Chapter 40: A New Threat Emerges



The two guys stood opposite each other ready for the duel to begin. And then, Sophia swung her hand down in a smooth motion therefore signalling the start of the duel. Immediately Sophia swung her hand down, Ben didn't waste any time he charged right at Peter with a decent speed that would have been difficult for some people to avoid but Peter managed to avoid the hit.

But then Peter staggered again because of his injury and he knelt down with his hands on the floor. Ben quickly regained his footing and charged at Peter with his spear. And he made a thrust towards Peter but Peter quickly used his axe to block the hit then Peter quickly stood up and used the other axe to hit Ben on his hand hard therefore making Ben move back a bit in pain.

And not letting up, Peter ran towards Ben and swung his other leg that wasn't injured very fast therefore performing the Axe kick on Ben's head. The kick was so hard and heavy that it pushed Ben to the ground with much force.

Seeing that the momentum was on their side, Sophia couldn't help but cheer. "Yes! Go Peter, you can do this. I believe in you."

Hearing Sophia's word of encouragement, Peter couldn't help but smile. In that little moment of being distracted, Ben had already recovered then he quickly picked up his spear and rapidly stabbed Peter in his leg that was injured therefore making Peter stagger back in pain.

Ben stood up with a grin on his face so large that it looked like his lips were going to touch his ears. "Do you know why I chose to fight you?" Ben asked dashing towards Peter. "It's because of your injury."

And then Ben made a thrust towards Peter's stomach and it went through with such force that it made Peter skid a little bit on the floor. When Ben pulled out the spear, Peter coughed out blood from his mouth.

"What are you doing?" Sophia screamed out loud in annoyance. "The rules was that you can't hit each other in anywhere vital and you just went ahead and stabbed him in the stomach."

"Relax," Ben said not taking his eyes off Peter. "The kit you were given, can treat such an injury so stop making a fuss and keep quiet."

Peter was still clenching his stomach trying to apply pressure on it so it won't bleed out. After chiding Sophia, Ben turned his attention towards Peter and then he smiled.

"What trouble could they possibly run into that they couldn't handle?" Kate asked.

"I don't know but I have this strange feeling that I can't explain that something is wrong." Jake replied.

"Do you want us to go and look for them?" Vynn asked.

"Yes I think that's a good idea but I don't want all of us to go together. Let me, Cindy and Kate go together." Jake said.

"What about me?" Vynn asked.

"Look, the three of us have a good chance of surviving whatever comes our way. With Kate's martial arts, Cindy's skills and me, we have a good chance." Jake said.

"I understand. I'm just too weak to help." Vynn said.

"No don't get me wrong Vynn, I'm not calling you wrong but I just want you to be safe and yes, I also want you to protect our crystals." Jake smiled.

"I understand. Don't worry, you can go." Vynn said. 'Even if you don't say it out loud, I know that I'm weak to help you.'

After that, they all head off to find Sophia and the rest unaware of the problem and threat that they were going to face when they got there.