"LORD", a loud shout came from near the dragon as the carriages that were heading for the Knights Academy saw Abeloth and investigated.
Ali raised his hand in the air and Abeloth moved his large head, blocking Malcolm from getting any closer, signalling to the carriages to keep their distance.
Ali looked back at the barbarian with blue hair and flipped the axe in his hand. 'This is a good opportunity to test the Force sense even more. I will block every other sense and only rely on it to see the limits.' Ali thought.
The swordsman was the one who was going to announce the start of the fight. He looked at his comrade who was leaning down with his axe, carving through the soil as he moved it like a snake attempting to scare Ali. It was barbarian tradition before fights.
On the other hand, Ali stood tall with his black shirt and the blue axe held loosely in his left hand, his non-dominant hand.
"FIGHT", the swordsman shouted as he fell back on the soil of the hill and watched with great interest along with his comrades.
The barbarian didn't waste a second as he ran straight at Ali, with his posture leaning forward and his body lowering closer and closer to the ground. He was aiming to attack Ali from below.
'Attacks from below are harder to deal with in general and automatically give the attacker great momentum if executed right, but…', Ali raised the axe up in the air and leaned slightly forward, like he was waiting for anything to get close enough for him to strike down.
The muscles on his arm pulsed with great strength as Ali's black eyes tracked the barbarian whose maniac smile was replaced with a slightly more serious face. The closer he got, the more dangerous the threat from above felt.
Ali watched him get closer, but in the end, the barbarian aborted the attack and flickered from that direction to attack Ali from the side with a twist of his body and an axe that gained great momentum.
'The Force can see through it without my input or thought', Ali thought as he perfectly deflected the axe and kicked forward, where the barbarian used his shin to block and flipped back a couple of times before dashing forward again.
CLACK
Again Ali deflected, but this time they entered a long series of blows where Ali blocked every swing of the axe the barbarian threw. 'He's not bad…', Ali thought as the experience showed from the barbarian before Ali's axe slid against the barbarian's, creating sparks before the barbarian jumped back.
'My turn', Ali thought as he exploded forward with a speed the barbarian couldn't keep up with. Ali's forward kick slammed into his last-ditch block, but the strength behind the kick was so great the barbarian slid back twenty metres.
The barbarian was in shock as his hand vibrated from the strength of Ali's kick. It was the first time Ali went all out without his black veins in this fight. Ali immediately appeared before him with the axe raised, and the barbarian was using every last bit of his control not to use his aura there.
DODGE
"He dodged", the orange-haired boy shouted as he saw the barbarian evade an attack without aura for the first time ever. The other three focused with serious expressions as Ali's axe landed on the ground.
BOOOOOOOOOOM
The soil exploded, and the earth cracked from the sheer force behind his attack. This wasn't normal human strength at all…
'Fuck, what strength is that….Only my father could exert power like that without aura, and he…he was level five for fuck's sake', the swordsman thought as the dust settled and a new crater was formed around Ali.
'This axe is pretty good…', Ali thought as he flipped the enchanted axe and dashed towards the barbarian, who was much more careful as Ali took all the momentum and pushed him back with every swing.
"He's using martial arts to beat him", the priest commented as Ali landed a strong knee to the barbarian's abdomen, sending him flying with vomit flying from his mouth.
"FUCK THIS", the barbarian shouted as his heart pounded faster and his body tensed up greatly. Ali could feel the change with the Force Sense.
"This idiot…", the stealthy warrior whispered as he watched the barbarian's muscles grow larger and he exploded forward towards Ali with speed that matched Ali's if not faster.
'So this is why they're classified differently from other humans…', Ali thought as his Force Sense showed him a deep blue in the barbarian's chest that was only glowing brighter and brighter.
BOOOOM SPARK
Their axes took the blunt of the clash as Ali swiped the handle of the axe, hitting the barbarian in the face, but he barely even felt it as he tried cutting Ali's head off…
Ali fell to the ground and swipe kicked the barbarian, who jumped over Ali's kick, but he didn't anticipate Ali to go into a handstand and flip in the air with his kick smashing straight towards his exposed side, sending him flying again.
