Asriel vs Zeke (I)

Finally I start walking into the stadium. There in the middle is the silhouette of a person standing, waiting.

"Ladies and gentlemen! We have arrived at the first bout of the semi-finals. In the east corner the Object katana wielder Asriel, in the opposite corner the Object scythe wielder Zeke. Who will emerge victorious? I can't wait to find out the answer!"

The announcer as excited as ever gives the announcement of our fight.

I stop a few feet away from my opponent, he holds his weapon in his left hand.

"Hey, you've managed to survive up to this point. I must admit, you're tougher than you look"

"Is that all you have to say?" I replied pointing my katana at him. "Give Maria back to me now and I'll make the effort to forgive you for what you've done"

"Hahaha. Who do you think you are to talk to me with that attitude? When I first met you you seemed interesting to me, who would have thought that you could show so much potential"

"It seems I misjudged you, I didn't think you were a creep"

"What are you implying?"

"Not that you worked alone? What happened to that lone wolf attitude you had the first time I saw you? Or was that an act to avoid thinking you swore allegiance to a crazy old man like Rowen?"

"...so you already knew me?"

Strangely he said those words in a low voice, I barely managed to hear them.

"What the hell are you talking about? If you're pretending to be innocent or implying that you're being manipulated or something, I'm sorry to tell you that won't work on me. You've fooled me before, it won't happen again"

"Although Mr. Rowen was the one with the idea of borrowing that girl to motivate you to participate, I can't deny that I thought it was a very entertaining plan and I decided to help him without opposing"

"Damn you. I warned you, you'd better keep your word once I defeat you"

I don't wait any longer placing the sheath on the side of my sword's handle.

I know that Corneria warned me about the cost of determination and what overuse of it implies, but at the moment the only thing I have in mind is to finish with this guy who is in front of me at any cost. To do that I'm willing to risk everything.

"You're going to start with that? How reckless, I'll kill you with a single blow" said Zeke, taking his cloak on his shoulder and expanding it.

As he covered himself with it, it disappeared completely. So that's what he constantly used to vanish and then appear as if it was nothing.

"We'll see about that. Kai!"

Activating the power of release, my sheath burns and integrates with the blade of my katana. In this way its weight increases slightly, its presence becomes more imposing, a blue color mixes with the red that composes it, and most importantly, runes appear on the sides.

Having finished the process that only took a few seconds, I put myself on guard. I can neither see nor hear it, that other Object it possesses must allow it to hide its presence, both visually and by eliminating the sound it emits. It must have a weakness, if it has not told me the name is because there must be a limitation or a way to detect it.

After the times I have seen him in action I already have an idea of how he acts, I know what to expect from this man.

"Say goodbye" I heard his voice behind me without feeling how it reached my back, and as I knew it would come this way I was already turning around.

New words appear in my mind, the ones that will help me get out of this situation. I will show you how it feels to receive a drop of your own medicine.

"Fifth Skill Rune: Round"

At the moment of colliding both weapons a mysterious force was transferred to my feet. This caused me to slide in a 180° arc to Zeke's back.

I made a slash that he managed to dodge at the last second with his scythe. The length of his weapon allows him to cover quite a wide area around him.

"How did you do that!?"

"You think you're the only one who can attack from the rear? Tell me, how does it feel?"

"Don't think so much of yourself just because of that stunt!"

He made a kick to get out of the way and gain some distance.

"I won't let you get away. Sonic!"

In an instant I appeared in front of him, who was already prepared to avoid my blow.

"You're just insolent!"

I stay on the offensive by swinging my katana constantly and he just blocks.

"What's wrong? Didn't you expect this?"

"You... first time I've been humiliated to this extent" he said as he grabbed something from his back pocket with his free hand.

For a second I thought I saw his being distorted.

"Huh?"

Am I seeing wrong?

"Time to change focus. Accel Force!"