The Rebels' Assault (8 page)

 

The last player remaining in the game is the winner of the trial!

NAME:
Ruma

 

FROM:
Etruria

 

HEIGHT:
5′7ʺ

 

BODY TYPE:
Scrawny, rough-skinned

 

BEST FRIEND:
Teo

 

CELLMATE:
Olu

 

RUMA QUIZ:
How well do you know you answer the following questions

1.
RUMA IS THE FIRST PERSON TO ASSUME GLADIUS HAS DIED IN THE UNDERWATER CHALLENGE. TRUE OR FALSE?

2.
RUMA WAS THE ONLY SLAVE NOT TO HAVE HIS HEAD COVERED DURING THE EXECUTIONS. WHAT DID HE NOT HAVE TO WEAR?

A flail consists of a wooden handle attached to a chain with a spiked ball on the end. It can be swung at enemies, and also used to wrap around the swords of opponents in order to block their attacks. The flail makes a whooshing noise when it is whirled through the air, and can be swung at high speed over the head of the wielder. It is a particularly effective weapon when being attacked from all sides!

 

D
ecimus had been confined in a small cell t for six days. It wasn't any old cell, he realized upon entering, but the same dusty room he had occupied during the trials. The trials now seemed so far in the past that they almost felt like stories he'd heard from someone else. However, there was one major difference this time; the rest of the cell block was empty. Decimus hadn't seen Olu, Ruma, Argon, or Gladius since they'd been captured in the courtyard of the Suvius Tower. At first, he'd fully expected the group to be separated. They were obviously stronger together, and the simple fact that Doom had used the others as a trap to capture him and Olu meant that they were valuable to him. At least, that was the story Decimus told himself . . .