Eiji arrived at the hospital.
But he was told by the nurse that Lime was taken back by the people of her clan to her home.
Eiji didn't want to go to Lime's house, so he wondered around the market and bought some food.
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Back at the stadium.
Herald had a very ugly expression on his face.
He may have won, and if the fight went on, he would have really won in a single strike, but in the end, after being hit multiple times by his opponent and not being able to retaliate until the end of the match made him furious.
Karma glanced at Herald but said nothing.
For him, this was a lesson for Herald to remember.
Neiva also didn't say anything, she was waiting for Karma to say some encouragement or consolation but since he hadn't said anything, she also didn't.
She just helped her son get his wounds treated.
"Next Match!
Inu Ichiro
VS
Yami Marco!!"
Both kids went to the arena.
Yami Marco had a tense expression on his face.
For him, Herald was undoubtedly the one that would win this tournament, and if he ever fights him, he decided to just do his best and surrender when necessary.
But watching Noya Eiji, an orphan as well as a very weak looking kid, toy with Herald so much that Herald couldn't do anything made Marco very nervous.
He was especially surprised when Eiji surrendered, he didn't understand why, he was clearly winning but he still gave up the chance to become a champion of the tournament and get the biggest rewards as well as recognitions.
Inu Ichiro is also one of the strongest kids of the tournament, He knew that he wouldn't be an easy opponent, the performance of Noya Eiji, just made him even more cautious when fighting against him as he doesn't know if Inu Ichiro had the speed of Noya Eiji or The Strength of those from the Naito Clan.
But from what he saw from his fights, he was clearly more on the swordsmanship and finesse type of fighter, though that for him still made him very very cautious.
On the other hand, Inu Ichiro was very calm.
He was surprised at Eiji's performance against Herald who he thought was the only person that he would have to fight very seriously and even exchange injuries.
Yet from the look of things, everyone was hiding some of their abilities.
Now even if Yami Marco still hid some of his abilities, Ichiro decided to deal with them accordingly and adjust depending on the situation.
"Bow!
Ready!
Fight!!!"
Both took their stance.
They didn't rushed against each other, and observe their opponents.
*Swoosh!!
But the one who started was Marco, he was from a noble clan and it would be very humiliating if he was super cautious and keep backing up when the just fight started.
He also doesn't want to be on the passive side when fighting this match, like Herald did.
Meanwhile, Ichiro calmly took and blocked Marco's attack.
*Swoosh!!
The two continued some exchanges, Marco attacks as Ichiro blocks and counters.
Ichiro may be the one who is backing up, but the one that was always on the bad side of the exchange was Marco.
He would be forced to either take a hit or block and back up.
"Tsk! I knew this won't be easy, but you really are a tough nut to crack!"
Ichiro didn't say anything and just readied his wooden katana.
'Dammit! I wanted to rile him up or just even make him lose a bit of his temper but this guy is like an ice! I can't get to him at all and I don't know what he plans on doing to countering my Blood Sword Powers!'
As Marco was thinking to himself, Ichiro suddenly rushed towards him.
*Swoosh!!
Marco was waiting for his opportunity to use his Blood sword power to get him off guard and end this instantly.
But Ichiro's plan was actually to attack and not give Marco a chance to think or exploit any weakness that he sees, which was his way of fighting.
The earlier exchange was for Ichiro to know how strong, fast and good Marco was in his swordsmanship.
Now that he knows it, he will now be on the offensive, and he will be attacking and attacking and attacking!
*Swoooshh!!
*Banng!!
*Baanngg!!!
*Swoooshhh!!
Different from what Eiji did, Ichiro's style wasn't hit and run, it was a continuous stream of attacks that were connected from the previous attacks.
At the audience, the people that were watching were amazed by Ichiro.
What they were seeing was that there was a sense of beauty in each stroke of his attacks, everything flowed so smoothly, and if he was alone and it was night with the full moon as his back ground, everyone would think that he was doing a sword dance!
*Baanngg!!
*Baanngg!
But with each attack of his wooden katana, it becomes stronger and stronger.
It was taking everything for Marco to just defend, he couldn't observe any weakness as any distractions would cause him to lose instantly!
He could only defend and wait for the continuous attacks to stop or pause even a little bit.
Right now, Marco was betting everything for a small chance of Ichiro stopping or pausing for one second to get his chance.
But from the looks of things, he was in a very precarious hole right now.
*End Of Chapter