Jay was so touched by her story . That he brushed McElroy aside and accepted the duel .
Ragnar :
You are truly a man for not hiding behind your escort .
Jay took his stance .
Ragnar rushed towards him . Using his speed as advantage he tossed him behind him. But Ragnar planned this .
Just as he fell he grabbed Jays leg and pulled him . Jay fell on his face flat . While Ragnar recovered and he took advantage of the situation. When he tried to body slam Jay .
And he took advantage of that . Jay dodged the blow and Ragnar caused a slight tremor with his blow . Jay locked him using a move but Ragnar was so flexible that using his legs he grabbed Jay and tossed him behind .
Ragnar used drop kick but Jay layed in the ground and kicked him in the air instead . And he used an overhead kick to drop him down damaging the wooden floor .
Level up .
2 skill points obtained
Jay : (Turning towards Livia)
Let me say this once again . I Jay Garrick will acc---
(Sudden realisation and pain the chest )
Jay suddenly started sweating profusely and his breathing increased as a possibility came to his mind .
' What if '
' This is another trick set up by X '
' I don't get to leave if I accept now '
' This is just a ruse , just to backstab me '
' No I won't fall once again into X's plot '
' I never get out '
' This sounds too good to be true '
In a tone of desperation Jay shouted .
Jay :
I ah I III refuse to accept the marriage .
Lilia and McElroy who were suporting Jay were shocked by the reveal .
Jay :
Hahahaha so that's how it is . I knew something was off . But this is just one of X's dirty tricks .
Hahahah how could I be soo foolish .
Everything is fake here . There is nothing real . Oh my I should have doubted everything. This event And that events coming one after another.
Jay had taken a turn towards insanity .
The mere thought of X affected his mentality .
The same thing happened once when he thought of accepting the path of a hero.
The warrior monks were enraged by Jay's action . They readied their weapons . For insulting their saintess .
Lilia :
What is happening to Jay .
McElroy,:
This happened a few times in the past but when he faces a life changing situation it reminds him of someone and he spirals .
This is bad we need to control him . Or he'll end doing something.
Jay made much more rash comments until he collapsed.
Livia was shocked by the many things Jay said . And she felt very heart broken .
All of the warrior poured onto Jay until Livia stopped them .
Livia : Stop .
Livia :
As your saintess I order you to stop .
These are my guest and no.harm should come to them .
The warriors stopped at her command . Still they held their grudge .
Ragnar was also enraged at Jay but he was also confused why he acted this way .
As Jay was in poor health they were offered stay . This was a time of great friction between McElroy and Lilia as they were living under scrutiny that time .
They tried to talk things over with Livia but she wouldn't even heed their call .
They tried to talk with the monks but they were shunned away .
Their last hope was Ragnar but even he refused .
Jay please wake up now .
Meanwhile he was running a internal battle .
X : So how everything going .