Last chapter, Seric fought Popshot who was leagues above him in fighting capabilities. However, Seric's regeneration let him stay in the fight. In the end, even after trying so hard, Seric ends up taking two consecutive blows which take him out of the fight. But somehow, Popshot ends up falling outside of the ring as soon as Seric is beat down.

Seric's P.O.V

"What a crazy, unexpected, unpredictable, sudden, arousing turn of events! With Seric being too damaged to get up, and Popshot out of the ring, the match is a draw! Also since it was such a good fight, I'll let a draw mean... That Seric gets to continue on to the final match!" King Metallica says happily.

"That's what I'm talkin about!~" A drunk Karia says as she runs over to me.

"How is she already drunk again?!" I think to myself, not looking forward to talking to someone who's completely out of it.

A few seconds later, a few of the ships doctors come from the crowd and run towards me and Popshot.

"Huh?! So they don't come when I get my ass beat with a hammer, but now they do?!" I think to myself as I remember when I fought that dwarf, not being able to deny the help since I'm still too tired to move.

"He's fine he's fine! This kids invincible!" Karia says with a laugh, which I'm grateful for.

"Hey, kid! Wake upppppppp~" Karia says as she leans over me, waving her hand in front of my face.

Finally I'm able to move again, luckily it being a fairly quick recovery.

"Yeah, I'm here..." I say grumpily while trying to sound nice, as the pain on my face is still stinging like hell.

"Come on, we've gotta celebrate your *hiccup* victory!" Karia says enthusiastically as without my permission she starts to stand me up on my feet.

"Can you not, I just got up..." I say with annoyance as she shoves me over to our table.

"Well done, you're our little champion!~" All the girls around me say as I finally sit down at the table, some of them even rubbing up against me.

"I forgot that I get this every fight! Hehe, I'm wide awake now!" I think to myself smugly.

"Hey, if you wanna hug em, you've gotta pay me first!~" Karia says carelessly as she shoos the girls away from me.

"Tch! What the hell Karia?! I almost had a whole group of girls swooning over me!"
I think to myself in annoyance, but not daring to say it out loud.

"Aw... Well anyways, Karia, I believe your next fight is up!" Adesia says, seeming less drunk than before even though she just finished a drink.

Are these drinks spiked after all or something?

"Oh?~ I'm feeling a little tipsy, but I'm sure I'll be fine!" Karia says with a laugh as she continues to drink from another mug.

"Didn't Adesia tell her to stop drinking like two fights ago...?" I think to myself in disappointment.

"Come on come on! Get yer ass on to the stage! I'm fallin asleep ova here!" King Metallica says in a strange accent as he impatiently leans on a table next to us, repeatedly tapping his foot on the floor.

"Could you shut up for one-! Um! I mean, yes Karia you should head there right away!" Adesia says nervously after that first line, sounding more similar to when we first met her.

"I guess even Adesia is scared of King Metallica." I think to myself with a laugh.

"But now that I think about it, can we even handle having King Metallica around? I mean, he would be a powerhouse to our crew... But if we always have to be scared of what we say to him..." I think to myself intently, staring at the floor as I zone out.

"Hey, that was a pretty fun fight!" I hear from next to me, and zoning back into reality and looking over, I can see Popshot with his medium length orange hair and blue long sleeved shirt sitting next me.

"Oh, ye-" I'm about to respond, until a liquid falls onto my lip. I rub my hand over it, and see that it's my own blood coming from my nose.

"Here." Popshot says as he hands me a napkin.

Putting it over my nose, I then go back to talking, "Haha, thanks, and sorry about that. Anyways, yeah that was a good fight," I say, a bit mad at him since we were just beating each other up, but I pass it off.

Leaning closer to him I then whisper, "But, I don't get it. You clearly won, so why did you go and fall out of the ring?"

"Well, who knows what happened? All you saw was me on the floor right? Maybe I passed out after using my Blessing, you can't just assume that I fell on purpose. Can you?" Popshot says with a smile.

