There was tension in the air, whispers passing through the crowd as they are anticipating something to happen between the two duelists.

The match has already started for quite some time, yet no one has taken the initiative to launch the first move.

Xiao was wobbling as he tried to hold up the sword straight while Hatta was examining Xiao's movement, like a trained warrior, he takes precaution to the highest level by letting his foe attack him first, and plan his moves as he measures the strength.

What kind of move will he use? How will he attack? Does he specialize in magic? Why did he keep on wobbling while holding his weapon? Is that his fighting stance? These were the thoughts that have been running in Hatta's mind as he carefully analyzes Xiao, while also feeling confused and alert.

(Damn, this thing sure is heavy, I wonder how the hell does they fight with this chunk of iron, must it be the work of magic or crazy workout.)

Only Xiao alone knows why he is wobbling as he holds the sword, after a few more tries, he gives up on holding it like the warrior in the video game he used to play, he rests the sword tip on the ground, and is ready to make his move.

(Well, all I need to do now is to prove that I'm not with the Demon God army, it should be easy since I don't know any magic or sword skills, so obviously, I'm going to be beaten to pulp by that Fire Hero, I'll just show them what I can do for now, and that will prove my innocence, although this is going to cost my pride, my life will be saved in return.)

Once Xiao made up his mind, he took a deep breath, measured the distance to his target and the position he would be stopping to start his assault.

(This is going to be stupid, but, here goes nothing!)

The next instance, Xiao puts all his strength to his leg as he kicks off from the ground and starts dashing towards Hatta, with the sword dragging along the floor.

"YEAAA!!!"

A desperate battle cry from Xiao as he charges towards Hatta, while Hatta got alert and quickly ready a stance while also wary of the attack Xiao is going to throw at him.

Xiao was holding the sword downward, he planned to make a full swing of it upon reaching Hatta, since the weight of the sword was too much for Xiao to make a proper swing, the running he is doing right now is to create the momentum for a powerful swing.

As soon as Xiao reaches in front of Hatta, he makes a full swing of the sword towards Hatta's face, the momentum force from the running helps with carrying the weight of the sword, making a swing motion going from lower right to the upper left.

The moment the sword is going to hit Hatta, he took a step back and easily dodges the swing,

"ONE MORE!" shouted Xiao as he prepared his next move.

Expected Hatta would take a step back, Xiao make a step forward as he redirects the swing into a slam from up to down, Xiao has tried to do it as fast as he could, but Hatta still easily dodges the slam attack by making a side step to the right with only minimum movement.

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Xiao had put so much force on the slam attack that the sword ended up making a big crack on the floor and stuck in the ground.

Xiao then tried to pull out the sword with all his might, while Hatta was watching him, dumbstruck by his action.

(To hell with the sword! Let's go fist to fist!)

After wasting effort and time to pull the sword out and failing, Xiao let go of the sword and resorted to hand to hand combat.

In the past, Xiao has never been into a fight before, he was good at avoiding conflict and choosing the right person to befriend with, and now he is about to do something completely foreign with his nature.

Hatta was standing still at the ground while Xiao charged towards him again began his relentless attack, throwing punches and kicks as Xiao imitated the move set from the fighting game he used to play.

At first, Xiao was pumped up with energy as he kept his attack fast and precise, his mind was planning along what his attack was going to be next after this attack and so on, with the video game as his reference.

But after a while of hitting nothing at all as Hatta effortlessly dodges all attacks, Xiao was starting to get exhausted from all the punching and kicking, his breathing rhythm was out of place as he starts to breathe heavier with the next punches or kicks, and the force applied on his attack is getting weaker as he goes on.

Hatta slowly let his guards down while continuing to dodge Xiao's attack, his gauntlet has long disarmed from his hand because it was unnecessary at all, his expression displayed disappointment as he looks at Xiao who struggles to land a single hit on him.

"So this is it?" said Hatta as he finally lost his patience with Xiao.

"This is the strength of the legendary Hero of Darkness?" said again by Hatta as Xiao was too focused on landing a hit on Hatta.

"Stop." uttered coldly by Hatta as his hand was now grabbing Xiao's head in an instant, which stopped all Xiao's movement in a snap.

Hatta's movement was so quick that Xiao's body only reacted right after a few seconds as cold sweat dripped from his forehead, and his heart nearly stopped pumping for the sudden changes of the situation.

Having fully measured Xiao's strength of combat, Hatta's face turned furious and shouted out loud:

"You goddamn disgrace!"

Right after Hatta's loud insult, a punch followed so fast that Xiao thought it was the wind that blew him away, crushes down to the floor and still gets pushed backward for a few meters by its force before stopping.

Xiao was now laying on the cracked floor, puking out some blood and was going to be unconscious as this must be the most physical agony in his life right now.

And that's it, the duel has ended with a single punch, it wasn't even considered a duel, more like a fool who challenges God by giving his all, performing a struggling child's play so unsightly that it urges God to put him in his place.

The laughter of mockery echos the room, the crowd was surprising amused by the result of the duel, even without Pope Baton announce the winner, Mila Mila was holding her stomach as she laughed, princess Leya shakes her head, showing her disappointment for the pure stupidity of the duel, general Blake was also placing his hand across his face as it went way below his expectation on how this duel is going to be, even the King sigh heavily at the sight of Xiao, it was not only a plain sight that Xiao is too weak to be a demon but even as the Hero of Darkness, he was so useless and powerless that its a wonder why the crystal of truth selected him as one of the heroes.

(Just...Just as planned, they should know that I'm just a powerless man who got knocked out with a single punch...I should be safe now.....But damn it....this doesn't feel good at....all....)

Xiao gave into the injury he had sustained as he finally felt unconscious, ignoring the mockery thrown onto him as he had already achieved his objective.

"Hero of darkness? Don't make me laugh! You're even weaker than any amateur adventurer, a goddamn disgrace to this generation Heroes Band," says furiously and disappointingly by Hatta as he walks away from the dueling spot, leaving the already unconscious Xiao, laying on the cracked ground

Two men ordered by Pope Baton quickly go to Xiao's aid as they pick him up and carry him to somewhere else, without him knowing what's happening now and after this.