I try to kill Eastborn, but at the moment, he vanished.
"You fool," he said.
"That's just acting. I'm not a loser to scream for help," he said.
"I just don't have my armor and sword,
but now I have it," he said.
At the moment, my armor's warning system tells me that the main power system wiring is not connected. I feel the sweat on my forehead inside the helmet drop clearly.
"I'm cooked," I murmured.
"You're not a loser, huh?" I said.
"Then I,
Royal Knight Kael E. Veyrarax,
have a wish to challenge
Royal Commander Iel Kinetin Veyrax,
the strongest warrior of the East Region,
known by the title of Eastborn 14th,
to a battle to the death!" I said, loud enough for people outside the building to hear,
while ejecting the armor to the place where Vakill probably is right now.
"Oh, so you want to have a fair fight, huh?"
"Alright," he said.
"Let's meet at the town square 40 minutes from now."
"As you wish, sir," I said.
I sent the message to Vakill that the armor has an issue and needs to be fixed as soon as possible.
After that, Netra asked me why I didn't fight him.
I told her that my armor had an issue, and I was probably weaker than the level I could possibly win.
Netra laughed at me and said,
"Oh, Kael, look at you right now. You're about to be cut in half with Eastborn's Flash Cut
because your fuck machine is gone."
"Bruh," I said, then asked Vakill about the armor.
Vakill said, "It's an easy fix for the wiring disconnection, but that wire is inside the core of the exoskeleton. That means it would take like an hour to fix and test it."
"It would probably take an hour at most, Kael. Just don't get cut in half before I deliver it to you in the town square," he said.
I'm cooked.
There's only like 30 minutes left. That means I have to tank Eastborn for like 30 minutes.
And Eastborn is a Royal Commander, ranked above me, with his sword Kinetin.
I heard from Vakill that it can manipulate kinetic energy.
I don't know how it works at all, so I'd have to fight defensively, waiting for my armor.
Wait a sec.
"Vakill, why can't you just take the arms and leg parts of the armor and have me wear them so I can fight better?"
"Nah, the arms and legs are like 50 kg each, and the mechanism is so complex that your normal exoskeleton can't synchronize with it."
"So, I have to fight Eastborn naked?" I said.
"Yeah," he said, then untied the armor's exoskeleton wires and tried to figure out which line was the issue out of like 500 wires.
As time came, I stood in the town square, face-to-face with Eastborn. He grinned when he saw me.
"Where's your goofy-ass armor?" he said.
"It's got some issues," I answered.
"Well, you're done, bud," he said.
Then he shouted at his supporters, trying to humiliate me.
"Look at this man. He's trying to disrespect me,
Royal Commander Iel Kinetin Veyrax, by naming his armor Eastbornfucker69 and challenging me!" he shouted.
"He's about to get absolutely fried!" he said.
Then he yelled to the crowd to step out of the 100-meter radius as he used his ranged material hardening, combined with my power, to create a barrier that couldn't be closed until one of us died.
I don't know how even ranged material hardening works. I thought it could only work if you have direct contact with it.
Fuck it.
I'm just gonna fight defensively anyway.
So now he declared,
"The fight's about to start. Do you have anything to say?"
It's about 50 minutes of him yapping. I need to tank him for about 10 minutes, but I'm greedy.
"Can you wait for 10 minutes? My armor's about to be repaired," I asked.
"5 minutes. Take it or leave it," he said.
At that moment, I got a message from Netra.
"You probably think you need to fight defensively, but I'm gonna tell you something," she said.
"Go press him. His sword Kinetin is a big great sword. It's hard to use Flash Cut effectively at close range, and in terms of raw power and agility, you're slightly better. But if you fight him in Flash Cut range, you're no match," she said.
"So just fight offensively, and don't stay away from him more than 1 meter at all times. Good luck," she said.
Then the fight started.
There were no real stakes for me because I didn't think I had anything to lose right now. In my last life, I was in special forces. I had nothing to lose in this world. The only reason I fight is because I want to win and want to be strong. That's all.
Both me and him dropped the weight on our right legs and dropped into stance.
Then...
Boom!
Our Flash Cuts clashed. His top Flash Cut is about 16 times faster than mine, but because it's a uni-circular motion, if I hit him near the center, the speed slows down. Around 6 cm from the handle is the spot where the tips of my sword are as fast as his.
"Clank!" I saw sparks flying around. I then used Flash Cut at him, but his sword, as big as a shield, easily blocked my Flash Cut.
I'm around 60 cm in front of him. He can't use Flash Cut effectively.
Clang, clang! I focus all my hardening into my sword (Beteraxe, Saber Mode).
It can't cut through...
He countered with Dragon Clash, which focuses more on power with his big sword. I barely blocked it.
"Clang!" Another strike hit my hardened ribs. I feel the pain running through my body.
If it weren't for focusing the hardening at the point of attack, I'd probably be dead.
My right arm turned Beteraxe into Rapier Mode, then I used Swift Sword: Ghost Strike at his left chest. My sword penetrated, but it didn't hit his heart. It hit his lung, causing a small hole that he used Body Recognition to heal in the second after.
I dropped my stance, spun, and used Sudden Heat on him, but his big sword blocked it perfectly. I then spin-kicked him in the face and used Ghost Strike at his sword to make it fly out of his hand.
I then used Flash Cut at him, but my sword got stopped.
"Argh!" I felt the pain running through my body. My hand fell off with Beteraxe in the palm. Blood splashed onto his face, blinding him for a second.
