The laughing coffins Chapter 3

"What is this place?  Darkness... Surrounding me"
"Otouto ... Otouto wake up little brother" a young female about 15 said softly
"Where am i?" (I could not make out her face but she feels close to me; Like someone I can trust? Or maybe feel safe with?)  Takeo  said to himself.
"Otouto   it's time for breakfast. Where you up playing that game all night?"


Olethros Awoke from his slumber if this was the real world he would have been drenched in sweet. "What the hell? Where am I?"  Olethros  was in a medieval style room  with a bed and a vanity.  "When did I get here?  Not another black out was it?"  He check the time and date on his in game menu. "Oh no The tournament I've got to go!"  he got up in a rush making several trips back to the room to gather his last bit of things.
"Hey You better hurry up Ross" a Krabuan said then he tossed a teleport crystal to Ross.  
"Thanks K!  Granzam! " in an instanced he was gone
"Good luck Ross" Krabuan spoke softly "I hope he knows what he is doing"

"I'm going to be late" Olethros equipped his armor and cloak but not his weapons aside from a small dagger. He moved his way to the  Colosseum ,where he registered into the tournament with no problem. Looking at the tournament boards  a few name caught his eye "The phantom"  and "The berserker" He wondered how they earned those titles.  About 30 minutes pasted when he finally heard his name get called " Olethros ' The Duelist' Vs Monakro 'the Black widow' Round One, Meet in the Center ring!" an announcer said over a voice box.

"Sounds like that's me"  before stepping out into the ring he equipped his sword and shield combo "Yin & Yang" . Yin was a Black steel straight blade, Yang was a white gold shield in the shape of a stylized sun. lastly, he dawned a black cloak with hood that consoled his weapons and courser.

He stepped out into the field and he saw a female figure leaning on what looked like an 2H assault spear. "So this is  the elusive Olethros? The bandit slayer? The Pk-Pker?" The girl said as she licked her lips and moved to a more defensive stance.

"Damn this is annoying." Olethros  said as he followed suit drawing his straight sword. The blade glinted slightly with the morning sun hitting it.  The girl charged at Olethros spear going for his torso. "Taaaake this" she yelled  Olethros moved to block with his shield which was out in a flash. "Just as I thought" she pole-vaulted over Olethros.
"Nice moves but you're not fast enough to block this" Olethros' Sword art activated 4-hit combo 2 of which actually landed the first two she dodged skillfully. Lowering her health to 3/4 the bar. "Damn nice shot" she said as a Skill activated , she thrust right past him landing two hits one thrust and the other was a solid smack in the face from the butt end of her spear. It seemed to do nothing to his health however, "What the hell" she said "I landed two solid hits, that was a heavy hitting attack!" she was red in the face. "You forgot one major fact!" He moved in his shield forward it shined a bright red color as sword skill activated "Templar's Wrath!" he smashed her with his shield, followed by two  slashes from his sword, then by a another shield attack knocking her on the ground her Hp depleting to half. "Ahh, what the hell" she got up dizzy from just being throw several feet. "what kind of Art was that?"  she took a deep breath.
"Humph, I guess you could call it a trade secret!"  Olethros chuckled victory was in sight "why don't you surrender? It will make it less painful."

"No way in hell would I let the Orange player defeat me!" she said recovering "Looks like I've got no choice but to show you the extra skill I'm packing!"  She jumped into the air getting lost into the sun for but a brief monument before falling spear first at Olethros.
Her attack landed and she followed it by a 6- hit combo dropping Olethros health to a 3/4 a bar . "N-n-no way! Imposable that combo is almost an instant kill for mobs!" She was confused." You're right that attack could have whipped out a normal mob, maybe even a weakened elite mob; But my defenses are to high for a powerful attack to finish me. And now you left yourself open for attack."  His Sword glow a green color  finishing her with a 3-hit combo  depleting her life to 10% .

"And the winner is Olethros! Which means he's moving onto the next round!" the announcer said. "Good dual, Nice combo that extra skill is useful for acrobats. I hope we can fight again sometime" Olethros said to her before she was carted off to the infirmary.

"That was the first of the duals but not the last, I fought all day and finally made it to the top 4  of the semi finals... is that good enough for today? Okay, Yes, I'll tell you tomorrow"