Kazein banged his head on the wall. [Hahaha, I'm near my limit. At least, I got to send Hanna off. And I sure do hope, she gets to Sheena safely.]
6 hours ago.
"Big brother, I'm here. I snucked away from Aunt. Am I ready to go?" Hanna asked.
"Yes, just go straight north of here and when you get to the great forest. Tell the carriage driver to go to Palna Village. He'll take you there." Kazein told her directions of where to go.
"Hmm, big brother, if your wife doesn't believe me. Should I tell him your name?"
"Again, she's not my wife. But yes, tell her it's Kazein."
"Okay! Ah, big brother. My name is Hanna! Just Hanna. So please visit me and big sister Sheena soon." Hanna smiled.
As Kazein patted her head. He then got her a carriage and saw her off. As she waved at Kazein as she went off by carriage, Kazein just smiled and left.
[Damn, I'd probably already lost it by the time she gets there. No, I refuse. Not just yet. If I can climb unto a little piece of humanity, I can still get my revenge.] He thought to himself. When suddenly, his door opened. Elder Mare walked in.
"Woman? Why are you here?" Kazein asked.
"For the last time, my name is Mare, should you forget it again and call me woman I'll kill you."
"Fine, Mare, why are you here?"
"To ask you. What is that technique you have used four times now? Aren't you afraid of others finding out it's weakness?" She asked.
"Huh? Why should I tell you? Besides, what's there to be afraid of? My technique just boosts my power depending on how many of my vitality I offer. It's none of your business."
Elder Mare just looked down and then saw his sword. "Where was this sword blessed?"
"This? It wasn't, I got it from a friend." Kazein told an obvious lie.
"A friend is it? Then which friend would have this much holy aura to be able to bless a sword able dispel a demon possessing a body on touch?"
"I don't know." Kazein avoided the question.
"Fine. Then did you know that the demon possessed her and used the swords blessing to attack?"
"Whatever do you mean?"
Elder Mare looked at him, then left the room. "No. Nothing, forget I asked. And get yourself to the stage. It'll start soon, you against Arthur Lightbringer."
Kazein said nothing. But as soon as she left, Kazein had a smirk by his face. 30 minutes later, the crowd gathered to see the final round of the competition.
"Here we are again to watch the final round of the competition! Kazein the blind swordsman! The dark horse of the competition against Arthur Lightbringer! The champion of the holy light cathedral! Against such odds Kazein has overcome them! Will he once again over come the odds of fighting a champion?!"
Everyone were yelling and screaming some for Kazein and others for Arthur.
As the two got into the ring, Arthur spoke to Kazein. "I'm impressed you made it this far. Even going as far as defeating Qin Fei and Iruka, I truly am impressed."
"Stop beating the bush and tell me what you want to say."
"Ohoho. Fine, I'll tell you. You are not my equal. Give up and get home with second place in your ass." He whispered into Kazein's ears.
Kazein laughed, "You're right, we're no equal. But we're also not too far off. Don't get too cocky, those who did already regretted doing so." Kazein walked up to him and faced him.
Arthur did the same, as they faced off "I'm not the same as those who are all bark and no bite."
The two laughed, then Arthur threw a punch to Kazein, to which he easily dodged.
"Ah! The two contestants have started fighting even without the signal! Arthur throws another punch, Kazein parries it, then he counters with a high kick! Oh my grace! The two are fighting bare handed!"
"Looks like this'll be a bloody battle." Elder Sasha had a smile up her face.
"I agree, Kazein and Arthur, I wonder who really will win." Elder Han Mao said while examining their fighting moves.
"Well, just watch and see. Elder Zero had a perception a while ago, but we're still not sure." Elder Yun Hai answered.
Elder Zero nodded.
As Arthur lost a parry against Kazein's counter attack, he lost first ground.
First ground refers to the ground his right foot is standing on.
But Arthur regained balance and took out a sword by his ring. It was similar to Kazein's ring. Arthur reacted and attacked with a basic sword swing. Kazein felt the fluctuations in the air were different than his fists, he then figured it was a sword so he also drew his own. By the time the sword swing was about to hit, Kazein blocked it with his sword.
Kazein then threw the sword lock off and kicked Arthur away. Arthur received the blow and reacted with an intentional withdraw.
[This guy isn't normal. He knows many convenient skills in combat. He even knows how to receive an attack.]
[Kazein, no matter how you look at it, he's blind. Yet he can do stuff many people with eyes can't. His field if in close range is the most accurate I've ever seen.]
The both thought about their opponents and decided to go all out. First was Arthur, he unleashed Purity body once more. Kazein felt the light magic fluctuations to be more stronger, he decided to also use the dark power of the demon once more. But he couldn't unleash it, he thought of using the Unseen Deadly Blade style but before he knew it. He was caught in an illusion, an illusion where he saw everything he wanted to forget. His family, his friends, the village he grew up in and even Anna. Everything he hated tormented him. But this was Arthur's mistake.
In the illusion he saw Anna, crying over him leaving. He saw his past self while they were burning his eyes. And he saw his father, reminding him once more "Love is the death of Duty!" As he heard those words. He remembered his revenge he was yet to fulfill. And this woke him up to reality.
While Kazein was stuck in the illusion, Arthur approached him and pointed his sword by his heart. Though it's true purity body's attacks are only harmful to the soul. These are still dangerous because if he badly damages it, he might get crippled and not be able to be normal again. As he was about to thrust it in, Kazein woke up from the illusion and felt Arthur's aura almost putting the sword into his heart, he then punched him so heavily that Arthur fell down to his knees.
"Kazein has woken up from Arthur's attack! Now that he's back how will the battle go on?!" The announcer yelled at the spur of the moment.