章節 123: The Duel
It was as if the surrounding understood the intention of the two. Because of this, they started to make a small circle as they left the two to themselves. Sensing this, both James and Edgar took a few steps back to create a distance between them.
The clashing of metal kept n ringing in the back ground. The occasional cry of a dying soldier was accompanied the metal sounds.
Slowly breathing in, James did not leave eye contact from Edgar. There was a strong feeling that was building up in him. Especially now, as Edgar was standing just in front of him.
"Offer your head to me, and I might spare the lives of these idiots who dared to rise up arms against the Herewealth family." Edgar spoke as he broke the silence between the two.
"You…" James could not finish his sentence as Edgar cut in.
"We already know that you will lose. It will be tame as the spar we had in Hermes. I will beat you again and again. A lowlife scum like you can never rise up to rival me!" The voice of Edgar started to gain more hatred and anger as the words were continuing.
"You bastard!" James shouted out, as he pulled his sword up. With a quick motion, he charged forward. Having lost his sense to the adrenaline that is pumping through his body, he lost his reasoning. His only goal at the moment was to kill the guy in front of him.
A smile was forming on the face of Edgar. James lost his calmness and charged forward without thinking about it. Dodging the sword easily, Edgar put his leg in front of him.
Not expecting this leg, James tripped down. Luckily he reacted quickly and swung backwards while falling towards the ground. Because of the swing, Edgar had to take a step back and was not in the state of taking advantage of the situation. Because of this, James managed to stand on his feet again before Edgar lunged his sword towards him.
Instead of dodging, James decided to parry the lunge and counter attack with a slash.
The dual had no clear winner. Both parties were equally matched. Even some of the surrounding forced stopped their fight, just to take a look at the fierce battle which was going on between the two heated enemies.
Minutes passed as the fighting continued. The clashing of swords kept on echoing in the surrounding. Now the only sound that came was mainly from their fight. There were moments where James had the upper hand, however with quick maneuvers, the upper hand switched hands. This was a reoccurring situation.
At this point, the winner would be the one with the highest stamina.
Fighting for God know how long, James started to feel the exhaustion getting to him. If this continued, he would not be able to hold on much longer. However, to his luck, Edgar made a mistake which lead to a small opening. Aiming for this opening, James quickly lunged his sword towards it.
As the sword was going towards the opening, the surrounding soldiers gasped in shock. Even James could not hold his happiness back, as the emotions started to build up in him.
Right before the sword hit Edgar, it was blocked by a shield from an unknown source. "Sir, we have to retreat now. The escape route has been secured. If we do not leave now, we will lose the opportunity to do so!" It was a lieutenant within the army of Edgar.
Being stopped Edgar was rather angry at the lieutenant. Looking with a look filled with rage, Edgar was about to lash out to his Lieutenant. However, he was stopped by some of the surrounding soldiers. The group started to drag Edgar back to the escape route.
Angered that his opportunity was blocked by an outside force, James started to yell out, as he tried to follow Edgar. "You coward! Hiding behind the backs of others!"
Even though Edgar tried to get free, he was being dragged back by his surroundings. Slowly getting further away from the position of where James was.
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"Sir, this doesn't look good. We are slowly getting surrounded." A guard said towards Francis.
Nodding a bit, Francis' face started to turn bitter. He did not expat that the Herewealth army had such a large reserve. His only hope was that the other fronts could break free and help him out in the situation. Otherwise, they could not hold for long. They were almost outnumbered two to one.
Giving out a few orders to reinforce the lines and support the army, a cry came out from the various lieutenants which were mixed with the soldiers. "Brace for impact!"
Right after the order was given, a loud bashing sound filled the compound. The two forces had now met. The clash started.
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