111 A Huge Mountain To Climb (1/2)

**Please Read The Author's note!**

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Faust is using the same technique that Garuda used. Hitting a strike with all of your strength is one thing and landing a strike in the momentum of full speed increases the impact of the force by ten folds.

*”He changed all of a sudden! It hurts my ego to fight him seriously.** Garuda curses his fate for having to fight with Faust on serious terms.

He does not accept Faust to be a full-fledged soldier nor does he acknowledge his power of teleportation that impressed hades.

Garuda raises his hands up guarding himself while looking at Faust. He punches the air two more times and goes back to his boxing dance, moving left and right.

Suddenly, nine lightning bolts struck Faust, piercing his cloak, shirt and his flesh. All the bolts landing in critical areas. Also, having nine lightning bolts passed through his body at the same time, electrocuted him to a crisp.

Faust and everyone saw Garuda punching only twice in the air but the lightning bolts appeared after he punched after he went back into his guard stance. How fast are his punches are for everyone to not see them?

Even after taking all those lightning bolts, Faust barely stands on his feet. In the back of his head, he is worried about Tsumugi leaving the house forever.

This matchup just seems so unfair, everyone lost their hopes. Fab and Jonathan decides that they are going to live in Carlos' house. Tsumugi closes her eyes, knowing that she has to leave her house and submit an official document to the main building about her departure from the family. Faust holds his ground barley for the hopes of her family. He is in a position where even the slightest little touch can make him collapse.

Garuda Instantly realising that Faust is still standing on his feet, runs towards Faust with great speed.

He punches Faust on the forehead with his spiked gloves.

Everything is silenced for a moment for Faust. It feels like a brutal attack. Faust is already hanging and pushing himself past his limits to stand on his feet. Now he feels as if he made contact with a metal bat that swung at him with all the batter's might.

At first, he literally saw bright flashes of light equivalent to stars, there is no pain or burn. He is stunned and shocked realizing that something awful has happened. He can hear a ring vibrating in his ears continuously.

Then - he felt something wet oozing out of his forehead, the left side of his forehead is completely numb as he lay on his back in the dusty arena. He knows where he is, he knows what he is there for and what happened.

Both of his eyes are closed, he can hear the shouts of people. He knows he is directly under a tree, his head in the lap of his Grandpa.

”Try opening your eyes, Faust, you have a mountain to conquer.” Gus asks while running his fingers through the strands of his hair.

”I'm afraid I lost my eye. I cannot open.” Faust says in a scared tone, he wants to assess himself if he lost his sight or if it is blurry, but it is too painful for him to open his eyes.