Chapter 4
The green armoured man lunged, and the red jumped backwards. Green closed in again, and swiped. Red parried it, sending green flying. The crowd 'ooh'ed, and green arose. He seemed angered, for immediately he sent a downward strike to red's breastplate. Red blocked with his sword. He then brought it slashing down upon green's helmet. It shattered under sheer impact. The crowd was taken aback; green's face was heavily scarred, and clumps of his hair were missing. Not the handsome warrior people expected.
If the green armoured warrior wasn't angry before, he certainly was seething with rage now. Holding his sword so its hilt was almost to breaking point, he ran at the cockily still red armoured man. It was a green blur than brought a shining sword down onto red's head, but before it could connect-
Red's blade swiftly connected with green's. Green just stood there, breathing heavily, shocked. In one swift movement, red swirled his blade round, and green's went flying out of his hand, out of the arena-
It landed with a thunk, impaling the ground, three metres away.
"Wow," Artemis breathed. "That red guy's good!"
"The way he ended it so suddenly..." Raees added, "Making his opponent forfeit because of loss of weaponry!"
The crowds were steadily leaving the stadium, but there were others still rooted to the spot. Artemis and Raees left the stadium, and spent the rest of the day visiting the sights. They returned to the inn they were staying at late, and both of the boys fell asleep instantly. That night, Artemis had the dream again.
"Wow," Raees muttered. Artemis had decided to tell him about his dreams, and Raees was taking the exact same reaction Artemis thought he would. Raees was shocked to find out about the glass in Artemis' arm.
"I thought that there was something wrong with your arm," Raees commented. "But I thought it was something small, like falling out of bed and bumping it..."
The green armoured man lunged, and the red jumped backwards. Green closed in again, and swiped. Red parried it, sending green flying. The crowd 'ooh'ed, and green arose. He seemed angered, for immediately he sent a downward strike to red's breastplate. Red blocked with his sword. He then brought it slashing down upon green's helmet. It shattered under sheer impact. The crowd was taken aback; green's face was heavily scarred, and clumps of his hair were missing. Not the handsome warrior people expected.
If the green armoured warrior wasn't angry before, he certainly was seething with rage now. Holding his sword so its hilt was almost to breaking point, he ran at the cockily still red armoured man. It was a green blur than brought a shining sword down onto red's head, but before it could connect-
Red's blade swiftly connected with green's. Green just stood there, breathing heavily, shocked. In one swift movement, red swirled his blade round, and green's went flying out of his hand, out of the arena-
It landed with a thunk, impaling the ground, three metres away.
"Wow," Artemis breathed. "That red guy's good!"
"The way he ended it so suddenly..." Raees added, "Making his opponent forfeit because of loss of weaponry!"
The crowds were steadily leaving the stadium, but there were others still rooted to the spot. Artemis and Raees left the stadium, and spent the rest of the day visiting the sights. They returned to the inn they were staying at late, and both of the boys fell asleep instantly. That night, Artemis had the dream again.
"Wow," Raees muttered. Artemis had decided to tell him about his dreams, and Raees was taking the exact same reaction Artemis thought he would. Raees was shocked to find out about the glass in Artemis' arm.
"I thought that there was something wrong with your arm," Raees commented. "But I thought it was something small, like falling out of bed and bumping it..."