An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

In the center square of the ancient town, a crowd of onlookers, primarily martial artists, had gathered.

All eyes were on a young man in warrior gear, rocking wooden sandals and a bun hairdo. He chilled on a bench with only a bottle of wine and a sword on the table.

The man sipped his drink casually, not bothering about the talks around him. Behind him stood a middle-aged man in a suit and white gloves, dressed like a butler.

Though the butler seemed meek around the young man, his eyes scanned the crowd with a snobby air.

The butler spoke loudly to the gathering crowd, "Listen up, people from Dragonmarsh!

"Meet our young master, Marco Alessandro! We're from Kimboku and came to Sacred Wyrm Summit to challenge the best fighters from Dragonmarsh.

"We're having a three-day tournament. If anyone can beat Mr. Alessandro, they'll get the 'Demon Sword,' one of Kimboku's top ten swords!

for it, you'll have to cancel the tournament and accept that you're just a

soon as he said this, the whole crowd went wild. Those with

You're incredibly arrogant. I'm not going to let you

Dragonmarsh? You're practically begging for trouble meddling

about holding me back. I must

chaotic, with

gearing up for a fight. Challenging the martial artist of

you're not satisfied, feel free to challenge Mr. Alessandro on the stage. But be warned, if you fight unfairly

stir anger, but he never saw these people as a real threat from the

"Stop!"

halting the eager youths who were about to launch an