Aethelos: The Bastard of Light

(SCENARIO: Improvised hideout near the clearing. Then the edge of the clearing where Glinn is fighting.) · Despite the excruciating pain, the silence and immobility were worse. For the first time, Lygar felt an anxiety he could not hide — the need to see time pass. · “Aff, it still hasn’t dawned,” Lygar commented out loud, biting his finger with impatience. Lygar has longer, spiky black/dark hair. Lygar has dark purple/violet eyes. · Eli Cari, still recovering against the tree, answered. Eli Cari has short dark-brown hair. Eli Cari has golden/amber eyes. “We’re together. There’s no need to be afraid.” · “Aaaah, don’t come at me with that talk, for God’s sake, Vindicari!” Lygar exploded. “You know what? I’m going to watch the battle.” · “Hey, Lygar! I’m going with you! Eii, wait!” Eli Cari shouted, his own fear overtaken by curiosity. Yana sighed: “Don’t leave me here alooooone!” · Yana has dark hair of medium length. Yana has green or light-brown eyes. · The three of them, limping and exhausted, approached the clearing, hiding behind the trees to watch the confrontation. · The battle was shocking. The Swordsman (the apple thief / Ninjespeed), armed only with his sword and shurikens, was fighting Glinn blow for blow. The ground was torn by black energy and fast cuts. Glinn’s expression was pure rage; he had not expected anyone to show him they were on the same level. · Ninjespeed has lighter hair (light brown), an agile and light appearance, confident expression. · The speed of the battle was incredible, almost impossible to follow. Glinn delivered blows coated in Shadow energy, trying to push his opponent back to gain space, but the Swordsman was a fleeting shadow. He did not block; he dodged with the precision of a blink, his sword vibrating in the air, only grazing Glinn’s power. · “Why isn’t he using Shadow Moon?” Lygar asked, confused. · Eli Cari analyzed the battle, his Vindicari tactical mind still working even in exhaustion. “Because his opponent isn’t giving him an opening… Look. He’s been trying the whole fight to find a gap, but the opponent is clearly pressuring him. And I think he has the speed advantage. He’s faster than Glinn.” · Yana answered, eyes wide. “Wow, I don’t know what to say. I think we’re watching the strongest competitors of the Selection fight.” · Lygar gritted his teeth, his Noxian pride wounded. However, Eli Cari said, laughing: “I’m really going to have to train. I’m starting to think I need to steal apples.” · Yana and Lygar looked at him with doubtful faces. Eli Cari hurried to explain. “Aaaah, he was stealing apples, and he told me it was his training.” Yana answered: “That explains why you call him the apple thief.” · Lygar, uninterested in the humor, said: “Look. The battle seems to be turning more into a physical endurance contest.” · “Yeah, now why is the orange thief doing that?” Eli Cari answered, continuing the provocation. · At that moment the Swordsman defended himself and, with a quick strike, made a huge cut across Glinn’s chest. The wound gave Glinn the opening to step back and charge his attack. · The shocked faces of the three were clear. Eli Cari shouted the warning: “Apple thieeeeeef, watch ouuuuut!” · The Swordsman smiled, even under the threat of death. “To you, my name is Hero!” · Glinn shouted the most ominous words Lygar, Eli Cari and Yana had ever heard: “SHADOW MOON!” · The attack — the dreaded black ball — flew toward the young man. The exhausted trio, eyes wide, felt the heavy tension in the air. The Swordsman did the unthinkable: instead of running, he jumped toward Glinn’s attack. · Yana looked away. Lygar thought: “He’s got balls I don’t have to do that.” Eli Cari simply stood there in shock, mouth open. · Zaaaas! The sound of the Swordsman’s blade cutting through the Shadow Moon was followed by the deafening sound of the explosion. · He landed back on the ground, slightly affected by the attack, but not as much as Eli Cari and the others. Glinn was incredulous. “How is that possible?!” · His opponent only said, smiling: “Now it’s my turn.” · Glinn lowered his arms and said, to everyone’s shock: “I surrender.” · Everyone was in shock. The veteran, the invincible Mixed-blood expelled from Solaris, was giving up the fight.