Chapter 44: The Shin'ing
Shadowfall Kingdom
Vincent
Tournament grounds
Kaijuu Ryu
I start heading toward Loyd as soon as he starts announcing:
"For our first match of the afternoon, Prince Wilfred Shadow-Wolf will be facing off against... Kaijuu...."
He pauses for dramatic effect. I already know the reason. What else could it be but:
"ROKA-SAMA!!"
I knew it.
The crowd goes wild.
They obviously expected the opposite like they asked.
Shanon must be confident if she chose Felmina instead.
Roka comes walking up like the walking dead. slooooooow.
she comes up to me.
"I don't want to do it!, can I forfeit?"
"No"
I gesture for her to come closer.
I put my hand up and whisper in her ear.
She blushes then death stares Wilfred as I take my hand away.
"Wilfred onii-chan, I'm gonna kill you!"
She points her short sword at him.
He smiles back confidently.
As expected of a prince.
They both take their stances. Wilfred wields his wide double edged longsword, It's length is about 2/3 of his Height, The blade is very wide it's about 20cm and it's about 5cm thick.
They both take their stances about 25 meters apart.
I am about 10 meters back to where they would meet if they both started charging straight at one another. I Lift my right arm in the air, then Loyd with the megaphone at the edge of the ring:
"START!!"
They rush each other, when they get about 10 meters apart Roka activates her gravity up.
She slows down a bit.
Wilfred holds up his metal shield.
"Roka nee-chan!, I broke your building blocks when we were kids."
Roka freezes. Then looks at him growling.
"I see, so it was YOOOUUU."
He smiles, she's pissed.
She charges in blind then starts overhead whacking him like the way she used to dig trenches.
She activated the gravity up of the shortsword on her 4th hit on his shield.
The shortsword went from weighing 5Kg To 50Kg.
She releases a flurry of blows from above.
Wilfred blocks them all with the shied but he's getting pushed back.
Roka starts getting winded.
Wilfred charges.
Bashes her with his shied hard enough to send her flying under normal circumstances, she only takes a step back.
He then drops his shield.
Roka looks at the shield as it falls.
Then she looks at him.
He has his eyes closed.
The broad side of his sword is facing her.
"SHINING!".
The sword flips on like a flashbang.
He then swipes at her leg as she tries to recover from the daze.
He cuts off her left foot just above the ankle.
Her HP drops to 3/4 full as she collapses screaming.
I Lift my left hand in a panic. and Yell "STOP"
Then Loyd announces:
"THAT'S ENOUGH, WINNER, WILFRED SHADOW-WOLF"
As Loyd announces this Wilfred's already force feeding her a HP potion.
He looks straight at me.
I put my hand over her forehead as she's holding her now footless lower leg.
"Sleep"
The empty space where her foot used to be starts filling with light. Her foot regrows with light in about 5 seconds.
Then the light disperses like a burst soap bubble.
She's fine.
I go to pick her up. He stops me with his hand.
I help her into his arms. Then hand him her severed foot. Boot still on it.
I place it on her stomach.
They Leave.
The crowd is losing their minds.
I can feel the vibrations in the air as they cheer.
"Well that was Exiting huh folks!"
I look at them as they are leaving.
That guy's good. I like him.
"And now for our next match, former general Shanon Wilson versus Kaijuu Felmina-sama"
The crowd continues to cheer and clap as they make their way toward me in the center.
The crowd starts going quit when they stop in front of me.
"What did you say to Roka before the match?"
Well this saves me some effort.
I lean over and whisper to Felmina with my encryption hand up.
"If you manage to beat him, I'll bang your brains out tonight."
Felmina covers her face with both hands.
"Felmina, same goes for you."
She drops down to her haunches still covering her face.
She takes her hands away
"AAAAAAH MOOOO, Stop distracting MEEEEE!"
She's beet red. Loyd and Shanon looks at us like we're crazy.