Novels by Veris Marillius

The minotaur roared, lifted its sword above its head, and struck down with all its might. A loud clunk could be heard across the arena. Rainer had lifted his sword and blocked the attack while somewhat leaning up from the ground. The minotaur lifted its sword once more and roared loudly. Rainer opened his eyes as the blade came swinging down, he rolled to the side and dodged it. His scarlet eyes gazed at the Minotaur. Almost as if it was frightened, the minotaur began to back away from Rainer. Those eyes seemed to pierce through you if you looked at them. His face was expressionless, but it instilled fear in most of the audience. The minotaur grabbed its sword and swung at him, Rainer jumped into the air above it, and cut one of the horns off it

Rainer sheathed his Katana and strapped it diagonally to the back of his waist instead of the side or on his back."Don't know why, but it just feels so natural having it here. Kinda like having a tactical knife."Rainer began to walk out of the closet and quickly made his way to the elevator that would take him to the arena. Once he arrived at the entrance to the arena, he found Arthur waiting for him. “Well if it isn’t the lying ass" said Rainer with disdain. “It was worth it to hear you panic," Arthur laughed. They both stared at the arena and the cheering crowd. "Congratulations. This is your last fight before you can head off to the second round. Your next opponent isn't going to be easy like the last two. This one is a monster that will tear you apart and eat you. Literally, eat you." Rainer stared at him in disbelief “You’re kidding, right? I barely survived the last

"You managed a scratch, nothing more!" he yelled at Rainer Rainer stood back on his feet and regained his stance“Just a lucky hit, I need to time my attacks perfectly if I want to win. I need to be faster, but I have limits and can't be as fast as these guys. The only other thing I can think of, is to somehow get him to lower his guard. I have to provoke him!” Rainer gripped his daggers and walked forward towards the lizard The lizard stared at Rainer with an intense glare "I'll end this, with the next attack." He declared with confidence. The lizard man charged at him, this time Rainer was ready, he swung his daggers in front of him to stop the attack. There was nothing in front of him, the lizard had run behind him. His four swords struck at once, Rainer managed to run forward but was a little late, he had taken a cut from two of the swords. With that dodge, Rainer followed up with a strike of his

Rainer had fallen asleep the previous night after deciding not to stress about the results of his match. He felt somewhat refreshed from the sleep, however it wasn’t enough to get rid of the pain his muscles were feeling. Groaning and wincing, he managed to sit up straight. “It all hurts. I don't want to go back out there, but if I don't, I get the feeling these guys will kill me for it.” Rainer sighed and took a look around the room, thinking of how he would be able to escape if it were a normal room. “No windows, one exit, and a closet. What happens if there's a fire? Do I just suffocate from the smoke and burn in the flames?” Taking one last look around, he noticed a medicine bottle on his bedside table. Inside were half yellow, half green pills. Rainer reached for the bottle, and read the instructions on a sticker attached to the side. “Take one for fatigue. Take two for

The audience's cheering and chanting could be heard echoing from the arena to the entrance of the waiting room. Rainer pushed the button on the wall and the door slid open. The cheering was louder than he thought. He walked out of his room and down the hall, the louder the cheers, the more his chest began to tighten. "Well this is just great; I have an audience cheering for my death. Wonderful. Come on Rainer, fake some confidence!"He thought to himself. Rainer finally reached the end of the hallway, the open entrance to the dirt arena was right in front of him. The guard in blue armor walked up behind him and nudged him forward. "Get going, skinny, we have others who need to use this arena" he taunted Rainer. "Any chance you could tell me who my opponent is?" A small pause fell between them and was suddenly broken with a simple “No.”

Rainer clenched his teeth tightly. “I can… I can choose anything?” he quietly asked, and the Phantom nodded his head. “Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to be free. Free from that man and that life. I knew nothing about life, I only knew how to bring destruction. I could never save anyone because my freedom was taken from me. If this is where I can be different, where I can change?” His mind began to clear "I can change! Everyone on Earth voted for me to be here and that was a mistake. They set me free from my prison.” Rainer stood back up on his feet, wiped away any tears from his eyes, and confidently looked towards the peak. "Every day of my life, I was chasing after a promise that I wasn't able to fulfill. Now I have a chance to, it's my turn to chase after a future that I can be proud of! Live or die, I'll at least go on knowing I made my own choices in the end.”