Chapter 55: Pride and Duty
Without much to object Kram took up Alto’s place in the duel with Kendall the one who had beaten him in their first fight. To Kram he found this as an opportunity to beat the one who bested him, Amy had chosen herself to be the one to fight in the duel but Kram had planned from start to be the one to fight in the duel. His reason was simple, he did not want to see Alto fight since he was a weakling and him losing would bring shame to his face, he did not want Amy to fight in his stead since he could not let a woman fight a man so he chose to fight.
Kendall took it upon himself to fight as a sense of duty in order to uphold the general’s honour. Truthfully he did not want to fight Alto, on seeing Kram he became excited that he would at least get a satisfactory sport.
The fight started at the command of a whistle and Kram was the first to sprint forward as he always did, when he met with Kendall who stood motionless he prepared for his powerful kick he was most proud of but instead Kendall surprised him by darting forward with an explosion of power and throwing a blow instead.
Kram was quick to react as he received the blow with one of his own, their fists collided both their knuckles cracking at the collision. Their eyes exploded with excitement, Kendall tilted a little to the right to allow him to throw another of his strong kicks right at Kram, he wanted to end the fight as soon as he could.
The kick came down for Kram’s neck and he was more than prepared for it, he took hold of Kendall’s leg before it reached him and moved with the momentum. The pulled on the leg and threw Kendall to the side with little effort, Kendall’s face went white with shock as he was sent flying and tumbling on the floor. He had never expected that one of his strong kicks could be used against him.
Kram laughed as he looked at Kendall with pleasure in his eyes. "Are you surprised I beat you like that? After our first fight I had to come up with a way to handle your kicks, so I learnt grappling. I’m sure it took you by surprise."
Kendall grinned, "Who says you’ve won, from now on I will take it seriously."
The both charged at each other this time, Kendall kicking and Kram weaking dodging and throwing blows of his own. Kendall tried to avoid Kram from taking hold of his leg while also trying to land even more powerful kicks on Kram, a few seconds after this explosion a strong kick impacted the side of Kram causing him to stagger backwards and lose his momentum. The sound of ribs shattering filled the air, the split second of delay was enough for Kendall to capitalize upon. He landed another kick on Kram’s face sending him down to the fall, Kendall’s longer reach and muscular build made him more chances to win the fight and Kram it seemed was ill prepared for the fight despite his claims.
Kendall looked very disappointed in Kram. "I thought you said you would beat me you brute. Pure strength can never beat technique learn this."