"This battle of successor will be different from all the previous ones that our fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers witnessed, as our king still breaths and with his very own eyes will witness his successor!", said the commentator, I'm pretty sure the spectators knew that their king was a mad man. "And now without further ado, for the opening event, the mighty king of Colossals, the great Titus himself vs the king of beasts, the very last in existence, the novenary headed Hydra!", said the announcer as he shouted in excitement.
This was the craziest thing I had ever heard, my mind had already shown the outcome, I could see the Hydra tearing father apart. The Hydra was a beast that I had once read about, it has 9 heads, poisonous blood and some believe it to be immortal. The Hydra is a beast that no Colossal has ever managed to kill and anyone who walks it's path, has never came back. Even the greatest of the greatest could never achieve such a feat. The only reason the Hydra was going down in number was not because they were being hunted down but because they were no longer reproducing as much as they had.
Also when one of its heads has been cut off, it can reproduce and it's poisonous blood as hot as flames, it can even melt bone, there was just no way father was going to win this battle. Father jumped from the very top of the colosseum and landed safely unscathed, an ordinary Colossal would've broken a few bones or even worse death but I guess he is the mighty Titus, far from ordinary. He was in fancy clothing, no armour and he was holding the huge sword that always laid next to him in the throne room. The colosseum gates were lifted up and a terrifying existence was let loose.
I had never laid eyes on such a terrifying creature, as soon as the gate was lifted it roared so loud, it echoed and one of its many heads ate the Colossal that had just lifted the gate up. I knew right then and there what true fear was, it then ran to its opponent. Within the blink of an eye, father was holding its heart in his left hand and the Hydra's lifeless body, laying in the dirt of the colosseum. His sword, covered in Hydra blood was slowly melting away and the last Hydra had gone extinct. He jumped back to the top of the Colosseum, where his throne sat.
I couldn't believe my eyes, how could a Colossal hold such power, I guess the books were not exaggerating. The crowd went crazy, as they cheered on their king for slaying the last king of beasts that had just been wiped out of existence. "Did you all witness, what your king has just achieved, this battle of successor will be very interesting and now for the main event, the son of the beautiful Caitriona, the second queen, it's young prince Keane vs a half or should I have said a quarter of a Colossal, Tiny!", the crowd burst out in laughter as if the announcer's joke was the most amusing thing they had ever heard. "Even a mere announcer was making fun of a candidate that might become his future king", I thought. They all thought I was gonna lose, my heartbeat was beating beyond fast but I had Xanthe's earring on, I knew that I could stand a chance.
The Arena was cleared and a different Colossal lifted the gate up. As soon as we entered, Keane had his fancy armour on. I wasn't granted any armour, they said I was way too small to make me one. Keane started flexing for the crowd and they seemed to love every second of it because they began cheering louder. The fight to the death had just began and I had to kill my own brother in cold blood if I wanted to live.