The Yamitzu master allowed the red-haired boy to enter the arena first while he took his sweet time to enter to the opposite side of the arena. Yin kept a smile on his face as he stood in front of the little runt.

"Well this is new." Adrian admitted as he saw the combatants and their physical age gap between Yin and Ratu, despite that some of the competitors were older than Yin yet looked like young adults. Though on this case, an elderly man and a child fighting in the arena was apparent, though controversial.

The referee stood in the middle of the arena. "The rules are simple: No magic, no killing." Glen said before he blew the whistle.

Ratu twirled the cudgel, then held a firm grip on the wooden weapon. Yin stood still with a smile on his face, hands behind his back before Ratu charged. Yin drew a semicircle on the sand with his shoe before the red haired jumped over the drawn semicircle to whack him, the Yamitzu master blocked the attack with the palm of his hand. Then Ratu tried to whack the aged martial artist multiple times while Yin blocked each attack with one hand, the other hand behind his back. When Ratu stepped on the drawn semicircle, Yin used his hand to break the cudgel in half with one strike while he used his other hand to palm Ratu in the sternum, with a single push, Ratu got pushed back with such force as if he got ran over by a freight train. His small body winded back past the center of the arena as he groaned in pain, his arms and legs down while Ratu looked up at the sky, his vision blurry before getting knocked out.

Glen blew the whistle, ending the match.

"Well this was the shortest match to date. Not to mention the first knock out since the tournament started." Johnathan stated.

"We would like to remind the audience that none of us at the Gladatorium condone child violence, the rules strictly states that the minor cannot compete in the tournament without the approval of a legal guardian. Since the child's legal guardian signed the terms and conditions of the tournament. He will be held responsible for the health of the minor, the infirmary will cover the injuries of the minor, but charges will not be held against the members of the tournament, that also includes staff members and other participants unless one of them violate the rules established." Eleanor reminded the viewers.

"While that being said what do the judges think about this?" Johnathan asked, before the camera showed Adrian.

"Every country, world, and dimension has its own set of laws. Though my cowrorkers and I only judge based on the performance of every fighter in the arena to assure they are not violating the rules established in this infrastructure. We at the Gladatorium consider this event as a sport, to create a friendly atmosphere despite the fights programmed here. Whoever threatens the safety of the participants will be removed from the establishment. We take the well-being of our guests very seriously and we will not take this lightly to whomever disrupts this rule." Adrian clarified on behalf of his coworkers and to the viewers watching.

Yin walked to the other side of the arena and lifted the unconscious boy and carried him, the elderly martial artist walked out of the arena, down the stairs and to the room where the other competitors were waiting before the nurses carried the boy.

"Worry not, I only blocked most of his nerves. He will be feeling numbness on his limbs once he comes to." Yin explained to one of the nurses. The back of Ratu's head, hair and clothing had sand while the child got taken to the infirmary.

"Up next in the Magic Division, Ryan and Ryo will go head to head. Summoner versus Elf. Who will win?" Johnathan announced.

"Later in the Melee Division: Shadow versus Stella. Who will be the most dominant? The Prehistoric or the Futuristic? Find out after the commercial break." Eleanor finished.

Shadow got hungry, she didn't worry about it much since she had a stash of human limbs to feed on, but once she opened it, it was empty. Blue, no doubt that she had a hand in it, especially if it was human hands.

"I can't wait to get out of the infirmary." Haeji sat up. Shadow looked at Haeji as if she would be her next meal before she shapeshifted into her human form. As much as she would like to accompany Haeji in her recovery, she had her own needs.

"My match will start any minute. Wish me luck." Shadow said as an excuse to leave the infirmary. Even in her human form she could smell the humans bustling around. The craving became stronger by the minute. She had to get back to her world before her instincts kicked in. "Hands." Shadow hissed at the sight of one while the receptionist typed in the password to activate the portal to Raptor Island. Shadow walked out of the portal in short strides before quickening her pace until she ran in her Indoraptor form, reaching up to 75 miles per hour.

A human girl with purple hair and piercing green eyes was keeping a low profile after her escape from the human trafficking from Relizia to the border. Her pale complection was noticeable from weeks of isolation. Just when she felt freedom, something goes wrong. As if a shadow followed her: being one of the slaver owners, the dinosaurs or the shapeshifting hybrids that are on the loose. Ever since a group of paleontologists managed to resurrect the dinosaurs, the scientific comunity ran wild, including the dinosaurs. After a band of dinosaurs ate the paleontologist and scientist that could reverse the effects, the human population reverted back to being the prey. The human population started to dwindle ever since. She still remembered how her family got enslaved, then devoured by the dinosaurs. During her confinement, she witnessed the cruelty and exploitation of her race, she made some friends, some maimed, some dismembered, one of them got sacrificed and eaten. Some slave owners were human themselves, they justified their allegiance for the sake of their own survival.

