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The Slither Pit is an event where two or more Serpentine fight each other in an arena. The events are used as a means of settling disputes, determining Serpentine leadership, and general celebration or entertainment.
On the center of the underground village lays the Serpentine's Slither Pit arena. A grand structure resembling an ancient Colosseum, it has several gates and entrances through which spectators and combatants alike could access the arena. It also featured several bleachers around its edge, with enough room to seat the entire Serpentine army.
On this place two combatants now face each other for the wright to rule.
"Give up this nonsense Pythor, you will never beat me!" shouts Arcturus.
"Never! You should have never been made to rule, you're too weak!" he retorts.
"IS THIS WHAT YOU ALL BELIEVE!" He calls out to the gather Serpentine, especially the generals.
Looking around, the Serpentine have but one thing to say; (Chanting.) "Slither Pit! Slither Pit! Slither Pit! Slither Pit!"
Socked and betrayed, Arcturus exclaims, "Fine! You want a show? You want to see a fight? I asked for your allegiance, but you will not give it peacefully. So, I will claim it by force."
On the bleachers overseeing the arene, a tied up Lavertus looks on with worry.
"So… what exactly is happening here?" he asks.
"They're gonna fight for the title of Snake King on the slither pit!" a random Constrictai responds.
Suddenly a snake walks over to an overhead podium with some levers and says, "You know the rules: there are none! But in the Slither Pit, whatever I say goes!"
This is Mezmo, a soldier in the Hypnobrai tribe and todays Slither Pit announcer. Waiting for both to nod he announces, "Alright, fight!"
The fight begins and both fighters were relatively evenly matched. Both combatants grappling and hitting each other with all their might. Throwing fist, whipping tails, trying to overpower one another.
"Two weapons!" Mezmo says, pulling a lever which lowers a weapons rack containing weapons.
Arcturus takes an Anacondrai sword and a shield while Pythor takes two daggers; before the rack goes back up again.
Lunging forward, Arcturus swings at Pythor, but he dodges. The sword becomes stuck on the ground, Pythor takes the opportunity to try and bite him. But Arcturus releases the sword and turns around, slapping his opponent with his tail.
"Let's change the game, shall we? Vat of Venom!" says Mezmo.
He pulls the other lever causing a ring of symbols to spin around the outer edge of the arena, retracting the floor and exposing a series of narrow walkways over a pool of acid.
"Go, General! Go!" cries Lavertus, getting into the fight.
Arcturus ties to slash Pythor, but he turns invisible and moves out of the way. He then attacks with his blades, putting the general on the defense. He then uses his tail to knock the general into the acid!
"Get up! Get up!" cries a worried Lavertus.
Arcturus struggles to get up, smoke coming from his scales, but ultimately couldn't.
"We have a winner!" Announces Mezmo.
"Pythor! Pythor! Pythor! Pythor! Pythor! Pythor! Pythor! Pythor!" the serpentine chant.
"You will be loyal to me now!" Pythor declares, pointing at the fallen Arcturus.
"I will never bow to an honor-less coward like you!" Replied Arcturus in defiance.
"So be it." Replies Pythor, with a bored tone.
"GUARDS! Seize him!" he yells as he gets out of the arena.
Stopping next to Skales, he whispers; "Well done convincing Mezmo to throw the match Skales, you will be rewarded for your part!"
"My pleasure, my liege." He says with a knowing smile.
Slithering over to Lavertus, he sneers at him and says, "As for you! You will tell me everything about this Chima or die!"
"I'll never talk!" he shouts, growling at the snake.
"Then you will die, I guess?" Pythor says with amusement.
Signaling to the others, the Serpentine begin to surround the tied lion, before…
He breaks free and begins to fight the wicked fiends, tossing them around, he makes it to the weapons rack and grabs his blade.
"Well old friend, it been a while. Don't let me down!" he says to the sword before jumping back to action.
At the same time Arcturus makes it out of the guard's grasp and begins to fight them. Soon the room was filled with flying snakes, as they were tossed all over the place.
Unfortunately, it wasn't enough. Just as soon as it had begone the fight was near its end.
Arcturus fight the guards with all his might, tossing them aside without a care. Bui noy even the great Anacondrai general was enough once the expectators began jumping down and piled up on him.
Meanwhile, Lavertus was proving his blade, alas even he could not content with the might of four Serpentine Generals. Quickly surrounded once again, he awaited the last strike.
Moving closer, Pythor mocked the fallen lion, "Haha, did you really think it would be so simple, pest!"
"I will take great pleasure in ending you myself!" grabbing a sword, he began to strike before.
*ROAR*
Suddenly, a massive lion crashes thru the cave, running straight at the generals.
"What is that!" Pythor screams.
"A legend beast?!" Lavertus says with awe and jock.
Swatting at the generals, the lion legend beast tosses them aside, saving Lavertus from a grizzly fate.
"Thanks bud, now what you say we blow this joint!" Lavertus thanks the beast, before jumping on his back.
Roaring back, the lion beast begins running back to the outside, carefully awaiting the charging Serpentine as they approach.
"Run, Run!" Cried out Arcturus, from the bottom of his pile.
After all the chaos was over, Pythor slither over to the recaptured Arcturus with a scowl.
"Don't look so smug! Will find that lion and carry on with our invasion of this "Chima" on time!" he said.
"You won't succeed Pythor, you lack the conviction of a true leader!" Arcturus replied.
"Quiet! Toss him down the deepest gorge you can find! I don't want to look at him anymore!" he tells the Constrictai guards holding him down.
"Yes Sir!" they respond.
Walking behind him, Skales approaches, "What are we gonna do now! This wasn't supposed to happen so quickly, we had a plan! A deal Pythor! I was to raise my family in comfort, not get drag into this!" he demands from the new Snake King.
"Skales, old chum, don't worry! This changes nothing, in fact it helps. We will begin the conquest as soon as possible and live as kings in this Chima. Well plunder their resources and rule all! HA, HA, HA!" Pythor cried out in absolute glee.
"We better." Skales mumbled to himself.
Far away, Lavertus and the Legend Beast stopped running. Resting after the long battle by a large watering hole.
"Few, that was a close one buddy! Buddy? You need a better name than that. Let me think." As he was thinking, the lion beast began to take a drink, he was a sprinter not a marathoner.
"How about Chomps!" He said, the Lion beast roared in response.
"You like that, hah!" Lavertus said with a smile.
"Well, Chomps, we better rest well, something tells my this is just beginning." He said, looking toward the horizon.