Zach wasn't very much of an exceptional swordsman, over the past five years be spent in the training facility his master had been teaching him the basics, how to stab, slash, block , counter and parry. Those were the five move taught to him by his master.
The knight in front of him looked down at Zach, hid eyes flashed with killing intent through the visor.
"Everyone stay back" he unsheathed his sword, point it at Zach, "I'll cut this one down", his words were sharp but Zach didn't respond, his mind raced as he calculated the best possible outcome.
Bloodlust glinted, swords clashed, the rest of the battalion of knights watched as steel rang our through the clearing.
Boom*
The knight moved so fast that before Zach could blink, the blade was already inches away from his eye, Zach dodged by a hairs breath, the sword edge grazing his temple, the knight quickly switched from a stab to a swing aimed at Zach's temple, Zach could predict the move as he saw the knights eyes through the visor.
'Don't wait predict..', if one waits before the enemy strikes to dodge a second might be too late, the word of his master echoed in his mind as he shifted his stand, going for the slit in the knights visor l, the knight skillfully dodging it immediately stuck the sword in his hand, knocking it out, as the blade flew high up in the air.
The knight wasted no time, twisting, using the momentum to jam the hilt of his sword into Zach temple. Zach staggered backwards knelling as the knight looked down on him, "I can't believe I thought for a second there that a peasant like you was going to be a tough fight for me" he snickered.
Walking closer as he raised his blade, Zach, bleeding from his temple looked at the shining silver knight, gritting his teeth.
Zach smirked "for a knight.. you sure do talk a lot" he giggled as the knight confusion turned into raged, the swung his sword at Zach aiming for his neck.
Auro stood up from his position ready to step in as a whistling sound echoed in the air.
Zach had been spend the days learning the return trick that his master showed him, at every stop they got, Zach couldn't fully control the blade like a telekinetic as his master, but he can suspend it in air for a few seconds.
As the knight knocked the blade out of his hand Zach suspended the blade in the air and only when the knight was about to kill him, he dropped it, that was when the knights guard drop.
The blade landed on the knight shoulder as he was about to strike, the sword sipped into the gap between his armor, blood spewed, as the knight screaming, clutched his shoulder.
Zach could waist this opportunity, he delivered an uppercut, knocking out the knight helmet, the dashed tried to defend himself as Zach grabbed the blade embedded in his shoulder, with a brutal swing, Zach dragged the blade through his neck.
The white snow turned red as the knight dropped with a metallic thud.
The battalion watched in silence as Zach stood over him, blood dripping from his sword, he huffed and panted.
"I did it..", he smirked at the realization.
*Boom*
A blade was inches from his neck, already drawing blood as Auro knocked it out of orbit.
Zach eyes wide, dazed looked at Auro, "when did he move?" Zach was stunned, the blade headed man that threw his sword clapped, "oh.. you're fast I see", the baldy laughed, Auro closing his eyes looked at Zach "Honestly I didn't think you would win, he chuckled, "I just wanted you to last for a bit longer" his eyes locked with the baldy.
"Zach step back"
Everyone attack" the baldy commanded as everyone sprung from their position, ready to avenge their fallen comrades.
"Let me show you how a real knight fights".
Auro eyes glinted with blue light, as the sowed in his hand turned cold, the temperature around the battled field was cold enough, but Auro blad began emitting a cold air that's visible to the eye, Zach jumped back as he doged a few guards.
Auro swung his blade, decimating two knights in front of him, he danced with purpose, cold calculating purpose as he slashed, little bit of ice linger in his enemy wounds, his footwork turned into a mirage as he stepped through the crowd, his sword cutting through metal like hot knife through butter.
He transformed in a turret of blades, this wasn't a fight, it was a one sided massacre, before a few seconds the corpses of the knights filled the cold floor, no blood was spilt, Auro blad was so cold that all the blood of his enemies frozen as he cut them.
The baldy grinned as his gaze was fixated on the blond swordsman, "finally.." he exclaimed, as the blad he threw shot back at him, he caught it pointing to Auro.
"I never imagined an earth rank knights would show up today, the master is going to be really pleased", he baldy put up his sword, not even caring about his fallen comrades.
The duo dashed and clashed, sword moves, foots tapping, it was like an atheric serenity, the moved with the unseen dance of celestial grace, Zach couldn't believe his eyes, he could somehow tell which aspect they were using.
***
The aspects are like paths a swordsman can take, it is the element a swordsman incorporates into their fighting style, the aspect includes.
The water aspect also known as the flowing sword, which Auro seems to be using, the earth aspect also known as the heavy sword, the wind aspect, light aspect, fire aspect and thunder aspect.
These style incorporate different elements. Only earth rank kings could fully materiallize the elements into real life.
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The duo back peddled off of each other Auro blade glowed with a blue hue the blady began vibrateimg his sword, Zach recognized this technique is was a form.of vibrate to make the mass of the sword gather to a single point, making the sword light as a feather for the user but heavy as a boulder for the enemy.
Baldy dashed in and they clashed.
*Boom*
The snow storm settled as Auro stood, Zach could even trace their movements for a second their they both seemed to disappear into blurs, breaking the sound barrier with a sonic boom.
Auro stood the snow beneath his feet was deeper, and baldy on the other hand knelt, Auro blade precisely jabbed into his throat.
Zach looked around, the horses of the fallen knight had long rode away due to the loud noises, Auro twisted his sword and swinged upward splitting the baldy's frontal lobe.
The calmly waved his sword, wiping the blood off.
Zach was deep in thought, he had just killed a person, but he didn't feel anything about I, maybe it was because he knew that they deserved it, the facial expression of the knight flashed across Zach's eyes, Zach looked at his palm, he didn't hesitate, didn't feel an ounce of regret.
"We should keep moving" Auro's word cut through Zach thoughts, "The kingdom of valgard is at least a few kilometers from here".
Zach nodded.
They stride though the snow, silence, as Auro spoke.
"Zach"
"Hmm", Zach looked at Auro back, he continued walking as he spoke "Do you know the history of this forest" Zach turned around as he took in the sight, it indeed looked like a forest, but all the tress in this place we're either burnt or in ashes.
"No I don't" Zach raised a brow.
"It land want always like this, it used to be an utopia, a forest filled with gree trees and moss under ones feet" the surrounding area became cold, as cool wind blew past, " that untill the wat valgard raged upon our kingdom creed, "we were able to hold out on our own until last year, when valgard sent their heavenly knight at us, the whole forest burned as he wiped out all our armed forces within a day, Creed could now even resist, we were wiped out like insects.
Auro fist clenched, "women screamed, Children begged while those at the top sip luxurious wine laugh and chatter", he stopped, and Zach halted behind him.
"Zach what do you think we are going to creed to do?" He asked, as he looked into Zach, "I don't know, I guess it's to stay under over and communicate with merchants" Zach shrugged.
"Wrong.." Auro cut his words, "we are going to destroy the city of creed, untill there's nothing left.