Shaking and unavoidably shat his pants.The Spanish soldier who was just about to cut Lapu-Lapu into half could only let go of his sword after witnessing the out-of-this-world madness showed by the chieftain of the Mactan island.
Fear struck him like a dog as he quickly turned around to flee.
BANG!~
"Covarde..."
Magellan shot his fleeing men, resulting in a gaping b.l.o.o.d.y hole in his head. He despises cowards and people that disobey his command the most.
Lapu-Lapu had a confused look on his face. Why would his captain suddenly kill his own men?
"My command is to advance. Never retreat." Magellan explained in his language.
Lapu-Lapu on the other side seems to understand what he was talking about judging from the language written in Magellan"s burning determined eyes.
"In our veins, flow the blood of the glorious explorer and fighter. Traveled across the boundless sea, and fought battles more than you can imagine." Magellan said as he slowly advanced alone towards the standing madman.
His right hand is raised, giving a signal to his men that this certain fight is his to finish. Lapu-Lapu on the other side seemed to understand the gesture and ordered his men to stay back and mind their own fights.
Leader to Leader. Just as it should be.
The unstoppable raging swords of the west has finally met the ferocious thick blades of the southeast island.
"It takes more than courage to face you natives of this land. I came for G.o.d, the Gold, and the Glory." Magellan said as their distance slowly thinned. He dropped his gun and swapped it with the long sharp sword on his hand - pointing it at Lapu-Lapu"s face.
"I am guided by the light of G.o.d and in the name of King Philip, we will take over this land under your fallen corpse, king of Indios. And by doing so, we will name this land under our own king! It shall be called Philippines!"
"This is Maharlika!~" Lapu-Lapu shouted followed by a furious charge towards the white warrior.
CLAAAANGK!~
Their swords met with the wild splashes of the waves on the background together with the sparks of their metal weapons.
The sun was finally revealing its rays on the east and the dark silhouettes have finally released their hidden colors.
A bulky half-naked brown man and an armor-clad European brandished their swords furiously at each other, creating sparks here and there together with their manic shouts and rage.
ORAAH!!~
CLANG!~
HAH!~
CLANG!~
Magellan"s move was exceptionally fluid and calculated. With his quick wits and sharp eyes, he managed to avoid and create exceptional counterattacks that aim to take advantage of Lapu-Lapu"s wild hacks.
It was like an elusive Spanish Matador dodging and guiding every charge of the fierce bull. He was indeed not just an ordinary captain, but a warrior tempered by studying and countless battles. It was obviously not his first time taking on a fierce native warrior.
Their fight was like the centerpiece of the battlefield. All the warrior from both sides understood the mood and eventually gave s.p.a.ce to their ever-evolving clash.
And as usual, Magellan"s flexible maneuver allowed him to create glaring wound all over his opponent"s body. Meanwhile, Lapu-Lapu"s heavy cutla.s.s could only create large dents all over Magellan"s armor - preserving the latter"s life and giving him the eventual upper hand in the battle.
"Curvar-se ao rei da Espanha!" Magellan shouted in wild confidence as he continued to intentionally pierce Lapu-Lapu"s body with his sword while avoiding the vital spots to lengthen his entertainment.
He was telling the chieftain of the Mactan island to bow under the king of Spain.
Thud!
Finally, succ.u.mbing to the intense pain of the glaring wounds all over his body, Lapu-Lapu"s figure kneeled before the commander of the Victoria - the name of the Galeon s.h.i.+p Magellan led.
"NO!~" Elric shouted anxiously as he was too engrossed watching the battle and did not expect the outcome.
"This is not what was written in history!" Elric complained in his mind as his eyes continued to watch the glorious scene before him.
"Chill down son. The fight had just started." The warm voice of the man followed.
Seeing the satisfying scene of the wild brown native chief kneeling before him, Magellan heaved a deep sigh of relief as a victorious smile crept into his bushy beard. His armor is riddled with blood and long dents from Lapu-Lapu"s attack.
Thanks to his wise judgment and accurate prediction, he managed to control the battle"s pace according to his calculation. Lapu-Lapu was fierce but he was smartly fiercer.
Magellan was not just a fighter, but a wise man with incredible intelligence as well. He was never chosen as a captain just because he was the son of a mayor back in his land. He was, after all an exceptional person himself. Worthy of praises and honor.
"Nooo!~"
"Nalupig si Lapu?"
"Imposible!"
Shouted the natives in surprise. They could not believe their powerful chieftain would fall down under the sword of the white invaders.
The fight is over.
The native lost great moral and are slowly retreating upon seeing their chieftain finally kneeling before the powerful invaders.
Despite their overwhelming numerical advantage, their fire-hardened wooden spares, bows and arrows, stones and Sundang or short swords usually used for cutting woods, were just plain not enough compared to the enemy"s advanced choices of weaponry.
Not to mention, the full plated armors of their enemy and their fire-spewing rifles continued to punch death into their guts and muscles. There was even a line of cannons lying in wait back at their Galeon just in case their enemy came inside its range.
