A Man Like None Other - Season 10 Episode 14

“Please forgive his bluntness, Princess Anne,” pleaded Theodore hurriedly as soon as he saw how upset Anne was.

Then, the man turned to Jared and advised, “Mr. Chance, could you try not to offend Princess Anne? After all, the Senerisians are our ally, and it’d do us no good to make an enemy of them.”

“Got it!” responded Jared with a firm nod.

While the two were talking, Andrew and Ichiro had already traded half a dozen blows.

“I must say, your Iron Fists are quite impressive. However, playtime’s over,” mocked Ichiro with a smirk before getting into a stance.

In response, Andrew tightened the muscles all over his body and used them as body armor to protect himself.

“Ichiro is getting ready to unleash Nine Shadows!” exclaimed Theodore, who recognized the swordsman’s unique stance.

Immediately after hearing the man, Anne got nervous once again.

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“What is this Nine Shadows you’re speaking of, General Jackson?” inquired Jared.

“Nine Shadows is Ichiro’s ultimate move. Whoever goes up against that move will be forced to fight nine illusions at the same time, and they won’t be able to discern the difference between the real Ichiro and the fake ones. That’s how Ichiro managed to beat five Martial Arts Grandmaster from Chanaea all by himself back then,” explained Theodore.

“It’s that powerful, huh?” After that, Jared knitted his eyebrows as he continued to observe Ichiro’s every move.

Suddenly, a copy of Ichiro emerged from himself, and then another one from the copy.

Before Andrew knew it, he was surrounded by three identical Jetroinian swordsmen. Even though he was aware that two of them were fake, there was no way for him to tell which was the real Ichiro.

“Two illusions are all I need to deal with you, Andrew,” sneered Ichiro condescendingly.

It sounded like all three Ichiros were speaking at the same time, so Andrew could not distinguish them from the voice alone.

At that moment, Andrew’s face turned terrifyingly grim as he popped the pill Anne gave him into his mouth without hesitation.

The second the elixir entered his system, Andrew’s muscles grew exponentially, and the veins all over his body began to pop out.

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After hearing Andrew let out a beastly roar, the crowd witnessed how the man miraculously transformed into a bear with brown fur, crimson-red eyes, and large fangs.

“Is that a Werebear?” questioned Theodore after turning to Anne in shock, but the woman kept silent with her eyes glued to the arena.

Like Theodore, Jared was also taken aback to see a man turn into a brown bear, for he had never heard of a Werebear and was unaware that a pill could do such a thing to a human being.

“Since you’re desperate enough to transform in public, I’m guessing you’re aware that you’re in a bad spot.”

Ichiro did not seem surprised to see Andrew change into a bear. Instead, there was a hint of excitement on the Jetroinian swordsman’s face.

With another fierce roar, Andrew swung his large paw at Ichiro.

However, like before, the swordsman simply stood still and smiled in the face of another imminent attack.

Boom!

Andrew’s paw strike was so powerful that it shook the entire arena, but still, Ichiro remained unharmed.

As it turned out, Andrew’s attack landed on one of Ichiro’s illusions; the real swordsman did not even have a scratch on him.

After realizing that he had hit but an illusion, Andrew swiftly turned around to strike another Ichiro, but unfortunately, it was another illusion.

Enraged, the Werebear started flailing his paws around, trying to claw at the nearest swordsmen. Despite Andrew’s efforts, he still failed to get the real Ichiro.

Having exhausted much of his energy, Andrew began panting heavily before long. Then, the brown fur on his body slowly retracted, and his eyes turned back to their normal color.