Their blades struck each other with incredible velocity, so sparks flew between them, as if igniting their bloodlust. Lin had ran over to catch the blade while it was on it's way towards Rose and had caught it. Grinning ear to ear, despite being hurt, Lin readied himself for battle with the man who had knocked him out earlier.
Albert: Lin!!! You need to be careful of those blades!!! He has the Blessing of the Blades, so he is capable of controlling any kind of blade!!!
Albert shouted at him, warning him about their enemy's power. Albert was stuck fighting against the hovering blade that belonged to Olaf and one of Lin's Kukris. It wasn't the strongest battle Albert had but it was starting to feel tiresome. He wanted to end the fight once and for all.
Lin: Do not worry, Samurai! I'm winning this one.
Since Lin had abandoned his fight with Bjorn in chase of his blade, Bjorn was now without an opponent. Seeing that his Commander was the one engaging with him, Bjorn decided to take out the other target- David. He looked at the man who had repeatedly injured Olaf, who happened to be an extremely talented Floral Knight. He began walking towards David, whilst still carrying Melissa Thorne on his shoulder.
David was angry. Enraged with how they treated the kid on the ground he had struck back. His WRATH was not to be found. But despite him being right and him being angry, he was still not all powerful. He beat Olaf in a hand to hand combat, but he kept getting up. And it might've just been him, but David felt like Olaf's injuries were healing faster than normal human beings. He did remember punching his nose in, but despite that Olaf's nose looked.....normal. He was bleeding and he was hurt, but it always seemed like he had healed his bones before taking in the next punch. And David prepared himself as Olaf stood once more.
Olaf's legs were shaking but it looked less damaged than it was before. There had to be a huge gaping hole where the blade was stuck, but it looked like a simple cut now. And to make matters worse, the big man was walking towards him too. David knew for sure that he can't defeat people when they use weapons at him.
Bjorn got near him and swung his axe at David to kill him. But David immediately knew it was dangerous. His survival instincts kicked in the moment Bjorn's arm touched the axe. He kept dodging, jumping and crouching from every strike...until they both heard a scream.
Olaf: ENNNNOOOOUUUGHHHHH!!!!
Bjorn stopped at his fellow Knight's request. He turned behind to see him, standing quite upright. He had a devilish smile on his face.
Olaf: Do not kill him, Bjorn! I want him alive....!!
Bjorn looked concerned, but he didn't care.
Bjorn: You want me to knock him out atleast?
Olaf: Be my guest...
Olaf thought about it for a second, and realised it was fine. Bjorn walked towards David who was already cornered into a wall. He could run left and right, but Bjorn was massive and it would almost be impossible to dodge him. Yet he tried. Bjorn hit him with his massive hands on his neck and David crashed down to the floor. He was unable to breathe. Olaf walked towards him and turned him to face upwards and all David could see through his blurry eyes was Olaf's smug face. He was kneeling beside him as Bjorn walked up to them.
Bjorn: What are you planning with him..?
Olaf: Oh nothing....I'm taking him with us... along with our lil princess.
David tried so hard to keep his consciousness but it was getting harder by the minute. And eventually his nose started bleeding. Olaf squeezed David's cheeks with his thumb and index finger from both sides, burting David.
Olaf: I'm gonna take you there and have fun destroying your entire life...
Bjorn: What exactly do you intend to do..
Olaf laughed at his question.
Olaf: Oh nothin....I was thinking of giving our fellow Knight Kushna a visit...and especially that torture room of hers...
Bjorn: Now what makes you think she will give you the keys to that room..
Olaf: You seriously think she wouldn't love that I found her a piece to play with...I'm sure she would give me dibs if I told her that I'll hand him over after I'm done. As I said, i don't want him dead. I want him to suffer. I want him to experience pain like never before.
David finally lost his consciousness and Olaf grabbed him by the hair and started pulling him through all the rubble. As they walked past the fallen Chuck, Bjorn took his axe.
Bjorn: What about this kid? Should we end him?
Olaf: No...leave him. He is a kid...not a threat in any way...
Olaf then turned ahead and saw Lin and Albert in combat with their Commander Rose.
Olaf: But those two.....they must be eliminated at all costs.
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As Rose started attacking Lin, Albert somehow made it to fight him too, dodging all the blades in the air. Rose was having the time of his life fighting two opponents at the same time...but then something happened.
Albert suddenly fell to his knees and immediately collapsed. Rose was confused and stopped the blades from attacking him. And then turned to Lin who also had succumbed to the ground, both totally incapacitated.
Rose: What....just happened here??