The sounds of people cheering were the only things that they could hear, even as they gasped for breath the three of them could only watch as the guards walked towards them.
They were exhausted and even if they had to fight again they had used all of their strength so they were completely helpless now.
They each watched one of the guards place a piece of paper o their hand and after a moment the guards left them.
"Well what are you waiting for get out!" the leader of the town said to them as the arena doors opened
"Haha haha!" the barbarian laughed
"Alright you three you've earned it, get them something to eat, and a place for them to rest before they leave,!" the man said to someone as he looked at the three of them.
"Don't worry about being captured again, you are all a part of our village now so do whatever you want, hell you can leave and not come back but those marks will show everyone who your loyalties belong" the man said to them.
The three of them weakly lited their hands and found that while the rues that acted as their shackles were gone, they had been replaced by a mark, that was more like a tattoo than anything else.
The mark didn't have any magic in it, other than the one that was used to put it on their hands, and that magic was already gone.
Kazuma and Dust turned to look at Jaune before putting a hand on his shoulder, the guy had the least experience between the three of them but he had pulled his weight when it mattered.
They slowly walked out of the arena, and the moment they were outside they walked toward the wall and immediately sat down.
They sat there watching the people pass, none of them cared about the fact that they had dropped their weapons when they left the arena, they were just happy that they survived.
They began to chuckle to themselves, then they began to laugh, they did it, they had wone.
None of them cared bout how the hot sunburned or that they were so exhausted that they couldn't stand up anymore, they were just happy that they were alive.
"Well, what are you guys going to do now?" Dus asked Kazuma and Jaune
"I think I'll explore this place" Kazuma answered Dust
"I need to find Riven, I mean she did help me before we got separated" Jaune answered Dust
'Oh yeh that girl that you told us about when you were lost"
"Well guess I know what I'll be doing," Dust said to Jaune
"I guess it can't be helped," Kazuma said as he closed his eyes
'I'm sorry what?' Jaune asked the two men that had closed their eyes and were starting to fall asleep.
"Don't you get it, man, we're coming with you, besides we're a team, and let's be honest it's not like we know anybody around here," Kazuma said to Jaune
Jaune wanted to say something and thank the two of them, but he was too tired so he decided to follow the pair's lead and so he closed his eyes and began to fall asleep.
"Hey wake up," someone said to them
'Wake up or we will eat all f your food!" a boy shouted to them
Kazuma- Dust and Jaune found themselves looking at a group of children holding what looked like baskets filled with fresh meat- vegetables and bread.
One of the children had a bucket filled with freshwater, Jaune's attention was locked on the girl, and noticing this the girl took out a ladle and began to give Jaune some water.
At first, Jaune wanted to take the ladle from her, after all, it felt wrong for him to have someone so young feed him, but the girl told him that this was her job and she had to do it.
Jaune didn't like it, but the people in the town and this world had different values, she allowed the girl to put the ladle on his lips and he began to drink.
When he was done drinking, Jaune turned to look at Kazuma and Dust who were already eating, Kazuma was eating a peeled banana, while Dust ate a sandwich.
Jaune didn't say anything when a boy handed him a bow filled with different fruits, that were already peeled or had their seeds removed.
"Here," Kauma said to one of the boys as he hands him a piece of fruit.
"I can't the boy immediately says to Kazuma
'Why?" Kazuma asked the boy.
"This food and the rooms are your rewards for winning, we can't eat any of it because we would be stealing your victory, even if the three of you cant eat and drink everything"
"It all belongs to you, so you can't give it away" all of the children answer Kazuma
The three of them turned and looked at each other, before silently agreeing not to push the subject any further, this was just the way people did things here.
"So before leave are there any places that you want o to avoid?" Jaune asked his teammates
"Yeah, let's avoid Piltover" Kazuma immediately answered him
'Why?" Jaune asked
"You see before we came here, we got drunk and we ended up waking up with a girl," Dust said to Jaune but by the look on his face Jaune could tell that it wasn't a pleasant memory
'Some nut job with short pink hair and one with long blue hair" Kazuma said as he remembered Vi and Caitlyn.
"It was when we were looking for you, but if we can Ill rather not go to Demasia, at least not the capital"
"There's a woman that wants to kill me because I beat her in a duel," Dust said to them
"Oh yeah, I remember that one, but since we're on the subject," Kazuma said turning to look at Jaune, with a serious expression.
"Let's avoid"