| Ultrann is
standing, arms against the rail, overlooking the arena.
He turns to Torgal, with flickering eyes, and says,
"This Rannos is making quite the name for himself.
I sense much anger and pain in his heart." He then
smiles and says, "For tonight, I shall dub him
the Sullen Sorcerer, and his opponent, Melquiades, the
Leaping Lothario. Lothario is young and has raw talent,
and will wield great power if he can fully tap into
his abilities. The Sullen One is already tapped into
his power source, but his inner rage may prove to be
a weakness over time." With that said, he nods
to Torgal to say that he is ready for the Pit battle
to begin. Torgal signals for the gates to be opened,
and the two opponents enter the ring.
Our Lothario enters by somersault, smiling, waving,
and cupping his hand over his ear as if asking the
crowd for more noise - to which they heartily respond.
This is in stark contrast to the entrance of the Sullen
One; he enters sternly, moaning as he opens the top
of his robes to reveal his chest scars from days gone
by. While his personality seems to lack, the crowd
nonetheless is in awe of his track record to date.
Rannos begins by positioning himself against the
wall, muttering words of magic, and grasping his harpoon.
Melquiades does a cartwheel and a few somersaults
towards Rannos, singing one of his songs of courage:
"I... want to mock and cajole allll niiight...
and party ever-y day...!!!" Rannos continues
to wait, as if in a trance. The crowd's Lothario continues
his approach, and begins to mumble and motion with
his hands. At that same moment, Rannos launches his
harpoon at Melquiades, grazing his arm with its barbs
but not enough to impale him or disrupt his spell.
With that, Rannos suddenly slips as if someone has
pulled out the ground beneath him.
Melquiades continues his acrobatic-filled approach
and again casts some more magic. Just as Rannos was
about to right himself he pauses and shakes his head
as if confused. He continues to lay on the ground.
Melquiades then launches himself to a side-attacking
position (against the wall) on his prone enemy, thrusting
his rapier into Rannos' ribcage. Rannos bellows in
obvious pain, but stands up and begins an incantation.
The Leaper tries to attack him at this point, but
is stopped by an invisible force. Melquiades attacks
again, managing to penetrate this invisible barrier
and striking the Sullen One in the shoulder. At the
same time, Rannos draws his greatsword from his back
belt and strikes a true and painful blow to the Leaper.
Melquiades staggers back from the force of the blow
and casts a spell of healing upon himself. Rannos
positions his shoulder against the wall, and again
mutters words of magic. Lothario attempts to tumble
to better position himself out of the mystical barrier's
way. Rannos takes a swing as Melquiades somersaults,
but does not connect. Melquiades manages to stick
Rannos in the ribcage again, near his previous wound.
Rannos unerringly lets forth a blast of mystical energy
in the form of a torrent of water, causing severe
external and internal damage to his enemy..
Melquiades, while battered and bruised, takes another
stab as the Sullen One prepares another spell. While
Melquiades' rapier manages to pierce the magical barrier,
seriously wounding Rannos, it does not stop the sorcerer
from continuing. Melquiades senses that the end is
near and waits for the exact instance his enemy attacks.
The Leaping Lothario successfully jabs his opponent
in the chest at the same time as his opponent plunges
his greatsword with magical accuracy into Melquiades'
chest. Their eyes widen and blood trickles out their
mouths. Both collapse to their knees. They both fall
to the ground as their last breaths escape.
Ultrann leaps off his chair, bellowing "Well
done, well done!! There can be no better end to such
an exciting fight!!"
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