Chapter 27 – I Fight For My Pride
"I have lost," Suman raised his hand. announcing the end of the second match very quickly.. with his defeat..
In the side, the scene was different for me. Lois and Jo..
Regarding Suman. Monali had launched toward him 10 powerful and very fast arrows.. and in the end she surprised him with another arrow he didn't believe in her ability to launch.. and he lost
Regarding us.. the scene was a precise plan.. in the first moment.. Monali didn't pull out her bow but launched the arrow from the void..
This movement by itself was surprising, none of us knew about it.. how can an archer launch an arrow without a bow?
In the second and third arrow, they were arrows launched from the bow.. in the arrows that launched from the sides..
The arrows were again emerging from the void..
Regarding Suman.. Monali was moving sequentially and launching arrows with speed and skill..
Regarding his eyes, his thinking, and his analysis.. things were much slower than Monali's launching of the arrows. That's why he didn't discover the matter.
Regarding us who watched everything clearly... the matter was different..
Monali didn't leave her place of launching at all.. nine arrows were launched from one stance..
Yes, the arrows, some of them emerged from space from another place and launched toward Suman.. but Monali didn't leave her place at all.. until
Came the moment of the tenth arrow..
In the moment she launched the arrow from the void from above.. she moved to close the distance without falling in Suman's range of vision..
The moment Suman decided the place he will flee to to evade the tenth arrow.. is the moment Monali launched and changed her direction toward the new place..
"I didn't expect that at all" Lois muttered
"Those arrows.. they are fast and powerful as well" Jo declared with admiration..
Regarding me.. I have an opinion on what happened.. I can say it to you but the matter won't earn me praise haha..
That's why I will tell it to Jo and that red-haired fool..
"I believe.. that Monali won for one reason" I said in a heavy voice filled with cleverness..
Lois and Jo's eyes turned to me.. begging me for kindness to tell them..
Hahaha.. okay I will tell them..
"The reason for Monali's victory is that she started planning for the battle from the moment of announcing your first match and her knowledge of who her opponent was"
"Really! But this is exaggerated, it's just training" Lois said..
Maybe it was an exaggerated matter. From Lois's point of view. Jo. and Suman as well maybe.
But.... regarding a Princess whose dignity was scratched days ago by telling her that there will be a new deputy for the leader and maybe she will be excluded..
I believe it's a matter that makes her see in all training matches matches of self-proof that have no alternative but winning..
"Training. Hahaha.. if you don't bring out all you have in training.. then when will you develop and reach higher ranks?" I said calmly and with a mocking smile.
"You are right my lord. Truly you see what we don't see" Jo declared again with looks of admiration toward his master's cleverness..
After a while.. both Monali and Suman came.. Suman was carrying expressions of clear shame on his face.. while Monali was of a frozen expression..
As if she wants to say to us..
Damn you all... because you marginalized me -
Well the matter isn't really marginalization haha.
I thought Suman will summon his wolves and attack.. and Monali will be forced to flee or consume her arrows on the wolves.. but she never allowed him to begin at all..
"A wonderful battle. Well done"
"Thank you" Monali muttered
"I'm sorry my lord I couldn't make it an equal battle" Suman bowed his head in apology..
"Hahaha. You are wrong"
"No my lord. You are trying to raise my morale nothing more"
"No.. in truth this is not my goal.. happiness in victory and sadness for loss.. both are on the same scale and every person must live them to develop.. what I am saying is the truth you provided a very great match. Monali provided a great match as well.. the difference between you and her is two things.."
"What is it my lord?" Suman raised his head with a question.
"Experience first.. and second.. that Monali drew a meticulous plan for the match from the beginning.. despite that.. she had to use her arrows in that large number and draw a precise prediction plan for your movements.. and the most important.. to not allow you at all to begin your movements.. and all this wouldn't have been enough if you didn't in the end make a mistake in one thing only"
"Your words are indeed true.. thank you my lord. I beg you tell me what is that thing"
"Facing a girl who uses arrows do you believe she will allow you to begin your movements and launch your wolves? Of course not. And this is your mistake. You should have known that well"
"You are right my lord.. I will try to benefit as much as possible from that battle.. I won't disappoint you again"
"You haven't disappointed me at all until now Suman.. well done.. now Monali"
"Yes my lord"
"Where is that gentle girl whose voice is never heard"
"I didn't understand my lord"
"Hahaha.. your eyes.. they were completely different.. the aura that surrounded you at the start of the battle.. it truly scared me hahaha"
"I also.. felt that the Princess was different" Jo muttered..
