Mbali_Xabela

The death of the High King’s only son initiates the King Trials; demanding the eldest pureblood from each Regnum. Aurora, the estranged and bastard-born daughter of Regnum Valwa, is the only female among eight other Herems. One of noble blood who lived her life in destitution, with her mother and her ill-stricken father and brother. She is blood-bound to compete in the King Trials on the bargain that if she represents Regnum Valwa, her father and brother will receive the treatment they so desperately need.

However, this is no easy feat, she is faced against ruthless rivals, dangerous mythological beings and creatures, forced to fight in bloody duels with an onslaught of death-defying challenges that forges a woman into a warrior; a scoundrel into a soldier. A chronicle of duty and bravery, a story brimming with riveting action, an enemies-to-lovers romance with war-provoking betrayals that reveal they are all pawns in a much larger game.

The King Trials: The Sajatai Saga

After the Quarter Sage, other solo matches ensue. Everything is a haze of red after that. My wound is patched up by an on-ground physician. But I cannot rest just yet because I still have one more match to fight.

A one-on-one match fight that is fought to the death.

Myself versus none other than Herem Rimnick.

I can barely stand, but before I know it, I am walking out of yet another portcullis. No shield in hand, only Kelan's sword to safeguard my life. All the collapsed chariots have been dumped on the fringes, in between the stagnant Watchers. All the Spartans and corpses of previous fighters have been removed, but blotches of their blood still stain the darkened ground.

Daylight fades into dusk, giving it a menacing, spectral effect.

Chapter 43