"What are possible threats in the Outer Waters? Can anyone think of anything?" Leon asked, the Faerlu Faction was almost prepared but they still remained worried about what lied waiting for them.
They stood amongst one another within the Captains Deck struggling to find a way to overcome this obstacle.
"Creatures or monsters that don't exist within the waters of the Expanse?" One Faerlu member stated questionably.
"Weather?" Another stated.
After a few more ideas were thrown out there, one person finally spoke up with a firm knowing of what they were saying.
"There's a few things that are definitely threats out there, but one thing that my father used to teach me when I was young was about the waves of the Outer Waters," Dulgit said from beside of the others.
The room became silent when he spoke as he was in fact the only one within Faerlu with any sort of navigational history or strengths.
"What did he teach you about them Dulgit?" Leon asked aloud.
"I remember when I was five or six, I believe it was, he told me that parts of the world were unique and that exploring all of the waters of the world should always be a journey he would partake in. What kept him from doing so were the 'walls' of the Outer Waters. He told me stories of people that went there and were met with fifty to a hundred-foot waves constantly coming from every direction," Dulgit stopped to take a second as if something had hit home while he spoke of this subject.
"My father died when he finally chose to try to explore the world, and when he went to the Outer Waters he had never returned. He told me he would but we found parts of his ship floating through the town I grew up in..."
Everyone remained quiet at the late news of this distance tragedy. Aida, who had been looking down and mostly ignoring everything going on, looked up for once as she heard this coming from Dulgit.
"Besides the heights of the waves though, I did many tests in the Outer Waters since then. Well, at least on the edge of them never really in the actually vicinity. I learned of a loop hole. One hour out of every day, there is a calm within the storm that lies out there. This is when we will travel the most and as fast as possible. Whenever the storms arise, we must float and not fight. That is the secret I learned throughout my studies back then," Dulgit finished.
Leon stood while everyone watched. Slowly but confidently, he walked up to Dulgit and placed his hands on his shoulders.
"You've been through a lot my friend, let's make your father proud and achieve his dreams as well as our own," he said while smiling to Dulgit.
A single tear ran down from beneath the navigator's eye as he let a slight smile shed through.
"Thank you, Leon," was all he could muster.
Cheers of a hundred thousand citizens of Azutria could be heard echoing throughout the enormous arena of Wravalon. Alone sat the previously known leader of Faerlu, awaiting his turn to be thrown into what could possibly be the end of his legend. Kai's head faced down with his eyes closed as he took deep, calmed breaths to remain focused. The area he was in was underneath the seating of the citizens, but far below. It remained dark where he was at everyone had fought except for him at this point. He wasn't sure who lived or has died, all he knew was that he was next.
'This is the beginning, not the end.' He thought to his self.
"NEXT! WE HAVE ONE FINAL FIGHT LEFT FOR YOU!" A muffled voice could be heard from where Kai was sitting.
The crowd roared again as the individual spoke loudly through what must've been some sort of pipe ran system to help broaden the area of where his voice could be heard.
"FIRST! WELCOME IN TWO OF THE LEGENDARY DUTAI, OUR BELOVED PAERIS AND ARBANE!"
Wravalon erupted even louder to where the cheers became a loud vibration as well that could be felt underneath Kai's feet. A guard could be heard opening a gate in front of where Kai was sitting, he then walked up to him.
"Get up, it's your turn to die," the guard spoke.
Taking a moment, Kai didn't move one muscle or even flinch.
"I said get up, you're next," the guard spoke again.
Slowly he began to stand, the guard could hear the quiet mumbling Kai was speaking. Not enough to make out what he was saying though.
"What was that?" The guard asked.
The mumbling got a tad louder but not loud enough to where he could make out any words still. At this point they had walked through the gate and were headed towards two giant wooden and metal infused doors which were down a decently lengthen tunnel. Light could be seen breaking through from around the doors.
"This... the... not... end..." Kai spoke louder this time as well.
The guard gave up at this point, glancing at Kai like he was a weirdo or like he had some mental problems. Everything became more real as they reached the doors, the sounds of the crowd and the light became even brighter.
"AND NOW! THE ONE WHO IS TO FACE TRIAL. WILL HE LIVE OR WILL HE DIE? WE HAVE GIVEN HIM A CHANCE TO TRAIN AND TO PREPARE FOR THIS MOMENT RIGHT HERE! BUT WE ALL KNOW WHO THE DUTAI ARE. CAN HE CONQUER THIS MOUNTAIN OF A CHALLENGE?" The voice from Wravalon began again.
"Get ready, when the doors open you are to walk out. If you try to resist, we will just kill you here," the guard spoke once more.
Taking a few steps closer to the door, it slowly began to creak open. The light outside breached into the tunnel and began to cover Kai's body.
"WELCOME TO WRAVALON, KAI OF THE FACTION FAERLU! TRAITOR TO THE DUSK ALLIANCE!"
Confidently he walked, so much that everyone in the arena went from booing the prideful leader of Faerlu to doing nothing as he walked across the giant metal platform and towards the two individuals standing in the center awaiting his arrival.
"This is the beginning, not the end!" Kai stated as he stared into the eyes of his opponents.