Our Journey - Chapter 9 His Misunderstanding

“Liu Wei, go up to the podium!” said the head of the exam officer. I sighed. With a heavy heart, I climbed to the top of the podium which was the place to fight. The rule in tnis battle is that I must make my opponent fall. As long as my opponent can still stand, he has not lose

“Please, Wangye,” said the examiner standing beside Zhiqiang Wangye. Zhiqiang Wangye stood up from where he sat and walked to the podium where I was standing waiting for her.

The two of us finally stood face to face. His face as usual showed an unhappy expression to me. I sighed again. My heart is getting uncomfortable.

The person in front of me is a famous prince. The prince who is admired by our Emperor. All people in our Kingdom praises him and thought that he could succesion his father if he wasn’t born by concubine. I even wished I could become part of his famous army. However, that doesn’t seem to happen because I’ve given a bad impression to him since we first met.

I lifted my head and looked at the sky for a moment. My heart is full of questions. I wonder why Heaven always brings us together in battle like today.

I won in the prevoius fight.

But this time can I win?

A drum sound was heard. The slow pace becomes a marker of the fight will begin. I slightly posted my body.

“Respect to Wangye,” I said first while doing a kowtow. He replied. We are both ready. Then the drum was beaten fast and stopped with a loud wasp. The fight began.

Zhiqiang Wangye immediately started by giving a kick. I immediately avoided the kick. Then I gave an attack by giving a quick blow to his face. He parried with his hand. Our distance became very close.

“You dare to spend your night with the woman I love,” Zhiqiang Wangye said in a low voice so that only I could hear what he said. I wrinkled my forehead. I guess the meaning oh what he said to me. Directly, I remember Xiaoying. Was Zhiqiang Wangye misunderstood and thought that I seize his lover? It’s dangerous for me.

“No, Wangye. You misunderstand, “I said to him in a low voice. However, he doesn’t care. He squeezed my hand when I trying to hit him. It’s feel hurts. He try to twist my hand and I prevented it by kicking his leg.

However, he could dodge it. We both retreat. I evaluated his strength. I remember our fight before this. I always use tactics by making the fight long. That tactic could makes him exhausted and careless.

I can’t use the same tactic in a weaponless fighting like this. I think that fighting without weapons should be done quickly. Power gets drained faster in this type of battle. The better way is finish this fight as fast as you can.

I hit with a quick blow. However, he could block it by his hand. We fight like this very long. Finally, what I feared happened. My strength runs out. That’s when he hit my chest hard until I heard cracks.

Everything looks dark. I lost my consciousness.