jakul see blesi stand there as he was recovering from the chokehold, he see blesi began to charge forward as he made attacks and slashes on his body, but no matter how hard he striked there were no sign of weakness on him, eventhough this was the general flesh and bone it was like hitting a shield before the general had enough as he grab to his blade
as blesi try to pull his sword back but the general grab it tightly before disarming him and throw it aside as he began to use his fist punching blesi continuously showing no sign of stopping as blesi tried to dodge everything but it was near impossible as he had nothing to bother him, he fist came in speed faster than he had expected
as blesi see one of the fist going to his face, he attempted to block it with his hand but he quick to see jakul block it with his blade as he quickly push the fist back looking back said "blesi, cover me!" as he began to ran with blesi knowing this signal as he pull out his throwing knifes before using his crossbow for distraction
the general can simply parry the knife and bolt with his hand while blocking and dodging jakul incoming attack with his fist before with on stab jakul stab stab to the general chest, to see the blade didn't punctured through his skin
as jakul push his flat pommel before charging toward the general but it the stabbing simply push him back a few feet before the general grab to jakul sword as he pull and disarm him in a quick swoop, only to kick him
but jakul was able to get himself a quick landing as he began to look at the short jian he had on him, blesi continue to throw his throwing knifes, attempting to decrease his hp any way he can think of, before he look down seeing he had ran out of the knifes and bolts, as jakul see this he decided he have no choice, as he pulled out the sword chixiao
the blade was shorter with the length reaching to his waist but it was glowing in crimson red with the edge of the blade being black, blesi see the blade had been shine, if he recall it doesn't look like this back then
as jakul grip on the white handle, he look to the red blade, he simply reminded of the one handed sword he used to train in whispering "it's been a while, old friend" before he had his sword in the ready pointing to the general as he can tell this sword has the same goal as him as it wants to stop him
as the two stand there, jakul began to made slashes attack with his sword before he began to dash toward the general as he going for an undercut , while the general simply handle the slashes with his punches before he suddenly see jakul unleashing aqua stream in very close range towards him, as the general quickly block it with his arm, jakul manage to make some damage, with some bigger wound was made
the general look to the wound impressive by it, as he look to his health, he still have around 95% left "not half bad, you always suprised me with something else" the general said clapping his hand as he is impressed at his skill "but those pieces of metal will be broken in a single swoop" before taunting jakul
"we'll see which one breaks first, your fist or this sword" jakul said as he had his sword near his head, while his left hand was holding onto the pommel, as jakul began to charge and unleashes his attack that the two continued to attack, block, and parry each others attack, most of the hit came from jakul but the damage were pretty small
jakul had no choice but to kept on fighting but as the general going to had his fist on jakul, an iron whip was shot to the hand as it made a small wound but it causes his attack to be faltered, the general look to his wound before look at the direction, jakul quickly dash a few feet back as he look to see solmani standing there pointing twisting her octagonal disc guard as the weapon turned back to its standard form as she had a golden sword in a scabbard
"impossible, not many weapons can break through my iron skin, what the hell is that thing !?" the general frustrated as the iron skin he had was mighty and powerful yet somehow it can be hurt not by a blade but rather a simple rod
"genbu, a black turtle of the north, the weapon of the black emperor himself" solmani said looking at the weapon "what !?"
"i think you should be more worried about this weapon" solmani said as she heard footsteps, knowing that this is it, as kirito and asuna had arrived on the floor, "oi, blesi" blesi heard this as she see solmani suddenly throw at him the golden sword "aid us" blesi look to the sword see it was none other than the excalibur itself, he look to kirito as he had equipped with his twin swords "i guess he approved" blesi said as he got up and pulled out the golden sword
"a little bit shorter than my sword, but it will do" blesi said as he need to get used to the length of this sword, but as he is about to ran in help kirito had ran ahead of him "why does this kid never learned" before ranning to follow them
solmani quickly got close to aid jakul, as jakul called out "bait and switch!" as solmani attacked trying to create a small weakspot, but most of it had hit to the general hand, as he about to attack, jakul quickly parry for solmani, attack again, this time she manage to get a hit in the chest but not much as it was small, but it manage to push the general back
the general look to his hp as he see it was around 90%, "look like i had overestimate the genbu, it's nothing but a piece of iron stick" solmani simply chuckle as she said "skoll, he's all yours" as she suddenly had her expression changed before he called "kirito, jakul open wide his wound!" before seeing jakul charging alongside kirito
kirito had one of his sword glow as he focus his attack on the general chest while jakul unleashes slashes to distract his hands, as jakul circled around the general making slashes around him, just so he can exposed his chest, as kirito had his sword ready
the general continued to dodge the attack with his arm, as he continued his attack while kirito began to stab as he dash toward him, the general see the attack as he hold the attack with the palm of his hand, kirito continued to thrust as the general kept holding it
