Chapter 208: Honest Discourse (1/2)

Inside the forest, amidst the trees, two figures stood against each other. One was a tall, robust amazonian woman. She had an excited, almost fervent look on her heated face, as she focused on the second, much shorter, and scrawnier-looking boy in front of him.

Clenching her fists, the amazon's knuckles cracked with a clear, audible sound. Eyeing the youth from bottom to top once more, she spoke with great excitement in her voice.

”Are you ready boy? I'm not going to go easy on you!”

In front of the woman, the much thinner but still relatively tall youngster had a leisurely smile on his face. Upon his opponent's request, he simply silently nodded, letting only a simple 'Uhm' escape his lips.

On the side, already done dissecting one of the orcs, and on her way towards the second Sarah, didn't say a word. To be perfectly honest, she didn't think anything bad would happen. This little scuffle served only to get to know the two slightly better. Amazons had a weird, very primitive outlook on the world, but at the same time, they were honest. They said that the best way to get to know the other truly was through his or her fists.

Also, she was quite interested to see how Aiden would fare against a true amazon. Whilst he seemed exceptionally fast, she wasn't completely aware of the limits of his strength. This was a perfect opportunity to get to know her partner slightly better as well.

Thus, she kept her silence, and just kept an eye on their little 'discourse' whilst she approached the second corpse and began cutting out his core as well.

”Since this is not a life-or-death battle, we will go until one of us hits the ground, okay? That means you lost, fair, and square. Got it?”

Once again, Aiden looked completely calm, and nonchalant at the whole ordeal. He did not even enter into any sort of battle posture. He nodded with the same kind, friendly smile on his face. His eyes were cool, his whole body did not emit any sort of danger towards the amazon.

”So, once you hit the ground, you will tell us your story?” He asked, with a smile that foreshadowed the results of the upcoming battle.

Hearing the question and understanding the meaning behind his tone, Naybeah, the blonde amazon burst into a loud guffaw once again.

”Ahahaha… oh for Naone's sake, you sure are an interesting one kiddo!” Collecting her breath for a moment after the violent outburst, she nodded to the question. ”But yes, if you can make me fall, I will admit the loss, and recognize you as an equal and a friend. Only then, will you get to hear my story.”

Finishing her speech, suddenly her eyes became focused, as it shifted towards the boy, registering even the slightest of movements.

”Anyway… enough chit-chat kiddo. Let's see how much you can take!”

Contorting the muscles in her calf, she planted her legs in the ground, before leaning slightly forward and flinging her body forward, charging at the boy abruptly, not giving any additional time for him to prepare.

Seeing how the boy did not seem to startle or react in any way, her grin turned wider as she launched her right fist towards the boy's right side aimed at her abdomen.

However, just when she thought she made contact with the body of the boy and caused some damage, Aiden's body suddenly vanished without a trace. As her fist flew through the now-empty air, she stopped at the position where Aiden was previously.

She suddenly felt the boy's presence from behind, causing her to swing her left arm in a wide but violent arc as she turned her body around, only to hit the air once again.

Seeing the sight, caused Aiden, who was now at Naybeah's previous position to chuckle, pointing with his index finger in a slightly mocking but mostly cheeky manner.

”What are you doing? I thought you wanted to fight!” He asked with a faked innocence.

This did not anger the amazon woman in the slightest. No, instead it caused her grin to once again stretch, thinking about the marvelous battle she could have with this youth.

”Heh, you are fast kiddo, but are you strong enough as well?” She asked mockingly, returning the boy's stare.

”Hmmm…” Once again, faking a contemplating expression as he was debating the thought, he looked at the woman a few seconds later, with the same friendly smile.

Nodding his head, he raised his arms in the air, creating a large opening for the woman to hit his chest.

”Sure, show me what you got. I want to feel the strength of your kind!”

Although she was slightly surprised by the boy's agreeing manner, the manic grin she had in the battle against the orcs a moment ago quickly resurfaced. Clenching her right fist tightly, she began to cock in backward, focusing all of her inner strength and muscles into one powerful punch.

Not wasting any energy, she simply walked closer, in front of the boy. Seeing how he kept his inviting posture, she got ready for the powerful blow, but before she released it, she asked once again, already expectant of the answer.