- (...SLAM!)
- Champion: ROAAAR!!
- Eris: As expected! The victory goes to our one and only Champion!
- Spectator: YEAAAAH!!!!
- Ricardo: Boring.
- Ricardo: What fun is an easy win with no fight.
- Ikus: Still, a win is a win, Boss.
- Ricardo: A match should go back and forth like tug-of-war, and a champion should be scrawny and petite to have people underestimate them.
- Ricardo: That way, the hyenas can actually harbor the delusion of taking down the lion.
- Ricardo: But look at that. That size? Threatening. The muscle and weight packed beneath the tough skin? Deadly. Who would want to challenge that?
- Ricardo: It's an absolute bore. I'm not going to place my bets on this one.
- Eris: Next! No other challengers?
- Ricardo: I don't think there will be any. Get the Champion out of there and bring out the scrubs.
- Ricardo: They're equally boring, but at least they put on a show with their desperate act.
- Ricardo: Now what to do with the losers... Shame the Abyss has been closed. Hm...
- Ricardo: Oh yeah. Tell them, the losers are going to be thrown over the Steel Wall. That should make the show more entertaining.
- Elsword: ... I thought it was getting noisy, but what's all this?
- Rena: Fresh air! Finally!
- Noah: What's happening at the front? I thought I heard cheers!
- Clamor: Whoa, there's so many demons I've never seen before!
- Ain: It seems all of Magmelia's guests came here. That means, this is...
- Raven: ... The Arena.
- Ricardo: Ohh!? Look who's here! You're finally here, my guests!
- Ricardo: Ey! Up here! Good to finally see you in the flesh my guy!
- Raven: .......
- Laby: Is that the guy Raven mentioned?
- Ricardo: Yeah! I'm the big bad boss of Torta!
- Aisha: We finally see face to face, you stalker!
- Ricardo: Huh? Stalker?
- Elsword: Yeah. Don't come barging in other people's dreams and say whatever you want! It's annoying!
- Ara: That's right! And please open the path to the Land of Steel!
- Ricardo: I like how lively you all are. Finally! A good show! Hahaha...
- Ricardo: Ey! A new challenger. Get them on the elevator!
- Ikus: Yes Boss! Will you place the same bets?
- Ricardo: Are you kidding? The party's just getting started. I'm placing all my winnings on these ones!
- (MUMBLE MUMBLE)
- Spectator A: Placing bets on the challengers? This isn't rigged, is it?
- Spectator B: You obviously don't know Ricardo. He doesn't care about losing as long as it's entertaining.
- Spectator C: Did you hear? Those challengers came through the sewers!
- Spectator C: They defeated Torta's beasts. They can't be half-bad if they managed such a feat.
- (YEEAAAAHH!)
- Add: Why are there so many spectators? Move! Get out of my way!
- Add: There's no other way up... I'll have to look around more to be certain, but if there isn't, the only way up is through the elevator... Damn it.
- Aisha: Add, slow down!
- Add: Maybe you should hurry up.
- Elsword: Pant, pant, at least tell us why you're in such a rush!
- Add: Can you even understand if I explain?
- Add: Tsk... The code I put in the device is Nasod Ruler code. It's not a code for Nasods. Now, the only one with the code is me.
- Add: The code was ideal as a dummy to use for basic troubleshooting, since it's not supposed to react to anything.
- Elsword: Ah... ok?
- Add: But it wasn't a malfunction! It caught a signal! For a code that shouldn't exist!
- Add: Damn it, see? Why ask if you're not even going to understand half of what I say!
- Elsword: My bad, my bad! We should still know what's going on. Anyway, so you want to check because you found something that shouldn't be there?
- Add: I NEED to check!
- Aisha: Let's look if there's a way up together. Together, since it'll be hard to find each other if we get separated, alright?
- Add: Fine. Damn it...
- Add: (At least the signal is not moving. Or maybe it's reacting to something similar...)
- Add: (Sigh... Alright. Maybe there's no reason for me to overreact.)
- Add: (But.... What if... What if there is...?)
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