Last chapter, after going to talk to the leader of the Long Sleeved Pirates who rudely splashed Seric and Karia's ship, suprisingly the pirates end up inviting Seric and Karia to have a drink as to give them a gift, and so they accept it and are led down to a wooden village, all inside of the bottom of the massive ship. And now, while they share a drink together, a robot appears who tells them about a fighting tournament.
Seric's P.O.V
I awkwardly look away from the soulless eyes as they stare at me for some reason, and luckily someone breaks the silence.
"Oh wow, so you guys got one of those high tech bot thingys huh?" Karia says.
"Hey! The names King Metallica, you got that PUNK!" The robot says as he bends down and gets in Karia's face.
"Ahhh Metalishma, Metallica, who cares, anyways so what's up with this fighting tournament?" Karia says as she takes a drink out of her second mug of booze.
"Hey, you should at least give him the respect of his name, Karia." I reply honestly.
"Ah, I see one of you is truly a man of culture!" King Metallica says as he continues to stand, wiping a fake tear off of his metal face.
"...Anyways, yes we're having a fighting tournament, with you two as the center stage." Adesia says as her go-lucky attitude is completely gone from before.
"Ohhhhh, sounds fun! Where do we *hiccup* sign up!" Karia says carelessly.
"Oh haha, I'm going to sit this one out, I'm not really much of a fighter." I say as everyone looks at me, the loud voices from around us stopping as well.
Why do I have a bad feeling right now?
"But... We can't just have a one man tournament! That would make absolutely, positively, certainly, undoubtedly, one hundred percent no sense, right?!" King Metallica says.
"This thing is gonna get super annoying super fast..." I think to myself.
"Come on kid, don't be such a baby, you just throw a punch or two and BAM, you've already won!" Karia says as she finishes yet another mug of the fruity drink.
"Hey, not to be a rain on your parade but, I think you've had enough for now. You have to fight soon after all, haha- ha." Adesia says with an uncomfortable laugh as she stops a vendor from giving Karia another mug.
"What the hell is she some sort of alcoholic?!" I think to myself worryingly and somewhat in awe.
"Haha, it's uh, not THAT EASY you know, Karia!" I say while giving her a very unamused face.
"Well... Would you be more interested... If there were some... rewards?" I hear a seductive voice say from next to me, as the girl sitting next to me is staring at me intently.
"Holy shit! No no no, calm down Seric calm down, she's not even that good looking!" I think to myself with confidence, but as she continues to do nothing but sit at the table and stare at me my mind changes.
"Well... I guess I could fight..." I stupidly say.
"AH WAIT, I MEAN-"
"Yeah!!!" I hear everyone roar out at once, as even more people start to emerge from the wooden homes and stores surrounding the party court we're sitting in.
"Well I'm guessing you're his caretaker, so you can just sign right here for him." Adesia says in a happier tone as she hands the sheet to Karia.
"Huh?! Caretaker?! I can sign it on my own thank you!" I yell out in embarrassment as I walk up to Karia and easily take the paper out of her hands.
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The Five Kings: First Step
AdventureBased on the title of this story, you probably assumed that this was going to be something about knights and dragons and all of that stuff. Good guess, but no. This is the story of a boy who wakes up to find himself in a prison cell, with no idea wh...
