Zero
Myrmidon
Wandering the world to perfect his technique and find his rival.
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Post by Zero on Oct 4, 2011 11:06:24 GMT -6
It was nearing nightfall when Zero had entered the small town near the Sacae/Bern border. Quickly taking note of the time of day,Zero hurriedly tried to seek out the local inn so he could rest up for the night. Calmly walking about the town he tried to seek out one of the locals to ask them a quick question. Within seconds he spotted a gray-haired man who seemed to have been living around here for years.
"Perhaps this man can tell me where the nearest inn in town is. I know I know I'm a Sacaen but it would be nice to sleep in a comfy bed every once in a while.
Zero cleared his throat,and slowly approached the man as to not startle him or appear threatening in any way.
"Excuse me sir, I know it's getting late and what not,and I'm sure you've got other matters to attend to,but I'm a traveler and I would like to know where the local inn is."
The man grufly cleared his throat and greeted Zero in a surprizingly cheerful manner.
"Welcome to our humble little town traveler! As for the local inn however, well it's right in front of you."
Zero,slowly looked up a read a small sign that had a rather generic name. "Traveler's Inn" Then calmly,shook the man's hand and thanked him,heading off towards the inn.
"Thank you very much sir,also there wouldn't happen to be an Arena nearby in this town would there? I have the money for one overnight stay at the Inn but I'll need to make some more soon if I wish to keep up with my traveling supplies."
"Well young man the local Arena is one street down from the Inn, it's not too long of a walk and it's a tourist site for many travelers here! I wish you luck!"
Zero thanked the man once again,and flashed a friendly grin as he approached the inn.
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Zero
Myrmidon
Wandering the world to perfect his technique and find his rival.
Posts: 62
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Post by Zero on Oct 4, 2011 11:27:26 GMT -6
Zero walked in through the door of the Inn, and was near instantly greeted by a jolly old man who acted towards Zero as if he was an old and dear friend of his.
"Welcome,Welcome weary young traveler! I can tell you are a strong young man seeking lodge in our humble inn yes? Well son it's only 25 gold per night! Not a steep price at all!"
Zero nodded with a small smirk on his face as he took out some of the gold from his pocket,and slowly handed it to the friendly old man.
"Not a steep price but not a cheap one either. But it's fair enough I guess. I can't honestly complain,besides the service is good.
The old man handed him a small brass key and pointed down a hall to the second room on the left.
"There's your room son,enjoy and return the key by the morning ok?"
Zero nodded in agreement and headed off for the room he was going to sleep in for the night. The room was of a modest size but since Zero was by himself he didn't mind. There was a single bed a door leading to a private outhouse and a small wooden table that appeared to be handmade with exceptional craftsmanship.
"Well this place looks pretty good, it's nice and clean and tidy enough for me to stay in,well I wanna head to the arena as soon as possible in the morning so I guess I'll turn in for the night."
Zero locked the door behind him, set his sword against the wall, and then calmly climbed into the surprizingly clean and plush bedsheets,the pillow was softer than anything he had ever slept on before. He was soon lulled into a deep slumber,anxious thoughts of going to the arena danced in his mind.
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Zero
Myrmidon
Wandering the world to perfect his technique and find his rival.
Posts: 62
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Post by Zero on Oct 4, 2011 11:48:56 GMT -6
The hours passed by as Zero had slept soundly and shortly a half hour after daybreak, Zero had awoken up and put his clothes back on,fasten the sheath of his sword around his hip and gathered his backpack. He thanked the man quickly and left as he couldn't wait to head off for the local arena.
"Well today is the day! I'm gonna do some fighting at the arena and I should be able to improve my technique and swordplay. This should certainly be entertaining I hope."
Zero walked down the road for about 5 minutes until he found a large marble Arena,outside of it were many toughs and muscled travelers,they quickly smirked at Zero as he approached the arena.
Zero ironically heard many surprizingly encouraging words coming from these men,and it made his confidence grow.
"A Myrmidon Eh? Those guys are quite deadly with a sword!"Shouted one of the men.
"Good luck kid, you seem to know your stuff!" Shouted another.
