The Chosen Seven
I waited in the cellar, waited for me to be called. I was one of the Chosen Seven. I was to prove myself on the battlefield against other Deathless, and my great-great- great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather. (In my play through, it did take me that long.) I was first up against Kuero. We were to fight in his room. He uses two blades, named Quicksilver and Silverdeath. He was a fast fighter, with deadly attacks. I entered his room. There was little terrain, a small but long rock, not very wide. He sat on the end of it, meditating. I entered the room. He noticed me and made a remark "Kcüruz, dero?" (Back, are you?) Then he turned around. He held his Silver blades in his hands. He charged me without warning, I put my shield up, deflecting the coming kick. "Esieweb saad ud gidrüw!" Kuero told me. (Prove you are worthy!) He struck with Silverdeath, missing me by mere centimeters when I went to grab The Infinity Blade. But I got it in my hand and parried a chain of strikes. I tried to stab Kuero, but he backflipped. He had Silverdeath off balance just right when I parried his last strike, and it clattered to the edge of the rock. He ran to grab it, but I basked his head with my shield and kicked Silverdeath off the rock, into the abyss below. "Ies nebrets noch eteuh!" Kuero hissed with fury. (You die today!) He kicked me in the chest and stabbed me with Quicksilver. He pulled it out, and readied his powerful leg to crush my skull. I was on the ground, and suddenly got an idea. He brought his foot down, and I threw forth my shield, and his leg cracked a little. He hissed with rage and hatred and, with his good leg, kicked my shield away, and used his hand to chop my wrist. I was back up now, but almost fell to the floor because of the pain. He chopped my other wrist, rendering my sword hand useless. He brought Quicksilver down. It almost reached my body. I rolled out of the way. The sword planted firmly in the ground. I rolled on my back and launched myself forward, legs first. I his Kuero in the chest and he stumbled back. I saw The Infinity Blade. I brought it up with my feet and kicked it, blade outwards. It cut Kuero in the legs and had him on the floor. I bashed his upper half with my shield, and he slumped. My hand now seared from agony, hurting like hell, but I didn't even care. I used my ring to heal myself, and unearthed Quicksilver. I brought it down hard on Keuro's spine. "Tmmdaerv… lamnoch…" he said. He finally went limp. I took Quicksilver out of his back "Na hci emhen geirk beute." (Spoils of war, I suppose.) I left Keuro's room.