Chapter 203: Stop the Music

Chapter 203: Stop the Music

In the VIP suites.

Sue raises an eyebrow. “A greenhouse, huh? Quite the interesting gimmick Zonbi has set for this match.”

“That human girl is toast,” Sergon remarks.

Sue turns her head toward Sergon. “Hmm? Why do you say that?”

“Those plants aren’t just aggressive, they’re also poisonous. A mortal’s immune system would never be able to handle it.”

“Is that so? Well, I think she has a higher chance of prevailing than you give her credit for. The roster pamphlet says she is an Earth Den descendant. As far as humans go, those people are tough SOBs.”

Sergon hisses with his forked tongue. “We’ll see if you’re right.”

***

In the arena.

Emily remains restrained by the plants with a large Venus flytrap-like head looking at her. She struggles to free herself, clenching her teeth in worry.

Golsh smirks. “I guess I don’t have to do anything more. That plant will eat you alive.”

“That’s what you think…” Emily mutters as she uses her less-restrained arm to draw a pistol that she aims at Golsh and fires.

A few magic-powered bullets blast into Golsh’s chest and left shoulder, causing him to stumble back into some plants.

“And now for you…” she growls as she shoots the plant head that is about to consume her.

The stalks’ grip loosens, allowing her to free herself. However, a purple gas emits from the plant’s mouth. She coughs repeatedly. “What is this!?”

Her vision becomes blurry, but she looks over to Golsh’s location and sees him being attacked by various plants. He sweeps his fingers across his guitar, causing all plants stalks to be blown back, even while still rooted in the ground.

Emily rubs her forehead while trying to focus clearly. “It’s hard to tell, but his guitar causes some kind of invisible attack. I better keep my distance…”

She tries firing her pistol once again, but her blurry vision affects her accuracy so she misses Golsh.

“Damn it…!”

She charges forward, reloading her gun’s magazine before firing more rounds. She misses all but one, which grazes the side of Golsh’s abdomen. It refocuses his attention on her.

“Don’t worry,” Golsh angrily assures. “I got more for you.”

He plays one note on his guitar, causing Emily to take an invisible hit to her chin, stopping her charge and recoiling her head back.

Golsh starts rapidly playing more notes, seemingly playing a song. Emily takes numerous blows all over her body and falls on her back.

***

Back in the VIP suites.

“This match is over,” Sergon says with satisfaction. “The human girl can’t attack from afar due to the poison and she can’t get close due to Golsh’s attack style. There is nothing she can do.”

“I wouldn’t be so sure of that,” Sue says, wholly enjoying the fight so far.

“Huh?” Sergon says in surprise, looking closer at the battle again.

***

Back in the arena.

Emily pulls out her X12 Shatter Shotgun and, without aiming, fires in Golsh’s direction. He takes hits from a handful of the magic-powered pellets, enough to disrupt his attack. Taking advantage of the disruption, Emily quickly hops back to her feet and fires again, this time hitting Golsh with even more pellets. She dashes forward while firing again. This time, the shot blasts Golsh back into more plants.

“Incredible!” Zonbi announces. “Emily has turned the tides of the battle!”

“Your guitar attacks with magic-powered sound waves!” Emily shouts. “I’m stopping the music!”

She puts away her shotgun and draws her Shadow Sword and rushes in for the kill. Her mind is briefly filled with battle roars of Earth Den people, and her blurry vision briefly changes to that of an outdoor battlefield, allowing her to focus on her enemy. She swings her sword as she gets close. In near-panic, Golsh blocks the slash with his guitar. It survives, but a few of its strings are slashed in two.

“My guitar!” Golsh screams.

“That guitar won’t be the only thing to go!!” Emily roars like a warrior, glaring like one too.

With no other options, Golsh swings his guitar like a sword. Emily swings her sword once more, and it clashes with the guitar before sliding along it where it finally slices off both of Golsh’s hands.

Golsh screams in agonizing pain, but Emily, still glaring like a warrior, kicks him into the mouth of a hungry plant. With no way to defend himself anymore, he can do nothing but scream as the plant swallows him whole.

Emily sheaths her sword, her warrior’s glare still visible, as she watches.

“Well, there’s no way Golsh is coming back from that!” Zonbi announces. “Emily is the winner!”

The greenhouse and all the plants begin to fade away, returning the arena to normal. The demons and zombies in the audience cheer and shout.

***

Sue chuckles. “See? I told you she could do it.”

Sergon groans. “Yeah, whatever.”

***

Emily attempts to walk back to her teammates, but her warrior’s glare finally fades and she falls over face down.

“Emily!” Zeth, Sasha, and Keith all shout as they run on to the arena to her aid.

“Are you okay?” Zeth asks as he helps her up.

“Yeah… I’m fine…” Emily replies, albeit a bit slowly. “It’s just some minor poison. I’ll be fine.”

Zeth and Sasha help Emily walk off the arena while Keith remains on the arena.

“I’m fighting their last guy,” Keith says, looking at Zonbi.

“Then it’s settled!” Zonbi announces. “The next match will be Keith versus Wok.”

Wok, still significantly injured from the Chaos Dungeon, looks at Zonbi. “Can I just surrender? I stand no chance.”

Zonbi laughs. “You could surrender. But I wouldn’t be able to guarantee your safety. There’s a certain hungry serpent that preys on weakened eliminated fighters.”

Wok gulps and steps onto the arena. “Okay… Fine…”

Keith and Wok meet face-to-face, ready for the next match.

Keith stares at his injured opponent, pity starting to show on his face. “Is this guy really going to fight?”

An easy round for the heroes… Perhaps too easy…?

Chapter 203 END

To be Continued in Chapter 204: Unintended Help