"Of course she would be. She is a Princess and a fighter did you expect a fight of a reckless girl"
Lois answered. For the first time as I believe.. she praised Monali hahaha
Haha it seems the relationships between everyone are developing little by little..
"Okay now.. go and rest. We will continue in training daily.. this is what will make everyone increase in strength.."
{ 3:00 PM }
I haven't developed anything in the city since a long time..
since everyone started training.. I became alone again.. after finishing that disaster.. I will make the city with 500 members..
It's time to make the city bring out what is in its pocket.. and I must find a solution for external communication.. what is the benefit of development and building while we are locked in here..
Maybe I should open all the spaces here so that a path to the outside is provided for me.. yes.. this seems the most logical option..
Suddenly.. I heard footsteps coming from the outside.. no one actually enters without permission for the house except two people..
Monali from one side. and the other Suman..
Why Suman?
Because I told him so haha
"Hello my lord.. "
"Welcome Suman.. please come in"
"Thank you my lord.. I am ready"
"Did you rest well"
"Yes. Thank you my lord"
"Don't worry.. let's begin.. launch toward your wolves.. it's time to increase the power"
"My lord. Launch them all??"
"Yes.. I won't develop except when I reach the edge of collapse.."
"But my lord? They are stronger than they were"
"Hahaha. And so am I"
Suman raised his hand.. he brought out his double-headed spear.. then struck the ground..
From between the ground
cracks that the spear formed.. waves of blood started to rise. The deep red..
Then the waves started to form..
In several moments.. large amounts of blood formed into 5 female wolves larger in size than they were previously..
The females didn't attack but they were waiting for Suman's orders..
"Suman.. stay away.. and tell the wolves to evade all my attacks.. without attacking me"
"Your command my lord.. you can begin"
Okay.. how am I supposed to attack..
From between my fingers.. I summoned a Wind Blade.. then in the next moment I launched it toward one of the wolves..
The wolf reacted directly.. and moved away..
It cannot be said that the blade was forming for it any possible danger.. maybe two..
Swoosh..
Swoosh..
It pushed the ground with its claws and leapt away.. again it evaded them as if they were just amateur strikes..
"In comparison with Monali's arrows.. they are indeed amateur strikes.." I whispered inside me
Okay three
four
five
ten..
Still the wolf evades with all skill..
"Is the wolf training or you are training" A melodic voice came from the side.. amber eyes looked with a hidden laugh..
"I asked everyone not to come here when I train"
"Maybe you can order everyone.. I enter whenever I want.. " Monali raised her chin upward..
Okay.. I like that girl that's why it's okay haha in fact anyone who will come I won't scold them at all.. but I didn't want them to see me being humiliated in the first training..
"Even if you launch 20 blades the matter won't change" Monali said.. then she sat in a place on the side and added "Do you know the reason"
"Maybe because that damn wolf is very fast"
"In fact" Monali sighed "this is not the reason."
"Then?"
"The period between your launching of the blades is long. It allows the wolf to compose itself and evade the strikes"
"How do I reduce the duration then"
"There is nothing to do really.. just.. continue throwing.. the matter becomes a habit after training for a certain period"
Okay then .. throwing again and again until the hand deals with the matter as a natural movement I don't need in it to think in the blade and summon it..
{ 5:00 }
Pant.. pant.. pant
My hand has frozen.. how many blades did I throw.. I don't know.. but I didn't succeed in hitting the wolf..
I drank several cups of water then returned again..
My movement became heavy due to fatigue.. but I feel there is an improvement even if it was small..
Next Day
{ 1:00 }
The training matches for today have ended..
In the first match Monali couldn't penetrate Jo's stubborn defense.. but she was able to control him from the angles as happened in the first time..
In the end.. that you own a heavy weapon that cannot be penetrated is not a pass for your non-loss..
Yes.. Monali stood in the end from behind Jo and directed her powerful arrow toward his head..
Hahaha when remembering that Jo said he prefers death over admitting loss hahaha makes me laugh..
Not because of his logic.. but because the match is just a training match. Of course we won't allow him to die.. that's why I announced the end of the match as a draw..
In the next match.. Suman launched his wolves with all power..
Again Lois was countering with skill all the attacks.. and she started increasing in power..
Until when she reached the stage of defense that Suman couldn't penetrate..
She took the initiative to attack to increase her attack.. but Suman was present..
Maybe it can be said that Suman discovered Lois's weakness hahaha
He didn't allow her to direct a strike to him and in the same time continued directing his strikes..
