"Why did Erik do that?" Floyd asked.
He had just beaten Euan senseless, and now the boy was in the corner of the ring, lying motionlessly on the floor. His face was covered with blood from many wounds, so small but so large enough for him to have a bad awakening.
The ring floor was stained with both the contestant's blood, but it was clear that Euan's was the most present.
"I don't know," Amber said. "It was like he wasn't himself anymore..."
Then Gwen asked, "Is it possible that they already knew each other and had so problems between them?"
"Not that I know it," Amber replied while shooking her head.
She seed genuinely puzzled by Erik's behavior and wondered about what happened during the fight as if nothing short of insanity would explain such conduct. It was true that Erik got constantly beaten and bullied at school by Logan, Conal, and Orson. Still, it was mostly the trio who did it, while the other people insulted him at best.
Besides, even if they did beat him, it was not as bad as the trio of bullies, so Erik's behavior was weird by anyone's standards.
As Erik and Euan left the stage, the janitors quickly went up to the ring and started cleaning it, and soon, the referee called for the next match, the one where Anderson and Mikey were going to fight.
The two were good friends, but before joining the tournant, they agreed with Aaron to fight with all their might in case they would have faced each other.
Aaron and Mikey already knew that they were going to lose against Anderson. However, they wanted to fight him because it would be disrespectful to their friend if they didn't.
"Wait for ," Amber said to her two friends. "I will go talk to him..." She quickly left the area while Anderson and Mikey went up the ring.
"Don't go easy on ..." Mikey said to Anderson.
"I won't, don't worry," Anderson replied.
A staredown ensued, with the audience silent until a sudden cheer broke out when it beca evident that there wouldn't be any holdups or tricks.
Then the referee shouted, signaling the start of the match, and the battle began. Mikey knew that in order to win this match, he had to take full advantage of the fact that Anderson wasn't going to use his power, lest he would blow out any people watching the fight.
For this reason, the young man's first step was to birth a small swarm of flesh-eating bugs, which imdiately started to fly above Anderson's head.
Though, the young man wasn't intimidated the least, as during this last month, Anderson was able to make another neural link, bringing him to the RHO3 rank on the Idor scale.
Consequently, his strength, speed, and reflexes improved greatly during this month, allowing him to fight against any opponent easily. The match between the two friends then began.
Amber followed Erik amidst the crowd, he was heading toward the gym, and she was following him through the corridors, trying to keep quiet without attracting too much attention. Erik didn't notice Amber yet, as he was too deep into his thought to pay any mind to anything else around him.
Erik thought.
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