Divinity

--- [Alex’s perspective]

Just a few more meters aaaaaaaand…

Huh…?

This is not what I expected…

Shin looks over at me, and I can tell he’s thinking the same.

There are three small arenas next to each other.

They’re no more than a couple meters long and wide.

The ‘ground’ is totally flat and stretches further than the eye can see.

Is it infinite…?

Just like down below, there are no light sources, yet somehow, everything is fully lit up.

There is no visible ceiling either, it just fades into total darkness.

“Looks like you were right, kid.” – Luna

Shin smirks.

Not long after, we hear a voice…

“Yo!” – Sun

We all turn towards the sound of the voice.

There are three ‘people’ running right towards us.

“Get ready to fight, you two.” – Luna

Luna enters her combat stance.

It’s only a matter of seconds before they reach us.

Luna charges right at one of them.

The guy Luna is charging towards looks like a hybrid between a monkey and a human.

It looks mostly human, but it also has some monkey-like facial features, much more hair, and a tail.

It’s also carrying some sort of staff on its back.

It quickly pulls it out and points it towards Luna.

Luna swings her fist towards the monkey, but the moment she does, the monkey’s staff stretches forward and blocks her attack.

“Calm down, we just arrived. We’ll get to the fun part soon, don’t worry!” – Sun

Luna jumps back.

Other than the monkey, there is also a guy who looks just like a human.

He’s swaying back and forth and looks like he’s just about to fall asleep.

The last person in the group also looks like a normal human.

She very serious, unlike the other two.

She’s carrying a sword in a sheath on her left hip.

She steps forward and loudly says…

“Listen up! Each of you choose an arena right now. If you don’t do it, you will die. You have five seconds.” – Freya

“Sorry sweetie, but we’re not listening to you.” – Luna

“Five.” – Freya

The three monsters start walking over to the arenas.

“Four.” – Freya

Luna yet again charges towards them.

“Three.” – Freya

“Let’s just play along, Luna. Who knows, it might be fun.” – Shin

He says it in a joking way, but the moment after he finishes his sentence his face becomes dead serious.

It’s like he knows what’s about to happen…

However, Luna doesn’t stop.

“Two.” – Freya

The monkey yet again stretches out his staff in order to stop Luna from getting close, but it doesn’t work this time.

She bends down, dodging the staff, continuing to charge forward.

Suddenly, the staff expands in size, knocking her down to the ground.

“One.” – Freya

Me and Shin quickly move over to the closest arenas.

By the time Luna has gotten up again, everyone is now at the arenas except for her.

“Zero. Do it now, Sun.” – Freya

“Okee!” – Sun

Sun snaps his fingers, and suddenly, at an absolutely mind-blowing speed, the trees, and also therefore the ‘ground’, just vanishes.

It’s like a wave moving from the horizon towards the arenas.

“Oh shit!” – Luna

She understands that if she doesn’t immediately get over to one of the arenas, she will fall all the way down to the ground.

We’re extremely high up, so no matter how you look at it, you won’t come out unscathed from a fall like that.

She might survive if she transforms, but she wouldn’t be able to get back up again.

That would leave me and Shin alone, and she won’t let that happen.

She transforms her feet into springs and shoot towards the arenas.

I’m on the first arena with sleepy guy, Shin is on the second one with the woman with the sword.

On the third arena is the monkey, all by himself.

Luna flies right towards the arena where I am, but it’s like there is some sort of invisible wall around it that she bounces off of.

Can there only be two people on each arena?

By now, the trees are all gone, and therefore the ground is also gone.

All except for the trees that the arenas are on…

She starts falling, but quickly transforms her right arm into a whip.

She swings her whip forward as fast as she can, and it wraps around the monkey’s staff.

It doesn’t resist, and she is able to pull herself over to the arena.

We all made it…

She lets out a sigh of relief.

“You weren’t kidding, huh.” – Luna

“Of course not, this is not the time for jokes. Had it not been for your ability, you would be dead right now.” – Freya

I must admit, I was worried there for a second…

When she told us about her ability, she mostly talked about the different combat applications, so it totally slipped my mind that she can also use it for utility.

“Anyways, let’s not waste more time. As you all just saw when that woman was making her way over to the arenas, there are invisible walls around them. They activate when there are two alive people on it. They’re impossible to break in to, or out off, so don’t even think about escaping. You won’t be able to help your allies either. The invisible walls disappear once one of the two people are dead. In other words, you’re all stuck until you defeat your opponent. This will be a death match, and at this point, you have no choice but to participate.” – Freya

“Also, remember to have fun while fighting!!!” – Sun

“Sun…! This isn’t the tim-” – Freya

“I’m sorry… I know, I know.” – Sun

Freya looks pissed off.

“Could you just be serious for once?!” – Freya

This visibly ticked him, it’s almost as if his personality did a complete 180.

In a calm, but at the same time threatening voice, he responds.

“Freya, don’t step out of line…” – Sun

Freya looks shook.

“…” – Freya

“Guys, can you stop fighting all the time? It’s so exhausting to listen to… Let’s just get this over with already. – Hypno