What kind of life is this? To be taken from our homes to be consumed by monsters. I can't wait to leave Raptor Island. The girl thought, while she waited for the ship to arrive. Shadow looked at the girl and salivated, licking her poisonous saliva from her lips and sharp teeth before her silhouettes shapeshifted into her human form, her dark tied into a ponytail, her dark caramel skin, sleek black shirt, dark red pants and her red eyes beaming at the sight of her prey as she sneaked up behind her. One day, I'll come back to this Island to face the ruler of Relizia and free my people.

"Leaving so soon?" Shadow asked before the human runaway turned to see another teenage girl, just like her. Though there was something off putting about her but can't describe what exactly.

"Who are you?" She asked before Shadow grinned, revealing her sharp teeth before that it dawned on her that she was one of the hybrids.

"Your shadow." Shadow's red eyes dilated before she bit the human girl's neck, sinking her teeth to her throat. The purple haired girl tried to pry Shadow away from her, but her body got paralyzed by the poison circulating through her cardiovascular system. Shadow took a bite out of the girl's neck, tearing her flesh. After taking a good look at her victim, Shadow consider taking her form while the girl's piercing green eyes stared in horror. Shadow used her sickle claw to break the girl's clavicle and used one of her bones as a sample to take on the girl's form. Shadow's dark hand radiated with a violet fiery glow before she crushed the bone with magic.

Shadow's human form changed from a dark complection to the spitting image of her victim. Long violet hair, pale light skin, and piercing green eyes. The last the victim saw was Shadow licking the blood from her lips before she died. She reverted to her Indoraptor form before dismembering the corpse with her sickle claw. She organized the limbs and organs in her stash to replenish her supply.

"Have any of you seen Shadow?" Ripper asked. Suzanne shrugged while Indy shook her head.

"She's probably eating hands." Blue commented, while Suzanne licked the bowl of dried blood. Shadow walked up to the Raptor Squad with her new human form.

"Hey guys, I got fresh human limbs." The Raptor Squad looked at her quizzically before Suzanne sniffed at her like a bloodhound before Shadow turned back into an Indoraptor, giving an annoyed look.

"Yeah, it's her alright." Suzanne confirmed.

"What did I miss?" Shadow asked.

"Not much." Indy said.

"The mirror guy beat the bird girl, and the old man beat the kid with one strike." Blue said wagging her tail.

June had gotten out of the infirmary, patched up from the cuts: one on her cheek inches away from her right ear, one on her forehead, another one on her clavicle, one on her left forearm and another on her right arm, one on her hip, another on her thigh, and the last one on her calf.

Vilma glared at June from afar while the young blonde headed to where the other participants were, halfway around the hall she met up with Faim. The receptionist watched while the blonde fighters were talking. "I was going to visit you at the infirmary. Glad to see that you recovered quickly." Faim started.

"I was going to stay there until I received a notification from one of the judges. I passed." June replied with renewed vigor, just when she thought that she lost her chance to save her sister from her captors, the notification came to her as if it were godsend. "Now I have more of a reason to fight." June gave out a genuine smile.

"Careful, there is a chance that I'll be fighting you." Faim nudged at June before Eimy spotted him.

"Did I miss anything?" Eimy asked while she saw them in mild curiosity.

"Not at all," Faim said to her, "June, meet my sister, Eimy." June turned to see a woman wearing a colorful headscarf, a white blouse, a dark vest, an apron, baggy pants and zori shoes, though she had brown eyes and blonde hair like her brother.

"Nice to meet you," Eimy extended her hand before June did the same to give her a handshake. "I didn't get the chance to watch your match since I had to accompany my boss."

"It's fine." June replied while they released the handshake before Eimy put her hands in the pocket of her apron.

"How's your sister?" Faim asked.

"She's doing fine." June replied though she kept a straight face, she didn't want them to know about her situation.

"Did she come with you?" It was Eimy who asked.

"Not really." How was June going to tell them hat her own sister had been kidnapped for years and the only guarantee she has by freeing her is by winning this tournament.

"I was considering inviting the two of you to our place after the tournament, isn't that right, Eimy?" Faim suggested.

"Perhaps another time. It was nice knowing you, June. I have to find Dirlu before she finds me, see you later Faim." Eimy said before she went back to look for Dirlu.

"Later." Faim gave a dismissive wave at his sister. He knew that she was going to bail at the mention of inviting someone home.

No way I'm lettin' him "invite" another guest, I already have Mewmi mooching on the house for nearly 4 years now. I'm the one who does the cooking and cleaning, if Faim even tries to invite another guest over, either he pulls his weight in doing the chores or I'm moving out. Eimy thought as she looked for her boss.

S Penumbra brought Ruben II and Dirlu to Quinn's cubicle, Quinn was the new intern to work for the receptionists. Quinn's goal was to be in charge of administrating the Gladatorium's finances. Arrows's Administration, that was until Patricia took over the reception and got Samoht promoted at the reception, which S Penumbra could testify that Sam remained a lazy mook and had to keep her eye on him. Quinn could be a hyperactive cinnamon bun, though she was a bit of a chatterbox.