In the end.. the accumulation reserve of the two ran out and the match ended in a draw..
Regarding me.. I thought for a long time.. in truth my attack yesterday and my training were truly foolish..
I own three matters.. no one else owns them.. they grant me unparalleled genius..
And it's time to exploit those three matters in training...
The first matter.. Unique Predictor.. maybe it's time to use it during training to develop myself as well..
{ Unique Predictor under activation }
The second matter that I own.. my experience in writing...
It's time..
To inhabit one of those characters..
Who do I choose? Yes.. in facing the monsters
. no person is more suitable than
(The Black Raven monster hunter)
And to inhabit this great character that is from my writing.. I must ask myself the important question..
"What will the Black Raven do in this situation"
I closed my eyes.. moments then I opened them..
I am now.. the Black Raven.. hahaha not exactly but... damn I shouldn't laugh.. again..
I close my eyes..
I open them..
Five monsters. how to defeat them..
In my right hand.. I started summoning one of the blades.. I didn't launch it.. I held onto it.. the matter seems extremely difficult but it's a must to maintain it..
In the left hand.. I summoned my Ancient sword..
Then..
I ran..
My movement was like my natural movement.. still my speed in the minimum limit.. but..
I am now another person who doesn't stand before obstacles but transcends them..
Several steps ... then
The air blade disappeared..
One more time I performed its summoning..
Steps then.. it disappeared..
{ 2:00 }
Pant..
Pant..
Pant..
Fatigue has overcome me completely.. the matter is more tiring than launching the blades like that.. I built a plan to defeat the wolves.. but even the first step wasn't completed..
I must find a way to make summoning the blades a completely natural matter..
Okay let's see the Unique Predictor's opinion after an hour of training..
{ Sitting and summoning the blades may grant you the required familiarity }
Ahaaaaaa ..
So my way was wrong.. or that it's not wrong but an advanced step..
Movement with summoning the blades seems more like a child who doesn't know reading and writing and you ask from him to write a philosophical essay about life..
Okay then ..
"Suman. You can go. The next training I don't need in it"
"Your command my lord"
Okay I am alone.. so a quiet session.. crossing the legs..
closing the eye and
summoning the blade..
{ 5:00 }
What happened?
Slowly.. I opened my eyes..
I fell asleep haha damn it.. but when.. the fatigue must have made me sleep.. okay.. an hour then I'll complete..
Next day..
The trainings continued sequentially..
In the first match Jo and Suman faced off.. Suman's wolves went to the winds' ends with Jo's strong strikes..
And Jo's strong strikes couldn't hit the fast-moving Suman..
In the end.. the matches ended in a draw..
The second match was awaited.. between two who are characterized by planning and intelligence for the fight..
After two matches for each of them.. each one had a comprehensive look about the other. And this is what was achieved actually..
In the start of the match.. Monali launched an arrow
.. and Lois evaded it..
One more time Monali launched and Lois evaded it..
The arrows this time were slower.. but they were stronger.. for this reason.. Monali couldn't hit Lois and Lois couldn't use her glove..
After two matches.. and precise analysis.. everyone already knew the way the Yellow Glove works..
The glove is a severe defensive weapon that owns a great defense.. when it receives a strike equal or less than its power.. then the damage on it equals zero and also.
its defensive power increases and continues increasing and maintaining the new power until removing it again..
But ... what if a strike more powerful than its original defense was directed to it? ...
Then it will disappear directly and Lois will be exposed to a strong internal accumulation strike..
For this reason Lois was evading the strong strikes and controlling the battle to counter the less powerful strikes until her power becomes enough to counter the strikes that she couldn't counter before..
This is what happened in her match with Jo and Suman..
But.. in her battle with Monali..
the matter differed..
Monali launched 15 extremely powerful arrows toward Lois..
And although she was able to evade them all.. she was exposed to severe fatigue that made her stagger in the side..
But.. in the next attack for Monali.. the arrow was smaller and faster..
It was in Lois's reach certainly..
But she didn't receive it..
No one knows the reason.. but we all witnessed Monali's smile from the side..
After that the arrows were increasing in speed and smallness.. until Lois was finally hit and fell losing..
In the end.. Lois didn't say the reason that made her refrain from countering the arrows that it was in her ability to counter them.. and no one knew the reason..
But in the end of the first round of training..
the Proud Princess..
Was the only one who was able to harvest three consecutive victories.
{ Five days remaining until the insect attack }
Not much left.. it's time..
To visit the Stone tribe.. and begin the plan