Chapter 98: ~Rage.~ (1/2)
***Sphere of Sous***
***Jazira***
“Unbelievable! What's taking them so long? I want to fight and be done with it!” Lidith pouts while looking down into the arena. She is standing in front of the huge glass window in our lounge.
Lidith should learn a little more patience in things like this. She played her stupid game with us for years. I don't understand why she has issues with a little waiting now. “They have to clean up. Half of the spectators barfed on their seats while watching Celestial's fight. I must admit that even the mighty me wasn't completely untouched. A few hundred years of war and I never saw something that... gruesome... disgusting? I can’t find the right words to describe such a thing.”
Celestial huffs and crosses her arms in front of her chest. “You guys should have spent a few of your lifetimes in medical research. Those gods are really just a bunch of sheltered sheep if they can't take a little melting flesh. Earlier they watched people getting hacked to pieces or disintegrated. Why was it different this time?”
Ascathon raises a finger. “Maybe it's because you saw the agony in his face while he couldn't scream. The pain while he could do nothing more than twitch. Some people are heavily affected by watching someone else suffering in front of them. They imagine themselves in the other's place. It's a good method to get them to talk.”
I mumble with a low voice. “And I am sure that you found that one out by...”
“... experimenting on living subjects of course. I don't believe the stuff which is taught by books.” He smiles.
Lidith claps her hands together. “Finally! The ranks are filling up again! Finally the teacher can show her pupils how it's done! ~MWAHAHAHAHA...~”
She disappears with a small distortion of the space around her. That means that she was taken down to the arena. I stand up to take a look out of the window.
Lidith is already inside the well known circle. Her opponent is there too. The goat guy has a long staff in his hands.
“... Aaand finally! There she is, Lidith the Red! I think that I don't have to say anything about her fighting style. Nobody thought that we would see her again after the last tournament! But there she is! A few unfortunate... no... shut up, I am the commentator!... No, I say what I want!... No, I won't deactivate the micro!... What?... very well... A few BRAVE! people decided to team up with her. But we’ve already learned that the whole team consists of monsters, so this might not be such a bad combination.”
“Her opponent is the perfect sacrifi... I am being censored again... just that you know it! Her opponent is Baphomet the Fertile! Is that really his name? You guys are sure that there was no mistake? Very well... Baphomet specializes in various curses and spells to weaken his opponent. Let's see what that's worth against Lidith!”
The tournament finally starts and the arena is replaced by the magical screen. The battlefield is a rocky wasteland with many cliffs and fissures.
Celestial frowns and joins me at the window. “I am really interested in what Lidith is like when she fights for real. She seems to have quite the reputation.”
I nod while I watch the events as they unfold.
“... Baphomet immediately cursed his opponent! It looks like he is using a combination of slowing and life weakening effects! Now he is trying to stay at a distance while Lidith keeps pressuring him with her favourite spell! She is hurling one arcane lance after the other at him! He is striking back by applying one curse after the other to stack their effects. Lidith seems to become weaker and weaker...”