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Ihawxd ran his hands through his short, dark brown hair as he sat down on the first bench he could find. He exhaled a deep sigh of relief and looked up just in time to view the next match begin. On his left Ihawxd saw Enoch, a tall, grave man. 22 years of age, he had unkempt, black hair that reached just barely bellow his ears. His opponent on the right was Samed, a slightly younger, slightly shorter man. Samed had light brown hair and seemed far more enthusiastic than Enoch. They were both dressed in practically the same clothes: plain brown pants and a plain shirt. The two were fighting for a chance to face Ihawxd in the final of a tournament that their village, the small town of Holden, was holding in order to determine who their strongest warrior was. The winner was to be sent out into distant kingdoms in order to seek help from others, for Holden had been plagued with raids for months now, and the villagers had decided it was finally time to do something about it.

Ihawxd had succeeded in his two previous matches, and decided to take a rest while Enoch and Samed fought. He had trained with both of them extensively, so there wasn't anything new he was going to learn about their fighting styles. After a period of time which didn't feel nearly as long as it actually was, Ihawxd realized that a winner had been declared. He stood back off and shrugged off any anxiety. As he walked toward tha horse yard being recycled as a fighting ring he saw the winner of the last match, Samed, waiting for him. Ihawxd picked up one of the sticks laying in a pile by the entrance and strided into the ring. The crowd consisting of few more than 30 villagersfeebly clapped.

The two competitors shared eye contact for a few seconds, but neither of the two were known to be patient. Ihawxd began by leaping forward with his stick raised high up. Naturally, Samed prepared to block a descending strike, but Ihawxd changed the direction of his attack and quickly retracted his weapon before striking Samed's knee. Samed lost his balance and stumbled backward, but was able to regain his footing and come back with a jab. Ihawxd lept backward to dodge it. Samed came in again with another jab, and this time Ihawxd evaded to the left, beating Samed's stick downward. He then attempted to strike Samed's head by quickly raising his weapon. Samed rolled beneath the swing to get behind his opponent. Quickly standing up, he hastily lunged forward in an attempt to catch Ihawxd off guard. In response, Ihawxd crouched down and spun around, extending his leg and sweeping Samed from off the ground while doing so. Ihawxd stood up and placed his pretend sword up to Samed's neck. The crowd roared just about as well as Simba from the Lion King could when he was still young, and a man rushed into the crowd declaring Ihawxd the winner.

Ihawxd extended his hand outward towards his downed friend. Samed reluctantly grabbed on and was hoisted up.

"I'll get you next time." Samed said, half jokingly.

"You're getting better..." Ihawxd admitted. "I mean, you have a small chance to beat me eventually."

Samed shook his head disapprovingly and walked away. Ihawxd followed behind.

"Am I the only one who thinks it's stupid that we're only sending out one person?" Samed asked.

"Well, technically we're actually sending a person and a horse, so..."

"I'm serious, though. What if something happens?" Samed objected.

"Well, I think it's because the town doesn't want to endanger more people than is necessary, and, well, let's face it. It doesn't take more than one person to ask for help. Besides, I'm sure that you'll be able to organize a search party if I'm not back within a month."

"Well, just make sure you get back in time for a rematch."

"Will do!" Ihawxd ran off into his house and Samed trudged slowly back to his.