《Duality》Old Chapter 13 - 1 vs 2
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"Tom!" The small man screamed and tried to run towards the body, but was stopped by his brother.
Different from his brother, the big man's eyes were on the black boy standing over Tom's body.
"Who are you boy?" The big man asked.
"I'm John." He answered shortly.
"John, was it you that killed our brother?"
The black boy pointed towards the body of the Great Board "I saved your brother's life from the Great Boar, but not only he didn't thank me, he tried to ambush me afterward."
"Says you!" The small man yelled at John. "Who knows if you're telling the truth. It must have been you who ambushed Tom."
"Believe what you want, I'm done here." John turned to leave…
"Wait!"
… but was immediately stopped by the big man.
"What, you want to fight it out?" John stared at the big man, as he seemed to be the one giving the orders.
The big man stared back for a few seconds before finally saying. "You can go, but leave the pouch you took from Tom's body."
"What!?" The small man couldn't believe what he heard. "You can't be serious Matt, that monkey killed Tom!"
"Shut up Henry!" The big man Matt yelled at his brother before turning back to John. "What do you say, boy?"
"I told you already, your brother attacked me. Whatever I took from him belongs to me now." Even if he had to fight against the two brothers, John simply wouldn't give in.
Matt once again stared at John and then looked towards the Great Boar's body. It took him a few seconds, but he finally made his decision.
Turning back to John, he spoke. "You really are a stupid little monkey. Let's do it, Henry!"
"Finally!" Said the small man Henry. He didn't care about who ambushed who, he wanted to kill that black boy for taking his brother's life.
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With the battle axe in hands, Henry ran towards John, while Matt approached by the side, intending to flank.
John immediately noticed the brother's plan and began moving around to put one brother in the way of the other. The most important when fighting multiple opponents in an open environment is to keep moving.
Even though he was one level higher than the two of them, it was still too dangerous to fight both at the same time.
"Get out of the way."
"Dammit, move around him.."
Making use of the confusion, John began his attacks. He focused on the Henry brother as he was the closest one.
John slashed with one shortsword to which Henry barely managed to block with the battle axe handle. Unfortunately for him, John still had another weapon.
With his other shortsword, he thrust towards the man's chest.
Reacting a moment too late, Henry tried to dodge causing the attack to pierce his arm.
If this was a one versus one battle, John would immediately follow up and kill the man, but there was still the other brother with the greatsword.
Jumping backward, John watched as the brothers stood side by side.
"Are you okay?" Matt asked Henry.
"Yeah, but I can't use my arm anymore."
"Alright, we must stay together. Can't allow him to fight one of us alone."
After this first clash, the brothers finally realized how dangerous the black boy in front of them was.
John kept moving around the brothers, attacking whenever he had a chance. His main target kept being the Henry brother who was already injured and couldn't wield his weapon as well as before.
After dodging the battle axe coming downwards, John attacked Henry's already injured arm.
"Henry!" Matt tried to help his brother, but that was John was hoping for.
'Now!' First ducking to avoid the greatsword attack, he changed his target to the Matt brother, catching him off guard.
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The big man attempted to block but was too slow to put his weapon back in position. The shortsword cut through the side of his abdomen causing blood to fly out.
"Aaargh!" The man screamed and dropped his weapon. Placing his hands over the wound, he futilely tried to stop the bleeding. Without a healer, he wouldn't last more than a few minutes.
"Its over." John declared.
"Wait!" The big man pleaded. "Yo-you won… just let things go..."
"Let things go? So that your brother can come after me later?"
After things had come this far, John knew that the safest thing to do was to kill both of them. The big man was no longer a threat, so he once again focused on the small man Henry.
"Shit, run Henry!" Matt yelled while trying to block. If he was going to die, then he at least wanted to give his brother a chance to live.
Dropping his weapon, the small man Henry began to run away.
"No, you won't!" First, John had to deal with the big man blocking his path.
Knowing he was about to die, Matt tried to grab John, but it didn't work. Easily dodging to the side, John slashed at the big man's neck before chasing the other one. Although the attack didn't remove the head, he knew that the man would die shortly now.
Although he lost a couple seconds dealing with the big one, John didn't lose track of the last of the brothers. Dropping his bag with the Great Boar's tusks to lighten the weight, he was chasing the small man down.
Initially, at 10 meters the distance between the two kept shrinking. Not surprising given that John was both a level higher and also much lighter than him.
"Help! Someone help me!" Henry screamed but there was no one to hear it.
The 10 meters became 7, and then 4 and finally 1.
'Now!' At this range, he could attack. John slashed down at the small man's back, injuring and causing to fall forward.
Not giving up, he tried to kick back but it was useless. John quickly avoided the blow and used the chance to climb on his back, then easily managing to pierce his neck.
Henry twitched for a couple of seconds before finally dying, his eyes still open
"Haa… it's over." John spoke, panting a little.
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'Its already over...'
Watching the end of the fight, Dene couldn't help but be surprised.
Although the duo was a level lower than her son, it was still a 1 vs 2 fight. She believed it would be at least as hard as the fight against the Great Boar, but it ended so quickly...
If it wasn't enough, the boy didn't even hesitate when the brothers tried to stop the fight and easily killed them both.
'But that's good too. I don't know what happened, but he seems to have learned a lot after his fights yesterday.' Dene thought, on her face a smile.
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After killing the last brother, John repeated his actions from before.
First, he cleaned his weapons. The blood could cause them to rust and become less sharp. After it was done, he turned his attention to the bodies, looking for anything of value.
'Nothing.'
Unfortunately, none of their weapons seemed especially valuable, nor did they carry any coin like the first brother.
'Guess this is it then.'
As there was nothing more here, John grabbed his bag that he dropped while chasing the last brother and left.
He would see if he could find the Wind Deer's body and then go back home to finish the trial.'
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