Arena of the Warlords (Warlords)

Trigger Warning: Death, violence, shooting, gun mentions, cussing.
== Prologue ==
"Check it out Blake, this place looks fuckin' sick!"
Navire had one hand wrapped around the helicopter's grip bar, half of her body hanging out as she admired Spire Majoris below. Up here, the view of the entire arena was incredible. Spire Majoris sat on the edge of a cliff, its boundaries reaching beyond the cliff edge. A maze of stairs and ladders bordering the sides of a waterfall linked the top half of the Spire arena to its lower boundary, an old research facility weaving itself through the lands. Both sides of the arena had one massive spire each, hence the Blood Arena's name.
The Spire might have once been populated with more than bloodthirsty mercenaries seeking death and destruction in exchange for fame and money. No one had ever bothered to look into why the research facility was there, but all Warlords knew that it was now their property. Perhaps, the facility might have once been used to advance technological discoveries, or biochemical research and weaponry. That was known just through exploring the facility and looking at all the things that had been left behind. Now, it was the battleground of twenty-two mercenaries who were willing to fight to death for a variety of reasons.
For some, it was the money. A popular Warlord could have hundreds of millions of dollars bet on them and if they were to come out at the top three at the end of the match, they got a generous portion of it, more so if they were top three at the end of the season. For others, it was the thrill. There was nothing more exciting than fighting for one's life in a massive arena, scavenging the land and fading corpses for loot. And for a small handful, it was just having the reason to kill. Navire liked to think she was a little bit of all three.
As much as she wanted to jump down now and explore the whole arena, it wasn't time just yet. Behind her in the second seat, Blake peered out at the Spire below. "Wonder what this facility was used for," The Techmaster muttered, his voice crackling over Navire's headset.