(Ebon-shi pov)

The moment lady Boethia gave the order to begin the nine chosen immediately went at each other meanwhile I played the more smart role pulling out the bow of shadows and crouching pulling out arrows from the quiver Gila made me and firing two ebony arrows into the nord and imperial. Causing the two to turn on each other as I charged forward drawing goldbrand from my hip taking notice that it had a sharper sheen then normal

I ran towards the wood elf as he fired his dragonbone arrows at me I deflected them with goldbrand closing the distance on the wood elf and it pushed his arm to the side causing him to shoot his dragonbone arrow into the back of the kahjiit instead who rushed forward before running up towards the wood elf diving underneath him delivering multiple punches to his crotch before jumping bringing his elbow down on his spine then throwing him into the orc who clubbed him with the back end of his orcish battle axe. Then walking towards the elf he put his foot down on his chest before tearing the elf's leg out of its socket before budgeting came to death with his own limb.

The nord ran up behind the orc grabbing him by the waist before slamming him down on his head and as the orc attempted to pick himself up the nord followed up by delivering a brutal kick to his skull.

The argonian rushed towards me wielding his twin dragonbone war axes I quickly knocked them out of his hand sweeping his leg out from underneath him as the high elf rushed towards me with his glass mace that I managed to wrestle out of his hand before delivering a brutal uppercut sending him upwards before delivering a sidekick straight into his lower jaw smirking as I could hear his bones crack.

I quickly backed off deploying the bow of shadows again and rolling backwards casting invisibility on myself as I allowed my other adversaries to take each other out. As I circled my way around playing it smart rather than being a mindless brawler like my fellow challengers. I quietly picked off the imperial and high elf while I had the chance to kill them both before the orc ran up behind the nord before delivering a brutal punch to his jaw and ripping his head clean off his shoulders. Before raising the nords severed head as a trophy only to be blindsided by the khajiit who drove his fist through the orc's chest and tearing out his heart. I rushed forward cleaving the khajiit clean down the middle with my ebony blade slashing him clean in half before using his severed body to beat back the redguard who attempted to blind side me as I narrowly ducked avoiding being hit in the head by the steel mace. I quickly closed the distance between myself and the redguard before delivering a brutal punch across his face cracking his jaw causing him to fall onto his back as I walked forward and stomped on the center of his chest cracking his ribs.

The argonian rushed forward embedding the head of his twin dragonbone war axes into the redguards head before he was able to pull it out however I rushed forward driving goldbrand through the argonian's heart before dropping him on top of the dead redguard. I looked around trying to lock onto the remaining breton as the silver armored warrior eyes me leaving only the two of us remaining. As we locked eyes I heard the sound of boethia's voice announcing something to us, the final members of her tournament of ten bloods.

(Brief pov switch)
Atop The mountain of Snakemount three beings sat and watched those being the three patron daedra of the dunmer. Azura, Mephala, and the lord of Snakemount herself Boeithia

Azura: you can't deny, our champion has done pretty well for himself and his skill has greatly increased would you not agree?

Mephala: I like how he used his competitors bloodlust and determination to win against them, he's using the techniques we have taught him well but I think now he needs a more suitable challenge would you not agree Boaithia?

Boeithia: Indeed, let us see how our champion handles a warrior of a much higher caliber than his own, one of my own flesh and blood.

( Back to Ebon-shi pov)
"PREPARE YOURSELVES MY REMAINING CHOSEN, FOR NOW YOU FACE MY GRAND CHAMPION, 'SERPENT'!!!" Lady Boethia's voice boomed from everywhere of the realm as myself and the remaining few turn towards the approaching warrior and I had to give credit when it was due the name Serpent matched this warrior perfectly.

As Serpent walked  towards the arena I took a good look at her armor and I had to say the armor suited her very well it was clearly solid ebony with golden trim, however it was in a different style from the traditional ebony armor that I had seen before.

Her sword was also unique, it was a serpentine blade that had red markings along the blade truly a formidable weapon indeed. With the wave design of the blade it would cause deep lethal wounds upon being cut by the weapon and if impaled with it, the blade would leave a wound that would never close properly truly a devious and deadly weapon that suited her perfectly.

The breton in the silver armor charged forward with his silver greatsword attempting to take on the grand champion only for her to brutally deliver a swift and powerful kick to his abdomen causing him to collapse to his knees as she used the momentum from the kick to deliver a brutal upward slash beheading him.

