Chapter One: The beginning

"So, the workout wonder thinks he can eat with the rest of us, huh?"

The remark was more of a challenge than a question. The boy making the remark flew twenty or so feet back.

"I wouldn't insult better people than yourself, Kulio," I replied.

Staggering to his feet, the boy, Kulio, drew his knife.

I laughed. "As if you could harm me, or even touch me. Try it. I dare you, jotun."

Kulio gasped. Jotuns, the ugliest of the races by far, were murderers. Calling somebody a jotun was the ultimate insult.

"Sonin, you just signed your own death warrant."

He leaped at me, and I neatly sidestepped him. When he landed, he twirled around and threw his knife, which I caught a millimeter before impaling me in between the eyes. I threw it back to the ground nearby.

"You use it. I have no use for parley tricks."

He grabbed it and hurled it through my heart.

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This is the start of a lllooooooooooooonnnnnnnggg story.