The Sended's
Chapter 73: Shameless Warrior, Great General
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So this is Chang'an?
From the outside it looks different, many people with different clothes want to enter this city. But still the procedures had to be done, they would be checked before entering the city
"Hopefully orderly! The order from the kingdom said that in a state of war, the inspection of the city would be tightened! Again please be orderly and follow the instructions of the guards!"
Security was tightened to reduce the possibility of spying, but vetting procedures also remained even if we were not at war. But this time they checked more thoroughly and carefully
"Hello sir, are you a martial artist?" I asked the man in front of me
"That's right, I'm here to take part in a five-year tournament once to prove that I'm the strongest! Ahaha!"
Oh? The strongest? I think Fengxian also talked about it while dueling against Percival
"Hey muscle brain, don't brag like that, your strength will be nothing compared to my spear,"
"What did you say?!"
"You really don't understand, do you? The best self-defense is to use the sword,"
"Old man, you shut up!"
"Ho? Young man, looks like we're gonna have to fight faster outside the ring?"
W-Waduh...why did they even become angry at each other like this, what should I do? I feel like if this continues and the fight happens, I'm in charge... Uhh....
"Excuse me! The gatekeeper?"
I headed straight to the front of the gate without caring about the line.
"uh? What's wrong, young lady? You shouldn't cut the line" he said
"At the back end there are some people who might start an uproar, I'm here to report it" I replied
"really?! Okay, I'll handle that. You two! Come with me to the back!"
"Good sir!"
When they left, I showed my badge to the other guards and entered without waiting in line again. Hehe...
So.. is this the city of Chang'an?
The Uwah! The atmosphere here feels quite heavy, even breathing is more difficult than usual but
Right starting from the entrance gate I saw there were many martial schools that showed off their respective skills by demonstrating them, some using only their bare hands, some also use weapons.
Well if you look at the technique they look good, but what does it mean in front of acceleration and magic-woah! They also used buff magic to strengthen and speed up their attacks
Kuralat because they use magic, even so they can't possibly defeat my acceleration with that technique
"Miss, are you interested in martial arts?"
Oh? Just a few steps there is a promotion, and not the promotion of merchandise as usual but school promotion. Hmm.. This is quite unique yes...
"That may be true" I replied
"Then join our school! We have complete facilities to learn stick art, you will become a great martial artist later" he said
"No-no, I don't want to learn martial arts, I'm interested to see it,"
"Oh so apparently.. Then you are lucky, because there is a tournament every five years to determine the strongest in the city center. You just have to follow this path until you find the area, "determine the strongest?
That means the Fengxian title he got originally here, right?
"Do you know the fighter who defeated the Dwarves?"
"Of course, he was the pride of Chang'an city and was forced to join the military and eventually die against foreign knights. Even so he died honorably, the death of a fighter,"
Waw! It's an interesting story, but let's leave it and go in the direction it's going
Take it easy, I have manners.I did not just leave it, I say goodbye and thank you first.
Following the path, over time a lot of people began to get more and more I advanced. Even many traveling snack vendors offered their wares, I ended up buying two skewers... umm?
I don't know if there are three balls with a reddish-brown color the size of one bite punctured with a wooden syringe, it tastes sweet and maybe eating three skewers is filling for me
"The arena will open in three hours!"
I'm interested to see the fight going on, but it would be better if I knew who was fighting. So umm.. let's ask... umm... ah! Ruby's soldiers are there!
It's not unusual for Ruby's warriors to be in this city, let alone Chang'an being the newest city we've conquered, then this is where martial artists gather. If we were not present to maintain order, I think anarchism could be rampant
"Hey soldier,"
"What's the matter young lady? Are you lost?" There were two soldiers there who were relaxing eating snacks
Ugh....
I showed them my badge and saw that they immediately threw away their food and put them in an upright position, but they didn't have to do it all the way...
"I-I'm sorry for my indecency, miss," said one of them
"I'm sorry for us also for neglecting to do our duty and eat in the middle of the task" said another
"No problem, you're human and I'm here this time not as a military officer but just a tourist,"
Hearing this they looked at each other confused.
