Versatile: Alternate World



The chieftain got angry at the proposal I made but he didn't lash out and say anything. He retreated and pulled out his axes from his back.

"If that is the only way for me to get my daughter back safely, then I will be fighting against you indeed."

I thought I would be engaging in a fight against the chieftain immediately but a few of the soldiers seem to be not in favor of it.

"Chief. We should follow our customs, whether we need to or not. This guy here might hold your daughter captive, but we just needed to defeat him right? That means you don't need to fight to get her back. The elite team will just take him down!"

"Yeah! What he said!"

"I agree!"

The soldiers are quite adamant on this and the chieftain grits his teeth. He then looked at me and decided to say what the others just said.

"We will have to follow the rules of our tribe or else, we will not tolerate this matter and we will close off all of our negotiations, are you fine with that?"

"It doesn't matter to me whether you go all into me, fight me one by one with your whole tribe, or you yourself will fight with me. If you win, you get her back."

"Then what will you do if you win?"

"I am not going to say much about that as that will jinx my win."

The chieftain sighed before he whistled loudly. One muscular young man with a bit of armor on his body appeared before me.

"I am one of the strongest in our tribe. I will challenge you and defeat you! For I will free the princess!"

"Just shut up and fight enough talk!"

He pulled out his machete and started charging like a berserker. I ready myself and didn't bother to change my Versatile Weapon into any other weapon, the gauntlet form is fine.

He started swinging it all over me, trying to hit me with his weapon. As for me, I keep on dodging. I thought he would have some kind of strong comeback and was just trying to fight like a fool so I kept my guard up. As soon as an opening presented itself, I didn't take any second chances and performed a roundhouse kick at him.

I thought he would just easily dodge it but he didn't. And I did a full power roundhouse kick that when it hit, the kick hit his face squarely.

BANG!

He flew a few meters from where he was standing before being physically stopped by a tree. One of the soldiers rushed to where he was and soon made a sign that he was knocked out and could no longer fight.

"Huh?" I was a bit shocked since I just did a simple roundhouse kick. How weak are you to be knocked out by one kick?

"Woah there, Manato. Hold your strength a bit. You just wrecked one man to oblivion! I thought you would try and hold back the attack. You are no better than me!" Riko protested.

"Hey, I just did a normal kick. I didn't even know he would be sent flying to a distance by a normal kick!" I frowned.

The chieftain looks pissed seeing the young man who just fought being carried by the others unconscious.

"Next!" he shouted and another young man appeared. This time, he is fitter than the other guy but he looks a bit stronger than the previous guy.

"I won't go down so easily as you did to the previous guy, because I am..."

"Okay, f*ck it, you are going down," I didn't wait for him to finish his monologue and attacked him with a surprise uppercut. He didn't expect my attack and before he knew it, my punch landed on his chin and he was sent flying.

And before I knew it, he was knocked out once more, no longer moving like I thought he would.

"Damn, Manato. I didn't know you would be this savage. You just one hit kill a guy in a single punch at that."

The chieftain calls another guy and just like the others, he is a bit of an improvement to the other guy. But there is no change. Either one hit or they survive a few attacks before getting knocked out. In short, pretty boring and the fight didn't show any signs of improving.

"Hey, are you sure you guys are trying, or are you all just hoping you all get wiped out as a result? Because if you all are trying to tire me out by throwing me a few mobs like them, I can do this all day without getting tired."

"I think I agree. There's no need for them to fight. You are strong enough to fight against me. Therefore, I will be fighting against you and free my daughter from your grasp."

He grips his two axes ready and assumes his battle stance.

"Looks like I won't be disappointed after all," I grinned.

I thought he would go on a monologue that he was stronger than any one of the people I fought but he didn't. Instead, he readied himself before he attacked. Compared to the other guys I fought, he has fewer openings.

He attacked and swung down his axes to my direction which I immediately parried with my gauntlet. He is strong and capable and he is not just all talk. He does have something to show for his strength.

PENG PENG PENG!

Our attacks clashed, his axes tried to cut me down, but I immediately blocked them with the Versatile Weapon with good precision. Every time I did, I also tried to target his weak points. I thought he would be easily attacked with it, but he isn't and every time I tried doing so, he will immediately block my attack, parry it, then tries to counter it.

"Ooh, interesting!"

The longer our fight goes, the faster he suddenly gets. Which is quite a surprise. It's like every hit he does to me, he gets a boost to his speed. I am not imagining it, he is getting quicker with his moves every time he does an attack, and every time I clash against him, he tries to overpower me with speed.

To ensure he loses his tempo, I decided to stagger him. A quick release of a few punches, causes him to defend and cross his axes in front of him. This makes him vulnerable to his feet. I took advantage of it and made a leg sweep on him. He almost fell, but he didn't and managed to keep his balance up.

I then shot him with an elbow jab which he didn't expect, causing him to fall back a bit, and lose his tempo. I don't want this to keep on going so instead of making the battles longer, I decided to make it short.

As he was still recovering from being staggered, I took advantage of it and released a volley of punches that he was forced to defend. He tried to defend but I just increased the release of the punches that soon enough, he lost his grip on his axes and they fell from his hands. I took a chance and caught both of them and then used it to put them on his neck.

"I win."

"Not yet kid," he calmly said to me as he charged through me with his body. I still managed to defend but I totally got caught off guard from that.

Both of his weapons were still in my hands but he didn't flinch and he just assumed a battle stance without his weapons.

"Just because I lost both of my weapons doesn't mean the battle is over, yeah?"

"Damn right, if you can still fight, then the battle is not yet over!"

Our fists collided and even though I was hitting his bare hands, it felt like I was punching concrete. His hands were pretty hard, it was like he was wearing a brass knuckle to counter my gauntlet.

We exchanged punches and just like before, he was getting faster the longer he went on a clash with me. It was like he was getting more tempo the more we clashed. It's a unique way of fighting and I can say I am liking the way he is fighting.

However, I don't plan on losing here. The battle has dragged on for too long. Time to end this.

Breaking through his defense, I grabbed his neck and kicked his abdomen before slamming his face down to the ground in full force without any kind of restraint.

BANG!

As a result, he stopped moving and he lost all of his energy as a result. I pulled him out of the ground and revealed that he passed out. His mouth is even releasing bubbles as a result.

"Well, would you look at that, I win."