Chapter 458 - The mad king (1/2)

It wasn't clear to many who was winning the fight, that was up until Harry had suddenly stabbed Roki in the shoulder with his blade. The empire's people were relying on him to be their ace, and when they saw him fight giant beasts they had imagined fighting another human would be a walk in the park.

Savanna took a glance at Ray. ”These Redwing people, they're not normal.” She said.

Sitting by her side was Bob's replacement, a man called Gaur. He was just as large as Bob and had tattoos all over his chest up to his neck.

”I don't see what had you all shaking in your boots.” Gaur said. ”These two are not even that impressive, if this is the best the Redwing's and the empire have to offer then we have this win in the bag.”

Savanna didn't say anything else. Gaur wasn't there when the warrior known as Nes had defeated Bob, and not only that but had taken them all on at the same time. However, the main reason why she didn't decide to snap back was because Guar had the skills to back himself up.

In truth, he was a better warrior then Bob. The only reason why they didn't want to use him was because of his unusual tendencies to play with the opponents he defeated, he was a vile human that didn't deserve to live.

Not wanting to sour relations with the other empires they kept him as a reserve, still debating whether to use him or not. In the end, they had left the choice to Savanna and she had chosen not to. But now with Bob out of the picture they didn't really have a choice.

Roki had jumped back a few meters, now no longer in Harry's striking zone. Unsure if this was part of his plan, Harry decided to stay back and wait, but then found Roki's next actions strange.

Roki had placed the sword he had been using up to this point away and into the sheet behind his back. Then, from the exact same sheet he pulled out a different blade. On closer inspection, it was two sheets closely lined together. Roki never had just one long sword, he was carrying two all along.

When Ray saw the energy coming from the sword he knew what it was. It was an emperor tier weapon. Of all the things the crystal could have been turned into, Roki had lucked out. It was perfect for making a long sword.

It looked similar to his other long sword, only with a bit more polish and shine to it, due to it being new. There was also a green glow through the middle of the blade, making it look like a magical weapon of some sort.

Roki charged in just like before and Harry did the same, using his skilful techniques to force the strike where he wanted it to go.

This time, when he missed Roki said, ”I'm sorry, I didn't want to win this way.”

Suddenly, strange roots started to grow from the sword and had wrapped around Harry's wrists. Harry tried to use his strength to break free.

'If only I could transform, maybe I could slip away.'

Although the roots had Harry constricted, Roki was free to move as it would adjust when he moved his sword and he had done so, now pointing it at Harry's neck.

”Please forfeit.” Roki said.

Harry gritted his teeth, he was debating whether or not he should use his beast form. He felt like he had been cheated. The sword skill was near enough the same as magic.

As Harry was in the middle of debating, he had received a message from Sylvia.

”You have done enough, You can forfeit.” She said.

He looked at Roki one more time in his eyes, but he didn't have the face of someone who was about to become a victor. If anything, it looked like if Harry said those words he would be more hurt by them.

”I forfeit.” Harry replied.

”What the hell!” Kyle shouted. ”What about my money? Isn't that cheating, he used magic!”

”Unfortunately it's not.” Sylvia replied. ”The emperor clearly stated the rules. That active skills on weapons were allowed. The higher grade the weapon is, the stronger the active skills usually are. Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do.”

”I really think this is your fault anyway Kyle.” Martha said trying to tease him even more.

Both the girls weren't upset though, they had achieved what they wanted to achieve. The reason they came here was to show the others that the Redwings were no pushovers. One of their men had just fought back only using skill against one of their strongest.

Unless they had an army full of people as skillful and with an Emperor tier weapon like Roki, then they wouldn't welcome the fight.

The two of them headed back to the tech and they didn't say a word to each other. Roki was getting his shoulder healed while Harry looked at Ray.

”I'm sorry.” Harry said.

”Don't be Harry.” Ray replied. ”I should be the one apologising. I'll just get you your own emperor tier weapon next time.”