Accidental Traveler Box Set Volumes 1-3 by Jamie Davis & C.J. Davis

Author:Jamie Davis & C.J. Davis [Davis, Jamie & Davis, C.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MedicCast Productions, LLC

Chapter 23

The thirty-seven human gladiators filed together onto the arena floor. Around them, the waves of sound pounded down from the cheering crowds assembled for the Emperor's birthday event at the coliseum.

Flemming Ginty sat in the VIP box with the other Wardens of Hyroth. There was also a tall man, dressed in polished black armor, standing next to Ginty. His slick black hair was pulled back in a ponytail, and he had a horrible scar running from his forehead, across his nose, and down his left cheek.

Hal jerked his head up to the stands and leaned in to talk to Kay.

"Who's the tall, dark, and gruesome fellow standing next to Flemming Ginty?"

Kay hissed between her teeth.

"Shit, that's Baron Norak. He must have been sent to witness our deaths on behalf of the Emperor. This isn't good, Hal. He's the Emperor's right hand. It is he who is charged with hunting down all the great rogue mages in the land. He is likely here to investigate rumors that the Opponent is real."

"He's just one more goon to kill," Hal boasted. "He'll get out of our way, or die. I care not."

"He is said to be a formidable adversary, Hal," Kay warned. "His black sword is supposed to be cursed to take the souls of those he kills. It steals the power of the slain and gives it to the wielder."

"First, he's got to kill me," Hal said. "I've had a price on my head before, with the Wardens and others all trying to kill me. It hasn't worked yet. I don't plan on giving in now."

"He won't be alone, Hal. He has mages of his own and a whole regiment he travels with. It will not be easy to get past him and his men to escape the city."

"You let me worry about that," Hal replied. "We have to focus on the plan at hand. We'll worry about getting out of this arena first. Once that is done, we'll focus on getting everyone out of the city."

Kay shook her head. "Ever the optimist, Hal."

"Is there any other way to be?" Hal smiled at her, settled his helmet over his head, pulled his shield around to the front, and held it in place with his arm in the straps.

Otto spoke up from the front of the group as the gladiators fanned out in a line across the floor of the arena. "Here come the others."

The big double doors on the far side of the arena opened, and the non-human combatants filed out in their clan and tribal groups. There was a group of about twenty goblins, a small war band of seventeen orcs, five hill giants, and two towering brutes who looked like they were made of stone.

"What the hell are those?" Hal asked.

Junica answered from his right as she tested her bowstring. "Those are rock trolls. They look like monstrous brutes, but they are perhaps the most intelligent of the troll-kin. They are as formidable as they look, though, so I hope your goblin chief has gotten them to join us in our plan, or we are in real trouble.

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