Vallas blocked my attack with his sword and pushed back, but I kept pushing with all of my might. How does he still have this much power left? He is really a monster, but I knew that from the beginning and accepted his challenge.
I'm way too far in to stop now; I won’t back out. We kept clashing back and forth until finally his knee weakened and started shaking. He looked unaffected by my attacks, but I guess my kick from earlier had an effect on him. I took my chance and used this opening to push him back and overpower him. I felt like my sword was about to break from all this tension, but I finally broke through his defense and struck his head with all the power left in me; he started staggering hopelessly until he finally dropped down.
He dropped down on the floor and I shouted.
“My victory! I am the strongest!”
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Noilas and Kishi got scared and ran away, and while I was about to leave, Vallas stood up and stopped me. Blood was coming out of his head and his clothes were full of dirt. I knew he wanted to continue the fight but I had no more energy to fight him.
“The fight is over Vallas, I won”
and at that moment I heard his voice for the first time. It was very deep and manly but also peaceful.
“Estora wait, I am not trying to fight you anymore.”
I was shocked that he was able to speak so I replied
“How are you able to talk? Noilas said that you are unable to talk.”
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After I said that, Vallas's expression changed and with a gloomy face he said,
“People think I don’t have the ability to talk, but that’s not true. I only talk when it’s necessary.”
He seemed to be open to me so I asked him.
“Why? did something happen to you that made you be that way?”
“When I was a kid, I used to talk too much and I would make people annoyed. There was a time when no one liked to talk to me because I would not hide a secret and I wouldn't keep anything private. And most of the kids in the south village hated me because of that, and they bullied and hit me every time they saw me, but my mom was always there to stop them and save me. Until one day I was very upset because one of my friends didn’t want to play with me, so I went to my mom and told her, at first, she was trying to calm me down and help me but I didn’t listen, and I kept on talking non-stop until she got very angry and told me that she had enough of my talking, and left the house furiously. I stayed home till my dad came in at night and asked me where my mom was. I told him what happened so he got worried and went to look for her. Two hours later he came back to the house: his face was pale and his voice was cracking. He told me that my mom was attacked by wolves, and was found dead holding my favorite dessert, a cinnamon pie. So, I burst out. crying and knew it was all my fault. So on that day, I swore to only talk to people when it’s necessary. And after that incident, I couldn't bear being weak anymore, so I started training all day and night so I can be able to protect myself from anyone since my mom was not there to help me anymore”
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“I’m very sorry for your loss, I-I- didn’t know you had such a bad experience like that when you were a little kid.”
“It’s okay, my dad and I moved to the west village shortly after what happened to my mom, and that's why no one knows about my past here. Other than you”
"Wait! So does that mean we are friends now?”
“I don’t know. but I would like to fight you again one day to settle the score between us” Vallas said.
“I would be glad to fight you again, you can always find me here, I'm always fighting people in this arena”
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After finishing the fight, I was going to check on my friends but the time was very late and the weather was getting windy so I headed home. I walked back to my house, but the village was strangely quiet. When I entered the house, my mom was frightened. When she saw me she hugged me very hard and told me to get all of my belongings because we are leaving the village. And dad said he was going to leave by himself to get his carriage and told us to meet him outside the village.
Before we leave he whispered to me
“Estora come here let me to you something before you go, I want you to take good care of your mom and protect her with all your power. And don’t ever let them force her on anything that she doesn’t want to do again.”
“ Why are you talking as if you are not coming with us?”
“Just in case anything wrong happens, but don’t worry I will meet you guys in a few days after I get my carriage” he answered.
“And who are the people you talked about that I need to be aware of?”
“You will know when you get there, now hurry up and leave,” Waazy said.
Mom and I said our goodbyes and left first. When I asked her why we are leaving the region she didn’t answer me. She looked very terrified, I thought it’s better for me not to ask again now, I didn’t want to bother her even more.
We rode our horses and while we were on the way our horses staggered and almost lost their footing and then something unexpected happened.
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