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Chapter 118 - apologies and discontent

-haaaaaa!!!-

-fuaaaaa!!, take this!!-

The screams of two men echoed throughout the place as sparks from their clashing swords were released throughout the floor

Around thirty young, adult and elderly people were sitting on the ground with swords on their hips, watching the fight in front of them, totally immersed.

The sound of the metal of the swords stunned my ears but also the speed at which these guys moved.

These days I have felt like my senses have sharpened to levels I never thought possible, and even with that and my premonition eye I am barely able to see their movements.

Before us two men of about thirty years old were fighting to the death

Their names were

Arthur (no last name) and Tony Britzs

These two were Sword Emperors who are fighting to the death for the title of Sword God after the disappearance of Sword Goddess Diana Britzs.

Although for many, even for me, a week has passed since she left, something serious made them make that decision.

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*A week ago in the main dojo*

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-Brother!!!, you have to see this!!- a female voice echoed from the Sword Goddess's roo

-What's going on?!- Tony Britzs said alarmed as he stopped training

The sudden disappearance of her older sister left the entire dojo baffled as to why, and even more so those of them who were her brothers and grandchildren of the Sword God Gino Britzs.

Tony entered the room urgently and saw his younger sister kneeling in front of a stone monument of about 50 cm.

This was not just any stone monument, the names of the 7 world powers were gathered there.

Just over a month earlier, there had been a stir where the 7th position had changed from Northern God Alek Kallman III to Magic God Rudeus Greyrat

For the uninitiated this would be intriguing but for the more erudite it was not the position that mattered but the name.

The name belonged to the most famous person in the world, who had been dead for 5 years at that time.

Confusion ran for a long time until the news of Rudeus Greyrat's resurrection spread throughout the world.

But now it was different

The number six position that previously belonged to the Sword Goddess Diana has changed

Now instead of her it's Magic God Rudeus Greyrat

And it seems that Alek Kallman III has regained his position

Both Tony and his younger sister were in complete shock.

Her sister disappeared without any explanation and now she was defeated by Rudeus Greyrat

Chaos soon spread throughout the Holy Land of the Sword.

Five days passed until Tony made a decision.

-Me and Arthur as Sword Emperors will fight in a duel and the winner will go to defeat Rudeus Greyrat to regain our position in the great powers!!- Tony declared one morning

Action which raised the mood of the place and calmed the situation.

Tony's first obstacle was in front of him: Arthur

On Tony's part, he had every intention of winning so that the God Sword title would remain in the Britzs family name.

Previously they were the Farions but when grandmother Nina married grandfather Gino the surname became Britzs

Arthur had no intention of letting the most important title a swordsman can dream of fall into the hands of an outsider.

Even though that outsider had spent his entire life here, which only made it a matter of pride.

With all this in mind, two days later Tony and Arthur would face each other to the death...

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-hiyaaaa!!- Arthur shouted while with a kick he sent Tony flying near where we were

Tony with incredible agility turned in the air adjusting his posture and landing on all fours, he used the kinetic force that accompanied him and jumped to the side dodging Arthur's Blade of Light and launching his own

Arthur pushed her away with difficulty and lunged at him.

He tried to attack his legs but Tony made a huge jump and kicked Arthur in the neck.

The guy spun around until he crashed into a wall but he didn't even have time to breathe when Tony kept attacking him.

Arthur panicked and from the ground tried to attack Tony's legs.

Tony repelled the attack with ease and buried his sword in Arthur's shoulder.

-yeaaaagh!!- Arthur screamed in pain as the sword reached his bone.

But Arthur noticed an opportunity and with his sword he attacked Tony's right arm.

He barely reacted but the cut came too fast, severing the entire upper part of his arm from his hands to his elbow.

Blood was running from both of them and they were grimacing in pain but it didn't seem like they were going to stop anytime soon.

Luckily for Tony, even with his arm spread open above him he could still use it unlike Arthur whose arm hung painfully after the sword hit his bone from the elbow and severely damaged it.

-tch...- Arthur clicked his tongue knowing his disadvantage but he wouldn't give up that easily.

He leaned his legs against the ground, breathed Ondo and lunged towards Tony at a speed I could barely perceive.

The swords clashed and Tony stepped back a little but not as much as Arthur wanted.

Having only one arm, his attack power was reduced by half.

Tony smiled at this and deflected Arthur's sword in a move I couldn't see.

Arthur tried to turn around but Tony's sword cut the tendon in his heel and he fell to the ground with a thud.

