The days moved forward just like chess pieces that were being randomly shifted by a chess player. After months of preparation battles, the date for the finals of the individual tournament was finally scheduled.
After the end of the team tournament, the gladiators in the teams who won were already eligible to take their awards.
Despite this, they don’t get it immediately as the Seafarers alliance extends the award ceremony to the week after the end of the individual battle finals.
Some gladiators won in the team tournament with their teams, but they died unfortunately in the individual tournament.
The alliance was not ready to give awards to ghosts, even with their near-infinite wealth. So, the award ceremony commences only after the whole gladiator tournament ends.
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Bam!! Clark’s spear stabbed forward in quick succession, as his opponent hastily raised his spear to parry the strike. His hand blurred, as the stab was quickly converted
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Today is the d-day, the day that will determine who the strongest gladiator from this tournament was. Today is the day that will justify all the bloodshed and deaths throughout the past year, in the gladiator arena. Clark entered the gladiator armory in a solemn mood, as he went forward to where the weapons were kept. On seeing the empty, grey-colored cold chamber, he could not help but feel a sense of emptiness. For weeks now, he had been training to get to the required level to win this battle. He did not know why he was anticipating it, but he felt that he would benefit a lot if he emerged as the winner of this battle. Though his thoughts were numerous, they quickly cleared up as he advanced to the spear section of the armory. He stood before the large row of spears, before falling into a daze. Spears spread for as far as his eyes could see. From short spears to long spears, to broad, to thin spears, every type of spear was available. His h
The huge energy shield covering the arena slowly opened up, as the 2 fighting gladiators entered without hesitation. World dominator slowly took off his helmet, as he faced his opponent with a curious smile on his face. Unlike his opponent’s solemn expression, his was the complete opposite, he had a calm look on his face. “Magician, you surprised me yet again. I don’t know who gave you the guts to come to fight me with such impunity, but I can promise you that you’ll regret it”. He slowly said with a smile. Clark didn’t reply, as his blood was already feeling hot for this battle. He had no time nor luxury to reply to foolish questions. He didn’t come here to discuss, at least he didn’t have that luxury like his opponent. He had an uphill and almost impossible target to overcome, he was ready to put his all. “Cut the crap, you’ll soon know who gave me the guts to come. Bring it on”. He said with a ferocious grin as he picked up speed, rapidly a
As the atmosphere grew tenser, gulps left throats unconsciously, and speculations rose higher, the gladiators finally moved. Clark moved first. As soon as he gathered some strength, he used his spear as a support to lift himself from his opponent’s sword. Spurt!! He closed his eyes while gritting his teeth in pain. More blood flowed out of him, as the sword was roughly yanked out of him. His opponent also flinched in pain, as the spear stirred in his abdomen. Thud!! He dropped down to the ground, as he quickly summoned more strength to roll further away from his opponent. He already grew accustomed to pain after so many years of being a soldier. He could not directly say that he liked pain, but at least he could bear a lot of pain. Despite this being the case, the pain that he was currently feeling drove deeper into his inner self. He felt like his body was no longer his own, he felt like his body was just a cage where he was receiving
As usual, medical practitioners on white quickly rushed into the arena with a floating stretcher. They brought cleaning bots with them this time, as the blood and gore were quickly sucked and cleaned out of the arena. Clark’s unconscious body was carefully placed on the stretcher, as it directly floated back to the medical bay. As the medical practitioners worked, the commentator finally started his ending speech with a smile. “Ladies and gentlemen, my fellow Seafarers, we now finally have a winner for this gladiator tournament. After these countless ups and downs, we finally arrived at our destination”. “The winner of the gladiator tournament this time is the Stranded dragon, he proved his strength today in this arena”. “I won’t waste your time much, I just want to inform you that according to the organizers; if everything goes according to plan, the award-giving ceremony will be held in a week”. “Let’s all come back for this final event, to
After a week of waiting, the award-giving day finally dropped by. It was a Monday, and the whole gladiator district was riled up for this day. The spectators could finally see their best gladiators get their awards in the arena. Today, the Roman team members were going to get the reward for their labor of 3 years. After years of only wearing armor and light clothing as gladiators, they were finally going to dress corporately again. Clark froze in place with a smile on his face, as he stared at his new look on a suit. After so long, he finally cut his beards yesterday. It felt funny to him; he already entered the vicious men's circle of cutting your beard to avoid it looking bushy. He was not even sure if Sonia would recognize him again if she saw his bearded appearance no
After the Roman Empire team members took their award, the manager did not waste time unnecessarily; he directly called for the 2nd place team. The Team Captain of the United States team led his teammates, as they walked forward to get their awards. The award for the 2nd place team was not different; it was the same equipment the 3rd place team received. But this time, they were privileged to take both weapon and armor. The equipment for the 2nd place team was made according to the standards of countries, with super high-grade military strength. Like those used by the soldiers of the Roman and the Microsoft empire organization. Shortly after the United States team took their award, the winners of the team tournament were finally called out to take their awards. Led by their vice-captain, the Great defender, the gladiators of the Microsoft empire team advanced towards the podium. Seeing only 4 soldiers, going to take the award brought back memories to t
In a brightly lit room, a surgeon worked with a serious expression on his face. His apprentices watched from a distance with shining but focused eyes, as their implants rapidly recorded the procedures that their mentor took. Hum!! Hum!! Faint rumbling sounds came from a machine nearby, as metal pipes extending from it held the patient tightly to the surgery bed. The metal pipes intertwined neatly like the tentacles of a space monster, as they held the patient firmly in place. Ptui!! One of the metal pipes finally extended forward, as it carefully dropped the tiny implant into the delicate brain of the patient, making a soft impact sound. The stitching machine reacted fast, as with the help of the surgeon; it neatly closed back the cut flesh. Another machine quickly sprayed a brown substance at the newly stitched area of the patient’s flesh, as the lines left by the stitching machine gradually closed up. After making sure that he did not miss a
Boom!! Another gunshot rang, reverberating round the huge Calibri mansion, as the commotion from the unexpected assault continued growing stronger. The hidden sniper succeeded in killing another soldier that was trained by the Calibri militia. Sonia swiftly ran forward, while butchering the assaulters facing her with her dual swords. She had an anxious expression on her face, as she pushed forward, advancing to where her brother laid feebly on the floor. … Back in the Sparta republic, when she boarded the warship that her brother was on, the situation at home was finally explained to her. Her mother, Elizabeth Calibri, was actually not suffering from an illness. She was poisoned. The poison was a very elusive and potent one that her doctor had to test for 2 weeks, before finding it. Despite the dreadfulness of the poison, the doctor promised that he could take care of it. But, how was the first lady of the Calibri house poisoned? Inves