The Society by K.A. Linde

Author:K.A. Linde [Linde, K.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy
Publisher: K.A. Linde
Published: 2018-07-17T16:00:00+00:00

Cyrene hardly slept.

She knew that she needed to sleep, but no matter how hard she tried, it eluded her. Nerves about the start of the program, the madness of the banquet, Dean’s clear amnesia—it all unsettled her too much.

She felt like a zombie the next morning and ran through some exercises to wake herself up before leaving her room and walking into the empty dining area. She ate a solid breakfast even though it was hard to keep down and then reported to the training facility.

She was the third person in attendance. It seemed that either Alura and Maxon had skipped breakfast or they had been up even earlier than her.

They said not a word to each other.

Just waited until the rest of the training facility filled up with competitors. Tension was thick in the air. Even people who were allies were keeping to themselves.

They were ready. They were waiting. Time was up.

Not a second before or after, the three officiants of the dragon tournament entered the room. Helly led the trio to stand before the now twelve competitors. Her face was blank. An unbiased and unfeeling Society member ready to deliver them to their fate.

“Good morning, and welcome to the first day of competition,” Helly said.

“Your first task will be an elemental fighting game in which you will be broken up into four teams of three competitors. Every team will play each other with one game a day for the next three days. Each side will have three objects placed at random. The objective is to destroy the objects while also attempting to eliminate your competition by hitting them three times. A hit is the use of any of the four elements to attack your opponent. The match concludes when either all objects have been destroyed or all three team members are out.”

Lorian stepped up then. “Each match will be scored by a point system. Both teams and individuals will be ranked. The points go as follows: one point for each hit to an opponent, one negative point for each hit you garner, three points for every object destroyed, and five points if your team wins a match. Each match can have a maximum score of thirty-three points.”

“The team that wins this task will receive a day’s head start on training for the next competition. The individual winner of this task will receive a private training session with one of the officiators,” Jerond said.

That finally got everyone speaking. Whispers resonated through the hall. But Cyrene’s stomach was just in knots. She couldn’t even think about winning, just about staying above water. This sounded entirely out of her depth. She had strong magic but an elemental game? She’d never trained her powers in a way to destroy specific objects or hit moving targets.

“Quiet!” Helly yelled, and the room went deathly still.

Jerond continued, “Finally, the two competitors who fall to the bottom of the roster will be eliminated from competition.”

Cyrene shuddered. The bottom two of twelve. She could stay out of the bottom.

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