Chapter 3: Announcement and Demonstration

The announcer screamed as he announce-

" The tribal leaders are here! sit on the floor!"

"The gods bestowed the seven tribal leaders a knowledge and foreign martial arts! And now they will demonstrate, so keep silence!"

*The night before the demonstration*

while everyone was watching the night sky Alberto has thought of something.

Alberto: John i have an idea for tomorrow

John: Wha is it?

Alberto: let's have a fight demonstration we will use skill share, each Seven of us will fight above the table until the two of us left and we will recreate the fight scene of "Master Ip man vs Master hong".

while the two of them having a coversation Jasmine heard them.

Jasmine: oh! I've watched that movie too it's freaking awesome! I'm in ,let's do it.

Agustin: Me too!

Alberto: but i suggest that john should win in the demonstration.

John: why?

Alberto: because you are our leader here you know, we need them to recognize you as a leader too to build an empire.

As john realized John nodded.

John: I see now, ok gather everyone we need a plan for tomorrow.

******

The day after that night.

January 2, 1450

A table was placed at the center of the crowd and surrounded by chairs with upsidedown position. After seeing that, the tribes men murmuring to each other.

"Why did they bring that table outside?".

"Yeah and what use of the flipped chairs?".

"Is this a new kind of ritual that they want to demonstrate?"

"Who knows?".

While the tribes men wondering, the second strongest of the tribes men with a smart looking face with his arms crossed answered them.

"They say that the leaders will be demonstrate something , there's two possibility One is to demonstrate ritual for the gods Second is to demonstrate Martial arts".

"Martial arts? what the hell is martial arts thing?"

Then the guy answered with expressionless face.

"it's a fighting style, i traveled across the islands and heard about martial arts.

A loud voice interupted again.

"Ok now listen! They will demonstrate a foreign martial arts that the gods has taught them, this martial art will take half of your life to completly master it, but! they mastered it in just one day!"

The tribes men was shocked.

" So the rumors are true!"

"it must be god bestowed them that skills in their very brains! hahaha"

"that's insane".

The announcer Continues.

"Ok now you may wondering what's the use of table in the center, well the leaders will fight in that table, whoever falls in that table during the fight will be declared defeated and whoever stays on the top of the table is the winner".

As the announcer finished his words the Seven Leaders stands in front of tribes men and as soon as John climbed at the table, the second strongest among the tribes men raised his hands with a.

"can tribes men challenge the leaders?"

The announcer looked at John and John nodded.

Announcer: They say yes

Then John invited him to com up to the stage.

John: you can come up to the table .

The second of the strongest got to the table, they stand facing each other and John mad a gesture which no one in the tribes men knows.

He put his closed fist in front and his left open hands holding the closed fist.

As he sees John doing the gesture he copies John's gesture and wonders what he's doing, and John replies with a smile in his face.

System: Notice

*Skill skillshare activated

*Skill: Kung fu-Wing Chun

(If you use the skill you've chosen it eventually be yours in the future)

As soon as John blinks his eyes , his opponent sieze the opportunity while John closed his eyes for a millisecond.

But john has activated the skillshare and as he reads the system notification at the system's window he realized something.

John's thought: as i thought it's all about compatibility, this time i will be like Ip man this is very exciting.

Then when his opponent's fist starts to reach him he deflected him and at the same time he Kicked his opponent's knee, and it almost break but his opponent backed to prevent it to happen

Tack tack clack!

They stop for a second and then the opponent immediately throws a punch but John dodge it all.

swish! swish! swish!

Then the opponent decides to throw his powerful strike and John noticed this, and John countered his punch with his straight left fingers aimed at the opponent's neck loke a blade.

And after that John decided not to slice his neck and instead he throw him outside the table.

And the crowd reaction rosed and amazed by that fight.

Announcer: Ok that's it! no one's allowed to challenge.

The crowd was excited in the next fight.

"Now the real fight is about to begin".

"Yeah".

Announcer: Now the leaders will challenge each other for the position of Supreme leader in this land!

The crowd went crazy after hearing that, and cheers for their own leaders.

"wooh! Tribe leader you have to win!"

"he will win!"

"no! our leader will be victorious!"

Announcer: The rules are the same! whoever falls outside the table is the looser.

The fight began, it's a fight between John and Jasmine.

John: You know Jasmine I don't realy gonna hit a woman.

Jasmine: Don't worry about me just mind your self you might slip.

John: Oh yeah? let's see if yo-

While John was talking Jasmine interupted him.

Jasmine: You talk too much for a guy! let's fight already!

John: Alright!

Then the fight begin.

Swish! swish!

clack!

Tatatatatatata!

ha!

ugh!

A minutes later.

Then Jasmine flies outside the table and landed perfectly fine.

The crowd went crazy again as John throws out Jasmine.

The fight goes on and for a half an our only Alberto is the only one left opponent, and John is exhausted.

*John is panting*

Alberto: You look exhausted well you need to work hard for that position even we planned it.

John replies with a smile in his face,and Alberto smiled back to him and told him...

