I Am Here!

Charles lay flat on the dirt ground, and he couldn't feel his body at all. His breathing was erratic, and his eyes could barely keep itself open. "What did I tell you! Why didn't you listen to me!" Janko shouted as he looked at the almost dead Charles. With all his energy gone he could barely keep himself alive much less get to the barracks! Charles couldn't even move his mouth to speak, and his mind kept shouting sleep repeatedly. "This..." Janko sighed as the motionless Charles trying to catch his breath. Charles was on the verge of passing out, but he couldn't just stop here! Charles was so close to the barracks! But suddenly he heard a loud "BOOM" from the direction of the barracks as someone shouted.

"DAMNIT CHARLES GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE NOW! I CAN'T HOLD THIS FUCKER FOR MUCH LONGER!" The voice screamed! Charles immediately recognized the voice and forced himself to stand up. "This is suicide!" Janko commented. "Then...suicide it shall be..." Charles stood up and used his katana as a walking stick as he dragged himself to the barracks. "I'm coming to help Andreas...Just hang in there..." Andreas dashed away from the next strike by using a weaker version of Charles's "Dashing Rabbit Strikes"! "I hope that bastard heard that!" Andreas said as he blocked the next one.

"I have to commend you for your loud voice, but I will be cutting it very soon!" Er Hong shouted as he started attacking again. Andreas's body filled with cuts all over his body that amounted to hundreds! Blood kept dripping from the cuts, but with his Emperor's Spirit kicking in high gear his body kept producing more and more blood making seem like he had an endless supply of blood! "It fucking hurts though..." Andreas grumbled as every movement he did cause a sharp pain to run through his entire body!

Each cut kept opening and closing with each time he moved causing his movements to slow down. Meanwhile, Er Hong didn't have any major injuries except for some bruises on his arms from blocking Andreas's iron staff. "What's wrong foreign dog? Are running out of strength to bark? Come on! Bark more! Bark while I slaughter you!" Er Hong Laughed as he taunted the weakened Andreas. "Er Hong is truly a cruel person." Liu Xuan commented as he looked at Er Hong torturing Andreas. "That is his nature Liu Xuan; you must be wary of such people." Commander Yue explained. "I understand." Liu Xuan replied with a nod as they continue to look at the one-sided beating.

Andreas gets smacked by Er Hong's punch causing him to fly and hit the ground. "Come on you foreign dog! Get up! At least entertain me a bit more before I send you to hell!" Er Hong shouted as he kicked Andreas who was still trying to get up. Andreas flew back and rolled on the ground before stopping and puking blood. "On your last legs? HA! And here I thought you were going to be stronger than that! It seems like your anger has already died down!" Er Hong commented on Andreas's pitiful state. Andreas bleeding all over slowly gets up tired and beaten but not down! "My anger will never fucking end if you still walk this damn earth!" Andreas shouted as he picked up his staff.

"Hmph! So you still have the strength to talk! I'll help you preserve your strength by breaking your jaw!" Er Hong Shouted as he hits Andreas's staff away and punches Andreas's face! A loud cracking sound rang out, and Andreas flew back bouncing multiple times before crashing into the soldiers that were spectating! "HA! What a good punching bag! So you do have your uses after all!" Er Hong mocked Andreas. Andreas at this point was in no shape to fight. His Emperor's Spirit has been in slow decline, and his physical strength is slowly giving out. Andreas slowly gets up and moves his jaw back into place with loud crack sound. He tested his jaw by trying to bite.

"Fucking bastard, wait till Charles gets here. His gonna mop the damn floor with you." Andreas shouted as he remembered how easily Charles could have killed him during their duel. "I believe you refer to the traitorous foreign traitor as Charles? HA! Well, then I do believe this Charles won't be coming! Have you not noticed?! It has been quite a long time since you screamed for him and yet the man has yet to appear! Your faith in this man has been useless! Now then I have had enough with trashing you around! I have four traitorous soldiers to execute, and you'll be the next one! Soldiers! Apprehend the boy!" Er Hong shouted, and five soldiers quickly pushed Andreas to face first onto the ground and tied him up with rope.

"God damn it, Charles! Where in the fuck are you!" Andreas shouted with the remaining strength he had but silence greeted him. Andreas gave up "he isn't coming, is he? That bastard is gonna ridicule me again." he thought but then he realized that everything is still silent. Everyone seemed like they had gone into a daze. Only Andreas, Er Hong, Commander Yue and Liu Xuan were not affected. "What is happening?! You! Foreign dog! Explain!" Er Hong shouted at Andreas in a panic. "I have no idea as well you asshole!" Andreas shouted back. "Commander Yue...this feels rather dangerous..." Liu Xuan commented with sweat flowing down his back rapidly. "I don't know either... this does not feel right..." Commander Yue replied with a frown. Even she could feel a bit of it.

It was there, they felt it. But, it was nothing! They felt nothing! Why are they feeling nothing?! Then footsteps could be heard. They were slow but echoed throughout the entire place. A person's soft breath softly blew and sounded like music like the person was singing a song under his breath. It was unfamiliar, and it was something unknown. And this made everyone fear the worst, including Commander Yue. As the steps get closer the more scared, they became. And finally, the person responsible for all of this was a 10-year-old boy wearing blood-red clothes with a wooden stick and dead fish eyes.

"Charles...took you long enough bastard..." Andreas smiled as he sees Charles arriving. "My apologies Andreas. It took me a while to learn how to regain my stamina... But, I am here." Charles said as he continued to breathe in a weird way. "I-I was scared by a kid?! I can not believe this! I was scared by a foreign dog! Now that you are here I shall bring judgment upon you, Charles!" Er Hong shouted filled with rage. "What's with that kid? Commander Yue, was that some kind of Emperor's Spirit?" Liu Xuan asked. "No, that would be impossible... Emperor's Spirit is a blessing from the gods. Every Emperor's Spirit would represent a feeling a human can feel." Commander Yue replied. "Then what does that child have?" Liu Xuan asked, "I...do not know."

Charles looked at Er Hong and didn't feel the same kind of fear he had before. 'Janko, could you explain what's happening?' Charles asked Janko by saying it in his mind. "Well, I don't know to be honest. But the fact that you learned half of the breathing technique "Song Breathes Life" is already a great achievement! Now you should have enough stamina left over to kick his ass!" Janko replied. Charles this drew his katana out and pointed it at Er Hong. "Your head will be on the ground very soon." Charles commented "Hmph, I can say the same for you foreign dog! Have you not seen your friend here? All the cuts were from me! And I'm about to do the same to you!" Er Hong shouted

But before he could even move Charles suddenly appeared in front of him like a ghost! Er Hong immediately blocked the attack with his sword and moved backward to keep some distance between him and Charles. "Shit what a fast dog." Er Hong replied as he tried to find a way to go on the attack. "His quick!" Liu Xuan exclaimed in shock. "For a kid to master a movement technique is quite surprising." Commander Yue commented. Charles didn't stop moving and continued to close the gap between him and Er Hong as he tried to slash Er Hong's vitals! "So this is Charles's technique, how the fuck am I suppose to follow that!" Andreas grumbled as he looked at Charles dashing from one spot to another at speeds he couldn't even see!

Finally, all the soldiers regain consciousness and were confused for a second before seeing Charles pushing Er Hong back! "What happened?!" "Where did that guy come from?!" "He's pushing the commander back!" the soldiers shouted in shock. Luo Cheng, Chen Lei, Dong Jian and Zhong Huang also regained their consciousness and saw Charles fighting Er Hong. "I knew he would come back for us!" Chen Lei shouted in delight!