Their duel continued as Ali schooled the barbarian using his own weapon, coming out victorious from every clash, even with the barbarian being stronger and faster. The martial arts Ali showed were ridiculous, a completely different league of technique.
SLASH SLASH SLASH
Ali slid the axe purposefully before he head-butted the barbarian, shocking him with the wild tactic…
"FUCK YOU", the barbarian froze when he felt the axe's edge on his neck with Ali behind him.
"The Lord wins", the swordsman announced.
"NOO, WE GO AGAIN", the barbarian shouted with anger.
"You lost the moment you started using the barbarian heart. Shut up and get up here, you idiot", the swordsman said with a mocking smirk that agitated the barbarian even more.
'It's good he stopped, else I would have had to make a move…He was getting stronger and faster by the second…', Ali was impressed by the blue-haired barbarian who sat down angrily on the soil. Ali threw the axe back, and the barbarian caught it with a scoff.
"I would have won on the battlefield, you know that", the barbarian shouted, but it was just his normal voice; he was normally loud.
"You will get your opportunity in the future", Ali said as he looked to the side where the swordsman sat.
"My turn then, I don't have a sword for you though", the swordsman said.
"You don't have to worry about that", Ali snapped his fingers and the oriental great sword of Kale Nolan appeared in his hand.
"How did you do that?", the young blonde asked as he twisted the great sword in his hands; he was flexing his muscles for this.
"A little trick of mine", Ali said as he held the sword over his shoulder.
"Well, I will warn you, I am a trained knight; use magic if you feel cornered", the blonde smirked as he taunted Ali.
Ali looked down at him with his black eyes and didn't show a reaction as the priest shouted for them to fight this time.
Ali started the fight like the last time and deflected the overhead strikes from the young knight; he simply observed and blocked every strike with no pressure…
'His footwork and timing is insane', the young knight thought as Ali never found himself in a bad position and always deflected perfectly at the right time. 'I should turn it up then', he thought as he swung his giant sword from the right, which Ali deflected, but this time the young Knight carried the momentum into a twist and struck overhead, but Ali deflected again.
Ali expected another swing, but the knight surprised him as he suddenly stopped his attack up in the air…
The Knight jumped forward and spun forward with the giant sword in hand; it was an incredible feat of strength and dexterity without using aura; the knight gathered great momentum and power as his giant blade fell over Ali.
'Flashy', Ali thought as he saw a clear white line and followed it with his sword, blocking the attack, which sent his feet digging a metre in the soil from the sheer pressure, before Ali tilted his sword and the young knight fell forward, making distance between them.
'He depends on momentum and a great forward pace as one should using the great sword, but his timing is lacking and the speed isn't good enough as well as he wastes momentum with his elbows, talented swordsman nonetheless with a difficult style to master', Ali thought looking at him.
'What is that look…He's giving me that look…He's worse than my family', the young knight thought as he remembered that look from when he was about to get schooled in a duel.
"Let me show you the weakness of your swordsmanship", Ali said as he lunged forward using the great sword like it was half its size as he stabbed forward with ridiculous dexterity shocking the knight who struggled to parry the perfect stab.
Ali didn't stop as he repeated the same attack and walked forward non-stop, the knight could barely adjust to every stab with his great-sword and Ali's pace was making it hard for him to regulate his breathing properly.
'I need to break this momentum', the knight thought as he suddenly risked it and smashed his great-sword down with the great force destroying the ground around him.
He was behind his sword but to his shock he felt something from above to see the oriental sword's tip descending on him with Ali holding the sword mid-air.
SPARKKK
The swords grind against each other before Ali ended up standing over the young knight with his sword stabbing into the ground next to the young knight's head.
"I lose", the knight said with a smile, it was a long time since he got schooled like this, even his family never used a style like that against him, 'It wasn't just the stab attacks, it was the timing and pace and precision, like he knew my next move before I made it', he thought looking at the monstrous man standing over him.
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Hey guys, I was reading through older chapters and I realised something, for some unknown reason I somehow changed George's wife's name from Sofia to Fiona out of nowhere and no-one picked up on it not even me until now. Honestly I am not going to change everything to Fiona in previous chapters so yeah I messed up…Her name is Fiona, her family name is—That's for the future🫣.
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