mask.

His opponent also sported a shark mask and was warming up on his side, occasionally doing kick jumps and handcart flicks to woo the crowd of spectators with his wild energy.

Both were waiting on the bell to sound.

Khaldun scoffed, "who’s that fool clown trying to impress with those theatrics he’s just wasting precious energy!"

The bell rang loudly and the match began.

"Whoosh!"

The clown was no joke, his movements were fast and unpredictable.

One minute he was warming up and basking in the praise from the audience the next minute his hand was around the orca’s neck.

While the other hand was driving fast and hard to continuously pummel the orca’s stomach.

The frenzied shark had the crowd in an uproar.

Even now the echo of those punches rang in Sly’s ears and now that the orca was on the defensive.

Sly yelled above the crowd, "so unnaturally fast. Are these fighters even human?"

It felt like they were skillfully moving and fighting around the stage at the speed of light.

Sly had to rub his eyes, they moved so fast, actions like a blur, wait did the orca just get the upperhand.

At one point he seemed to almost vanish then reappear from up above.

Amazing!

The shark could not avoid the massive attack that pressed down on him from the ceiling.

Poor shark, he already looked tired and battered while the orca appeared to just be getting started.

The tables had turned in the time it took to blink.

Khaldun said, "damn what a match it’s over for that clown shark now. The clown puts on a good show but his defensive power isn’t that strong. With a little more training and serious effort he can demand a rematch and beat the orca but he still has a lot to learn."

Obviously the shark wasn’t listening; the shark still felt he could beat the orca even going so far as to taunt his opponent who was seriously trying not to cause the shark serious damage.

Shark taunted, "I’ll kill you with this next move!"

The orca stood firm and adopted another defensive move.

In a classic move he beckoned at the frustrated shark while curling his fingers as if to say come if you dare.

"Swoosh!"

The shark obliged and launched his attack but the orca preempted his move; it was as if a massive killer whale slammed into the body of a tiny shark.

It kept viciously ramming its head into the shark, the shark staggered from the forceful blows.

The shark tried to move sideways with great difficulty but the orca’s strength and viciousness was absolutely mind blowing.

Sly murmured, "what a beast! That shark’s bound to have brain damage after this fight!"

After a while the body of the shark stopped twitching, the shark was probably in so much pain he wished he was dead the orca was declared the undisputable champion.

A ripped fighter that appeared out of nowhere, had the aura of a bouncer, neither of them could hear his footsteps in the hoarse shouts of the boisterous crowd.

Many had lost huge amounts of money placing their bets on the shark, Khaldun showed Sly his spirit bracelets; the amount of zero’s from his winnings made Sly’s eyes widened with envy.

When did Khaldun even find the time to place a bet?

The bouncer walked over to Khaldun and said, "Fighter Galactic Wolf, you have finally arrived and strange, you who normally come solo brought a puny chicken with you today. Anyhoo, Gym Leader Betton is waiting for you in his office."

Damn of all the animal masks the vending machine chose to give Sly that of a funky chicken it wasn’t his money spent and Sly already wanted a refund.

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