Penumbral

Chapter 22: Virtuous Agreement

Alimur rolled forward to Frederick's side, jumped and tried punching his face, the stout man backsteped to dodge and front kicked the Gaisgeach's torso, he was thrown to the ground but quickly recovered using his hand to flip back into a stable stance, Artac rushed at the Human and used his shoulder to ram into him, Alimur sidestepped and swiftly kicked his adversary's leg making him fall to the ground.

The Gaisgeach jumped and dived with both feet facing Artac but the grounded man rolled away at the last second making Alimur's attack miss, Frederick swiftly got up from the ground and ran at his opponent with outstretched arms, the Gaisgeach hopped forward into his adversary's range and swiftly striked his nose with an open palm but Artac did not stop his advance and grasped Alimur's right shoulder, with his right hand Frederick repeatedly tried punching his opponent's face but the Gaisgeach was quick and managed to avoid every strike, using his arm Alimur escaped his adversary's grasp, grabbed at the back of Artac's head and jumped into a strong knee strike to his chin, both men backsteped and sighed.

Frederick roared, jumped at Alimur and tried to slam both arms at him, the Gaisgeach dropped his back to the ground and with both his legs delivered a powerful kick to Artac's torso, his momentum halted but Frederick still grasped his opponent's legs, lifted him up and slammed him against the ground, Alimur spat out blood and was let go by his adversary, with a pained grunt the Gaisgeach got up, entered a stance with one of his legs raised and his arm was slightly curved in front of him, blood flowed slowly from his mouth and underneath Jorn's skull his eyes were closed.

Frederick laughed with glee and charged but as he got close to Alimur a powerful kick to his chin halted him and he held his mouth, the Gaisgeach's eyes were now open, both his feet now firmed themselves on the ground and swiftly he striked Artac's stomach with a closed fist forcing his adversary to backstep away.

The Humans stood a few meters apart and in the blink of an eye rushed at each other, Alimur pulled back his arm and Frederick did the same, now close to each other the fighters released their punches, the Gaisgeach narrowly dodged Artac's punch and managed to deliver a full force strike squarely in his adversary's face, Frederick fell to the ground and Alimur ran an extra meter forward.

In the ground Artac laughed and swiftly got up, his mouth and nose bled his breathing was scant and yet he smiled.

-Thank you boy... BUT IT'S NOT OVER YET!- Frederick shouted and pumped his arm up.

Alimur responded with a sigh and turned to face his adversary, Artac rushed at him, time moved slowly in Alimur's eyes and his thoughts raced "Waterfall" crossed his mind, time returned to normal, the Gaisgeach jumped at Frederick and swiftly delivered five spinning kicks, the first hit his face, the second hit his head, the third followed the second, the fourth hit the back of his head and the last fiercely striked his back throwing Artac to the ground, Alimur landed in a crouched position and swiftly got up, Frederick managed to regain his balance with a forward roll and once he stood back up he shook his head.

The fight raged on for several more minutes, both fighters traded more and more blows, the cheering had stopped, both Humans spat out blood at each slam or strike, with another rush Frederick grapled Alimur and sloppily headbutted him several times, the Gaisgeach shouted with all his might and headbutted back, Artac was stunned and Alimur used this moment to wrap his one arm around the back of Frederick's neck, striked Artac's torso with his knees repeatedly, lifted him up and jumped, falling back down the Gaisgeach forced his adversary's head to violently hit the ground.

The Harpies gasped, Alimur got up and beckoned Aurora to come closer.

-H-heal... him- The Human pleaded while scantily breathing.