Salute To The General

Theron's countenance grew solemn. Without a word, he reached back and unsheathed his sword of mahogany to the stunned silence of the crowd.

Nathan actually said that he would give the patriarch of the Zuckerberg family a sound defeatl

What shocked the crowd even further was that Theron did not refute it, but instead had pulled out his weapon in response. His intention of demonstrating his full strength against Nathan made the respect he had for his adversary clear.

In an instant, the members of the four Reclusive Families present realized that the brash young challenger was somebody formidable.

Nathan's reputation as God of War alone is sufficient to deter foreign enemies. Today, we can see that it is rightfully earned!

Svend was just beginning to realize how foolhardy of an endeavor it was to conspire against Nathan with members of the four Reclusive Families by organizing a banquet to assassinate him. If it were not for the timely appearance of his patriarch, Svend shuddered to think how swiftly they would have succumbed to

Nathan's murderous rage.

Theron rumbled, "If you do not display your full strength against me, I will take it as a sign of great disrespect. So please, select your weapon and come at me with everything you got."

Nathan nodded. A weapon appeared from the depths of his sleeve and landed in his hand.

was a military dagger of the

when Nathan was promoted to Commander-In-Chief of the North Army and was named the God of War of Eurasia. Hidden in Nathan's sleeve, the dagger only appeared when Nathan encountered

weapon was named for the description of how it appeared to his enemies. Survivors of the ordeal claimed to witness a flash of white light from his

of Nathan's cuff preceded sent a shiver down anybody who dared dwell on

not easily revealed, demonstrated the respect he had for the patriarch of the

Nathan beckoned. "Come!"

said in a gravelly voice before raising his sword above his head. The mahogany sword moved slowly

every subsequent ring drawn,

Theron marched toward

some had already begun to flee backward in a panic to avoid being pulled into the vortex. Nathan stood his ground. When the storm of swords was less than three feet from him, he met it with a flash of silver that seemed to

the storm of swords was halted

onslaught momentarily halted, he sprang into action, his form dissolving into shadow as he shot

shock, he reacted quickly by reverting into a defensive stance with a horizontal parry to regain his footing

an instant, the air was thick with the noise of battle as the blades

sliced several surrounding pillars cleanly in half. Half of the hall collapsed while the crowd in the vicinity screamed and scattered to escape. They cowered far from the scene of battle in the courtyard and witnessed in horror as half of the main hall fell before their eyes, stirring up a dense cloud of dust and debris in the