"As for this tournament, is there a candidate you think will win?" Much
They looked at me confused and looked at each other
"Anu..."
"We thought it was obvious that the white lightning would win" they replied
White lightning.... are you...?
"True miss, the white lightning has the technique and speed that is very powerful to win this tournament,"
Is speed...?
Then I'm interested in competing
"Eh? Does the lady herself want to join?"
"Yes," I answered
"B-But I'm sure the white lightning was on par with Sir Percival because of that speed," one of the soldiers hesitated
"H-Hey! Have you never heard that story?" Ask the other soldiers
"What story?"
"You are. Well I think it is only natural that you entered when our kingdom prepared to sail here... This Miss Rune once defeated Sir Percival with just one move,"
"Eh?!"
"Maybe true, but now let's not discuss it first, just answer my question earlier,"
"Okay miss! You can register in the city center, let's drop off,"
Oh very good of them
I followed them through the crowds here heading downtown to sign up
Though the tournament has not started but why is it so crowded anyway...
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"Eh? Miss lightning, I thought you were just fighting in the ring?"
Huh uh? Why would he think that?
Since I was here swinging my sword, I trained my stamina which still feels lacking
"No, I've been here" I replied
"Well there seems to be a fraud, you better watch out for lightning,"
Hmm.. If there really is a con man then it will not be good for my career, I have to meet him and ask for an explanation for this.
I put my sword in the holster and rushed into the city to find this conman, I searched every gap I could find but I never found it either. It turns out he was in the ring
"That lightning-like girl dodged and dodged again! Looks like he's not the white lightning we know, or is that him but with a different strategy?!" Commentator
Damn it. He was completely different from me in terms of technique, but his appearance was indeed very similar to mine.
"Eh? Aren't you lightning?" Ask one of the spectators to notice me here
"That means up there...."
"He's a fake, and I'll stop him from contaminating my name any further" I said
"The lightning is cornered!"
His opponent was another sword arts user, he had a smooth but strong movement, I myself defeated him because of that. This match is a preliminary round for that person, if he wins then the cheater will be in his position while if he loses then he will be out of the tournament
I was actually hoping for him to win a little bit against the con man, but I was hoping that if he lost and I came forward to give the swindler a lesson.
Just look, the trickster moved without any technique at all, he just ran from the fight in front of him and was lucky that he was great at it, this was really embarrassing to see
"Don't keep dodging! You're smearing the name of a martial artist!" Exclaim the deceiver
"Hey, I'm trying to survive to win to know..."
He's really sickening, surviving to win he said? There is no such thing as survival if he does not win.
"Damn it!" He did a prick
"Whoah!" Again the fraudsters avoided
But this time he pushed his opponent and since they were already at the end of the ring, his opponent fell down and he became the winner of the fight this time
All the spectators cheered at him, but not the proud cheers as in general but the cheers of hatred.
"Fighter without honor!"
"You're tarnishing the good name of a martial artist!"
"Take him out of this tournament!"
"White lightning is impossible to do such a thing!"
"Fraud!"
"Fraud!
"Fraud!"
Naturally, this was the city of Chang'an, the city where the best fighters from all over the continent gathered, they would feel humiliated by the bad fight they witnessed here.
It should only be one more game before I win this tournament but I think adding one to keep my reputation is not a bad thing either.
I stood up and walked slowly towards the ring, one by one the audience saw and noticed me doing that cheering for me
"That's real lightning!"
"Hand him lightning!"
"Show the true strength of a martial artist!"
That's what I want to do...
Perhaps because of hearing this cheering, he also became aware and turned his head towards me and looked me straight in the eye. This was the first time I saw his face and looked into his eyes, for some reason it gave me goosebumps.
His fiery red eyes were similar to blood, probably because it was also considered a curse by the people around so I was also a little ta...kut...?
"Miss white lightning, you shouldn't be fighting here, your match is the day after tomorrow right?" Ask the commentator
L scared? Huh huh? What a joke I have on my mind right now. It made me angry myself and jump straight into the ring
"N-Miss lightning?"
"It won't be long."
