Living Weapon

"He's approaching the first trial!" 

"It's the stone sentinels! I remember this trial from the previous tournament! They're quite strong, so this should expose him if he's a fraud."

"What is he doing? After brutalizing his enemy, he's now bringing one of them with him into the battle? Is he going to team up on the sentinel? That's cheating! He should be eliminated."

Millions of similar comments filled the arena as the crowd watched John approach his first true test. They had not seen much of what he had done to Gerid and the others, and so had not seen him reveal his strength yet. 

More chants of John being a cheater flooded the arena as they saw him bring Gerid into the battle with him, but those chants were almost immediately silenced as they watched what Gerid's role in the battle was.

Their eyes widened with shock once more, then grimacing horror as the gruesome battle unfolded before them.

…

Bang!