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Chapter 22 - Desperation and buying time

"Grrr!!"

With the thunderous battle roar from both sides, Zayne and Logan charged toward each other with unbelievable speed to fight.

Clank.Clank.Clank.Clank.

The sound of the metal clashing each other were filling the surroundings.

Zayne jumped and spinned his body twice to make use of the centrifugal force to gain more strength on the slash. And he swang his shuriken-like weapon downward to cut Logan.

Logan repelled the attack by holding his sword with both hands.

Boom.

Because of the impact of the clash, Zayne was pushed back slightly.

That was a deadly attack but in terms of strength, Logan had the upper hand because of spell.

"Haha, a mere assassin has no chance against me"

"Tsk"

"Here I comes"

Whoosh.

As the words end, Logan charged and swang the sword with both tremendous attack speed and power consecutively. He did not let Zayne to even take a breath and made him helpless.

Zayne was desperately trying to dodge the attacks one after another. If he blocked them with his weapon, he was just pushed back and lost his balance in footing because of the difference in raw strength.

The movements became sloppier as the time went on and the attacks were starting to cut him shallowly.

"I am going to lose as this rate" Zayne thought.

The deadly sword swings from Logan continued and one of the attacks cut his cheek.

"I have to gain a certain distance and make this a range battle" Zayne was desperately making a plan to gain the advantage.

Boom.

With the sound of explosion, the clouds of dust appeared and blocked the visions of Logan.

"Tsk, this rat and one of his petty tricks"

Logan stopped the attack and be cautious of the attacks Zayne might pull within the dust clouds.

After a while, the dusts lift off.

"Tsk. he ran away"

Zayne was no longer there when the clouds were gone.

"H-help me!"

The supporter who was getting swallowed said weakly.

"Oh, I am coming" Logan suddenly remembered about the supporter and rushed to him for help.

Boom.

Before he reached to the supporter, a small explosion occurred in the soil in front of him and Zayne flied out of there like a dolphin jumping out of water and attacked Logan.

Clank.

Cautious Logan managed to parry the sudden ambush and turned around to where Zayne would land to fight him again.

But Zayne did not land and went straight into the ground like a fish and the battle became quiet again.

"He can freely swim through the ground like the water. What an annoying ability" Logan thought.

"Hey, can't you do something about this" Logan called out the supporter.

The ground had swallowed half of the body of the supporter and he could not even move his hands because of that.

"I have an enemy detecting spell. I can use it if my hands are free" the supporter screamed.

Logan thought about that for a while.

"Okay" he said as if he just made a plan.

Zayne had not come out again.

"Why isn't he coming out to attack again?"

Logan said and approached the supporter step by step slowly and cautiously.

"Maybe he is out of soul energy. Hurry up and help me before he appears again" the supporter rushed Logan.

"Yes"

Logan said and prepared to swing the sword to attack the ground near the supporter.

Wee wee wee.

But he stopped his movements as he heard the spinning sound of Zayne's weapon.

"Where is it coming from?" Logan looked around to search it.

WEE WEE WEE WEE WEE.

The sound was getting louder and louder which made Logan nervous and panicked.

"Where? Where? Here?" Logan thought and looked down to the ground under him.

"It is coming from the ground"

Boom.

The spinning weapon flied out of the ground with the speed normal people cannot even follow it with the eyes.

"Agh!"

Because of the sudden and unexpected attack coming from the ground, Logan could not completely dodge that and it wounded his left thigh.

"He only attacks me when I tried to help my supporter. He is clearly trying to buy time by keeping us here. I need to help him as fast as I can and defeat that guy." Logan thought.

"Grr!!"

Logan then charged toward the supporter with all his might. He decided to use brute force and attacked without caring about his injuries.

Boom.Boom.

To stop that, Zayne jumped out and attacked again and again by going in and out of the ground consecutively with great speed. Sometimes, he threw his weapon and sometimes he himself went out.

Clank.Clank.Clank.Clank.

