47 Chaos Rune (1/2)
After leaving the slave traders, Helgahvall's group went around eating their fill and visiting the different shops to see what was new.The previous night everyone had profited from Rahz's fights and had a little money in their pockets.They were balling and it was a good feeling, even if the odds were not as good as the day before the group had full confidence that Rahz would not lose and they could earn a lot more.
Rhaen bought some spirit medicine for Rahz at the adventurer market where everyone was allowed to buy and sell their items.The spirit herbs were the ones necessary to craft a constitution elixir that would help Rahz remove more impurities from his muscle cells permanently improving his strength.
The second set of herbs created a potion to expand the mind creating an epiphany mental state that help in the understanding of skills and it was very important when mastering weapons.
The versions of this two potions that the alchemist in Willowdale was able to concoct were of the lowest level due to the techniques and equipment being used in the process but at the end of the day beggars can't be choosers.
Despite the low quality potions, the alchemist in the town was highly respected and even high level warriors needed to ask politely.The herbs plus fees cost Rhaen 50 gold setting him back to a little over 210 gold which was not enough to buy the dark elf; however, with some luck the second round of betting could go as well as the day before.
Until Rahz level up there was no sense in buying an Elixir of Ancient knowledge to boost the energy his rune could extract from his enemies so increasing Rahz's strength and mastery over his skill was the best choice.
Rhaen went back to their room and Rahz took the the constitution potion immediately.Rahz was sitting with his legs cross and his hand resting on them while waiting for the elixir to take effect when little by little black sweat full of impurities started oozing out of his skin for a few of minutes.Since the quality was pretty low the process didn't take that long but the increased was quite significant.
Rahz lifted his Axe and swung it around the room and the difference in weight required Rahz to practice his skills to familiarize himself once again with his weapon.
Rhaen observed the results of the previous elixir were already showing and suggested to Rahz the use of the mental potion while practicing his skills and the results were amazing.Rahz not only manage to sync once again with the weapon but he went a step further and manage a breakthrough into advanced apprentice with a 2 handedAxe and unlock the skill Axe counter.Axe counter allowed Rahz to dash forward after a successful Axe block and knock down his opponents within 5m.
Rhaen was sure that the opponents Rahz was going to face today were going to be a lot tougher than the nights before.The Arena lost quite a bit of gold last time and if they wanted to earn it back they need it Rahz to fall.The first fight was key and probably the toughest encounter but the rewards would be massive.
The advertising the Arena did for the new rising star the Kobold Man was a success, the arena was packed to the brim but the announcer was sure to reserve seats for the 9 Barbarians right beside the glass.
The first fight was meant to be a juicy one as Rahz opponent was a very experienced guardian that was 6-0 in his career in the underground arena.He was not a regular but the offered couldn't be refused as it would allowed him to retired extremely comfortably in the future.
The underground arena invested pretty heavily on their first fighter and so the odds were an amazing 6 to 1 in favor of guardian.Rhaen smile and place 210 gold on Rahz and call for a drink.They were now in the VIP seats and good alcohol was being serve for the price of 'on the house!!'.
If it was the day before the fight could have lasted a little longer but this was a new Rahz with increased strength and a new Combat Art.The Guardian moved in first with a shield bash followed by a slash that was block by the Axe after Rahz successfully evaded the bash by sliding to the right.
The Axe block activated his new skill that caught the guardian by surprise and knocked him on his ass.The Axe counter allowed Rahz to use Leaping Strike to impale the guardian to the ground.The Guardian managed to prevent the Axe spike from hitting his neck but it hit his right shoulder instead.
The trauma to the shoulder was so severed that it made the warrior released his sword, a sword that Rahz immediately picked up and used to cut the warriors neck as he was pin to the ground.
One minute was all it took for Rahz to crush the Underground Arena plans and now they truly had the money to do whatever they wanted.The rest of the matches were not even worth mentioning as Rahz collected heads one after the other until he achieved his goal.
After six matches, the rune that was carved with the energy of 10 evolution fighters was finally completed it and the pain coming from it was unbearable.Through gritted teeth he manage to tell the announcer that he was done for the night and that he need it help walking off the arena.