Duel

[Somewhere In The Western Continent of Arikitashia]

(Third Person POV)

In the streets of a small desert town, several people were outside and watching the scene that was happening in the town square. The town was similar to an Old West town, just a couple of wooden buildings lined up with a bar at the corner, the wind blew a small amount of sand through the town as the scorching sun burned on it. 

A man wearing an old western-themed outfit with a bowler hat was scowling as he looked at another man.

"Oi, you bastard!!!" He said as he placed his hand on his side, "You gonna draw or not?!" 

His hand was on the magic gun he had holstered, his hands were shaking slightly. The moment he did this, the crowd of townsfolk gasped in surprise. They didn't expect an argument to escalate to a duel to the death. 

The other man wasn't paying attention, was merely looking down. He was Tall, wore dark clothes, a black trench coat, a grey button-up shirt, black pants, black snake-skin boots, and a black cowboy hat. Let's just say he was feeling a bit "Edgy" in his wild west look. He looked a bit edgier with the mask covering his face, a large neck gaiter that only revealed his piercing black eyes. 

This was our protagonist, Michael, a dangerous Gunslinging Mage from Guiltina.

He didn't seem bothered by the man who was scowling at him. 

"I asked you nicely...." Michael said with a calm tone, "To point me in the direction of the person I'm looking for....." 

"Fuck you!" the man said, "I ain't telling you shit!!" 

"Then draw, don't be a pussy." Michael said without much of a reaction

In an instant, the man drew his gun and opened fire, causing some women in the crowd to yell in horror. 

The bullets hit Michael in the chest, but did no damage, to the man's shock. 

"W-What?" the man said

"Such a shame....bullets don't work on me...." Michael said, "Curse your god that you wield a gun...in my presence....." 

Michael then raised his arm, a revolver appearing in his hand as he pointed it at the man. 

"W-Wait..." the man said as he dropped his pistol, "I-I....can tell you where she is!" 

"You opened fire...." Michael said, "That means you've begun the duel. This won't end until one of us is dead and it won't be me." 

He then pulled the trigger, firing his revolver. 

The man's head then burst open in the middle as the bullet had hit him dead on. His body plopped down hard on the ground, his life had left it instantly as a pool of blood formed around his head. 

"H-He...killed him..." someone from the crowd said, "In cold blood...." 

Michael slowly walked over to the corpse, his revolver disappearing into thin air. 

"A duel between two men shall always be honored..." He said calmly, "If any of you have a problem with this...you should've stopped this fool from charging at his death.....but you won't have a problem...such is the way over here....." 

As he reached the dead body, he crouched down and began patting down the pockets of his pants, pulling out a folded paper. 

He opened it and read its content, "Perfect..." He said, "This will do...." 

He straightened up and looked over to the crowd, they were all looking at him with cautious expressions on their faces. 

"Worry not." He said, "I will leave Town....." 

"After I visit your brothel, of course." 

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"I shall take my leave, now." Michael said as he walked out of the brothel, "It was a good time..." 

"T-Thank you...." the owner said as she watched him walk away

Michael pulled out a revolver out of thin air and began spinning it as he whistled a joyful tone, something that was a bit surprising, considering his appearance. 

He slowly walked towards the exit of the town, he had gotten what he wanted from this lonely town in this part of Arikitashia, a barren and deserted lawless land. 

The Alvarez Empire had neglected the desert regions of the continent, The Desert King specifically. Ajeel, the Shield of Spriggan, had no care for the isolated parts that weren't in his kindgom back when he was an actual King. Ever since he became part of the Alvarez Empire, he left those parts to fend for their own. 

Michael had ventured to Arikitashia from his home, Guiltina, on a mission. 

His mission was to hunt down a devil, a specific one. What he encounters on that mission is up to fate. 

As he walked, he glanced behind him, the town in the far distance behind him. He slowly walked as he looked at the worn-down buildings of that poor town he killed a man in. 

"Hm...." He said, "Those whores weren't that good...." 

"Oh well..."