
"Ups. Almost," said Rosse who managed to catch the key before it fell to the floor and made a loud noise, because right carrying there was a pile of iron plates.
"What are you doing here, Rosse?" sofia asked with a sharp look at Rosse.
Rosse did not answer. He walked closer to Sofia's cell and Lisa then opened the bars. Sofia and Lisa are a little confused by what Rosse is doing, considering Rosse has betrayed them. What's he gonna do?
"Stop looking at me like that. Come on out, we don't have much time left. We have to save Rin" said Rosse, who made Sofia and Lisa aware.
"Ta, but haven't you been a blood slave to Lucas. Ba, how..."
"I didn't really become the blood slave of that old vampire. I coated my neck with protection magic from your mother. So even if that old vampire sucks my blood, I won't be his blood slave. I'm sorry for deceiving you, "Rosse bowed sadly.
"Then why did you tell Lucas our secret gathering point in that cave?" ask Lisa.
"That's not me. I don't know how he knew that place. I was just continuing my act, because I knew we wouldn't be able to beat Lucas. By still holding onto Lucas' trust, I might be able to help you escape from this prison" Rosse said.
Dungs! Dungs!
The sound of bells echoed throughout the castle area and until it was heard to the basement where they were. That made Rosse panic.
"Wine! That's the bells that signal the Gladiator match is starting. We need to hurry to the Colosseum right now."
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In the Colosseum, two guards pushed me into a small room. The iron door was closed and then locked. This small room measuring one meter by half a meter is directly connected to the main part of the Colosseum. There were cheers from the audience. One of the guards returned. He encouraged me to step into the fighting section. I had to step there. The bright light from the lights was so blinding to me for a moment. The crowd was getting stronger as they looked at me. They threw me with a rock the size of a golf ball to a tennis ball. Only a small part of the throw was holding, I quickly parried it. I see them all full of hate. I have never been embarrassed like this. I will remember this day. Just look at the vampire kingdom, I'm giving back this humiliation.
"As you can see. Don't be fooled by this girl's pretty face. He was a werewolf who dared to come and set foot into Vyden's mouth. As a long-standing rule, a werewolf caught on the island of Vyden would be punished for a duel with a wild animal in the Colosseum. We see who is stronger. This wolf girl or the lion who became his opponent" Lucas told everyone present tonight.
I glanced sharply at Lucas who was sitting on a special seat for the royal members. I saw Onoval sitting on the chair next to her brother. He only glanced at me once and then turned his gaze to the people. He seems angry at me.
["Don't mind him anymore. He's a vampire prince. Better think of a way to get out of this place."]
["I know. I just didn't think my identity would be known to him under these circumstances."]
"Take off the opponent!" lucas' orders.
Suddenly the iron door that was across from me opened. I heard heavy growls and footsteps stepping into the arena. A large lion with a scar on its skin growled ferociously at me. I took a step back as the lion got closer. The audience was unceasingly cheering. The lion roared ferociously while looking at me like such a delicious prey. Then he started running to pounce on me. I tried to avoid the attack of the big claws of the lion.
["How is Keyla? Are you able to defeat him?"]
["No."]
["Huh? Don't be kidding."]
["I'm not kidding. Maybe I can beat him with my bare hands. Hoshs... Hoshs... My strength is still weak," I try to stand firm.]
["Then let me fight it. At least I have claws and fangs to attack the lion."]
"Rin," Onoval looks heartless to see his friend have to fight a beast until one of them dies. He kept turning his face away from the Gladiator arena. "No Onoval. He's a werewolf. You can't help her."
["Keyla!" sherina sounded very worried.]
["I'm fine Sherina. Fuu... My breath was very tight," I tried to regulate my breathing while blocking the sweat that ran down my forehead.]
["How is this? You can't go on like this, Keyla," Sherina's tone of voice this time turned sad.]
I started thinking about how to fight this lion while resting for a while. The lion was also still trying to get up and maybe his head was a little dizzy. The audience was all screaming to make me change. But that's not gonna be possible.
["En... How about we negotiate with this lion not to attack us again?" I told Sherina to speak my mind.]
["Can't your stupidity not show up now," Sherina said flatly.]
["There is no other way," I tried to get up and walked up to the lion.] "Hey... My real name is Keyla, but all my friends call me Rin. What's yourname?"
["I didn't think you'd actually try it!!"]
"Goarrr....!"
The lion was still crazily growling. He did not listen to me and attacked me again. I was not quick enough to avoid the attack. He managed to hurt my arm. I covered my wounds with my other hand to reduce my blood out even more. The smell of my blood instantly spread made the vampires start to feel hypnotized. Tampa realized they were about to descend into the arena to attack me. Suddenly they returned to their seats. Strange, what happened? Aah, no need to care about it, I better take care of this one cat. I tore the skirt off my dress to bandage my wound.
"There's something strange here" said Lucas, who was a little confused. "Why didn't the vampires attack this girl? Especially after smelling the smell of blood that was so unbearable. They're like scared to drink this girl's blood, as if..."
"Rin is the blood slave of someone," Sindy continued his master's sentence. He was standing right next to Lucas.
"Yes. But who? Very few strong vampires could make his blood slaves highly respected by other vampires. Even I suddenly felt like I was tasting this girl's blood."
"Maybe it's just your feelings. There are vampires stronger than you. My master is a descendant of a noble vampire and is the crown prince. There must be another reason why the vampires look to attack Rin."
"Your mouth is getting better at talking sweet words. But you might have a point, too."
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