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"I'll be fine. Just make sure you win. That Rajaka guy's Ki feels..." Mikey paused and shook his head again. "I'm sure you've got this!" Mikey waved Jenso off and sat down at the foot of the tree thinking over the events. He'd lost a friend to this too, and for all he knew, Charles was already dead.

I'm countin' on ya, man..

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~ End Of Chapter 61~

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Mikey shook his head. "Permanently? Feh, It's hard enough to seal it temporarily without outright cutting somebody's arm off. In order to seal it permanently, you'd probably need to seal the network off at the spinal cord with an insane amount of focused Ki. Even my pops couldn't do that, though... And don't worry about healing. I'll heal you, assuming you survive. You just gotta win, haha."

A Hero Tale {Complete}

"Jenso, I've been awake for a while. I heard about Sera's plan and all that stuff already. You think their drugs were enough to keep me down? Haha! With my arcane manipulation, and liquid healing, they couldn't keep me down. I wasn't able to find Ross though. I have no idea where he is, haha.. But think about it, the prize goes to the winner, right?" Mikey paused and groaned in pain as he stood up. "The way I see it, if you win, they'll have to take you to wherever they're keeping Ross. One thing's for sure, either they're hiding his aura, or he's already.." Mikey stopped and shook his head. "He might also be somewhere else... Back in texh-mo? I don't know. Wherever he is though, there's no finding him while Sera has the kingdom in the palm of his hand. And the king too.. Gah!" Mikey nodded and smiled.

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"Whoa whoa, slow down there, champ," Mikey coughed, pushing himself up. He clenched his fist and opened it, staring intently at his palm. "Mmm... Yep, I've still got injuries from our fight, but I can move just fine. You should get back to the Arena," Mikey said, ignoring everything Jenso stated. "I think it's about evening, and your fights gonna start, right?" He paused and waited for Jenso to respond. Was he crazy?

A Hero Tale {Complete}

"You can't-" The man was cut off as Jenso knocked him out, and the smoke immediately began to spread. Men flooded the hall, but Jenso was barely able to sneak by their motion-detecting visors. The increase heat also disrupted their heat-detection properties. Fortunately, the outside of the palace seemed empty, unlike earlier. Were they all going after Jenso? Who knew. Mikey began to shift uncomfortably as Jenso escaped the castle grounds.

"H..Hey.."

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"You don't understand, this yearly tradition.. Sir Sera hates it just as much as you do- We all hate it. The king thinks it's fine, and with all of the revenue he's gained with this stupid yearly tournament, along with his own power, this king's hold on my capitol, Sera's capitol, has become absolute. Our people are forced to work for him, and he's loaded enough of his troops with our technology that we can't even stand up to him. A select few of us know about this, only us 5. We're here, working under Sera, to end this tournament once and for all. With the arrival of people like Ross, Mikey, and you, it's-"

Suddenly footsteps were heard down the hell, metallic in nature. More men with enhanced legs? Oh no!

"...Jenso, Tech-Mo has been suffering under the king's rule for too long. You have to let Sera do this."

A Hero Tale {Complete}

The man looked away and nodded. "If it saved thousands, what is one death? It's.. Necessary."

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The man stayed silent for a moment, and looked away from Jenso. "Jenso, is it?.. I uh. I can't do that," He said quietly, "If I do that, Sera will never be able to complete his plan.. And.."

A Hero Tale {Complete}

The man hesitated for a moment, but nodded, knowing full well that Jenso was capable of far worse than what he'd just seen. He rose the the speaker up to his mouth, breathed deeply, and nodded before pressing a button in his glove.

"Subject Gold has been subdued, I repeat, subject Gold has been subdued," He announced. A moment later, Sera's voice came online...

"Subdued!? Did he break the illusion? How did you even take him down? Report! Over!"

"He broke through your illusion magic, master Sera. Many of my men were taken out, but our electrical bullets were enough to weaken him to the point where I could knock him out with my limb enhancers, over."

"...Well, then! What are you waiting for? Take up to the extraction chamber! Over and out."

The man sighed and nodded again. "Mikey is just weak from his battle with you, we never healed him. We've just sedated him, and we were keeping him safe until you showed up. Ross is..."

A Hero Tale: Felix

"Yeah-yeah-yeah, I hear that sort of stuff a lot out here, now," The man suddenly murmured, loudly enough for Felix to hear, "Guy who tossed my cart said the same thing! Dashed through and knocked it right off its wheels. Killed ole' Whimsly too.."