Chapters 10: A Desperate Struggle

The Rokushiki techniques were Government and Marine men's arts but what he heard about this man is that he is a pirate

But pirates cannot have knowledge of this kind of technique.

Arthur stood between the old man and the fish-men shark and bewilderment filled his mind, although this is a situation in which no one should be overlooked

However, Arthur made this serious mistake due to his lack of knowledge and experience, his vision began to become blurry little by little and thoughts in his mind were a lot.

With quick steps the old man ran towards the yujin, on his way he passed by Arthur and pushed him until he woke up from his stupor

Due to the force of the push, Arthur crashed into the wall, which made him regain his clarity, looking around in all bewilderment.

"What happened to me, it was like my body was going into a state of stillness, it was like the previous time when I slowed down."

Arthur is still unaware that the poison in his body slows down his vital functions, although the amount he was exposed to is very small, but he is also a weak person and a quantity of this magnitude may affect him.

The only reason that keeps him conscious and with all his might is adrenaline and some particles of white light.

He is fighting the poison inside his body, but the light seems very weak compared to his previous state.

Arthur looked at the fierce fighting in front of him, the movements of both the old man and the yujin were violent and full of strength.

The yujin sent a powerful punch towards the old man's face, but the old man dodged the punch with great lightness.

" Shigan "

With a blow from his finger he severely injured the amphibian's hand, a finger-sized hole appeared in the fish-men's large hand, blood leaked from the wound without showing a sign of stopping.

"Fuck you!" this injury increased the yujin's madness, causing him to send his punches with more force and speed.

The punches carried great momentum even through the old man's tremendous speed, he could not dodge all the punches, which made him suffer a strong blow that sent him flying a few meters back.

The old man stood up and coughed some blood out of his mouth, and with a small smile mocked the fish-men in front of him, whose condition was much worse than his.

The fish-men's body is full of bloody holes, some in his stomach and some in his chest, the old man gave up his defense to take this opportunity and the fish-men was stabbed several times in a row by Shigan.

The yujin stood up and the blood had flooded his body, if the person with this kind of injury was a human he would have died, but because of the hardness and endurance of the yujin he was able to withstand all these blows.

"Fuck you, human!" the yujin ran towards the old man, his running speed was a little slow compared to the previous one, when he approached the old man he heard a strong snarling sound followed by the appearance of the Iron Mountain Lion opening its giant mouth.

He bit off the top of the fish-menleaving only his bottom running in a comical way full of blood and scattered entrails before falling down next to Arthur.

The old man and Arthur looked at the lion in front of them and there is a shocked look on their faces, they have been surrounded and there is no way to run.

When the old man found that he had no chance to outrun the lion, he summoned up his remaining strength, then jumped into the air and Geppo steered his way through the air.

This sight was like a small insect flying next to a big cat, the lion got annoyed at the person hovering around him and tried to bite him ,but because of the speed of geppo the old man was dodging the lion's attacks.

The old man made another Geppo that made him rise above the walls of the maze.

With the sound of air penetration, hundreds of arrows flew again towards the old man, the old man realizes that what he is doing is against the rules, but if he does not do this, he will die.

The lion jumped up and caught up with the old man, the old man did another Geppo and returned to ground.

While the lion kept flying in the air until he found himself trapped from all directions by hundreds of arrows.

With the sound of metal colliding, hundreds of arrows collided with the lion's body but none of them managed to penetrate its thick, metal-like skin.

Arthur took advantage of the lion's preoccupation with fighting the old man and ran away, without Arthur realizing this, they only have 3 minutes left and the actual time of the game ends.

Arthur ran madly but suddenly he felt very dizzy and stopped where he was, his vision became blurry and he could no longer move

"No, this is not the time for this, come on, Move, move," tears came down from Arthur's eyes as he lamented his fate, he realized that he was in big trouble, the lion appeared behind Arthur as he caught up with the old man.

While the old man was running he saw Arthur standing in the middle of the road but could not help him, he passed by his side and ran away.

When Arthur saw the old man pass by, he gathered his last remaining strength and turned back, only to find the lion running towards him with its wide, red-painted mouth open.

"Is this the end of me?" Arthur turned towards the lion and stood up with all his dignity.

He was about to wet his pants but resisted this desire and decided to die standing with dignity, he could not move anymore, the lion approached Arthur and was about to swallow him.

But Arthur suddenly felt that his energy had returned, the familiar feeling of lightness made him look down to find the white light had surrounded him again.

'I have to run' this idea was spinning in Arthur's head quickly he tried to jump to the side but it was too late.

He moved a little away from the lion's mouth but the lion turned his mouth and bit Arthur's right hand because of the lion's tremendous power and moving his head, Arthur threw tens of meters into the air, while his right hand remained in the lion's mouth.

'Aaah!' cried Arthur madly from the intensity of the pain, blood flew from his shoulder, he completely lost his hand.

Arthur flew over a few walls and fell to the ground, the fall was so severe that Arthur broke several ribs and broke both of his feet.

Arthur's eyes were blank as the pain overwhelmed his whole body, it was incredibly painful.

But the funny thing is that Arthur could see the exit door, it was right in front of him and only a short corridor separated him from him.

Grrrrrrrrr!

The sound of the foggy lion roar coming from somewhere nearby, Arthur began to lose consciousness little by little but his eyes remained fixed on the door, while the darkness overshadows his vision there was one thought spinning in his head.

" Is this the end of me? I wonder how many times I have said this word and survived" this time the White Light did not show any reaction and did not provide any help to Arthur, so he was sure that his end would come.

"No, I'm not going to die here" Arthur opened his eyes and there was incredible determination in them, the pain in his body was something unbearable, but Arthur crawled slowly using his good left hand.

Every time he moves his hand, he feels as if his body is being pricked by dozens of nails.

Despite the intense pain, Arthur continued to pull his shattered body while leaving behind a path in the ground made up of his blood.

"Fuck you!"

"I will survive!"

"I will take revenge!"

Arthur was uttering a few scattered words while pulling himself towards the door, when Arthur arrived in front of the big metal door he didn't stop or think about it being a fake door,

According to the laws of the game there are two doors and one of them is fake, Arthur was on the verge of death so he didn't think, his consciousness was blurry and all he thought about was crawling and getting out of this maze.

Grrrrrrrrr!

The sound of a lion's roar resounds in the place.

Arthur pulled out his body and passed through the door to find himself in a large room where some guards were standing, when the guards saw Arthur's pathetic figure, they felt a chill in their hearts,

Arthur did not see what was in the room because he lost consciousness immediately after passing through the door.

"This is incredible" Don Bernardo looked at the little boy's struggle in front of him, his eyes filled with admiration, he had never seen someone with such iron determination.

'He would have been a wonderful follower if his body had not been destroyed' the admiring glances turned into pitying ones.

Arthur may have a strong will, but he is now disabled and will probably die shortly after he comes out of the maze.

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