*Splat.*
Advorix plunged the sword into the chest of his opponent, right at the heart. The other man, a rough looking fighter from Carthage, stared at him with eyes of blank defeat, finally admitting defeat as he went down and closed his eyes, the blood pouring out under him into the hot sand.
The crowds in the amphitheater roared with delight.
Now twenty six, Advorix hadn’t asked for the life of a gladiator. But he’d survived everything else thrown at him and he felt as if he could follow this life for as long as he could now. Born to a pair of farmers in Gaul, his family had been dirt poor for several generations now. Advorix had grown into a strong and healthy young man, and when he came of age he cast his luck with the recruitment offer of a traveling gladiator school owner. He would’ve joined the Roman army, but the legions were for citizens only and the auxiliary units didn’t appeal that greatly to him. The Romans expected their solders in service for over a decade and then some.