Leader VS Leader

Alex started walking towards the approaching wolves. The walk soon turned into a jog, and then a sprint. Alex charged at the first half dire wolf intending to kill it with one easy swing but the wolves are smarter than the others. As expected of a magical beast, it blocked the sword with its claws and slashed at Alex with the other. Alex dodged under the paw and pulled out a dagger, shoving it into the wolves throat. The dagger pierces its skin but doesn't go all the way through. Alex pulls it out and shoves it back in as fast as he could. This time the dagger slid into the wound and Alex backed off leaving the dagger there. The half dire wolf started suffocating due to the lack of oxygen and started pawing at its throat. Every time it hit the dagger it made a small yelp. Alex didn't have time to worry about the death of that wolf because as soon as he turned around he saw a huge red claw.

Alex was thrown a couple of feet to the ground with a slash mark on his face. When Alex got up a huge claw mark went from the top right of his eye to the bottom of his left eye. Alex wiped the blood off his face, ignoring the pain that came with it. He looked at the wolf that had hit him and realized that it was the biggest of the remaining four. The other wolf had collapsed and is now shaking violently. Alex readied his sword and pointed it at the leader. He smiled at it and let out a huge scream. The wolf hearing his war cry, understood what the human wanted. Leader vs Leader, essentially a 1v1. The wolf barked to his comrades and walked towards Alex. The other wolves all sat down obediently and watched the battle. Alex and the wolf started to walk in a circle, waiting for the other party to make a move.

Alex ran toward the wolf and swung his sword in a sideways arc. The wolf dodged it and slashed at Alex. Alex knew that the wolf would dodge and threw his dagger at its eye. Either with skills or sheer luck Alex hit the wolf it the eye causing it to release a cry of pain but Alex wasn't doing so well either. When he threw that dagger, he was hit by the wolf's paw sending him a few feet away onto the ground again. The wolf had struck his side where the previous wound was. They both got up and charged each other fighting once more.

*Meanwhile, up in The South black box*

"An excellent soldier isn't he my daughter?"

The girl gave no response and just watched him fight the wolf. But deep in her heart she wanted him to win. After all this girl was the friend of the previous owner of Alex's body. Her father had secretly entered her into an academy and that was where they had met. She and him were good friends and would have grown to be a couple probably but fate had other plans. Alex's family was killed in a bandit raid while he was away at the academy. Alex, devastated by the loss was abandoned by society. Unable to keep up the school fee's he needed he had to drop out. The girl wanted to help him but her father was very adamant about her not revealing her identity or that it could bring her father and herself great trouble. So she kept it a secret until Alex had said goodbye to her. That was the last time she had ever seen him. She had hid in her room for the whole summer and was only visited by her father and her maids. So when she had to attend this with her father, she wasn't expecting to see him as the fighter for this year.

"Father."

"Yes my daughter?"

"Give him another pill if he loses."

"Why?"

"I want to have him."

"You cant be serious."

"Please, I haven't chosen my personal bodyguard yet. Why cant I choose one now?"

"How about this. I don't think he is qualified, so if he can defeat the Champion of this arena then I will buy him and he will be appointed as your bodyguard."

A wave of cheers made them look back at the battlefield. Alex had the wolf full of wounds and he had a few scratches here and there besides the two main wounds he had received.

*On the battlefield*

Alex was breathing heavily. This wolf was really strong. Alex had pushed himself to his limit. Everything on his body hurt. The dagger that he had thrown was still stuck in the eye of the wolf giving it an imposing manner. If not for all the wounds on its body, Alex would have probably been intimidated. Alex sheathed his sword on his back and got ready. He pointed his finger at the injured wolf and cast the fireball spell. As the Fireball gathered in the air, the wolf knew that it was going to die. The extreme blood loss made the wolf extremely sluggish. It wont have enough energy to dodge. The wolf rose its head and howled as the fireball flew towards it. When the fireball came into contact with the wolf it blew a hole in its throat, killing it. Alex grunted in pain and looked over. The other wolves all put their heads down to Alex and stayed obediently.

"It seems the wolves have recognized the Contestant as their leader! The next round will now begin!"

Cheers once again resounded throughout the stadium, everyone cheered for his victory. Alex smiled and walked up to the closest wolf. The wolf looked at him with its black eyes. Alex could still see their was hatred in its eyes but it chose to follow its leader. When the leader had let out its howl, to the wolves it was the leader telling them to follow this man and not die in vain. Alex pet the wolf on its head and it wagged its tail slowly. Alex sat down and started to cultivate again. He could see a lot of red particles and focused on them. All the particles within a 5 meter radius went towards him and slowly entered him. Alex could feel it resupplying his mana. Alex got back up a few minutes later and started petting the wolf again. It's slightly reddish fur was so soft.

Alex quit petting the wolf and looked over at the gate. As the gate opened a rumble could be heard. In the darkness of the gate you could make out two big yellow eyes. As it walked into the light, A huge red dire wolf took its appearance. As it did a Huge blue shield appeared around the arena. It was to protect the viewers in case the wolf went rogue. Alex went and retrieved the two daggers he had used and sheathed them. He readied his sword, as the half dire wolves got ready. The huge wolf stood 15 meters away staring at Alex. Alex charged forward and shot 1 more fireball spell, this was all the mana he could use for now as he hadn't recovered enough to shoot off two spells

The wolf pawed at the fireball, making it explode on its paw. But it realized that was a mistake as the wolf had blown off three of its toes. The wolf got angry and ran at Alex. The three half dire wolves charged at the wolf in retaliation. Alex also closely followed behind.