Chapter 2: The Show
Kura walked with the Big burley man as he walked he noticed he could barely hear something reverberating, and as they got closer to their destination Kura could distinguish what he had been hearing it was people chanting a single word "Challenger". Kura continued as if he didn't hear anything.
Finally he, and the man got to a room lit with torches the man stopped and pushed him in the room. Looking back Kura saw the man pulling a lever shutting a large heavy door. Kura looked around with curiosity seeing gauntlets, shields, swords, axes, spears, and light metal plates that acted like armor. At the other end of the room a Metal door almost identical to the one behind him lay there with a lever beside it. Kura walked looking at the wall picking up a set of armor that looked the least damaged.
Kura stared at the weapons not knowing what to choose. He hadn't learned a fighting style, nor what worked best because while he could watch the shows he stop after the third one he saw because it only confirmed the seed of fear in his heart telling him he had no chance of living through this.
In the end he picked a pair of gauntlets and a two handed sword. He chose the gauntlets in case the sword broke but chose the sword because it seemed like the easiest weapon to use. A normal person would probably struggle with hold a sword and gauntlets especially a fourteen year old but with his body being nurtured with mana it wasn't to difficult of a task.
After this he pulled a heavy lever causing the metal door to shutter then lift up. As Kura watched a wave of noise blasted his ears as thousands of people were chearing seeing his appearance. He also squinted his eyes seeing the bright light being poured down on his pale skin that had been neglected from getting light.
Adjusting to the noise and light Kura looked around seeing doors spreading along the wall around the circular colosseum. Looking up he saw seats filled with people looking down on him cheering looking more to the left there was a more special area where thrones sat of people hiding their face behind masks glaring at him with a stare so intense that if it could kill he would have already been dead.
Kura was still looking up when his head snapped back down looking at the doors after hearing a loud metallic noise scraping against stone looking strait ahead two doors were opening slowly. Showing what lay beyond them. As soon as the door raised high enough two wolfs eight feet in size, with midnight black fur, eyes that portrayed their hunger, and teeth sharper then razors.
Kura couldn't move becoming paralyzed with fear. Even though Kura had seen others in his shoes having to face against beast all of those three died horrible deaths, and that was a fate Kura refused to share with them.
The two beast quickly got used to their surroundings and quickly started circling Kura waiting for the moment they would strike. It only took a moment but to Kura it felt like a stand for hours until in a flash second the wolf behind him struck hearing the growl of the creatures lunge Kura tried deflecting it though he was easily overpowered due to him being weaker and having a sloppy form.
Now with a eight foot wolf on him Kura could smell the flesh off the beasts breath while it was gnashing at him trying to bite his head off while Kura was just barely being able to stop them from getting him. The wolf and him were at a stand still but the wolf was quickly getting the upper hand. During this time though the second wolf scratched at Kura slicing through the metal armor like he wasn't wearing anything at all leaving a deep Gash on his side making Kura lose blood rapidly.
The sight of this made the crowd cheer seeing the first sign of blood realizing he would die if something didn't change, and with adrenaline pumping through his vanes quickly though of a plan to get of his situation. Though his plan would likely fail it no longer mattered seeing as the wolf was slashing at him again Kura put all his strength into push the wolf that was on him to the side. Kura succeeded pushing the wolf into the way of the other wolfs attack. It sliced down the back of the wolf making it scream out a blood curdling howl.
The howl had silenced the obnoxious crowd that was just cheering and routing for both the wolfs and him. However Kura couldn't worry about this or he would die. So Kura quickly rolled away and got up clutching his side trying to stop the bleeding. this sight made the crowd burst into cheers even louder than they were before. The injured wolf hadn't gotten up yet but the healthy wolf got up after shaking off the fact they had injured their teammate.
Kura weakly and wobblily tried taking a stance before the wolf, holding his sword with one hand and his side with the other he braced himself for the inevitable attack that was going to come for him. The wolf enraged that they had been tricked to attack their fellow wolf they lunged at Kura. Kura getting used to fighting sidestepped barely dodging the wolf and held his sword out slicing the wolf as it went by.
A slash that stretched from its right front leg to its back leg. Though it was a large slash because it was held with only one hand it hadn't hurt the wolf enough to make it incapable of fighting the wolf then enraged even further charged at him Kura was preparing to sidestep again but a wave of pain stopped him in his steps.
The wound on his side had opened even further due to dodging the attack before. Kura had lost his window of escape so instead Kura pointed his blade forward and let go of his side to grab his hilt. and in the fraction of a second the wolf clashed against Kura making him feel like he was trying to stop a train.
He was slowly losing and Kura had to do something so Kura let his left and let go of his sword and clenched it into a fist. Kura's blade lost practically all of its balance, but before the wolf could take advantage of this state Kura's fist slammed against its face making it move more to the right and instead of slamming into Kura the wolf now was sliding to the right preparing to jump back, but before it could Kura thrusted his blade into his previous slash digging into it killing it finally.
Kura wanted collapse but he wasn't done yet he wabbled over to the injured wolf and stood above it laying down body. Kura then plunged his sword into the wolf killing then reaching into the wolf he grabbed a small sphere covered in blood he then smashed it in his hand as a gas like substants flowed into his body healing the injurie on his side and made him feel stronger.
Kura didn't know what to do until a voice coming from the throne silenced all the others in his loud, deep, dominating voice "Warrior 798 won! Let his road for glory continue"
after he finished talking an outrage of noise flooded the colosseum. The door behind Kura had finally reopened. Kura wabbled back to the gate entering the darkness leaving the cheers behind him.
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