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.

that there was nothing he could do, Arlo closed his eyes

but Arlo had yet

opened his eyes in confusion, only to see that Nathan's blade had stopped a centimeter away

like my Blade of Seasons is better than your Absolute Judgement. You've lost this battle!" Nathan said coldly as he sheathed his

disbelief, Arlo turned around and asked, "Hey! Why didn't you finish

said without

eyes went wide when

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

sincerely, "Your level of honor and swordsmanship far exceeds mine, Mr. Cross. I humbly accept

Ava, and the Elite Eight all had proud

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

I didn't know Nathan was this powerful! I guess my defeat at

fear and anger written all over

second level! If he gets through the third and kills 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

of that, Milo ran up to Nathan and shouted with a gleeful