4 Chapter 4

As the timer ends both him and his opponent were transported to the battle field.

As soon as their feet set on the ground, Potenciano began to adapt quickly to the gravity of the place in order for him to quickly finish off Atubang in fast way possible as he started to try walking but with difficulty. As for Atubang's situation, when he arrived at the place the first thing he did as warrior was to find a hiding place to assess the situation but as he started to walk, his steps became a jump and he had a hard time thinking as to why this happened.

"What the heck is this magic!?!" cursed Atubang as he had difficulty to control his movement due to the quirk of the battlefield.

After 5 minutes has passed since they entered the battlefield. Potenciano had begun familiarizing with his weapons, a slightly heavy katana and a combat knife. As for why he choose such a thing is because it looked badass and also would help him in controlling his movements in this place.

"Ugh.... I'm so gonna torture that brat!!!"

muttered Atubang as he finally found how to move but with difficulty. As he moved behind some rocks nearby, he rested and begun to regard the place as something with magic where people can float easily like birds.

"I'll really gonna kill that brat when I find him!!!"

"Isn't he man, why choose a place where there's magic here!! Come out here!! You coward!!" he roared as he wildly waved his weapon, a kampilan. A type of sword that has been shaped into a wave.

As he was done with releasing his anger, he begun walking around albeit with difficulty as he kept on adapting to the place as he thinks of many ways on how he will torture Potenciano.

While that was happening with a time of 47 minutes on the clock, Potenciano already learned the basic skills on his weapons just how to slash, to block and to parry. While this move where the most basic that any person out would know instinctively when your freaking life depends on it.

"Seriously, this was the basic information that they will provide to me. And that shout just now, he seems to be close to my position since his roars are too loud to be coming from afar." muttered Potenciano as he begun walking to the direction where he heard Atubang's roar.

"I'm gonna win this and show to him that I am no pushover." as begun cautiously transversing the rocky terrain as he goes down from his hiding spot.

As he was reaching the place were the roars came from, he unexpectedly caught the sight of his opponent a meter away from him as the opposite saw him as well.

As the staring contest continued for almost a minute, Atubang made his move first as he dug his toes on the ground as he gave force to his leg to rocketing himself to Potenciano by using the lower gravity of the place therefore making him look a human cheetah pouncing at his dead prey.

As Atubang was doing this, Potenciano didn't idle as he prepared himself into a blocking position as he holds his katana sideways as he put his arm at the blunt side of the katana to support it on the coming attack.

Atubang arrived in front of Potenciano as he raised his kampilan in a horrifying downstroke slash carrying with it the anger of it's owner. The strike arrived, burdening Potenciano at unexpected weight of the strike as he thought that shouldn't the weight of Atubang's kampilan be reduced due to the gravity.

"#@$%@%%@%%@%&!!!" (You dare show your face in front of me, kid!!!)

"I don't understand what you're saying, savage!!!" shouted Potenciano, as he put more force into his katana as he pushes of Atubang as he steps back for breathing space.

As Atubang again follow up once more with a dash with his kampilan going for another horrifying downstroke slash while roaring a war cry. As this again happened Potenciano knew not to block that attack as the heaviness that comes with it is brutal. So he sidestepped to the left and countered with a sideways slash as he made a stance for the said strike.

As soon Atubang saw his attack being dodged and his opponent going to slash at him he twisted his body as to use the kalasag that he holds on his left hand to block the incoming slash. The slash came, this pushes off Atubang a distance to the side as the power of the strike plus him being in the air and the low gravity made it possible.

Atubang landed to the ground as he look at Potenciano, as well as see his kalasag for damage while Potenciano once more made a guarding stance as he look at Atubang if he will go a for another strike.

After checking the damage on his kalasag, Atubang again stared at Potenciano as he grins like a maniac and said.

"@&#&#@%%@%%#@&&@$%%"

"I don't understand what you're saying!!" shouted Potenciano as he reminded Atubang with it while making gestures of him not understanding.

As soon as Atubang saw Potenciano gesturing to him some signs he begun to realize what happened.

"Hey! Announcer, Can you translate what I'm saying to the kid, so he can know what I'm saying." Shouted Atubang as he gestures at Potenciano.

"Ok" agreed Rico and proceeds to say at Potenciano "Mr. Atubang said 'You got some power from that strike you did, kid'."

"Ah, well you're not bad yourself man. But I will win this fight and prove to you I'm worthy to grant my wishes and a warrior myself." said Potenciano as he initiated an attack by dashing with an upward slash followed by a downstroke slash.

"@*#&&#$!" (This crazy kid!) Atubang said with a grin as he turned into a defensive position as he takes on the attack of Potenciano with his kalasag and counters him with a slash after blocking the downward slash.

