Journey of the Dragon

Chapter Ten : The Battle round Begin

The qualification round of the Togu City Tournament has been completed. Now the Tournament will continue to the battle round. The 16 participants who managed to escape, will face each other, leaving 8 participants, then after that the fight will continues until finally only 1 participant wins the Tournament.

 ( Gill vs Diamor ) (Cobra vs Tatsui) (M. Big hit vs Kalpen) (Azter vs Best knight) (Zhoei vs Rhogi) (Edwin vs Ajora) (Bernie zarr vs Chap Blaze) (Glauss vs Dragon)

 Meanwhile, now that Dragon is in the treatment room, he seems to have recovered from his previous unconscious condition. He immediately stood up as he walked to the door to get out of the room. Then when he opened the door in front of him, apparently Tatsui was outside the door while looking surprised. It looks like Tatsui wants to enter the room to see Dragon's condition, but as Tatsui is seeing now, Dragon has regained consciousness and is fine, so now they are both ready to go to the arena again.

 "Tatsui, are you alright?" Asked Dragon with a slightly worried expression on his face, because when he had opened the door, Tatsui was suddenly in front of him.

 "Yes, I've recovered. How about you? " Tatsui asked back.

 "Me too. Now let's go to the next round. " Take the Dragon to Tatsui, then Tatsui nodded and followed the Walking Dragon from behind, to head to the audience stands intended for Tournament participants, as a special place so they could watch other participants who were fighting.

 There, the participants had gathered, and they were all sitting facing the arena. Dragon and Tatsui chose to sit in chairs far from the other participants, because they all seemed to be a little unfriendly. Moreover, Zhoei and his brother who continued to look at Dragon with a sharp gaze, as if threatening.

When Dragon and Tatsui arrived and sat there, the host seemed to have finished delivering a few sentences to inaugurate the start of the battle round, which would now take place soon. Then the host began to name the first participant who would fight.

 "And the one who will carry out the first battle is Gill against Diamor !!" Exclaimed the host.

 "Gill is a monster hunter, whose abilities are no doubt, he is used to fighting and defeating big monsters. Now let's look at his abilities on the arena! Whereas Diamor was an outside knight, who had accomplished many escort missions for important people, and had defeated many villains. He has a mainstay weapon nicknamed a bone-breaking hammer. Looks like Gill has a very tough opponent here. Alright then, the match begins !! "

 The fight was led by a Referee standing on the edge of the ring, the Referee will decide the final outcome of each match, and stop the match if the situation is already dangerous enough.

 After the Referee declared that the battle had begun, the two fighters immediately prepared to attack each other. While preparing the hammer, Diamor said.

 "I didn't expect, the first enemy I had to face was a monster hunter. I'm sorry, but after this match, you will definitely have a pretty bad bone injury, so you won't be able to continue your profession any more. " Said Diamor with arrogance.

 Gill just kept quiet while continuing to stare at his opponent casually, then he smiled a little and said "Hmm, we'll see."

 Then after hearing that, Diamor immediately ran away feeling angry while shouting.

 "How can you smile at a time like this. I will destroy you !! "

 Then with all his strength, Diamor stepped forward to slam the hammer into Gill. The attack from the hammer can destroy the bone to powder if it hits. Diamor struck him from top to bottom, toward Gill's head, so that all the spectators thought that Gill's head would be destroyed instantly.

 But apparently, the hammer blow, was stopped using only one hand by Gill, and the wind waves generated from the impact spread out in all directions, causing the referee's clothing to fly like a flag. That made all the audience in the stands cheering with amazement.

 "I- it’s ... Just like he did back then." Tatsui said, remembering when Gill stopped the iron punch from Kalpen with only one hand. Whereas Kalpen and Zhoei were shocked while staring to see Gill doing that for the second time.

 "You should break your hand if you receive this attack from my hammer. But why you still stand?” Diamor said.

 Then without speaking a word, Gill moved one more hand back, to take the sharp weapon behind his waist, and immediately, Diamor retreated back to keep his distance far enough from Gill. Then he wondered in his mind why his opponent could have such an heavy aura, with a look on his face that looked scared.

 Gill began to speak to Diamor. "Why are you avoiding it so far, how can we fight from that distance?"

 "What weapons do you have, what are they made of? Why can you stop my attack with just one hand? !!" Diamor asked.

 "You really want to know why I can stop your attacks? The answer is this." Gill said as he showed the gloves worn on his right hand.

 "This is a glove made from Chrono rhinoceros horn skin. This glove increases the strength of my hand up to 10 times, so that the strength of my right hand might be almost equal or even exceed the strength of your hammer strike. At that time I met the Chrono rhino in -... "

 "I don't need your long explanation! ... For sure now I already know, that the strong one is only your right hand, so if I attack other parts of the body. It will definitely be destroyed instantly. " Diamor said while laughing a little.

