A brief second earlier…
The fight platform had been almost completely covered by smoke.
The remains of the explosions still hung in the air, mixing with the cold breath of the Arena and the snow that had been thrown from the damaged platform. Broken pieces of stone were scattered across the battlefield, while small flames flickered here and there before slowly dying beneath the falling snow.
Then…
A figure suddenly flew out of the smoky area.
The body shot straight toward the edge of the platform before falling beyond it.
BOOM!
The figure crashed hard onto the ground outside the fight platform.
Rocks and snow flew upward from the impact.
A shallow depression appeared beneath the fallen body as dust and snow spread across the surrounding ground.
"Who was that?"
A young Noble lady asked, her eyes filled with worry fixed on the place where the figure had crashed.
Nobody answered her.
The Arena had become strangely quiet.
