Sicarius stand in disbelief after they thought they blocked Ambrose’s swings. Their swords are cut in half. Ambrose uses this time to strike once more at Adrian. Adrian knows the only way out of the swing is to use his defensive weapon.
Ambrose knows Adrian will use his defensive weapon to avoid being wounded. Ambrose will use a great deal of his power to cut through his weapon.
When Ambrose comes down with a swing from the sword, Adrian tries to block the sword with his left wrist. The left wrist is where Adrian holds his defensive weapon. It is pointless, and Ambrose cuts his hand off. Adrian looks at his wrist, confused, as if the cut should not have happened.
Adrian falls to the ground seconds later just as the pain passes through his body. He grips his wrist firmly and lets out a horrible grunt. He is trying to stop the blood. Adrian knows if too much blood is lost, he will die. He is convinced he must survive and will become the new head lion.
Standing behind Ambrose, Reginald takes action and hopes to attack Ambrose on his blind side. He takes out a dagger and charges at Ambrose. Ambrose turns around right before he is hit. Ambrose hits the dagger out of his hand with the sword, and then Ambrose thrusts the black sword at Reginald. Reginald kicks his right leg at Ambrose’s blows.
Reginald tries to block the blow with his defensive weapon. This weapon of his is wrapped around his shin. He soon finds out it is pointless. Ambrose had seen what his next move was and used a vast amount of force on the swing. This swing cuts Reginald’s foot off. Reginald falls with a painful grunt, grabs ahold near where his foot once was, and looks up at Ambrose. He waits for Ambrose to deliver his final blow now that the tables have turned. He is now the one with the sword to his opponent’s neck.
Adrian holds his wrist from bleeding out and notices that Ambrose is hesitant in delivering the final strike to kill Reginald. Adrian figures he could use this moment to attack Ambrose. Adrian pulls out a dagger, stands, and dives toward Ambrose as quietly as he can. During this attack, Ambrose looks at Reginald and thinks in silence. Ambrose does not want to continue killing.
Ambrose hears Adrian coming toward him. Adrian is not as quiet as he seems. The injury and shock that is coursing throughout his body stops him from noticing this. Ambrose looks out from the corner of his eye and swiftly shifts his body 180 degrees while swinging the black sword. It makes contact with Adrian’s neck. The swing from this very sharp sword decapitates Adrian without much effort. As his head rolls off his body to hit the surface, his body loosens to the ground like a piece of thin rope.
After this swing, Ambrose points his sword at Lion Reginald’s throat once more before he could move. “I have a message for your king, Reginald.”
Reginald looks up at Ambrose with drowsiness and fatigue from loss of blood. “What is it?”
Ambrose’s face is full of negative emotion. “You tell King Oswald I no longer do his bidding. I have no king! I am a free man! I am no longer a slave of his violence, and if he chooses to come after me, if he tries to find me, I will kill him!”
Ambrose swings the black sword once more, cutting Reginald’s left hand off to show his dominance. Reginald lets out a horrible grunt. Still hiding in the bushes, Aida looks away in disgust. She seems to think that Ambrose is a monster after cutting Reginald’s hand off for no reason.
Ambrose picks up Adrian’s robe, rips it, and uses pieces as a tourniquet to stop the bleeding for Reginald. After he stops the bleeding, he strips Reginald’s armor and robe. Ambrose looks at their defensive armor and figures he has no need for their armor since they are cut in two. Lastly, Ambrose walks up to a tree and cuts down a thick branch. Ambrose shapes it as a cane; he tosses it onto Reginald chest.
Ambrose feels his neck for the bleeding to see how
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