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.

do, Arlo

seconds soon went by, but Arlo had yet

in confusion, only to see that

lost this battle!" Nathan said coldly as he sheathed his sword and walked right

asked, "Hey! Why didn't you finish

in his tracks and said without looking back,

eyes went wide when he heard

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 to spare

bowed at Nathan and said sincerely, "Your level of honor and swordsmanship far exceeds mine, Mr. Cross. I humbly accept my defeat."

and the Elite Eight all had

the Curia, however, did not take too kindly to the sudden turn of

was this powerful! I guess my defeat at

fear and anger written all

Pope Eugene, the Curia will be dishonored forever! However, he now has to face Baccio, the leader of the Ten Elders! As powerful as Nathan may

ran up to