Martial Arts Worlds

Dietmar dribbled the ball down the grass ground and soon stepped past the middle field.

In that moment, Kiernan appeared in his path with a loud stomp. The area around him was like a no-go zone, as if you ventured into his zone, you could say goodbye to having the ball.

'What a crazy pressure. All we can do is pass to get around him.'

Thorsten made his way through the left field, but Kenneth was running alongside him, trying to stop any passing lines from forming.

Mirin was keeping up with Miroslav, and Ariadne was blocking Roy's passing lines. It was man-to-man defense, which was pretty common to be used in any Punch Ball league.

'To deal with man-to-man defenses is to defeat your mark in hand-to-hand combat!'

Dietmar said and nodded to Thorsten.

Thorsten cracked his hand into a fist and explosively punched at Kenneth. The punch landed on Kenneth's block but sent him sliding back nonetheless.

"Yo, I thought sumo wrestlers don't use fists?!"

Kenneth said with a twitching eyebrow.

"I am using Sumo Combat. It is different from the usual kind. Why would we want to limit ourselves when we are stronger with our fists and kicks?"

Thorsten asked, and this time around, kicked Kenneth's thigh with all his might. It created a chilly smacking sound.

The kicks from sumo wrestlers were among the strongest because of their ridiculous leg muscles that they'd been honing every day for years.

"Argh!"

Kenneth stumbled down, and he couldn't feel his leg anymore.

"Pass to me!"

Thorsten ran past him after seeing an opening.

He didn't need to fully defeat Kenneth, just make himself good enough openings to run past with him. With that bruised leg, Kenneth wouldn't be able to run for some time.

Dietmar hurled the ball through the air, and it perfectly landed in Thorsten's arms, but before he could take a few steps, he heard alarmed shouting.

"Look out, behind you!"

Thorsten looked over his shoulder, and saw that Kiernan was running towards him.

He quickly switched marks after noticing that Thorsten was a much greater threat at the moment.

Kiernan suddenly shoved him on the shoulder and pushed him off balance. It almost made him fall down.

'I am rather proud of my balance, but he already made my balance falter with such a simple shove? I need to be careful!'

Thorsten backstepped and made his way past Kiernan around his back, but he followed closely behind and interrupted his running line.

Smack!

Thorsten smashed into the brick wall that was Kiernan. He couldn't move an inch further. It frustrated him to no end as the goal was pretty close.

'Fuck it!'

With a back pass, the ball ended in Dietmar's arms. He immediately began running through the middle of the field and saw the focused Willa standing by the goal.

She was extremely focused on blocking the ball and nothing else.

Dietmar rolled the ball in his hands, lifted it above his head, and was ready to throw it, but at that moment, Ariadne appeared in his way, waving her arms to stop him from shooting.

'Why is she here? Wasn't she marking Roy?'

Dietmar looked around and saw that Roy was being marked by Kenneth after he recovered from his bruised leg.

It was still difficult for Kenneth to move, so Roy was easily able to shake off his mark, but he was at a pretty awkward angle, and if he passed to him, he had a very narrow angle to throw the ball at the goal.
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It would help Willa to cover more of the goal and would most likely block the ball. This was exactly what Ariadne wanted him to do.

She wanted him to pass to Roy, who would attempt to make a goal and would most likely fail.

'I won't let you control the field.'

Dietmar passed from one hand to another, and then he looked like he was about to pass to Roy, but then he again switched hands and passed to another teammate instead.

The ball appeared in Thorsten's hands, who looked genuinely shocked.

'Why in the world would you pass to me? I am guarded by a beast!'

Kiernan pressed his body against his and tried to smack the ball out of his arms but only managed to slap at Thorsten's arms.

Those slaps left deep red marks on his arms, but he kept protecting the ball as if it were the most precious thing in the world.

"Shit!"

Thorsten spun to the side, and when Kiernan followed him, he quickly spun to another side. He wasn't able to shake Kiernan off, but it gave him a very narrow shooting line.

'I don't have any other choice. I must make the shot!'

He moved his arm back, and then he sent the ball flying through the air. It sailed right under Kiernan's hand, who almost managed to block the shot.

The ball headed straight towards the open goal, but at that moment, Willa's hand shot forward and appeared in front of the ball.

SMACK!

The ball smacked against her hand and got thrown high into the air.

"It got blocked. Get the ball!"

Dietmar screamed hoarsely.

The ball slowly headed back to the ground, and everyone jumped towards it, but one person reached it first.

It was none other than Roy!

"Haha, I never lose for a reason. I am the luckiest of them all!"

With a grin on his face, he tossed the ball towards the goal, and it whizzed right past Willa before smashing into the back of the net.

Whistle~

"Yes!"

Thorsten and Dietmar cheered loudly.

"Ah…"

Willa looked at the ball in her goal and hung her head low. It was so close. She already managed to block it once, but the second time was not possible.

"Ah…"

Ariadne let out a defeated sigh.

She thought that she would've been able to reach the ball first, but Roy's reach was ridiculous, and despite her being closer at the first glance, her reach wasn't quite the same.

Dietmar and the rest went back to their side of the field, all smiles on their faces. The closing stages of the game were near.

Whistle~

The game resumed.