Power Pack: Battle Against the General

What a nice day it was. The sun shined bright and I thought that this might become a peaceful day even in this depressed situation. But!!! Then, I saw some people fighting a monster and I reached out towards them. There I encountered this girl who can shoot arrows which can't miss but I barely survived. Later she took me to their base which was a castle... which was full of people working here and there.

Then she introduced me to her king, the leader, the boss or whatever, he is a dictator who considers himself as a god.

I tried to convince him to let me join their group and when I thought that it was working some random bulky dude just entered and thrashed my whole plan (Why am I talking like Faye now using dude in my sentences).

Then both of us had some heated conversations which led to a fight to decide my fate. Faye did help me with my wound a little but it is still not healed much and right now I am standing face to face in front of an ex commander who has much more battle experience than me and over that he is a relic user. The situation for my victory is below 30% but not zero so I will still try on... Hard.

This is like bad luck over bad luck for me *laughs internally*. But I have to fight it out or else they might torture me to death.

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"So are you scared little boy?" asked Gerrad.

"Not much old guy. And can you please drop that boy thing." I replied.

"I would decide that on how well... you fight. So show me if you are just a boy or a man." said Gerrad.

"Finally the time has come. There is no use in stretching this conversation any longer." I said to myself.

"Wait! I got a more interesting thing for you. Let's fight bare-hand you know, to gauge each other's strength. What do you say?" said Gerrad.

"That is a good idea to begin a fight with an unknown opponent." I replied.

"*Smirks in confidence* I thought you would decline my offer, but you accepted that with open arms. So I must show my strength with open arms too." Gerrad said to himself.

"I know what you are thinking Gerrad, that you would just beat me up with your physical strength alone.

I know that I have the least experience when it comes to hand-to-hand combat so I have to remember each and every moment when I fought barehanded. No matter how childish that fight might be... *exhales slowly and eye contact with Gerrad* but I need to remember it. With that I have to absorb every single thing that I can from this fight, to improve myself." I said to myself.

"I can't give him the upper-hand. I have to be one step ahead of him, only then... only then I could have a chance to win this fight." I said to myself.

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"Are you done with your thinking?" said Gerrad.

"Yeah. I have done my self evaluation." I replied.

"Alright then let's get on with it." Gerrad said while cracking his fingers.

"Faye, can you hold my blade for the time being?" I said.

"Are you out of your mind accepting a challenge from him in a hand-to-hand combat. You know that he is a veteran in war combat?" Faye said in an angry voice.

"I know very well, but I just can't avoid what he says or it will affect my end result." I replied.

"I have to fight on their terms to have a single chance of being here alive." I said to Faye.

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"Let the battle between Davis and Gerrad begin." said one of the members.

As soon as the battle started, Gerrad rushed towards me at full speed and delivered a massive blow to my stomach. It was a heavy blow and it almost sent me flying, but I was paying attention and tried to block it with both my arms. Still... I was thrown at a distance with that much force. This force was like when I battled against Ryan when he did that charge thing on me.

I need to be careful not to let him hit me so easily. The first attack was so strong that my arms were shaking after I blocked it.

"So did you gauge my strength with that?" asked Gerrad.

"*smiles* That was not even close to what I imagined it would hurt. So I can estimate that it is not even half of your strength." I replied.

"Cocky as always huh. So let's move at my half strength then." said Gerrad while rushing towards me.

He rushed faster than before but I was able to keep track of him. He suddenly stopped and started to move around like when a predator analyse its prey's movements to find that one single moment, that one opening to strike and finish it off.

I was not letting him leave my sight for a second or so. I was continuously tracking him step by step. I was not giving any opening so he was just maintaining distance. But suddenly he stopped.

"How frustrating is this. So you will not let me get that One-Hit KO!! did ya. No worries. I will make one opening by myself. I will let you feel my wrath then. So prepare yourself." said Gerrad.

"Yeah, yeah whatever. It's not like you can just come and punch me or anything..." I replied.