-guuuu....aaaag!!- Arthur moaned as he writhed in pain on the floor

Tony looked at him with a tired and cold expression and without saying anything he stabbed him in the chest killing him instantly.

-....- The whole room fell completely silent at the scene.

I looked at Alek and he had a serious look

This meant that Tony had won fairly.

-In view of your victory Tony Britzs...you are now the Sword God- a man's voice was heard and it was a man of around 60 years old who was the referee or so I think

-jah....- Tony let out a sigh as he dropped to the ground next to Arthur's corpse

-Long live tho the Sword God Tony!!-

-Viva!!-

The hall was filled with choirs and celebrations celebrating their new Sword God.

A young girl approached Tony and placed a magic healing circle on his arm which healed his injured arm.

Three other swordsmen carried Arthur's corpse out while Tony got up from the ground and sat on what appeared to be some sort of throne at the end of the room.

The swordsmen all sat down in front of him as Tony caught his breath.

-I think it's time to intervene- Alek murmured

-Ah, yes!- the boy who had accompanied us murmured.

So the boy entered the room and moved between the swordsmen until he was in front of the new Sword God.

-Steve...what do you want?- Tony asked as he leaned on his throne?...

-Mr. God Sword...- the boy Steve murmured

-Here have come the Northern God Alek Kallman III and the Magic God Rudeus Greyrat...- Steve muttered

Surprise spread among the swordsmen and Tony looked visibly surprised but then frowned.

-...what do you want here?- Tony asked with disdain

-W-well they say they want to talk about what happened with...with the Sword Goddess Diana...- Steve muttered in fear

This made Tony's brow furrow further and he clenched his fists in anger.

-tch...let them come in...we'll see what they have to say- Tony declared angrily and Steve nodded as he came back to us

We decided to go to the living room and immediately all eyes were on us.

Obviously everyone looked at us with disdain and got up from the floor with hostile intentions.

Most of them came towards me since they didn't dare to look at Alek that way.

We pass through the swordsmen until we are in front of Tony the new Sword God

-Rudeus Greyrat....so the rumors are true..you've returned from the dead...- Tony muttered as he stood up from his throne?..or whatever that seat of hers is

-Yes... it's true, but we didn't come here for that, much less have we come to fight- I said seriously while looking Tony in the eyes.

The path until it was right in front of me

He was the same height as me so we were staring at each other

I could see that he put his hand on the hilt of his sword and looked at me with hostile intentions.

-Do you really...do you really think you can come here like nothing after killing my sister? - Tony muttered as he slowly unsheathed his sword.

Alek pulled out Kajakut in the blink of an eye and put it on Tony's neck

The other swordsmen tried to attack but a single look from Alek made them freeze in fear.

-I repeat, we have not come to fight, we have come to give an explanation for everything that happened- i declared severely.

Tony's gaze shifted between my Alek and the sword that grazed his neck.

-tch!...what the hell do you have to say?!- Tony said angrily but moving away from me

Seeing this Alek put away his sword and the swordsmen relaxed.

Tony stared at me and I could see his right hand resting on his sword.

Fuu...come on Rudeus you can do it!!

-We have come to give explanations of what happened and why the Sword Goddess disappeared-i declared

The murmurs of the swordsmen did not take long to appear and Tony looked at me with a frown.

-Are you saying that you have something to do with my sister's disappearance?!- a woman suddenly shouted from the side of the room, the same one who healed Tony's arm.

-I never said that...but yes...I have something to do with it since I was the one she went looking for- I declared

-What the hell are you talking about?!, Why would Diana leave like that out of nowhere for you?, For what reason?!- Tony declared as he approached me again

-...has anyone here heard the name of the Human God?- I asked.

Confusion filled the entire room, including the woman who healed Tony and Tony himself.

-I see...the Human god or better known as Hitogami is a malevolent god who manipulates people and causes them misfortunes for his own pleasure, Hitogami tricked the Sword Goddess and two other people to attack and kill me..- I muttered

-..what?!..what the hell are you saying?!!..- Tony shouted in anger as he approached me and slowly unsheathed his sword

-Please... we didn't come for that... Hitogami manipulated you all into believing that I was Laplace! I was just defending myself, that's all- I declared

-And where is she now?!!- Tony shouted in anger

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-gah...damn you killed her!!!- Tony screamed as he lunged at me

With one arm I stopped his sword as it was reinforced with the Mk2

-W-what the fuck!- Tony screamed in shock as he jumped back and lunged at me again.

(sigh)...here we go....

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