SHOU HEI KUN VERSUS GYOU'UN
DONG~!!!
DONG~!!!
DONG~!!!
DONG~!!!
Shou Hei Kun listened as the gong of retreat sounded; the order was only coming from one person: his teacher wanted him to retreat as there must've been trouble near the Headquarters. Now that his head had cooled, Shou Hei Kun could see that he had been led by the nose; instead of maintaining his own headquarters, he set out to fight a duel with Gyou'un.
"The sound is coming from your side," The Zhao General opposite Shou Hei Kun spoke. Cuts and parts of his armour were broken, but the Gyou'un had a smile on his face as he spoke to Shou Hei Kun. The fact that Qin had sounded their Gong of retreat meant the plan had succeeded, and his Lord had taken another step forward.
"Since the gong of retreat has started, this will have to be goodbye for now, Gyou'un." Shou Hei Kun said the Hyou Shiga and Rai'un units had disengaged from combat at the sounding of Qin's gong, the same as their leaders.
As his men formed up around him, Shou Hei Kun was about to retreat when he heard Gyou'un say, "You fought well; of the same calibre as my young master." Hearing that Gyou'un was comparing him to Sei Chou, Shou Hei Kun replied. "You're not so bad yourself, about the same level as my oath brother."
Shou Hei Kun would retreat to headquarters, only to be met by the two messengers Ko Shou sent, and his army would disengage from combat on the Qin flank. Giving Gyou'un the freedom to completely overpower the left flank and drive into the Oukotsu centre battlefield.
A similar scene will happen with Chou Garyuu on the opposite flank, leaving Oukotsu's centre assaulted on three sides.
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SEI CHOU VERSUS OUKOTSU
Sei Chou's glaive rose high and started to swing down, like the scythe of the grim reaper. His aim is precise, his power overbearing, and his focus absolute. Yet, his opponent was not called the strongest for no reason, and in this moment, Oukotsu entered his zone. His eyes whitened, and a beastly roar was torn from his throat.
"GRAAAAHH!!!" The Great General roared in defiance as he blocked the strike of Sei Chou, and using that momentum, he hit him back. Sei Chou barely managed to block; his body and horse rocked backwards as he gritted his teeth and countered Oukotsu.
"Great General Oukotsu!!!"
"General Sei Chou!!!"
Their respective soldiers were past the facade of stoicism; they wanted to do anything and everything to will their leader across the finish line first.
"Ho-how could it be possible that Sei Chou is not dead?" A Qin conscript asked a veteran, completely gobsmacked at the martial might of the young Zhao General. The veteran couldn't even answer him with words, only with a question of his own. "Just how strong is Sei Chou if he's able to contend with Oukotsu like this?" The shock was shared amongst the Qin troops and some of the Zhao soldiers as well.
Those who were used to Sei Chou exceeding expectations were not as caught off guard, unlike those who weren't so used to it. Their eyes were wide as they stared at the duelling ground where Sei Chou and Oukotsu traded hits faster than their eyes could track.
DONG~!!!
DONG~!!!
DONG~!!!
DONG~!!!
"Hmm, is that coming from the direction of our Headquarters?" A Qin soldier asked, looking in the direction of their headquarters, as did many others, and they all soon realised the gong of retreat was calling for them.
Both warriors were bloodied under the sun, looked at each other panting as they greedily inhaled breath, hoping to refuel their lungs. A grin came to the face of Sei Chou as he stared down at Oukotsu. "Your gong is sounding. Are you going to leave or stay?" Sei Chou asked, slamming the but of his ornate glaive into the ground. Oukotsu turned to look in the direction of his headquarters, towards where the sound of the gong was, before he looked around and assessed the situation.
"So, you managed to see through our plan?" Ouktosu raised his axe, pointing it at Sei Chou, "You've proven yourself too dangerous, Sei Chou. I must kill you here and now, to lessen the burden on my King."
From both the right and left, Chou Garyuu and Gyou'un were leading charges, with the Dojaku cavalry and Rai'Un units backing them up. Oukotsu could see that they would get to where he and Sei Chou fought before the sun gave way to the moon. "My blood is already boiling over," Ouktosu said after assessing his situation.
"Shall we begin?" Sei Chou said with a bright smile, already rushing in Oukotsu's direction; he swung his glaive horizontally, and Oukotsu blocked but was sent back a few paces.
'In this situation, when the doors are closing around me and every second is vital… The monster gets stronger; this is my most vexing obstacle to date.' Oukotsu charged Sei Chou, who'd leaned forward on his horse ever so slightly. Oukotsu aimed for Sei Chou's throat, swinging his axe downwards, wanting to cut the Zhao General from neck to hip.
Leaning and leaping back, both Sei Chou and his horse moved out of the way; his eyes widened as he saw the blade of Oukotsu's axe go just past his eyes. "As expected of such a renowned warrior." Sei Chou commented before racing forwards and duelling Oukotsu once more.
Amongst the eight rapid exchanges between the two, three drew blood and left deep slices into the chest armour of Ouktosu, who gritted his teeth and braved through the injuries. Sei Chou was by no means unscathed; he'd taken a punch to the side of the face that was both unexpected and powerful enough to stun him to dizziness.
Feeling the blood nearly leak from his mouth as he felt the flat of Oukotsu's axe slam into his midriff, Sei Chou blinked blearily at the sky.
The Great General huffed as he looked at Sei Chou, who was not even looking at him. 'This is my time!' Oukotsu's horse galloped once twice, and at the third point his arms tensed around his Yue Axe. "DIE!!" Oukotsu shouted, returning the words to Sei Chou while swinging with all of his might.
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OUKOTSU POV
As he rushed Sei Chou, Oukotsu smiled inwardly as the younger warrior had given him a very good fight. Sei Chou was a very good General; his display in the current battle and the situation that both he and Ko Shou had found themselves in was more than enough of an indicator of just how good Sei Chou was.
Begrudgingly, Oukotsu, one of the Six Great Generals of Qin, would give him that. He was damn strong, but even the strongest were fated to die by his hand. Oukotsu's swing was carrying momentum, and his opponent was still distracted by the heavens above, something that Oukotsu's experience would never allow.
Just as his axe was about to meet the throat of Sei Chou, something unbelievable happened so fast that Oukotsu's eyes did not see what exactly had happened. All his eyes were Sei Chou's own, as the younger man stared at him. Then came the pain, a pain he'd felt before, and it started at the same place as before but then changed.
The change, excruciating from his right shoulder to his left hip, was nothing but pain… Ouktosu looked down to see the new wound spraying and spurting red blood, the cut was deep into his armour and had taken his left arm. His eyes widened in shock, not knowing what in the world had just happened. Oukotsu's head sharply looked up to find that Sei Chou's glaive was approaching him at a speed that was too fast.
The younger man's guady glaive was coming for his neck this time.
'What a monster!' Oukotsu's last thought was that he believed he'd seen the ground and Sei, his lifeless body slumped over, whilst his neck shot blood into the air like a fountain.
OUKTOSU POV DONE
CHAPTER DONE