"I am... you're wrong. Beat me up all you want, but leave her alone! Soshi, I am sorry I brought you into this mess, and I will take the blows needed to make it up for you!" Fallace exclaimed as he dispelled joyous present as a last ditch effort to avoid confrontation.

  

  Delues was seemingly not noticing the dispelling, but Soshi was still struggling. As her mind cleared, she awoke from the effects of the spell. Fallace tried to reason with Roberto, claiming that the spell, joyous present was only for her sake. But it didn't seem to budge Roberto's accusation.

  

"End your blabbering! Using emotional manipulation is even worse than a beat up! It may work on young girls. But I break criminals like you!" Roberto exclaimed as he closed in on Fallace, attempting to slash him.

  

  Fallace was able to draw his blade to block the slash, which Roberto followed up with repeated slashes. Fallace was able to react to all of them, but he was being pushed back.

  This foe was unlike the brutish strength of the ogre that almost took his life. Roberto was skilled with his military dagger being able to properly block Fallace's defensive strikes. He was fast and physically stronger than Fallace.

  Fallace was only able to block his attacks with his explosive speed, although it wasn't fast enough to make a substantial difference. If it went on like this, Fallace knew he would lose. Additionally, his party members were on the other side of the city, so they weren't an option either.

  Fallace was able to use magic, but unlike Konstantin and Melian, he wasn't able to use any destructive magic. He had a few tricks, but they were very situational. Fallace wouldn't be able to outrun Roberto when he was this close. So the plan Fallace came up with was moving to a more advantageous battlefield.

  Roberto started switching up his slashes with stab attacks, which gave Fallace the opportunity he was waiting for to change the tide of battle. He was finally able to dodge to the side, away from the street and into an alleyway between 2 buildings.

  There were apartments that had metallic stairs leading all the way to the roof and clotheslines out of giant spider silk. Fallace took his chance to jump up the stairs. He now had the height advantage over his opponent, which Roberto didn't seem to notice as he chased Fallace up the stairs.

  Fallace was now able to hold his ground and even occasionally slightly push back Roberto. With this newfound advantage, Fallace used his explosive leg movement to quickly approach Roberto and use a faint, anticipating a reactionary block.

  Fallace was able to follow up with his plan slashing deep into Roberto's thigh. Roberto did not scream and remained calm, countering momentarily with a stab. Fallace's sword was wedged in Roberto's thigh, forcing Fallace to block with his elbow. Luckily for Fallace, he was able to avoid any serious damage as the knife slided off, creating a minor but large cut. Fallace jumped back in response to the stab and ripped off a piece of his cut sleeve to stop the bleeding. Impressed, Roberto fell back a step and smiled.

  

"I didn't expect anything less from a heinous abductor that has managed to escape the clutches of the organization!

  

  You may have wounded me, but this fight has just started."

  

"Then you'll have to get closer if you want to beat me up, as you said!" Fallace said while pointing his blade towards his opponent.

  

  Meanwhile, Fallace and Roberto were fighting, Delues was using all his might to restrain the raging Soshi. She suddenly stopped, and Delues finally took a breath after exclaiming: how is it even possible for a girl to almost tough him out.

  Soshi turned silent and kicked Delues straight into the crotch. Delues was a trained man and was somewhat able to resist the urge to scream in agony. His hold was still firm, but Soshi was finally given an opportunity to free herself with all the might she had left. As she freed herself sliding out of his arms, Delues desperately grabbed her legs. Attempting to hit her to break her out of charm he thought she was under. She was able to block the attacks by kicking, and in just some minutes of struggle, she was finally freed from his clutches.

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  Soshi then ran towards the way Fallace and Roberto went. She knew that Fallace had used a spell on her. But in her opinion, she saw that Fallace had good intentions and didn't abuse his power over her. Delues was left on the road in pain, contemplating what to do.

  Delues eventually got up and decided that it would be best to inform the captain of what happened. He trusts Roberto's strength, but a confrontation with that midget kidnapper with the help of a charmed ally could be dangerous for him. They could even try to escape again. Delues ran off to find his captain.

  While Soshi had freed herself, Roberto finally made his move rushing towards Fallace. He then took out his other knife and started wailing on Fallace with the same power and speed as before but with devastating technique. Every attack was sharper, and Fallace was once again backed into a corner.

  Roberto was able to block attacks while countering, making even Fallace not capable of keeping up. He was inflicting small slashes on Fallace's wrists. If Fallace slipped even once, he could lose an arm.

  Fallace then jumped to the clothesline, crossing a 3 meter gap, and then swung up to the roof. Fallace had developed a plan to defeat his opponent. Roberto then followed suit by jumping to the stairs on the building beside the one they were previously fighting on. He then ran up the stairs and threw his knife at Fallace.

