Levi stood, barefoot, the hot arena sand searing under his foot, hands trembling. He hadn't eaten in two days though he was already acquainted with hunger.
At the other end of the arena, stood a hideous creature.
It stood tall towering over Levi's countenance, its arms hung low, claws dragging across the ground. Thick legs pulsing with red veins. It hunched back, prancing it's feet.
The crowd roared in bloodthirsty glee. Cheers of anticipation could be heard from all directions coming from the arena's audience.
"These fuckers!! They all want to see me get killed."
"this thing is gonna kill me"
Levi backed away, enraged by how helpless he was in this situation.
In a moments notice, the Krag lunged into a mad charge on all fours. Its head bent back showcasing its pointy horns. Its goal was clear. It intended to impale Levi with its horns.
The arena was quite large so the Krag had to cover a bit of distance before it got o Levi, but the more it ran the more momentum it picked up.
Sensing the danger, Levi tried to run but, he couldn't make it in time as he could only move two feet before the Krag was upon him. These two feet of distance were luckily enough for Levi to escape the range of the deadly horns but the Krag realizing that its horns would miss their target shot up from its couching position grabbing Levi with one hand and Slamming his entire body against the arena wall using all the momentum it had picked up.
With a violent thud, Levi crashed into the rock wall of the arena. The world darkened for a second but the light promptly returned. A torrent of Pain attacked Levi from all parts of his body. His head throbbed and ached violently. Levi spat out a mouthful of blood. He couldn't feel his left hand which was hanging limply from his shoulder. Levi couldn't even catch a break as a clawed hand grasped around his head. The Krag then proceeded to fling Levi all the way to the other side of the arena. Consciousness immediately abandoned Levi before he even made impact with the ground. Sparing his from the pain.
The World was dark and cold. Opening his eyes, one soaked in crimson blood, pain once again assaulted him. His stomach threatened to release its contents. Barely managing to get to his feet despite the protest of his body, Levi could see the Krag charging at him once again. Its horns again directed at Levi.
"So this is how I die." "a fitting end to a pathetic life such as mine."
Levi struggled to stand tall. His body barely co-operating. He watched as his death charged speedily towards him. He saw his life flash before his eyes. All those years scrapping garbage cans for food. All those cold winter nights, All those times he run away from monsters attacking the slums.
The Krag was at point blank range, at this point it would be almost impossible for Levi to survive, not in the state he was in. Levi had no plans of even attempting to survive. His fate was sealed.
But just when the krag was about to pierce Levi with its horns he jumped to the left!
"No!! I refuse to die!!!" inwardly Levi shouted to himself.
A moment later, a cloud of soot and ashes rose from the point of impact. The Krag lay on the ground whiles Levi stood above it. One of its horns lay on the ground besides it. Levi seeing a way out of this limped with one leg broken towards the head of the Krag. He managed to reach there and bent to pick up the horn. Just at that moment the Krag's eyes shot open red in fury. It was about to get back up but Levi threw himself onto it in an attempt to keep it down. Using the horn he desperately clutched with his one good arm, He thrust it with all the strength he could muster towards the temple of the Krag. The Horn instantly shattered but it managed to create a small crack where Levi had pierced. The Krag jumped to Its feet roaring in rage. Levi was still on its back still attached because he desperately bit into the hard nape of the krag. He knew that if he let go it would be all over for him. Noticing the crack created in the temple of the krag, though it was small, Levi jabbed his finger into it. The sharp edges wounding his finger but Levi did not care. He wriggled his finger inside the head of the Krag. The Krag went berserk violently thrashing into the walls trying to get Levi don. It clawed at Levi from the back yet Levi refused to relent. The Krag made indiscernible sounds as it slammed its body, violently thrashing. Then...… It stopped moving. it fell to the ground face first. Dead
Levi laying on the floor. Exhausted than he had ever been. Stared at the Krag wit hate filling up his eyes. The crowd exploded. Some shocked at how Levi had killed the Krag, others screaming gleefully their blood lust satiated. Up at the very top of the arena the very same man who had bought Levi the previous day. The man who had no features on his face. He seemed to gaze down at Levi, then he flicked his finger then a dark marble shot up from his shadow which he dropped into the arena. It fell then went straight and landed on top of the unconscious Levi. It wriggled itself to move then it attached itself to Levi's shadow.