Salute To The General

With that, Max turned to regard his allies and subordinates with a riotous roar, "Who is there amongst you with the guts to step into the fray and kill this fool for me?"

By "fool", he was, of course, referring to Destroyer.

A bunch of fighters from the Ariarica military and the other eight nations then started to whisper among themselves, and up stepped two from Xyperia simultaneously, ahead of the many who were still in the midst of mulling over it.

"Left General to Lord Ashuras of Xyperia, Soma."

"Right General to Lord Ashuras of Xyperia, Kali."

"We shall challenge you at the same time."

Soma and Kali trained under the same master in their youth and, later on, signed on with the military together. When they served under the banner of Xyperia, they had always gone into battle side by side.

Hence, the duo had developed tremendous chemistry over time, enhancing each other's fighting prowess whenever they joined forces.

While denizens of Eurasia considered themselves the descendants of the Dragon, those of Xyperia thought themselves the descendants of the Elephant.

Xyperia, as a nation, had always regarded Eurasia as a hated rival, and this sentiment was especially prevalent among members of the former's military; each and every one of them dreamt of the day that they may represent their country in the defeat of Eurasia.

That widely held view within Xyperia's army was also known as

"The Draconem and Proboscidean Complex".

It was precisely that reason which led Soma and Kali to jump at the opportunity to challenge Destroyer while others remained apprehensive.

angered when they saw Soma and Kali throw their own names into the

pucks. They don't seem to grasp what constitutes a fair

spoke up, "Do you think you could

you in setting these two pucks straight,

during the majority of his campaign against the North

lot from Xyperia a lesson. By stepping to the fore, Soma and Kali were simply offering themselves up on a platter! Hence, he rejected Fang and Heptakill's offers of assistance, chuckling, "The Chief Military Governor's challenge was to take on the representatives from the Nine-Nations one on one. Seeing that it's just going to be these two puny pucks, I'll have no problems dealing with them without any help." That got the members

that the Chief Military Governor of Eurasia's subordinate is no less haughty than he

two followers coldly,

your own lives

humiliation should you fail & swn to

him."

turned grim. "Understood, Lord

Standing on either side like two savage wolves, they cautiously stalked and then advanced

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Kali aimed a devastating punch right at the former's chest. Rearing his own head back slightly, Destroyer avoided Soma's kick and then raised a hand to intercept Kali's fist, neutralizing his opponents' first

embroiled in

and Kali's combat style melded the discipline of the army's methods

In contrast, Destroyer's purely

was distinctively unflashy; with

simplicity,

he often

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opponents with