jakul quickly made more slashes as he got close to the general, with each attack he was getting distracted before kirito blade slide into his chest, kirito quickly took this chance to made the slashes wide open, before unleashing stardust stream as wave of slashes continue to be made as the wound getting more wider and wider, with waves of blade coming approach the general at full speed, that the general can't react fast enough, before with one last overcut, the general was pushed back
he was covered in wound as his hp got to 75%, he look down see his wound covering his body, as jakul and kirito stand there, blesi ran pass them as he had his excalibur on hand, he took this chance while being distracted, the general see the approaching blesi, with his hand ready, as blesi made a stab as he push the sword while he was punched in the face, but in fact this is part of his plan
as he quickly pulled out his crossbow and shot to the flat pommel of the sword, pushing it deeper into him, as skoll quickly ran towards the general, the general see this about to punch her but to his suprise, she dash slide beneath him, before transforming her weapon to the whip form as she bind it to the exbaliburs blade, pushing it even deeper with the guard locking the sword in place on his chest, the general see his hp began to drop now at around 70%, 60%, and quickly 35%
"everyone now!" kirito and jakul as jakul distract the general with him slashing to the general, with the general punching the attack but it was slower than his previous attack, as kirito quickly made slashes, as jakul does the same both of their sword came in the same speed as their blade dance with one another before the general punch jakul back as he was push beside blesi, kirito continued to made slashes as he look at the general hp now it was around 20%
he hears asuna calling "kirito, switch!" as kirito dash back with asuna had her sword ready to unleash mother rosaria, as every attack hit the wound before with one last attack, a mark of cross had hit to the general chest
the general look to his hp as he see it was around 5% as it continued to draining, as asuna about to attack she heard blesi called switch, with her lookback seeing jakul and blesi pointing their crossbow at the general, asuna quickly step aside, with jakul and blesi aim at the same place before they sync in a word "bullseye" as the trigger was shot with the two bolt flew fast to the general as it passing through his chest, he look down seeing the two bolt hitting hid lung, before his hp slowly drained to zero, as he fall, his body dissapeared to pieces leaving a red flame behind
jakul gave back blesi crossbow as blesi got close to the flame, he pick up excalibur one on hand and the flame in the other, he look to kirito and threw the sword to him before looking back at the flame "i'll report you to the lords, judgement will awaits you"
blesi quickly walk to jakul grabbing his own sword, while jakul see skoll get close to him, as she walk skoll said "its your turn" (wait what !?) before solmani felt like she was pushed to get control of this body, jakul simply grab to his sword and sheathed them all, before looking to solmani, he know that solmani was angery at her
as she got close and slapped at jakul face "you dolt !, you have nothing to apologize for, not because your trapped in the generals grasp" blesi see the commosion as he remember solmani had heard jakul whispered to her ears, is this what she refer to ?
"no, i should apologize for challenging a fierce opponent like him in the first place, or else i would have been able to meet you long ago" jakul explained before solmani hugs him "your not alone, jack, you should have let me join you back then" seeing this jakul with his arm hugs her back whispered "thank you, solmani" solmani hugs as tears fell down knowing that the two might not met forever
blesi look at the scene before looking at kirito who nodded, he sigh as he approach jakul "sorry to interrupt the scene, but i have no choice but to bring him somewhere" jakul hear this chuckle said "perfect timing, i think it is time for a bit of reunion" jakul said as he followed blesi while the others followed
floor 24 panareze
saint's sword island
14:00pm
blesi see the small pathway lead to the small island surrounded by water as the sun set, just as he look at the time, things didn't change a bit, jakul follow behind him knowing what had happened to her as each step he took he got closer and closer as he see there was a purple sword with red scarf tied on the handle, the two recognize this sword, as it is the sword of their mentor, the zekken herself, yuuki konno
"what is the time she's...gone, blesi ?" jakul said deeply as they got close to the island "14pm, brother." blesi replied as jakul let solmani hold to his two handed jian, as the two set foot on the field, seeing the big tree above the sword "nothing changes, not one bit" blesi said looking at the tree before he kneel down looking at the sword said "yuuki, your wish has been granted, jakul came to greet you" before standing back up as jakul kneel in front of the sword whispering her name in grief
blesi can tell he need sometime for himself, as he walk back, before receiving the notification from the others saying they had report them all to the lords, with him looking to kirito and asuna as he kept it all to him, he look to solmani seeing her hand hold onto jakul sword tightly as he calm her down saying "he'll be back"
"what ?" solmani asked just to make sure she doesn't hear it wrong "i said, jakul will be back" blesi reassured solmani "do you know how long he will be away ?" solmani asked curios to know "it's hard to say" blesi said crossing his hand before continued "but seeing his sudden redemption, i think it won't be forever" solmani hear this look to his sword as she said "if it isn't forever then i'll be waiting" she look to jakul "waiting for his return"