"*#%@&$@$#&@$%" (I got you now, kid)

"Kuuhhh" Potenciano skids a few inches by the slash as he blocked it with a combat knife. His lefthand became numb due to it.

"You freaking freak, how strong were you back at the day?" asked Potenciano knowing that he won't know the answer to the question as his opponent came rushing at him with a heavy downstroke.

"Haaaaa...!!!" With a cry, Potenciano instead of dodging countered with a right slash as well only this time he aimed at the shield while jumping back as he uses the force of his strike as leverage for dodging as he landed behind Atubang's back as he immediately slashed twice before retreating.

"Arrgh...." Atubang falls to his knees as the searing pain from his back came.

"@&@%#$#%@$$@" (You got me good, kid)

"@%#$%@$%#$%$@&%#$$&@$$" (But do you think with this I will fall just like that) Atubang once more stands as his will to live and instinct as battle hardened warrior at its full throttle.

"I know a warrior like you won't fall that easily, come again" taunted Potenciano as he makes a aggressive stance.

"@&$#%#@%$##@@%" (Just like that kid. Those eyes are what a warrior needs.) As Atubang once more clashes with Potenciano with his kampilan came again as the fight continued on for the time to have 18 minutes left as the clash ended with Atubang falling once more to his knees as his body was tired due to the blood loss coming from his back as well as the continuous clash.

"Haaa....Haaa....Haaa.... @*#@%@$%@$%%#$@@" (Haaa....Haaa....Haaa....You got me, kid)

"You're not bad yourself, sir"

"*&@%##*@@$@%%@$%@#*@$" (If only you were born at our time, how great it would be) panted Atubang as the strength in his body begun leave him while Potenciano stands before him with his katana piercing the ground as he rest upon it.

"@%#$&##&&@%#@&@" (Kid, I admit my loss here as such I apologize to my rudeness.)

"Sir, its Ok I know you just did it for my sake"

"@*#@*@###@@$#%&$?" (Heck, What a great kid you are, where did you learn those skills from?)

"I learned it from reading novels, Sir."

"*%@%-$#%%$@&#%" (Huh, there was such things.)

"Yes, sir."

"%@-##&&@#*#$#&#@#£#@%¢" (Well, good luck to your next fight, kid. We your country's ancestors are happy to have a kid like you) As he finally said his last piece. He raised his head and look one more time at Potenciano and grinned before vanishing like ash as he once more return to the hall of warriors.

"The winner of the first battle is Potenciano" said Rico "For the second opponent to be facing off Potenciano in this trial will be announce after the break"

After Rico said that, light begun to illuminate Potenciano as was transported to a resting room to rest.

As he arrived there, he checked himself for heavy injuries as it might detriment him on his second battle after his done with himself he begun waiting until the timer ends.

A bright light then came and cover Potenciano as it transferred him to the same place once more as the arena was once again empty.

As the light ceased, Rico's voice came to his ears.

"Congratulations again to you, Potenciano for winning the first fight. Then are you ready to see who you will be facing your second battle?"

"I'm not entirely ready but I'm ok."

"Heh, I know you would be fine. So I will introduce to you, your next opponent. Your opponent that you will be facing has lead a whole tribe by skills, power and wits, became the the leader of Pangasinan, a warrior princess that came from Morocco give it up for 'Datu Urduja'!!!" after Rico introduction came disembodied applause as a lady walked out from the dark.

The lady was a tall and beautiful, having golden bronze skin, straight shiny lucious dark hair, and deep, dark-colored eyes. She wears fine gold ornaments on her body as it highlights her curves as she wears an breast armor made from thinned iron and a short skirt reaching to her knees.

"************?" she asked with smile.

"What did she say?"

"Ehem, the lady said 'Are you the challenger?" translated Rico

"Yes, my lady." Potenciano respectively said as he followed it with a bow.

"*************" "She said 'What a charming fellow'. Clearly if she saw your browser history, she wouldn't say something like that" said Rico.

"Hey, that's offensive you know and clearly that's invasion of privacy. Also, I only do that when getting depress and stressed" Potenciano hurriedly said.

"But still you did" stating it as a matter of fact by Rico

"******************?" "Ahem, 'What are the both of you talking about?' she said" Rico translated.

"Nothing, miss. Can we go to the battle please?" Potenciano pleaded to Rico as he couldn't take anymore of the embarrassment.

"Very well, since the first battle was the challenged pick first, then its time the challenger pick first then. Remember, your can pick whichever place you want for your battlefield." reminded Rico

"Yes, then I choose for our battle to commence in this place" Potenciano declared.

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