Sword Rankers
Determinations

Wh-what really happened earlier? Ran wondered about the events he missed.

How can Tim avoid William's deadly attack? That's a very easy thing.

William's attack is lethal, deadly enough to kill Tim with a single strike. But the attack also has a big drawback, which is speed.

William's swing was so slow that Tim was easy to avoid, as his sword swung down towards Tim, Tim spun around until he was behind William, at the same time, he hit the back of William's head with his elbow.

William's head that was still not covered in armor was still very vulnerable to attack, not to mention that every single attack of the Team was extremely powerful and dangerous. That's why William fell unconscious, although he could not feel pain, but his body technically had suffered heavy injuries that made his body crumble and could not move.

"Fyuuhh.... I have to admit, the berserker mode is indeed very powerful, I didn't think I would spend all the energy I've accumulated from the 34 participants here, not to mention the energy from the two of you." Said Tim to William who lay weak.

The reddish-black aura around William gradually disappeared, his body returned to normal again, the armor that had originally appeared like a new skin on William's neck, slowly disappearing. Only the remaining armour with tattered and cracked form was left on William's body.

Seeing William's state of defeat, Ran again realized who his enemy was, he felt ashamed and angry at himself who instead asked the enemy for help to defeat his own friend.

You idiot! What kind of person am I, how could I ask for help to someone who would kill me, moreover, how could I be afraid of William? Damnit damnit! It felt like a coward, but William believed in me, but I betrayed his trust instead.

"Yahhhhhhhhh... Then until here your life is a monster boy, if only you hadn't met me, you might have the potential to become an S Ranker." Said Tim to William while pointing his hand towards William

Ran instantly knew what Tim was about to do, "Hoi! Stopit! He can't move anymore, can he? Isn't that enough?"

Tim sighed in annoyance, his flat expression was already completely gone, "Hahhhh... You think I'm your subordinate!? Look for this brat, I saved you because my master asked me to take you, to be honest I don't care about you at all. And there's no reason I should obey your orders!"

The team nonchalantly absorbed William's last vestiges of energy.

However, a dagger flew towards William.

Shuuungg.... Bumm

The dagger exploded near Tim's face, breaking his focused concentration to incapacitate William completely.

Tim's face changed drastically, clearly anger on his face, "What do you mean this brat? You want to die too or what?"

Ran was the one who threw the dagger and exploded it on Tim's face, a look of doubt and fear was still implied on his face, but Ran had already established his belief, "William is my friend! He was the one who helped me and trusted me! I'm not gonna let you kill him."

"Is that so? Then...? What can you do to stop me?" Said Tim cynically

Ran also stood up despite staggering, the two hands of Ran were positioned parallel while like grasping a sword, light emerged from Ran's palm. Then a sword hilt with a simple motif appeared, the blade of the sword followed a few seconds later. The sword that appeared was a katana

Katana is a typical Japanese sword with a curved blade shape, Ran deliberately created this sword because from a long time ago he already likes to practice katana.

Krrrttt

Ran strengthened the grip on his sword, his sword he drew on Tim with confidence.

"Well! What then? What are you doing with that sword!? I've read about you Ran, your sword is just an ordinary sword, there is no privilege or anything about your sword, then what do you expect with that sword huh?"

Ran paid no heed to Tim's words at all, he focused on his grasp on the sword.

"Just shut up, huh!? If it's just silence, then I'll start attacking!"

Syuut...

The team instantly moved places in the blink of an eye.

Srak Srak Srak Srak

As if underestimating Ran, Tim deliberately swirled around, at once to confuse Ran.

"How huh!? You definitely won't be able to tell where my attack is going, will you?"

Ran remained silent, he focused on listening to his surroundings.

Upset at being constantly ignored, Tim starts his first attack.

Syuut...

The team attacked from behind, he aimed his fist which was enveloped in a thinner membrane than before.

Gotcha.

Ran immediately turned to look at Tim, like he already knew the direction of Team's attack, his sword was swung to resist the attack from Tim.

Klang...

Ran and Tim's fists clashed, giving rise to a deafening sound.

"Impossible! B-how can you guess the direction of my attack?" The team did not believe the situation before him.

"Easy, anyway in this place there are many leaves and twigs that fall, I can clearly hear your steps, thank you also because you continue to babble, he said, it makes it easier for me to guess the direction of your attack."

"Khhhkk..."

The team retreated, he in disbelief retried his attack.

Srak Srak Srak

The sound of leaves and twigs was clearly heard from being stepped on by Tim. But that was part of his plan, Tim deliberately caused noise on one side, and when Ran's attention focused on that side, Tim immediately charged in from the opposite side.

But...

Clanggels

Again the attack of the Team was held by Ran.

Strange, this was strange, even though I had outwitted him with a noise from the other direction, even if there was a pause from my attack, there should be no way he would have time to turn around immediately. Just one answer, this brat, he had super-fast reflexes, maybe it was part of that sprawling boy-like savage instinct, but this guy, this guy, was fusing his instincts with his cleverness, it was just a little bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a, he is not fixated on one pattern and has prepared another option as a backup. He's this... The genius! It seems, this is why master is interested in him.

The team retreated again because the attack was held, giving up with a sudden attack, the team chose a direct attack in a row.

With a very fast movement, Tim immediately stormed Ran, without any tricks or strategies, Tim brutally threw a punch to Ran.

Bak Bik Buk Tub Klang Trang Prang

Ran endured every attack of Tim with great difficulty, luckily Ran focused more sword resistance than his sharpness, thanks to that, he could withstand the attacks from Tim many times.

However, Ran showed his limit, it was true that Ran's sword resistance was able to survive the fist attack of the Team that had been coated by the energy that Tim stole even though it had been thinned compared to earlier. However, compared to the limit on the endurance of his sword, it was precisely Ran's own stamina and endurance that thinned faster.

Clangs

Ran's sword regardless of his hand, his sword was thrown upwards, Ran's upper body was also lifted because it was not strong enough to withstand Tim's brutal fist attack.

"It's over!" Tim ducked, he intended to make Ran faint by hitting his heart.

But, just before Tim raised his fist, he felt something tickle his hair, something that posed a threat to him.

It was a sword, Ran immediately made a new sword when his previous sword was thrown, his new sword was deliberately pointed at the head of the Team below.

The team immediately pulled back its fists and retreated.

Ran's sword failed to stab Tim and ended up piercing the empty ground.

"I didn't think you could think about it so quickly, but I didn't expect it either, when I thought you'd save your energy, I didn't think you'd make another sword. Though I heard where yours is just a little."

"Huh, what you heard was definitely me a few months ago, unfortunately during the holidays I was practicing with a strong person, that person told me meditation to increase my Mana capacity."

Tim sounded surprised to hear Ran say, "Wait! The one who told me about the meditation, was he Bob Fernandes?"

"A-What? How do you know, are you old acquaintances, Bob?"

Tim smiled wryly when he heard it, "Pfft, it turns out he was a coach for a little boy well." Team Murmuring.

"Hahhh...!? What the hell were you saying? Do you have a problem with Bob?"

"Forget it, by the way, your HP should be about to run out, right? First you've been hit by my arrow, then beaten by William, plus a fight with me that must be exhausting. With that little amount of HP of yours, I'm guessing your HP must only have about 5 left, right?"

Guess Tim was right on target, Ran's HP was only 5 more, Ran was just standing with his last determination, even though he felt like he was going to faint from exhaustion.

"Certainly? Even if there's only 1 left, it's enough to beat up people like you."

"How arrogant, let's see how long you can say that, boy."