Gods and Mortals

#47: A Hunter's Desire

"Your daughter truly is an impressive fighter."

A statement was made back at the domain of the Gods.

"The fact that she can keep such an ability active is frankly remarkable," another God commented to the God spoken to.

Rose and Iris had been transported for a few minutes as the other demigods awaited their presence before the continuation.

"I think she did a really good job," Shade eventually commented to Klaus.

"I guess," Klaus responded.

"So that means you're happy that she won, right?" Shade then asked Klaus with a smile.

Klaus took a few seconds before he responded.

"I guess."

And after a few more minutes, Rose finally returned to the Arena of Valor. As Rose walked in first, she headed to the location of Klaus and Shade, where she initially was. Although, similar to her first battle with Iris, she could barely look Klaus in the face after such a topic was mentioned during her battle.

"Congratulations, Rose," Shade started.

"Thanks," Rose responded with a smile that she couldn't stop after looking at Shade for some reason.

After a few seconds of silence, Rose then turned her attention to Klaus as she attempted to make things less stressful than Iris made it to be.

"Klaus, I..." Rose started.

"You performed well," Klaus instantly said cutting her off from what she was going to say. "I'm proud of you."

Klaus was not one to talk about things like this, and he wasn't fond of expressing his emotions about such a topic, so he usually decided to let matters like this float into the air and disappear. And this was perfectly fine for Rose, at least for the meantime.

After a few more minutes of small talk with Rose and Shade, Iris finally returned to the arena. Upon Iris' entrance, she gradually walked in with what seemed to be a smile on her face.

Klaus turned his attention to Iris' appearance as he noticed her smile in surprise. He had expected her to be a bit less joyful, but after all, it was Iris. Then something happened to him.

As Iris turned her focus to Klaus, she stared at him as she let out a brighter smile. And as Klaus locked eyes with Iris, the comical headache he had gotten from their fight suddenly spawned back. It was almost like a pulse of pain as he held on to his head in slight agony. Even though the pain was not anything serious, he knew that it was there.

Eventually, XVII finally walked ahead of the demigods to announce the next battle.

"I will now announce the fighters of the next battle," XVII stated as the demigods paid attention.

Klaus' sudden ache didn't seem to subside and it felt a bit strange to him why this was the case. He held onto his head as he continued to pay attention to XVII.

Suddenly, it appeared that Klaus' eyes started to get blurry and his head started spinning, making him feel dizzy.

"What is going on?" Klaus thought to himself as he tried to understand why he was feeling this way.

"The next battle is..."

And before XVII could continue his statement, Klaus' vision almost immediately changed, causing him to see only a deep purple color. Klaus' eyes were still open, or at least that was what it felt like to him, yet all he could see was purple.