Forgers life

Chapter 12: First rounds

F/N's perspective

So far the tournament has been great. The first few fights were just as entertaining as last year's. Centaur vs Minotaur, Lizardmen vs Dragonborn, even a Gnome vs a Goliath! Good fight. Anyway what was coming up next was the first round fight I and the rest had been waiting for.

Geek: "What a brilliant display that the bigger they are, the harder they fall!"

The crowd cheered as the two fighters left the arena as the next to fighters walked out.

Geek: "Alright folks, this one will be a real show stopper! On the right fighter for the Atlantis forge, the water devil himself. The Tiefling known as Neptune!"

The crowd cheered as the blue skinned Teifling waved to everyone, a pair of daggers hung off his belt. His gold plated armor adorned with a pair of shark imprints.

Geek: "And on the left! We have the fighter for our home city Dryadalis forge. The flaming fox herself. The Kitsune known as Kate!"

Again the crowd cheers as the two set into the arena. Chuckling a bit to myself as Lily cheered from her seat next to me. The large screen shifted a moment to give profiles on each of the fighters before going to a closer view of the two standing there.

3rd person

Kate and Neptune looked each other down as the announcer spoke again.

Geek: "Both fighters ready!"

Neptune unsheathes his daggers and twirls then in his hands before getting into a low stance. Kate just unsheathes her katana, Fire beginning to kick across the edge of the blade as it leaves the sheath.

A timer started to count down as both fighters prepared, Geek started to count down the last few seconds.

Geek: "Five! Four! Three! Two! One! Match begin!"

The crowd cheered as the buzzer rang and the two opponents charged each other. Neptune moving to slash with both his daggers towards Kate's chest. Seeing the attack coming she moved her blade up as both daggers collided, magic sparks flying off as they pushed off each other and went into a flurry of attacks.

Neptune would go on with a slash or jab to which Kate would block with her katana. Kate stayed on the defensive as Neptune kept trying to land a hit. The crowd cheered on both sides as they continued the melee.

Mountain stroked his beard which got F/N's attention.

F/N: "What's wrong?"

Mountain: "I can't figure out his strategy."

F/N: "Neptune's? Looks like he's just trying to find a gap in her defense."

Mountain: "Yes, but look what he's doing."

F/N looked down at the clash again and watched as Neptune kept attacking Kate, neither gaining or losing any ground, but I did notice that both daggers hit Kate's katana every time. A purple energy moving up from the contact.

F/N: "Both daggers are clashing."

Mountain: "Yes, but that energy. I've seen this magic before......

Mountain stroked his beard a bit more as F/N looked back at the fight. At the moment it looked like Kate had gained the upper hand as Neptune moved back as she slashed at him, again the daggers rippled with purple energy every time he deflected a blow from the flaming blade. Moving quickly Kate tried to go for a overhead slash, though as she brought her blade down, Neptune smirked and crossed his daggers in the blades path as purple runes appeared on both of his blades as when Kate's katana made contact a powerful force pulled out from them, sending Kate's blade high over her head as Neptune delivered a sharp kick to her gut, causing her to stumble back.