A hole in the shoulder. A hole in the left ribcage. There's no denying it he can't survive for the next 30 seconds. Ryuma makes a slight movement until he finally stumbles to the ground. Zoey looked at the dying Ryuma for a long time. Until she's sure he's dead.
At the same time on Kiyo and Mika's side...
"What the hell is with this guy?! His speed and power get more stronger with every swing!" It appears that Michail has dominated Kiyo in clashing power.
("This is bad. Any more than this he will get me good!") 10 minutes ago, it looked like Kiyo was on the winning side until Michail caught up to him. Michail looks at Kiyo's anxious expression, it couldn't be more obvious that he has a hard time fighting against him.
"I know about it. In the next move, you're using your chain to catch me off guard." Michail's words just throw Kiyo off because that's exactly what he was thinking. At the same time, the sword with chain was swung to Michail's face. But, Michail who already knew this still came forward.
"It's useless! You're too easy to read!" Michail slashed the chain and cut it. The remains of the chain fly over between Kiyo's and Michail's face. Michail dashes forward and swings his sword. Kiyo managed to block it with his other sword but he still got pushed back.
Kiyo has been pushed to the tree. Seeing he has nowhere to run, Michail swings his sword and locks onto him on the spot.
"Now, how it feels to be the losing one huh?!"
"B-Beats me I guess. You somehow first act like you're a novice swordsman and now you literally can beat my last school's strongest teacher..." Kiyo feels like he can't go on any longer as Michail's sword makes its way slowly to his throat. Kiyo looked around and tried to think the way he could go off this situation.
("Damn, he's pushed me into the corner! I need to think a way out of here fast-") Kiyo can feel a wide but sharp object penetrate his kidney part.
"Don't even think about it." Michail created a dagger from his blood and stabbed Kiyo's kidney. Being stabbed by the kidney, Kiyo's breathing started to get more heavy. The blood coming out from his mouth. He started to lose his strength.
"This guy is using only one hand to push me off and the other is stabbing my kidney... Is this his true strength?!"
At this point, Kiyo's strength has given up, and lets Michail's sword reach out to his throat. But, Michail did not finish Kiyo off. But instead, he had other plans. Michail pulls out the dagger and backs off a bit. Until a second later he threw the dagger at Kiyo's feet. The same place where Kiyo wounded his feet a while ago.
Kiyo groaned in pain until Michail closed the distance on him.
"This is for touching my sister earlier. And this too, for my sister. This and this too..." Michail kicks Kiyo many times until he steps on his wounded feet.
"Do you know? Why did I have hard times against you at first? Well, to be honest, I was quite a cautious person. You see, Back in my hometown, I always had a hard time against the newcomer. Because they've got a different style. Different swordplay. The same thing goes for speed, dexterity, and power."
Michail backed off and walked a distance from Kiyo.
"But I have a great reading skill you see. 10 minutes. It takes 10 minutes for me to read you like a book. A thin one that is. My speed, my dexterity, and My power are much higher than yours. In other words, your first mistake is to not defeat me the first chance you got. But you couldn't. So I'm telling you from here on, someone like you could never become a swordsman."
"I hope after this you will not go near me and my sister again. But if you want to taste my patience, it appears that I have to kill you outside the barrier too."
Hearing a warning from Michail, Kiyo laughed. Michail wonders if he lost his mind due to blood loss.
"What's so funny?" Kiyo laughed quite a bit until he slowed down a bit.
"You told me not to go near your sister... *Laugh* What a funny joke!" Veins popped up from Michail's head. Michail came closer to Kiyo until he caught a glimpse of a small, shiny thing. Flew to him.
Michail blocked it with his arm. But a pain came out a second later.
"T-This! A Knife?!"
"Oi Mr. Silverhead I want you to tell me. What exactly am I gonna do to your sister- no, to Fimana in your damn mind, huh?" More veins popped up more at Michail's face.
"YOU GODDAMN PEASANT! I WOULDN'T BE IN THIS SCHOOL IF IT WAS NOT FOR MY GRANDFATHER!!! AND YOU!!! DON'T. EVER. USE. THAT NAME!!!" Michail lost his temper and dashed at Kiyo at full speed. But at the same time, Kiyo stands up and somehow has gotten closer to him. With the wounded feet Kiyo got, he kicks Michail in the chest.
The kick has sent Michail to the distance. Michail can feel the wind pushing him when Kiyo kicks him. As Michail lands on his feet, Kiyo follows up with his sword chain. Michail managed to block it but at the same time, Kiyo threw one of his knives in the air and blew the knives with his mouth.
The knife goes faster and faster toward Michail. The knife goes to his eye but Michail manages to block it at the last second with his hand. The blood on his hand goes to his eyes. Michail, has his vision blocked. Has multiple sharp objects penetrating multiple parts of his body. Like the knee, the torso part, or his head.
"You said I could never become a swordsman. But when did I say I wanna become a swordsman huh?! The fact that you said 'someone' means that you haven't read me enough. Also, the fact that you said not to come near your sister, just proved it."
"... Prove what?"
"Prove that you only read the cover of the books."