I jumped through the door and rolled down in another totally different place. The grass had been replaced by dirt and dust, I lift up my head…

What the fuck is this? A… Coliseum?

I was in the middle of what looked like a gladiator arena, it was a huge circular ring, and a fight was already taken place on the opposite side of it.

Urgh! The pain finally kicked in, I felt down on my ass, and applied my hand on my injured leg. They must have mess with my auto-healing, but as I tried to actively close the wound, the pain slowly faded away, and I managed to fully cure it in a few minutes.

In the meantime, the fight between a 2-meter muscular giant welding a 2 handed war hammer and a frail and agile thief-like combatant had already ended. As expected, the thunder hammer hit the small guy, and send him flying towards the wall.

The crowd went wild, and cheered the champion like madmen, who in return shouted victoriously to the cloudy sky, but one particular cheer caught his attention.

“Kill the girl! Kill the girl!”

He finally realized the appearance of a new challenger, a girl sitting at the other end of the ring. Roht, 2nd most powerful champion in the thunder Coliseum, was overjoyed, it's not every day he can show off his strength twice in a row.

Has the thunder circulating around the end of his hammer was fading away, he approaches the girl, and before she noticed it, he was lifting his weapon above his head.

What the…? I rolled sideways, and the hammer guy stroked the ground. Shit! I was to focus on the healing I didn't notice him, and I have still an arrow in my shoulder!

Without any pause, he attacked me again, swing his large weapon like it weighted nothing. He was fast, but in my eyes, it is still comparable to a snail. Maybe back on Earth, we would be evenly matched in that regards, but here…

I evaded a swing by a paper-thin margin, and used the opportunity to kick him in the jaw. A powerful strike, it could probably cut a regular tree like butter, but this guy has tough bones it seems. He was only projected a few meter back.

As he was slowly getting up, I could see him madly gazing at me. He was in pure bliss, and a wide childish smile occupied his face.

“Finally! A fair challenge!”

What is he talking about? He put his hammer above his head, pointing at the sky, and the crowd shouted even louder.

I remarked that the sky was covered with dark clouds, and started hearing it rumbling. Flashes of light occurred, and a gigantic bolt of lighting stoke the hammer.

What? Did… did he die? No… the fuck?

The giant man hasn't been hurt, on the contrary, he seemed even taller, his muscle was even bigger, and multiple little bolts of lighting were regularly emitted by his body.

“Phew… feels… good.”

He disappeared, no, he's coming for my right. With no time to dodge, I only managed to block his punch, and was projected several meters back.

Shit, the lighting must have increased his speed, that doesn’t really make sense to me, but for sure that means trouble for me.

When he jumped to attack me, he had left his weapon planted in the middle of the arena, and by the time I managed to look back at him, he was already getting it back. He was smiling even more.

He swung his weapon in the air around him, and for some reason, the public was totally nuts about it. Yeah, he swings his big hammer fast but… wait, he’s going faster… and faster…

I… I don't see the hammer anymore. No way… during his last attack, he was… holding back?

“Ain’t you worth more?”

Behind! How did he…?!

I immediately threw a round kick, but he disappeared again to go on my back. I jumped to distance myself.

“No… your eyes… you are a warrior!”

My focus is at its paroxysm, I can’t follow his movement, so I’ll have to anticipate UP!

I lifted both of my arm above my head, a split second before the hammer touched my head.

I felt down on one knee. Shit! I think I heard both of my arm broke!

“YES! KEEP FIGHTING!”

The world stopped for an instant, the head of the hammer was a centimetre away from my chest.

Is that it? I’m going to die? Just like that? It’s… unfair.

True, it was unfair, after being chased by trained slave hunter in the middle of the night, Alice had to defeat a champion gladiator listed among the most powerful person in the first world. But in fact, it is the other way around.

She was stroke by the attack, but an instant before taking the hit, her body jumped back, reducing considerably the blow. She crashed into the wall of the Coliseum, and the crowd resumed their cheering.

