~ [Music Recommendation: "The Last Hunter" by Naoshi Mizuta. (Final Fantasy XIII-2 OST) - available in Youtube] ~ Please listen to it in loop while you read this part to experience the utmost beauty of this chapter XD ~
Ba-dump! Ba-dump! Ba-dump!
The crowd's hearts thumped loud and their throats went dry as they waited on who would make the first move. The contestants kept on staring at each other for a whole minute now and their anticipation just grew worse.
Wooooosh!
At last, the man with the golden eyes made his first move! He quickly glided in the air, as if skating, and aimed to attack Elliot - wait, no, he aimed for Rania! He was so fast that he managed to kick Elliot away and throw him at the other end of the arena, while immediately shifting to Rania and conjuring magic to attack her - a ball of wind. All of this happened in just a blink of an eye!
