Chapter Forty-Four: The Training Part Two

Raja got to me first. While he swung his maces, I skipped backward to keep myself a distance away from their reach. I managed to catch a glimpse at Li leaping from my left.

I tucked my knees and rolled toward Raja, avoiding Li’s kick and the swinging maces. After getting close to Raja’s legs, I sprang to my feet and tossed him toward Li, though he evaded the former commander from crashing on top of him. That was a moment for me to give the Shaolin a flying kick, but he evaded. Spinning himself in the air, Li was about to strike me with his glaive.

“Stop! Stop!” Mr. Smith yelled. “Time out!” We all stopped in our tracks. He ran toward the crate, pulling out a wooden staff. “Here,” he exchanged Li’s glaive with it, “we don’t want to see Sam getting accidentally cut.”

“Gee, thanks,” I grumbled in a sardonic tone. “Ouch, ow, ow…!” Li’s strikes with the staff were faster than his glaive. I had to block the hits with my forearms, bearing all the stinging pain. Raja