Chapter 65: Marth vs. The Steel Man! The Sword that Cuts Steels!
The sound of swords clashing and clanging can be heard within the ruins. Marth and Mr. 1 are sword fighting each other. After much clashing of swords, they hop back to their starting positions. "I remember landing several blows on you; yet, you don't have any wounds!" says Marth.
"My body is also as hard as steel, so you cannot harm me with your sword," explains Mr. 1. "Unless you know how to cut steel, there is no way you can defeat me."
"So if I defeat you, that means I am a man who can cut steels using a sword, right? That will be worth a try!" Marth takes the Durandal that is strapped to his back and flings it aside. "This oversized sword will only slow me down. Without it, I can move like a wind and catch you by surprise!"
"Try."
Marth dashes at Mr. 1 in a quick speed and slashes in a crisscross formation across his chest several times. Marth ends the combo by dashing the sword across his waist. He turns around and looks at Mr. 1, but is shocked to see him unharmed. "What did I tell you?" says Mr. 1, showing him his undamaged body.
"It won't be as easy as I thought after all," says Marth. "But I'm not giving up!" He dashes at Mr. 1 again and stabs him rapidly with the tip of his sword, in which the final blow sends Mr. 1 flying backwards. But even after taking these hits, Mr. 1's body remains unharmed and without a single scratch.
"It's futile," says Mr. 1.
"Argh! How can I scratch him!" says Marth, annoyed.
"Now it's my turn. Supating Blade!" Mr. 1's feet turn into skating blades and he skates towards Marth with his fingers spread out.
Marth brings up his sword in front and blocks the fingers using it. Mr. 1 strength and skating speed begins pushing him backwards. "Wha! What strength!" gasps Marth.
Mr. 1 pulls back his fist and punches Marth in the abdomen, sending him into a brick wall, and then he swipes the air in front of the brick wall. Surprisingly, the wall breaks into neat square pieces and fall down on top of Marth, burying him!
"Yaaaaaaa!"
CRASH! WHAM!
Mr. 1 looks at the fallen debris and thinks that Marth should be dead underneath those rocks. But then he sees some rocks moving, and then Marth pops out! "Ugh… That was so unkind of you," says Marth.
"Why do you struggle so hard? You know you cannot defeat me," says Mr. 1.
"There is no such thing!" Marth throws a rock at Mr. 1, who cuts it in two with his hand. Marth quickly jumps down from the pile of rocks and hits Mr. 1 in the chin, sending him into the air. He jumps up and delivers a strong downward slash on Mr. 1, making him drop back to the ground with a thud. Even with such a strong slash, Mr. 1 suffers no pain.
Marth quickly runs to the Durandal and lifts it up with both hands. "This thing may be heavy, but it should be able to defeat him!" He lifts the giant sword overhead and is going to swing it down at Mr. 1, but the steel man punches him in the body before he has the chance to do so, and then he slashes his body over and over, making blood fly everywhere. "GAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Marth moves back several steps and his body is bleeding from all those cuts. "Damn! I'm not ready yet!"
"In a killing, only one side needs to be ready," says Mr. 1. He makes buzz saws come out from his arms and they spin very fast, and then he charges at Marth to hit him with it. Marth swings the Durandal at the buzz saw and sparks are sent flying when the two metals clash with each other.
"Sparks! How fast do those saws spin!" wonders Marth. A spark flies onto Marth's skin and he jerks back in pain. This gave Mr. 1 a chance to hit him. He grinds the spinning saw into Marth's body and cuts into his flesh, splashing several liters of blood everywhere. "UWAAAAAAAA!"
Marth falls back on the ground and Mr. 1 dashes at him and slashes him several more times with his sword-like arms.
"GAAAAAAAAAAA! YAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Mr. 1 delivers a cross slash on Marth as the final blow. Marth flies backwards and drops onto the ground in a blood-spattered and gory mess. His body is cut and mangled and there are so many bloods lying around that one would say he is dead. Mr. 1 licks the blood off his own hand and turns to leave. "He's dead."
Suddenly, Marth's hand begins twitching, and he slowly stands up. Mr. 1 turns around and is shocked to see this. "What! How can he be alive after losing so many blood!"
Marth limps to the Durandal and touches its handle, and begins saying the 2nd Level message out of his memory. He said the entire phrase perfectly, and the Durandal begins shrinking until it is the same size as his normal sword. He picks up the sword and looks at it, and then swings it at a nearby pillar. The pillar breaks into two neat pieces when slashed.
"That sword seems to have become more powerful," says Mr. 1.
"It seems so," replies Marth. "Now I'm going to test it on you."
"Try."
The two of them dash at each other.
SLASH!
They dashed through each other, and there is silence as they remain still after the attack. Suddenly, blood bursts out from a gash cut across Mr. 1's body. "GAAAAAAAAAAA!" And he collapses onto the ground.
Marth looks at the Level 2 Durandal as it begins changing back to its normal bulky form. "Looks like I doubt its 2nd Level form. It's not as bad as I thought."
He painfully drags himself to the switch and uses the last of his strength to wind it up, and then he drops onto the ground due to exhaustion and massive amount of blood loss.
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The Sand Blazer X-II pulls into the entrance of the Digital Ruins. Master Tyrannomon hops down from the vehicle and witnesses the 4th lock being unlocked, and then the big door slowly lifts up, revealing a dark passage behind it. "Who could've of opened it?" wonders MT.
"Crocodile must be inside," says a person standing next to MT.
"I believe so. So Roy, are you going after him again?"
"Don't worry. I'm sure I will win this time," says the person, who is none of than Roy! A bandage can be seen through the hole torn on his shirt and he is carrying a medium-sized barrel with a hose attached to it on his back.
TO BE CONTINUED…
Marth isn't going to die, no matter how brutally he got attacked. And Roy is back! Everybody rejoice!