The moment Crushing Fang saw the general he burrowed his brows for the first time since Leon had been traveling with him.
General Xenophon saw Crushing Fang frown and laughed.
"Didn't expect to see me?"
Crushing Fang suddenly swung his axe at the general without saying anything, but the general used his rapier to deflect the giant axe with ease. The axe hit the floor which shattered upon impact, but Crushing Fang suddenly looked aghast as he muttered.
"The Elegant Warrior…"
All the other fights had stopped since the entire outcome of the battle hinged upon the battle involving Crushing Fang and General Xenophon.
But suddenly the warriors from the tribes looked like they had heard a ghost and turned pale. Little Lightning almost dropped his spear in fear, while the other warriors also had similar ghastly expressions.
Leon had no clue what was going on, so he asked Raging Bull what the Elegant Warrior was. Raging Bull who no longer had his usual fervor replied coldly.
"The Elegant Warrior is someone who made his name during the last war between the tribes and Coalition. He easily earned his nickname as he was the antithesis of our warriors who used brute force."
Raging Bull almost shuddered as he recounted what he had been told from his parents.
"He could easily deflect a blow that could shatter a human body easily and what sealed his legend was when he slew the previous Horned-Serpent Elder who was the only Elder to fall during the last war."
General Xenophon who was all the away across the room smiled as he seemed to hear everything and spoke loudly so everyone could hear it.
"If it wasn't for the war ending so abruptly, that coward wouldn't have been the only elder I killed."
One of the warriors from the Horned-Serpent tribe couldn't take his previous role model being slandered and roared as he blindly charged towards General Xenophon with his hammer.
As he swung down his hammer onto the rather lean general who was a lot smaller, he yelled.
"Don't you dare insult the previous elder!"
Crushing Fang looked surprised as he tried to give a warning.
"Don't att-"
But before he could do or say anything, the general made a move and easily intercepted the huge, hulking battle hammer with his skinny rapier that looked like a toothpick compared to the hammer.
The hammer deflected into the ground and cracked the ground slightly, but before the warriors could do anything else he felt something cold touch his neck before he felt liquid pouring down from his head.
His body slumped forward as his head rolled on the ground, decapitated. General Xenophon cleaned his blade on the warrior's fallen body as he calmly said.
"Naive, hot-headed, and predictable. Are all you barbarians the same?"
Crushing Fang clenched his fist in anger and both his arms started to transform as he said with a solemn and deep voice.
"I guess we will find out."
The General looked at Crushing Fang with a hint of ridicule but also intrigue.
"Now this should be fun."
Like a slingshot, Crushing Fang lept from the spot using his huge legs that left craters in the reinforced floor of the building as he dashed straight at General Xenophon.
Right as he was about to enter arms distance, he landed on his foot and suddenly changed directions and appeared behind the general and swung his axe.
Leon couldn't even react fast enough, but before he could think optimistically the general suddenly turned around with a smirk on his face and redirected the axe.
The calm general suddenly frowned as his muscles started to contract as he exerted more of his strength at the blow which redirected into the wall and shook the building like a small earthquake.
Before Crushing Fang could recover, the general quickly leaped backward and smiled as he spoke.
"That was better than I expected. Even I have to use my strength to redirect your strikes, it's strong. But that's all it is, nothing but a strong strike riddled with weakness to exploit."
In the blink of an eye, the general disappeared from everyone's sight without a warning and no one could sense him.
A voice that couldn't be found, echoed throughout the large throne room.
"Let the fun commence."
Crushing Fang continuously looked around the large throne room as he examined everything, but he could only see the knights and warriors intently staring at their battle.
Unbeknownst to him, every time he turned a shadow behind him would flicker so slightly that even Leon would have a hard time seeing it even if it was right in front of him.
As Crushing Fang turned once again, a whizzing sound passed by like a bullet behind him and he felt a searing pain across his muscled back as he stumbled forward to turn around.
However, nothing could be seen as the room stood still and unmoving like always while he used his free hand to touch his back and revealed the blood flowing out of his back.
While Crushing Fang didn't see what happened, the stronger warriors and knights who were overlooking from afar saw something akin to a shadow that traveled so fast that they thought the lighting merely flickered.
After the strike, however, they knew better and realized it was the general somehow. Little Lighting shouted out to Crushing Fang.
"He's in the shadows!"
Crushing Fang heard Little Lightning, but just as he focused on the shadows another gash appeared on the back of his calf.
Ignoring the pain, Crushing Fang turned around with such speed that the air trembled around him, but he saw nothing and by the time he fully turned around another gash appeared on the back of his arms.
Realizing that his eyes wouldn't be able to catch him, he took a risk and closed his eyes. The general saw the act and his voice once again echoed off the walls.
"Simply foolish."
But Crushing Fang simply stood unmoving with his eyes closed and his mind focused like an unmoving boulder.
A blur that resembled a shadow came out of nowhere, but Crushing Fang managed to twist his body at the nick of time so only a small papercut remained on his shoulder.
But before Leon could catch the rest of the fight, he felt a large killing intent splurge out from behind him as he heard Raging Bull and Little Lightning both yell out.
"Watch out Leon!"