 "Oh, sorry, I really like saving other people's questions." Said Gill.

 "I'll destroy your mouth first !!" Then surprisingly, Diamor attacked Gill again. He advanced while swung his hammer from Gill's left side quickly, so that Gill's right hand had no time to move to resist his attack. Gill tried to grab and resist the strike of a blow from Diamor's hammer, but this time with more caution Diamor always tried to move the hammer away from Gill's right hand. Therefore Gill was also quite overwhelmed to avoid the flutter of DIamor's bone-breaking hammer.

 Diamor was trying to find a gap so that he could attack Gill's other body besides his right hand. So after there was an opportunity to launch a fatal attack on Gill's head, without the possibility for Gill to ward off the attack using his hands, Diamor immediately swung his hammer with all his strength to give a very hard blow to Gill's head.

 But Gill again surprised him, because Gill apparently no less fast than Diamor. He managed to avoid the various attacks from Diamor, then when Diamor let his guard down, Gill immediately bowed his body, then prepared to do a very hard blow to Diamor's stomach. Then Diamor, who could no longer avoid it, could not help but have to accept the deadly attack from Gill.

 Gill smacked Diamor's stomach so hard that the armor he was wearing shattered instantly, then Diamor's body slammed far back until it came out of the arena, until it finally crashed into the shield of the stands, and it must have been very painful. Then after seeing that Diamor could no longer fight, the Referee finally decided to stop the match then declare Gill as the winner!

 After that, still standing, Gill said. "You are strong, very strong, all of your attacks are meant to finish off the enemy in one attack, but you are in too much of a hurry so you cannot read your enemy's movements well. Maybe it's because every enemy you meet, you can always kill immediately. Your habits are also a weakness for you. " Said Gill.

 Spectators in the stands cheered for the victory that Gill had achieved, as well as the Host of Ceremony, who kept talking about everything that was happening in the battle, to the Queen of Broadcasters who were next to him, to continue to inform the entire population in the Nexus Kingdom area, about what happened.

 "Wow !! Great. It seems we have got a champion candidate, Gill is really complete in terms of strength and speed. Give a round of applause !!! "

 Meanwhile, the Tournament participants who also witnessed the battle, looked stunned while amazed, they did not think that Gill was that great. Now, they all seemed to be reluctant to Gill.

 "I have found my true opponent." Said the Master Big Hit.

 "Yes, of course Master." Said the student named Rhogi.

 "Turns out he's that strong." Kalpen said while swallowing.

 "Don't be afraid, brother. Do not let them underestimate us. After all, we are greater than all of them. " Zhoei said to his brother.

 "Is Gill really great?" Tatsui asked the Dragon.

 "Yeah, he's great." Dragon replied, continuing to look at Gill.

 "Wahh, he has pretty good weapons too. Although not as good as me." Melinda said to Dragon.

 Dragon just kept quiet while watching Gill, it seems like now he really realizes that Gill is not a reckless person, and that makes him a little interested in being able to fight Gill in the Tournament, then he looks to his side, and there are still many participants whose strength not yet known and how great they are. Therefore Dragon became so enthusiastic, to be able to fight immediately. I wonder who will he face later?

 (Gill) (Cobra vs. Tatsui) (M. Big hit vs. Kalpen) (Azter vs. Best knight) (Zhoei vs. Rhogi) (Edwin vs. Ajora) (Bernie zarr vs. Chap Blaze) (Glauss vs Dragon)

 Now, the second battle will start soon, a match between two martial arts experts, with different fighting styles. namely the battle between Tatsui and the Cobra. Both of them are representatives of their respective martial arts colleges, one is fighting for the repair of the destroyed village and dojo, while the other is fighting for the sake of earning a lot of money for the Master's luxury items from his dojo.

Before going to the arena, Tatsui gave a message to Dragon to pray for her who would immediately carry out the battle, then Dragon nodded and encouraged her. Tatsui must try to win the fight for the sake of the people in her village.

 The two of them were facing each other, the Cobra was a proportional-bodied man, with messy hair and a yellow snake skin shirt he wore, shortly after the Referee declared that the battle had begun. The Cobra began by saying hello, then he said, "Hello, beautiful lady. Which dojo are you from? I come from the most famous dojo in the south, the Snake King dojo. ”

 "I come from Teruhito dojo, in the east." Tatsui answered briefly.

 "Oh, I've never heard of that dojo, is it an art dojo or dancing?" Cobra asked teasingly. But Tatsui didn't answer the question at all, she just stayed quiet.

 "My name is Cobra, and I came here with my Master called Master Python. Too bad he couldn't withstand the electric attack from the Arci Knight, so he collapsed and failed to qualify for this round, while you, who is only a woman from an unrecognized dojo, can stand here now. Wow, I really can't believe it. "

 "Whether it's a Python snake, or a Cobra snake, come forward. I've fought snakes that are bigger in size before. So I'm not afraid of you at all. " Said Tatsui, who was indeed telling the truth from his experience fighting the giant desert Zuci snake.

