Chapter 12

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We all watched as the fights continued, one after one. Each time the result was the same, one candidate was beaten to death, and the other walked away jubilant and victorious, most of them boasting and acting cockily as they walked away from the lifeless body in their wake.

I yawned as the candidate threw one last punch, killing the man he was fighting. He threw his hands in the air and cheered as everyone else clapped for him, egging on this barbaric and violent behavior.

I would catch Ryder often staring at me, as if anticipating the fight to come. I just started to ignore the fucker, and focus on not falling asleep while standing due to my boredom and exhaustion. I watched as they dragged the dead body away, leaving yet another trail of blood on the concrete floors. 

"Next." Ryder said as he stared at me. His hand was resting underneath his chin, and he sat with his ankle propped up on his knee. In front of him was a glass of dark liquid, which I'm assuming is liquor. The gargantuan and I started to walk to the center of the floor, and I heard candidates behind me starting to snicker under their breath upon seeing this match up.

We stood a few feet away from each other, with our hands behind our backs and our legs shoulder width apart as we awaited the order to commence the fight.

I couldn't help the yawn that escaped my mouth, making the candidates start laughing even louder, and the men that sat upon the stage around Ryder started to look down at me with their eyebrows raised.

"Is this boring to you?" Ryder asked me in a deadly tone, making the laughter halt immediately at his words.

"Yeah. Plus I didn't get much sleep. The inconsiderate asshole in the room across from mine was so loud last night fucking some whore he disrupted my rest." I said in a dull tone as I shrugged nonchalantly. I saw Ryder's jaw clench tightly, and Jolie was pursing her lips in an attempt to hold back her laughter.

"Go." Ryder ordered, commencing the fight.

"Too fucking easy." The gargantuan turned to me with a smile. My body was relaxed, with my arms by my side as I yawned once more, covering my mouth with my hand. The room started to snicker again, and the gargantuan facing me scoffed under his breath.

He threw a punch at me while I was in mid-yawn. Still yawning, I pivoted to the side quickly and caught his wrist when his arm fully extended. I bent my wrist and straightened my hand before I hit the back of his elbow will immense force, making a loud snap fill the room and causing the snickers and laughter to stop completely.

The gargantuan screamed in pain, and I kicked the back of his knee, causing him to lean on the floor. I quickly wrapped my hands around his head, and snapped his neck, instantly killing him. It was the quickest fight so far, only lasting a total of 5 seconds, and that's including my yawn in the beginning.

I let out another loud yawn as his lifeless body hit the floor with a loud thud. I looked up at Ryder with a bored expression on my face, while he just glared at me with his eyebrows slightly furrowed.

"Is that all?" I said loudly as I looked up at Ryder with a raised eyebrow. He narrowed his eyes at me, and I watched as his hand on the table clench into a fist.

"You four, come to the center." He said as he pointed to a group in the second row.

"Brother, this isn't necessary." I heard Jolie whisper as her face held concern and worry.

"Since the first fight was a bit... quick, why don't we make it a little harder for you." Ryder said in a deadly tone as he leaned back into his chair and continued to glare at me. My eyes were locked onto his as the men surrounded me.

"Go." He said as he raised an eyebrow slightly. He grabbed the glass in front of him, and brought it to his lips as he took a large gulp.

All of the men attacked me at once. I stepped back with my right leg, and spun over my right shoulder, positioning myself behind on of the men. I quickly grabbed his head, and snapped his neck before kicking his body forward, hitting two of the men coming at me. I ran towards them and jumped with my right leg extended in the air.

I rotated my hips while mid-air, and straightened them out, kicking both of them in the face while still flying forward. I straightened out my right leg again, and kicked the last man standing right in the throat before I landed and pivoted so I was facing them.

One of the men quickly stood up next to me, and tried to roundhouse kick the side of my face

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One of the men quickly stood up next to me, and tried to roundhouse kick the side of my face. I quickly ducked down, and grabbed his ankle that was on the floor, and yanked it upwards, causing him to fall flat on his back. I lifted my leg up high before slamming it down on his throat, Axe kicking him. He took a few ragged breaths before dying on the floor.

One of the men was up on his feet behind me, running towards me and trying to tackle me. I pivoted so my back was turned to him, and gripped around his head and interlaced my fingers to preform a Kubi Kudaki, one of the deadliest moves in martial arts. I leaned forward, pulling his head in front of me. I heard a snap as his body hit the floor, indicating that I broke his neck and killed him instantly.

The last man tried running at me with his fist in the air. My body was relaxed, and when he came near me, I hit his pressure points with two of my fingers, and old trick my foster dad taught me. My hand rapidly moved across his chest as I continued to hit the vital points, making him gasp and stand there in shock with his arms held out to his side. I stepped back slightly, before roundhouse kicking him in the side of the face hard, making his head bounce off the cement floor and crack open. I was facing Ryder as I finished my kick. My breathing was even, my posture was relaxed, and I looked down at the lifeless body in front of me before slowly looking up at him.

He looked back at me with a deadly glare, and his eyes narrowed the longer he kept staring at me

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He looked back at me with a deadly glare, and his eyes narrowed the longer he kept staring at me. He was holding onto the glass in his hand so tightly that his knuckles were white. I raised my eyebrow at him before I turned around and walked back to my position in the line, swaying my hips with each step.

Everyone was watching me with wide eyes as I turned around and faced the stage again. I involuntarily let out another loud yawn, and the sound of glass shattering filled the air. I looked up at Ryder staring at me with his jaw clenched and an emotionless expression still remains on his face, the glass of liquor shattered within his fist and spilt all over the table in front of him.

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