The divine Comedy: Lucifer's second act

ch.12 The strongest under the heavens

"hey"
"Hello?"
"Anybody in here"
Free heard a voice in his head
"Yea"
"I'm kinda like your subconscious"
"I know I shouldn't be here but I'm one of the rare times where both your normal conscious and your subconscious can both appear in your head"
"Most of the time it's normally your regular conscious"
"But this time I'm taking over"

This was of course utter bullshit.
The voice inside of his head was none other than a semi awakened Phanes the angel that took free as a Vessel.

Phanes only being able to communicate via subconscious decided to help him out in his battle.

"So I'll be assisting you in this tournament"
"Hopefully you're willing to listen"

A horn blared as the participants were called onto the colloseum ready to fight for their lives

"Ladies and gentlemen"
"Warriors from all over"
"The rules are simple,kill until only 48 fighters remain"
"It's a free for all no need to worry about anything"
"But again,no flying and no harming the spectators"

Free looked at the king and looked back seeing warriors readying their stance as they prepared to launch the first attack on their rival.

"Ready"
"Set"
"GO"
said the king as a horn blared, shaking the stadium.

Two sides of the stadium clashed, a violent and bloody battle took place under the blazing hot sun.Free just stood their trying to not get hit because he knew an attack strong enough could easily incapacitate him.

"Oi"
"What are you doing"
Said his subconscious
"Running of course"
He replied

"Well even when you're running try to not get yourself killed please"
"I'm sure that there's a group of people Infront of you and some behind"

Free looked back as he realized that he was surrounded by a group of warriors.

He saw his surroundings to see spells being cast, people being thrown out of the stadium,traps being set off and even more chaotic actions being done in this free for all.

As he closed his eyes,he felt as he felt his 'subconcious' take control for a while.
He opened his eyes as he felt as if his perception of time had slowed down.everyone was moving in slow motion.He felt as if he was guided purely by instinct.The group of meecs decided to go all out to take out the newcomer.Free managed to evade every attack with precision and finesse.He widened his stance as everything had slowed down once more.

"Look for an opening"
Said his thoughts
"Everything is just a network of small pieces tied together by multiple links"
"That also includes this group of people trying to kill you"
"The best way to destroy something"
"Is to-"

Free snapped back as he said to himself
"To find the weakest link and break it"

He looked everywhere for a weak point,as the enemy got closer he suddenly saw a thread appear Infront of him,a thread that guided his blade to a weak spot in the formation.
"Crumble"
He spoke as he pieces through the wave of enemies making many topple

The formation broke apart as he managed to slide through, escaping the group.then Infront of him he saw the black swordsman from before.he was crowned the strongest for a reason, The ground trembled with every step he took as he swung his ginormous blade effortlessly taking down numerous competitors.

He looked back as he saw more people fighting and that's when he realized he had no choice but to fight.

And so he charged towards the crowd of enemies.the crystal on his blade resonated with his indomitable spirit as it started glowing and the blade started to produce the same blade of energy once again.