"OK buddies, let's do this! If we win, I will buy all of you drink and food tonight," Rocky said as he tried to improve morale.
Thirty highly-motivated spirit manipulators launched a fierce attack on Dunn's group under the command of Rocky.
Without any signs of weaknesses, Dunn deployed impressive defense tactics against the attack.
Then came the intense battles between the offensive and defensive sides.
"The first squad covers the second one. The second squad lures the enemy deep from the front. The third squad breaks through the sides and cracks them down..." Rocky directed his team calmly. With irresistible force, Rocky's team finally broke through Dunn's defensive line.
Dunn decided that the fighting was unfavorable, so he called for a retreat to buy his troops some time.
It was not long before Dunn realized that his field was a dead end road. His initial purpose of selecting the location was to limit Rocky's options. To his surprise, he was the one trapped instead of Rocky.
After that encounter, only a few spirit manipulators were left around Dunn. On the other hand, there were more than ten people left with Rocky.
"Damn it!" Dunn couldn't believe that he ended up so miserably compared to Rocky.
"Your weakness is arrogance. It is true that you have a good position and an airtight defense. But you are too impatient. The only thing that you care about is winning! You started with a bigger chance to win than me. If you only defended until the last possible moment it would be me who would be on the losing end and not you." Rocky stared at Dunn and revealed his power. It was completely different than when he was intoxicated.
"So you want me to give up and admit total defeat. That will never happen! You only have one hour now. I don't think you could beat me and take my flag," Dunn said with confidence.
"We wouldn't know unless we try!" Rocky waved his hand and his spirit manipulators behind him rushed into Dunn's position immediately. Seeing the incoming attackers, Dunn gave out the order, "Defend the flag!" Dunn, his spirit-manipulated beast and a few spirit manipulators all scrambled to defend their flag.
Dunn showed no trace of fear even in a weakened state.
At length, some of Rocky's spirit manipulators lost their capability to fight. On the other hand, only Dunn and his spirit-manipulated beast remained to defend their flag.
"All of you, go and rest!" Rocky said to his spirit manipulators.
The spirit manipulators looked at each other and then they went off to rest.
"Only the two of us are going to battle it out in the end!" Dunn said as he looked at Rocky.
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