"Ha… Ha…" Jay panted heavily. He had a hard time regaining his focus. His vision had deteriorated so much that he couldn’t even see Rafael’s face anymore.
’My vision is already blurry. If he relies on speed, I won’t be able to follow his movement. Still, I have to swing my sword. As long as there is an opponent standing before me, I have to keep swinging my blade. I can’t stop yet!’ Jay muttered inwardly.
It was already hard to even stand up at this point.
However, Jay still pointed his sword at Rafael.
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Rafael didn’t realize it yet, but he was actually smiling, acknowledging Jay.
Rafael could see that the talent Jay had might not be comparable to Clovis. He had no hidden trump card because he was a rather straightforward guy. He just kept working hard until he could do it.
But because of that reason, he wanted to settle this match in a straight way. Whoever was knocked out earlier would be the loser.
He paid respect to that hard work and planned to defeat him in this battle.
Rafael rushed forth. He only had a few swings left in him, so he better defeat Jay before he runs out of steam.
Jay remained in his position, looking at the blurry figure. Seeing the sword coming from above, Jay did the same thing as earlier using his beast soul.
Clink!
The clicking sound echoed, but the previous strike might just be luck or Rafael had gotten used to it, but Rafael was only pushed back by three meters.
"Kh!" Jay gritted his teeth. His arms had gone numb. Knowing that the strike was too weak compared to the last one, Jay approached Rafael this time.
Rafael waved his sword diagonally this time, noticing that Jay’s movement had slowed down. This strike would definitely throw him off balance.
However, Jay suddenly fell right before the sword could reach him.
His knees slammed on the ground as though they were refusing to move anymore.
"!!!" Rafael widened his eyes in shock. He didn’t know what happened, but he couldn’t move his body as much as he wanted due to these wounds.
"Haaaa!" Jay roared, pumping all the remaining strength he had. He twisted his body, dragging the rest of his body to complete that swing. It didn’t matter if he couldn’t stand up anymore, he just had to swing his sword toward the opponent next to him.
Rafael gritted his teeth, trying to block them, but the wound had prevented him from putting a lot of power into that block.
In the end, Jay’s strength overwhelmed him, pushing his sword back as his saber struck the side of his chest.
"Gah!" The blood spurted. Rafael threw himself to the side before the wound reached his organ.
But because of that wound, he also fell down to the ground, struggling to get up.
Both participants had definitely gone past their limits.
Yet, to everyone’s surprise, Rafael used his sword to support his body so that he could stand once again. His action was showing that he hadn’t given up on this match and would win against Jay no matter what because he carried the will of this city.
Jay actually did the same thing. He stood back up with his eyes half closed. He hadn’t given up either.
The stadium became silent. They were completely astounded by the determination of the two competitors.
Some people started crying when looking at Rafael. This competition was held for the sake of encouraging the people, so they had the strength and courage to fight against the beasts.
However, the reason why they needed to encourage them in the first place was due to the doubt that crept in the people’s hearts. There were already a lot of bases falling to these beasts, so could they really survive? When people thought about that, despair started to take over.
But Rafael showed them that for the sake of their city, he would continue to fight. As long as he still had the strength to stand up and swing his sword, he wouldn’t go down no matter how serious his injuries were. This was his determination, and it was certainly transmitted to the people’s hearts.
That was right. Why did they give up when they hadn’t tried their best? If they were going to die anyway, they better die trying. They would drag as many beasts as possible before that.
People were clenching their fists, realizing the most important thing.
His opponent was the same. Jay showed similar determination. People believed that Clovis was more talented than Jay. People thought that Clovis had more trump cards.
Yet despite his ’mediocre’ strength, he still chose to fight. People couldn’t help but want to ask, ’Why would you go for such length? You are less talented, so why push yourself so hard? You won’t be able to keep up with your friend.’
Everyone wanted to believe it was normal for them to lose to people more talented than them.
However, Jay only showed one thing. It was his stubbornness. Just one swing. If that wasn’t enough, he would swing once more. Then another swing… another swing… He would swing his sword so that he would be one swing closer to his goal.
Everyone could do it.
’Why did I give up back then?’
’Could I be in a higher position had I not indulged myself in other things aside from improving myself?’
’I should have practiced more…’
Various thoughts appeared in everyone’s mind. Jay’s action had made them realize it was obvious why they couldn’t compare themselves with the abnormal Jay. They simply didn’t do enough.
A guy bit his lips before shouting at the top of his lungs. "Win, Jay!"
The others started cheering because of him.
Jay could only hear a ringing sound in his head. But it didn’t matter. He only had one job.
The opponent was still standing.
"Haaa!" Jay rushed forward, swinging his sword.
"I won’t lose!" Rafael also roared and leaped forth.