The crowd cheered and roared, the nobles stood up from their seats to honour his victory.
He had done it, he had stood victories to a trial which was made to fail him.
Araego's chains divided itself in two parts to aid to both his wounds, he had a massive hole in his chest, and he had lost a hand.
The chains wrapped around his, the remaining solid part of his hand, the part with his fingers lay motion less on the ground.
Araegon stood up from the pool made of blood and mud. He was exhausted his breathe heavy his hair wet and stained with blood.
He stood up and stretched his back and stared at the people sitting in the stadium, his mouth opened with a big smile.
I rushed back to the place where Kit and I were initially standing.
Both our face lit with joy , mirroring that of Aregon, a big smile on his face.
I rushed towards him with full speed.
'Kit! He did it! '
'Yes, I know ! See I told you I had read about him! '
We grabbed each others hand so naturally as soon as we met.
The trumpets disturbed our celebration with a huge blow.
The highest Lord had woken up from his slumber, his messenger came rushing to him, to give him the information about the slave's victory.
Aregon seeing the highest Lord woken up knelt down on the ground.
The highest Lord spoke up, his voice heavy from his sleep.
'I give my highest applause to you Slave Aregon for what you have achieved today in this battlefield, being the first slave to ever finish this purification trial! '
'You have proved that you are worthy of being a citizen of this city , this country and maybe even a respectable knight, you valour in battle is unfathomable! '
'Today , Slave Aregon is no longer a slave, after the ritual of purification you have become an official citizen of Ozymandia'
Yes! Kit and me high fived at the same time.
Aregon from his knelt down stance had finally achieved what he wanted.
'Thank you my Lord! I would serve this city for the rest of my life will always be faithful to you and this city! '
The highest Lord laughed at the statement.
'Yes you surely would, but there is one last thing you must proceed to do as your last command as a slave and as you first command as a commoner'
'Kill you son! '
I didn't hear it correctly what did that old geezer say.
Araegon's head rose for the first time in the presence of the highest noble.
'Pardon my Lord! My hearing has diminished due to the battle'
'I said, kill you son! '
The stadium had gone silent, the nobles had gone silent, me and Kit had also gone silent.
'What are you saying my Lord! Why would I ever kill my son? '
The highest noble scratched his beard.
'What is so surprising about that, look Aregon you are a commoner now, a citizen of my precious city, a respectable man'
The highest Lord stared to the dungeon
'Your son on the other hand, is a lowly pest given birth by a slave, it's... disgusting to even to talk about '
Araegon clenched his teeth.
'He is my son..... My Lord! '
The highest Lord signalled one of his servant to put his glass of wine or alcohol.
'He was you son, now he is a slave to you too! Just a cattle, but he is still related to you, the only black dirty spot in your white cloak as a respectable person'
'Kill him! '
Aregon's smile disappeared as quickly as it had appeared, he was staring at the crowd, he was staring at the nobles, he was staring at the highest Lord.
'This is not fair my Lord! This is not fair I say! '
His voice was rising, the chains in the ground were rising in the air with the same intensity.
The highest Lordhad noticed the change in his tone.
'Don't be a fool Araegon, we all know you are smarter than that, look at you! Look at your state! , look at that remaining hand of yours '
'Three nobles! It only took three nobles to make a hole in your chest and rip off your arm, how many people can you kill in this state! '
The highest Lord drank the alcohol in his hand.
'And then what! What after you death? I have to again torcher you child!,maybe tear his skin,maybe rip off his tongue,it don't like cruelty! '
Aregon's facial muscles relaxed, his chain dropped in the mud.
Kit and me hadn't spoken a word, his face was bewildered, my mood was bewildered we didn't know what to say to each other.
Kit spike out to me.
'This shouldn't happen! Is he going to kill his son? '
'I can give you one more option Aregon 'the old geezer( highest Lord) spoke out.
'Because I am a good ruler and a just king, I give you another option'
'Die! And your boy lives! '
'I will end your life, and your boy won't be tormented for the rest of his worthless life'
'Choose wisely Aregon! '
I screamed in outrage
'How does he know that they would keep their promise, they didn't keep their promise after the trial! '
'You don't understand do you! 'Kit spoke out.
'He doesn't have a choice, he doesn't have the leverage to bargain'
I glanced at Aregon, his hair bloody with his and his opponents blood, his chest and his amputated hand covered by his chains, blood dripping out of both his wounds.
He started at the ground for a while as of searching his answers on the mud, he shifted his neck to the sky.
We were waiting , the crowd was waiting, the highest Lord ordered his servant to pour more alcohol into his cup.
Blood dripped out of Araegon's chest, the chain wrapped tightly around the hole, the chains constantly shifted in a slow circular motion to keep the blood inside the chest.
Still it didn't stop the dripping the of a few more drops of blood, 1st drop , 2nd drop.
A third
The fourth
Araegon was staring up at the sky, seeing the clouds , when he suddenly started shouting to the sky, it was a foreign language.
'Yoular tom ase sim mar sa vasta sa makhu lad toh facu era mansa'
( IS IT SO MUCH TO ASK, FOR A MAN TO BE TREATED AND LOVED AS A HUMAN )
The chain at his chest fell to the ground, his remaining hand came rushing to his chest.
Digging deep into his chest, the next moment he had ripped his heart out of his chest.