The Chronicles of AzzaNation: Dawn of a New Age by Matt Mihilewicz

Author:Matt Mihilewicz [Mihilewicz, Matt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mihilewicz Publishing
Published: 2021-02-26T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

T he halls of the Royal Palace in KL’en were always eerily quiet. Plenty of people walked through, but no one seemed to be there for pleasure. Guards were positioned at every major doorway, and patrols did perimeter sweeps on a regular basis. If you were called to the castle without knowledge of the reason, your time there would most assuredly be filled with constant stress and fear. Fear of the unknown, and fear for your life. All it took was one moment—one whim of the king, and your whole life could be uprooted.

Or ended.

Monty paced back and forth in the hallway, just outside the king’s Great Hall. Luckily, the warden knew the reason for his visit. Unfortunately, he had to deliver some very unpleasant news to Grindaull. Most people would be concerned about having to give bad news to the king, but Monty was prepared.

He looked at the winner of his tournament, Kaj, a member of a subclass of drakes, humans referred to as Crocs. Usually adorned with blue or dark green scales, their people were incredibly large and strong, even more so than an average drake. And if a croc got angry enough, they became overtaken with an intense bloodlust—which led to Kaj winning the Adras tournament. Monty still had the image of Kaj’s last victory stained in his memory. The large beast got into the arena, and like always, needed an incentive to start the match. So, Monty activated the creature’s inhibitor chip, sending volts of electricity into the croc’s nervous system. This drove him blind with rage—and just when he was at the point of being bloodthirsty—Monty turned off the chip and let him take his anger out on the other prisoner. That battle had been particularly gruesome, the warden noted, because it had taken a few days to get out all the blood from his clothes. Overall, the guards had loved every minute of the tournament, and Monty had successfully shown his subordinates once again, why he was in power.

However, despite the tournament’s success, Monty was filled with regret over Leo Exe’s escape. When he heard of the young speedster’s unique evolved ability, and his brutality in killing his fellow gang members, Monty knew that Exe had the best chance of winning the whole tournament and becoming his initiate into Grindaull’s army. His initiates in the past had never impressed the king, but Monty thought that the young speedster had the best chance of passing the king’s test.

As the warden looked at the croc, he knew that Kaj would fail as well. He sighed politely, resigning himself to failure in the king’s eyes once again.

“Everything alright sir?”

Monty turned to one of the guards that he brought with him. Peter Clark. A younger man with freckles and a pale face. The guard was obviously nervous. Monty smiled.

“Of course, Mr. Clark…Is there a reason it shouldn’t be?”

“Oh…I—uh…I meant nothing by it sir, I just thought that—well…”

“If you can’t talk coherently—then it might be best if you don’t talk at all, Mr.

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