Welcome to chapter 6 of Shattered Memories, let's do this!
Chapter 6 : Coliseum Trial
Riku and Atlas exits the portal, entering a new world that has two giant warrior statues with their swords connected above a double door entrance.
"Greece?" Atlas said to himself.
"Welcome to Olympus Coliseum." Riku corrected.
World 3 : Olympus Coliseum
"Ah, I see." Atlas said.
"The best place to train in my opinion." Riku said as the two walked to the doors and entered. When they did, they were greeted by an Satyr who was looking at a roster for some sort of tournament.
"Hey, Phil." Riku said, getting the Satyr's attention.
"Riku, what does this make it? Second, third visit here?" The Satyr, now named Phil, questioned.
"Third, I believe." Riku answered.
"Uh huh." He then sees Atlas, "Who's the new guy? Your apprentice or something?" Phil asked.
"You could say that. I'm Atlas." Atlas answered.
"I see. You training people now, Riku?"
"Yeah." Riku simply said.
"Well, if you're looking to train, you came to the right place, kid. Heroes come from all over to fight in great battles formed in tournaments. However, if you're looking to participate in them, I need to know how skilled ya are." Phil explained.
"All right, fair enough." Atlas agreed.
"Good. Follow me into the arena for your trial." Phil said as he walked through the entrance to the arena with Atlas and Riku following. When they did, the arena was a big and simple concrete square with four pillars, one on each corner, with a flame on top. There were also standings, a few rows on the left and another few on the right, that were empty.
"Cool." Atlas commented.
"All right, all you have to do is destroy as many urns as you can within the time limit. If you can, try to beat the high score, which is 200." Phil said as Atlas walks into the arena.
"OK." Atlas simply said as he summoned Spellbinder.
Then, many urns appeared out of thin air as an invisible barrier formed around the arena. "2 minutes, starting... now!" Phil announced.
Atlas ran at the urns and swung horizontally, getting several in one shot. He then swipes, slashes and swings at the other urns as more and more appeared, along with large urns. He spins and twirls his keyblade in between his swings and does acrobatics around the arena to get around faster.
"5... 4... 3... 2... 1..." Phil said, counting down.
At the last five seconds, Atlas then performed Triple Fire, Double Blizzard, and Double Thunder to destroy as many as he can.
"Time!" Phil announced.
Atlas landed on his feet, out of breath as the rest of the urns disappears.
"199, so close." Phil said to himself as the barrier around the arena disappears.
"How was that?" Atlas asked him as he walked over.
"Not bad, kid. In case you're wondering, you almost beat the high score." Phil answered.
"How close was I?" Atlas asked.
"Two more would have beaten it." Phil simply said.
"Wow. So, can I participate in tournaments now?"
"Yeah. You'll start in the preliminaries first. Think of it as a warm up tournament."
"All right."
"Preliminaries start later. Get some rest." Phil suggested.
Riku and Atlas agreed as they left the arena.
Time skip
A couple of hours later, Riku and Atlas arrive back at the coliseum. Riku joined Atlas in the preliminaries to "cure his boredom" as he said when Atlas asked him.
"Good. I was wondering when you'll show up." Phil said.
"Funny. All right, let's do this." Atlas said as the two entered the arena.
Done! Well, halfway done. I'm gonna need more time with the tournament battles, guys. So until then, I'll see you in the next chapter, buh bye!