Giza couldn't control his emotion after the man wrapped his face with the white blanket revealing his scheme. In order to didn't point out that topic in this meeting, he decided to pull his weapon against Riku so he could shut him down permanently.
"You should shut your mouth and didn't intervene in our prestigious meeting." Giza warned him while gritting his teeth. It showed that he was eager to kill this man even though the Commanders, Vice-Commanders, and Arisu Hanz were watching him.
"Hey, Brother Giza! Violence is not allowed in this meeting. If Father knows it, I'm sure he'll get mad and kick you out in your current position!" She tried to scare him just to awaken his senses, however, Giza wouldn't listen to anyone especially to her.
"Zip your mouth, Arisu, if you don't want to lay this blade in your body." He pointed his silver sword in front of him to show that he was ready to wield his knife.
Well, Riku wasn't pressured in this circumstance, knowing that he gained some strength after defeating the metallic spider at the Mystic forest. Or to be exact, if he saw the situation wasn't going to his side, he'll never hesitate to utilize the skill he copied.
First, he gently tapped Arisu's shoulder. When the moment she whirled around, Riku nodded his head at her along with a bright smile on his face. "Don't worry about me, lady Arisu. I promise nothing bad thing will happen to me here."
Her eyes were widened after hearing Riku was saying these words. In her mind, this was the first time she could see Riku was confident from something as he used to hide everything about him.
"Don't fight him, Riku, that person is my brother. I'm sorry if I offend you by this, but brother Giza is also a tough fighter." She warned in a weak tone, trying to do something since she was the one who assigned to maintain the peaceful life in this village.
What Riku could do? Giza was looked determined to attack him. Aside from that, he noticed even he tried to back out in this fight, still, that man would attack him, or worst-case scenario would kill him.
"I need to protect myself, lady Arisu. I'm done hurting by the others even without doing anything." He responded nonchalantly, then didn't make any second thought to face this man.
At this point, Arisu couldn't do anything as she remembered the brutal treatment of the village guard. "Riku..." This was the only word he could say while seeing Riku's movements start to become aggressive.
"If you want an interesting fight, I'll give it to you." He said and seemed like he was mocking me.
Giza gritted his teeth, eventually dashed towards him without making any second thought. Why did he do that? He was just simple confident that he can easily win this man as he sensed his low magical powers.
Their distance to each other was around fifteen meters but in just a second, Giza closed the gap into two meters, enough distance to swing his sword.
Swish!
Just like what he expected, Giza swung his sword upwards. However, it just nearly passed in his chin as his opponent was easily dodged his attack by simply stepping back and uplifting his head.
'He's kinda fast, but I don't that's enough to reach me.' He uttered to his mind, then lowered his stance to avoid the horizontal blade coming at his face.
Swish!
And once again, the sword passed over his head. After that, he used that chance to counter-attack. It started by holding his hands on the marble surface and spinning his left leg in 360°.
Thud!
He made a massive contact, at the same time, Giza stumbled his fighting stance eventually his buttock touched the surface. Of course, he was shocked since he never expected that man would do that.
He was dumbfounded for a couple of seconds, asking himself what he was doing on this surface. In his mind, if he recalled no one ever in this village could knock him down.
On the other hand, Riku recognized the power of this man so he didn't give him a chance to regain his footing without taking any single hit. To deal some damage, he used the momentum of his spin by doing a dual spinning kick and directly hitting it towards Giza's head.
Thud! Thud!
Giza was managed to block the one kick by positioning his arms on the sideways of his face. However, Riku could break that defense, and some blood spits out of Giza's mouth.
Yes! It shivered his head, also the main reason why he was hearing a high pitches sound inside his ears. "What the. Where's that strength come from?" Even though he was having a hazy vision, still, his mind was alive.
Yet, Riku wasn't looked finished with his attack as he used his fist to hit directly him face. It didn't mention that he utilized all of his strength to send Giza meters away from him.
Boom!
A collision transpired inside the meeting hall as Giza was sent directly to the brown funnel and destroyed it. Since the place was covered by magical power, none of the guards outside of the Tropical Hall could hear that noise.
He was shaking his hand, looking straight in front of him, knowing that power wasn't enough to knock him down. "Hmm, he had a tough face, huh, I thought he was a good fighter?" He asked himself with a weak tone.
On the other hand, couldn't believe what their eyes seeing right now. Or to be more simple, all of them were aware of what Giza could do and what kind of possessing him. But for some reason, the man wrapped a white blanket on his face was slowly defeating him.
"Who's that person? I never saw that type of fighting style before..." Elder Muckus was blinking his confusion.
Based on his age and the scars all over his body, he was looked very experienced fighter as he faced multiple wars before. But for some reason, he couldn't determine that fighting style.
"That was smooth... His body can easily switch no matter what the size of the place and the position he had." Kaz said in a deep tone, eager to ask what kind of move was that.
"He had a low magical power, so what is the main reason why that man could send Giza far away? Don't tell me he was just only using his physical strength against Giza?" Luxus said, wanting to peel off the mask that covers Riku's face.
Well, for Arisu, this wasn't the first time she saw Riku was fighting someone. Since Riku defeated one of her guards when they were in the western section. "I thought that was a bit of luck, but now... I could tell Riku is really a good fighter." She was astonished, forgot that her brother was in a bad condition as Riku's punch cracked some of the bone on his face.
Boom!
And all of a sudden, another explosion transpired as Giza angrily regained his footing and destroyed the funnel that blocking his way. His eyes filled with blood, enduring the severe pain he was experiencing in his entire head. "You... Dumbass... I'll not hold back and I promise I would surely kill you right here right now!"
Of course, Giza was humiliated after there was someone who had low magical power possibly knocked him down, at the same time, dealing serious damage.
[Wind style slash!]
A green magical circle appeared next to his silver sword along with a strong wind gathering on it. The wind was coating his sword enlarged its size and became sharper than before. It seemed if this skill hits Riku, he can easily tell his body would split in half.
"Oops! I went too far, this is bad." He was wall savvy blocking that skill by using his body was a bad idea. Or to be exact, he must pull something that could shock him and had the strength to absorb the power he was going to receive.
Swoosh!
As soon as Giza moved his legs. His speed was looked faster than before as the [Wind style slash] was also enhancing his speed. The wind word was explanatory so Riku understood why this man become so fast.
[Fire claw!]
But there was no turning back, Riku used one of the skills he manifested from the certain monster in the forest. It had no magic circle just like what the others have, hence, the tremendous fire was releasing was enough for the people around to take aback.
Clang!
He used the claws to block the sword. On top of that, the wind given by his skill wasn't enough to kill the fire, it just added the problem as Riku's fire was getting bigger and bigger while their attacks were hitting each other.
"Huh, transformation magic? It can't be... You're-" Giza couldn't complete his sentence after Riku used his left foot to kick his jaw and truly knock him down.
Thud!
He fell to the ground without his consciousness.
"Never talk to your opponent, that's one of the tips taught by Haru to me.." He said with a wide smile on his face.