 These words from Tatsui made the Cobra feel a little uncomfortable and annoyed. Then he immediately warned Tatsui about his martial abilities, he immediately ran to attack Tatsui.

But Tatsui was prepared and deftly avoided all the attacks launched by the Cobra against him. The Cobra assaulted him repeatedly with a deadly stance from his hand, he pressed his fingers together and made his punch as if like a snake's paw, if she was hit by the attack, then Tatsui's body could be injured.

 "What snake have you faced? Just so you know, my attacks are very dangerous and deadly. I am the number one student in my dojo, you will not be able to win against me! ” Cobra said while continuing to land his attacks on Tatsui.

 While continuing to deflect and avoid these attacks, Tatsui said, "Really ?? I don't feel any danger at all. "

 "What are you saying ?!!" Said the Cobra who looked very annoyed because his attacks could not affect Tatsui.

 "Your movements are quite fast, but no one can hit me." Tatsui said while continuing to avoid.

 "Then why don't you attack !!" Cobra said.

 "Because I'm looking for an opening to attack !!" Tatsui said briefly, lowering his body, then heaved and swung his legs up quickly, until he hit the Cobra's chin very hard.

 After that, the Cobra's body slammed backwards until it hit the floor hard enough, so that he felt extreme pain in his face and back. But before long, he immediately stood back up to counterattack Tatsui. He looked very angry because Tatsui had managed to hurt him. Then the fierce battle continued.

 Meanwhile, Gill had returned from the treatment room. It didn't take long for him to be able to recover, because he didn't get any injuries after fighting Diamor. Gill immediately greeted Dragon then sat next to him, and the two of them chatted while watching the match between Cobra against Tatsui.

 The Cobra continued to approach Tatsui while casting a snake-pecking force with the force of his punch until it could pierce the floor. But calmly, Tatsui can always anticipate this by using his mainstay technique, which is to avoid the opponent's attacks, then lightning hug his opponent's body from the front, to then rotate his own body to the back and drop, so that the opponent's body was carried away then fell down with Tatsui, and then Tatsui wrapped his opponent's body, so that now the Cobra is in Tatsui's deadly lockdown attack.

 Tatsui's hands wrapped around his back from the neck, while Tatsui's legs wrapped around his opponent's waist and legs, so that every Cobra's movement could be stopped even though he tried to escape from Tatsui's lockdown, whatever Cobra did, Tatsui always tried to keep Cobra's body always was in her grip, so that over time, the Cobra, who had felt it could not stand it anymore, because Feeling suffocated and Difficult to escape from Tatsui's extremely painful lock, finally he decided to surrender.

 The Cobra patted the floor repeatedly to signal the referee that he could no longer stand it, his spine seemed to be folded like clothing, so he decided to immediately give up and escape the suffering. Therefore, the referee immediately made a decision, then Tatsui was declared the winner.

 "The Cobra has surrendered to the lockdown of Tatsui !! Then Tatsui is the winner !! " Said the Host, who was greeted by cheers from the enthusiastic audience.

 "He is a great fighter." Said Gill who was sitting next to Dragon.

 "Yes, of course. His opponent is no match for Tatsui. " Said Dragon, responding to what Gill said.

 "Hmm, if only Cobra didn't give up easily, he would have won."

 "Hah? Who exactly are you supporting? " Asked Dragon.

 "It is not like that. In terms of strength, Cobra is superior to Tatsui, and even Cobra can defeat Tatsui with just one hit, but Tatsui continues to try with all the abilities she has so she can avoid attacks from Cobra, then defeat Cobra without getting hurt at all ... I'm just trying to analyze the battle, okay! " Gill said in a joking tone.

 Then Dragon immediately responded to the words of Gill. "Okay, then, sorry."

 "I'm trying to tell you, that opponents who use all their abilities, are the most dangerous opponents for anyone." Said Gill.

 "Alright, I'll remember your words." Dragon replied curtly.

 "You two are so noisy! Can you relax a little or not ?! " Said one of the tournament participants there, namely Rhogi, who was a student of the Master Big Hit. The speech was followed by other participants who were disturbed by the small debate between Dragon and Gill.

 Dragon and Gill don't seem to be afraid and instead challenge anyone who wants to fight with them there. So that there was a commotion in the stands.

 "Never mind. No need to exaggerate, all of you! " Said Master Big Hit to stop the commotion. Then all of them immediately stopped making a fuss. The aura of the master Big hit, turns out it can indeed make anyone become reluctant.

 OK!! Continue to the next battle !!

 ( Gill ) ( Tatsui ) (M. Big hit vs. Kalpen) (Azter vs. Best knight) (Zhoei vs. Rhogi) (Edwin vs. Ajora) (Bernie zarr vs. Chap Blaze) (Glauss vs Dragon)