Your punch had struck the man although said punch seemed to have done nothing. Except when you looked your opponent who had a few grey hairs and wrinkles seemed to have freshened up a little bit. Color having returned to his hair and the wrinkles and scars being less prominent. The cocky man said "Come on! Give me a decent punch before I end you...'re career." The reckless orc side of you ran to the man and with better footing and windup you managed to give a very respectable punch. Just so happens you felt more confident and ended up giving a bit more magical juice subconsciously. The last punch must've made the man in his late 40's 20ish years younger, but with this current punch you could see the man's muscles and height start to shrivel. The armor became loose as his features became more childish and seemed to look more like a toddler. Looking at your own knuckles were slightly bloody as you punched the man on his armor this time which probably displaced some of the magic so the man hadn't just been turned into a fetus.
The kid asked "What happened?"
You said "Ugh... I think you are now a minor and technically cannot give consent to fight in this arena... So do I win by disqualification?" The orc part of you was trying to punch the elf part of you, but one of the managers spoke through the speakers.
The manager said "We do not condone violence to children in any way. Because of this the fight has to be halted. We will conduct a small investigation. If the magic was done by the orc himself then he will get the win, but if the magic was done by a third party his opponent will get the win."
A couple minutes after the fight ended you were with one of the managers with your opponent who were in some rags.
As you were wrapping your once bleeding knuckles as the manager asked "So then Drew, you were a good contestant for several years. Mind if I asked what you witnessed?"
The kid named Drew said "The fight went about the way you guys saw. I disarmed him then he punched me. The punch barely did anything, but I did feel a little weird. Good, refreshed, full of energy, and cocky. I asked him to punch me again, he did and if my footing had been a little worse and wasn't hit on my armor it would've hurt. However the tingling got worse and I started getting smaller and... It was just odd."
The manager nodded and asked "And how about you kid?"
You responded "when I punched him I think I had in my mind "Weaken him" I guess I had a little magic in me somehow? Then I punched him again with a similar idea."
The manager said "Well we have a bit of a problem here kid. It would be one thing if you killed Drew here, but now you've left us with a minor with no family and with no magical training trying to bring him back to normal is a bad idea. So we need to find someone to take care of Drew. Second problem is you indentured servitude ended a little while ago and we just have you on staff, but with that performance... The fight wasn't good and ended in a very weird way. A lot of people wanted their money back, but at least we were able to give them complementary tickets for another match... We're in luck we get most of our money in the arena from food, beverages, and restroom tokens."
Drew asked "Do I have any say in the whole me part of this problem?"
The manager said "you are a minor. The banks have frozen most of your money... It's hard to legally say you have any say in this. We all are in luck with everything here. So Kid we have to fire you due to this last performance, but you already have someone willing to employ you and this employment can solve all the problems we have here."
You asked "How so?"
The manager responded "Well there are some wealthy noble elves who were really interested in hiring an orc who can use magic as a bodyguard. They are more than aware you are untrained and would receive training both physically and magically. They also were willing to take in Drew here till he could be restored."
Drew asked "What if I don't want to be raised by elves?"
The manager raised an eyebrow and said 'These are noble elves. they have a ton of money and you'd be having amazing food and shelter. I know what your living conditions had been and you'd be an idiot to turn them down. Honestly, kid you've worked for us for a long time and you should really take these elves up on their offer. I can give them a call and within an hour you can start on an amazing life."
You thought for a second and said "Well considering I'm going to be fired from all I know... Having a guaranteed employment for the short term at least sounds good."
The manager looked to Drew who said "Well I have no good reason to say no right? So I guess i'll join for the ride... Although I guess I don't really have much of a legal say."
The manager picked up a phone and made the call. An hour latter a limo had came from the elves which had...