Diamantine (Weapons and Wielders Book 2) by Andrew Rowe

Author:Andrew Rowe [Rowe, Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter XII – Rondo of Swords

“We’re not training here.” Walter explained when I went to meet with him. “Follow me.”

He led me out of the Study of Iron and toward the main arena. “There’s one main stage for the arena that’s used for large events, like the preliminaries you participated in. Right now, that one is being used for secondary matches that aren’t a part of the tournament. You can sign up for those if you’d like. They’ll earn you money, but not points. It’s a good way to size up the competition.”

I nodded. “Is that where we’re going?”

“No. I wouldn’t mind watching you up there — or we could even try to get matched against each other sometime to get some practice on the stage — but for the moment, we’re going to one of the smaller side stages. There are thirty-two of them. They’re used for some events, but when they’re not being used for the main tournament, they can be rented out for private use.”

“That makes sense. And I assume there’s more space to fight than in the Study of Iron?”

“Right. And the stages are built to be used by high-level attuned. They’re tough to break by accident.” Walter gave me a smile. “We’ll be able to cut loose a little more.”

I cracked my neck. “I’ll look forward to it.”

Walter finished leading me to an entry area and met with someone in the uniform of an arena worker. After a brief exchange in Edrian, Walter retrieved a few coins from a pouch and passed them over, then signed some paperwork. “This way.”

He led the way onto the stage.

This arena was smaller than the main one, but it still wasn’t small. I guessed it at about half the size of the Korinval Coliseum back home in Velthryn, meaning that the bleachers outside — currently empty — could have handled a crowd of a few thousand people.

The stage itself was large enough that dozens of people could have fought on it at the same time. I’d rarely had a chance to practice in an area this large, and I had to admit it was pretty exciting.

Even better, the stage wasn’t just a boring flat surface. Someone had set it up to resemble a hilly area, complete with what looked like real grass, trees, and large rocks.

It almost looks like the terrain for the test I just finished. Maybe someone had enough information to know what they’d be dealing with in this test, and set up this arena to practice for it?

That was a pretty good reminder that I wasn’t the only one getting information to prepare for tests. Other people would be devising strategies and training for each match, too.

Walter and I headed to the center of the stage.

“So, how are we doing this?” I asked.

Walter cracked his neck, stretched his arms, and smiled. Then he snapped his fingers on his right hand. A silvery bracelet I hadn’t been paying much attention to vanished, and then there was a long, glimmering halberd floating in the air in front of him.

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