Salute To The General

Arlo gasped in shock when he heard that.

As he made eye contact with Nathan, his mind went blank, and his body was frozen in place.

The sounds around him seemed to get farther and farther away, and his vision got increasingly blurry as well.

The next thing he knew, he was standing on a river bank with lots of bright red flowers.

Huh? Where am I? What is this place?

As he glanced about, he saw a stone next to the river with the words "Stone of Lives" written on it.

That was when Arlo finally understood what was going on. The river was actually Styx, and the red flowers by the road were red spider lilies-the road he stood on was the road to the afterlife. Suddenly, Arlo felt his heart skip a beat as the illusion around him disappeared completely.

All he saw was the bright light from Nathan's sword coming down on his head.

As much as Arlo wanted to block or dodge it, he knew it was far too late to do so.

nothing he could do, Arlo closed his eyes in despair

seconds soon went by, but Arlo had yet to be struck

that Nathan's blade had stopped a centimeter

better than your Absolute Judgement. You've lost this battle!"

around and asked, "Hey! Why

in his tracks and said

eyes went wide when

I showed him no mercy when I used Absolute Judgement on him, though He would've at least been severely wounded if he hadn't blocked my attack in time! Even so, he chose

the thought of that. He bowed at Nathan and said sincerely, "Your level of honor and swordsmanship far exceeds mine, Mr. Cross. I humbly accept my defeat." Only then did everyone snap

Elite Eight all had proud smiles on

take too kindly to the sudden turn

and disbelief. I didn't know Nathan was this powerful! I guess my defeat

fear and anger written

will be dishonored forever! However, he now has to face

up to Nathan and shouted with a gleeful smile, "Defeating Arlo was a