CH-9, ADMIT DEFEAT

Brizio stood there dumbfounded. Never in his life, he had thought that someone would challenge him like this. A loud laugh broke the stealth silence of the entire arena. When people looked at the source, they saw that Brizio was laughing madly and his entire demeanor was shaking.

Yes, Brizio was laughing not happily but angrily. He thought Lola was looking down on him. How dare she look down on him?! Does she think that she is the strongest? It made him laugh with rage.

The smile on his face disappeared and it turned sinister.

"Then I think I have to agree with it. After all, I never turn down any lady's request. If that's what you want so be it."

He turned his head towards a man who was standing below the stage near the entrance. The person immediately understood what he meant and came running to the stage and stood near Lola to guard her.

The audience who were present there didn't know about Lola and how strong she is so they thought that she was doing this only to humiliate Brizio. Some of the young girls and ladies even retaliated, "Who the hell does she think she is?"

"Does she know who she is challenging?"

"Hump, I think she only wants to show off so that when brio wins, she -defeated her."

"Admit you b*tch, that you don't want your face to be ruined by my brio."

Lola was irked by their lame lines so rather than wasting her energy on replying she only gave them a look full of coldness. Those ladies who were trying to show their affection by verbally insulting her felt a chill down their spine. When their eyes met with Lola, they were so frightened that all of them shut their mouth at once and cowered back to their seats.

Seeing this Brizio smiled and tried to comfort them.

"Relax ladies, she won't eat you. Why don't you girls sit there, relax, and watch how magnificently I smash that thin wall of ice?"

Those ladies who were just frightened to their core cheered up. They even cheered back for Brizio. Brizio smiled back to them and turned his attention back to the wall standing between him and Lola.

"Now audiences, behold my magic! which will crush that wall of ice."

He casted, "Fire hammer."

The crowd was in an uproar again. Swirls of fire appeared around his wand and ascended towards heaven. It changed its shape into a giant hammer made up of orange fire. That was the highest level of fire hammer he can cast. He pointed his wand on the ice wall and the heavy hammer fell on it with a huge loud thump. Sparks of fire flew everywhere. The whole stage was covered with smoke.

They were so confident about brizio's power that the audiences already began to celebrate for his win and the host also didn't wait to see if the wall broke or not and announced, "The winner of this battle is Red he…"

But his voice broke down when they caught the sight of the wall. The smoke finally diminished and what they saw made their jaw's drop to the ground. The wall was still standing there unscathed. There wasn't even a scratch on the wall.

Brizio was also surprised, "How… how is this possible?"

He gritted his teeth and accused Lola, "You said that you won't use magic then how come the wall didn't break? You deceived me!"

Lola only chuckled slightly, "Mr. Davide if the wall didn't break doesn't mean that I had strengthened it. It also means that the amount of magic was insufficient to break my ice wall. It didn't even scratch it. If you think I lied then how about asking your trusted man? After all, you were the one who had chosen him. He won't lie to you, right?"

Brizio turned his head towards that man and he saluted him before replying, "Sir, I guarantee with my utmost loyalty that she hasn't used even a tiny bit of magic."

Brizio could only remain silent. He was happy that Lola can't use her magic but also felt frustrated that his strongest fire hammer spell didn't even make a dent on that wall. But he regained his composure and thought that "It didn't break the first time but I will break it the second time."

He lifted his wand and casted, "Fire hammer!"

Another enormous hammer hit on the wall but this time also there was no visible mark on the wall like the wall is not made up of ice but diamond.

Brizio panicked, "It's… fine… not the second time but I will break it the third time for sure!"

"Fire hammer!"

'thump'

The wall was still there.

"Fire hammer!"

'thump'

The wall didn't even have melted from the heat let alone broke.

"Fire hammer" …

The series of fire hammer continued for some time. He even casted some of his other powerful spells which can be used to break a barrier. But the wall… was still standing there like it could stand there for eternity that it is not made up of ice but something indestructible.

The audience had long quieted down. Those rich young ladies who were cheering for him like his crazed fan were also silent with their eyes bulging out of their socket. They couldn't believe the scene which was playing in front of them.

The strongest contender of this underground arena couldn't even break an ice wall.

"Huff… huff… fire hammer… damn it why isn't working! It should have broken a while ago. Then why is it standing there like anew."

He had completely depleted his powers that he was struggling to gather his powers for the next attack. He kneeled on the ground while breathing heavily. But Lola was still standing there unfazed. One was drenched in sweat while the other was as cool as ice.

"So, you admit your defeat?"

"No! not until I break that damn wall of yours!"

Lola rolled her eyes in annoyance. She couldn't take this ridiculous act any longer and yelled at him, "Oh, you want to deplete your magic power completely and die so that you can arrest me as your murderer? Are you even in a state where you can gather your powers at least? Look at yourself! Your body needs rest. Your mind may be stubborn but your body isn't. Give up!"

Brizio could only bite his lips in frustration. He can't believe it. He can't believe that he wasn't able to break a wall made up of ice.

He slowly stood up. Lola looked at the host who was standing there dazed. When he saw Lola look towards him, he understood and announced, "So, the winner of this underground battle is Miss Lola!"

Even after the announcement of the winner, no one clapped. They were also in shock about what their eyes witnessed. Were all those true or just their eyes playing tricks on them?

Lola didn't care about it even a bit and made her ice wall disappear. She then walked up to him and asked, "So, you lost. That means you must leave this area. And from now on this area, the businesses in this area have nothing to do with you. You also stop pestering her. got it?"

She thought that she could finally get rid of him and that this area is finally free from Brizio. But in the next moment, she heard him laugh like he had gone crazy.