Zero slowly approached the Arena owner,who was a large,bald and muscled man with a long scar running down the right side of his face.
"Excuse me sir,I would like to partake in the next avaliable fight today."
Zero took out his money pouch and emptied out 100 glimmering pieces of gold. I assume this should cover it?
The Arena owner,glanced at the blue haired man,and smirked slyly at him and shook his hand with a firm grip.
"Well well,that seems to be enough money for a decent wager! Your in! step right on through that door cause your next right now! Your opponent will arrive shortly."
Zero nodded in compliance, and calmly walked off towards the arena door and firmly grasped his left hand onto the hilt of his sword. He calmly took a deep breath, and exhaled to prime himself for the upcoming fight as he stepped out into the arena hearing many voices yelling and cheering loudly.
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Vashnar
Knight
I will have my revenge
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Post by Vashnar on Oct 4, 2011 14:27:41 GMT -6
Vashnar walked into town and heared cheering coming from a marbled building. As he walked towards it, he could make out the word "Arena" on the building. A place or glory, fame and death he thought as he walked in a saw a Mrymidon standing in the arena. "30 GOLD ON THE MRYMIDON!" "40 GOLD SAYS HE DOESN'T LIVE!" were the most common bets being made. As Vashnar told a nearby man he expects the Mrymidon to live, another man shouts "HA! A green like him? I bet he just picked up a sword today!" "That's where you're wrong, dear sir" Vashnar replies. "He looks like he's skilled and has the experience to prove it".
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Zero
Myrmidon
Wandering the world to perfect his technique and find his rival.
Posts: 62
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Post by Zero on Oct 4, 2011 20:34:00 GMT -6
Zero could hear many loud voices roaring out amongst the crowd as he looked about. Several people were already placing their bets on him. Some for him to win others for him to lose and get killed. But that didn't hinder his spirit. He knew that he'd have to give it his all to win this fight.
"Here is the other competitor for the current match!"
Zero tensed up as he heard that being called out,and he looked attentively at the other side of the arena to notice a large figure walking out from the darkness,he was a large and muscular man,and he was carrying an Axe with him. Most likely a Fighter or Brigand although his clothes weren't ragged.
Well,Kid the name is Samson! It seems your my opponent for the day. You may look young, but I can tell your a Myrmidon so I'm sure I'll be in for a good fight!
Zero nervously shook hands with the opponent and soon his smirk turned more serious than friendly,he quickly lept back and unsheathed sword holding it firmly in his left hand. As soon as the Arena Owner shouted, "FIGHT" He sprung into action.
Zero quickly assumed a defensive stance holding his sword just in front of his body,horizontally in one hand,carefully eyeing his opponent he tried to gauge his bodily movements to try and read what he'll open with.
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Zero
Myrmidon
Wandering the world to perfect his technique and find his rival.
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Post by Zero on Oct 5, 2011 19:54:15 GMT -6
The Fighter,ran towards Zero's position and reared his axe back trying to smash it cleanly through Zero's skull,but Zero noticed this and swiftly made a side-step dodge to the left side of the fighter and swift attempted to land a pair of slashes on his left hip. The Fighter howled out in pain for a few seconds as the blood slowly ran from the open wound, however it was a non-lethal stroke that had only grazed the surface of the skin with two small cuts.
Zero swiftly leapt back a few feet and caught his breath for a moment,noticing that his effort had only produce minor wounds to his opponent,he quickly eye'd the field for anything to act as some form of coverage,but quickly realized that there were none. There were thin marble columns but they wouldn't provide a whole lot of coverage anyways. Zero carefully eye'd his opponent and the movements he was making.
"His moves definitely have quite a bit of power behind them. He's shattering the ground a little when he slams his axe downwards. I gotta stay quick-footed or he could kill me with a single direct blow. Luckily he seems not too fleet-footed and his swings are a bit clumsy and unskilled. This shouldn't be a hard fight for me"
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Zero
Myrmidon
Wandering the world to perfect his technique and find his rival.
Posts: 62
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Post by Zero on Oct 7, 2011 20:50:07 GMT -6
Zero collected his thoughts for a brief moment as he though of what kind of attack to proceed with next as he calmly brushed aside a few strands of his hair from his face as he gripped a little bit tighter onto the hilt of his sword.
