Chapter 11: Give Up!
Abercio's sharp and brave fighting ability in a state of serious injury like this amazed the people of Bronka.
Although there might still be a lot of things to observe in the future, but for now Philip wanted to side with Abercio. The Knights, vassals, and even the citizens of the region all had their thoughts on this matter, but it was the Marquess herself who was most surprised by the appearance of Abercio, the son she had never considered.
"…"
His stubborn expression became even tenser.
"My lord." With a trembling voice calling for her husband, Marchioness looked at the Marquess with eyes that began to reveal fear and doubt.
"Our Altezza won't lose, right?" asked Vivian. Our Altezza shows how much he loves his son.
The marquess did not answer. He continued to watch the duel in silence while deep in thought to himself.
'If Abercio wins now...'
As Bronka's head, Theodore should have welcomed Abercio's transformation with open arms, but instead, he couldn't feel this way at all. The Marquess' head was starting to hurt from thinking about the well-arranged future that was now starting to show signs of cracking due to Abercio's unexpected change.
TRANGGG!!!
Once again, Altezza blocked Abercio' attack, but Abercio launched another attack.
'Wow, that hurts!' Abercio groaned inwardly.
Although on the outside Abercio acted like he was fine, but he knew his whole body was messed up because of his injuries.
'I have to get serious now,' Abercio thought. He was sure that soon he would begin to have difficulty moving and standing properly due to the dizziness caused by the loss of a lot of blood, considering that the blood had been dripping ever since.
'Since Altezza seems quite scared, should I start a life-and-death fight to get him further cornered?' thought Abercio with a sly grin.
Altezza flinched at Abercio's sly smile.
Sringgg!!!
This time, Abercio tried to limit his strength in a calculated manner and hit the ground. Obviously a strong attack, but the impact of Abercio
Altezza gasped and dropped the sword he was holding in his hand. Altezza quickly turned his body to dodge Abercio's attack. However, he couldn't completely escape, and Abercio's attack grazed Altezza's arm.
But Abercio didn't stop his movement, nor did he have any doubts on his face.
Honestly, Altezza wanted to scream to ask Abercio to stop his brutal attacks. He knew clearly at this moment what Abercio was planning.
'That madman must be willing to do a life and death battle!' Altezza screamed in his heart, but his voice couldn't come out.
Just as Altezza thought, Abercio started swinging Altezza without noticing the wound. Abercio's intentions were unanimous, apparently, quite reckless.
CRASHHH!
"Shh!" Altezza groaned gnashing his teeth,
Again, Altezza took a few steps back. A long red strip appeared on his chest. It wasn't a deep wound; only her skin was slightly injured, but Altezza's heart started pounding in her chest at the sight of herself being hurt. The Altezza is more or less like Vino, they're still lacking in real combat and never really bleed much.
"Wow, my dear sister! How long are we going to show a boring match like that? Why don't we show how great the two brothers from Bronka are, huh?" challenged Abercio.
Without thinking about Altezza's feelings, Abercio continued to smile while swinging his sword. Altezza who was cornered began to lose control of the sword he had held back after falling earlier. To Altezza, the sight of Abercio turning his sword with blood dripping down his smiling face was the perfect image of a demon.
'He really has gone mad,' thought Altezza.
TRANG!!!
As their swords collided, the faces of the brothers drew closer. But the expressions on the faces of the two were clearly different.
"My dear sister Altezza, why is your facial expression such a mess? Like a rat in the rain," Abercio snickered.
"You still pay attention to people's expressions, don't you?" Altezza managed to answer out of breath. He tried to reply to Abercio's words with a little more courage.
"Are you scared, Altezza? What are you afraid of? Can your older brother who you always look down on suddenly make you feel defeated? Or are you more afraid of what will happen after you lose to me in front of everyone?"
"Ah… or are you… actually not as great as the rumors have been?" Abercio taunted further.
Altezza didn't answer, and Abercio didn't care. The important thing is the psychological attack that he throws through his words about Altezza, seen from the look on Altezza's face which is getting more and more gloomy.
Abercio chuckled, "You don't have to worry. Do you think your brother would plan this show for the sake of destroying you? This is all for you, Altezza. All the emotions you are experiencing right now like anger, fear, jealousy, they are all there just to push you to be more mature."
Abercio shone sharply at Altezza. "I hope you can become a person who is more prepared to lead the Bronka region, my little brother."
Not staying still, Abercio shot forward again and slashed his sword horizontally, and Altezza immediately retreated as far as he could. Abercio's half-sister realized that their duel was starting to grow more dangerous and violent, much wilder than Abercio's previous duel with Vino. The bandages on Abercio' body came off, and Altezza herself was already injured. Even though Altezza had trained for a long time since childhood, he still lacked any real experience in combat, and the pressure he felt from Abercio through both words and actions made it hard for him to breathe. The courage Abercio wanted so badly to have was nowhere to be found. In addition, Altezza feels that he has lost far from Abercio, whom he has always looked down on and ridiculed. On the contrary, now, the figure he thought was weak and cowardly looked great and scary to him.
TANK!!!
Altezza threw his sword on the arena floor, "I give up! I give up on this duel!"
Abercio's sword movement was blindly stopped by that scream.
boom!
Altezza's legs felt weak, and her body fell to the floor because her legs couldn't support it anymore. he breathed a sigh of relief when Abercio's bloodstained sword stopped swinging. Abercio raised his head to look at Morla, a sign of waiting for the announcement of the winner of this duel.
Understanding with the hint of Abercio's eyes, Morla raised his right hand and shouted, "Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the duel between the two Bronka brothers is Young Master Abercio Bronka!"
Morla's announcement caused a huge shock to everyone watching the match. They seemed to wake up from their previous shock and admiration about Abercio's abilities.
Morla felt strange after declaring Abercio's victory, and the people around him also felt the same way. Because to be honest, all of this was too unexpected. Absolutely no one ever thought that Abercio would win against anyone else, whoever it was. But now that he had shown it to everyone, Abercio was able to win even against a talented young Knight and also his half-sister who had been considered superior to him.
Not a single audience cheered for the winner or sympathized with the loser. Some kept their mouths shut or spoke to the people sitting beside them while others were lost in thought from being too shocked by everything they had just witnessed. In the second victory of Abercio which was amazingly cool and also a bit ridiculous, people could no longer assume that Abercio was just great. He is a genius, talented, and strong!
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