Chapter 98

All the Lord's and ladies kept shifting their gazes from Maximus to Jaime, trying to figure out why would Jaime request something like that, and also wondering if the Emperor was really going to accept such a request.

The Guards had slapped Jaime so hard that his face slammed on the floor. Then they began dragging him again, but before they could leave, Maximus had motioned for them to stop.

He already knew what Jaime was thinking and what he was trying to do. By requesting a duel, he thinks that Maximus is weak and has no real power nor skills since he has never heard a rumor of him fighting himself and leaves it to his general's and soldier's.

So, believing that he is actually just an average person, Jaime believes that he can force the emperor to duel him by requesting a trial by combat in front of all the Lord's of the Continent. And if he refuses, he will just lose face amongst the other Lord's.

But Maximus has already seen through this "I see what you are doing Jaime Lannister, believing that you can force me to fight you by requesting your little trial by combat and if I refuse you I will lose face amongst the people, and they might think I'm a weak Emperor"

"Well you will get your wish" Said Maximus as he motioned for the soldier's to untie Jaime.

The soldier's followed his order and untied Jaime. Maximus then had them take Jaime to put on his Kingsguard armor while he himself put on his own armor.

As the maids were helping put his armor on, all four of his betrothed had came in, followed by Sansa.

Aerella was the first to speak, "Do you really have to fight him, Maximus"

"Yeah, just have him fight one of the Imperial Guards or something" Added Daenerys

"No, he must do this or else he will be seen as weak by some people and Lord's" Said Margeary

"He will be fine right" Said Sansa in a worried voice

Aerella turned to Sansa "It's not him we are worried about, it's Jaime since the fight won't even be considered a fight it will be more like Jaime getting embarrassed in front of all the lord's, in short it will be a slaughter" Aleanna and Daenerys agreed with her

"I will try and make it last at least 30 second's tops, maybe even a minute since no man can stand being embarrassed for that long" Said Maximus

Sansa was confused, since at first she thought they were worried about Maximus's safety, but now it seems like they are actually worried about Jaime's safety.

"I'll make it short so you ladies can just sit and watch" Said Maximus as the Maids finished adjusting his armor.

After getting his armor fully adjusted, he left the room and was escorted by his guard's to outside the Red Keep and taken to the Great Sept of Baelor where Jaime will face his trial.

Maximus had Cersei brought along as well so that she can see the last moment's of her brother/lover.

Once the Maximus stepped out of the Red keep, there were crowds of people cheering his name and blessing his name, but once Jaime came out everybody started yelling and throwing thing's at him while calling him 'Kingslayer' and 'Sister fucker'.

This happened throughout the entire walk to the Great Sept of Baelor and once there a giant circle of Imperial Guards were formed which would be the place where they would fight.

Jaime's whose armor was already covered in tomato juice from the citizen's throwing it at him was handed his sword.

Well, he wasn't really handed his sword, since the Imperial Guard had thrown it on the ground and made him pick it up. The people begin laughing at him and taunting him.

While Maximus was handed his sword by the Imperial Guard's. Jaime was getting even madder than he already was, being treated like he was nothing.

Once both of them had their sword's up ready, Julius had raised his hand "Today we are here to witness a Trial by combat between Jaime Lannister and his Majesty Emperor Maximus Aurelius to decide the fate of Jaime Lannister"

Julius then raised his hand, "Once I put my hand down, the fight will officially begin"

Jaime got into his fighting position as he was smiling, but once he looked at Maximus he saw that he didn't even have his sword ready, instead he had it sitting on the ground with both his hand's resting on the handle with his eyes closed.

He didn't know what the Emperor was thinking, but he would use this chance to strike.

Moment's later Julius put his hand down and Jaime rushed toward's Maximus who still had his eyes closed as he was thinking about what he can do to make the fight last 30 second's.

He wanted to do something flashy, but he couldn't think of anything that wouldn't kill Jaime instantly, so instead he decided to fight with one hand while his other hand would be behind his back.

Meanwhile, Jaime had made it close enough as he swung his sword at shoulder level at Maximus hoping to behead him, but Maximus leaned back as the sword just barely missed his neck.

He then grabbed his sword with his right hand and prepared to defend against Jaime, who pressed the attack.

But in Jaime's head he was thinking of how it was possible to move as fast as the Emperor just did, he barely even seen him move, or he just missed his swing which could have also been the case.

Jaime was swinging as hard as he can trying to land a hit on Maximus, but each of his swing's was blocked even with him using both of his hand's.

And what was surprising to everybody who was watching was the fact that Maximus still had his eyes closed and was using one hand. Jaime had even managed to get in close and almost land a strike, but Maximus threw his sword in the air dodged his swing, got in close and grabbed the handle of his sword then punched him in the stomach causing Jaime to fly back a few feet and land on the ground.

While in his head, Maximus was counting as he was on 29 and once he hit 30 he had said out loud "And 30"

Jaime was confused, as he didn't know what was going on until his head was pierced by the sword that Maximus threw in the air.

The Sword had came down at fast speed and landed directly on top of Jaime's head, piercing his skull and coming out the bottom of his jaw.

The scene was so gruesome that the children who came to see the Emperor had to have their eyes covered by their parent's.

Everything happened so fast that the crowd didn't even know what happened since the fight was way too fast. They expected a fight that would last a couple of minutes, but the fight didn't even last a minute.

It wasn't until one person started cheering that everybody else followed and also cheered. The Lord's and ladies who were watching the fight didn't even know what to say, but one thing was for sure, and that was the Emperor can indeed fight.

Cersei was crying as she just watched her lover be killed in front of her very eyes. She didn't even know what to do now as the only thing she could do was scream and cry since her life now is completely over.