Chapter 4: Mordeux Warrior Tournament
The day of the Mordeux Warrior Tournament has finally arrived. Warriors were lining up in three rows being called to the large battle arena one by one, by Beastian Warrior name Kole.
The tournament took place in a grand oval shaped colosseum made from red stone. Thousands of spectators arrived from Mordeux Kingdom. Each representative from outside Mordeux is only allowed to bring five supporters, nothing more.
When Kole called the Warriors representing Bestia, the crowd cheered and shouted proudly hitting their chest with a fist as the sign of honour and respect.
Kole is the only true friend that Princess Aria has. He was assigned by the late King Anton to be by Aria's side protecting her since she was just a child. Kole loves Aria like his own daughter.
Standing at the height of 200cm, Kole is considered a short male Beastian Warrior. But his horn is magnificent looking with very sharp end. It is not as big as King Argan but it is sharper than the King's horn.
With one hit, his horn can kill his army instantly.
Today, Kole is not competing for the Tournament as Prince Armand and Jor will be representing the male Beastian species. King Argan is giving way for his brother Prince Armand to win the Tournament again this year.
For the female category, Princess Aria and Vena will be competing together representing the female Beastian species.
To avoid embarrassment of having a weak sister losing the Tournament, every year when Aria participated in the tournament, King Argan forced Aria to fight under a different name and not to be called a Princess at the Tournament.
She will also wear a shield covering her golden hair but not her face. The helmet is specially designed for Aria with a fake horn attached to it.
Today, Princess Aria wants to be called Isadora.
The clap and banging of cheer for Vena was three times louder than Aria. When the people of Beastia saw Aria, they were wondering who is this tiny ugly looking Beastian. The clap heard was soft and slow with no banging.
'Really? Ungrateful b*****d! I fought for you Beastian in battle' she thought and left the arena walking towards her tent feeling disappointed.
From the corner of her eyes, she saw Jor looking handsome and strong, waving his hand to his supporters. Aria's heart beats faster when Jor turned and smiled at her. With her head wearing a Beastian helmet, only her beautiful eyes and her plump lips can be seen.
With the sound of the Mordeux Kingdom's horn heard, the tournament begins.
The first round is the physical combat where the first to knock down their opponent will proceed to round two.
Aria's opponent is a Female Beastian Warrior from the mountains who leads her own army of male Beastian. Her opponent is strong but after spying using the eyes of a raven flying at the Beastian mountain, Aria knew her opponent's weakness.
The Beastian Warrior she is facing has a weak right knee. So, Aria kept attacking her opponent's right knee kicking it repeatedly until her opponent cried in pain when Aria snap her knee with a powerful spinning back kick.
Being much smaller than her Beastian opponent, it was not difficult for her to dodge and roll away from her. In fact, Aria moves much faster than her opponent giving her the advantage to give a suprise attack.
"ARRRGHH!!" With her opponent fell to her back, Aria got through the first round. This is the first time in many years of her fighting in the tournament that she got through the first round. A happy tear appear in her eye. She hid it not wanting people to see her cry.
A Beastian Warrior never cry.. not in front of public at least for Aria.
From where she stood, she saw her brother Armand giving her the look of a proud brother.
Standing near Armand is a species that Aria has never seen before in Mordeux Kingdom. Aria only looked at him once and never looked back.
To her, he is one ugly looking species, nothing compared to her crush, Jor.
Looking around for Jor, Aria saw him talking to Vena. It angered Aria and she glared at Jor who seems to be laughing at something Vena said. Vena had her hand on his chest.
'B***h! She must be talking bad about me to Jor!' Aria thought causing her eyes slowly turning a light shade of red.
Changing her route to walk to Jor in anger, Aria was not aware that she was being followed. When she finally felt someone is behind her, Aria quickly turned around and punched the person's face.
"Ze Sort Mer (Stop following me)!" She said in Beastian language.
"Ouch.. What the f**k woman! I just want to ask for direction" The Human contestant spat blood on the ground. He then turned to look at Aria and froze.
"You.. Human?" Aria was stunned to see for the first time a Human in Mordeux. She understands Human language a little.
