"Surround him!"
"He can't take down all of us!"
"His head is mine!"
The prisoners warmed over Mares with such intensity and rage that one could be misled to think the silver-eyed had done something that would justify such raw emotions.
At this point, it had become clear that whoever could kill Mares would probably be guaranteed freedom.
Mares wondered if Talho had added that condition to motivate them or to just mess with them because as far as the silver-eyed had seen, that would be a hard task for them.
They were competent and for the usual gladiator would be hard enemies to win against. Sadly, for them, Mares was the farthest thing from the usual gladiator they could have gotten.
Using the knives he had copied from Double, he blocked attacks coming from his front and back, absorbing and redirecting the impact to his attackers.