章 69: Hooded Figure Vs. Nia
"Hah! Hah! Hah!" Nia yelled out as he crashed the practice sword against the tree, sweat dripping down his forehead.
"Sir! They're attacking!" A guard yelled as Nia turned, wearing only pants even in the cold weather.
He was so hot from the exertion that steam was rising from his body. "Yeah? Tell the guys to stand down…"
Nia walked toward the gates as the army bowed, letting him pass. They had received the orders not to attack and had just been waiting for their king to step forward.
"Listen up!"
His voice cut through the sounds of metal on metal as the enemy army clashed their swords against the gates.
"I will only say this once, leave now or perish on this land…"
The enemy army didn't say anything at first, before a few started laughing and clashing against the gates again…
"Hah… Then you leave me no choice, for my kingdom… I cannot lose… Open the gate!"
Nia yelled this as he raised the wooden practice sword.
"King what are you doing! Please let us help you!" A few men screamed in protest as the gates began to rise and the enemy army started to flood into the kingdom.
"Stand back, I always protect my family…"
*Swoosh*
The wooden blade came down with enough force to make a whistling sound reach everyone's ears.
"I did warn them…" Nia said as all the enemy soldiers fell dead. The last thing they felt was a burning pain in their chest, the only indication of an attack the slash on their armor, all in the same place…
(Back in Camelot)
"You have amazing form," Nia said as he dodged a slash from the hooded figure, parrying another strike with the branch and stepping to the side as the hooded figure stabbed forward.
"But I think it lacks substance, I just can't put my finger on it…" Nia parried another strike and kicked out, hitting the hooded figure in the chest and knocking them back.
'He's better than I thought, Scathath really found someone amazing… If Maui joined maybe we could already take on another pantheon… Wait no stick to the plan…' Argen was thinking to himself as Nia blocked and parried, only giving the occasional punch or kick, never attacking with the branch.
The hooded figure did a zigzag, trying to confused Nia as he jumped up and slashed down with all of his force.
It was all for nothing though as Nia simply dodged and kneed them in the stomach, pushing them away from him.
"What is it that's different about you, you lack something I see in every swordsman, it almost makes me curious…"
Nia said as he dodged another strike and kicked the hooded figure in the chest again.
"Your form is perfect, and your sword is top notch quality, the best of the best of the best, three times best… And yet…" Nia said as the hooded figure slammed the sword into the branch. "It's unsatisfactory," Nia finished as he spun and kicked the hooded figure in the temple with his heel, knocking them to the side.
'I guess there was nothing after all…' Argen thought to himself sighing as he looked at Scathath, wondering what had gotten into her.
It was clear something had happened between her and Arthur, exactly what he didn't know, and he didn't really want to know, all he cared about was having his friend and partner focused on the current objective…
"How is it Nia? Just a warm up huh?" Argen yelled as Nia swatted the sword to the side and kneed the person in the face.
"That's all it seems to be yes, I was hoping for more since I'd never seen someone on par with me, someone who had trained as much as me… but oh well," Nia said sighing to himself as he kicked the person away from him and blew the hair out of his face.
"Look down…" The hooded figure for the first time said something.
"Hm?" Nia said in surprise as he looked at the person with a new light in his eyes. "What was that? I didn't quite catch it…"
"Look down on me!" The man, for it was clearly a male voice that escaped the hood, said as it suddenly rushed Nia, slicing upward with the sword.
Nia dodged it as kicked the man in the side. "Look down on you? I never look down on other, unless they don't try their best…"
The man stabilized himself and rushed Nia again. "You can beat me! It will always happen, every time!"
The man screamed these words with full confidence and venom as he suddenly was doing more complex maneuvers with the sword.
"Well I think I can, but you can never be too sure… What's the point of telling me this?" Nia said in between dodging strikes and punching and kicking the man.
"I'm happy! So I will always lose to you!" The man yelled raising his sword and slashing down.
"Alright we get it, you'll lose, geez," Nia said as he dodged the blade. At least he thought he did as it changed direction and cut into the very top of his nose, right between the eyes.
"Hm?" Nia blinked as he felt the sting and the warm flow of blood trickle down.
"Always, always always always, I will lose!"
Argen watched on in interest as he saw Nia get hit for the first time in this battle. The man was clearly shocked from being sliced, but also more focused than ever.
"Hmm… What was that book that Annabeth gave me… There was a creature that looked like normal humans and spoke like them too, with one exception… Everything they say is the reverse of what they mean…" Argen was saying to himself as Nia looked at the man.
"You managed to scratch me a little, but as you said before, you'll still lose to me in the end. You're a waste of talent and potential, you reek of someone who's trained most of their life to reach an outstanding level, and this was the best you could do… I am disappointed that this is my first fight in thousands of years, there couldn't have been someone better? It almost feels like… An insult."
Nia slid his feet on the dirt and looked at the hooded man with contempt. "Since you managed to scratch me I'll actually start attacking, be careful, I've killed people with just sticks before…"
"I am weak," The hooded man said getting ready as well as it looked like a round two would happen.
"How interesting…" Argen said to himself.
(Somewhere else in Albion)
"How interesting," A man said to himself as he looked on at the battle…
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