Chapter 221: Surprised? (1/2)

Instead of throwing, Mario pushed the shot-put ball just like what a shot-putter would.

Because of how heavy 'The Round World' is, it doesn't matter if he threw it or not. Because what he was using now was not his dominant hand. And instead of opting for a throw that might miss, he wanted it to be a sure hit by pushing the ball straight to Burge's face.

However, what he didn't expect was that Burge was able to avoid it easily.

And what's more, Burge used that attack as a signal to dash like a flash. He evaded the ball easily and arrived directly in front of the flustered Mario.

With still, a gloomy and dark face, Burge brandished his sword towards Mario's neck preparing to chop it off and separate it on the body.

As he was slowed down by the paralysis poison, he wasn't able to react in time. As the sword loomed closer towards his neck, Mario's expression also turned gloomy.

When he was certain that his neck would be cut off and flashbacks already started surfacing on his mid, a sudden ting* sound suddenly interrupted his hallucinations.

When he came back to his senses, he saw the glossy sharp sword held by Burge only a few inches away from his neck. Aside from the sword, he also saw a pitch-black knife obstructing the glossy sword's advance.

Mario's eyes lit up as he saw who it was. He uses that given opportunity to retreat away from the mad Burge.

”Arigato, Emon-kun!” He exclaimed as he retrieved 'The Round World' back.

”You're suddenly trying to interfere? You should have just waited there and waited for your turn.”  Burge hissed as he retracted the sword back while kicking Emon's stomach in the process.

Emon knew how strong Burge is so he didn't dare to be careless. He saw his kick right away and he felt how much force Burge used on that one. Instead of trying to parry it, Emon decided to step back a little before making a stabbing motion with the knife on his hands.

Burge was forced to halt on his action again as he didn't want his foot to be skewered by that black knife Emon was holding.

However, he already learned his lesson and knew that Emon would counter him like that.

That kick was actually a feint and the real attack was now traveling towards Emon's face.

A huge fist tore the air as it flew towards Emon's emo face. Emon was startled and thought that he would be hit by that fist, but he felt relieved when a rusted ball suddenly appeared and deflected Burge's fist away.

Emon also retreated to take a breather after experiencing that near 'death' situation.

Phew!*

Emon heaves a loud sigh as he tries to calm down his wildly beating heart. At first, he really didn't want to act and let them kill each other.