  Fallace was surprised, but he still managed to deflect the dagger. It flew right at Roberto, but he dashed right under it. He then yelled at Fallace as the chifling was ready to strike him down.

  

"Encantation, Arcane construct!" A tiny aura surrounded Roberto as he casted the spell.

  

  The magic aura was barely visible for Fallace. In comparison to himself, Roberto had basically the aura of people that had never used magic before. Fallace was a far less potent magical user compared to Melian and Konstantin, but even his aura surpassed Roberto's.

  Roberto's magic energy was collected in his hand and started taking form. It transformed into a flail. While Fallace was yet to learn this spell, he had heard that special knights called paladins were expected to know this spell.

  

"You must be surprised, don't you! I have trained every day since my precious sister was kidnapped. It took me about 2 years to learn magic. But I must thank you as I made most of my progress during the last 3 months. I swear if my sister even has the slightest wound, I will make sure that you will beg for death!"

  

  Roberto carefully but quickly approached Fallace swinging with his flail. It was large about half of Fallace's height and nearly weightless. He was able to swing it with speeds faster than before. Fallace, even with knowledge of magic weapons, was knocked out of his stance with Roberto's first swing.

  Fallace had only one shot. He was contemplating whether his idea would even work. It was a gamble. But Fallace wasn't going to hesitate anymore. When Robert wound up for his second swing, Fallace cast a spell using a silent encantation.

  Roberto's swing knocked away Fallace's blade, sending it several meters away on the roof. The disarmed Fallace was pushed back to the edge of the roof seemingly in shock, and Roberto winded up for his third and finishing swing.

  

With his hands up high, Roberto exclaimed: "I will first break your neck and then every single bone until you crack! I will avenge my sister!"

  

  Fallace faced Roberto's vengeance, and his shocked face slowly turned into a smile.

  

"Sorry for this, but I was really trying to convince you!" Fallace exclaimed as he clenched his grip and swung his arms in front of Roberto's crotch.

  

  In one horrifying moment, Roberto noticed Fallace's hand. It looked like it was holding something, and just as he noticed that, Fallace's swinging hand caused a sound Roberto could hear.

  It was the sound of a swinging blade, and in an instance, Roberto's private part disconnected from his body. The blood spread all around his crotch and Roberto screamed as he fell down on his knees. Losing his magic flail that evaporated into magic, which dispersed in the air. It was a scream of suffering that turned into one of pure rage.

  Fallace was happy his minor mirage had worked on the gangster. The more emotionally unstable a person is, the less aware they are of the magic around them. Fallace had exploited Roberto's anger.

  With his face almost turning purple, Roberto jumped at the chifling. Fallace short stature came in handy when it came to ducking under Roberto's desperate dive attack.

  Roberto had dug his own grave as his miss would mean that he would fall 12 meters down facefirst. Fallace thought that even though he threatened to torture him, it was out of love for his sister, which he could respect.

  

"Encantation Mighty limb!" Fallace shouted, and Fallace's magic aura formed into an arm created out of magic power.

  

  This spell was a freely controllable limb able to use the maximal body strength of its user. Fallace's mighty limb flew at the speed of his run and grabbed Roberto's tie. Roberto was choking as he was hanging in the air and had lost the conviction to fight.

  Fallace had saved him from what would have been a stupid death. A guy like that couldn't be a kidnapping bastard, Roberto thought as his mind faded.

  When Roberto fell unconscious, Fallace's magic arm put him on the ground. Fallace was able to avoid serious damage, and he was content with that. He won, and now he just had to beat that second gangster to save Soshi.

  Fallace looked down on Roberto and thought about how this was the second time he slashed his opponent's crotch. He didn't do it intentionally. It was just that his height was perfect for such maneuvers.

  He decided to name this technique. "Blade performance castrating slash." Fallace thought and giggled. In under a minute, the adrenaline started setting in. Fallace felt spiritual and physical exhaustion. His muscles were aching, and his mind was tired.

  He was then finally about to turn around as he saw a shadowy figure jumping, which looked to be instantaneous from roof to roof closing in. Fallace wasn't even able to comprehend what happened as he felt a strong wind blowing towards him as something passed him by.

  

"If Roberto, my strongest soldier, wasn't able to take you down. It seems that I will have to go all out ey!

  

  Fallace turned around to see a mafioso in a suit sporting the same golden tie and a pair of sunglasses. The clouds had slowly been dispersing during Fallace's fight with Roberto, and now the shining light of the full moon illuminated the captain standing before Fallace from behind.

  

"If you manage to survive one minute against me, I will tell you my name, scum! Encantation, Moonlight fracture!"