The Royals in The Great Continent needs to learn how to speak all languages as a sign of diplomacy. To Beastian, it is part of war strategy to know your enemy.
Even though Aria is wearing her helmet, her pretty face is still very much visible. She has a sexy puffy heart shaped pink lips with a soothing voice coming out when she talks. A pair of perfectly arched eyebrows matched with a sweeping thick curled eyelashes. Her light brown eyes is captivating with a hint of red, striking Aidan's heart.
It was Aidan's love at first sight, seeing such a beautiful face with lips that he wants to kiss.
Looking at her fair and flawless complexion, Aidan wish he could stroke her cheeks that is slowly turning light pink.
Then, Aidan saw the symbol of Beastia on her tight outfit. A black outfit that is so fitting that it revealed her perfect round breast and bottom with a small waist.
'Damn she is perfect, minus the horn. How can she be a Beastian?' Aidan thought.
Speaking in Beastian language, Aria asked "Ze Vant? (What do you want?)".
Aidan understood a little of Beastian language but his mind currently is focused on looking at Aria's beautiful face.
Responding in Beastian language, Aidan said "Ze Tre Bellez. Mer Kush Tu. (You are so beautiful. I want to kiss you)".
He then grab her chin and pull her face closer to his for a kiss.
"What the-" Aria's words were cut off when his lips touch hers.
Her lips tasted like cherry sweet when Aidan kissed her. When he pulled her lips a little to suck it, it bounced making him kissing her again, licking and sucking it.
Aria was stunned that this stranger who dared to kiss her, a Beastian Princess. She quickly pushed him back with force and kicked his groin until Aidan was on his knees. Aria then slapped his face hard.
Saying in Human language, Aria shouted so loud that people are turning to look at her. "You kiss me?! You, Human B*****D! You, me kill now"
Aria was about to slit his throat with a dagger but stop when someone shouted at her.
"STOP! Please. Don't kill him. He is a Prince of Eterna. You would not want to start a war between Beastia and Eterna" Prince Edgar came on time before Aria slit his throat. He spoke in perfect Beastian language.
Aria responded in her language, "Shut up, Evangeline b*****d! Take this scum away from me, or I'll kill him myself. I don't care if Eterna wants war with Beastia. Beastia always win a battle. GET LOST!" Aria shouted causing her eyes to turn darker shade of red.
Seeing the argument, Prince Armand came and stood between Aria and Aidan.
"What seems to be the problem here? Are Human and Evangeline bullying a female Beastian? Shame on you! I'm Prince Armand. This female Beastian is under my protection. If you touch her again, you'll die!"
Armand then held Aria's hand and pull her to his tent.
In the tent, Armand took off Aria's helmet from her head. "Did he hurt you?" Armand asked while checking her body for injuries. She shook her head.
In a daze realising she has just been kissed for the first time in her life, Aria's mind was confused 'Why did my heart flutters after being kissed by an ugly species of human being' she thought and touched her lips.
'He said, I'm beautiful' Aria thought and smiled.
Back in the tournament, round two started being sword fight.
It is Aidan's turn to fight a Monker being the large creature with fangs. The Monker he is facing is strong and when it punched Aidan, he felt a little dizzy.
The sound of slashing swords can be heard at the tournament area between Aidan and the Monker. When their two swords crossed, they were exchanging glares while trying to push each other back.
After few seconds, their face were almost touching causing Aidan to smell the Monker's bad breath. Unable to stand the stench, Aidan step on the Monker's barefoot and pushed it away.
When they broke loose, Aidan took this opportunity to run towards the Monker and jumped forward delivering a blow on the Monker's chest. When Aidan's feet touched the ground, he pulled out his sword from the Monker's chest and swing to slash its neck causing blood to ooze from it.
Seeing how Aidan killed a Monker twice his size, Aria was stunned at the strength that this Human has. It was a magnificent sight to see.
After a few seconds of cheering from the audience who are not species from Mordeux Kingdom, a clap was heard. It was from King Argan himself standing at the Royal box. The cheer then got louder.
Aria gawked. She could not believe that even her own heartless brother clap for the Human.