The sky rumbled louder and louder, and lighting sparkled everywhere you could see. Roth wasn’t celebrating, instead, he kept looking towards the clouds of dust the girl was in. His gladiator instinct knew it, this fight is not finished, and he liked it.

She left the dense mist, walking slowly towards the centre of the ring, she wasn't even paying attention to Roth anymore. Steam was emitted from both her arms.

Silence invaded the public, and only the thunder in the sky could be heard.

I stood in the middle of the arena, and finally grazed towards my foe, he was only a few meters away. I don’t really know why I walked all the way here, or why he let me. Maybe it’s just a show for him, and maybe for me too.

“Sigh… I’m disappointed… I thought you had backbones little girl, but I was wro…”

“Shut the fuck up.”

Rumble.

The sky is really loud, I guess it’s supposed to be that way. Not like I have a clear idea of what I’m doing…

Rumble!

I put my hand on the thing stuck in my shoulder.

“Hahaha, you have a foul mouth. I have to say I am surprised, but I already saw your strength. I believed you would be more entertaining, but…”

“You talk too much.”

Rumble! Once again, a simple sentence managed to shut him down. This is what we call charisma, stupid.

“You brats… I’m gonna show you hell!”

“I SAID SHUT UP!”

Rumble!

“You don’t know shit about hell!”

Rumble!

“You don’t know shit about power!”

The sky is going wild, and the crowd is silently watching the show. Alice finally pulled out the arrow, and pointed out toward the sky.

“And you don’t know shit about me! I am Alice Adam!”

RUMBLE!

“I am the strongest!”

Another gigantic lightning bolt descended in the arena. It’s exactly what it seems, the same way the big guy absorbed the lightning, Alice was now sparkling under everyone gazes.

“GREAT!”

This power… I understand how he can move that fast with this kind of thing.

Hum? He’s attacking me? Gosh… he is so slow. He jumped with his weapon above his head, and landed a tremendous strike. Landed on the ground that is.

I must say, I’m impressed by my own speed and strength, I managed to deflect a blow that heavy without any hurdle, with just the back of my right hand.

Without letting him the time to realize, I kicked him in the stomach, and propelled him towards the edge of the ring. He let his hammer go, and crashed into the wall.

This is… overpowered, even for me… but even though, I feel, I feel I can go even further.

The sky hasn't calmed down yet, far from it… I lifted my left palm towards the sky. Usually, I have to see something to learn it, but from time to time, my guts accelerate the process.

Shit! I have to control all of that?! A third bolt fall down, but this time I didn't absorb it, I sort of… stored it, around me, as a snake-like entity circulating around me. It's pretty cool, but it's hard to keep it stable. I'm fine, but the real problem is…

Another bolt, and another, and another. Everyone in the Coliseum was covering their ears, the scenery in front of them was out of this world. The nameless girl, who was getting beaten up a minute ago, has propelled the champion and now, 4 giant snakes were floating around her, a feat previously exclusive to the third champion, Naj.

When Roth finally managed to get up and face Alice, his face discomposed immediately, and he could only mutter one thing.

“Mo-monster.”

“Yes I am.”

The four snake took off toward the sky, and formed a giant sphere above Roth, and with one snap of her finer, Alice let down a rain of lightning bolt.

Everyone had to divert their eyes from the brightness, it lasted only an instant, but it took a few minutes for the bravest to finally open them again.

The girl was gone, leaving an unconscious now ex-champion and a mysterious door, that disappeared swiftly after.

Holy shit! That was awesome, seeing this guy piss his pants was so fun!

I don’t think I’ll be able to use this power anywhere else, but sure I improved my magic management. No, not magic, something like flux would suit it better, when I was managing the thunder, I had the impression that I was manipulating some sort of fluid back and forth, so it makes sense to change the name.

Anyway, I hope I'll finally manage to catch a break, glad the door appeared over there.

So! Where am I? A plain hum? Not a bad star… oh no... a farm? Again?