From the sides are their fellow countrymen who came from the opposite island and were converted in the Catholic faith and choose to side on the invaders as well. They were numbering from four hundred and started their a.s.sault on the sidelines and behind. And under the guided plan from Magellan, they did not forget to burn down several houses of the residents of the Mactan island in hopes of demoralizing their enemy.
Realizing their houses transforming into ashes very quick, the fighters in Lapu-Lapu"s side were enraged instead. They fought left and right, against the white invaders and the turncoat islanders. But to no avail. Their thousand numbers quickly dwindled down into just five hundred.
The sun"s red reflection only intensified the b.l.o.o.d.y water of the Mactan beach that morning.
"Hahahaha~"
The sound of a hysterical laugh from Lapu-Lapu suddenly came out of his b.l.o.o.d.y mouth. Magellan"s smile quickly dissapeared and his eyes grew in great surprise.
Magellan watched as Lapu-Lapu suddenly started sucking his flowing blood from one of his glaring wounds in his left arm. It was a creepy and unsettling sight indeed.
Lapu-Lapu"s eyes were glowing red like that of the mad devil. His mouth continued to move and sucked in more of his oozing blood while his body started to release scarlet steam.
His aura changed from a beast to a terrifying monster.
Elric, who was watching on the other side was shocked at the disturbing sight as well.
"It"s showtime!" Applauded the excited voice on his side.
WHHHOOOOOOH~
Then came rus.h.i.+ng the cold east wind. The clouds turned black and Magellan could not help but feel his hair standing stiff on his bad premonition.
"You need help? Your wife told me to come. She said you might overstep your arrogance again and really die this time."
A growling voice from an unknown creature suddenly came from the back of Magellan. He quickly noticed that his men are all scattered far away from him with their eyes wide in shock while gazing at his direction.
Instinctively, Magellan refused to look back and see what"s behind him. He is currently trying his best to cover the yellow p.i.s.s flowing in his pants while his heart pumped wildly from the dangerous feeling behind him.
THUD~
THUD~
Not giving Magellan a heck, a long Eastern Dragon finally revealed his gigantic body before Magellan"s very eyes.
With every step, Magellan felt like the world is collapsing and the water was vibrating accordingly in its sheer weight.
It"s long snake-like body was filled with a brilliant mixture of red and green scales that shone like little emeralds under the faint light of the day. It has short yet muscular legs and deer-like horns on its magnificent head.
It was Lang. The same Eastern King Dragon that Elric met on that fateful night.
"Seeing that you are back in your stupid blood-sucking moment to retain your vitality and pump up your energy, I must say your wife knows you too well."
"Shut up and give me some of your blood." Lapu-Lapu stopped sucking his blood and bellowed angrily at the magnificent Eastern Dragon.
"Five goats! And your life is saved!"
The Eastern Dragon suddenly shone brightly and transformed into a n.o.ble-looking Chinese man with long black beards, red and green silk dress with a red cap at the top and an abacus on the hand.
"Two goats!" Lapu-Lapu shouted back trying to tone down the price of the Dragons blood.
The battle has stopped. Everyone stopped fighting and watched the bizarre event going on instead.
"Four!" The Dragon fervently replied.
"Three goats!" Lapu-Lapu readjusted.
"Four is final."
"Then three goats and two chicken!"
Lang quickly swiped his abacus on his hand with a serious frown in his face, a few seconds later he added,
"Male?"
"Female!"
"Both?"
"Yes!"
TAK-TAK-TAK~
The sound of the working abacus came again.
"How old are the hen?" Lang suddenly said. He was in his full business mode.
"Ready for breeding! Hurry I am losing my consciousness here you stupid lizard!"
"Three goats and two female chicken - deal!" And as quickly as that, the deal is settled. Lang revealed his sharp nail, p.r.i.c.ked his finger, and casually flicked a droplet of his blood towards Lapu-Lapu"s mouth.
"My job here is done. You, my friend, are extremely lucky to have such an insightful two-hundredth wife. Don"t forget to deliver my goods later in the Mercado. Remember, three HEALTHY goats and two HEALTHY-READY-FOR-BREEDING hens." Lang transformed back to his dragon form and calmly flew away as if it was just an ordinary day. One could hear a happy humming from its huge mouth.
The blackened storm clouds are gone and the atmosphere is back to normal.
Facing a woundless, energetic and vigorous Lapu-Lapu before him, Magellan could only stare and blink blankly on what had just transpired.
"Okay! Round two! Let"s do this!" Lapu-Lapu excitedly grabbed his dropped cutla.s.s and turned around towards his men"s direction.
"HOOOY! MGA TALAWAAAN!! ATAKE! PAAAAYT!" Lapu-Lapu shouted angrily seeing that his men have gone far away from him. He called them cowards and ordered them to come back and fight. He hates coward people the most.
Elric had gone too numb to react after witnessing everything.
"What just happened?" He numbly asked himself.