Malice Fight: Tournament Arc

The battle against Malice took place during the finale of the Tournament Arc. Malice had gained the magic energy of all the Class B students who were in the arena where The Siphon was located. Using this, he was not nearly at his full strength, but was more than powerful enough to take them head on, even with the help of Ryder, Lokii, and Red.

Location
The fight took place in The Arena, which was linked to The Resort via dimensional transport.

Characters Involved
Most of the Class B students were involved, along with appearances from Ryder, Lokii, and Red.

The Conflict
This is a retelling of the event by Echo, all credit goes to him. Edit where needed.

The students arrived at the arena, ready for the fight that would take place that day, with Ryder accompanying them there. However, it seemed Lori was there first, inspecting the chain-like structure that stood in the center of the arena. Ryder had walked to the front of the group, knowing what Lori truly was as words were exchanged. But shortly thereafter, Lori stepped into the structure as it turned from its regular blue tinge to a ominous violet as Lori took on his true form as Malice.

This was, of course, followed by an explanation of who he was and why he was here, angering the students. Ryder wanted them to stay back, urging them to escape but the students resisted, Robin approaching and being swiftly knocked out by Malice due to being poisoned previously by Malice in preparation for this moment. Standing their ground, the students took stance for battle. At this moment, 3 of the students attacked, the top 3 of the school: Angelo, Derik, and Hayden. They fought valiantly, attacking the Ancient known as Malice with their magic, but that wouldn’t do anything. The Siphon of the structure was too strong, rendering their magic basically useless. However, during this, Hayden had scored a hit against Malice’s chest, albeit small. Hayden was also at victim of friendly fire from Angelo who had chose to attack from the ground. At this time, Derik attacked but was forced against the electricity that had surrounded the structure, basically paralyzing him in place. Hayden kept attacking the Ancient as Angelo prepared his second attack, and finally launched it, hundreds of arrows launching towards Malice, but seeming to change trajectory and scored against Hayden, who was becoming progressively more exhausted. Angelo took to the air before being launched against the walls of the arena, unconscious and chained there as Hayden took on the Ancient singlehandedly. This of course, was a mistake.

Malice had had enough of this child’s play and was now getting a bit serious. While this was happening, Penelope, Ryker, and Jayden were on the ground, taking care of the injured and getting people to safety that had showed up to watch the fight. Penelope and Teri, the person controlling the shadow from a place no where near the school had saved Derik from the structure, dragging him down and trying to heal up his wounds. She was distracted then by Ryker, who had now taken action, blinking in and out of sight as he made his way up to Angelo, trying to break the chain. Jayden soon joined him as they formulated a plan on how they could beat Malice, while also saving the unconscious Angelo from his binding. During this time, Red, the cowboy man, showed up and had sunk multiple gunshots into Malice, although it seemed to almost do nothing as Malice took the horns off of his head and started to fight Hayden. The fight was bloody, Hayden, albeit strong, was quickly taken advantage of, Malice landing the first strike against him. Hayden fought fiercely against the Ancient, but he was too strong, soon bringing Hayden down to the ground, sinking his horns into the Tenno’s neck and head, dealing devastating blows. But at that moment, Loki, another somewhat enemy of the students decided to show up, blowing Malice a short ways off of Hayden, giving Nick, Hayden’s best friend, an opening to get Hayden out of there. After this, Malice and Loki had started to talk to one another. Could you imagine that? A conversation over a place where a murder just took place. Jayden and Ryker, who had put their plan into motion had been ready to attack, about to rush forward before Loki blew Jayden back against the wall, splintering his armor like it was nothing. Left with no other options, the students wanted to retreat, but Ryker, a stubborn student, wanted to fight. He was furious, about to rush in before Penelope and Jayden stopped him, convincing him to escape with them. Ryker reluctantly refused as Jayden said goodbye and went back to Ionia. Loki and Malice were still engaging in conversation as the beaten and battered students made their way over to Robin, who had regained consciousness. Robin had made a portal, although it took most of his willpower to keep it open, which would lead the students back to the resort. Then, right as they were about to enter, Malice came over to them, Loki nowhere to be seen. He said a few words, looking at a few of the students in turn. To Ryker: “Be of more use to your friends.” To Derik: “No one wants to see you cry during battle, toughen up.” To Penelope and Robin: “Useless.” (Note: Not the actual words spoken, just what I remember.) Malice then disappeared as the students entered the portal, leaving Robin behind. Hayden was dead, Malice had regained power.