The butler (2)

Asteri resumed attacking the butler, a series of attacks, one blow after another, as if the boy let himself be carried away by the anger and ecstasy of battle.

'How naive. He has great potential, but he is obviously inexperienced in the fight. 'the butler calmly parried every blow from Asteri.

After all these blows from Asteri, the butler reacted. He deflected the last cut, it's with a quick movement, punched Asteri's stomach well aimed. The boy almost doubled over for that strong blow, felt his internal organs contract for a moment, but they immediately returned to their original shape.

The butler wasted no time, taking the opportunity of the stunning Asteri, threw a second punch aimed at the temple. But Asteri was not caught off guard and parried the punch with his arm.

"Ugh ..." the boy felt his bones creak and immediately felt that if he took more of those blows, his bones would shatter.

"Our difference in power is evident, boy. Give up without wasting time, I can still get you out of here with your life in hand." the butler gave Asteri a final warning.

"No, thank you. I'll get out of here with my life without your pity." Asteri smiled at him.

"As you like ... then I'll start getting serious." the butler accused Asteri. This time it was he who delivered a series of kicks and punches.

Asteri found himself submerged by all these blows, some managed to repel them, others hit him. But after all these blows he didn't give up in the slightest.

Even though he was under attack, the boy managed to focus just enough to channel his power into the sword. The butler noticed this strange tricolor light, but he didn't care, after all he was convinced that he could defeat Asteri easily and without too much effort. But unfortunately for him that was not the case.

Asteri began to fend off the butler's blows with more determination. He hadn't gotten faster, he hadn't gained more physical strength not to mention he hadn't gotten more agile. His sword had simply grown stronger, that magical power had strengthened her, making her more resilient and repelling the blows of his fists with more force.

'All this time, he hasn't been angry and he hasn't even been discouraged. He has only studied my movements, both when he attacked and when he defended, and now he is preparing effective countermeasures. 'the butler was thrilled by this mysterious boy.

The butler's hands had many more wounds than before, he felt a strange heat burn them, not to mention some kind of electric shock that numbed his fingers.

'He was the one who threw the ball a while ago.' the man deduced this by seeing the colors that surrounded the blade of the sword, the same ones that formed the sphere of fire-electro as before.

"I'll be serious too." Asteri said, returning to the butler.

His blows had gotten stronger than before, and as time went by they seemed to increase in strength.

'If I continue like this, I risk seriously injuring myself.' the butler had no choice but to use the ace up his sleeve.

"Not only do I know that monks mainly use martial arts, but I am also aware of your power, Ki, if I'm not mistaken it's called that." Asteri was well aware that the butler had not yet used the Ki.

"You are very prepared. It is true, our power is called Ki, if used it amplifies our physical body, but also the spiritual one. Be prepared that I will use it, it will not be good news for you." the butler began channeling his Ki into his body.

Strange orange threads began to come out of the butler's body. These filaments turned into an aura, always of the same orange color, that surrounded the butler. Asteri could see the strange signs light up from under his clothes. But the boy couldn't figure out what exactly their shapes were.

The butler opened his eyes, which had previously closed them, and they turned out to be completely dazzled by a strong orange color.

'Now it really starts.' Asteri took a defensive guard training. 'Show me the power of a monk.' he was too curious to know what the butler was about to show him, even at the cost of his own life.

Suddenly the butler disappeared from his position, no he hadn't disappeared, or rather that his speed had doubled and for Asteri it was almost impossible to see his movements.

He reappeared in front of the boy and punched Asteri in the chest, the latter almost taken aback, but was barely able to "parry" the blow with the sword. But it wasn't that easy and the story was much more unpleasant.

That fist struck the blade of the sword, which shattered it into a thousand pieces, although it was covered with astral power. Asteri, on the other hand, was overwhelmed by the explosion. His body hit the door which was first passed through by the gang leader and the two women. The door broke and the boy crashed into a wall, apparently he had ended up in a corridor of what appeared to be a mansion.

"Ugh ... coff coff." Asteri was currently sitting with his back to the wall, spitting blood from his mouth. the wall behind him was cracked from the impact, as if a cannonball had collided with it. The boy also had a hole in his clothes and chain mail, now you could see a part of his chest, the cover of his chest where his heart was.

There he had a clear red mark, obviously caused by the butler's punch.

The butler began to walk slowly where the boy had been thrown, he took it slow. This time he was sure to finish it while he used his ki.

'Boy, I advise you to get up, the Mandarin monk is coming.' Aurelion spoke casually, as if what is about to happen to Asteri weren't a problem for him.

'It's easy to say ... but doing it is another matter entirely. I feel every muscle in my body numb, I have almost lost the ability to breathe. But strangely all this doesn't bother me ... on the contrary, I feel even more willing to fight with him. 'Asteri was in very bad shape, but this was not enough to make him stop fighting.

Asteri began to get up, he still seemed ready to start again, but shortly after he collapsed to the ground forward, with his face turned to the ground.

'Boy ...' Aurelion said these words upon seeing Asteri's state.