When i got back to the room unscathed everyone in the room looked at me. I was handed another mana potion and then i went to sit down again. The seat i had last time was taken by the winner from last time the tournament ran so i decided to sit somewhere else. A middle aged man then sat across from me. After a minute of saying nothing to him he spoke

“how was your match?”

“easy he surrendered after 3 minutes”

“so did he manage to hit you?”

“i let him hit me and he couldn't do anything”

the guy then looks at me with fear and says

“that guy is the one who won two times ago and 5 times before that. Last time he didn't enter the competition because their were no “worthy” opponents entered to fight him.”

“so why do i care?”

while im saying this im thinking if i didn't have codex i would have had my ass kicked. The man doesn't answer my rhetorical question and leaves. The next match is against him and he simply surrendered right away the old man again asked me to accept and i said yes. The match after that the same thing happened. now when i went back to the room their was only the women who made fun of me the first time asking if i was tired. I asked her why everyone was quitting on me and she said

“after your second match everyone but the two outside have been forfeiting their matches so we have been moving really quickly”

she seemed really nervous so asked her the question she had been thinking

“let me guess the others were quicker on the draw of surrendering and now your stuck fighting me right? if you surrender I will let you go okay? I don't harbour bad feelings from earlier”

I can see the relief moving across her face and then were called up. She quickly surrenders and then when i attempt to leave the ancient man says

“come hear”

i walk over he hands me mana potion and says

“wait over their for your next match”

I wait and then the girl from earlier shows up. The one who had one the tournament last time. Again the old man asks if were ready and we i say

“yes” and she

“yup”

“then begin!”

she was so fast and caught me off guard sending me flying back into the wall. The nobles cheer it's obvious that the teenage girl is the favourite of this match and not the mysterious short guy in the shabby robe. I get up and its quite painful to move. Thankfully nothing is broken and i have codex to thank for that looks like he reinforced my bones temporarily. Must have been why Drake from earlier had learned that. For fighting this ogre powered women. When she sees me get up she looks quite surprised and the crowd boo. She must have thought that i would lose to her one hit KO. Before i can react she punches me again and i hit the corner this time face first. My ears are ringing and I feel like vomiting i'm assuming i got a concussion from that hit.

“ha is that all you got whelp you had so much talk earlier”

thats when Codex speaks although it isn't his controlled self he seems angry

“how dare she add insult to injury! Master let me help you”

“how?”

“let me take temporary control of your body!”

with the pounding headache i just want to go to bed do i don't even bother to try and decided what to do.

“fine just leave me out of it also no mercy”

Codex taking control of my body is really weird i no longer feel pain or feelings, smell or hearing i can't even taste the grit in my teeth in my mouth. The only thing i can do is see. And it feels like im seeing it from someone else s view not my own. My body? Gets up and I can see mana surrounding it like armour then i see the women again and this time my body dodges in an unnatural way bending into a shape not possible without breaking bones, it the curls and twists itself and grabs her leg. Then swings her down against the ground slamming her into hit with a large amount of force. My body then lets go jumps back against the wall behind it and pushes off jumping forward and landing in the centre of the arena. She gets up and has a wild look in her eyes. She rushes forward and my body starts using magic time slows down and then my body rushes forward. She is moving so slow its painful my body punches her on the left side runs all the way around to her other side punches her on that side than gets in front of her and punches her face in. I can see my body completely shattered her nose and time returns to normal. She is sent flying back at a ridiculous speed and crashes into the wall. Then i start feeling all my senses again and the old man now behind me. Says in a normal voice

“our winner is Charles Silver-Claw”

even though its in a normal voice i can hear it crisp and cleanly and then i notice that there’s no sound being made. Blood starts to run down my nose and a vomit at the same time. I feel awful my head is pounding and i go to my knees. Two men help me up and out of the arena. They give me my reward money and sit me down on a bench. A young girl enters the room and approach’s me. She then says

“I am princess Diane of the Airent Kingdom, Black Wall is the capital and i ask that you become my servant”

she hands me something which i grab but i completely ignore the question and ask

“how old are you?”

“i am 4 next month and you rude one?”

i vomit again and answer

“3 and a quarter”

she looks at me as if im making fun of her then says

“who do you think you are this is your first time meeting a princess isn't it?”

“i am Charles Silver-Claw and no its not my first time meeting a Princess in fact i have meet Princess Elaine of the elves”

as im saying this i draw back my hood and vomit on the floor yet again at this point its bile.

“disgusting animal you aren't human you have animal ears!”

“and that's why i could never serve you”

I then put my hood back on and she leaves the room with her two guards who i hadn't noticed early who had entered the room. I had guessed that the kingdom was racist against those with ears but I hadn't realized that it was to this extent. No wonder my dad told me to cover them up. I look at my hand and i see something that makes me very happy its the white ring from the shop i had visited earlier. I put it on and codex says

“its empty so you can use it as storage right away meaning you have 13 months worth of storage left”

“wow that John or Jake whatever gave us a lot of mana.”

“ it seems he consumed a bunch of mana potions before fighting you and was using electricity enhancing items at the same time.”

“huh”

when i leave the Arena i don't put my gravity rings back on. Its hard enough already to walk in this condition. I make it back to the Inn eat my lunch and go to my room. I enter and see Anna on the floor drawing. She is using paper and pencils. I ignore her and go to bed. Seeing me she follows me in and rests against and i fall asleep again I’m not sure if she did or if she simply laid there looking at me. I was to tired and hurt at this point to care at all.

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