In that instant he suddenly dashed and punched me right in the face. It was so hard that it felt like a car hit right into me. For a second I felt like a blackout or something. This sensation was so painful that for a brief moment I was not even able to feel my body.

"Who was saying about punching huh little boy." said Gerrad.

My nose started to bleed already. It was hurting a lot. But I got up. I was feeling all that pain but I was also focusing on Gerrad now.

"I just let my guard down that's why you were able to hit me. Don't go on boasting about a hit on me. You need way more than that to finish me off." I replied.

"Right." Gerrad said with a grinning smile.

Gerrad dashed towards me again but this time I was ready. I waited till the last moment and I dodged it quickly. But as I did that, Gerrad also made a quick movement and followed me but I dodged it again.

Still, Gerrad was not letting me think properly and was attacking continuously. I knew something like this could go but it was way too early to happen. I think he is really going over his half power.

Another of that punch hits me but this time I grabbed it and did a judo move which I learned at my school time and with all that momentum he had as Gerrad was running behind me, I slammed him right on the floor. This impact was so loud that everyone just covered their ears and their happy faces turned pale.

Everyone was shocked from what I saw by looking at their faces but when I looked close enough, I saw fear in the people's eyes who were watching our battle and worry on the face of Faye. With those expressions on Faye's face I knew something more was coming. I was still not letting him go. I mounted on and started punching him, but his arms were so big that he was easily guarding himself from my punches.

I knew that he was strong so I didn't let him go but he just grabbed my arms and threw me aside. Even in that situation, as I was still recovering myself, he grabbed me and delivered a headbutt.

With that headbutt my head started to explode. My vision got blurred, I was not able to see clearly and my senses just somehow shutted them down completely. But still, I regrouped. I manage to stay strong and stable. I was conscious again but was on my knee.

I was still struggling but I was able to hear what he was saying...

"So how to you feel my head huh. It should be stronger than that intellect head of yours?" asked Gerrad.

"Are you a fighting maniac or something.

*"I want sometime to recover so I have to hook him into a conversation." talks internally* And to be honest not that much." I replied.

"I know you are just talking to buy some recovery time." said Gerrad.

"And still you are talking with me, what a fool you are." I replied.

"What did you say? Let me show you what I really meant, with my fist then." said Gerrad.

This time I rushed towards him because I am not hoping for him to be the type of person who gets angry on these types of tricks. He knows what I am trying to do so let him guess my moves.

I rushed head-on towards him and Gerrad was ready with his open arms. I knew that he was going for a bear-hug or grapple to capture and deliver another heavy blow to me but I was also not running clueless here.

As I was approaching closer and closer to him, Gerrad was making his grip harder and harder. I could clearly see his veins so I could only imagine... if I caught up in that vice-grip then it might be my end.

Even knowing this I didn't slow down and then at the right moment, at the time of contact... I jumped and grabbed his neck and while sitting on his shoulders I did a choke on him. His neck was broad and it was hard to give him a proper choke but I was hanging on for my dear life.

I know he is strong and he could throw me off but it was completely unexpected for Gerrad which I can get from the expressions that I saw on his face. So I think it was still worth a try.

"He jumped right at the moment when Gerrad was about to grab him. That might be into the consideration of Gerrad but it happened so quickly that he was not able to react to it. It was great but... it will only just delay the inevitable Davis." Faye said to herself.

I was clinging onto him trying to keep him under control but eventually he grabbed my arms and threw me right on the floor. The impact was so strong that I felt like my soul had left my body for a moment. It felt like I just became a soul that was seeing an empty skeleton of myself from a distance.

(It's called Lucid Dreaming I guess. It happens when people go in deep sleep or are on their last doors of life where they can see their own body from a distance).

"*Laughs* You little bastard. How dare you do something like that to me. *coughs* You are nothing in front of me so just die on me will ya." said Gerrad.

"*Heavy breathing* I guess... *coughs* I can't help you with that... for you." I replied in a low voice.