"I guess... But, I still think the most likely thing that happened was you fell out of the arena on purpose." I say with a doubtful face.

"Fine fine, stay inside that small box of yours. In the end, I guess you understood my Blessing." He says as he gets handed a drink from a waiter, starting to drink it immediately.

"Isn't it kinda weird for a kid like him to be drinking that much?" I think to myself, but not speaking out loud to be rude. After all, I have no idea how this ship normally runs.

"...Yeah, it was something along the lines of completely stopping your body movements midway, and then your blessing releasing the hit with even more force, right?" I say with a decent amount of confidence, and taking a sip out of my own fruity drink.

"Right, right! My Blessing, "Lock Me Up" let's me automatically throw a hit that's way stronger than normal. But, before I can do that I have to first start off the hit, like a punch for example. Then, I stop moving my arm of my own free will, which causes my entire body to lock up for around 3 seconds. Then finally, my Blessing finishes the rest for me and launches the hit with a devastating amount of force." He explains.

"Damn, that's pretty neat. I'm curious though, did you get into martial arts before you got your blessing, or the other way around? Because your blessing seems almost perfect for that type of thing along with your skills." I ask, and right after taking a big swig of my drink.

"Suprisingly, I got into martial arts before I was allowed to go to Vega to get my Blessing. Ever since I was a kid, my dad was a martial artist himself, and so he trained me to be one as well. I'll have to thank him one day, since I couldn't love anything more than a good fight." Popshot says with oddly enough a  heartfelt smile.

"Jeez, you've got quite the luck to be able to get a Blessing perfectly suited for you. Also, why can't you thank him now anyways? Do you have a deal with Adesia or something?" I ask, thinking he's in a similar situation to mine.

"...No, it's not that. Captain Adesia saved me, and I could leave anytime really. My father was with me then too, but Adesia could only save one of us from those filthy bastards. So... One day, when I can save him, I'll give him a thanks that's been prepared for years, along with my improved fighting skills!" Popshot says with determination.

"Can I ask, who did Adesia save you guys from anyways?" I ask, obviously not planning to go purely to save his dad, but out of curiosity.

"...Fixed Reality." Popshot says sternly, seeming like he doesn't want to talk about this anymore.

"Wait, wasn't that the name of that high-end Casino I saw on the internet a while back? What type of Casino staff would ever kidnap people though?" I think to myself.

"Oh, sorry if I brought up any bad memories... and well anyways, I was thinking, you didn't have to call out your blessing while you were using it. I'm uh... fairly new to all of this Blessing stuff so would you mind explaining that?" I ask, remembering how Aeko didn't have to call out his Blessings name either.

"Eh? Don't you have a Blessing yourself?" Popshot asks with a weirded out face.

"Ah, well... I'm still getting used to it?" I respond awkwardly.

"...Haha, ok then. Well, Blessings have different ranks, and depending on how high the rank is the harder it is to master. My Blessing is actually a pretty low rank, and so after using it a lot in fighting tournaments I mastered it, which means that I don't have to call out it's name anymore." He explains.

"Ohhhh, now I get it. I guess it makes sense that Karia didn't master hers yet since it's so strong, and that's why she has to call out it's name." I think to myself.

"It's pretty handy, because then I can fake out people that I'm facing. I've pretended that I'm using my blessing when I'm really not too many times to count, just like on you." He replies snarkily.

"Ah, oh come on that's what happened! You're nothing but a dirty cheater!" I yell with a laugh as I remember when I thought I had beat him, only to get my face pummeled.

"Haha, you're just mad that you fell for it you dunce! Anyways, your friend over there is about to fight, you may want to watch." Popshot says as he motions his head towards the arena.

Looking over, Karia is barely standing on her end of the arena, along with a man wearing a long sleeved orange shirt who seems to be around her height.

"Let the battle between Karia and Suzinex start, begin, open, enter the scene!" King Metallica says this time as he stands impatiently by the side of the arena, Adesia drinking away, seeming to be celebrating something at the other end of our table.

"Spirit of Kodan: Compress!" Karia says as she summons two giant red hands in front of her, even though she's not even close too the person she's facing.

