Bang!
Michael's body was crushed by Graha's kick. He got bruises all over and his hand can't even hold on to his spear anymore. However, his shield is still on his hand still blocking Graha's blow occasionally.
"Michael, Give up. If you apologize now I would send you peacefully"
"NO, I..."
Pah!
Graha kicked Michael again.
"Surrender!"
"NO!"
Grach kicks Michael again.
"Why won't you surrender!"
"..." Michael grits his teeth and receives another kick from Graha. At this point, his mind is in a hazy state. His eyes only register red for his blood has covered his face.
Pah!
Again
Pah!
Again
Michael's sorry state now garnered some sympathy from the audience. Not all the people in the village despise Michael to the point that he should get beaten up like this. His face is now unrecognizable to most people.
"Surrender now you piece of worthless worm. If you were another person I would commend you for your resolve but this is just plain stupid. Is all this pain worth it, Michael?"
"I bwn't wberrnedr."
"I don't hear you want did you say?"
"I... Won't... Surrender!" Micahel said it shaking
Pah! Again Michael rolls on the floor from Graha's kick.
"Why fight Michael? No one here loves you, just give up the hunt and let me have it. Why would you want to be a hunter anyway? With your body, Is it even possible for you to become a hunter?"
"I...."
Pah!
Gurara doesn't let Michael talk and sends him flying again. The pain is about to make Michael faint but, somehow he's still holding on. Graha exerts enough force to live Michael with a bit of life left so that the judge won't save him.
"Surrender!"
"Nwo...."
Michael can't say it anymore. His face is so messed up that the words are going to come out as gibberish.
Pah!
Graha punches Michael one more time, pushing the limit of torturing him without making it lethal.
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On the side, Gurara grips his hand and tries to stop the battle but, he's been stopped by Belga. His face turns ugly when Michael repeatedly got kicked.
"Just stop this already. You won't get anything out of this Belga...."
"Respect the rules."
"I won't respect it if this is what our village is about."
"Are you really going to ruin your reputation over this?"
"I don't care. Get him out" Gurara said with a hoarse voice. He's about to explode at any moment.
"Alright alright... Only if Michael agrees to surrender OK?" Belga did not want to deal with Gurara. The one-arm man clearly has more experience than him. Belga goes up to the stand and asks with a powerful voice.
"Michael! Do you want to surrender?" His voice interrupts Graha's beating and makes the whole arena silent. Michael's disfigure face twitched but, he couldn't respond. Truly He can't.
"Thumbs up if you don't want to surrender and lose your hunt thumbs down if you want to keep going. Keep in mind that you have to wait another 4 years and..."
"Belga!!" Gurara interupt Belga. He's trying to make Michael take more beating. Michael didn't hear Belga that much but he was not willing to give up this battle. even if he dies, he doesn't want to disappoint Gurara.
Michael weakly gives him a thumbs down.
"It seems like he's got the spirits!" Belga said sarcastically and smile at Gurara however the old man is missing from his position. He panicked look around and found that Gurara already arrived in front of Michael.
"Michael stop... you've already done enough"
"I...." His eyes became watery. The droplet mix with the blood on his face. His emotion burst out and made his body faint. His body is already at a limit, he only holding on by sheer willpower. His body lay on the ground motionless as Gurara pick him up.
The villager enjoying the show curse Gurara for interrupting it and demands Gurara be punished. Belga swoop in to declare a winner and tried to settle the crowd as for the punishment He already had in mind.
However, Gurara has already left when he declares the punishment. Michael hunt has been given to Graha pumping his rank up to 2
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A days later
Michael woke up with a bandage all over his body. He surveys the place and sees that he's inside his room in Gurara's house. The smell of wood and the bandage on his body bring him back to the first time he's been to this island.
When he was 6 years old, he was in a shipwreck accident and lost his mother and father. Gurara is the person who saves him and brings him here. He's grateful and regretful that he is alive. Why was he saved? Is he really better than his mother?
Gurara always says that he is worth his arm but Michael always doubts it. Graha still comes out on top no matter how hard he tries.
Michael could also hear someone arguing outside the door. One was a soft voice and another was a voice of an old man. It's properly Layla and Gurara. After a while, you could hear a stomping sound outside the door.
Bang!
The door swings open with a girl rushed out
"Why did dad do all of this for you!"
"Layla!" Gurara tries to stop her but he's a step too slow.
"You are not even worth it! you can't even hunt anything! Why would dad have to do all these things for you? You should have been killed already!!"
"Layla! Get out!"
"You piece of ....! mdhas dmasmdpa" Gurara shut her up and drag her out of the room. He returns back later with a worried look on his face.
"Sorry about Layla, she's not in the right state of mind. Are you alright Michael?"
"I... No..... I don't know" Maybe Layla is right about this. He should just die. Thinking about this point Michael's tear starts flowing out. The bandage on his face soaks from the amount of water he produces.
"Michael... Don't think too much about it OK? I will always be here for you."
"....." Gurara hugs Michael and he let out all his emotion. "Uncle I don't want to be here anymore... I hate this place... The Boniha island... I...." Michael drowns in his own tear and muffle with Gurara's warm hug.
"It's OK now Michael. The trial is not everything in life. I am proud of you already. Just stay here and recover. I'll think of something OK?"