The arena clears fast, sand dragged over blood and broken pride. Zarronkamkar stays in the ring long enough to watch three more bouts turn ugly and brief.
Then the pale-sand demon rises. He drifts above his foe, calm as dust in a dead wind, and drops them hard into the ground with a single crushing blur.
The Black Goku
There. That one has the same pressure as before. Watch him.
By sunset, the gates groan shut. Zarronkamkar leaves the arena with his wounds stinging and the dark-spark token warm against him.
He rests in a forest camp through the night, firelight flickering across his striped hide while the arena noise fades into the dark.
Morning brings him back under the open sky. A few more bouts pass, and the crowd’s roar sharpens when the pale-sand fighter is called again.
This time, his opponent is built like a wall, broad and tense, waiting at center ring as the pale-sand demon turns toward him and the next match becomes Zarronkamkar's path to the final prize.
✓ Quest Accepted
Defeat the pale-sand demon