His opponent once again gave chase after Zero,but now he winced in pain from the small wound Zero had inflicted on him. The Axefighter was haphazardly swinging his axe around chasing after Zero,smashing it onto the ground with much force and swining it about in wide arcs.
"Come back here and fight me you wimp! Fight like a man!"
Zero,swiftly turned about after running away to gain a considerable gap of distance between him and his opponent and calmly waited for him to get in range. But his patience was wearing thin and he decided to charge towards the axe fighter instead. Zero had swiftly dodged the opponent's swings and drew out his sword at the ready again and attempted to land another pair of swift blows onto his opponent.
Zero was sucessful and landed some more small wounds on his opponent,who was now bleeding in multiple places,although not particularly profusely. Zero however was caught off-guard for a brief moment as the Fighter brought the broad-side of his axe crashing against Zero's body.
Zero,cringed in pain a bit and tried to leap back,the blow didn't produce an open wound but it certainly knocked the wind out of him a good deal.
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Zero
Myrmidon
Wandering the world to perfect his technique and find his rival.
Posts: 62
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Post by Zero on Oct 10, 2011 14:08:56 GMT -6
Zero winced in pain as he was knocked backwards a bit from the impact of the blow,staggering up onto his feet again as he shook off the pain and readied his sword once again,this time rearing back once more and charging forth as quickly as the strength of his legs can drive him to run. The Fighter was overcome by the swift foot-work of the Myrmidon, but he tried his best to defend himself and guard the oncoming attack.
"I just gotta finishi this off once and for all already...this guy is much slower than me but, another blow like that and I may as well have some broken ribs, or even worse. I'll have to make this next blow count if I wanna survive here."
Zero neared the Fighters standing location with his sword at the ready,intending for a stab rather than a slash this time as he closed in on the enemies position he drew his left hand back a few inches and thrusted forwards. The Fighter his his axe across his body diagonaly but Zero managed to stab directly through shirt and into his skin just inches away as blood ran forth.
Zero's blade pierced a good few inches into the body,not hitting any major vital organs or veins but causing some profuse bleeding. The result of the blood loss including from the previously inflicted wounds did not kill the Fighter, but he was knocked unconscious from the blood loss and fell to the floor.
"The Myrmidon has won the fight!"
Hearing that phrase echoing throughout the arena, along with the hundreds of people screaming and cheering, really uplifted Zero and put a smile on his face. He had won his first arena match and it certainly felt good to him. He proudly raised his sword into the air,gave a loud cheer and calmly walked off to see the Arena Owner.
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Vashnar
Knight
I will have my revenge
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Post by Vashnar on Oct 10, 2011 19:21:14 GMT -6
"See? I told you he'd win" Vashnar told the man to his left, and smiled as the man then started to pay people for winning the multiple bets he made to earn a bunch of money. That seems like a good way to earn money, and a way to hone my skills to get my goal he thought as he made his way down the bleachers and started to make his way over to the arena manager. With any luck, I can even learn tricks on how to defeat axe wielding bandits while I'm at it Vashnar told himself as he approached the manager, seeing he was talking to the Myrmidon the just won.
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Aaron
Hunter
[M:0]
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Post by Aaron on Oct 10, 2011 23:04:52 GMT -6
Aaron walked into the arena, a broad smile on his face. "10 bucks on whoever wins!" Aaron says. "Any takers?" The man he was talking to merely grunted and walked off.
"are you here to compete?" A nearby woman asked. "I'd expect that'd be why you're here, with a bow like that." "Huh? Ohhhh...you mean my people killer." Aaron replied happily. "nahhh, my people killer works better when people can't get close to me, and in here, people can get close to me. And that's bad, because then they stab me, and I die, and I make a sad face." "uhhh... did you recently hit your head?" The woman asked. "What are you, stupid? why would I hit my head, especially in such a vital area! I need that thing!" Aaron said, walking in Vashnar's direction, grumbling about silly females.
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Zero
Myrmidon
Wandering the world to perfect his technique and find his rival.
