"SABLE VORN IS STILL STANDING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!"
"I DONT KNOW HOW! I GENUINELY HAVE NO IDEA HOW! SHE JUST FINISHED A FULL FIGHT AGAINST GARRET HALE AND SHE IS STILL STANDING! ALONE! ONE VERSUS TWO! AND BRIX SOLANE IS STILL PLAYING WITH THE GROUND UNDER HER FEET LIKE IT IS NOTHING!"
The crowd was dead silent.
"BRIX SOLANE HAS NOT STOOD UP ONCE THIS ENTIRE FIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! HE HAS BEEN CROUCHED DOWN WITH BOTH HANDS ON THAT FLOOR BUILDING WALLS FASTER THAN SABLE VORN CAN GET AROUND THEM!
A pause.
"FEN HAVEL IS JUST STANDING THERE WATCHING."
"HE HAS NOT MOVED SINCE RYMUR KAITO WENT DOWN."
"HE IS JUST WATCHING HER."
Another pause.
"WAIT!"
"SABLE VORN HAS STOPPED MOVING. SHE IS JUST STANDING STILL NOW!"
The crowd leaned closer for a better view.
"SHE IS JUST STANDING THERE. IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THOSE WALLS BRIX BUILT AROUND HER. NOT MOVING.
A pause.
"SHE IS LOOKING UP NOW!!."
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN SABLE VORN IS LOOKING UP!!."
Then the sword in her hand, disappeared.
"THE SWORD IS GONE!!! SABLE VORNS SWORD JUST VANISHED OUT OF HER HAND AND I—!!!!"
It came back.
But not in her hand
It was in the air.
Floating behind her left shoulder like it had always been there.
"THE SWORD IS FLOATING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THE SWORD IS FLOATING BEHIND HER AND—"
Another one appeared.
Then another.
Then two more.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMAN! ARE YOU SEEING WHAT IM SEEING!! SABLE VORN JUST SUMMONED IN FIVE SWORDS OUT OF NOWHERE!
The crowd erupted.
"FIVE SWORDS! SABLE VORN HAS FIVE FLOATING SWORDS KNIGHT ERRANT THIRD CLASS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! THIRD CLASS!"
Brix looked up from the ground for the first time since the match started.
"BRIX SOLANE IS LOOKING UP! HE SEES THEM! HE IS PUTTING BOTH HANDS BACK ON THE FLOOR THE WALLS ARE GOING UP FASTER!"
It did not matter.
The swords started to twitch and flew towards Brix.
"SHE SENT THEM! ALL FIVE! SABLE VORN JUST SENT ALL FIVE SWORDS AT ONCE AND THEY ARE GOING THROUGH EVERY WALL BRIX BUILT LIKE THEY ARE NOT EVEN THERE!
A pause.
THE WALLS ARE COMING DOWN LADIES AND GENTLEMAN ! ALL OF THEM! ONE AFTER ANOTHER! THE WHOLE MAZE IS COMING DOWN AND BRIX SOLANE CANNOT BUILD FAST ENOUGH TO STOP IT!"
Stones were flying everywhere.
Dust was rising up from the arena floor in massive thick clouds.
Brix Solane was still on the ground .
Sable looked at him through the dust and the falling stone.
"Try to stop all five now," she said. "Without your walls."
The whole stadium heard her.
All five swords.
From every direction at the same time.
Brix did not have time to put both of his hands on the floor.
All fives sword struck Brix directly from all directions.
"OH MY LADIES AND GENTLEMANNNNN! SABLE VORN HAS FINISHED OFF BRIX! HITTING HIM FROM ALL DIRECTIONS!! HES DONE!!! HE IS DONE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! SABLE VORN JUST TOOK DOWN A GRADE FIVE TERRAIN SPECIALIST ON HER LAST LEGS AND SHE TOLD HIM IT WAS COMING BEFORE SHE DID IT!"
The dust settled.
Brix Solane was on ground completely out..
He was not getting up.
Not even a couple seconds later,
Sable was not looking at Brix anymore.
But at the floor.
"FEN HAVEL IS MOVING!!!"
The crowd went quiet.
"FEN HAVEL IS NOW WALKING!!!."
A pause.
"FEN HAVEL IS WALKING TO SABLE VORN!!!."
The first step Fen took.
The air around him shifted.
Like the space around him had completely shifted.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THE SPACE AROUND FEN HAVEL IS DOING SOMETHING."
Second step.
The space was warping.
The wall behind him bent slightly.
Like someone had taken the arena and pulled one corner of it very gently.
"EVERY STEP HE TAKES THE AIR AROUND HIM CHANGES! I DONT HAVE WORDS FOR WHAT I AM LOOKING IT LADDIESS AND GENTLEMAN ! I DO NOT HAVE THE WORDS TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS HAPPNEING!"
Third step.
The crowd in the first three rows started to lean back without deciding to.
Sable did not appear to be bothered by the shift in the air at all.
She just stood her ground and watched him approach her.
She had five swords still floating behind her..
But.
Her breathing was so still so hard, you could see it from the stands.
She was running on nothing.
But pure motivation.
"SABLE VORN IS NOT MOVING LADIES AND GENTLEMAN."
Fourth step.
The warping spread wider and more aggressive
Pushing people farther back in there seats..
The air between Fen and Sable looked like it was on fire
It was steaming,
And Bits of smoke flying from what appeared to be nothing.
Sable took one step back.
Then another.
Her eyes were not on Fen
"SHE IS LOOKING AT THE FLOOR!!! WHAT IS SHE DOING??"
She was looking at the floor.
Like she was searching for something specific in the stone.
"WHAT IS SHE LOOKING FOR.????"
Fen kept walking.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMAN! THE AIR AROUND FEN IS STEAMING. I CAN EVEN FEEL IT ALL THE WAY FROM UP HERE.
"OUR SIDELINE SPECICIISTS APPROXMIATE THE TEMPRATURE AROUND FEN IS ROUGHLY AROUND 700° CELTIUS!!!! WHICH IS AROUND 1200°F FAHRENITES!!!"
Sable stopped moving backwards.
She had found something.
She was standing on a section of floor that looked slightly different from the rest.
It was sealed in a way that was not quite the same as the stone around it.
She looked down at it.
Then she looked up at Fen.
The arena walls behind him were not straight anymore
"LADIES AND GENTLEMAN!! WE ARE SORRY FOR THE INTERUPPTION! PLEASE RELOCATE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STADIUM! AS THE HEAT MAY BE TO MUCH FOR MANY!!!"
Two steps.
One of Sables swords dropped out of the air.
Then.
Fen took one last step.
He was around ten feet away from Sable.
He looked at her the same way he had looked at Rymur.
The same way he had looked at the Stone Marrow Beast.
Sable didnt seem to care
She looked down at the sealed section of floor.
Then she looked up at Fen.
Her remaining four swords were still floating behind her.
Her hands were shaking.
But.
Then she spoke.
Not to Fen.
Not to the crowd.
Not even to the seven kings in the viewing box..
Not even the announcer.
She looked down and opened her mouth wide.
"RYMUR!!!!!!!"
She was screaming so loud.
Fen even covered his ears.
"PLEASE COME BACK!!!!!!"
"I KNOW YOU ARE NOT DEAD!!!!!"
The announcer said nothing.
"WAKE UP!!!!"
Her voice vibrated throughout the entire stadium.