Heaven's Feeling – 06
The man was quite young for someone who lived and died on the battlefield.
"It means I surrender. You have won. My life is yours, as a slave if you will until I can ransom myself," the man offered, checking the barbarian's expression.
Naruto thought about it for a bit then nodded, allowing his opponent to get up.
Chattering and whispers could be heard in the crowd as Naruto use this time to gather his breath, and recover his stamina.
They were wondering who Naruto was, from what he could hear.
More and more combatants stood up and fought the barbarian.
They began to understand that the battle wasn't to the death.
Naruto stopped dealing a killing blow afterward, and almost all of them yielded in the end, telling him they will pay for their freedom later.
Some complimented his technique, and how he is growing stronger during the battle.
Cheers and laughter erupted as the duel continued on; they were completely oblivious to the fighting nearby as more and more of their comrades gathered and try out their skill.
"WHAT IS ALL THIS?" a huge man called out and pushed through the crowd.
He had different armour than the rest of around Naruto.
Two more person of similar attire followed him by the side.
The fighting around them had died down, and they came over to see why most of their knights were here, standing idling around.
All the knights immediately turned toward the call and dropped to their knee once the man moved out the way, revealing another shorter person behind him.
"My Lord, we beg for your forgiveness," the Knights implored, bowing their head at the blond-haired boy that just entered the little made shift ring.
He was smaller than the rest and fairly feminine, with intricate pattern on his armour.
His face was expressionless as his eyes filled deadly seriousness.
He stabbed his sword into the ground and placed both his hand onto its hilt.
"Why are my Knights watching a duel instead of participating in the actual battle?"
He asked after a brief scan of the spot. His voice filled with power.
Naruto was standing in amidst of the kneeling knights, and that person looked at directly at him.
"Gawain, Lancelot," the boy said with authority as two of his accompanying knights moved forward.
Naruto wondered if he should strike them, but felt that if he did, he would have to fight everyone present in one go.
Naruto couldn't put down his blade, so he held it up high by his shoulder, contemplating what to do next.
He had a quick glance to the surrounding, trying to figure out way the best way to escape.
"Kneel before Arturia Pendragon, the rightful King of England," the long-haired man demanded but Naruto just smirked at the command.
He had done enough kneeling in the past few years, and he swore he wouldn't kneel to anyone anymore, let alone at someone that young, King or not.
"If you want to make me kneel, you have to defeat me in battle and make me," Naruto said as most of knights nodded on reflex before realizing what they were doing and stopped immediately.
Some of them apologized to the King for such misconduct.
The boy's three giant knights drew their blades, but quickly stopped with a simple gesture from their King.
"It's not needed… he said he will kneel if I defeat him," Arturia said with a voice filled with confidence.
Naruto narrow his eyes hesitantly and entered his stance.
There was something different about that boy, who seemed to draw people around him.
Arturia pulled up his blade from its spot and entered his stance.
All the knights immediately moved out the way, allowing the duel to commence.
Arturia dashed forward at an alarming speed.
It was faster than any of the Knights Naruto had recently fought.
Naruto quickly parried the boy's blade weakly due to his shock before getting a slashed across his back when Arturia passed him by in a single step.
Naruto grunted at the pain and spun around to block another of his opponent's slash.
Several more clashes and their blade were locked.
Naruto used his strength to push the King of England back.
It was easy enough as there was no weight behind the boy's attack.
"You're strong, stronger than anyone I have fought here…" Naruto began as Arturia walked around the reach of his weapon, examining him.
"If the strongest is King, does that mean if I defeat you, I will be King?" Naruto asked with some sarcasm.
Arturia's three personal body guards shouted insults while the rest of the bystanders were whispering to each other.
"If I die here by someone, who have ravages my homeland, then that all I ever amounted to, and England would be better without me," Arturia stated flatly as he held the blade in his hands, moving it higher up.
Naruto smirked at the comment.
His opponent was determined and strong-willed.
"LET SEE THEN!" Naruto roared and channeled his charka into his leg and lurched forward at incredible speed.
Arturia's eyes widened as he blocked the fast-downward sword slash.
His knees were forcibly bended at the force since his opponent used his entire weight behind the strike.
The air rang as two metal blades collided.