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Uktesh, bringing its teeth dangerously close to him.  The toxic turtle must have felt the same way because without warning it slammed its tail into Astiau and his mount and both fell to the ground hard.
    The mount dinosaur was quickly on its feet. It took a quick bite at Astiau, who back-handed it with his fist before it bolted away from the wagon train.  Astiau called for three mounted soldiers to chase after it.  Uktesh tried to hide his mirth, but couldn’t.  Astiau pulled Uktesh from his perch, unlocked his chains, and dragged him so that he could see they were on a hill looking down at a massive city, one with dozens of towers and eight pyramids.  “This is the last place you will ever live.  I will make sure of it!  Welcome to Enixidem!”  Uktesh never saw what hit him, but he felt it!  The last thing he remembered seeing was the ground rushing toward him.
     
     
     
     
A God Form in the Life of
    A month and three weeks apart from Laurilli
    Uktesh woke up, groaned, and put a hand to the back of his head.  He sat up and realized he’d been sleeping on a single slab of rock. That explains why everything hurts.   He took a look around him and, giant snake!   The snake lunged at him and Uktesh slammed the back of his head into the wall behind him in his attempt to put some distance between himself and the giant snake!  He felt his fist slam into the snake’s lower jaw, which snapped the mouth, and all those teeth, shut.  It reared back again, rubbing its chin, and Uktesh saw its full size.  It had to be nearly nine feet tall, wait hands?  Uktesh saw that it had quite humanoid arms and hands that were currently massaging its jaw. 
    “That wasss a sssound hit,
    even I have to admit!”
    Uktesh felt his jaw drop in shock, it spoke!   Uktesh was still pondering the fact that a snake with arms spoke when it repeated the feat. 
    “Sssadly, ssspeed, ssstrength, and ssskill will only get you ssso far. 
    To sssurvive you’ll need to learn how to become a ssstar.”
    Uktesh just continued to stare,
    “Ssspeak if you know how,
    I tire of thisss game now.”
    Uktesh said, “You can talk!”
    The snake rolled its eyes at Uktesh. Uktesh was proud of himself for not commenting on that out loud,
    “Ssstupid boy thinksss me a beassst,
    but doesss not know he isss the leassst.”
    Uktesh slowly repeated the sentence in his mind until he understood it, and asked, “Least?  What am I the least of?”
    The snake show Uktesh all its teeth, and Uktesh felt himself pale at the gristly smile,
    “You are the leassst gladiator! 
    All othersss are already better.”
    Uktesh laughed as said, “Ha!  That barely rhymed!”
    He didn’t, however, see the thing’s tail hit him, he just felt it and then the wall as he slammed into it. 
    “Lord Neftalixss hasss told me to teach you all I know,
    but I firssst you will give me a ssshow.”
    It slithered out of the cell that only now Uktesh realized he was in.  Uktesh shivered. Why is it so cold?  I was sleeping outside without any discomfort just last night.  Uktesh stood and followed the snake through a maze of cells until they were outside in a sand pit.  Uktesh saw the dragons lined up opposite people who must be the gladiators.  The seasoned gladiators. I guess we’re all gladiators; they just have more experience.  Why are they all only wearing loincloths?   The dragons shied away from the snake, but didn’t look overly shocked to see it so Uktesh assumed they’d had a similar welcome.
    “Ssso thisss isss the one you sssay,
    will bessst my bessst gladiator today?
    I sssay he will fall,
    to the leassst of all.”
    The snake said something like, “Sssielexss,” and a man stepped forward.  Uktesh saw he was armed with a shield and sword and that behind him were rows upon rows of wooden weapons.  He saw the all the swords were the same length and size. They were short barely longer than his forearm and hand, thick, and double bladed.  Or at least the