Side story-Adventures of Skulio part 1

The town of Twin Tree! A world of possibilities! I can become anything I want, I am finally free. All those years of hard work and effort have finally sent me here. I will never allow myself to fall into that situation again. Instead I will become strong! I will be invincible and never be suppressed like that again!

Thinking aloud I say “How should I become stronger?”

A burly fellow eating a miniature shiek leg puts his greasy hand on my shoulder and says “You want to get strong boy? Go to the arena!” he points the drumstick toward a large domed building in the distance.

“Ugh thanks sir.” Scooting away from the gross man I dash off toward my new destination.

Entering between the giant white pillars I notice statues and placks all over the walls. This places seems to be pretty famous. I bet people from all over the continent come here to do battle. I continue to admire the different placks and other shiny things such as weapons and shields that hang above them.

“Hey kid are you going to just stand at the entrance and stare at stuff or are you going to come in?” A busty women sitting by a pile of parchments calls out to me.

“Oh sorry.” I rush iover to her and say. “I want to fight her please sign me up.”

“Hmp. Ok we have a beginners tournament today if you want do that or I…”

“Yes let’s do the tournament!”

The women glares angrily at me from behind her glasses. “Very well do you have a weapon or armor?” I shake my head with concern. “Fine follow that man and he will get you situated. But before you go what’s your name and race?”

“Skulio and I’m a skyless”

The women looks stunned for a moment before shrugging it off. “Alright then. Looks like your first oppent will be a Pyromancer so good luck!” she then shoos me off toward a large man with a scar on his face.

I follow the man while thinking about the match. This is going to be bad! I am definitely going to die. Why did I have to face a Pyromancer? They are one of the top fighting races in the world! They are terifingly fast and agile. I hear they can run as fast as a quad wolf. They can climb trees like a monkey. But even scarier is their offensive power. Just saying they have fire is not enough. They have lots of fire! Some of the rarer ones can even make explosions! I mean how do you defend against that? They are the fast and one of the hardest hitting races ever! The only weakness they have is well their whole body. They are very fragile and light. If you get them in a grappling match their bodies are weak. If you hit them with blunt objects they will break. The problem is there too dam fast and agile to be hit! And if they do get hit most of the time it is just a glancing blow that only leaves a scratch.

At least I am not getting some weird mixed bread. I shudder to think what a Dark walker and a Pyromancer would be. I know they would be pretty dumb and probably some type of terrifying explosive tank. Something like charge in head first and just blow everything up but never really get hurt. Or just smash everything and tear it apart while engulfed in avail of fire. But they would be really pretty. Something likes green eyes and deep red hair. In fact they would look a lot like that girl walking next the hydromancer.

As the two girls walk past I get a piece of their conversation. “Rhea don’t worry I bet he will ask you soon.”

“haha thanks Aarushi.”

Aarushi and Rhea huh? They were so pretty! I wonder if they will think I’m cool after seeing me fight?

“here is the armory hurry and grab something.”

“Yes sure!”

I run inside and look around. I should get shield to defend my self and something long to keep the dam Pyromancer away from me. “lets see.”

In the end I am rushed out and only have time to grab a wooden shield and metal spear. But it’s not like they had anything really nice in there any ways. Alright good luck to me!

Arriving in the arena I walk out inside of a crowd cheering like crazy. Wow they really love me already. That’s crazy!

A very stunning women in a white dress stands above us on some type of stage and begins to announce our fight.

“In the south corner we have Deadra the Pyromancer. For the last six months his team Eternal Flame has been killing monsters in the arena making a huge name for themselves. With their current reputation they could advance to the next level of tournament but because of their lack of fighting humans have decided to stay in the beginners.”

Oh wow this guy sounds scary. I better be careful. Oh I know! I’ll keep my shield up and just inch forward until I can attack with my spear! Then I’ll just play it by ear.

Pointing toward me she continues. “In the northern corner we have Skulio a young man from the skyless tribe. He has not competed in the arena before but has been trained in the northern mountains surviving in the wild.”

I never trained in the mountains. Why is she making stuff up? Maybe she is making his stuff up as well!

“Who will win? Let the match begin!”

Following my brilliantly laid out plan I inch forward keeping my eyes locked on this Deadra person. He looks to be eyeing me up and down. I guess he isn’t that great either, how could he be this cautious about a skyless tribesmen like me?

As he gets within reach of my spear I lunge out toward him but somehow he spins lie a tornado completely avoiding my attack. The next thing that happens is I feel a rush of pain in my arm as wood flies in every direction before a huge flash of light and pressure hits me in the face.

…

I wake up in the infirmary with some bandages all over my face and arm.

“Ugh what happened?”

A scrawny girl with green hair who is obviously from the skyless tribe walks up to me. The shackles on her legs crackle as she walks over to me.

“You lost big time. I don’t think fighting is your thing. How about we set you up in espionage instead?”

“Espionage for what?”

The girl leans in closely to me whispering in my ear…