The Story of Evil: Volume I - Heroes of the Siege by Tony Johnson

Author:Tony Johnson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-02-03T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

After buying Sam and his mother food, Ty went back to watching his friend compete. The Elven warrior was an avid fan of the joust. He had made it far into the Celestial Qualifiers himself, but ended up losing to Steve in one of the final matches. It had been one of the most exciting jousts of the Qualifiers. Ty took an early lead but got cocky and began pandering and playing to the crowd. Steve capitalized on Ty’s loss of focus and won the match.

Even though Ty wished he could have been in the saddle Steve was currently sitting in, he didn’t allow it to bother him or put a damper on his excitement for the Annual Warriors’ Tournaments. He lost the battle fair and square to his best friend. Now he could allow himself to relax, enjoy the festivities of the weekend, and support his friend in the Warriors’ Joust. No one was more proud of how far Steve had come than Ty. Ty was the only one who truly believed that Steve could make it as far as he had.

Ty had actually made it far in one of the tournaments: Warriors’ Combat. He had made it into the top five of qualifying warriors for Celestial, which meant he could participate in the official tournament. The Joust was the only competition limited to one person from each city. Warriors’ Combat was a single, one on one battle with blunted weapons, rather than the Warriors’ Melee, which was hundreds of warriors in a field in an epic last man standing match. Ty would have chosen Melee over Combat. The Melee was an adrenaline rush, amidst the madness of the action. But Ty had missed the Melee Qualifiers because he had advanced so far in the Jousting Qualifiers.

He wasn’t too upset though. Ty’s brother Darren had made it into the Melee. Ty wasn’t sure how he would react if he came across his brother in the chaos. Darren was three years older than Ty, but he graduated from the warriors at the average graduation age – twenty-one. He had two more years of battlefield experience than Ty had. But I was always better than him with my swords. Ty didn’t know who would win if they were forced to battle each other. It would be a battle of talent versus experience. If I was in the Melee, Darren and I could have teamed up and been the last two men standing.

At least Ty had made it into the Warriors’ Combat Tournament. Many warriors didn’t even get to participate in one event. Warriors were allowed to enter the Celestial Qualifier’s for any two competitions of their choice, but they were only allowed to participate in one of the tournaments (if they had won both of their Qualifiers). Since winning in a tournament was so prestigious and it was only held annually, some warriors trained year-round for one specific event. Ty was not that dedicated. Once he had told a warrior, “There’s too much in life to be explored.

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