Chapter 564 - The Inevitability Of Karma (2/2)

Using only his huht, allowing the sword to pierce past his chest, on which it left a shallow cut With his opponent's shi+eld placed to his left side, and his right arm tense towards him, Daniel instinctively stabbed his opponent with the sword he held in his left hand His target, was the right side of thehow Daniel had avoided his attack, Flaht ar its right edge against Daniel's ar his sword Then, as Daniel's left ar to the side, Flaround, and onto his opponent's forward foot

Iet was, so he hurriedly

Instead of following up with a sword attack, Fla his footing, and before he could react, slae shi+eld boss, a fist sized metallic sphere mounted in thehim to stuht did not end there Flaain tried to slaainst Daniel's body, but as the latter avoided the blow by stepping backwards, Flaain pierced forith his sword The sword seeht before it could pierce his shoulder, in a de his opponent's sword to pierce past

With the large shi+eld raised high up to the left side of Flamma's head, and his sword pointed forward, Daniel did not repeat the previous mistake, and instead, made use of his opponent's blind spot He continued the rotation of his body, and after tensing his right arh

Iht his shi+eld back in front of hiet up and regain his footing As he inspected his wound, and established that it was not as deep as it looked and that continuing the fight would not be a problem, Flamer the cro Daniel fight, the an to like him Flamma was still the favorite of the vast majority of them, yet, as enthusiasts of the sport, they couldn't help but respect Daniel's skills Ae crowd, however, there was one face that had now distorted into an ugly expression, and that was the editor's

By setting up a fight with a newcoerous, to a point where he had gained an advantage over not only the current chahters Rome had ever seen Had he, the crowd, or the emperor known that Daniel possessed those kinds of skills, the city would have talked about this fight in anticipation for weeks

Soon he realized that the reason why Daniel's skills had been downplayed, was because of Cossus' scheed on wheel a the capital's lanistae, had purposely wasted over half of thehiuard His true aim, however, was to win it all back the ht To make matters worse, the editor had offered to pay double whatever Cossus illing to bet, just to be sure Cossus would fall into ruin, and not realizing he had instead played right into his trap

Needless to say, the editor, as he looked at Cossus' proud expression, could not help but feel stupid for falling for such a trick

Unbothered about the struggles between the two slave owners, the ereat interest, to a point where he had unconsciously stood up from his chair and approached the balcony of his podium, on which he leaned with both hands

Back in the inner part of the arena, the battle had already resuun to exploit the opponent's injury, and kept ht Meanwhile, the latter followed Daniel'sa defensive stance The proactive behavior for which he was known throughout the capital had been put aside, as his previously fearless advance had noed down greatly

Only moments after the battle resuhters would either walk around their opponent, or shi+ft their posture to adjust to their opponent's location, yet neither attacked

This went on for at least athe tension felt by the crowd Murer for the moment one of the two took the initiative Finally, when the anticipation was about to turn into disappoint towards his opponent

After slaround a few ti two foot-sized craters on the ground, he leaped in the air and towards his opponent Flae shi+eld in front of him, and prepared for the impact, but when he expected to feel the almost instantaneous blow caused by Daniel's tords, he felt the dead weight of Daniel's body instead, which ca onto hih dozens of fights in his career, and had experienced ladiators in history Hence hen he felt Daniel's weight onto the shi+eld, he was surprised, but not shocked I for the pressure to transfer to his lower body, then sprung back up, hoping to send Daniel flying backwards

What shocked hiht the ainst him What he felt instead, was a loss of balance as a sudden blow struck the back of his right knee, forcing him to fall on it Then, before he could react, he felt Daniel's hand wrap around his neck, and pull his head back

With his neck exposed Flaan to flay his sword over and behind hio of hi, he felt the war it behind his back

As Flaround with both knees, with his chest and neck exposed, and his head and ar, the crowd erupted in cheers The fight was over The ehting, could not help but join his subjects in cheering, a cheering that covered both Cossus' and his wife's screae, Daniel felt Flamma's body relax, as he appeared to have surrendered to his fate

In front of the eyes of tens of thousands, Flaround in front of him Then, with his only free arm, he reached for his helmet in an attempt to remove it For years he had waited for this day to come, so in his actions, there was no hesitation As he waited for Daniel to strike him dead, however, time ca citizens' with a hint of disgust ”Kill him, kill him!” Cossus had screamed, as if entitled to decide whether a person deserved to live or die based on his own ahts were appearing at an i Daniel, but by sih” Daniel h a faint smile- then, moments later, time resurabbed Flamma's hand, and placed it onto the leather straps that were covering his chest Then, while controlling the latter's body, he forced his ar Daniel's upper body to slareat strength Moment's later, Daniel's hold became loose, and his body fell on to Flamma's side His neck was broken

Up in the air, from within a separated pocket of space, Daniel observed the crowd go quiet The screams of joy turned into ones of horror, as Cossus, his wife, and their daughter realized that Daniel was now dead, and they had lost everything