*BANG!*
The Bullet went through Rio's forehead. Sending him to fall on his back, unmoving.
Jamis is also lying on his back and sighs while watching the blood coming out of Rio's head.
"It's over. I win. I win this match, Rioga Tenjiro."
Jamis then tried to stand up but fell on one knee as a huge amount of blood flowed out from his right arm. The whole arm has been cut by Rio's katana.
"I suppose this is a consequence of my sacrifices... Anyway, let's head back to the others and-"
*BZZT*
As Jamis drank his healing potion and tried to pick up his right arm, he realized that the electricity around Rio's body hadn't completely gone.
"Weird, the spell he uses to enchant his body is still active. Is it still active for a while even when the user is dead? When will it be gone? Until the mana ran out of his body? No, wait. What is this uneasy feeling? Why? Something tells me he's not dead yet. But how?"
Jamis curiously stands up but keeps his distance from Rio's body. With the magic revolver in his hand, he is aiming at the Rio's corpse.
"There's no real consequence on this. One bullet or two doesn't matter."
A sweat or two also dropped from his face. As Jamis pulls the trigger on his revolver. The supposedly a corpse's finger slightly moving. The next second, Jamis was surprised Rio was approaching him at full speed.
"WHAAAAAT!!!??"
*BANGBANG!!*
Jamis pulls the triggers out of panic. One bullet scratched his right cheek, and another one to his left shoulder. Another second passed. As Rio gets close to Jamis, he lifts his sword and tries to cut Jamis down.
In under 1 second, Jamis makes a deduction of his next action. Whether he should dodge it. Or block it. Jamis chose to block Rio's blade using his revolver. In the end, Rio's blade didn't manage to cut through Jamis's revolver, but Rio's greater strength sent Jamis crashing into the tree.
Should Jamis have dodged the attack? No, he couldn't make it. But then what other option does he have? It doesn't matter. As for his action for the last 3 seconds... They were done by reflex and panic. The same for his previous two shots. That too was out in panic. He could've shot his last two bullets in the head if he wasn't.
Once again, Jamis lies on his back. He was groaning in pain from a broken bone. Not to mention, he just realized that two of his fingers holding a revolver were cut by Rio, so he can't even hold his gun properly anymore.
Jamis's eyes fixed on Rio's standing figure. Confusing how he is still alive when he puts a bullet in his head. Another second passed, Rio looked around, and then he opened his mouth.
"Eh, what just happened? What was I doing?"
Hearing a word from Rio, Jamis was surprised and confused at the same time. Looking at Rio's expression, he was definitely oblivious as to what was going on in the past 10 seconds.
"You... What did you do?!"
Hearing a question from Jamis, Rio didn't answer. Rio then touched the bullet wound that was on his forehead. And then spoke back...
"I don't know... To be honest, I don't know anything. I don't know what's been going on with me for the past few days..."
Rio took something out of the bullet wound. It was the bullet meant to end his life itself.
"The bullet didn't go all the way through, it seems. It barely hit my skull. It's like there is some kind of force or 'something' inside my body that is stopping them. This one too. And this one too."
Rio took out the bullets that were inside his body. One by one, it seems every bullet that landed on Rio barely pierced his skin and stuck on the surface of his bone. Jamis didn't have a word as to what he was seeing in front of his eyes.
("If it's come to this, do I even have any chance to defeat him? With these bullets...")
Jamis decided to take a chance to shoot him, but he could barely lift up his arm anymore. The right arm that's been cut off and the left arm with only three fingers.
"By the way, I realized something about you a while ago. You... are the kind that's quick to panic, right? It's hella loud breathing you got there, so it's quite obvious. So forget about trying to defeat me, Jamis. You couldn't barely lift a finger anymore. I demand you give up and heal yourself."
Hearing a word from Rio didn't calm him up. Instead, He tried to stand on his two feet. Slowly standing up, Jamis's breathing is slow and quiet. It seems that he has calmed himself. Rio shows pity because of Jamis's two unusable arms. But Jamis rejected the feelings of pity itself. That's because from 20 people from this class have every personality given. But they have 1 common trait. That is... Pride.
"I'm sorry, bud, but there is no option for me to surrender nor flee here."
The feelings of pity only make them worse. That's what they're thinking. Most of them refuse to take help from others, and some of them have to take a leap of bounds in order to move forward, even if it kills them.
"So, you refuse to give up... huh..."
Rio with only his sword in his hand, and Jamis with three fingers. They stare at each other. Everything went silent. Until the finger breaks the silence itself. Rio charges at Jamis at full speed. Meanwhile, Jamis lifts the object called a smoke grenade with everything he has.
Rio's blade was about to reach Jamis. But he was late by 1 second. Jamis pulls the pin of a smoke grenade with his mouth. Covering the whole area with smoke. Rio instantly loses sight of him, but he knows his blade hit Jamis.
("Shit, I lose sight of him. But I need to get out of this smoke-")
Swinging his blade blindly is one of the options, but Rio refused to do it to consider the possibility of Jamis running in straight line and get out of the smoke already.
*BANG!*
("What, the gunshot from left?!")
Rio reflex blocks the bullet that is targeting his head.
*BANG!*
Another shot coming from his back.
*BANG!*
And another shot.
*BANG!*
And another shot…
("Kuh, one by one the bullets hit me! Even if I'm inside the smoke! It's like he knows my exact position even inside the smoke! Also, how is he shooting me with those arms?!")
Rio is getting a barrage of bullets piercing his body. He is starting to lose focus and decides to dash outside the smoke. But as he went outside the smoke...
("What?! This guy, cover the entire area with the smoke!")
Rio catches a glimpse of someone from behind the tree. And it was Jamis. And he was holding a revolver in his right hand.