The Gladiator

The famous Ulkombai Training School. The school of the elite. You decide to head to Ulkombai Island, to see if you can gain entrance. But Ulkombai island is about a week's ride to the east of Akenvie. You get started in that direction.

You ride for a few days, with nothing paticularly interesting happening. There is nothing but open plain for miles and miles in every direction, and it will take you awhile to get to the coast. Suddenly, you happen to glance over your shoulder and see a lone rider approaching you from behind. It's too far to tell who it could be, but you feel a stab of fear, realizing that it could be Velkadin.

What do you do?