Posts: 62
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Post by Zero on Oct 11, 2011 18:14:48 GMT -6
Zero had received his winnings and reward for winning his Arena fight from the Arena Manager who cheerfully complimented him.
"Come back again anytime now you hear! You put up quite an entertaining fight!"
Zero smirked as he received a decent amount of money and a small gemstone for winning his match,he smirked as he put the gemstone in his pocket and poured the gold coins into his money pouch and was about to set off towards the village again when he caught sight of the archer from the other night.
"Eh? Aren't you the guy who was helping me fight against the bandits with Vince? I'm sorry I left so abruptly but I wanted to go to the arena you see. I just won my match and got a decent sum of money and a nice red gemstone!"
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Aaron
Hunter
[M:0]
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Post by Aaron on Oct 12, 2011 10:08:09 GMT -6
"Don't be silly! there's no such thing as bandits!" Aaron responds, before getting a thoughtful look "Waiit, now I remember. You helped me and Vince against those brigands. And then I asked if I was supposed to shoot you or not. I never did get a for sure answer..." Aaron said. "so, were you competing in the arena? I tried to put a wager out, but apparently, no-one would take my bet of "whichever one wins"..."
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Zero
Myrmidon
Wandering the world to perfect his technique and find his rival.
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Post by Zero on Oct 12, 2011 20:47:42 GMT -6
Zero sighed a bit as he shook his head in disbelief.
"Well the only reason you weren't able to place any bets on the fight is because the fight ended a few minutes ago and I already claimed my prize. I got some money and a small red gemstone that is worth a decent amount of money as well. But seeing as my fight is now over I need to leave the arena and rest for the night. I got hit pretty hard by an axe so I need to take a quick rest for the night. So...I guess I'll see you later.
Zero calmly walked out of the arena,wincing slightly in pain but with a smile on his face as he emerged victorious for the day.
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Vashnar
Knight
I will have my revenge
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Post by Vashnar on Oct 14, 2011 16:32:20 GMT -6
After watching the match and wondering where to go next, Vashnar went up to the arena manager and asked if there where any fights he could enter. "Another eh? and you're a knight, the audience loves to see knights fighting faster moving counterparts! Give me 100 gold and the next match is yours!" the man sneered as Vashnar paid the said amount. "In you go my friend, and one more thing: you're up against a cavalier, so lets hope you're fast on your feet!" "Huh?" was all Vashnar got to say as the doors closed behind him.
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Vashnar
Knight
I will have my revenge
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Post by Vashnar on Oct 14, 2011 16:47:23 GMT -6
As Vashnar turned around, he noticed the cavalier the manger was talking about. A man in his late twenties, he brandished a sword, quick on horseback, but too frail against Vashnar's armor. "I'm going to run you down knight!" the man yelled as he nicked the reins and started to charge at him but Vashnar sidestepped, having the man turn about and try again. This time the man's sword clashed against Vashnar's armor, not making a dent while Vashnar thrust upward, stabbing the man in his right side, not a fatal wound, but a clean cut through the armor and skin. As the man shouted and screamed from the pain, Vashnar thrust again, this time missing the man's leg but hit the horse, making it buck the man off. "Surrender and I won't kill you!" Vashnar told the man, now staggering up while his left hand clenched his side to stop the bleeding. "I'LL GIVE UP WHEN YOU'RE IN HELL!" the man yelled as he started to swing his sword wildly, getting a few nicks and cuts on Vashnar, but not fatal. As Vashnar thrust forward, the man dodged but as he did, he tripped, falling down onto the ground. Vashnar then stabbed the man in the legs, making him unable to walk anymore and poised his spear ready to make the killing blow. "you may have gotten the rider, but what about his mount? " the man asked as a smile spread across his face. Turning around, Vashnar noticed the horse charging towards him and gaining momentum. Getting into a defense stance, he waited until the last possible second where he then thrust straight into the horse's sternum, killing it outright. Turning around to the man on the ground he looked to see the man's eyes had glazed over and lay motionless, and respecting a worthy opponent, Vashnar lay the man's sword on his chest and closed his eyes.
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