dwarf kingdom (2)

On the streets of the capital, two people walking as mother and son, the two constantly looking at each other without saying any words continue walking until they reach their destination "why did you follow me" speaks Amelia, while looking at Asber with a curious face," he does not follow you, I just could not sleep and decided to go out to see the city at night".

"why did you help me?" speaks amelia," a long time ago I met a girl very identical to you amelia, her name was Cloy, she and her sister Vanessa were very close to me, but in the end because of my arrogance and selfishness they moved away from me" saying those words he remembers that scene where the lords betraying him moved away while he was left dying on the floor full of blood.

"Are you all right" says Amelia, while she sees Asber who with tearful eyes looks up to the sky, "Yes, I think so".

Walking for a while they arrive at a food store "let's go in, I'll take some food for the house" says Amelia while they both enter.

Already inside the store you can see that it is crowded, walking awkwardly through the food aisles she notices a hot bun stand, ignoring the price she grabs one but instantly a whiplash hits her hand, looking up she sees a little girl riding on a ladder holding a whip, "what do you think you are doing, girl" says asber while looking at the girl "you touch it you pay for it and you pay for it" replies the girl holding the whip, looking at her red hand from the whip she says "girl, crazy" saying that she leaves to look for amelia.

Looking for a while and not finding her he decides to leave the store, leaving the store he finds Amelia carrying a bag of food "let me carry that" says Asber while he takes the bag from her to carry it himself.

Arriving and entering the house after walking for a while, the two sit at the table and look at each other without saying anything, from the room comes out Rober and then two little girls.

Already seated at the table while having breakfast," How did you spend the night" says Rober," you can't even imagine the night I had" answers Asber remembering the night he had.

Rober, finishing breakfast quickly "come on asber, we have to go early" says rober as he gets up quickly" don't you think it's too early" answers asber with sleepy eyes "no, we have to go early so we can check in".

"catch up with me" says rober leaving the house, asber getting up from the table slowly almost overpowered by sleep, but a hand holds him, "don't tell him anything about last night" speaks amelia without letting go of him," don't worry" answers asber, while running out of the house to catch up with rober.

"first of all, you have to know a few things before participating in the street fights" says rober while he walks with asber, asber nodding his head," no magic is used, there are never draws and lastly if the opponent doesn't want to surrender you will have to kill him, do you understand?".

"sure, very simple rules" says asber, the two young men cross in a street until they reach an alley, at the back, the two young men entering through a rusty iron door.

From the entrance to the cave you can see a fighting arena made of sand in the center of the cave and seats around it for spectators.

"follow me" says rober, as they walk down a few aisles filled with shelves full of trophies and other things.

Arriving at the reception, a girl sits on a chair next to a table with short hair and dark skin and wearing a mask that covers her face "welcome" says the girl as she stands up and formally greets the newcomers.

"we want to register for tonight" says rober, speaking to the dwarf girl," you must know some rules for the newcomers, you must participate in at least five fights to be able to leave this competition" speaks the girl with a cold voice.

Asber, understanding the simple rules the girl told him "take this token, don't lose it please" speaks the girl while giving a wooden token to asber.

"your bouts will be scheduled for tonight and please don't miss" says the girl as she watches the arrivals leave.

Asber, looking at his wooden token that has five blank spaces "show me your token" says asber, while rober passes him a wooden token that inside the five spaces that has the coin there is a red x, "and what does this mean?" asks asber with doubt," when you win a fight you get a green x, and when you lose a red x" says rober.

Leaving the cave through the same alley where they entered, "what are you going to do now" says rober curious "I will investigate about weapons" answers asber.

"I'll see you later, I have some unfinished business," says Rober as he quickly runs off.

Walking, seeing all the weapon sites and curious to know about the katana he got at the academy.

Passing over some weapon stores he feels a presence leaving him almost without oxygen, "what just happened" he wonders, while looking at the store that has old windows and doors as if it was abandoned.

Entering the store you can see hundreds of shelves full of books and a few weapons, from a door a man with red skin, white hair and on his head four black horns, with his hoarse voice says, "welcome, young man".