(It's the final match of this SFT vs. VCO collaboration combat event. The energy within the crowd is anxious, very desirous for a legendary main event to conclude an SFT-collabed event since over a decade ago.) [b]Auro:[/b] And now, your final fight begins now..... *Crowd cheers. Sai glares over at the large entrance on the VCO side, deeply questioning himself on who will be [b]Sephinon[/b]'s opponent.* [b]Auro:[/b] The Glacier Warrior: [b]SEPHINON[/b]! *SFT fighter entrance slides open, revealing the iconic [b]Sephinon[/b], followed by an outburst of cheers, repeated "[b]Sephinon[/b]!" chants included. These chants continue until [b]Sephinon[/b] gradually walks to the combat area. To her left, [b]Auro[/b] can hear low-pitched snickering from [b]Aredeses[/b], who is looking down at her phone, which seems to be the cause of her soft, but evil laughter. From what [b]Auro[/b] can try and make out, it looks like a text message sent to [b]Aredeses[/b]. She then turns to [b]Auro[/b], speaking lowly on the mic in broken English: "[b]Sephinon[/b]...is...defeat." before turning to the crowd, ready to announce the mystery VCO combatant. [b]Aredeses:[/b] *in Greek* (Your mystery VCO combatant...... [spoiler]Gladiatorial King...Roman...[b]Deiphamos[/b].[/spoiler] *The crowd gasps in shock, Sai makes a concerned look, and his allies also look concerned. A governmental figure is the mystery combatant, enough proof that strings were being pulled for [b]Vaisallon[/b]'s advantage. The crowd all turn to the VCO entrance, just waiting for the doors to slide open, but someone points to something mid-air: "He's up there!" Revealing the Gladiatorial King, slowly descending onto the combat area. Roman looks to his left, along the platforms to see [b]Liomage[/b] and [b]Divenos[/b], followed by random High Council members, all furiously marching close to him.* [b]Divenos:[/b] *into a mic* Hey despot, you can't do that! Governmental officials can't just compete in combat sports! [b]Roman:[/b] *into a mic that was thrown to him by [b]Aredeses[/b]* In this case, YOUR governmental officials can't compete in combat sports. It was already decided, and even your beloved [b]Sephinon[/b] agreed. *The VCO entrance slides open, revealing Roman's loyalists and a squad of [b]Vaisallian[/b] soldiers with packs of armored dogs behind them. [b]Grandmaster Riuno[/b] floats towards Roman, lending his hand out for the microphone as the Gladiatorial King hands it to him.* [b]Grandmaster Riuno:[/b] *into the mic* Unfortunately for you, [b]Saitranovians[/b], it's true. [b]Sephinon[/b], we will make a deal. If you do win, we will confirm to a truce, and we'll end this [b]Saitranovia-Vaisallon[/b] Regions rivalry as a tie. *Roman gives [b]Grandmaster Riuno[/b] a dirty look due to the fact that Roman wants retribution, and for [b]Grandmaster Riuno[/b] to oppose it really seems offensive to him. He just won't back down and resort to a draw for something he's been planning for years.* [b]Grandmaster Riuno:[/b] However, if Roman wins, well...when he wins...I'll let him decide what changes will be brought upon [b]Saitranovia[/b]. Let this match begin. *[b]Grandmaster Riuno[/b] joins the rest of Roman's loyalists on the sidelines, while all around, everyone is glued to this match, from the GB&P, the S.S., the SIU, [b]Severaes[/b] and his crew, the Purple Cloaks, even Gladiatorial Queen [b]Thesinia[/b] all the way down in [b]Vaisallon[/b] Regions.* _____________________ [b][u]*Cliche--blam!- opening theme plays*[/u][/b] _____________________ [b][u][FIGHT SEQUENCE][/u][/b] *Much like the previous match, the current one begins with an anxious standoff between [b]Sephinon[/b] and Roman, aided by massive cheers, but one thing is for sure; majority of the cheers are for the home-field fighter [b]Sephinon[/b], who moves first by casually walking around Roman in a circle while trails of ice follow, a way of gaining momentum. Not waiting for [b]Sephinon[/b] to make a move, Roman teleports right in front of him, delivering an energy-assisted punch guarded by an ice shield that was quickly set up. Roman cracks the shield, but ice particles on his glove start to enlarge, freezing and entrapping his right hand, giving [b]Sephinon[/b] a chance to fire ice shards into Roman's body, then a -blam!- combo with his cybernetic cryo sword. He goes for another ice blast, but energy bursts around Roman, causing [b]Sephinon[/b] to jump back.* *Blue energy emits around Roman's right hand, lightly exploding as the ice breaks, freeing his hand. Closing in on the Gladiatorial King, [b]Sephinon[/b] throws out several sword attacks that are all evaded. Roman attempts to grab [b]Sephinon[/b], who notices and counters by trapping Roman's arms in ice, then teleports away to create some distance.