Theo kicked off the ground and dodged backwards. zu slamd down a mallet which was as thick as a tree trunk, straight into the ground where Theo was just a mont ago.
Theo swept his left arm, creating a large burst of wind that blew zu back.
Then he slid close and gave a hard punch to zu's gut.
He felt the bones crush before his fist. Clenching his fists, he delivered blow after blow, but ducked to the floor after feeling an intense chill. The mallet just barely grazed his face.
The air surrounding the mallet slightly broke his balance, but he used the wind to spin around like a top and gave a roundhouse kick to zu's head.
zu was startled as blood began spurting out of his nose. His eyes dyed crimson and he swung back, sending Theo flying.
An intense pain shot through Theo's body as he felt like he had collided with a tank. He looked up to see zu charging towards him.
While Theo was desperately trying to stand up, dozens of crimson rays shot towards zu who casually swung his mallet, dispersing them into beads.
Theo commanded his shaking legs to move, kicking off the woven grass floor. He rolled away, before finally regaining his posture.
"What! Is that all? I thought Tessin's relatives would've been better than that," zu shrugged, swinging his giant mallet around in a regrettable manner as if it were just a little stick.
"Theo!" Calogero shouted, "We can't win at this rate. Let's retreat for now!"
He wasn't convinced, but his enemy's physical abilities were just too overwhelming. They would only lose if they kept fighting.
They'd retreat for a while and prepare themselves---
"As if I'd let you." zu disappeared. Theo imdiately began looking around but saw nothing.
"Theo, Behind you!"
The next mont, he only saw a glimpse of the ceiling as he was blown away, slamming into the wall.
He couldn't breathe and felt like a stake had been driven through his back.
But laying here would just an death, so he used every bit of strength he had left to stand back up.
He saw Calogero being choked by zu's thick arm.
"Look, you can't even imagine yourselves winning, so what use is running?" zu sneered as he tossed Calogero away like a piece of trash.
Calogero blasted through the wall, bouncing off the ground a few tis before coming to a stop.
"You guys are boring. What have you been learning?" zu said despondently, as he repeatedly tapped the hilt of his mallet on his shoulder. "Or is your master just stupid? Well, he did get captured by soone like Blue-Beard. He isn't anything special."
An unbearable rage took over Theo. "What did you just say?"
"What, you couldn't hear? I said that the brat commander of yours is a fool, especially because he threw you useless chicks into Rashomon to attack it."
His anger transford into a madness that shook his very heart. "We're doing this of our own choice!"
"But he's the one who created such a situation. It's all the sa. He's a failure as a commander."
"SHUT UP!" Theo stood up and tried to take a stance, but zu vanished, grabbed him by the back of his head and thrust him into the floor.
"The weak can't do anything," zu said. "Even if your family is hurt, your friends killed, your wife raped, and your master disgraced, you're not even allowed to refute"
"I---already know that!"
"No, you can't even begin to understand. You're lacking a critical elent for a warrior after all."
"I know, I'm weak!"
The past was out of the question, but even now, he couldn't even cross swords with Sylphy-dono, who seed harmless at first glance, let alone a superhuman like Lord-dono.
"......." zu shook his head with annoyance. "You really think your commander will co to save you?"
Theo's mind went blank, but the mont he processed those words, blood rushed to his head and his vision beca red.
"Liiike hell I do!!" Theo scread at the top of his lungs.
"Am I wrong?"
"You are!! How much more will you mock us---"
"Then why are you angry?" zu asked, cutting Theo off.
"Wha......t?"
"If you thought I was just spewing out useless nonsense, then couldn't you just ignore ?"
"......No, you're wrong. I......"
"Oh, so you're not even aware. That's even worse. Let ask sothing, is that brat of yours a ssiah, or a master that you'll serve for the rest of your life?"
Theo had never even thought about that. Their Lord-dono was no different from a ssiah who had ended their hellish days.
"Now listen, A ssiah and a master might seem like they'd be compatible, but they should never intertwine."
"We......"
"I see, Tessin would be worried for you. I'll ask once again. What have you been learning?"
zu's question coiled around Theo, immobilizing him.
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