The day of the tournament arrived and I was floored. An entire stadium had been built a few years ago to house the grand contest. The stadium could fit almost a hundred thousand spectators!

There were small panels of glass in front of every seat that a mage would connect to and broadcast the fight. Magic! They used mother fucking magic to watch sports! Ten thousand people had decided to participate in the tournament. My only concern was that matches were until the other side was incapacitated or surrendered. Which means that many would die because of foolish pride.

I was all for it as long as the three boys stayed alive. I had grown attached to them over the time we had spent together. But I wanna see my kids so badly! Let me go home. It’s been six months!

The first round of the tournament was the longest, sometimes taking weeks to finish. The geography instructor had spent a week teaching all about the history of the tournament. The prize for Hanno’s bracket this year was a thousand golden Skal and a castle. There were two thousand people in his bracket.

Hanno had me sit with the instructors which meant I would be able to watch all of Hanno’s matches. He had one today. If he wanted to make it to the finals he would have to win ten fights.

The worst thing about the tournament, in my opinion, was that Creep was there to watch it. The day before the tournament he met with me, bringing the overpowered old lady with him. I hissed at her and screamed. “Why the fuck will you people not leave me alone? Just let me see my kids! Your son is safe and sound.”

Creep, also known as Ferdinand, turned towards the old lady and said. “It’s complaining about how you haven't let it see its children.” Creep just shrugged and said. “I value my child’s safety more than your happiness. Deal with it.”

I balked but he just pushed on. “I just wanted to make sure you were aware of a few things that might happen soon. I’m pretty sure I am going to be killed in the next few days.” I stared at him in shock but didn’t say anything.

He smiled and said. “The Bear Clan has been stepping up their game, they just recently hired Helga to kill me.” He motioned towards the old lady and I gasped. “Why did you bring her here then? Quick kill him now Helga!”

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Helga just smiled and said. “It wants me to kill you, but it also questions why you brought me here.” Creep just grunted and said. “We’re old friends, and I don’t fault her for wanting some extra money. They’re paying her ten thousand golden skal. She’ll be set for life. And I can’t do anything to stop her.”

I just nodded as he continued saying. “I have one final task for you, after I die. You make sure Hanno survives this mess. The entire tournament is a trap. But I can’t just have him leave. Get him and his friends back to the Raven Clan. If you do that you can return to your children, if you don’t keep them alive Helga will kill you. Make sure my child and his friends survive the next week.”

I was slightly confused but tried to focus. “Do you agree? Will you protect my son, the future of our people?” I nodded and said. “If you let me return to my children, then sure. I will try to keep him alive.” Creep smiled and turned towards Helga.

He smiled and said. “Helga, it will be an honor to be killed by you, but I hope you will not interfere with my son after I am gone.” She shook her head and he handed her a bag. Creep smiled even wider and said. “I’ll give you five thousand golden Skals. Kill the leader of the Bear clan.”

Helge stared at him in confusion before bursting out laughing. “This is why I like you Ferdinand! I’ll do it, your son will be placed on an even playing field.” What is happening? How can I make money from this? Also Creep dying? Sounds good to me!”

After making sure Hanno would be safe Creep turned towards me and said. “Mud skink, I… I apologize. I kidnapped you, took you from your children. And after that I was enslaved. But know that if given the option of doing this again I would do the same thing. No matter what.”

I just shrugged and said. “I honestly can’t wait for you to die. I do not give a fuck about your apology. If you wanna make it up to me, try to die slowly and painfully. Also for everyone of my descendants that die, I am going to kill a hundred humans. I’ll kill them nice and slow. Maybe I’ll roast them. Eat 'em too.”

Helga frowned and said. “Mass murder will not be tolerated, little lizard. Ferdinand told you to die as soon as possible. It’s still a monster. I do not know why you think an apology would help after you kidnapped and enslaved it.”

He just shrugged and said. “I tried, now let's go make sure Hanno’s ready to go. He’s got a big week ahead of him.” I saw a single tear roll down his cheek and yelled. “Shut the fuck up! Why do you almost seem like a good person now? I hate you! I’m gonna make your skull into a chamber pot! I’m gonna shit in your skull! I’ll make a clothing hanger out of your ribs! Fuck you as well Helga! What type of name is that? Why did you steal me from my children? Why not anybody else?”

Helga stomped on my back and it collapsed under the force of her attack. She then ripped me in half as I screamed in agony. I felt like I was about to die but suddenly she healed me. For over a minute I just laid there, screaming. Never dying but always feeling the pain. Whenever I was about to die she would flood me with some sort of energy.

She put me back together after the brief torture session and my body felt the same as it had five minutes ago. I shuddered and vomited when she looked at me. She just nodded and walked away, leaving me to slowly stumble back into the city.