THE HERO
CHAPTER 12
The Sorcerer
The room is silent. It is a duel where two men stare at each other gripping their weapons. Battle ready. The Great sorcerer mado breaks the silence.
Mado [it's about time we finally meet face to face. Guardian, I've heard the legends about the runaway boy. Who escaped from the choir. Student and disciple of Akuto. Its an honour to stand face to face with you, however i will slay yo
u, no let me rephrase they will slay you.]
The Hero [Mado the snivelling jackal. There's been a tale passed around even reaching me. Mado is a truly slothful sorcerer, who flees when there's even a slight danger, not even capable to fight himself but to use his surroundings]
Mado's practice of sloth was exactly what made him such a formidable sorcerer, what's more unpredictable than a man who won't fight head on.
Mado [oh to be recognised by the great guardian. Rejoices me in such a way unfathomable to even myself.]
Mado always talked in a slow and uninterested tone, any of his words could be mistaken for sarcasm.
The Hero [save the formalites Jackel, we are about to duel]
Mado [hmm well you see i dont particularly duel. It costs a lot of energy and time, effort. I don't want to have to drag myself along against you, so allow me to propose a new opportunity.]
i Lift my blade upwards and point it straight at Mado. signaling a duel, he shrugs and shakes his head. He reluctantly takes a step forward and lifts his staff.
Mado [well then i guess but il make this quick]
we lock eyes with each other, and plant our feet into the ground unshaken. Ninyago is still playing dead in the corner. Help would be beneficial, I'm starting to think she just fell asleep.
I slam my sword into the ground, and he does the same with his staff. We do this regularly until we hit five strikes. And on the fifth in charge at him,
Mado stays in place not even bothering to move. Mado may be lazy but I always found it odd seeing as he is more than skilled enough to hold his own. I jab my blade onward. He twists his left to the side. And weaves away from the impact.
He shoves his staff into my thigh. I stumble back and move to keep myself on my feet. However i dont get time to react when he rams it into the front of my chin, sending me flying back.
Mado [stay over there im not moving again]
he hauls his staff upwards and whirls out a cyan energy beam. I bend my back and narrowly avoid it. I follow this up with a lethal pursuit. I leap up against the wall and use the impact of my feet to send myself into the opposite wall. While airborne, I twirl my body around and avoid another energy beam.
I plunge my Blade into the wall to keep myself up. He lets out a small sigh and presses his staff against his forehead. He lets out a chant that echos the room
Mado [switch]
I feel a heavy vibrating sensation in my bones. I gaze down, instead of finding the floor meters down from me I find myself standing on it. I put the pieces together of what just happened. I widen my eyes, to find Mado swirling in the air towards me with my blade in his grasp.
My reaction time is weak and my muscles remain stiff from the swap. Mado drives his staff into my stomach. I spit out saliva onto his staff. I hold my gut firmly, mado pricks my own blade across the side of my shoulder and lands behind me.
Mado [i even get to wield your blade how neat. I really didn't want to use that technique. I'd rather not move at all. Thanks for forcing my hand asshole]
Its true that i even failed to consider the possibility Mado had another technique that could put me at peril, i was caught up in so much troublesome victories that my ego convinced me that I was invincible,
but now i was more at risk of death then i have been since the start of this whole endeavour. I turned around quickly but instead of following up and finishing me off, mado stood there.
The Hero [im gonna need that blade back]
Mado didn't respond, he just stood there devoid of emotion . I leaped up towards him, with nothing to use except my bare hands. I landed on the ground in front of him. He flicked his staff at my face. Which made me stumble back then he drove his onto my cheek and I fell on my ass.
What had been up with me was I was not focused. Was it me underestimating him?
Mado [Guardian Guardian Guardian, do tell me where you have gone]
I had to pull myself together and stop being a pushover. I shut my eyes. Feeling nothing but the sound wind soaring down towards my face. I opened them quickly as time began to slow. Only with focus would I obtain victory.
I grabbed his staff with my hand. And swung my body around it landing a critical kick to the side of his head. It sent him flying backwards
. My blade went flying in the air as he lost his grip on it. I tossed myself up and retrieved my blade. I glanced up and found Mado fleeing away. No he must have a plan. I chased after him gaining distance, Mado didn't seem to be afraid, only exhausted.
I chased him through the same area I chased my sister. Going all the way back to the battlefield I fought the abomination. I lost focus when I turned the corner. Mado's staff appeared in front of my eyes, I was sent cowering to the ground ,
I covered my ears and a ringing sound pierced through my head. Sending me into a spiral of pain. I powered through the pain. Mado struck his staff downwards.
I roll out of the way, and shoot myself to my feet and tackled him into the cell block floor. We landed with a thump. I could hear a cracking sound in Mado's arms and legs.
The ringing still pierced through making my eardrums bleed but I regained myself. I hauled myself up to my feet but so did mado. He clogs his head behind his shoulders and nods. He begins to sprint to the back of th
e cell block.
It catches me so off guard i dont get time to get close enough before I realise what he was aiming for. Mado perches onto the defeated abomination he impales his staff downwards into it.
And the abominations eyes gleam open.
Mado [i am your master, now rise abomination]