"be strong, solmani, and stay cool, skoll" blesi said before he see jakul got up as he said "asuna" with asuna suprised to see jakul call her "yes ?" jakul look to the leaves of the tree as he said "i heard that you are equal to kirito, correct"
"yes" asuna replied as she wonder what he had planned on doing before she see jakul smiled saying "thank you asuna, look like she made the right choice of passing it down to you" jakul said before looking to the sword on his belt, chixiao "kirito"
"what is it ?" kirito asked "i requested a duel, do you accept" he said before pulling his sword out of his belt so he can draw it easily while giving kirito an invite for a duel to the death, kirito can tell his reason for this not only does jakul wish it was a show for yuuki, it also to test how far his progress grow, he quickly look at blesi as he simply nodded
"i accept" kirito said pressing the accept button before step out with the timer set in 30 second, he quickly changed his menu as one of his sword dissapeared "you prefer a fair fight, right ?" kirito said as jakul simply chuckle before the two stand there
the two had menacing look on their eyes, with the wind became silent, before the two quickly pulled their sword, one red and one black, as the two were ready "let's settle this" kirito said before jakul replied "well then, musashi, let's dance"
the timer quickly reached zero as the two made their attack with kirito quickly dash forward, while jakul create red slashes to the incoming kirito, kirito dodge the incoming attack with ease as the two quickly crossed blade, jakul quickly break the crossed with kirito quickly made his attack, with jakul dodging the attack while stepping back, the two attack and parry were at the same speed, before one of kirito attack making jakul unable to hold his sword correctly as kirito quickly made an undercut, as it parry the sword out of jakul hand
jakul look as kirito began his main attack, with jakul seeing the blade coming down, he decided to quickly move forward and grab to his arm, seeing his sword had no pommel jakul easily pull the sword out of him before using kirito sword against him, kirito quickly grab jakul red sword and block the incoming attack, before the two push their sword causing the two to be a few feet away
the two look to their sword as they see their sword doesn't suit well for their current user, with jakul hold the sword pointing downward as he throw the sword back to kirito, as kirito do the same thing, the two quickly prepared before it is jakul turn to made the first move
as he ran while made slashes towards kirito who block it with his sword before he made an attack that slashes every direction at him, kirito see this as he quickly blocked all four direction, to jakul suprise, it was as if kirito had know where he is going to attack, as he see kirito going for a thrust to his head, while he decided he had no choice but to turn around as he made a slash in front of kirito face, kirito quickly dodge the attack, before quickly looking down to see jakul sword was going up once again
kirito see this as he said "not this time!" before knocking the incoming attack before going for a thrust as jakul quickly deflecting the incoming attack, with the two step a few feet back as jakul lay the sword on his shoulder "i see your skill has improved" kirito smiled replied "let's just say i learn in one way or another"
"i can tell you have fought yuuki before, was i correct ?" jakul said seeing he able to block some of his teacher attack "yes, only once" kirito replied as jakul got curious "i see, did you won ?" with kirito simply replied as he was beaten by the best "no, she wasn't called zekken for nothing"
"well then, let's see if you are able to defeat her apprentice" jakul said as he had his sword in front of him as asuna see it was the stance yuuki had used on her duel with her, jakul simply need to wait as kirito began his attack, slashing around every direction, but each time jakul blocked the attack each time realize he is getting faster
as some small hits manage to got to him, his hp manage to get low quickly, before with one last cut kirito disarm jakul, as he made his stab to jakul chest, jakul simply smile seeing the incoming stab, before the sword quickly got to him, he fell on top of kirito as he whisper "you finally did it, congrats ki...ri...to...", feeling the blade pulled out of him, looking to his hp as it slowly reach to zero, he fell down smiling before he dissapeared leaving only a sword there
kirito wonder how he was able to kill him in a few cuts, before blesi come in said "you still not willing to wear a strong armor" kirito hear this which explain why his hp drop quickly after the attack "wait, so he never wear heavy armor on him ?" blesi chuckle replied "yes, since he rely on speed he think it's best to make himself as light as possible, so to him, armor was just temporary, he will prefer the lightest armor he can get just so he can be faster"
"that explain his speed, and why so few attack cause his hp decrease quickly" kirito said seeing blesi hold onto the blue fire "kirito, will you do the honor of put his sword beneath the tree ?" as kirito pick up the sword and put it on the scabbard as he originally planned to stab it alongside yuuki sword, blesi said "i don't think he see himself as equal to her, best just put it beneath her"
hearing this kirito decided to put lay the blade beneath yuuki sword as it shall remain there with her
blesi walk across solmani as she look to the sword before skoll decided for a chat (so what your going to do with it ?) "i was wonder should i train with it" (the choice is yours, after all there no limit to what weapon you can use) solmani decided to follow blesi as she see kirito and asuna stay there for a bit "say, how long do you think he will be gone for" (6 months i guess, consider he sudden changes, i'm guessing his gonna get a much lighter sentences) "i see, wanna try to let him judge our skill when he returned ?"(i don't mind) as they decided to return to their hut in the dragon valley
blesi look to see kirito and asuna having their time as he decided it's best to send this to the lords first