When Cayden was taking all the cheers from most of the crowd, Sora entered with the dull sword and only best shield with her followed by Aryan. When she walked towards the center of the battlefield, she bowed little to Mr. Kade her teacher, her father, and her worried mother only. Three of them nodded her back. She gave a damn to other higher authoritative people who were present. Looking at her attitude all other members felt bitter while those who were still in her support felt that regal aura of her not to bend toward anyone which suited her the most!
This way everybody saw what she did but nobody was able to stand up against her! Once she reached in front of Cayden he was shocked to see her without armor and the best sharp sword! Only her shield was good. This way he can easily win but his ego as a man was not helping it.
"Princess Sora, you should have safe yourself with armor and what is with the sword. It will not even cut any vegetables!", he almost shouted to hear by everybody to show how he is considerate and she is dumb. Once everybody started to gossip about it, he smirked at her. Only his father was relieved when he heard him.
"With this, our match will end in minutes! And it will be unfair to your side! Please get ready with armor and a nice sword", he just satisfied his ego.
Sora smirked back but when she did, it sends chills to his spine! He almost shivered! 'What is wrong with that creepy smirk!'
"Is not it what you want? Let's finish it soon so that I can move to other's challenges!", she spoke calmly. When Cayden heard her, he almost choked, how come she will fight with this and think she will win. 'Anyway, I warned her if she loses not my fault!', Cayden thought. So he nodded.
Aryan who came with her drew a cotton handkerchief from his pocket and started to blindfold Sora before fighting! Now, this is the limit! Cayden wants to protest that she is not doing it in a fair way! But before he can say a word his father Mr. Kade interrupted.
"It is the rule that the strongest swordsman can use a blindfold to give another party a chance for a fair fight. They are trained with the use of their senses. I used to do it when I thought I was once the strongest! But in my last fight with her, she won and now the title is with her!", without looking at his son he sat down.
Again everybody started to gossip that Sora already has the title of best swordsman but yet she does not take the liberty. Now other rebels were totally panicking in their pavilion thinking about what to ask her in combat.
Cayden now understood why his father was so worried about him and gave him lots of tips. But still, he was sure with no armor, dull sword, and blindfold that his father asked him not to look in her eyes, it will be still manageable with her!
When there was an announcement for the start, Sora lift her arm and sword above her head to invite Cayden to attack. When Cayden attacked her without delay straight on her body, Sora blocked the move with her sword easily. She pushed with her foot against his body to push him off balance and once he pulled, she allowed him for another attack. It happened so quickly.
Bouncing on his feet, he adjusted his grip on his sword's hilt. Holding it over his left shoulder, he waited for Sora to make her move, but she stood calm in her place. In a traditional kendo stance, he quickly slides forward and tried to cut at her left arm which was holding her shield; however, Sora's sword already intercepted his, allowing him to trap his blade on her hilt and execute a stab but after a microsecond pause she let his sword free, untangling them and asked to make another attack.
Now with these two major attacks she just stopped them midway with fewer efforts not even allowing him to complete his attack, even though she was blindfolded still with her sharp hearing senses, she managed to stop them. He started to think about what his father asked him to do finally.
'Focus on your attack!'
'Attack as fast as you can!'
'With all your force!'
He immediately started to strategize his next move. He thought it will be easy now but as he started to understand who is Sora and what she can do, he needs to take care of each step!
When he was thinking about what to do next, Sora just stood there smirking inwardly.