I used my other hand to grab Beteraxe, then used Flash Cut at both of his legs. He fell down with his legs chopped, but with his Body Recognition, he regrew his legs and made a stance. He then Flash Cut at my neck, but I used Hyper Shield Mode of Beteraxe to redirect it to my shoulder, covered with focused hardening. Even though it cut through, it wasn't that deep.
"FUCK!" My left hand used Flash Cut at his neck, but because of the shoulder injury, my blade lost its speed.
It couldn't cut through his neck. He then kicked me and used his sword to stab me in the chest. I jumped back to extend the distance between us.
The last hit made me weak.
"This is a fatal injury for sure," I murmured.
I can't heal myself with Body Recognition technique, but I can overclock mitosis.
The body normally does it. It can't make me regrow lost limbs, but it can close the fatal wound in my chest.
I coughed blood and tissue out of my chest. He then stabbed his sword into the ground.
"What?" I accidentally said when I saw him do it.
"You know the potential of the sword can be utilized by chanting. It's like you tell it the source code of its own utilities," he said, then started chanting something.
"Logging in user Iel Kinetin Veyrax,
Activated the Kinetic Manipulator...
Password..."
"Ielkingpussydestroyer69xx"
"Ah, hell nah," I said.
"You freaky man," I said.
The crowd watching made the most shocked faces I've ever seen: jaws dropped, wide eyes, hands on their heads.
Then, I felt something. I felt lighter.
I might be able to swing my sword as fast as him in that moment.
But when I tried, I felt the energy drain from my body. I started to float.
Then he said,
"BURST!!!"
I felt an energy surge release from him, making me float into the air. Then, he swung his sword 90 degrees at my direction.
I felt my body lighten, then my consciousness fade.
After that, I felt pain through my body. The sharp pain came from all my limbs. I lost my arms and legs from the energy surge cut. My consciousness dimmed. I couldn't regrow the limbs.
"You're cooked, huh?" I heard the voice I recognized.
It was Netra. She dropped the armor on me and said, "Good luck, lil bro."
I was embarrassed.
I used Body Recognition technique to regrow my limbs, but this time, I wasn't growing normal limbs. I grew something like ropes to pull all four of my limbs back while I saw Eastborn regain his power and prepare to use that energy surge against me again.
Four of my limbs connected with the wounds because, if I couldn't grow them back, I just grabbed the same ones that got cut off, put them back in place, and overclocked cell mitosis to reconnect the flesh.
It's not perfect because the blood flow and nervous system aren't fully connected,
but it's enough to wear the armor. I grabbed the armor, and when Eastborn used that energy surge against me again, I wore it easily because the design has Reflamax as the locking key. I just grabbed it out, and the armor loosened, helping me wear it easily.
The surge hit me again, but this time
It ain't gonna fo shit.
He seems to be in shock when he sees me in this armor, having absolutely no damage from the surge.
I'm gonna cook him now.
"Shit's about to get real, huh?" he said, then charged at me.
I use Reflamax to Flashcut him in the arm. He blocked it and Flashcut me.
"FLASH CUT!" he shouted while his sword swung toward my neck.
"Swoosh!" The sound of air split.
"Shrush!" The sound of flesh being cut. His right hand was chopped off in the effective range of my sword.
"Argh!" He screamed but regained his sense and used Kinetin's power to push everything out with his left hand.
Arc Cut is really strong. It perfectly counters the Kazakov Flashcut.
I charged at him with my sword. I can cut him in half.
"SUDDEN HEAT!" He swung his sword in a circle, trying to cut my armor, but he failed. The armor is far more superior than his cut. My Flashcuts are like 20 times faster and stronger.
I countered him with folded wings to amputate both his arms off.
He grew them back, grabbed the sword, and then Flashcut at me. I used Arc Cut against it.
My sword cut through his sword and hit his face.
"Clang!" Not the sound I expected. The sword hit something like metal.
Suddenly, I feel the pressure in the air. This is by far the strongest pressure I've ever known.
My sword got stopped by the sword I had already seen one time, 3 years ago. The name of it is...
"Hyau," the sword of the cursed god.
The golden sharp edge with a silver and black core, its size a bit bigger than Reflamax.
If it's Hyau, then the user of it, inside the armor and mask, must be Kazakov.
He expanded his Starcore power field around and then kicked me.
"Kazakov," I said.
He took his mask off, and it really was Kazakov. The crown that witnessed his arrival shouted and then knelt.
"I AM ROYALEMPEROR
KAZAKOV HYAU VEYRAX."
"I come here with my blades," he said.
"Azuraflow, Hyau, Facref, Sadr."
"With Royal Emperor rank, I wish you not to kill my son Kinetin."
"Wait... who is even Kinetin? Isn't that his sword's name?" I asked him.
Then some crowns shouted that Kazakov calls his descendants by their swords.
He looked at me in the eyes and said, "You've won against Kinetin. You should have the rank of 'Royal Commander.' But because the challenge is a battle to the death, he tells me that you can amputate his son's limbs and seal them so he can't grow them back."
I told him that I can't do that; I need to kill him.
So, he told me that he will answer 3 questions to me with everything he knows.
So, I agreed.
"No... no... please don't..." Eastborn begged.
I smirked, then looked at the crown, then chopped both his arms off so he couldn't use the sword again in his life. Then, I cut his dick off.
"I said he can't be pussydestroyer69xx anymore," I said, then cut his balls, making him not a man anymore. Then I used Starcore power to change his hormones to be 70% estrogen and alternated his chromosomes to XX.
Then I made him get pegged by someone in the crown with Kazakov watching.
"Kazakov, answer these questions," I told him.
He answered me, then vanished...
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