Fred Fights For The Right To Meet The Dragon

Fred stood in the middle of the arena. Various creatures stood side by side in a long line. The area had been carved out of a natural cave. Simple light spells nearly any magician apprentice could do blanketed the area. Fred counted at least three hundred spectators, standing and sitting and cheering and making a general racket. The dusty fighting floor was five hundred yards wide. Behind Fred, a few well-scrubbed tunnels led to changing rooms, rest areas the local stream-fed infirmary.

An entity moved to a raised dias. It steamed and smoked and flest under it's skin roiled like a moving lava flow. It wore metal around it's waist. "Friends!" it boomed, the word echoing among the people. Everyone quieted.

"One of these brave fighters will get to meet the dragon face to face! What an honor! What a glory!"

What a speech that went on for twenty minutes!

Finally the first fight started. Fred was assigned to the second round. For now he stood at one end of the arena and watched as a centaur battled a vampire. Whoever won, that's who Fred would have to face.

1. The centaur stakes the vamp, turning it into a pile of dust.
2. The vampire decapitates the centaur.

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