edit by @UnBaed     The punch connected with the boy’s chin.   The nine-year-old’s vision washed out with stars, and he felt himself crash to the dusty floor of the fighting pit. The pain that throbbed through his face, though, was nothing compared to the sound that followed: the cheering from the spectator’s stands, and the umpire’s proclamation.   “AAAAND THE WINNER IS THE YOUNG LORD KORTREVICH!”   Rage swelled in the boy as he shakily cl