Lin was sweating. He was terrified. His hand trembled a bit, almost losing focus on the fight in front of him. And he knew that even the slightest bit of hesitation, would result in his death.
Lin moved his right leg back and took his stance. With the left hand stretched ahead, he pointed his blade at the Samurai. The Samurai was holding his sword with both his arms. They were only a few meters away, and the very next second, they clashed, as sparks flew in between the blades.
The Samurai twisted his body slightly positioning himself to the right of Lin. Using sheer force tried to cut Lin. Thankfully there was armour there, but while in mid air, noticing the Samurai's movements, Lin immediately turned his sword and had a reverse grip on it and blocked the attack.
Even if he hadn't stopped it, it wouldn't have been fatal. But he knew that it would cause a lot of internal injuries.
The Samurai wasn't stopping too, he immediately withdrew and went back. The next move he did was strike at his arms, which even though he tried, Lin couldn't stop that. Although it didn't totally chop off his arm, it still managed to pierce his wrist. As blood started gushing out, Lin fell away from the Samurai.
He didn't have time to think. Since he cant use his right arm anymore, he dropped the blade and used his left arm only. It proved rather difficult for him to concentrate with that though.
After all this time of fighting, he wasn't able to even land a single blow on the Samurai. And most of their strikes were clearly always clashes. It was very rare for them to actually hurt each other, as both swordsmen were incredibly good at defense.
Before he could make a move, Lin was already about to be cut open by the Samurai who had come really close. With a huge swing from the right, it was about to graze Lin's chest. But with his fast reflex, Lin was able to stop the blade with his left arm.
And since the Samurai was close enough, Lin stomped hard on the hilt of his Kukri blade that he had dropped on the ground earlier. This made the sword jump to the air.
While it was a few inches up from the ground, Lin kicked the sword again, when it was upright, and it went flying towards the Samurai, who was right in front of him.
Even though he was fast, dodging something this close was impossible to the Samurai. He tried to take a step back, but the blade went directly through his hat, tearing it, and even cut a part of his long brown hair.
While he was taken aback, Lin made his next move and used his left arm to try and cut him. The Samurai jumped back again. And Lin stepped forward one more time and grabbed the sword that was in the air, with his right arm and did a horizontal slash this time. The Samurai tried to dodge it, and survived barely as the blade cut his lips slightly. However this made the Samurai lose his balance. He fell down on his butt, but before Lin could attack again he back flipped and stood on his feet, about five meters away.
Samurai: Not bad....I seriously underestimated you...
Lin was panting hard. He was out of breath. Being on par with the Samurai was not his everyday strength. He knew that if he tried going in for the kill, the results would be fatal. So he tried to keep his distance and defend.
Lin clutched his right arm, where it was bleeding. He looked at the Samurai.
Samurai: No one has ever matched me in combat like this before. Well...atleast not humans....
Lin: Thanks....I guess...??
Samurai: But I have taken an oath to destroy evil...I'm sorry that I have to kill you.
Lin: Why do you even think we are evil...????!!
Lin shouted, almost annoyed. Lin was always trying to figure out why the Samurai was attacking him in the first place...
Samurai: I am sure that you both were involved in the missing village...do you work for the Children of Creation? Did you come from the Tower nearby..??
Lin was astounded and disgusted. He stood up right.
Lin: I would never ever work for the stupid dictators like the Children of Creation! I loathe them....The next time you compare me with those shitholes, I WILL kill you..
Samurai noticed the anger level in him increasing. He could sense the rage flowing out of him. Lin was threatening someone far more powerful than him.
Lin: And what makes you powerful anyway is that , that your Excalibur has a Blessing. You are nothing without that sword anyway.
Samurai: And you are telling me that you don't have a Blessing yourself??
Lin: Why would I even need something like that..??
Samurai: So you are just a normal human...???!
Lin: Yeah!! So what???
Samurai: A normal human, stopping a man with a Blessed Artifact...??
The Samurai started to think, on how someone was able to stop him, when he had no strength whatsoever.
Samurai: You have impressed me...state your name!!
Lin: I'm Lin...Xi Fei Lin. Put some respect on my name, cause I'm gonna be the guy that kills the new Samurai!
Samurai: Well, bring it on..! It's not like you proved your innocence anyway.
They both got ready to fight again, but this time a threatening aura started flowing through the sword that the Samurai had. The Excalibur started glowing red. The gem in between the handle, began producing heat.
Samurai: From what I've seen from you, you are very quick at adapting to battle....and you hold the honorable middle name from one of the Four Clans too...
Lin grunted at him mentioning his Fei family link. Maybe it was a bad idea of giving him his full name. But he knew of one idiot who had a worse name than him.
Samurai: Let's see you survive this , Xi Fei Lin!!
The Samurai immediately went in for the attack, and even though Lin tried stopping it, the sheer force of the Excalibur, which was glowing red, was now very powerful. Lin flew in the air and was knocked out about fifteen meters from where he was. He somehow managed to stand on his two feet, but his ankle broke.
Lin: He was ....holding back...until now..??
Lin hated the idea that the Samurai was way stronger than he had imagined. Lin always believed that he would somehow manage to defend until the Samurai gets tired. But he was very powerful, and on a different level. Lin could barely stand up with his broken ankle.
The Samurai was walking towards him, emitting a threatening deadly aura. Then they heard a voice..
???: Waittttt!! Your opponent is me!!!
They both turned to the entrance of the huge black wall ahead. And out of it came a certain man. He was wearing a blue T shirt underneath the huge black jacket that reached to his knees. The muffler like stuff around him, was his hoodie, probably to keep him cool.
As he stepped out, he looked cooler, and more determined. He had long black hair along with the short patch of white hair. He had blue ringed eyes, and finally the extremely odd left arm, that looked like the night sky.
Max: Hey Samurai....come and get me...if you can that is..!!