The Pit

A/N: For those that don't know Apollyon is from For Honor I recommend watching a YouTube video of her cutscenes to understand who see is. Smaug is from Lord of the Rings you can look up his scenes from the movies he was in or search him up on wiki.

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After waking up the next morning Apollyon started to work out the fighters were granted multiple tools to help them work out as the crowd loved strong fighters.

She was trying to build as much muscle as possible because the armor she wanted and the sword were very heavy. Unfortunately her workout was loud and early.

She woke up both Genz and Skar with her workouts much to their annoyance. Apollyon got a good look at both of them and nodded.

Genz was around 6'4 and at least 220. He could tell Genz was middle aged by the few gray hairs in his hair and his old yellow eyes. He was tanned with a bit of a gut but very muscular. His short black rough hair and large beard made him look like a barbarian.

Skar was much younger he looked around early twenties. He had short blonde hair, blue eyes, and a pale complexion. He had a little stumble but not much. He stood around 6 foot and had some muscle but no where near Genz level. His face was handsome but he had a scar down his left side.

"You two are adequate from now on you will train with me every day to make sure you don't die because once we get out of here you two will join my group." Apollyon said.

"Sorry but no thanks I'd rather not wake up this early every morning and the chances of us getting out of here are—woah okay okay." Genz was interrupted by Apollyon pointing a sword at his throat then received a nonchalant nod from Skar.

"Genz tell me more about the pit." Apollyon asked.

"Alright we'll we fight for a large audience usually other people in these cells but sometimes we fight Animals like tigers or bulls. Each cell has a group of people from 2-7. A lot of the time there are cell vs cell battles. You will rarely fight your own cell mate."

"Sometimes they have represent battle where they pick one member from every cell. When the cells start getting too crowded they take 10 plus cells as make them fight in a large battle."

"We get basically get the entire day to ourselves but never leave the cell unless we fight. Since there are quite a lot of fighters we usually only fight once or twice a week. Food is given twice a day at noon and at night. The servants that come down here can be bribed to get stuff and bring them down here. Lastly if you impress a lot of people you will get better treatment. Any questions?" Genz said.

"No but thanks for the info." Apollyon shook her head.

"Yeah but sense you kinda slaughtered two of our guys so cell battles will be kinda hard." Genz said.

"I will be more the enough to make up for them." Apollyon said.

-1 week later-

"Cells 3,7,12, and 18 get your shit and come to the pit." A pit announcer yelled before going back up to the pit.

"Ahh shit were up and we have to fight cell 12." Genz sighed.

"What cell are we and what's up with cell 12?"

"We are cell 7 and cell 12 has 6 people and most of them are good fighters and they're leader is a monster. They have won 8 cell fights." Genz said.

"What about 18 and 3."

"18 shouldn't be a problem they only have 4 people and only one or two can fight but 3 has 5 people and they can all fight." Genz shakes his head.

Genz put on his horned helmet and grabbed his battle axe he wore leather armor with some metal here and there. Skar also wore leather but had no metal. He had a shield and sword.

Apollyon was given a chain mail top but wore leather over it with a long sword. Lastly she had taken the helmet that Hedge used to cover his ugly face.

'This isn't my great sword but it will due.' Apollyon said.

"Everyone get up here now." The announcer yelled.

Cell 7 was the last cell up the steps. Apollyon couldn't help but feel excited as sshe stepped into the the pit.

The pit was a large dirt circle with stands 20 feet above them. The circle was the size of a basketball court and had blood and lots of other stuff around it.

The audience yelled as the fighters stepped in. This pit was small compared to others but it was still enough to hold hundreds of people.

"I thought it would be nicer." Apollyon said.

"What not fancy enough for you." Genz smirk nervously.

"No this is perfect." Apollyon smiled.

"Look here Cell 7 is down a few people but they have a new face." Phens the leader of Cell 12 said.

Apollyon looked towards Phens and it was obvious the crowd loved him looking at his armor. He was massive around 6'8 he had on full metal armor and had a massive sword. Everything the perfect size for him.

"Hopefully they will let me take one of your corpses and have some fun with it." Phens laughed closing his helmet.

"Of course you would be a freak." Apollyon glared at the thought mutilating a corpse.

"You'll be first." He licked his lips.

"I'll crush your head beneath my feet." Apollyon said.

A loud horn sounded silencing the crowd and the fighters that were screaming at each other. The silence didn't last long though as swords started clashing.

Phens and Cell 12 leader look at each other and nod. Then Cell 3 attacks Cell 7 and Cell 12 attacks 18.

"What the hell is this." Genz yells.

"The two strongest groups slaughter the weak ones then fight it out. No hard feelings." Cell 3 leader smirks.

"You bastard." Genz charges him with his battle axe.

"I'll handle Genz you guys kill those two." The other members nodded.

Apollyon and Skar got ready for battle each had two people to deal with. Skar held his shield up and pointed his sword.Apollyon stood there with her sword down at her side waiting for them to come.

"Come on let me show you the difference between a dragon and a sheep." Apollyon said.