The Black Swan Behind (Beauty of Fire)

301 Surrounded Alone

Troy could see Pablo taking quick steps towards him. His vision was still a bit blurry. Even so, he tried hard to get up soon because if he didn’t, he would be finished by Pablo that very second.

Troy’s ear was still ringing, but he had managed to force his legs up. However, Pablo was already standing in front of him to cast Double Punch on the right and left sides of Troy’s face. Since his body’s balance still hadn’t completely returned, Troy could only receive the punch while protecting his head with his two large arms.

Amid the barrage of blows, Troy controlled his breath and tried to balance his body so that his stance could get back into shape. He tried to avoid it by bending his body and sliding sideways.

However, Pablo immediately grabbed the back of Troy’s head and pressed him down while swinging his knee up to hit Troy’s face.

But the smile on Pablo’s face disappeared when he felt a grip on his knee which was now floating in the air. His eyes were wide open staring at Troy who slowly raised his face which was originally downcast.

The big man, who Pablo had just beaten so badly, looked at him with a big smile. It was as if he didn’t feel the wounds all over the edges of his forehead and cheekbones.

Pablo’s heart seemed to still be left where he stood when Troy swiftly and strongly knocked him down with one leg still in his deadly grip.

As it turned out, Pablo had underestimated Troy Roner too much. He thought the man would only focus on Judo. He thought that Troy was arrogant. However, what surprised Pablo was Troy’s Jiu-Jitsu skills that were not there before.

Quickly, Troy moved to weigh on Pablo’s body which was slightly smaller than his. He forced his body to be behind Pablo. Then he directed his legs to clamp the boy’s body from the waist to the front. He wrapped around his waist and stomach with his big legs.

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Pablo had a hard time escaping from Troy’s grip. He just desperately held back Troy from hooking his legs, so he still had hope of escaping.

But on the other hand, Troy’s hands were also almost wrapped around his head. The other man’s arm was trying to cover the lower part of Pablo’s face, precisely at his jaw. If Troy’s hands could finally hold each other, then Pablo’s life was over because his jaw would break.

Troy smiled as he launched the Jiu-Jitsu moves he had just learned this week. Even though the technique he used was still not perfect, it helped a lot in this battle.

Yes, Troy had always focused on Judo. Never once did he think about learning other martial arts because he only thought about winning as many Judo championship medals as possible. Even, from the beginning, Troy never thought of making Judo a weapon to fight freely as it was now.

However, Troy could not deny the fact that was happening. In the end, Jita Kyoei got involved in a fight between gangsters. They were forced to fight outside the official arena. They had to fight in the streets; a place they thought was a fighting arena for lowly people.

Because of all these facts, Troy decided to learn another martial art. He knew that Judo alone was not enough to fight strong thugs like them.

***

The two sky-blue eyes never stopped flinching because the attacks kept coming at her. This was the first time Britney had fought this many opponents. Truly, this was a huge fight.

Besides Britney, Linda helped her fight several men who kept coming. Linda had a rather large body, almost the same as Rachel, while Britney tended to be shorter. They had decided to partner up in this fight because they could complement each other.

Actually, Britney and Linda were part of the Black Swan core team. But unlike the rest of the core team, they didn’t fight against the Dragger group leaders. They only fight ordinary members but with large portions. Following the war strategy that had been made, they were included in the team whose job was to reduce the number of the standing enemy, just like Calvin Lee’s job.

During the battle, Linda’s eyes caught the figure of Ava and one of their friends who were fighting one of the leaders of the small Dragger team named Robert Kaenan.

Robert was a man who always carried an iron rod as his weapon. Unfortunately, Ava and her team seemed overwhelmed by that man.

Despite being busy with the attacks that kept coming, Britney noticed that Linda was constantly facing the location where Ava was fighting. Therefore, Britney also realized that things might be quite dangerous for Ava and her partner.

“Help them. I can take care of this,” Britney said to Linda, as their backs met.

“Are you sure?” Linda asked before giving a man a high kick.

Britney nodded. “It seems that person is too strong for them. Don’t worry. These guys are just ordinary guys. I will be fine.”

Linda thought for a moment to consider whether she could leave Britney alone to face these losers who kept coming. She looked back at Ava, who seemed to have been hit several times by a man named Robert.

“I will be right back,” Linda said.

Britney immediately nodded. “Be careful.”

After Linda left her, Britney had to fight the men alone. Despite having a rather small body, Britney was not weak at all. She had agile movements and a light body, like a monkey.

Not long after Linda left, suddenly, Britney flinched as soon as a chair was thrown right at her head. Because she did not have time to avoid it, she directed her arms above her head while looking down slightly. The chair that flew hit Britney’s arm, but she moved her arm so that the chair also swung over her head. In the end, the chair bumped into the face of one of the Dragger men.

Britney’s eyes widened when she realized the culprit who threw the chair at her just now. It was a man with a brawny large build. His eyes were bright blue and his body was covered in tattoos. It was Elbert Scarpsky; the pillar of defence of the Beast Empire that they had defeated at that time.

Britney couldn’t believe what she was seeing.

Elbert? So, he joined Dragger?

Even though the face of the tiny man in front of him was covered by a mask, Elbert could smell that this person was one of the groups of men responsible for his downfall the other day.

“Surprised?” Elbert asked with a big smile on his rough face.

Still with a face of disbelief, Britney asked Elbert, “Wh-why are you here?”

“Does that have anything to do with you? I have the freedom to be anywhere,” Elbert answered.

It wasn’t long before Britney noticed a wave of extra men was coming into the battlefield. Even though she didn’t remember everyone, she realized that there were some faces she had seen before. It was the face of the Beast Empire member they were fighting in the main warehouse.

“Beast Empire?” Britney muttered, looking around.

“Beast Empire no longer exists. Now, all of its members are part of Dragger.” Elbert said, enjoying the sight of how the dwarf was surprised to find himself surrounded alone.