Logan repelled some of the attacks but he missed some of them and injured him. But he did not seem like he would ever give up. He charged forward without even taking a break to breath. While swinging the sword again and again to parry the ruthless and relentless consecutive attacks of Zayne, he only walked forward.

"Fool. You are going to die at this rate. I won't attack if you retreat and take a break. Afterall, all I need to do is buy time enough for my team to capture your flag" Zayne thought as he continued his assault.

"Mr.Logan. Please just leave me. You are going to die" the supporter shouted with the tears in the eyes.

"Only one stike please. If I can hit him one time, I can save him" Logan thought.

Whoosh.

With the deadly speed, Zayne flied toward him from the straight front and prepard to swing the weapon aiming at Logan's throat.

"Yes. He got careless since he got the upperhand and went straight toward me directly. This is my chance"

""

Logan used the spell which only enhances only the spicific part of the body. That is the type of spell which focuses all the power of which supplys the power evenly to the whole body into one place. Logan enhanced his right hand which was holding the sword and swang the sword with all his might to block the careless attack of Zayne.

"Don't you dare underestimate the strength of a fighter, you rat" Logan screamed as he swang the sword.

"I am fucked" Zayne's brain said as he saw the sword shining in golden aura coming toward him.

Boooom.

The deafthening sound of the clash shook the battleground.

The enromous power which caused the trees around them to be pulled up from the roots and flied away from the impact hit Zayne. Zayne managed to block it with his weapon so it did not directly hit his body but he was sent flying away by that attack and hit and destroyed the trees and any obstacles on his way.

Boom.

At last he was stopped by a huge rock which was sticking out in the middle of the forest. The impact of the hit even caused the stone to crack in the middle. Because of the power of the impact, the trail of the path was formed on the ground along the way he was sent flying.

"Aghh~!"

Zayne could no longer even lift a finger. His whole body was covered in blood and all the ribs were broken. He was leaning on the rock in sitting position and the head was facing downward.

"Huff-huff"

Logan was in no better position too. Because of the blood loss from all the wounds he got from Zayne's attacks. His right hand was also badly injured because it could not stand the power .

"I can no longer use my right hand anymore.But, I win. I have to hurry up and save him and capture the red team's flag"

He walked shakingly and unsteadily toward the supporter whose mouth was starting to get buried.

"Mmmm mmmm mmm" the supporter was trying to scream and thank Logan even though his mouth was covered.

"Ok ok wait wait. I am coming"

""

Boom.

He stabbed the ground near the supporter and the ground was cracked becuause of that. Under a fissure of the ground, the body buried in the ground could be seen from outside.

"Fuwah. Thank you very much Mr.Logan. I will heal your injuries with my magic" the supporter thanked Logan with tears in the eyes as soon as his mouth was freed. He then struggled a little and the hands became being able to move because of all the cracks.

"Come"

Logan then pulled him from the hands to free him completely.

"Huff-huff"

""

Green light shone in the supporter's palms and the rays hit Logan. The bleeding had stopped and the injures were closing one after another.

"Thank you"

"No, this much is.."

The supporter then noticed the wounds on the right hand were not healed yet.

"I am sorry. My healing magic is not strong enough to cure that"

"It's ok. That is because of my recklessness"

"Let's go" Logan said enthusiastically and stood up.

"We just need to capture their flag and we win" the supporter said excitedly.

"Well, I did not do anything really in the fight but I healed his wounds and we are now going to capture the flag and win the game. That is a form of contribution so there is no way I won't pass. Hehe" the supporter thought.

"Let's..."

Booom!

The supporter tried to talk something but it was inturrupted by the sound of explosion from the audience tower.

"What?"

"What is that sound?"

Both Logan and the supporter wondered and looked at the direction.

"The game 1 of hunter exam phase 3, capture the flag, is over"

Deep and thunderous roar of Balor filled the air.

"?"

"What? We haven't capture the flag yet" the supporter said in surprise.

"The winners are the red team" Balor announced the result with his lion-roar like voice.

"What the"

"We lost?"

The minds of both Logan and the supporter were filled with confusion and surprise.

"Just what happened?"

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