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.

was nothing he could do, Arlo closed his eyes in despair and accepted

went by, but Arlo had yet to be struck by Nathan's

opened his eyes in confusion, only to see that Nathan's blade had

Judgement. You've lost this battle!" Nathan said coldly as he sheathed his sword

in disbelief, Arlo turned around and asked, "Hey! Why

said without looking back,

went wide

me in a fight! There was no reason for him to kill me at all! 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 to spare my life when 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

the Elite Eight all had proud smiles

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

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

and anger written all over his

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 be, there's

ran up to Nathan and shouted with a gleeful