Battle Ground X

"You poor insolent souls, I pity you, therefore, I shall end your suffering.” he said. Headphones were covering his ears, and he was carrying his guitar case. He was not as odd as the other characters; in fact, he could be mistaken as normal teenager.

He took out his guitar and said “You are quite adorable Cross Apocalypse, mind jamming with me?”

“With your permission master, I shall eliminate them both.” Cross asked me.

“Yeah, sure.” I was still in shock but to be able to reach victory; killing is the only choice I had.

“But before we start the kill, please let us introduce ourselves.” The blonde woman voiced out. “I am Antoinette Lemaître, and my character, Xavier Slark.”

“Uhmm... I’m – “ But before I finished my words, Cross has already summoned Grimm, her scythe, and attacked Slark. At that same second, Slark pulled out his devilishly astonishing guitar and used it as a sponge to soak up Cross’s impacts. Slark has music waves that perpetually damaged Cross’s scythe. Both of them simultaneously beat the crap out of their opponent… seconds split whenever the edges of their massive weapons meet.

As our character hustled to end each other’s lives, Antoinette started a conversation out of the blue;

“What are your desires?” she asked.

“Desires?” Honestly, I don’t have a single idea what is she talking about.

“Y’know… Why do you want to conquer Hiatus?”

“Simply because I lust victory.”

“Haha. You are ridiculous! Your character already killed half of the plurality and yet you still have no idea what prices are at stake!”

“What do you mean by that?”

“Oh how I pity you little boy. There are no consolation prizes such as those ignorant worldly competitions have, but the prize is surely you’ll desire to win even if it means gambling your own soul.”

“If so, please do explain.”

“Only one character must survive Hiatus, and that certain character will become a real yet it will still possess massive skills, auras and prowess. But of course it will forever serve the gamer. And it is up to him or her how will the character be used, it could be either assassinations for a better and powerful position, thievery or gaining prowess, whatever the gamer’s desire is.”

I never expected that this could be the price; I wouldn’t just own the whole Xenos Corporation, I could be the tyrant of this wrecked civilization if I wanted to… I bet no type of army nor can weapon withstand a Hiatus character. To gain everything I ever wanted using an eternal slave. Fame, fortune and power - I will have it all once I win this game.

I spaced out after Antoinette explained the prize of Hiatus that I hardly noticed Cross and Slark’s battle.

After a lot more exchanges of their hits, Cross bowed down.

“You tired? Givin’ up?” asked Slark.

Quietly, Cross just stood there;

“You damn bitch! Wake up! Kill him! You worthless slut! Damn you! Damn!” I blurred out. I was in rage, I didn’t think how my words will affect her, as long as these lines will get her sorry ass to kill him, and then my words shall continue its rampage.

She slowly raised her head as she was uttering words that none of us in the battlefield understood. After a moment of silence, “My master ordered me to kill you… and so… I shall.”

And with two turns of her scythe, blood splattered all over the battle ground, not only one corpse was dead but two souls departed.