"So I must continue beating you to make you come back to your senses I guess." said Gerrad.

"This battle is taking longer than we thought my king." One of the closer members said to Michael.

"Don't judge it by time. Gerrad is just enjoying himself. Let him have some fun and he won't lose to someone like this." Michael replied.

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That last impact was hard on me. I just threw blood out of my mouth when Gerrad smacked me on the floor. I was hit on the ground so hard that I might have damaged internally too.

"From now on I must try to avoid any fatal blows while trying to attack him. It will be my best course to survive this fight." I said to myself.

"Why? Why are you still fighting..." Faye said to herself in a low voice.

Without wasting anytime, I rushed towards him and he did the same and rushed towards me. He threw a punch towards me but I blocked it with my left arm. It was heavy but I managed to deflect it and punched him right in his face with my right fist.

With the running momentum my punch hit so hard that I felt his bones. His bones crashed with my fingers.

Because of that hit, now Gerrad's nose was bleeding... with this I could see that there was a complete silence in the whole area. People were muttering among themselves and I could feel the uneasiness among them clearly.

"They started to doubt their own general, such untrustworthy fellows we got here." I said to myself.

With this whole atmosphere I understood that this was happened never or a very few times. The look on Faye's face also changed a bit from complete hopelessness to somewhat hopeful now. This expression change gave me some hope but still her worrying face was not gone and came back again.

"He punched him right into Gerrad's face. How can that be? He is not a physical fighter or... did I misjudged him." Faye said to herself.

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"I know very well but I can't just avoid what he says. He is proving his point through his actions. He is not just fighting hand-to-hand because he knows he can't win, so he is using hit-and-run kind of tactics.

He hits and maintains a distance to avoid any counter attack and in that moment he formulates his next attack. That's why he is still breathing against Gerrad. But how long can he take it? This can't be repeated multiple times and not in front of Gerrad ofcourse." Faye said to herself.

"I know I can't rely on these tactics too much but I can't think of anything right now and with what I saw I don't think that Gerrad has any idea about my tactic so I can mix this tactic with some other moves to hide my real intent." I said to myself.

With this for a while we dealt blows against each other. I managed to hit 3 powerful punches at the same spot right at the jaw while taking only a single but powerful blow right into my guts and I spilled blood like no other.

My internal organs felt like they were screaming in agony and were asking for mercy, to stop this torture and shit... but I knew that I had dealt at least some damage to Gerrad which he did not expected.

"Huh, feeling exhausted already?" I said to Gerrad.

"This is nothing compared to what I have gone through." Gerrad replied.

Both of us spit blood on the floor and rushed again for a head-on encounter but this time I slowed down a bit while he threw a punch at me and I just grabbed that arm and slammed him right on the ground but he didn't let go of my hand and with taking that damaged he held me for a triangle choke.

This happened so quickly and I was in the motion of that judo slam and my inertia just helped him in getting in this choking situation.

"This is bad. He can't escape from that grip. He is not physically strong as Gerrad." Faye said to herself while worrying.

This was what I did not expect. I was expecting a counter punch or kick or a throw but a choke was nowhere near.

"That slam was a good idea but I bet you wouldn't have expected this right away." said Gerrad.

People started shouting against as they saw their hero back in action.

His grip was so strong that my body was shaking. My vision started to go blur but I was moving my body to avoid being numb.

This is where my physical ability will not help me. I have to think about something and quickly. With that I was also thinking about Gerrad's condition. He might have felt that last blow of mine so he must not be in his 100% mind focused on this choke.

"So there is still a chance." I said to myself.

I was just moving my hands randomly to reach his face or eyes or anything just to let him leave me.

My hand touched his ears so I just plucked my thumb right into his right ear drum and in result he left me while screaming.

"Damn you little inhuman pest." Gerrad said angrily.

"*Hardly Breathing* I got no other choice in that situation. *coughs* With my physic... it... it would have been my end... if I had done nothing in that situation." I replied.

