THE YOUNG TEMPLAR DUELS
THE YOUNG TEMPLAR DUELS
Michonn would be bedridden for at least a month or two after he was struck by my ten whippings. Fortunately for him he was a templar with some Constitution magic, otherwise my whippings might have killed him if he was a normal person.
"What you did to Michonn wasn't nice", Vickymia said to me with a frown as I came to the healer's infirmary, although this time, I wasn't seeking treatment.
"Well at least he would be nicer to me in the future", I told the pretty healer with a wink.
"I'm too old for you little brat", Vickymia told me.
"According to the memories of my previous life, my first wife is much older than you", I told the healer who had no idea what went into the mind of brats these days.
"You are here", Minna said to me as she came out to meet me.
"Yes, let's go the guys are waiting", I told Minna and waved goodbye to her sister.
It was the village's annual festival and we gathered together to join the fest held in the village market.
There were much to do and feast on during the festival and there were games and competition, and one of the main highlights of the festival was the Templar duels.
Young templars in the village below the age of sixteen could challenge each other to a friendly wrestling duel and the one who beats all other contenders would become the Village's Young Templar for the following year that came with many perks and advantages.
"Do you want to join the Templar duels?" Minna asked me.
"Well, a few months ago, Orion hasn't even Awakened yet", Raven told Minna.
"But you can strike Michonn with so many lightning strikes, your templar magic must be strong", Minna said to me.
"Well, I'm going for the duel. I want to beat the hell out of Bellum and Tallum", Bommurs told us.
"Great I can cheer for you", I told him.
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"Slowan Village Young Templar Duels"
"Next duel is between Bellum and Bommurs", the referee of the event announced.
"The duel begins"
Bellum and Bommurs were at the same Awakening level, but Bommurs wore the Tanith armor underneath his clothes, so Bellum wasn't his match so after a few bouts, Bellum was kicked out from the stage.
"Next duel is between Bommurs and Tallum"
"The duel begins"
Like the previous match, Tallum was no match for Bommurs, and Tallum was also soon kicked out.
"Hooray Bommurs", we cheered for Bommurs who managed to beat the bullies who previously tormented us.
Even Minna screamed out in support of him.
Bommurs returned Minna's support with his fingers shaped into a "V", for victory.
There were few at our age who were a match for Bommurs in the Young Templar's Duel, except Michonn, the baron's youngest son. But after Michonn was hospitalized, there won't be a challenge coming from him.
"I challenge you to a duel", suddenly someone shouted at Bommurs.
It was Darronn, Michonn's elder brother who issued the challenge, and he was almost seventeen.
Technically anybody under seventeen could make a challenge and there was nothing wrong with Darronn making the call, but I felt something fishy about it.
"Bommurs, just refuse his challenge", I told Bommurs.
"I'll be fine I have the armor, don't I?" Bommurs said to me and accepted Darron's challenge.
"Damn you Bommurs", I told my friend but was too late to stop him.
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"Next duel is between Bommurs and Darronn"
"The duel begins"
Darronn was at Awakening Level 8 who was much stronger and quicker than Bommurs, so it was easy for him to evade Bommur's punches.
However, Bommur wore a +3 armor, which was equivalent to possessing there magical stars worth of magic in his Constitution templar sky, so technically there wasn't much Darron could do to harm him.
It was unlikely for Darronn to have more than 3 stars in the Power region of his templar sky, so Bommurs wasn't too worried about fighting the more powerful foe, because he was wearing armor that could take the harm.
"It's always good to experience fighting a greater foe", Bommurs thought to himself even if he couldn't win the duel.
However, Darronn came with more than just kicks and punches, he brought a powerful gauntlet with him.
"Rhinoceros punch"
Suddenly, Darron's gauntlet crackled with energy as power rushed from his body into his gauntlet channeling magic into the gauntlet.
"Run, he's using a powerful artifact", I warned Bommurs but he couldn't hear me with the loud screaming in the crowd.
Darron's gauntlet was actually a channeling item like my magical rings but instead of channeling a spell, it enhances the efficiency of the templar's Power region to conjure a powerful strike, a Rhinoceros punch which was equivalent to 5 stars magic worth in the Power region of the templar sky. With such insane power, even wearing the Tanith armor couldn't save Bommurs from harm.
With a powerful and explosive punch, Bommur was thrown off stage by Darron who struck him, throwing him to the ground unconscious.
"That's not fair he is using a weapon", Minna told the referee about Bommur's fight.
"But he's also wearing an armor", Darronn told the referee in response.
"He does have a point", the referee replied to Minna as he pointed at Darron and his reasoning.
In this circumstance, there was only one thing to do for me.
"I challenge Darronn to a duel", I impulsively challenged Darron to seek revenge for Bommurs, my friend.
"What? this Orion just awakened templar magic a few months ago and he dares to challenge Darronn, the strongest young templar in Slowan?"
"He's at most a Level 1 that's suicide."
"We must stop him from getting killed."
The people around me weren't too confident that I could beat Darron who was a full five levels ahead of me in magic, at least in paper.
However, I've killed Mercury Tier creatures before, so this boy was nothing to me even with his powerful magical gauntlet.
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