As soon as Night Soldier said ‘one,’ his hologram disappeared and the crowd went wild. They screamed our names to high heavens, making it impossible to pick out our individual names from their screams.
But we didn’t need to because once the match began, I summoned a light hammer in my hands and rushed toward Omar, swinging my hammer at his face. Omar reacted quickly, however, a round metal shield forming out of his hands. My hammer slammed into the shield, making a ringing, gong-like sound, but Omar was unharmed and didn’t even budge.
Instead, displaying rather impressive reflexes, Omar shoved me back. I stumbled backward, while Omar’s right hand transformed into a spear that he thrust at me. I barely dodged it, however, and backed up, doing my best to stay out of Omar’s reach. It was t