"Being desperate to survive huh." asked Gerrad.

"Yes. Like you said, *coughs* I will do anything... *smiles* to survive." I replied.

"You didn't reach my eardrums though was that a hold back I saw." said Garrick.

"No. I just didn't have that much strength left while thinking and being on low oxygen." I replied.

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"Well I guess we have gauged each other quite well now. So let's move onto the main stage of the battle." said Gerrad.

"Well I knew that I must hold back something because I might need some strength while battling you at full power." I replied.

"Funny, I thought the same thing. I started to like you boy. So let's see what you have got." said Gerrad.

He activated his relic. It was a band which first created the gauntlets over both his fists and slowly covered his whole body with a shining light and slowly he was covered in a thick armor.

*Everyone started cheering... Yes! Gerrad! Gerrad! You can do it! Finish him!*

"Tch. Cowards. Having no fight in themselves, so just hiding behind a stronger person and watching us fight from a distance and getting amused. It feels more like a battle between us and these people are here just to see one of us die here while fighting.

These people don't care even if I die here today. They would just give my title to that boy and pray to him like a saviour of them.

But on the other hand this young guy is fighting me for real. Not to admit but he is keeping up with some good tricks to back his lacking physical strength. But what will you do know?" Gerrad said to himself with a smirk.

"That punch of yours is still hurting so how could you say that you lack physical ability." asked Gerrad.

"I never said I lacked physical ability. I just knew that I can't beat you in physical terms. I can beat anyone in this room except that dictator king of course and my new friend Faye because she helped me.

So except you three... I can beat anyone of you right now." I replied.

*Everyone started shouting.... What did you say? You got no guts not the strength to defeat us*

"He got no guts... Really!!! He fought me barehanded and is still standing to face me with my relic powers and you are saying he got no guts. Then with that in mind, you all should just have to either leave this or just die out their." said Gerrad.

*But.....*

"Is there anyone who can accept his challenge right now. Anyone?" asked Gerrad.

*Everyone - ...*

"See. Even if you can see him weakened, you can't even say to fight him so actually fighting him is far, far away from that."

"*Smiles*" I smiled.

*Everyone - ....*

"See. No one, so just shut up and let me enjoy beating him up." said Gerrad.

"Faye my sword please." I said.

"Yeah... sure." Faye replied.

"Are you really ok?" Faye asked.

"I think it can still go around as well, don't you think." I replied while wielding my blade.

My body was hurting but their was a thrill of having this intense fight. This kind of emotion and adrenaline rush occurred at the time of the fight against Ryan (The Shield Guy).

I am pumped now with the damage I had to my body in to the account.

"So are you ready for the real battle now boy." said Gerrad.

"Yes old guy." I replied.

He charged at me like he did his attack last time but this time it was much faster than before and suddenly in a blink of an eye a little hesitation and he punched with that gauntlet of his but I barely blocked it with my sword. In split-second he punched with his left hand right into my guts and that was much more powerful unlike his previous punches.

I was not able to react to his punch and it was so heavy like a truck just crashed into me and I don't know at what limit breaking speed it was at.

I just threw blood from my insides right after that single punch. I can feel my bones cracking

and the damaged dealt was heavy.

"So how do you like my power punch huh. Was it good?" asked Gerrad.

"*Groans with a smile.* Not what I expected. And not much liked it either. Not my taste. *groans*" I replied.

"Still has that mouth of yours running. I guess I have to get serious now." said Gerrad.

"Yes. You must get serious because I am getting now. I won't let you get another of that hit on me." I replied.

"Getting afraid of that hit already?" asked Gerrad.

"Their is a difference between being afraid and being cautious about anything. And I am just being... *groans and coughs* just being cautious." I replied.

"We will see about that." said Gerrad.

"Yeah. You will see." I replied.

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[ DAY 103 - MONSTERS COUNT : 3,134 HUMANS ALIVE : 5, 022 ]