Chapter 19: Feral

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Deep within all of us there is a beast waiting to be unleashed. A beast that sits and feeds of all our darkest desires, our deepest hates and our wildest thoughts. Some choose to keep that beast hidden within, locked and chained up in a dark room for no one else to see and some unleash the beast whenever and contain it with just as much ease. Others have no control over when their beast chooses to appear for their beast has more control over them than they do over themselves. They never know when the beast will come out and are forced to do everything the can to try keep it at bay or divert in towards the path of least destruction. We all have a beast within, some just have better control of it than others.

Artio looked at the woman before her with great confusion as the woman took another swig our of her flask. The Woman that stood before her was her opponent Atlas the Delta Warden of Lunaris. She had a strong physique which was clearly display as her clothes did not try to cover it up. Her hair covered up the left side of her face and was done up in a ponytail at the back with the right side braided back. Her arms were padded with some light armour and she wore a cropped jack along with torn trousers and long boots.

Artio sniffed the air picking up Atlas' scent coughing at the intense odour of alcohol

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Artio sniffed the air picking up Atlas' scent coughing at the intense odour of alcohol.

"Fuck you smell like shit!"

Atlas hearing Artio's words quickly opened up her jacket sniffing inside checking whether or not Artio's statement was correct.

"I have no idea what you're on about, I smell great." Atlas responded before taking another swig.

Artio simply sighs before readying herself charge at Atlas.

"Whatever."

Upon finishing her words she instantly vanished from her position as nothing but a gust of wind was left behind her as she zipped across the arena with her claws out. Artio went in for a downward slash towards Atlas in which she easily dodged flipping her flask with her teeth into her back pocket. Artio turned towards her and quickly swiped at her again but to no avail as Atlas with her drunken movements dodged again before lashing Artio across the face with her nunchucks.

Artio stumbles back for a moment before shaking off the disorientation and growling as she rushed back in with a flurry of clawed swipes each being dodged by Atlas with ease. Every time Artio left an opening Atlas was quick to strike her with her nunchucks but Artio would always be quick to go back in in an attempt to land a strike. The audience was filled with excitement watching the exchange take place filling the arena with cheers and chants.

Atlas dodges another one of Artio's swipes leaning back as if she was about to fall over just about keeping balance as she extended her foot outwards pushing Artio back with a kick. Atlas just about pulls her body back up straight as she reaches into her back pocket to take another swig of Lunar Liquor.

"Is that all you got? You're like an angry kitten haha!" Atlas said mockingly infuriating Artio.

"Shut up!"

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