The Story of the Brave Warrior
3: Adam Ashikaga

...Episode 8: Adam Ashikaga...

my name is Adam Ashikaga, I am a descendant of the Ashikaga clan and I was born in the Ashura kingdom region, the original territory of the Ashikaga clan, the Ashikabara region. I was born in a rich family, I was also called a genius child because when I was 6 years old, I was born, I had an incident where I was able to defeat some 15-year-old children when I was 7 years old, since I was a child I was always taught to fight by my teachers hired by my parents, I also have an older brother named Noah Ashikaga.

long story short the teacher who trained me to die in a battle, he died from fighting in the monster continent, one of the demon king's dominions, my teacher died with honor, he said, He sacrificed his life to save the lives of hundreds of his subordinate soldiers.

At the same time I had mastered mystic power perfectly, my success which should make me happy I even have to accept my loved ones away.

When I was 15 years old, I managed to master the power of mystic force perfectly. At first I was anxious to leave the village to go on an adventure, but my brother always forbade me to go and told me to guard their village. My brother is not a fighter, he is a scholar who teaches knowledge to the village children, but he and I always practice together with the teacher.

but after my mother died of a disease that he experienced, also Dad died killed by a thief because we are a rich family, surely this will happen. Dad is a smart trader, he definitely has a lot of competitors for sure.

but the death of the father traumatized the brother for not being able to keep the house, he always blamed himself.

I decided to just leave the house and become an adventurer with the intention of calming my mind. But instead I never came home, ashamed of never visiting my father's funeral.

"..."

ever since my first encounter with Raden I originally obtained a special mission from the Ashura royal side, there was news that a novice adventurer managed to defeat a monster.it was impossible, plus he was just a rookie, no, a monster could not be killed with just ordinary strength, needing to use mystic energy in order to injure the soul of that monster.

That's because monsters are immortal beings that are manifestations of the soul of living beings who have died, monster souls made from the souls of dead living beings then gathered in something that was able to be accommodated like a corpse, each monster had a soul of magical energy that formed like a crystal. When the monster is defeated and the crystal is taken away, it will not cause any problems because the soul-killed monster inside the crystal will come back out, leaving behind pure mystic energy, can be used as additional energy by absorbing it.

This crystal can be used as a source of energy allowance, backup energy and others.

"..."

after I learned of this, I received a mission to find someone named RADEN, after successfully finding him and asking him to a duel, he was so weak I thought he could use mystic energy but he instantly fainted with a slight attack of mystic energy, I thought I was originally the wrong person. But my gaze changed after I saw that there was an oddity in the boy's body, for that I was interested in helping him so that he could reach his highest potential.

I was thinking, why would the kingdom want to find a child named Raden, I suspect them and curious and secret Raden actually.heard the story if he was an orphan who was found in the forest alone. Raden has a secret in his past.

that's just my speculation, I won't know until I get information from the kingdom directly.

until now I have been waiting for that result, I have told the kingdom that Raden is with me. I respect him as a talented person more than myself, therefore I am very interested in dueling him, let alone his development has been very fast, maybe one more year he's been equal or even beyond me.

what he looked like when he entered the age of his highest potential, such as he was 20 years old.

I don't want to lose to him, for that I will try my best to become the strongest.

*...*

"Adam against John!!!."

"hahaha you will lose, better give up!!!"

I'm tired of fighting an arrogant person who's obviously very weak.

I can't wait for Raden's fight with Viktor, but it's likely a long time.

"Ready..Start it!!!"

"....."

Ahhhhh!!!

John tried to attack me first he fell down instantly.

and I was right behind him, I just beat his back neck so he could pass out.

"What's this!!!.. Adam defeated John de-with a single strike !!!!."

"This is awesome!!!! The winner of this duel is Aaadamm !!!."

For the beginning it has been very easy.Maybe in the semifinals all participants must be at least as strong as Raden, I hope so.

I can't wait to fight Viktor, he's quite familiar with me, maybe he's a royal man like me. Maybe it's just my feelings.

Good luck to you Raden because he is your opponent.

I got out of the ring.

"good next duel is Viktor against Tony.!!!"

after hearing that I decided to wait for him to see what he was fighting like, I originally wanted to see Raden who was injured from the previous fight.

But I paused my intention and decided to wait to see Viktor's fight soon to begin.

"..."

I'm the one who waits while sitting and rest for a while by sleeping for a while.

I then woke up after the loud sound of the audience cheers made me wake up instantly.

I then rubbed my eyes and saw the arena, apparently Viktor had arrived.

"well okay.. Like he really is."

I looked at Viktor in detail, but strangely he was not carrying a sword or any other weapon, he was carrying nothing but bare hands.

then I thought if Viktor wanted to use mystic power in this fight, he was too Semboro there were a lot of people here.

"do you want to revolutionize the world or what?"

After that Viktor's opponent came by riding the arena.

"watch the duel between top-class fighters.

Viktor is an expert level adventurer and Jason is an expert level adventurer as well."

They are both equal apparently, this is interesting maybe the fight this time will last longer and more exciting as well.

I hope Raden is here, I'll have him look at this fight so he can learn something new, but this time he can't, he's injured and in treatment.

"..."

Is it certain that Viktor actually used his bare hands while his opponent used a sword.

wait, if Jason is an expert level adventurer, he might also be able to use mystical powers.

we just wait for what this fight will be like

"..."

"Okay viewers, the fight will begin

get ready, you guys.!!!

to see the best duel this time.!!!"

"... START IT!!!"

Jason immediately takes the first step and attacks Viktor, Viktor himself only dodges every attack of Jason and does not attack him at all.

Everyone was confused as to what Viktor was doing, even many were annoyed that this was not at all pleasant.

"you avoid constantly...Do you underestimate me.?!!"

Viktor just kept quiet while laughing.

it makes Jason very upset and angry, he then retreats and Jason prepares his horses.

"what is he doing?"

my thinking.

"Alright if that's what you want, I'll show you my secret technique."

!!!

Jason then jumped towards Viktor at high speed with a strange move, I was initially confused yet when I knew what the move was.

The movement performed by Jason is the Sword style technique, the ultra slash technique.

I don't know what level he is at, but for sure, how Viktor faces this, this technique can be resisted if the opponent is also a sword user. But Viktor just didn't bring anything.

"What..?!!."

Viktor directs both his hands to resist Jason's attack, it is very risky to allow the hand he injured and even cut off.

"Hahaha eat this!!!."

"!!!"

jason's sword tip was broken only because it was exposed to Viktor's bare hands, Jason's sword fragments fell, Jason's expression was shocked and confused, He just stayed in place while looking at the beloved sword destroyed.

Viktor moves his legs and strikes him right on Jason's chin.

Jason who was not ready to be hit by an attack to bounce far up, then he fell helpless.

****

"...oh... THE WINNER IS VIKTOR!!!"

"..."

Viktor won, I was confused how the way Viktor's body was so hard that it destroyed the sword, it crossed my mind that Jason had a very strong mystical power and increased his endurance as hard as a rock.

Or not, Jason did not use his mystical powers to increase his sword's endurance. Or maybe Jason can't use mystical powers. He seemed to have no idea about the mystical powers.

but most importantly, now that it has entered the second round, chances are Viktor has planned his fight with Raden in the third round later.I can confirm if Raden will not win this fight. If that happens it's certain that Viktor and I will fight in the final round.

It's getting more exciting, I'll just take a break to recover the energy.

***

Viktor looked towards the stage, he saw Adam sitting while looking at him.

"i can't wait to fight you.."