The Earth After Rebirth

"Since when did you care what others think?"

"I mean, I don\'t, not really, but if what they think is what I think, then I would care, no? The guy is a bit arrogant. I want to nail him back to the floorboards, show him there\'s bigger fish or something like that."

Isla nodded, still unsure of what to make the situation. Everybody knew who Kiro was in this game, so she found it odd that he\'d get challenged if the person didn\'t have the means to properly fight back.

"Well, be careful." She warned, nonchalantly walking away.

He pondered Isla\'s worries for a while before it was time to enter the arena. The votes were in and 99% of them voted that they should fight.

The excitement in the air couldn\'t be quelled by anything other than the fight between the two. One side chanted \'The great giant\' while the other side with their thunderous roars, chanted, \'The Monkey King.\'

Kiro jumped from where he was seated. He planned on entering the arena on his invisible steps. He started walking just above people\'s heads.

These little things seemed to make Viktor even more agitated. As if Kiro was using his mana to do any of it, the way he looked at him wasn\'t pretty.

\'What the hell is wrong with him? Was he actually this annoying in the previous life, I can\'t remember him being this too extreme.\' Kiro tried searching his memories but nothing came to him.

"Come down here you plebeian, I\'ll crash you into mince."

Kiro almost laughed, did he actually think he was some villain in a film? He felt embarrassed for him with whatever he was doing. He looked to be older than him too, probably just graduated from an academy.

"Before we start, let\'s take this opportunity and make the most of it, if you win my group will forfeit. If I win, yours will forfeit. Those are my terms." He said taking a seat in the air with a smile on his face.

Ryu zoomed right below him and settled on his butt, he was now sitting on him instead. He didn\'t care, he just wanted to appear cool.

"So, 20% means you get to act on your own, with my best interests at heart? That\'s pretty nice." He commented to himself, talking to his staff.

"I accept the terms. Let\'s begin." He shouted.

The system took note of the term they agreed upon. There were no rules except for that they\'d only be fighting each other, anyone from outside was forbidden to jump in.

The giant smirked, he figured he\'d have to cut Kiro\'s wings first and he\'d have him on the ground, at his mercy.

He blew the air with his weapon, a gust of wind travelled faster than Kiro could react but Ryu was faster as he dashed out of the way. The wind was so thick Kiro could physically see it with his well adjusted eyes.

Kiro did the same with whirlwind, he sent the wind right back, stronger than what he\'d anticipated. While it did push him to the edge of the battlefield, that\'s also when the power of the attack started to die off and eventually, he was able to handle it.

"Very interesting." He walked towards the centre, he wasn\'t a particularly agile or fast guy. As he was big, he focused on other things. Like strength and constitution.

Kiro leapt from Ryu, and grabbed him as he went down. He intended to smash the giant\'s skull into pieces, but his attempt was blocked by Viktor\'s labrys.

The power which Kiro used to ensure the blow reached the man seemed to be getting sucked in by the very strange weapon.

"Yes, my weapon doesn\'t absorb mana it absorbs strength of other weapons." He said, sending the attacking back to its owner.

He hit his staff like he were hitting a baseball. Kiro flew in the air, stopping just short of the big fence that separated the participants and spectators.

"Interesting." He licked his lips that were bleeding. "I can\'t remember the last time I bled in this game. Your 20% is something else Ryu."

Kiro regretted that he couldn\'t use his weapon here and now, though he didn\'t strap it in, he used it to move around, it was very convenient.

He flew close to Viktor throwing palm crashing. Viktor underestimated the impact the skill would have, he was sent flying a couple of meters away with a few broken bones.

"F*ck!" He cried using a potion to heal the bones.

But alas, Kiro had already blinked in front of him, he kicked him on the neck as he was about to swallow the potion. The space on the part of the neck seemed to bend right with the neck.

If his constitution wasn\'t so high, his head would\'ve landed on the stands by now. But he was on his knees, coughing since he was caught with something in his throat.

"You bastard," he tried getting up but fell again, his voice was hoarse from receive a full blast of bending kick.

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Kiro started pounding him with his two fists. He didn\'t just want to beat him, he wanted to humiliate the kid. His arrogance was too much, he had no absolute reason to challenge a guardian to a fight.

His muscles were quite hard to crack, but he used not just Ryu but his fists and elbows too to soften his entire body.

"Ah sh*t, I thought this fight would be the greatest thing ever. Isn\'t The Monkey King just too strong?" One commented.

"I also thought...Good thing I didn\'t actually put a bet out. I would\'ve been so wrong." Another looked in horror as the giant was being bloodied.

The Monkey King was mercilessly beating on his enemy. He wanted to make a statement, so that anyone who wanted to challenge him in the future to think twice.

"Can I kill him?" He asked the system innocently.

Ding!

[If you so desire.]