Leaving it a one-on-one battle between me and Serpent, I drew my ebony blade off of my back as we circle each other if this was indeed Boethia's grand champion, then she must have earned that title through her skill alone. I could see her eyes through her helmet her eyes were focused on me just as my eyes were focused on her as we continued circling each other I took notice of the upturned soil at my feet deciding to take my chance with her. I first kicked the dirt into her face to temporarily blind her before hurling shadowrend at her but unfortunately she blocked it using the edge of her serpentine sword causing my battle axe to bounce off to the side and she let out a roar of fury like that of an orc but attacked with the ferocity of a dunmer. I barely had enough time to block her sword with my ebony blade as the edge of her sword slashed across my ebony helmet causing it to crack from the sheer force of the impact. Before I had the chance to counter attack her boot slammed into my chest sending me flying backwards. I quickly took the opportunity to roll onto my back kicking my legs forward landing on my feet in a crouching position. I had to give this warrior credit when it was due she was probably the fiercest adversary I have ever come across I dare say that this very warrior was trained by lady Boethia much like I was trained by the three of them, but i noticed this warrior didn't show any traits of Azura or Mephala's training on that note I had the advantage however regarding her sheer combat prowess I had to admit that she outclassed me. But one thing I did learn from lady Boethia, was the value of rising to a challenge against adversity whether I won or lost to this fight I was going to pull out all the stops and use whatever tricks I had to to win to go back home to my family, to my friends, and to my beloved. I cracked my neck before rushing towards the corpse of one of the fallen chosen and picking up one they're shields as I sheath the ebony blade on my back before pulling goldbrand off of my hip I was very familiar with this golden katana's hidden secret, but I was going to give this warrior everything I had. I looked down to goldbrand before activating it's hidden aspect as the sword transformed losing its elegant gold sheen turning into a deep black version of itself goldbrand becoming eltonbrand.

I rushed forward wielding the shield as well as eltonbrand blocking Serpent's downward strike with the shield before parrying with eltonbrand managing to stab the blade between the crevice of her armor into her shoulder quickly taking the opportunity I shield bashed her using the momentum from her stumbling I crouched down low sweeping her leg using the head of shadowrend behind her ankle causing her to fall backwards as I used the momentum to spin gathering more force bringing the axe head down on top of her, only for her to block with the side of her serpentine sword in a display of skill she brought her foot up before kicking me right in the face causing my ebony helmet to break and go flying off before grabbing me by my braided long black hair and head-butting me against the surface of her helmet I could feel my skull was fractured. As I was much slower now because of being dazed she took the time to deliver some serious damage to me kicking me right in the side fracturing my ribs as well as my left eye which was smashed from the head butt before grabbing my arm and twisting it and throwing me into one of the spires I just barely caught myself before falling into the lava. As Serpent grabbed me by the leg I took the chance before bringing my ebony boot back and slamming it right into the section between her chest and her head hitting her right in the throat causing her to stumble back clutching her throat giving me the chance I needed to quickly recover. By the time I had recollected Shadowrend and eltonbrand on the other side of the arena Serpent had recovered and was charging towards me with a battlecry of fury. I had to give credit to this adversary, she was skilled, beyond skilled and she was a warrior way above my caliber however she was still flesh and blood the fact that she was favoring her left side proved that my previous attack had done some serious damage to her however I myself have also taken quite a beating, as I was now blind in my left eye which was covered from blood running down the left side of my face causing my left eye to burn it hurt to breathe because of my fractured ribs and my right arm wasn't functioning properly. Meanwhile the most injury she had was trouble breathing from my kick to her throat. I needed to figure out something quickly because I would run out of stamina and soon and I could tell by how fiercely she was charging she still had energy and she would outlast me if I let her. I need to think not like Boethia but more like Mephala, I need to fight smarter not harder, nodding I put my plan into motion knowing full well that I would end up taking some serious damage in return but if I could manipulate her into a false sense of security, I could win or at the very least take her down with me. I pulled out the twin ebony daggers that I had strapped horizontally to my lower back and crossed to them in front of me as I charged forward with them in a backhanded grip as I threw one directly into the eye hole of her helmet I could hear her shout obscenities as she pulled it out just as I managed to jump and slide underneath her between her legs and slashed at her inner thigh then embedding the other dagger into her shoulder before using the smooth side of my ebony mail just slide across to the surface picking up the dead argonians single dragonbone war axe that had not fallen into the lava and pulling up eltonbrand. As Serpent charged forward I attempted to cross the two weapons in front of me to block her attack they did nothing to stop it as the impact from her swing sent me flying backwards as she went forward twirling her serpentine blade over her head I managed to duck underneath her power attacking as eltonbrand blasted a torrent of black flames into her face then I thrusted eltonbrand into her upper thigh. She didn't even flinch as she pulled eltonbrand from her leg and threw it down as it stabbed into the ground as I proceeded slashing at her with the dragonbone war axe attempting to land a hit on her hitting her in the chest and abdomen areas before the edge of her serpentine sword cut the head off of the ax as I attempted to stab her in the eye with the broken shaft she grabbed my wrist and twisted it before once again headbutting me causing me to collapse to the ground on one of my knees. Before I had a chance to retaliate I felt her hand on the back of my hair as she forced me up and put the edge of her sword against my neck about the decapitate me in a split second decision I punched my wrist upwards.

(3rd person pov)

The sound had ended only three sounds were heard for the next few moments the sound of blood hitting the ground, the sound of a sword dropping to the ground, and Boaithia's powerful voice speaking. "Well done my champion, you have defeated a mighty foe!"