Chapter 204: Unintended Help

Chapter 204: Unintended Help

In the interrogation room.

Joe throws a bolt of lightning at Glen, who easily leans to the side to avoid it. It crashes into the wall and dissipates. Kurt closes in, his arm charged with a flaming aura, and tries to smash his fist into Glen using Flame Aura Punch. However, Glen catches the punch using his hand. Glen grins while Kurt stares in shock.

“Don’t look so surprised,” Glen says smugly. “I’m a boss of an organization. I’m way higher on de food chain.”

Joe jumps toward Glen and tries to slam his foot horizontally into Glen’s head. The kick lands but it barely makes Glen flinch.

Glen chuckles. “You two are wasting your time fighting me. Get out of here before I report you to Zonbi. Den you’ll be in really hot water.”

“Just listen to him!” Nick pleads. “I’m a goner but you guys still have something to live for!”

“Nonsense!” Joe shouts. “We’re not leaving you here to die!”

Glen blows out a puff of smoke. “Fine. Suit yourselves.”

He pushes Kurt back against the wall before grabbing Joe’s leg and slamming him into the floor. Both Kurt and Joe wince in pain, adding to their injuries.

Glen turns his attention back to Nick. “Well, Nick, it looks like your interrogation will have an audience.”

Glen chuckles, but soon everyone’s attention turns to the sudden loud thuds coming from the hallway.

“Huh? What’s dat?”

The door blows open as Roxl charges into the room without stopping, causing him to smash into Glen, which blows Glen back against a wall.

Joe thinks, “I knew he would break out of the cold room eventually but I didn’t think it would be this fast!”

Glen, visibly frowning, rubs the back of his head. “You big oaf! You hit me!”

Roxl’s eyes widen with regret. “I didn’t mean it! It was an accident! I was pursuing intruders!”

“Can it!” Glen yells. “Nobody does dat to me and escapes widout punishment!”

Glen stands up. Suddenly, his body begins increasing in size, not just in height, but also in muscle bulk. He glares at Roxl and readies his fists.

“I’m truly sorry, Sir Glen!” Roxl shouts.

“I don’t want to hear it!” Glen shouts back as he lunges forward and punches Roxl in the face, knocking out a tooth and some saliva from his mouth.

Roxl finally growls back. “You are a guest here and one I have great respect for, but I must defend myself!”

Roxl punches back, snapping Glen’s cigar as his fist strikes Glen’s face.

Kurt and Joe quietly but urgently free Nick from the chair. They sneak out through the door as Glen and Roxl are fully focused on continuously punching each other.

Kurt thinks, “Well, thanks for the unintended help, big guy.”

***

In the arena.

“It’s time for the next arena shift!” Zonbi announces.

The whole arena floor becomes covered in magic energy, but nothing seems to happen.

Keith and Wok dart their eyes around, looking for any differences. After spotting nothing, Keith turns his head toward Zonbi and asks, “There is literally no difference! What gives?!”

Zonbi smirks. “Just because there are no surface level changes does not mean that there are no changes.”

Keith raises an eyebrow.

“You may now begin!” Zonbi announces.

Keith and Wok both stay in place.

Keith thinks, “So, could things be different under the tiles? Are we just going to stand still and wait for the other to make the first move? I still feel bad for the guy. He’s so wounded that there’s no way he could put up a fight.”

“Come on!” a male demon in the audience shouts. “Someone do something already!!”

Nervous and sweating, Wok takes a deep breath and then charges forward, screaming. After just a few steps, circular bombs shoot upward from the arena tiles, which explode just a few feet above the tiles.

Keith widens his eyes for just a second before narrowing them again to focus. “Floor bombs? I should have figured as much.”

Keith tightens his fists, ready to attack. However, despite Wok’s best efforts to avoid the bombs, his injuries cause him to lose his balance and trip over onto a tile as a bomb launches out of it. His eyes and mouth open wide in despair as the bomb explodes against his body. The explosion creates a red smoke cloud.

Keith’s expression shifts from focused to disbelief. “Did he…?”

Moments later, the cloud fades away, and there is nothing left but a black explosion stain on the tile.

Keith’s disbelief increases. “Is that it…? Did he die…?”

The audience remains silent, also wondering if it’s already over.

Zonbi smiles before finally announcing again. “That it, folks! There’s nothing left of him! The battle is over and Keith is the winner! Team ‘Heaven’s Destiny’ wins the round and advances to the third round!”

With some hesitation, the audience begins cheering, but some frown in disappointment or scratch their heads in confusion.

“That was kinda boring and anticlimactic,” one male demon remarks.

“I know the arena hazards are part of the chaos but not even a single attack was done by either fighter,” a female demon says.

“We need something interesting to happen next,” another male demon states.

Keith shrugs and begins walking back to his teammates. “I feel bad for the guy but I won’t complain about saving my stamina for the next round.”

It really was too easy, but…

Chapter 204 END

To be Continued in Chapter 205: Health and Safety Regulations