Chapter 354: Melee
“This is where you’ll be staying,” Selen said, turning back to face Arwin and Reya. She’d brought them through a portal into a small room at the base of the stands surrounding the stone arena.
There were three chairs arranged around a wooden table. Unlike what Arwin suspected to be the fighters’ quarters ringing the arena below, there was nothing but metal railing and empty air beyond it at the edge of their room.
If anything, it was really more of a fancy balcony than a room. He could hear distant footsteps above him — likely the sounds of people moving around in the stands above them.
“This is considerably nicer than what I was expecting,” Arwin said, sending a surprised glance at Selen. “Not that I’m complaining.”
The Secret Eye representative shook her head in an attempt to conceal the faint amusement behind her eyes. “We have some balcony rooms. They’re normally for overflow guests. Some clients will occasionally bring more than they are supposed to, but they have standing enough to make turning them away difficult.”
“It’s perfect. Thank you,” Reya said as she pulled a chair away from the table and turned it so she could look down at the arena.
Arwin had to agree. This location was perfect. They were probably the closest people to the actual arena. He was pretty sure that, if he were sufficiently motivated, he could have thrown something from where he stood down to the arena floor. Even the front seats of the stands didn’t have a view like this.
“Just don’t talk about how you got it,” Selen said with a shake of her head. She paused for a moment before sending a pointed look in Arwin’s direction. “I trust your teams are prepared?”
“More than anyone could expect. I appreciate the concern,” Arwin said with a small nod. He hadn’t forgotten Selen’s warning about the Dwarven Smith working with Starforge. Wallace had given him several interesting theories as to why that might have been a threat, but the only way to know for sure would be if he could get a look at the weapons the other smith had made.