Tygra 

Tygra took the check of the King and thanked him, as Rex was carried past him, Tygra looked at Rex with a cocky grin on his face and said,

"Oh don't worry Rex, I'm sure your leg will be just fine, after all what's some bed rest and a infection going to do to you? After all we all know the proper authorities can handle anything."

He then listened to the princess and replied,

"To be honest, I probably would of refused the job as it wouldn't leave much time for training or tournaments and my family has always been fine for money, I mean sure we struggle every so often but we always get it when we need it, but the way you're talking makes it sounds like you almost wanted to die here, and the way you talk about what's coming makes it sound like it will be a amazing challenge, and I just can't resist a good challenge, and as for me throwing my life away, I'm not afraid to die, and mean you really think I would enter a tournament where the losers are executed if I was. I don't consider it throwing my life away, I think of it as living on the edge, and in case you didn't notice I am more than capable of taking care of myself. I have not yet found myself in a situation that I couldn't think, talk or fight myself out of."

He then saw as the princess walked up to the third assassin and said she hoped he was dangerous. He then walked over to the princess and said,

"You're going to be disappointed, this whole fight he stood here shaking while watching the battle. He's not dangerous. In fact if I had to guess sending him on this mission could only be one of two things. First and least likely being some kind of test to see if he had what it takes to be an assassin in which case the other two would have made him attack first. The second and most likely is they already decided that he doesn't have what it takes and sent him here to die."

As Tygra finished saying that, Slade dropped his dagger, he then walked over and picked up his dagger, then continued.

"The fact that you don't have what it takes to be an assassin isn't a bad thing. It just means either, you're a kind person who doesn't like killing in cold blood or you're not cut out to be a fighter. Now trust me when I say I know a fighter when I see one, and when I look at you, I can see you are scared but fear can help keep you alive, but I also see a lot of potential. I mean you're standing there afraid of us, but instead of running or begging for you're life, you're standing there ready to face the consequences of your actions. I don't know if you know this but true courage is not the absence of fear; true courage is having the bravely to do what has to be done in spite of fears or foes. The fact that you are standing here facing your fear proves you have courage which is one of the most important things a fighter must have. Everything else can be taught, but you can't teach somebody to have courage, and to answer your question, I'm not going to kill you. Like you I don't kill people in cold blood, I only kill people in defense of myself or others but considering only myself and the princess knows you were here we can just let you go, and if you would like I can even teach you to fight to help defend yourself and others."