The thunderstorm didn’t look like it’s to going to stop anytime soon as the rain intensified. The time was only 9:15 am but the weather made it look otherwise.

  The clash between two master swordsmen is still going on. Meanwhile Galen out there was having fun as no one really look competitive against him.

  “Where is your leader?” Roger asked while battling.

  “I am the leader on this field,” Veris marching forward with insane look.

  “I am more than enough to defeat you, Roger” he added.

  “Let’s join them, it’s boring being here,” Ken.

  “You are not bad, silver hair” Roger.

  The fight rose to another level. Each movement was precise for both of them. The rain added a layer to their battle.

  The sound of the swords outlasted the thunderstorm. Roger’s sword wasn’t his own, but he still has made advantage and adjusted it accordingly.

  SWING!

  A swift arc cut through the air by Roger but it done no damage to Veris as he moved sharply.

  Both are quick enough to escape from each other’s attack and were sharp to counter it.

  There seemed no difference between them even though Roger looked like he was the one with higher experience.

  BANG!

  The blades were clashing but either of them was not ready to give up. Both gave the other a blow to their body but none of it is a major one.

  Amidst the noise from the blades and the rain, there was the silence which contributed the most, the silent eyes which was intense right from the start.

  The movement between them are accurate and silent as if no one could hear them racing forward and backward.

  “I don’t have time to have fun with this, I will end this all,” Veris.

  Veris lightens his grip. He took a deep breath even though it lasted only a few seconds. He marks a point as to where he wants to use his next attack.

  “IMPERIAL SURGE!!!!”

  An attack that not only moves at the rapid pace but also narrows down the strike to a point with extreme precision.

  It also uses his almost of the energy as it is an all-out blow.

  Lightning strikes the ground at the same time. But the lightning was more visible than the strike from Veris.

  Roger did not expect the strike but tried escaping but it hits him before he could even move.

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  He looked upwards to the sky. His vision became blurry. He thought it was rain drops that blurred his eyes but it was the blow that drained him.

  With his eyes closed, knees dropped, Roger fell.

  “Roger!!” shouted Galen. He finished almost all of the men around there but couldn’t save the main man around there.

  Then he saw Veris’s eyes. It was intense, full of rage but yet standing still.

  Veris didn’t come over and tried to kill Roger, he instead thought about his inability to take this fight longer.

  He thought about his inability to stop Galen from giving a blow to his friend Kael.

  He then saw Galen with fiery eyes.

  Galen is not a great swordsman. He has good strength and has an advantage with fighting bare hands.

  But he knew it is almost impossible to defeat a calm and steady monster like him with bare hands.

  “What should I do?” Galen’s mind searched for solution.

  “I should save the family, if I am defeated, he will kill all for sure” his mind wandered.

  But he had no other choice other than fighting him.

  He moved forward slowly thinking about all kinds of solutions.

  Veris didn’t look anywhere even though there were a lot of his men down.

  His eyes focused on only Galen. He wants to fight him. His eyes showed no mercy.

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  “I should be there within 10 minutes, I didn’t expect Veris to capture them all” the scarred man.

  “Whatever I have been waiting for this day for a long time, I shouldn’t let go of this chance” he smirked.

  DANG!!

  A tree fell right in front of his car.

  “Ahh, it seems like I am stopped to go there” he walked down from the car.

  “But I don’t care”, “Argh! He lifts the tree with his hands”.

  He threw the tree away with his bare hands. He returned to car and resumed his travel.

  Meanwhile at the house, Medrick lost all his cool as he wants to enter the field.

  “Roger told us to protect we should stay here” Harkey.

  “You do that, I want to end this fight,” Medrick went of the house.

  “What is happening here? Where is Roger?” he was confused.

  “Is he defeated? No way,” he walked forward.

  All he saw hundreds of men down. Only some were standing. He could recognize only 2 in there.

  When that remaining men saw Medrick out there, they ran away.

  Now only 3 remain in the field. Medrick, Veris and Galen.

  He instantly turned back and shouted “Harkey!”.

  When Harkey came out, he was shocked and devastated as he couldn’t see Roger standing.

  “Run! Run away with Vittario’s family, I will fight Veris” he ordered Harkey.

  “I have no other choice, I have to save this family,” Harkey thought for a minute.

  “Sorry! Roger, I couldn’t save you,” he went inside the house to tell them.

  Then Vittario’s family came out, their reaction is the same as Harkey.

  “Brother is there, but he is not moving” Lorenzo started crying.

  “Those 2 guys will save your brother, now let’s get away from here” Harkey.

  “I won’t, I will only return with my brother” Lorenzo refused to run.

  “I have faith in them, we don’t have other choice,” his mother pulled Lorenzo.

  All 3 couldn’t held back their tears. “Please save him,” his father pleaded Harkey.

  “He will be saved, don’t cry” Harkey.

  After some minutes, they started running away in the direction of north.

  Medrick saw this and went forward towards Veris. He didn’t know Galen but Roger told him about Ken’s friends and their appearance when they were struck inside the house.

  “It should be him, that Galen guy” Medrick walked as he saw the 2 started fighting.

  He remained cool unlike what he was supposed to be. He saw the blood shed all over and men suffering from pain in that area.

  He also saw Roger and Vittario lying down.

  “You promised me that you would win right, why are you lying down?” he controls his tears.

  “I am the useless one out here, I don’t deserve to live,” his body felt heavy and his head starts hurting.

  “Can we really defeat that Veris guy?” he thought.

  “He even defeated Roger it seems, I should save vittario somehow,” his mind searched for safer answers.

  “Even our shadows leave us when it is dark” he whispered without any thought.

  “Maybe, I should fight alone,” he then deeply thought.

  On the other hand, Galen and Veris were fighting.

  The fight was so ironic as Galen uses only his hands while Veris uses his sword.

  Galen was able to deflect the early strikes of Veris but he didn’t know that Veris was just using his basic attacks.

  Veris was surprisingly calm and composed than before while it is Galen who is a bit nervous and not in his normal mind.

  “What should I do? I am just blocking his attacks,” Galen while blocking another slash.

  Medrick was confused to decide on whether to save Vittario and Roger or fight alongside Galen.

  “I am going outside, if you want join me” Ken left the car and walked towards the battlefield.

  The rain showed no signs of stopping just like the battle that is still going hard out there.