CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX. My heart thumps loudly as I stare at the large crowd celebrating in front of me. The feel of my staff does nothing to calm me down. A match has just ended and mine is next. The last fight had been between a Lycan from Selenium and a Gnome from Gnomes, and it had ended in less than twenty minutes and it could have taken less if the Lycan hadn't felt like toying with the Gnome in battle before ripping him into two. I knew from the very beginning that it was an uneven match. An average Gnome is no match for a werewolf, never mind a Lycan. Rare in numbers, but with twice the strength of a werewolf. But who am I to dissect other matches when I have mine to concentrate on? “The next match is between a slave of King Kaius of Selenium, Linnet the Ogre!” The announcer call

