A general's pride .

The skeleton general was now before me . He was riding a skeleton horse and he was the only one in armor of any sort . His armor had a shade of purple and gold combined as the outline of the armor . And the helmet and the lwggings he used matched the same colour scheme as the chestplate .

The helmet wasn't fully covered his face still could be seen.

He held a crescent moon sword with him . The sword shone like the moon which would make anyone believe that they are staring at the moon . The blade itself was crescent shaped from the hilt .

Other than that He was emanating such an aura that others would shiver at just the sight of him . But his aura didn't work against me because i have seen more terrible things and this thing is just child's play . But i could still feel the pressure of the general .

The general's attention had shifted towards me as i was slashing skeletons on my path .Both of us were staring at each other with pure hate .For some reason i felt a rush if hatred towards him and i don't even know him .

< You have resisted the fear >

Hate what a good technique to utilize . When usually facing an enemy one must stay calm and be rational .

When you hate someone the rational thought falters and mistake becomes inevitable.

And mixed with fear it is guranteed death .

The hate seemed very familiar to me . Maybe i had come by it once .

Besides me were two soldiers consumed by fear of death and hate . They couldn't withstand it and fell victim to the skeleton army . Even when i shielded them due to the hate filled inside them they rushed towards the general and got themselves killed by a slash of the general's blood .

The skeletons suddenly stopped attacking me and were instead sent ahead to fight the war . And the fixed eyes of the general towards me told me that me that he had no plans to let me live .

He pointed his bony index fingers towards me . And pulled it back towards himself challenging me to a duel to the death .

Even the thought that how the fingers which were joined to the appendicular skeleton managed to move without any assistance from any muscles .

This is a world where everything has a reasonable explanation even if it is magical .

But it not time to wonder things like this but to take action .

I took a deep breath and rushed towards him . Even he rushed towards me with his crescent moon sword . Both struck each other with full strength but were blocked by each other's attack at the same point of contact .

The fact he was sitting on a horse gave him the high ground . And thus the chances of winning were low .

So i again struck him with all my force but was blocked again . But he didn't understand my move. He tried to throw me off my guard . But my attack wasn't for him . It was for his companion. As my blade slipped of the crescent moon blade it instead cut the head of the skeleton horse turning it to dust .

But it was a mistake i made unknowingly as the general's bloodlust increased to such a level that the aura he was pressuring his opponents could be seen visibly as a blood red aura . But it was dispersed by the general himself .

One could clearly hear that the general was saying " I don't need you i will finish him myself " .

He took his stance after almost going beserk . A general's pride was on the line and for this he will not resort to those cheap tactics . These things could be seen through the body language .

He looked me in the eye . The flames in his eyes were burning more intensely than ever .

And both of us again charged at each other . Parrying each other's blow trying throw each other of balance for the final strike . Eventually

during one clash the general aimed his weapon towards my feet and that was his downfall .

The blow was easily dodged but there was approximately 0.85 seconds before he returns to his original position and attack again . And thus i used a skill which was favored by my blade .

Sonic slash . A skill which increases and allowes to slash at great speeds .

But it was a trap instead aimed at me . Using the blade he hurled me off the ground into the air .

The distance betwee me and the ground was 7.5 meters and i was rapidly descending . The final strike will determine the winner . But he suddenly dropped his weapon and switched weapons to a Longsword amd jumped towards me . And both of our weapons clashed . I used the lightning attrbute but it was ineffective . So i decided to face it my full strength. I put my all in that one strike and my katana broke through the uchigatana and sliced the general's head in half .

I safely landed on the ground but when the general fell he turned to dust ensuring our victory . All the skeleton were taken care off as there was no was to lead them and after a long battle we finally acheived victory .