Seeming to forget about the battle, a unstable Karia looks off the stage towards Adesia's direction.

"Hey!~ It's not fair that she gets to hang out with all of those guys when I'm stuck here fighting!" Karia says with a pout, putting her hands on her hips.

But, she seems to have forgotten that she activated her Spirit of Kodan: Compress, and so, the floating ghost hands immediately squish both of her sides.

Popshot starts to laugh hysterically, and I really can't blame him. I would be too, except I sure as hell don't want to fight Adesia on my own.

"What's this what's this! Is Karia already out for the count?!" King Metallica says as he looks at an invisible watch on his silver wrist.

"Come on Karia, that's not enough to take you down!" I yell out, not making fun of her since she helped me before.

"Ugh..." I hear from the arena, and soon after Karia starts to stand up.

"Alright alright, I'll give you that one, that was a pretty good hit." She says to the man at the other side of the arena who's at a loss for words.

"Too prideful!" Everyone in the arena yells.

For real this time, Karia starts to walk towards her opponent, seeming to be more aware of her surroundings now.

"...Well anyways, my Blessing, "Stick Me On" is too strong for you!" The man says as suddenly, he's bold enough to charge at Karia.

"Spirit of Bersia: Hide of Aegis!" She says  while summoning her cloak just in time, as it causes Suzinex to jump back.

Karia then gets rid of her cloak, "Spirit of Kodan: Strike!" She says as she punches in the air and launches a giant ghost fist, giving herself the perfect range to attack from.

"Damn!" The man shouts as he jumps back, taking the hit but not nearly at full force, however it still manages launches him to the end of the arena.

Before he flies into the crowd, he clumsily slams both of his hands on to the floor, and now I understand the name of his blessing, as it sticks his hands to the floor, keeping him in the arena.

"Wow, what a comeback! Is this sticky man going to be the one to take down the drunken terror?!" King Metallica says as he starts to drink a mug of booze, how that even works do not ask me.

"Karia, this guy could be a problem, finish him quick!" I yell out to her since she may still be a bit drunk.

"Yeah yeah I will." Karia replies with an uncaring tone.

"How grateful..." I think to myself unamused.

Suzinex then jolts upwards, and without notice bolts towards Karia.

This actually seems to catch her off guard a bit, and so instead of using her blessing she puts her arms in front of her to block the hit.

However, instead of going for something like a punch Suzinex grabs one of her hands, proceeding to push it back onto her own chest.

Karia jumps back again, as she seems to be trying to pull off another Spirit of Kodan ability.

"What the?" Karia says still sounding out of it, as she tries to pull her hand away from her chest but it doesn't budge.

"Got you! Now it's over!..." The man says sounding both excited and disappointed at the same time.

"Hm... What can I do here now, I've only got one arm to fight with... Ah, I can't think straight right now." Karia says to herself outloud.

Then, the simple solution hits me. "Karia, just take off your shirt!" I yell out louder than normal from the sidelines.

"This is a fighting tournament, not a strip club." She replies with a laugh, not getting the hint at all in this state.

"No, I mean that way you can use the shirt as some sort of glove and still be able to attack-" I respond before I'm interrupted.

"B.O.Y. This is a horrible, treacherous, disgusting, vile, unacceptable, violation of the rules. BUTTT, since my friend Adesia over there served Karia booze before her fight and made her mentally incompetent, I'll let it slide." King Metallica says as he's now bending down beside me, once again staring into my soul with those pitch black pupils of his.

"O-oh, I'm so sorry I uh, didn't know I was breaking the rules." I reply nervously, since I know what this things really capable of doing to people.

"Ohhhh. I get it now!" Karia says, and as I look over she's already taking off her shirt, leaving her in nothing but the same bikini from before.

"Now I can fight for real, my wet shirt was way too uncomfortable!" She says as she gets into a fighting position, the shirt hanging from her hand.

"She barely got it at all..." I think to myself.

A/N: Even after a rough start, Karia still manages to fight on!

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