Author's note: I am planning on writing a short book. It is a sequel to Norax and I will be posting chapter by chapter. In this series, I am working on vocabulary.
Adam’s
mother dialed 911. Since the station has two blocks away from the house, the
police arrived in a heartbeat, which Adam didn’t have many of left. They found
him and realized that he was shot in the shoulder.
Five
minutes ago a sniper had been laying on a neighbor’s roof, waiting for Julio
Stevens, the state’s governor. However, he had been sent to the wrong house.
Having mistaken Adam for Julio, he shot at Adam. Adam would have a bullet in
his head if he hadn’t bent over for the phone. Now, Adam was being rushed to
the hospital, while the police chased after what appeared to be the gunner’s
getaway car.
Once
Adam was hurried into ER, a needle was stuck in his arm and he blacked out.
Hours later, he woke up. He was scared out of his mind when he saw all of the
equipment around him. A nurse came in and told him that he would be alright but
it may be two to three weeks before he was released from the hospital. Once she
left, Adam noticed his entire surroundings. There were hundreds of balloons,
flowers, and gifts. Also, several things from his house had been brought there,
including his laptop. When his parents walked in, he asked for it. Once they
were gone, he proceeded to open Norax.
Gladius was sitting next to the two dwarves who were
sleeping. He woke them up. They informed him that a werewolf came by looking
for him. He said that he bought a large warship and wanted to sail out across
the sea and search for new wealth. He needed a experienced crew and asked if he
could host a tryout at Gladius’ arena. Gladius went to the hotel room where the
werewolf was. He said that he would allow him to use the arena under one
condition, that he and the dwarves could come too. The wolf agreed.
The next
day, Gladius, the dwarves, and the werewolf enter the host box while hundreds
of people were preparing to take part. The first test of the was battling.
After everyone was completed about 150 people were dismissed. Before noon,
everyone went through a target practice using a cannon. Then, the remaining 52
people were allowed a break while the arena was flooding using underground
water channels. 4 medium sized ships were brought in and each person was
assigned to a boat. There was room for 26 more people on the voyage so the
final two ships would make the cut.
Once
the battle had begun, it seemed that one ship was doomed. Two ship had headed
straight for it. However, this boat had 4 people that had crossbows. One ship
was smart and turned away once they saw the arrows raining down. However, the
second attacker wasn’t so bright. The captain had ran to the front with his
longbow but it didn’t have near enough range and he was hit. The boat was hit
in the side by a cannon ball and it quickly began to sink. Everyone abandoned
the ship and swam towards to player exit. The ship who had retreated were now
cornered in the middle of the arena. Both of the attacker shot at the ship but
only scored one hit. One ship shot far over and hit the other attacker. That
ship sank and the remaining two ships were crowned winners. The arena was
drained and the winners meet inside the owner suite.
End of chapter 2
