No Named Fight

As Gram charged forwards towards Evan with his blade towards the left of his hip, he thrusted his sword forward as Evan veered to the right, barely managing to dodge as the sword grazed his face. 

'If I want to win this fight, I have to knock him out before he goes into his second phase!'

Dropping down, he scooped up a lump of dirt and tossed it towards Gram, who closed his eyes. As Evan released the blade from his hand, he spread his arms out wide as he hugged Gram's waist, trying to tackle him, as his eyes widened in shock as Gram didn't budge a single inch. 

A large force slammed into Evans back as Gram had used his elbow to knock Evan down onto the dirt ground, before kicking him in the gut.

'How is he still standing!? From the looks of him, he definitely hasn't been eating well all week, and I made damn sure of that. Yet even after all that, he's still that strong?!'

Evans' sword slid towards his curled body as Gram looked at him with those same serious eyes.

"Pick it up. This fight ain't over yet."

As Gram said that, he turned towards the audience who were cheering his name yet he didn't care. He instead turned his head towards Julius as he gave the same look he had all day. He gritted his teeth and looked back at Evan.

Grabbing the blade, Gram instantly charged at him as Evan tried to counter only for his sword to be smacked out of his hands. 

'Think dude, think! He's slightly malnourished and is just playing with me right now! I need an out fast or else!'

"Pay attention!" Gram shouted as his metal blade gashed Evans cheek.

As the match continued, everyone began to grow bored of this duel since Evan continued to get cut, kicked, and knocked down only to rise once again. Gram, now breathing slightly heavy, looked at Evan, whose eyes had not lost their original determination.

'What is this guy, an undead?! Do you really not want to lose to someone lesser than you? Just stay down!' 

Gram, focusing once again, going on the offensive, berating Evan with blow after blow. Trying to dodge or parry Grams blows, Evan preemptively raised his sword to block Gram's vertical slash onto Evans blade.

'Now!'

Evan redirected the slash, moving himself away from the slash while also using its force to direct his blade into the dirt. Dropping the sword once again, Evan this time gripped his lower and upper arm as he turned himself around with a swift motion.

'I know I won't be able to beat you in a sword fight, but there is one thing I got up my sleeve and that's one damned week of carrying heavy shit over my body!'

As Evan used all his remaining strength, he gritted his teeth.

'With my strength, gooooo!!!'

Flung over Evans shoulder, Gram for a split second saw everyone who had been watching this fight, including Julius who was grinning for a moment, flip upside down.

'Why? Why are you smiling now of all times sir?'

THUD!

Dirt clouded the area, as Evan wasted no time and mounted Gram before punching his face repeatedly. Juluis who was still overlooking that match intervene, removing him from Gram as Evan held his mouth, realizing he had formed a smile without even knowing. He stood there for a moment in shock. He looked at his hands which were a bit worn from all the training and fighting he had done as he clenched them tight with happiness.

'I actually did it. I really did it! Thanks god for allowing me to actually grab my opponent instead of using a weapon I'm no good with!'

"The winner of this match is Evan Asteria." Julius announced as he began to walk away from the training grounds.

The field was in absolute silence, then followed with whispers amongst themselves. Evan however did not care, and began walking away towards the manor when a sudden burst of energy caught everyone's attention.

'No, there's literally no way! I made sure to knock him out!' 

Evan looked in fear as Gram held his sword high in the air, as a bright green aura surrounded it. The look within his eyes was not conscious, but something else you could only describe as raw instinct and auto pilot. 

The reason Evan had tried so hard to knock Gram out was not because he couldn't beat him. It was because the no-named character Evan had despised for so long had a second phase that allowed him to wield his blade aura.

As Gram swung down his sword, a bright and large burst of energy hurled its way towards Evan as he raised his sword forward, not willing to leave this world without a fight. Swiftly, Julius appeared in front of Evan as he unsheathed a blade and cut through the large wave with a clean vertical slash.

It dispersed as the two halves crashed into the dirt past them as Julius quickly incapacitated Gram, before rushing towards Evan which had collapsed from the fight.

A few hours had passed as a doctor finally arrived and shook Julius's hand and he led him towards Evan's room. After a brief check up the doctor sighed, giving Julius a smile.

"The boy is fine. Along from a few deep cuts, it was most likely exertion that caused him to collapse. He should be up and active again within a few days as long as he gets some needed rest." 

After that, the doctor left the manor, leaving only Julius and an unconscious Evan. Taking a deep breath, he took the papers Evan had written on about Gram and left.

He walked for a bit before stopping at his lords chambers, knocking four times before being let inside.

As he saw the old man working on documentation, his eyes looked up towards Julius.

"Did you need something Julius?" The man asked.

Taking a moment to himself, he took a breath before rising from his bow and stared into the lords cold eyes.

"I believe Young Master Evan's punishment should be lifted." Julius said bluntly as the lord stopped what he was doing, gaining his full attention.