Chapter 9: The Duel!

"Alright lets make this one a quick one for me," Shawn said.

"You wish," the earth lord said. Then the two warriors clashed their swords together meeting their every move. Then the earth lord jumped backward and started to use his powers to remove the rocks that Shawn was standing on. Sensing that, Shawn kept jumping on to the other rocks on the platform and started to jump towards the earth lord. The earth lord stopped his attack and drew his sword and stopped Shawn from slashing him. They kept on moving about watching behind their backs if they would fall or not. This time Shawn was keeping his level with earth lord. But Shawn was using more energy. But the earth lord used his strength to push Shawn into a hole, which he made! Shawn slipped in between it but hanged onto the edge.

"Well well look who challenged me but didn't know what he was up against," the earth lord said.

"I do know what I am up against," Shawn said. Then he swung his legs at his arm, knocking the sword out of his hand and used his hands to pull him up like a slingshot and jumped 20 feet into the air. Shawn came down like a bullet and his sword collided with the earth lord's sword that he picked up and made a dent.

"That attack was useless," said the earth lord chuckling. But he didn't see the dent.

"Look again your sword is almost cut in half," Shawn said laughing back.

"What how could that be darn that kid, with out a sword I can only use the ground.oh.I have a perfect idea," said the earth lord. He cracked a smile.

"What? Why are you smiling I have beaten you!" Shawn said angrily.

"No you haven't and I don't need a sword to beat the child your age," The earth lord said making a bigger smile.

"No this can't be,"Shawn started to run away when?the earth lord pulled fresh mud and stone out of wall and mixed it up and made a earth monster.

"What in the name?" Shawn whispered.

"It is a earth monster hahhahaha," The earth lord said smiling.

"Well this can't be good," said Shawn. The earth monster saw him and threw mud at him. He quickly jumped out of the way. But the earth lord was making the side of rocks Shawn was standing on break and soon Shawn would have nothing to stand on. Being busy, Shawn jumped very high and came down slicing the earth monster in half. Then when he came down, he jumped again so get off his side of the platform of rocks.

"Well that obstacle wasn't that hard," said Shawn looking weird.

"Well if gave me enough strength to beat you," said the earth lord. During that fight Miras, Laura, and Elliot were disusing if they should interfere with the duel.

"No we shouldn't because we might distract Shawn," Elliot exclaimed.

"Alright then lets look at whats happenning," Miras said. So they turned to see the earth lord creating a trap on Shawn but he jumped back towards Elliot and the group.

"Well what should I do?" asked Shawn.

"Stay alive with this," Elliot said. He handed Shawn a rope. Shawn said thanks and went back into action. By then the earth lor turned Shawn's side of the rocks to all mud and sinking sand. Slowly Shawn would fall through and fall into the death pit. The mud was up to knees! He couldn't get out!

"Arghhhhh," said Shawn as the sinking sand and mud was almost at his stomach.

"Well never ever estimate the strength of the five lords!" the earth lord chuckling at what he was done. Bu now Shawns hair was being caught in mud. A few seconds later Shawn was not seen. He was dead. The earth lord changed the platform again and jumped near the remianing childs.

"Alright if you give up I'll consider you three not killed," said the earth lord.

"Never we'll go down if we have to," said Laura firecely. Everyone nooded with the fierce eyes of theirs.

"Well stubborn aren't you? I guess I'll show you the pain that kid had!" shouted the earth lord.

"Never!" shouted the childs. Elliot threw a couple of daggers at him but he made rocks to defend himself. Same thing happened to Miras's arrows , being stopped. Laura summoned a plant from the ground with long vine tails. It wrapped the earth lord tightly.

"This ain't gonna kill me!" the earth lord said. He summoned rocks that had sharp edges and cut the plant to pieces.

"Darn whatever we throw at him hes able to stop it," Elliot said.

"Well were through then," said Miras shaking her head.

"Of course you are," sai the earth lord. He was standing over Elliot. He pikced him up and threw him onto the platform.

"I guess I'll start with you," said the earth lord. But before he took a step. His mouth was spilling with blood. A sword was pearched right in between the rib cage. The sword belonged to Shawn!

"Who said I was dead," said the smiling Shawn.

"How could you.." Said the earth lord. Blood was spilling out everywhere.

"Remember the rope that Elliot gave to me? Well I had a dagger in my pocket and tied it to it and threw it up on your side of the platform. I was lucky, it hit the rock. Then I started to cilmb up the rope," said Shawn answering the earth lords question.

"Well you'll die though because when one of us lords die then whatever we did goes back to normal starting with the first thing which was the entrance." said the earth lord gasping. Then he died.

"Oh no!" shouted Shawn.

"Theres only one way out..the death pit caves.."said Shawn. He told the group that they ha to climb down the rope then they'll be safe.