Announcer: Moving right along, the next up is Hiro from Elune and Stella from academy!

--- Chapter 103 ---

Hiro walks out of the entrance and smiles. He waves to the cheering crowd. A girl wrapped up in several layers of clothing waddles out.

Announcer: Ok, begin!

Hiro summons his two katana’s and readies for combat. She struggles to put her hands forward under the number of clothes she is wearing. Hiro begins to run up but then tumbles. He finds himself unable to move.

Hiro: The hell is wrong with my pants and shirt? There practically squeezing me to death! Could that be…

He looks up at her.

Hiro: Her power must be… controlling clothing!

A shadow falls over Hiro’s eyes, he knows what he must do. He uses all his strength to stand and grabs his swords. Stella uses her arcana to restrict him further, but he pushes through and cuts his own clothes, leaving only underwear. Stella and the crowd are surprised. She blushes a little, seemingly flustered but then tries to bind him through his underwear, but to no effect. She is confused.

Hiro: Trying to control my underwear huh? Well, luckily for me, I wear Arkon’s ultra-flexible athletic undergarments. The fabric is made of magical thread from Arkon himself. I knew I should wear my lucky underwear.

The crowd goes silent. Then a man in the crowd speaks up.

Man: Was that an ad?

Hiro: Your damn right it was.

Stella shifts her hands and the thread from her multiple coats starts to unravel. They are sent flying to Hiro, but he puts on his sword and yells as he runs in. He begins to jump around slashing these threads as fast as possible. Stella tries to ensnare him but he is just too fast. Before she knows it, all of her extra clothing was turned into sliced thread.

Hiro: If you don’t have any other tricks uh, I guess I win?

Stella: … I do.

She mumbles. Hiro leans in cupping his ear to hear her better.

Hiro: Huh?

Stella: I DO!

She plants her hands on the ground, the sliced threads interlock and become a web as it starts to rise. But as soon as this starts Hiro is running in at fast speeds, using his arm to clothesline her. Her eyes go wide from the impact.

Hiro: Decked yah!

She falls back, coughing and dazed. Hiro stands above her with his hands together.

Hiro: Sorry about that! I try not and hit girls but… well… I didn’t really have any other choice.

She tries to regain composure.

Stella: Yup. I- understand.

She says in a raspy voice, trying to regain her breath.

Announcer: Elune strikes another win! For our next contestants Sugima from vector vs Konk from maskrah!