with no offensive weapon, but he still has his glove and thinks none of the Sicarius or of the location.
Adrian looks at Ambrose, emotionless after the blow. Adrian charges Ambrose, and with every swing he makes with his sword, he makes it impossible for Ambrose to use his glove. Ambrose then finds an opening to back away from Adrian.
Ambrose looks confused and make eye contact with Adrian. “I see you know my defenses.”
“Everyone knows where the head lion holds it. You should know this. You are a rogue Sicarius as well, so even if I did not know, the king would have told me. You are slipping, Ambrose.” Adrian gets back into his offensive stance and gets ready to pounce once more. “I do not understand the king’s method, wanting me to bring you back alive and not telling anyone. Maybe he just wanted you for your knowledge. I do not know why, but if you did come back, he did not want anyone to question why he has not killed you yet. This must be why he made it such a secret even in the group of Sicarius.”
“Really, I never would have thought any of the Sicarius would know where my defensive weapons would be. I always tried so hard not to show anyone even as head lion. I knew once I became head lion, everyone would want my title, trying to figure out all my movements and where I located my weapon, just like the previous head lions before me.”
“Maybe you are not slipping. Maybe your position has made your head too huge. Even so, if I do not kill you, there will be more who will try. Regardless of what the king said, they will go after your head like I do. This knowledge of more Sicarius disobeying the king to become head lion hits me like a lightning strike. When I think about it, the reason why he keeps the head lion becoming rogue a secret, it is to keep order throughout the kingdom and the Sicarius.”
“Everything becomes clearer once you start to think of what is going on around you. Once you start to see this, you become obsessed for more knowledge. Eventually, you will stop doing what the king says and do your own bidding.”
“You will not drag me down to your level. I do this only for the king and what is best for him. It just happens disobeying the king’s order and killing you is for the best. This will not become anything more.”
“Just as I said so long ago.”
Adrian rushes forward in attack. “Enough of your trickery and talk with that damn tongue. I will cut it out, and after I kill you, I am going to kill the two you are with as well.”
“You will not touch them!” Ambrose tosses his robe to prevent it from being damaged as Adrian charges, giving himself more room to become flexible.
Ambrose braces for the ongoing fight and makes a facial expression that is filled with hatred toward Adrian for threatening to harm the girls. Adrian becomes close enough to Ambrose to swing, but it is no use. Ambrose uses his agility, making it hard for Adrian to connect. The two use their outstanding skills to maneuver around each other without touching. The fight is impeccable. Their fight is so evenly matched they could go on for hours, although Ambrose has more experience and has more to fight for. This will show Adrian that Ambrose will be the one who shall win the duel.
Just as it seems that Ambrose has the upper hand and is about to take the sword from Adrian, another Sicarius jumps over Lion Adrian unexpectedly to strike at Ambrose. Ambrose barely dodges his blow and rolls away from the fight to measure what he is dealing with. He has to figure out another plan of action. Ambrose is in shame for not noticing this other Sicarius that hid in the shadows. Ambrose should have known this. Maybe Adrian is right, I am losing my abilities, Ambrose conjectured in his mind. Ambrose forgot that this is how Sicarius fulfill missions if sent solo. There is always a second. Now Ambrose has an idea what the outcome of this battle will be.
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