REBIRTH OF A WARRIOR

Chapter 50

I lost track of time and space. I knew only the next motion; I planned nothing, but fought and reacted instinctively. I was inflicting damage as a result of both my skillful fighting experience and the brute strength I was employing against my hated foe.

I hadn’t inflicted any serious wounds, but the broken off javelin point in my left hand had left a half dozen jagged wounds in my opponent that were bleeding freely. I had not escaped injury, however. I was nicked up almost everywhere and there was a deep cut across my left thigh that hurt when I moved.

I didn’t care; instead I used the pain to spur me on to greater effort. I was winning! Suddenly, something changed in the air around me and I found myself knocked backward through it. I skidded off the sandy arena floor several times before slamming hard into the arena wall. What had that been?

I lifted myself up off the sand fighting for air, not understanding what had just happened. The wild man was upon me before I knew it and it was