Chapter 7 The strength of the found princess

Ryden's POV

I hear the maniacal sound of cheering as each empires royal family step in,I myself stand among the shadow empire royalty as they are the host for this years coliseum they are expected to enter last, as the announcer calls the shadow royalty the king enters and then the princes in order of seniority and then I enter, I quickly notice the mocking look I get from my brothers who are seated in the dragonian sector but pay no attention to it, this coliseum day is just like all the others, though I know this one will by far be more interesting, i still don't know whether I'm happy or scared about it. The shadow king being the one to host stands up and makes his speech and the crowd cheers , I wasn't really paying attention to the warriors as they were coming out cause I already know what will happen , tarin nudges me with his elbow "Ryden aren't you going to look at the arena, I know you're attracted to and love looking at pretty things but still you should at least pretend to pay attention for the sake of keeping up appearances" I know he is right but I still grumble slightly " I already know how it's going to play out is there really any need to watch", tarin looks at me with amusement " really then educate me , how is it going to go" I sigh "alright then firstly the warriors will enter and showcase themselves to the jeering crowd the demons and dragonian empires will send their best in an attempt at taking the crown but the shadow empire will only send out middle class warriors in, which is but a power play and an insult to the other empires they will win almost every match except for a few where direct confrontation with direct strength will be won by the dragonian warriors or direct manipulation magic which will be one by the demons and then the over all winner will be gigan shadow who is still undefeated till date for about 10 years and then the kings little suprise will take place" I narrate all with a blank expression and tarin simply looked amused but still told me to watch, but rather than watching the match I watched the people my eyes go to the demons, the shadow people below and even the dragonian people who were meant to be my people and then lastly to the humans and then I catch sight of something, silver hair, I look closely and I see it, it's her , my dream girl from the border I thought I no longer could feel emotions but here I was with my heart racing as I saw her watch and whisper to one red haired girl sitting beside her and then they laugh, she looks so beautiful when her gaze isn't murderous, damn it even when she looks like she wants to kill she's still radiant , I force myself to tear my eyes away from her before others notice but I still find my eyes wandering to her and then I find myself praying to some form of higher power that let her please not be involved in the mess that is about to happen even though I know she wouldn't get hurt physically, what if she gets scarred emotionally, what if she loses that spark and fire in her, oh heavenly supreme what is this I'm feeling I think it might be obsession , no I can't be obsessed with a human and then I hear the thing I have been dreading "the humans will fight the champion in something of like a mock war to demonstrate that the battle of our ancestors can never happen again, it is a sort of reassurance that peace shall remain among all empires for eternity" as I hear all the empire cheering at his words I look over and see that she hasn't fallen in, only the girl that was beside her that fell in I can't explain the relief I get at that, but then as if even the heavens were laughing at me, she jumps in she actually jumps in, well I guess brains might have never been a point of attraction for me as I laugh at myself. And then I hear tarin speak up in a laugh "damn if not that I know no one will die here I would've said the silver hair who just jumped in deserved to die, since she seems keen on suicide" tarin is my closest friend and companion in the shadow empire the person who treats me most as a brother without any animosity but I really feel like strangling him in this moment, but then the announcer speaks up "if any and I mean any one of this humans last for the 10 minutes mark, yes you heard me guys it has to be 10 minutes now if any of them survived for the time mark the human realm will take the win, and my advice to the humans here try not to die okay?" And everyone laughs at that, I look over to see that while the human cowered together at a corner of the arena the red haired girl stood protectively over them using one hand as if to block them from gigan shadows sight of view, ahh so they both are stupid that's why their friends that make sense, but then to the astonishment of everyone she runs toward gigan shadow at incredible speed , picking up one of the discarded maces someone from most likely the dragonian empire must have left behind and attacks gigan shadow she hits him with a flurry of moves and attacks using her smaller stature and speed to keep him from defending and hits him until he has moved farther away from the cowering humans "ryden this girl has potential but she's stupid instead of prioritizing her life she is making him back away from the human" tarin remarks the same thing I was thinking" I think her goal is to endure not win after all it is a time sensitive match , but how long can only one human last when even other empire's couldn't even last for 5 minutes against him" and just as we anticipated he got his footing and hit her with so much force she flies back and spits a mouthful of blood but she gets back up to confront him again and then suddenly I see my silver goddess run up to her she whispers something to her and the red haired girls face lights up and then like lightning she runs fast closing the distance between her and the gigan shadow but instead of attacking she drops to her knees and then all of a sudden my silver goddess runs up and boosts herself using her friends back and launches herself at gigan with a punch that send the gigan shadow flying, everyone gasps and by now the royal families of all empires where on their feet , "this is the first time someone has ever made gigan shadow fall" someone mutters "impossible" tarin says in succession and I just smirk screaming that's my girl in my head but we really where ready for a surprise cause as gigan shadow stood back up they fought him in sync boosting each other up and attacking both high and low at the same time never giving him time to regain himself by this point gigan was a bloodied mess and it has already passed the 8 minutes mark only 2 minutes and the humans would win now the only cheering that could be heard where from the human realm both the ones in and out of the arena, but the king has a plan and I knew he wouldn't allow them ruin it so without anyone noticing I saw the king send energy to gigan shadow which made him let out a deep growl just as the red haired girl was in the air to attack him once more , he uses a mace made out of energia and slams her into the walls of the arena if this where a normal match that move could kill even a high level shadow, but my silver goddess didn't have this piece of information and ran to her friend she shakes her, screaming at her to wake up, screaming something like you're all I have left you can't leave me but her friends breath stopped and then everywhere started shaking the ground rumbling and massive energy waves started coming out of my silver goddess her eyes once brown where a dark shade of black with her silver hair glowing and her body being suspended in the hair by the mere strength of her power explosion and with a speed no one could see she had held the whole arena into submission and with the power usually only the strongest of kings can hold she said to everyone but at the same time no one " ON YOUR KNEES" everyone obeyed even the king without knowing why, it was just a compulsion and no one could resist its force and then she turns to gigan shadow and raises him up by here sheer power and kills him in one move and then like clockwork her power seeps back into her and she drops down back to her red haired friends body and starts crying , everyone is in disbelief no one moving or saying anything and then the shadow king yells "all bow in respect cause the princess has been found" and everyone chants in unison " all hail the found princess! All hail the found princess ! All hail the found princess" but she doesn't move still crying at her friends body even as the shadow royal family and I approach she makes no move to address us and then the king speaks "my dear daughter please look at me" and I hear my goddess's voice " unless you are resurrecting my Ali back, the only reason I shall look at you is to end your life" and that was when I knew it, I just fell in love with the lost princess of the shadow kingdom, the heavenly must really think my life is a fine source of amusement and entertainment.