Chapter 52:Baldwin Thyssen
August and Prince faced each other, while soldiers created a circle around them.
August still didn't know that family Thyssen came from the linage of knights that were serving the previous ruling family, and when their linage ended with Gerard Troyden that had all of his male representatives assassinated, he gave his daughter to the son from the house Thyssen that was a house of the knight.
All of them were very proficient with the sword fights, unlike most of the other kings that were in different regions that mainly focused on teaching politics, etiquette and ways to get pleasure.
House Thyssen as the house of knights trained all of their male representatives in the mastery of swords, making them all proficient fighters that could fight several trained men alone. But August didn't know that just yet.
Not taking a sword, August stood opposite to Prince and said, "You can attack"
"Are you sure? There is no sword in your hands," pointed out the prince.
August just nodded and prepared for a battle.
Prince dashed at August with his sword going for a piercing move, which August tried to dodge, but before he could complete his move, prince changed the direction of the swing aiming right at August, giving him no time or space to dodge the move.
Stopping his sword a few centimetres from August's armour prince showed a smirk.
"You lost. I told you this is a sword fight," said a Prince.
He looked at August who had a slight surprise on his face, but if the fight was real prince was doomed to lose, since as soon as August saw his sword changing directions August created a Quen sign that went unnoticed by the prince, but this would count as cheating since this was just a training sparring on swords.
"Alright, let's get serious. Take your sword and fight me." said a prince, taking a few steps back, giving August some space.
"Impressive," replied August, unleashing his sword that had never tasted the taste of battle just yet.
Once again they faced each other, looking right toward each other eyes, without blinking, making it feel like a proper battle.
One of the guards gave a signal for the start and the prince once again dashed at August utilizing offensive style, trying to pressure his opponent.
August, on the other side, stood still, waiting for a prince to come closer.
Prince swing his sword, but used the same tactic as in the previous fight, changing the direction of the sword.
August tried to parry the attack, but the prince's sword changed direction, slightly shifting the position of his sword. August deflected the prince's sword with the bottom handle of the sword, having a grip on the upper part.
*Clash*
They clashed while August's sword was free and the prince's sword was close to August without the power to deliver a strike. August tried to aim for the shoulder of the prince, who, seeing the situation, quickly jumped back.
Giving no time for Prince, August attacked from below, making the prince try to shield himself from the swing.
August used a lot of power in this swing, which resulted in the Prince's sword upon deflection moving up above his head with inertia.
August's sword flew a few centimetres away from the throat of the Prince, giving the prince some time to react.
Using inertia from the August swing, Prince rolled back, regaining his posture.
"Damn, this was a hella powerful swing, was not expecting something like that." said the prince, feeling his hands buzzing from the vibrations that were generated from the attack.
August replied with a small smile, getting excited to see someone as good in the sword, "You are not half too bad"
They once more clashed their sword, Prince, being quite young in his 20th, was very flexible and proficiently moved a lot, to dodge August strikes that followed him everywhere he went.
*Clash* *Parry* *Dodge* *Parry*
August and Prince's swords clashed, sending sparks all around. August, having much more strength, overwhelmed Prince, who was weaker.
With a push through the sword, August pushed Prince back, making him lose balance and almost fall to the ground.
When he was about to regain his posture, the prince found a sword right next to his throat.
Lifting his hands in the air and with a small chuckle, he said, "Hahaha, you are a monster. I give up, that was fabulous"
But August didn't remove the sword from the throat of the Prince. For a second there was a small thought in his head, to kill him, for no reason at all. But with a deep breath, August relaxed, denying such a shameful act.
But the guard, seeing that August, is not moving the sword away, rushed towards the rescue of the prince, pointing their swords and spears at August.
"Take a few steps back from the Royal Prince," shouted one of the Guards.
One of the guards on impulse tries to attack August from behind, with his sword coming closer and close to August. August allowed himself to relax for a second, but this distraction made him unable to turn around on time.
The prince, seeing this for some unknown reason in August head quickly stood up and got a firm grip on his sword.
Prince's sword went very close to August's ear, blocking the guard's attack.
*Cling*
Guard attack failed.
Prince felt something sharp pointing in his belly. Looking down, he saw a dagger that was about to pierce his belly in August's hands.
Prince showed an awkward smile. "Well, this is odd"
August, seeing the act that the prince did, took his weapons back into sheaths.
With a short word "Thanks" August walked further from the prince.
"Hey! Don't walk away. I want to talk," said Prince in a loud voice.
He caught up to August and stood in front, offering his hand for a handshake.
"I'm Baldwin Thyssen"
August took his hand and replied, "August"
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Well, I enjoyed writing this, felt cool to imagine the fight.
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This chapter got 1000 exact words lol.