"Quinn, you got clients." The supervisor notified personally.

"Goodie! How may I help you?" The bubbly employee asked.

"I paid 4,500ğ on a wager and won, but this man still hasn't returned my money with interest." Dirlu said.

"With the foreign money I'm getting she's the only one whose given me these kinds of bills." Ruben showed the three 1,500ğ bills before he passed it to Quinn.

"Oh, yeah. Goung told me about the currency on his world..." Quinn recalled.

"How much is it?" The Cinnabarian asked her.

"Depends on the currency you have." Quinn stated before Ruben II took out the ₩50,000 bill, 650 rubles, 50 gules, a copper coin, and 3,000 turkish lyres.

"With the ₩50,000 bill you could get at least 1,200ğ; with the 650 rubles you could get 65ğ; the copper coin has no value, and the 3,000 turkish liras you have 485ğ. Leaving you a total of 1,750ğ. The only way you can raise the value of the currency to pay her is to convert it the rubles to liras, the liras to won and the won to euros. An euro is the equivalent of 2,600ğ; foreign currency is tricky at best." Quinn rambled while she converted the currency to what she could estimate was Ğ1.25 (it takes 10,000ğ to turn into Ğ1.) What Ruben received was 10,258ğ he gave the Ğ1 to Dirlu to get rid of her and Ruben stayed at the cubicle to negotiate with Quinn about converting the money to rories and gules.

The hostess found Chris conversing with his younger brother. "The one time I wanted you to win, and this is what happens. This is what I get for opening my big mouth." Tony snapped at him while the older Venusian was nonchalant.

"You should know by now that I don't hurt a lady." Chris replied.

"What about Emily?" Tony asked him, Chris gave him a cold glare. The blonde Venusian had known Emily since she was a child, she considered him her best friend, she also had a lot of potential as a cook. Unfortunately, she made a wrong decision when she resorted to selling drugs on the streets. When she flatly denied her involvement in the drug trafficking cases, he had no other choice but to shoot her. He couldn't look at her in the eye when she shot her skull.

"That is none of your business." Chris responded coldly.

"You're right, it isn't." He shrugged. "But when you told me that you shot someone for calling you Mr. Blue..." Chris pulled out a gun from thin air and pointed it at him at the jugular. "Really bro? At a public place?"

"Don't test me." It wasn't a threat, it was a direct order. Chris then made the weapon disappear.

The host stepped in to talk to Chris. "I was impressed with your performance at the arena. You sure had me fooled." She commented.

Chris gave an analytical glance at the woman before him, an average female with an average height, thick eyebrows, shoulder length black hair, pale complexion. She wore a dark grey suit and black boots, if it wasn't for her voice, he would've been thrown off at her androgynous appearance, mistaking her for a man. The stubly chin and neck didn't help her case either.

"I came to ask you if you would like to stay in the tournament for another round? That is, if you want another chance to return to the arena." She asked him.

"That's very generous of you, but I would have to decline on your offer." Chris responded.

"As you wish." Natalie responded before she gave a participation ribbon and certificate. "Here is your parting gift." She gave him the certificate of participation of the Gladatorium with the signatures of the host and stadium director before he made it disappear into thin air, along with the ribbon. "Have a nice day." Natalie gave a smile to both Chris and Tony before she walked away.

"What else is new?" The bearded janitor inquired angrily.

"Well, there's aliens, dinosaurs, deities, gods, hybrids, angels, martial artists, wizards, and the aforementioned reptilian." Geoffrey responded as if it were a common occurence.

"This is why this world has got to go. Not only is this place normalizing witchcraft, it's a hotspot for demons." Jecamiah pushed the janitor cart down the hall.

"One of my coworkers is an elf so..." Geoffrey drawled, twiddling his fingers.

"An elf is a nightmarish creature, Geoff." Jecamiah reminded him.

"I can hear you." Alma came out of the reception and dropped in on their conversation. "And for your information, I'll turn nightmarish when I don't get my drink." Alma paused for a brief second to hold her beverage, then added, "I can report you for discrimination."

"I almost forgot that this generation has developed tickling ears." Jecamiah recalled as he gestured at his ears and traced an imaginary point at the helix of the ear.

"Very funny." Alma sneered, her earrings dangled at the motion while the janitor pushed the cart, walking past her.

Haeji and Joon saw a nurse carry Ratu unconscious to an empty bed, the same bed where June used to be.

"Can I leave now?" Haeji asked Nour.

"Sure." The Tunisian nurse replied before she took out an ointment and a gauze to give it to the Daiotu thief to treat her injury. "Just put on the ointment every 3 hours and the wound will heal a lot faster."

"Thanks." Haeji said lamely, she was worried about Joon. Who knows when Patricia was going to surprise them with another electroshock therapy, courtesy of the EMCuff. Now that she was here with her older brother, how was she going to remove them?