Three Lessons by Master Samuel

The fight started. Samuel stood at the place where his 10 steps ended. He was not going to go into the battle without any information about Maverick's attacks. Suddenly, the ring started to make a sound,"Level four grimoire found. Consume?" It said." Activate Grimoire consumption. Rate, 1 page per 10 seconds." He whispered. Just then, Maverick attacked Samuel. he was tired of waiting. He brought out his knife and shouted," Thousand Blade!" Suddenly, a wave of several blades started flying towards Samuel. every blade was aimed towards the head. The blades started piercing through Samuel's head."Die brat!", Maverick shouted again. the entire audience was looking at him.

Sarah had lost all hope. She wanted Maverick killed, but if she tried to kill him herself, she would be branded as the person who misused her power. Then, the people would no longer trust her and her chances of succeeding the throne would become even less. She was devastated at this sight. No one was going to support her in taking the throne for herself. Her only choice was to take the best fighter in the province and employ him as a power in the ministry. Only then could she even try to become the next person to become the ruler of the land of Sibath. But Maverick had added some conditions, out of which the most unacceptable one was of marriage, regardless of the result about succeeding the throne. She did not want to marry a person who would dominate her for the rest of her life.

But then....

Maverick was surprised. Usually after using his final move, there would be fountain of blood flowing from the opponents severed head, be it monster or human. But, nothing like that happened.

"Looking for me?" A voice rang through Maverick's ears.

It was none other than JOHN CE.... sorry, Samuel Merlin.

He was standing in the same place without even a scratch.

"But how? You should be dead you brat!" Maverick was perplexed. If Samuel could easily dodge his trump card, then what can he do against such a monster?

He readied his knife, but there was one problem. His knife was missing! Where was it? Had it dropped somewhere? That was out of question, because that mistake had not happened for around 10 years, which was around the time he started using this skill.

"You know, I want to teach you something. Wait for a bit." he said. Maverick was busy finding his knife at that time. "Focus on what I do, OK?" he said. Maverick was not paying attention at Samuel.

He thought that he dodged the move by pure luck. Samuel was angry. He was not ready to accept that this weak person was going to ignore him."I will not allow this person to insult me. Let me show him his place." He thought. He took the knife he had stolen from the shameless opponent and disappeared. That's right, 'Disappeared'! Then, he appeared in front of Maverick and slashed his right arm." Never consider your opponent as a weakling. There are many mysteries in the world that you can't even comprehend!" After hearing that, Maverick's expression grew grave. He never even considered his opponent as a person. They were always garbage for him. Today however, he was the one treated as garbage. Then, while he was bleeding, Samuel disappeared and then reappeared again behind him to cut down his left arm." While fighting, don't disrespect your opponent by calling them names. There are people who hide their strength and consider fighting only to test their strength for gaining further mastery in their skill. And these people are like the sea. One day, even if you throw a stone inside them, they will be calm towards you like nothing happened. But after that, there might come a day when even If you don't do anything, They might throw a giant wave of saltwater to drown you, in which you have no chance of surviving. I happen to be a person like that. And curse your luck because today, you won't get the chance to see anyone present here again, Just because you called me a brat"

Then, before even Maverick could open his mouth to plead for mercy, there was another swing. This time there was a sound. It was the sound of Maverick's head falling to the ground.

"Never ever Ignore your opponent, Even if you are dead."

The crowd froze. There was utter silence inside the arena.

"Jackpot!" Sarah thought to herself.