Unfortunately for the boy, it was now time for the standard practice of fighting to the death in the nation's colosseum. A national pastime of sorts where parties would fight each other to the death. A truly gruesome display of barbarity. Though, the worst displays were the battles between baby amazonesses just barely old enough to crawl… For they were pitted against monsters, albeit weak ones, but still they were monsters. The survival rate for this was already pathetically low. And yet it was also a test to see if they had the goods to become a warrior.
Alright, so here I am, currently one of 5 boys in the contestant waiting area. The remaining contestants were amazonesses, all of us here were at least 6 months old or more. It was also supposedly going to be a full moon tonight too, so I was hoping I'd be going as late as possible.
An amazoness in charge of making sure we didn't go crawling off stood watch. Her eyes were cold and almost demented when looking at the younger amazonesses. However, when her gaze fell upon a boy, she'd lick her lips as if imagining them all grown up. "Now, now, I wonder… How many of you will survive today's trial?"
When this woman's gaze fell upon me, a shiver went down my spine. Can she stop licking me with those eyes of hers? Ugh. Time to look away…
The amazoness smirked with a lustfully prideful smile. She was ready for such treatment. But there was someone else in this mix that didn't like the attitude of the werewolf pup. "Hey boy! How dare you be so rude."
Another of the girls there, of a similar age spoke up. "Sister, don't do this. The boy doesn't know any better."
"Bache, don't get in my way. Or are you going to try claiming him for yourself?"
"Argana, you can be stupid you know that right?"
This is already really annoying, I'm going to ignore these two as much as possible. Why are they even in this area anyway, aren't they almost 4 years old? If Kali was willing to mention giving her Falna to a male child, then there's no way these two are far off from getting their own. Now then, let's see the fights.
The boy looked through the opening into the colosseum. This went unnoticed by the two bickering amazoness sisters, but not by the one in charge of watching us all. "Interesting, to think you could ignore those two. Almost as if you were unbothered by their bickering. Now you're watching the death battles… Now you've got me interested boy. Be sure to watch my fight today closely." She finished speaking with a lick of her lips.
Several fights to the death later, I could only question who or what I'd be fighting when it came turn I would be forced out there. Then it happened, the woman who had been watching us before was replaced by another amazoness. Why's she still covered in blood? Gross, now she's licking it off her fingers with a grin.
"You girls better be strong in the future. So don't you wimp out today, okay girls?" The new amazoness then noticed there were a handful of boys present today as well. "OH MY! I guess you 5 should also try your best. Once you're old enough I'll pin you down myself, and rock your world." She finished with another lick of her fingers.
This woman is even more messed up in the head than simple battle crazed fighters. She's actually saying she's only holding back because she has to… I can only imagine what would be happening right now if she only had to fight to death again as a punishment for not waiting. I hate to think about that, let's watch the fight again instead.
The final adult match of the day was held, in it was the amazoness that had been keeping an eye on us before this new freak took her place. Her opponent was another fellow amazoness. The two clashed in a violent display of murderous intent, yet they seemed to enjoy it.
I looked to my left and noticed that the one girl named Argana, was watching the fight with a degree of enthusiasm I couldn't understand. Meanwhile on my right, the one known as Bache was staring at me with an odd kindness in her eyes. Though it was a kind stare, it was like something else was hiding behind it.
"Argana is it? You're quite interested in this fight. You like it right? But do you know why it's so important?"
"Why's that?"
"Because, all of our opponents become a part of our own strength upon their deaths. Not only their strength, but the strengths of all those they defeated in a similar manner." She continued licking the blood off of her body. "We kill to continue growing stronger, but it's not as if our dead opponents truly die. And it's for this reason I like to lick their blood off of me instead of wiping it off."
"So, they stay with you forever?"
"That's right, and if one of my fellow amazonesses defeats me, I'll continue fighting through her in all her future fights."
"SO COOL! I'm going to fight so many strong ones!"
The crowd erupted as the final fight came to a close. Standing there victorious wasn't the amazoness who had just been watching the kids. It was her opponent, hoisting the head of the other amazoness up high, the head still smiling as if enjoying the current predicament.
The woman currently watching the kid fighters smiled. "It's your turn now kids. Don't worry too much, you won't be fighting each other, just some weak monsters or criminals in need of a death sentence."
This is seriously messed up, is this seriously how little they treat the lives of others here? I have to get out of here, and fast. But, to escape I'd need a Falna just to have a chance of surviving on my own. Here's hoping I survive this…