Chapter 13 (1/2)
13.THE CENTURION VS THE WHITE BEAST
“I-impossible.”
The black armored crumbled down. The white beast glared at them.
“Yes, thank you for the effort.”
Willian was dancing at the battlefield. Most of the black armored bodies lying on the ground were an army of dead bodies Willian created himself. Both enemies and allies couldn´t recklessly move. It was only a single part; only a small part of the battlefield. But even so, that was a part Willian completely ruled over.
“Guh! How dare you.”
The ones that were just defeated was a ten-man heavy infantry squad of Ostoberg. For the heavy infantry, which all of its soldiers were regulars of the army, a ten man squad was definitely not a small number. It wasn´t a small number, but even so…
“”It´s not enough.””
Right now, Willian was risking himself. He was taking the risk of making himself stand out too much while fighting at the frontlines. He was obviously scared of being surrounded and taken down, but the chance of friendly fire from behind was also very possible. It was a considerably risky situation for him.
“”I can avoid the risks with my abilities. I can simply act whenever necessary. Now is the time. And so, I want a better recommendation. But for that, it is still not enough.”
Soon, he would need to pull back. The vanguard army seemed like it was going to be broken, and soon it would be the time for the heavy infantry, which were the tigers of Arcadia. There was a limit for how long Willian could act.
““Come, come, come!””
Willian prayed. Even if he killed that many, all it would happen was that everything he did would simply become evaluation for the small fries around him. Because of that, his deeds wouldn´t reach the ears of the top-bra.s.s. He wouldn´t be able to reach out for them. What he needed was something that would certainly spread his name. This was something that was impossible for him to get his hands on no matter how many small fries he killed.
“”Come!””
He needed a head.
“Hey, hey, it looks like you´ve been making my subordinates suffer quite a bit, aren´t you?”
The mood completely changed.
“Willian!”
Karl´s voice filled with worry the reached his ears.
“”I know that. Now, it seems you´ve finally revealed yourself, centurion!””(TL note: Centurion =A hundred man commander)
A centurion. If one was to go find similarities between Arcadia and Ostoberg, it would be that their core army was their heavy infantry. That core army was divided in squads of a hundred man, and the ones who commanded those were called centurions. In the battlefield, they were the stars among the stars. If Willian was to take the head of one, it would be possible to raise his name in one go.
“You have quite the showy hair, brat. Did you dye it?”
The man was lump of self confidence. However, Willian would definitely…
“”He isn´t just a fox that made his way there by borrowing authority.”
This one wasn´t a simple fake. Until now, Willian´s opponents had only been soldiers of the heavy infantry division. However, the man in front of his eyes wasn´t simply only a single man. He was the man that commanded a strong army. It was the man that would mold his army with strength.
“Centurion of Ostoberg´s heavy infantry division, my name is Haian Von Krokkas.”
“Soldier of the Arcadian light infantry, sword of Karl Von Teirah, Willian Rivius.”
The two of them named themselves. There was a overwhelming difference in their character. Haian was surrounded by many black s.h.i.+nigami. Willian was only a simple soldier. Perhaps this would seen like a funny play for the people watching from the sidelines.
“You have a nice spirit. Come.”
An oppressing aura surrounded Haian.
“”…This thing once again?”
A cold feeling a.s.saulted Willian. It was the feeling he felt when he fought against Kail. Although it was of a different nature, he had also felt the same feeling from Lord Teirah and the air that wafted around that n.o.ble district.
“…Really, I can´t understand.”
Willian sighed in a way that couldn´t be considered him either letting out a sigh or gasping.
“Won´t you come?”
“…I will.”
The warning Kail gave him etched in his mind. He shouldn´t fight people that gave off this kind of cold feeling. However…
““If I take the risk…. I will be able to go to the top!””
There was no way Willian could stop. His heart screamed him to go forward. The ardor in his stomach increased. Eat, eat, eat, eat. Something inside him was insanely screaming that.
“Hyu!*”(ひゅッ！)
“”Besides, I´m not feeling the same amount of cold I felt from Kail! Physique, technique; there are no factors that suggest I will lose. I can win!””
Therefore, Willian advanced forward. Like always, he charged, attacking at the gap of the armor and aiming for the neck.
“You are very light, white brat.”
“!?”
Haian blocked Willian´s attack that would have brought death if it hit too much easily. In a rational way, the attack went through the shortest trajectory to hit, and therefore it was the fastest Willian could bring. It was the sword that represented the acc.u.mulation of much knowledge and training. This sword was stopped.
“Sorah!”(そォらッ！)
Haian forcibly came out from his position of having blocked the attack and swung his big sword at Willian.
Willian´s eyes became wide-open. Both were pus.h.i.+ng their swords on each other, but Willian had the advantage in the stance. In terms of physique, Willian was only slightly unfavored, but there was no way there could have been so much difference. There was no way Willian, who had been training his body, could be falling behind in strength for that much.
“I said so, didn´t I? That you are [light].”
“!?”
Despite all that, Willian felt confused. The disadvantageous stance of his opponent, the rationality, and everything else too was blown away. Willian was overthrown and was blown away in the same way.
“”Wait… a second.””
Willian couldn´t follow what was happening. Because of that delay…
“You don´t have the time to be dazing around!”
An opening Willian would normally not have given away appeared. It was a diagonal slash that went by the books. Even though he was in panic, he was able to properly ready his sword with both hands and protect his head. Blocking the attack, he slashed back…
“Gah!?”
Or so he had intended to. In the end, the result was that the skin of his neck was slightly cut and his body was sent flying. Even if his stance was hadn´t been good, the attack that he was supposed to have completely blocked was too much heavy.
“This… impossible!”
Willian couldn´t have imagined that there would be so much difference between them simply because Haian had better strength. He couldn´t see the difference between the build of their bodies. But even so…
“”Why does the gap feels so big!?””