Alberto: Be careful John i won't lose that easily, i will use the Filipino martial arts (kali) which rivals your wing chun.

Then the fight begins...

Tatatatata!

Swish!

Boom!

clack.. clack..

Alberto throws a punch and the exhausted John was hit in his stomach.

Argh!

John was hurt and lying in the table, and while Alberto's fist still in his stomach he immediately grabs it and pull him will and as they roll John kicked Alberto's stomach to bounce him out to the table.

But Alberto grab his feet and returned to the table as he almost bounced out to the table.

And now they are in the opposite sides of the table and observed each other and cautious.

And they clashed again.

tatatatatataatatatata!

ha!

ratatatataatata!

as they bouncing in the table, the table splits in a half, the half of the table falls and John landed in it and the orther half falls to the ground but Alberto didn't land in it.

The crowd was silenced for a second, and went crazy again as they realized whos the winner.

"I knew it! our tribe will win!"

"Hey they are both on the floor!"

"What are you talking about?! look carefully you leader is the one on the floor and our leader is still on the top of half of table!"

Announcer: So it looks like a draw!

Then Alberto speaks.

System:

*Auto translation activated

Alberto: No! I'm the one at loss, John won the fight he lands on the top of the half of table and i land to the floor.

Everyone was confused and wondering who's John?

And Alberto raised John's hands and spoked.

Alberto: It's clearly john won the match.

"Did he call our leader John?"

"Our leaders name are John?"

"I don't know they call him John so..."

"No it's not his name, but it is his new name bestowed by god".

Announcer: So the winner is J-John!

Alberto: Everyone please listen to us we have something to say.

The crowd was silenced and Alberto continues.

Alberto: We have decided that all tribes here will work for each other, god sends us a knowledge in every aspect on how to make foods, weapons , tools and everything.

And John Stepped forward and spoke

John: And to do that we the leaders decided to form a one tribe one country one empire! we won't be a strangers to each other anymore, we won't be called in different tribe names anymore!

In case that there are invaders we won't let them steal our mother land! we will unite! we will survive! we will fight for our land!

The crowds faces turns into angry faces, slowly standing up.

John: Imagine some foreign invaders come here and stole everything we have, stole our childrens! stole our wives! and making us slaves! would you let them?!

The crowd has grown very energetic as they listened to John's speach.

"No! we wont let the stole our family!".

"Yes whoever it is we won't let them!".

Alberto: And we your leaders decided to make an empire and put one person who is powerful to anyone under him! We decided that John will be the Emperor and we all his subjects!

Agustin: This is the will of our gods!

Agustin's thought: Yes! i said what i wanted, my favorite line!

John: The gods and goddesses wanted us to be stronger, imagine a dozens thin sticks and scatter them and pick them one by one, it is easy for us to break them but! of the sticks are bond together it is hard to break them!

The crowd as they understood John's metaphor their eyes was shining, and the elders of the tribes was amazed by John's sayings.

" Hoh! this is my first time hearing that proverb".

"It's clear to us now! we have to follow them!"

"The gods blessed us with a great leaders".

John: But! even there is no invaders we are like slaves! we're slaves of poverty! that's why we decided a name a dignified name that will start to free us... "Maharlika!" We will call our selves a "Maharlika" and it will be our "Maharlika Empire", a name that will be our pride and honor!

John: Now i ask you, you hundred of thousands tribes men! Who are you?

Then the crowd shouted on the top of their lungs .

"Maharlikaaaaaaaaa!!"

Agustin's thought: Jeez that's pretty fast... well they will benefit from this anyway...

After that Agustin stepped forward and spoke.

Agustin: And now spread what you heard, bring this news to everyone in this land Palawan! We are the new order.

John: But before you go to your homes we need Ten thousand men, so for the ten thousand men to be moved here in Puerto Princesa bring your families too after a few months.

As the crowd disappeared James walked towards John and ask him.

James: Why Ten thousand men, You know that we can't feed them all right?and they will being their families too.

Agustin: Can't you trust our leader? you are aware of his capabilities, for someone looking fo John for a month just to join him in your faction I'm sure you're aware and i think he has a plan.

John: That won't be a problem there's a solution we just have to dry up our brains, we have three months that will be plenty.

Daniel: That is right we have enough time to make a livestock for one month we have 1000 mens that settled here.

John: I have a plan gather everyone we will put everything in order... this will take for a while before we achieve our goal , well execute our plan slowly but effective They say "slowly but surely"

And Alberto Gathered everyone

Alberto: Everyone is here.

John: Now I'll decide in your positions if it's ok for you guys.

(Note1: The indigenous fighting arts of the Philippines, Kali is a weapons-based martial art that includes hand-to-hand combat, joint locks, grappling, and weapon disarming techniques. -source triangledojo.com)

(Note2:The term maharlika is a loanword from Sanskrit maharddhika (महर्द्धिक), a title meaning "man of wealth, knowledge, or ability". Contrary to modern definitions, it did not refer to the ruling class, but rather to a warrior class (which were minor nobility) of the Tagalog people, directly equivalent to Visayan timawa.-source Wikipedia.)