Thanks for the review guys :) However, this chapter will only be the fighting scene (Richard's scene). I know it's short (less than 700 words) but
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Love Story
Chapter 18
"Prince Richard! Prince Richard!"
Richard spun around and met a commander. There were cuts and bruises on his face, even his armor was bloody.
"Prince Richard, we're out-numbered!"
"It's impossible!" Richard jumped up and gave his opponent a few rapid kicks[1]. "We have more men at the start, they have all been through advance training."
"They played dirty, Prince-Look out!"
Not far away, a flaming boulder was fired. It was dropping fast, and deadly, directly at Richard and the commander. Richard was stunned. He stood rooted to the ground, eyes never leaving the flaming rock. The flames looked as if they were licking the air, waiting to devour up any substance that gets in their way. Soldiers were sprinting away from the hazardous spot.
"Prince!"
The commander had been darting away from the boulder, but he looked back as he sensed the absence of his prince. He gasped as he saw Richard still standing there. The boulder was nearing, almost reaching the ground. In a few seconds, it would... The commander dared not even think of the gory scene. I must do something... It's a matter of life and death, I can't watch my prince die.
Without a second thought, he dashed towards Richard and pushed him aside. He saved Richard from the flaming rock, but unfortunately, he had been hit. It was too late. If he hadn't save Richard, he wouldn't end up dying.
When Richard regained his senses, his eyes widen in shock. He saw the flaming boulder, and under it, there was a limb. He saw the metal batch pinned at the sleeve of the cloth. It was a bat. A bat? That means...
"Richard! Get out from there!"
Richard searched for the sourde of the command. "Bruce?"
"Dodge!" Bruce pointed at the sky.
Richard looked up and saw another flaming rock. In lightspeed, he dodged away from the spot.
"Focus," he told himself as soldiers were running everywhere disordely and shrill cries filled the atmosphere of the sandy plain.
Flaming objects were fired from the hills and mountains. He then realised it was a trap, they had fell for it. Red banners were found everywhere, in the surroundings, around the plain. Each corner of the plain was either a hill or mountain. There were at least two catapults in each highland.
"We seemed out numbered at first because they're hiding in the mountains!" Richard thought that out loud.
"That's right, my boy," Slade chuckled wickedly.
Richard turned around and received rapid strikes from Slade's fists. Richard wiped off some blood from the corner of his mouth.
Richard smirked, "That's all you've got?"
He then gave Slade a head kick[1], followed by a rapid uppercut[1]. Richard flexed his fingers while watching Slade get up from the ground with amusement.
"Don't you think firing flaming rocks is very..." he thought for the right word, "wretched?"
Slade slashed his sword at him, but missed. Richard, in return, gave him an uppercut which sent him flying across the battlefield again.
Slade skyrocketed towards Richard and gave him a sky kick[1], causing Richard to lose his balance. Slade chuckled triumphantly.
Richard, who was once an acrobat, took this chance to strike him. Richard lashed out his dagger and stabbed Slade in the chest.
[1] Rapid kick, head kick, rapid uppercut, sky kick - these moves are from, you know, 'Ninja Saga' (a game) in Facebook
How was it? Bad? Cool? Lame? (Don't say it's short cuz' I know it is)