My-Ty is sent flying and rolls on the ground until his momentum is gone. He grunts in pain as he struggles to get up. He is doing his best to keep calm, but his face and eyes show flashes of uncontrollable rage. The pain broke through his concentration. He quickly focuses on his breathing to calm himself back down.

Demo who was watching intently still has his eyes focused on Sachem. The speed and precision with which he attacked My-Ty were otherworldly. He can’t help but be impressed with Sachem’s skills. But then a sudden loud bang from where My-Ty is made Sachem’s eyes flinch and made Demo turn his focus to My-Ty.

The ground under My-Ty was cracked and destroyed in a final effort to get rid of his unchecked anger, he hit the ground to release tension. My-Ty having released his rage somewhat stands back up calmly and looks at Sachem as he cracks his neck.

“That was nice. A bit faster than expected, decent power, flawless execution. But We aren’t done yet.”

Sachem looks at My-Ty with eyes aglow with rage.

“Keeping you would be a headache. I see that now. Game time is over.”

Sachem cracks his knuckles and then slams his fists together. When the two fists collide, a burst of energy is released like a small explosion. At the same time, a wave of energy that sprung forth from the collisions travels up Sachem’s arms. Sachem puts his guard up, tucks his chin in, and hunches over. Having seen this pose before, My-Ty knows what’s about to come and takes up his fighting stance.

Sachem digs his foot into the ground as if he is preparing to launch himself as he whispers.

“One.”

BOOM, like a flash of lightning Sachem moves in a zig-zag pattern towards My-Ty. My-Ty does his best to follow Sachem with his eyes, but he’s too fast. My-Ty can only see after images whenever Sachem turns and moves in a different direction. As Sachem gets closer and closer, My-Ty knows that standing in one place isn’t the best strategic move. So he dashes straight forward to either force Sachem to break the zig-zag pattern or possibly to collide with Sachem while he is moving at light speed.

My-Ty’s dash doesn’t collide with Sachem but now My-Ty knows that Sachem will have to break the pattern and that will slow him down enough to create a chance for attack. Sachem without slowing down rotates his body and shifts his weight and then with a side step motion diverts his speed into a circular clockwise pattern. Sachem is running circles around My-Ty. The circle gets tighter and tighter as Sachem closes in to get within striking range.

My-Ty knows that once he does it will be a problem, he knows that this is a speed-based skill so Sachem’s legs are the key. My-Ty goes down and delivers a wide sweeping leg kick that goes counterclockwise. The kick is about to reach Sachem’s leg, but then he does something that startles My-Ty. Sachem jumps up and forward and from the air punches My-Ty in the face. This punch seems a lot stronger than the previous one as My-Ty is sent flying a lot further.

This time Sachem doesn’t wait but chases My-Ty’s flying body down at top speed. Once he catches up he ducks under the body and delivers an uppercut. My-Ty’s body is sent flying into the air. Sachem doesn’t jump up to follow him, he instead stays on the ground widens his stance, and looks up at My-Ty’s body. Sachem then places both his arms on his side and starts waiting for My-Ty’s body to come back down.

Demo can tell that Sachem plans on punching upwards once My-Ty’s body is in range. And with the punches My-Ty just took, the chances of him being able to come back from that are low. Demo looks at Ugly Face who is next to him.

“Wait, right here.”

“What?”

Demo dashes towards Sachem who is focused on My-Ty. But then from the corner of his eye, Sachem sees Demo rushing towards him. He doesn’t hesitate and meets Demo’s punch with his own. Both of them are sent backward from the impact. Demo smiles at Sachem.

“Mind if I join in?”

Sachem doesn’t say a word, he just looks at Demo and sizes him up. Because he can’t believe that Demo pushed him back while he is on “ONE” and Demo’s arm seems to be ok. My-Ty’s body hits the ground and he lets loose a scream of pain and frustration.

My-Ty slowly gets back up. His body was bruised and his face was bloody. He spits out blood as he stands up. His composure is gone, he is angry. Demo walks up till he is next to My-Ty and then looks at him from the side.

“Welcome back. How was space?”

My-Ty looks at Demo while adjusting his jaw. And with a grin on his face answers.

“Cold, but peaceful. I’ll send you there next time.”

“Sorry, to butt in, but it didn’t seem like things were going your way.”

“I had him right where I wanted him.”

“Winning?”

My-Ty looks at Demo as if he is about to punch him but doesn’t. My-Ty then looks back at Sachem and accepts the fact that Demo is going to join.

“After he cracked his knuckles his power went up, a lot.”

“Yeah, and for some reason he flinched when you hit the ground right before that.”

“He flinched?”

My-Ty takes a deep breath and gathers his strength and then raises his fist to the sky. Sachem’s eyes open up fully in surprise. Demo notices this but doesn’t know what it means. Before My-Ty can punch the ground Sachem is already dashing towards them at full speed. Demo reacts quickly and throws a roundhouse kick aimed at Sachem’s torso. Sachem who has his guard up catches the kick with his arm. He then slightly rotates his body and takes another step inwards to prepare a hook to throw at Demo who isn’t in a position to counter or block after that kick.

But then Sachem sees a pair of eyes lurking behind Demo. My-Ty didn’t intend to hit the ground, he wanted to lure Sachem in while panicked. Demo lowers his upper body so that My-Ty has the space to punch Sachem. And the punch connects cleanly on Sachem’s face which is sent backwards. My-Ty smiles as this is his first clean hit on Sachem. My-Ty growls like a wild animal that just tasted first blood.

Demo stands back up straight and the three now stare at each other as the fight heats up.

Chapter 63 fin.