A close shave in an arena

We did not stay much longer at the temple because Nakah knew of another torn leyline that needed to be repaired. Roza Baze still did not trust us with the egg and decided she would accompany us when we left the temple, in order to keep an eye on the egg. The monks at the temple had studied the egg further and had came to the conclusion that the egg came from a sun dragon. I had no immediate objections with Roza Baze coming along, neither did the others, but i intended to keep an eye on her in case she decided to attack us again.
 
Nakah did not give us any details on where we going, he usually didn't, so we had to trust that he had some sorta plan in mind. We must have been crazy to keep stepping through Nakah's portals, considering that some of his previous portals had sent us to dangerous locations, and had also misplaced some of us on occasion. But his portals were currently the quickest mode of travel for us to get to those torn leylines. So yet again we stepped into Nakah's portal, accompained this time by Roza Baze.
 
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His portal had led us to a dimly lit room with fires burning in braziers on the wall. I could make out miscellaneous weapons hanging on the wall and sunlight was shinning through an entrance barred by a metal portcullis. There was a side door near the portcullis and I also heard what sounded like a crowd cheering in the distance. Roza Baze appeared to recognise our surroundings and mentioned that we were in an arena run by the Aurelian elves in the kingdom of Diomeda. This room was where the fighters waited before it was their turn to enter the arena and fight. I wanted to tell off Nakah for again landing us in a dangerous situation. But before i got the chance he disappeared with Gurval, Zyanya and John into another portal and they left.
 
 
The metal portcullis started to rise and then a couple of armed guards walked out of the door and approached us. The guards turned out to be Aurelian elves and had the same blue skin tone like those other group of elves at the Crystalline Fortress. It then crossed my mind that i had encountered so many other cultures during my adventures, before i had left home the only other people i had come across were green elves and dwarfs. The guards demanded that we send out two people to participate in the next fight, i got the impression they would kill us if we refused. Roza Baze voluntered to fight along with Syrus. She told us to protect the egg and then walked into the arena followed closley by Syrus. The rest of us went to join them but then the metal portcullis slammed shut in front of us, so our only option was to watch what happened.
 
A scared Aurelian elf stumbled out into the arena and the crowd booed at him. Then a muscled elf with golden skin strutted out into the arena and the crowd cheered, chanting the name Zeno. He spoke to Roza Baze and i got the impression they knew each other. Roza then became enraged and swung her axe into Zeno's side, wounding him. The scared elf then cast a spell on Zeno which appeared to be helping him. But then Roza Baze swung her axe into the elf's neck and he feel to the ground writhing in pain. Zeno then walked over to the elf and stomped on his head, screaming out that the elf was ruining a good fight. I was shocked that Zeno killed someone who appeared to be helping him.
 
I could tell Zeno was a formidable fighter and his attacks emmited a shockwave that looked like it caused harm. Syrus was able to shoot an arrow into one of Zeno's eyes which surprinsgly did not kill him. Zeno then attempted to tackle Roza Baze however she stood her ground. Syrus shot another arrow at Zeno which then allowed Roza Baze to bring Zeno to his knees. She was about to swing her axe into his neck but then he called out Alpha's name which caused her to hesitate. A loud voice called out to Roza Baze to stop and after a few seconds she let Zeno stumble away. The metal portcullis opened and both Syrus and Roza Baze came back to the room we were in.
 
The guards approached us again and asked for two more fighters to enter the arena. I noticed that Roza Baze was protective of Ko Rava whenever the guards approcahed us. Myself and Lucid decided to enter the arena and Gallant attempted to follow us, but then the metal portcullis slammed down again. I could hear Gallant whimpering and was happy to see that Ko Rava was comforting him. I looked around the arena and saw that the crowd was mainly made up of Aurelian elves. There appeared to be a covered seating area above the main seats and an Aurelian elf in regal clothing, with a crown on his head, was seated there. I figured this elf was more than likely the king of Diomeda.
 
An Aurelian elf who looked like a former solider and an Aurelian female cultist then walked into the arena. I shot an arrow at the female cultist, however my aim was off and it landed into her shoulder. She retaliated and summonded lighting to electrocute me. It caused me great pain but luckily it was not a fatal blow. Lucid then slashed the cultist with his sword however the Aurelian elf ran up to Lucid and stabbed him. I shot another arrow at the female cultist and wounded her some more. She electrocuted me again and this time it felt like it nearly killed me.
The way my fights were going lately made me feel like Skipan was playing with my fate by the roll of a dice. Lucid then slashed open the cultist's gut and she fell to the ground dead. I fought through the pain and managed to cast ensnaring strike on one of my arrows, which i then shot at the Aurelian elf. The arrow hit him and then thorny vines engulfed him, punctering him in multiple places. He struggled to break free of the vines and in the stuggle tripped on the vines, which caused him to fall head first on a rock. The impact to his head musst have been fatal caused he did not get up.
 
The king stood up and called out to both Lucid and I, congratulating us on the fight. He asked what our names were but still managed to get my name wrong after i told him. He then said that he was throwing a ball and we were both invited. Lucid and i stumbled back to the staging area and then a couple of Aurelian elves lead myself and Lucid to a nearby infirmary for healing. Gallant was so happy to see i was okay and did not leave my side as i followed them to the infirmary.