* [b]Roman:[/b] *busting the ice off his arms, then lightly paces* Ahh, so you're relying on ranged combat rather than up close?! [b]Sephinon:[/b] *charging his cryo sword, light blue energy and ice vapor emitting* I've studied you in combat. You prefer close-ranged, mostly reliant on melee, but you're a quick adapter. No wonder you're one of the best VCO combatants within its entire history. *The 2 rush each other, [b]Sephinon[/b] with his cryo sword raised diagonally, and Roman raising his right hand, fueled by blue and golden energy. The 2 clash their attacks, creating this combined gold and blue and icy energy explosion, releasing a massive shockwave, slightly shaking the entire coliseum. Dark blue ice starts to suffuse over Roman's body, [b]Sephinon[/b] coming in with a swift low kick to his right leg that is covered by ice. Seeing Roman unbalanced, [b]Sephinon[/b] follows up with a sword slash to another part of Roman's body that is covered in ice; his left arm, then hits a double-fist one-inch punch, sending Roman back. [b]Sephinon[/b] then rains down ice pillars, dealing some good damage to Roman, but he's not done there, as he traps Roman in an ice sphere in attempts to weaken him.* [b]Saitonia:[/b] *sort of amused at [b]Sephinon[/b]'s performance, saying to himself* Wow. [b]Sephinon[/b] is really handing it to the Gladiatorial King. When I get my hands on him, I'll do worse than anything [b]Sephinon[/b] offers in this battle. *Sai turns towards [b]Kizani[/b], who appears to be watching the fight as well, only for her to turn right back at Sai in an instant, catching him off guard as he looks back down at the fight.* *Back with the fight, [b]Sephinon[/b] surfs on an ice wave towards the ice sphere. As he places his right hand on the ground, multiple ice pillars pierce through the sphere, causing it to shatter, but Roman was nowhere in that sphere. Instantly, a blue line flashes through [b]Sephinon[/b], who actually notices and covers his entire body in ice to lessen Roman's upcoming attack, and the Gladiatorial King indeed attacks with a sudden, crushing punch, right hand covered in his energy. The punch was strong enough to shatter the ice upon impact, dealing great amounts of damage to [b]Sephinon[/b] as a shockwave causes a tremor within the coliseum.* *[b]Sephinon[/b] recovers quickly after being sent flying meters back. He takes a quick look up to see Roman leaping into the air, then teleporting, reappearing right in front of [b]Sephinon[/b] as he unleashes swarms of teleportation punches, some landing on [b]Sephinon[/b], and some are blocked by his ice barriers. As Roman goes for one more teleportation strike, [b]Sephinon[/b] catches his hand with a small blast, causing ice to build up and weaken his left arm, following up with a larger ice blast that pushes Roman back.* *Roman is still on his feet from the blast. [b]Sephinon[/b] pursues him by shifting into an ice trail, then moving upward and shifting back into his normal form, mid-air, charging up ice energy spheres. Roman summons a barrier around his body, but surprisingly, [b]Sephinon[/b] doesn't fire at him, but instead, the ground around them, building a small-scale ice fortress within seconds. Technicians inside a tech room administer a camera drone to enter the fortress, displaying that drone's view on the big screen due to the fortress obscuring the action, with half the crowd's attention are turned to the big screen.* *The drone has made it inside the ice fortress, which doesn't have that much going on, just a huge lobby with parallel staircases going up. The drone is witnessing [b]Sephinon[/b] locking himself inside a cryo chamber hung meters off the ground. Roman attempts to punch the chamber open, but an ice wall holds him back and slows him down. Then, a blizzard occurs, obscuring the view on the chamber. Seconds later, as the blizzard stops, the chamber opens, revealing [b]Sephinon[/b] landing out of the chamber and in his incarnation called Glacier Vanquisher; sporting thin, icy, dark blue and black armor around his entire body, and forming a mask on his face. The crowd reacts in astonishment.* [b]Random Spectator:[/b] Oh, [b]Sephinon[/b]'s winning for sure. I can just feel the freezing air, just giving me intense shivers. [b]Saitonia:[/b] *observing [b]Sephinon[/b]'s Glacier Vanquisher incarnation* (You may have a powerful incarnation, [b]Sephinon[/b], but let us see how efficiently you'll use it.) [b]Roman:[/b] *mockingly* That's a nice little form you got there, Glacier Warrior. [b]Sephinon:[/b] I wouldn't underestimate it. I could freeze you on the inside and cause destruction to the body at molecular and even subatomic levels, but I won't go that far. [b]Roman:[/b] Psh, soft, like the rest of these [b]Saitranovians[/b]. In [b]Vaisallian[/b] culture, it ain't a VCO fight if one or both competitors aren't at a millimeter of their life, and here, I'm gonna show you. [b][i]*Continuing Below*[/i][/b]