"Welcome our newest and brightest challenger, Maro the Great!"
Maro walked in to the cheers of the audience, waving and looking confident.
"And now for the moment you all have been waiting years for.."
A large section of the Arena floor started to open… Thud… Thud…Thud
Each step shook the entire arena floor… Thud… Thud…
And out Bellina emerged… Maro's jaw dislocated from dropping to the floor… She was a meter taller than Rolf… Her two great mauls were the length of trees. A giant steel ball with spikes was on the end of each one. He was sweating balls… Please Gnarlo, I'm sorry for making fun of you…
Not only was Bellina massive… she was the only Troll known in existence to ever get a class… no wonder she was bigger than Rolf.
Suddenly he saw a small little hand from under her chin wave… whew… Gnarlo was in position.
Maro started up his showmanship
"Ladies and Gentlemen of the Arena… I hope you bet everything you had on me!" he roared and the crowd jeered as 99% of people bet on Bellina
He pointed one of his swords at Bellina "You great Troll, are you ready!"
Bellina let out a roar so large and loud, Maro had to brace himself to not get blown back… His warcry sounded like a bird chirping in comparison.
While covered in Troll spit the announcer said "Begin!"
Immediately Bellina smashed the floor underneath him and blew apart the Arena floor, exposing the first basement.
"What the fuck Gnarlo" he said just loud enough for Gnarlo to hear.
Gnarlo gave a frantic thumbs down, indicating he was losing control of her. Shit shit shit shit shit shit… he was so close to closing the deal with Katarina.
He started running…
No effort on Bellina's part was spared… She whipped one of the Mauls at him… It missed but blew apart the wall and killed a bunch of spectators. The lower levels immediately started evacuating.
She ran after him and swiped the air above his head, the force of which blew him away… She picked up her one maul over her head to smash down at him.
Maro used Vanguard Charge, he targeted her but just blew past underneath her. He took a shot at her inner thigh with his sword, but he didn't even pierce the layer of fat…
She exploded the floor of where he stood half a second before,debris and shrapnel raining into the crowd of spectators.
Yeah… Maro gave up and was planning to escape by jumping down one of the holes she made… until Gnaro waved a thumbs up again
Still standing by the hole, he closed his eyes and spread his arms out, swords in hand.
Boom… Boom… Boom the Troll was full-force charging at him… He didn't open his eyes.
And then he heard a huge crash…
His eyes still closed… was this a once in a lifetime Three birds, one stone situation. He was going to be incredibly rich, he would have the prisoners and Katarina… actually 4 birds… Bellina would join us.
His heart was still pounding, the last thing he saw was the massive beast charging at him.
The crowd erupted… he opened his eyes.
Bellina had fallen into the hall, pretending to be unconscious as Gnarlo gave him the all okay.
Almost 50 spectators died, but that just added to the allure. Everyone will be talking about this fight for years to come.
With the amount of money they won, they would need 10 wagons to carry it all back home…
Maro laid down, while the Officials were trying to navigate the damage to the arena floor. The whole crowd was jubilant, just a roar of cheering going on non stop.
Until the announcer projected his voice again.
He pulled Maro up by the hand, raised it and announced "Our New Champion!!!" the crowd erupted again, such a fun spectacle.
Watching from the fighter's section, Katarina was shocked at the sight of what happened, completely forgetting her deal until a Beastman laughed and crudely said "Get your human hole ready" and he slapped her on the back in laughter.
The Announcer continued "Silence!! For the Mayor!"
A gaudy looking human stepped up to the edge of the VIP viewing platform. With a huge smile on his face "It has been years since someone challenged Bellina and decades since we knew another champion… Maro the Victor, what boon can I provide to you?"
"I wish for only the Order race prisoners below to be released to me"
The mayor was confused… those were all bottom of the barrel citizens, who had dared speak up against the Kingdom, they had no use for such unruly slaves and despite some of them being good fighters, none of them had any prestige… It was such an easy boon to keep the champion happy.
"Granted, I look forward to your fights in the future" and all the money and attention that champion fights bring to my city he thought. Not knowing that this was Maro's last night in the city.
He let Gnarlo handle the situation with Bellina as she was still pretending to be unconscious.
Maro went straight to the fighter's viewing section and jumped up in their stands… again ignoring all the super dangerous combatants near her.
He grabbed her by the hand and led her down.
Still in shock… all she could meekly say was "a deals a deal"
Maro stopped and looked at her "damn right"
But for once he actually wanted to talk first.