Taste of Freedom - [TXT FF]

EPISODE 3

⚠️ Warning: mentions and details of brutal violence will be in this episode ⚠️

Loud cheers and roars resonated across the arena.

Rhythmic clapping from the cult seated in the audience, containing more than two hundred people in its seats.

Chanting, wishing, desperation...

This is what greeted Soobin and Beomgyu as the 'animal trainers', not the keepers, dragged them out onto the arena ring.

Upon seeing the entertainers of the hour, the audience only grew more and more thunderous, to the point the arena was vibrating from the noise.

Anyone who knew nothing about this story or circus would have thought the two crossovers being pulled across the sand were just puppets on a string, judging from the way they looked at the ground underneath them.

Blank, bleak eyes, which would most likely seem dead if it weren't for the light shining out of their orbs.

Soobin and Beomgyu faced each other, at least ten feet apart for now.

The audience continued roaring with anticipation once they saw two pumas in their eyes getting ready for a fight. None of them knew how this would go, and that was what truly excited them the most: the uncertainty of who will win.

Their headmaster stood up, saluting the crowd.

"Welcome, to our circus! I hope you all are ready to see the first match of the day! Whoever wins this one will face off with another special puma we want to introduce later today!"

As expected, this excited the crowd even more and their cheers became louder.

The headmaster faced the people monitoring the two crossovers.

"Ready?"

The animal trainers held their rods up.

"Three..."

Soobin braced his legs and had his arms ready.

"Two..."

Beomgyu bared his teeth, a low snarl emitting from him.

"ONE!"

At that moment, the animal trainers stabbed both of the crossovers in the back, accompanied by the loud gong of the bell hanging at the end of the arena.

The fight has finally begun.

With a quiet snarl, Beomgyu leapt first, pouncing directly onto Soobin's head. It was the easiest move, and a very predictable one as well.

Because he expected it, the purple haired male chomped him right in the stomach, sending a deep wound into the poor ravenet male.

Beomgyu yowled in pain as Soobin threw him off to the side by the teeth. He immediately scrambled himself back up, ignoring the bleeding wound.

This time, Soobin attacked him, swiping his hand towards Beomgyu's head. But in this position, the slightly shorter crossover had the opportunity to beend down, grab Soobin around his torso and push him with all his strength away. Like this, Soobin was thrown back onto the sand, with Beomgyu falling down on top of him.

The audience that was for Beomgyu cheered loudly, and the ones for Soobin booed.

The ravenet however couldn't care less about their reactions or who was on his side: all his subconscious focused on was beating Soobin.

But his inner mind prayed that he won't injure, or even worse, kill him.

He already got off the older male by the time he regained awareness after losing it for not even a mere second, backing away at a good distance.