Dellapero VS Hayden [Madness Tournament Event]

The first round of the tournament reached an anti-climactic closing. Though through some medium or another, the Unknown operative had secured victory. Now it was time to step into the next round and hopefully engage in a proper fight this time around. He didn't bother looking up anything regarding his adversary, preferring to keep the information unknown to add to the surprise factor and make the battle more enjoyable. It was more realistic to keep things as vague as possible with the new generation of powerhouses rising up over the last few years.

Dellapero entered the broken-down city, his eyes tracing the outlines of every structure that composed it. Now this was more like it! The desert was such a bore, but a city like this was more his style. He could do without the darker state of ruin it had taken, but if this next battle was anything serious, it would end up this way regardless. The Vanguard operative walked forward, steps echoing through the seemingly desolate world. He wanted to be absolutely sure it was as empty as it appeared though. With Mana behind this, the place having a few residents left to be caught in the crossfire for some kind of moral shenanigans wouldn't be a surprise. His eagle-like vision gave him a keen view of everything around, gazing through windows and catching traces f the ruined structures interior. Not a sight or sound caught his attention after a few good moments checking around. Maybe the place was just as void as it looked..Which meant.'

He had the entire city to himself as a playground this time around! It wasn't often he had such an environment to mess with in a fight, but it was a great place to test some new moves and cut loose a little. He kicked off the ground, leaping high into the air and above one of the many damaged buildings that lined the arena. His feet landed on the rooftop, staying in place only for a moment. With a giant place like this, he just had to do some exploring! His would-be opponent was probably on the other side of the city as well. Not wasting a moment, the oddly-adorned swordsmen darted forward. His twin scarves swayed in the wind as he jumped from one building to the next. each step was a great leap, carving through the sky with great speed and form.

It took only a few moments for one of the arena's hidden properties to debut right below his feet. As Grance dashed forward, one of the buildings below him began to rustle violently. He blinked, having no idea what was happened. His advanced senses gave him ample time to recognize it and move though. His foot touched the rooftop, and just as before he darted to the next building; putting the extra effort in his motion to rise substantially higher and away from the reacting structure. Unfortunately, even knowing what was going to happen ahead of time wasn't enough to fully avoid the result. The entire skyscraper detonated below him! Flames, ash, and debris spilled out in every direction. The force of the blast knocked the Human off course- directing him to a different building than his initial target. The explosion also caused small burns on his left-leg, burning to cinders part of the fabric as well.

Right when he was excited to go about running across every structure in the city, the mistress of madness just -had- to add something like that to ruin it.

"Oh...Well then! Probably shouldn't stay up here too long!"

He landed without issue atop another building, taking only a moment to gaze over the surrounding area. Thankfully, his augmented sight gave him just the slightest view of Hayden in the distance. Possibly they could be heading his way after the sound of that explosion rocked the landscape. He'd meet them in the middle, hopefully not encountering anymore of those spontaneous explosions along the way!

The Unknown Vanguard operative darted toward his new opponent, adrenaline pumping through his veins already in anticipation for a good fight to actually kick thing s off this time around. Once the two were close enough to get a proper view of one another, the veteran descended from above, crossing the vast distance between the sky and ground without issue and landing on his feet amid the tarnished open roads. He stopped there, stretching his arms to the sky and stretching them. He carried a cheerful disposition in contrast to many others in the tournament. His emerald iris looked over Hayden curiously, trying to get a feel for their strength not just physically, but for their strength of mind and spirit.

As for Dellapero himself? His outward appearance would have most presume he was a physical powerhouse, and that wasn't entirely inaccurate. His sleeveless arms were adorned in muscle and he had a large built frame. However, two things were a miss to fit that depiction. The level of his spiritual pressure was abysmal compared to fighters of Hayden's caliber and his physical talents were drastically weaker than normal due to his own personal restraints. That would become clear soon enough, but from the perspective of most, this would seem like an easy battle early on. He was counting on that a bit to give him enough time to finish warming up for the real fight. Traces of green bio-electricity were already starting to build around him. What purpose it had was unknown, and in truth there was none. Rather, his innate ability was already starting to kick in from the adrenaline coursing through him at that moment. it crackled loudly around him, his physical make-up being rewritten and improved already. He was confident that he would need to be at his to make the coming battle as enjoyable as possible.

" Haven't seen anyone else around, so I guess you're my opponent eh? Nice to meet ya'. Name's Dellapero. You look pretty tough. I needed some stronger opponents to get ready for fighting the hostess later. Well, I'm ready whenever you are! And if you're wondering about that bang a minute ago, she just had to go and make the buildings explosive. Its a shame, because I was looking forward to a fight over the rooftops. ..i mean,. we still could, but standing on bombs generally isn't a good idea!"

Grance adjusted his stance, stretching the rest of his body before dawning a basic combat stance. His hands rested closely to the twin swords at his side, ready to draw them at a moment's notice if Hayden dawned any form of weapon of his own. Though he was more than content starting things off with some old-fashioned punching to get warmed up for the real fight. He wasn't sure about his claim a moment ago at first, but after the last fight, he made a decision on it. The point of joining this was to push himself to the next level and test how far his strength could come. What better opponent to do that then one of the most powerful monstrosities the modern age had come to fear and respect? Of course he wasn't just using this battle as a warm up for that either. These coming fights were going to be just as intense as his near-death experience against Starrk not long ago, and that is what he was counting on to push himself to a point he could fight the mad queen on his own by the end of this.