A/N - "Proceres Altercationem" doesn't translate that well but the aning I'm going for is "duel of chiefs" FYI.
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"Well, shit,"
This guy's strong, even just being in his presence feels like a weight is added to my shoulders, but... I can kill this guy.
A sadistic grin soon grew on my face and I wasn't able to suppress it, allowing the harpies to see it. So of them backed off but Jas and the big guy over there just started staring at . As he walked down so stairs that were ingrained in the wall the pressure felt heavier. Once he got to the very bottom and stood in front of us, I started to have second thoughts.
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I don't know if I can kill this guy. If this guy is stronger than Jas that must an he's the chief or sothing. That is also not including the other fire harpies around us, if I try and kill him they might co after . Do I have to play my card confidently or wait...?
"Where was your smile from earlier... kid," the 7-foot man in front of asks.
Activating [Commanders Presence] the pressure from earlier quickly lightened, relaxing my muscles instantly.
"Oh, what are you talking about," I say while having the most carefree expression in the world.
Raising my head to look him in the eyes I see him about to bust a vein from my comnt. I only smirk at which turns his face red in anger.
'DAMN! I can't get mad at this lady just for her being here. I need to uphold my pride and honor as the chief of fire harpies. If I let my emotions show just because this weakling thinks she's everything I can't call myself the chief,' the tall harpy cursed in his mind.
"Chief this bitch needs to die! She's super disrespectful and full of herself; also, she's too powerful for her stats, we need to team up on her in case she was hiding even more of her strength," Jas announced.
"NO! I CAN NOT DO THAT! My pride as the chief of fire harpies must be upheld so... I challenge... Arpious to a 'Proceres Altercationem!'" the chief declared after hacking her status.
Why does that sound Latin? I may not have studied Latin but, I at least know that phrase was definitely Latin... well I may know that it's Latin but I have no clue what it actually ans.
"But chief that ans you are risking your title, why should you do it against sobody who is not the sa race as you? What if she actually wins... that ans we'll have to follow sobody of another race," one of the harpies said whilst looking at in disgust.
"SHUT UP! Get the duel ready... QUICKLY,"
"What a loud man, nobody will want to date you if you're like this all the ti," I said while looking up at him with a frown.
He just ignored and started ordering people around.
...
After about an hour of loitering around the canyon, I was led by a fire harpy towards the huge house from before. Before we entered though they confiscated my scythe, it was more like they took and broke it into pieces though.
It's not like I cared much for it... it was literally just a scythe made out of the condensed rock from my castle, it was going to break eventually.
As we passed through the house I took the ti to look around.
The house reeked of animal blood that also stained so of the walls and parts of the floor. Heads of monsters that were familiar and unfamiliar were plastered on the wall that still gave the feeling that they were alive. Furniture and weapons were scattered carelessly around the room which gave the feeling of wanting to tidy the place up but...
WHAT AM I, THIS GUYS MAID!
As we finished traveling up the house and onto its roof there were another set of stairs ingrained into the canyon wall, but these went up instead of down. We climbed up the short fleet of stairs until we saw a very apocalyptic sight.
I realized we were on top of the canyons and it was very barren. It was just a neverending surface of orange and brown rock. There were no hills but just ravines in the ground that I assud were the canyons. You could have sent a tumbleweed rolling across it and I wouldn't have been surprised.
Scouting around more I saw a small ring made of rocks with a diater of 10 ters. Surrounding the ring were fire harpies of all ages, which as soon as I walked onto the barren wasteland they all directed their gazes at with the sa feelings as before.
"Well, shall we get started," I said while stepping into the ring.
As the harpies gazed towards the ring it added a different kind of pressure from what I felt when I stood up against the chief.
Kumo was spectating from outside the ring surrounded by 3 fire harpies holding spears. Also, Jas was talking about sothing with the chief, so I signaled for Kumo to pay attention to Jas in case he does sothing stupid.
The chief finally finished discussing with Jas and he stepped into the ring taking his shirt off.
"Since you don't have a weapon I will not use a weapon... NOW BRING IT!" he shouted which quickly dissolved in the open rocky plain we were in.
"Please stop shouting, you're going to hurt this lady's ears if you continue," I say while getting into a more relaxed stance.
The more I fought the better I understood how I should start. In the beginning, I would always go into a fighting stance with my hands guarding my chest and head but I soon realized that this would always tense my muscles up. Experinting more as I fought I found that I was always better in a more relaxed stance that was standing up straight while relaxing everything. The old would have thought this was stupid but it actually worked... most of the ti. There would be tis that I accidentally tensed up from nerves that were within expectations.
I kind of wish there was a skill that allowed to suppress my nerves or fear.
[Error]
It was worth a shot, just in case I got really unlucky before.
The chief activated sothing which coated his body in a white fla with flashes of rainbow that blinded when I looked at them. Not hesitating I quickly activated [Boost] before the chief lunged at with his hand in the shape of a claw.
I parried the attack with my hand and kicked straight at his stomach from below. The chief expected this and twisted his body, displaying incredible flexibility despite his size he dodged my kick and tried to punch my head whilst still in the air.
Shocked by his sudden act of flexibility I tensed up a bit but was still able to barely block the punch, leaving my hands stinging. As the impact was so strong I was sent sliding backward on my feet towards the edge of the ring. Before he could follow up I wrapped shadows around his ankles with [Shadow Magic] which kept him in place while I also threw a round-house kick to his head.
The kick landed but he used the montum to bend his body back, breaking out from his ankle restraints. Not allowing him to have a quick recovery, I imdiately sent a [Thunderbolt] directly at him but sohow dispersed once they touched his flas.
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How do I beat this guy... his flas are more like sothing that cancels out magic rather than actually being hot. When I kicked his head I barely felt anything, it was kind of just like a heater that you would use in winter. Also, my physical strength can't compare to his...
"Ah," my serious face slowly turned into a wide grin that sent chills down so of the spectating harpies spines.
The chief saw how I was inspecting his flas and got angry for so reason, causing him to charge at with an incredible speed. I parried his entire body sending him tumbling onto his knees but I kept my right hand on his shoulder.
[Forbidden Magic: dusa]
His shoulder was turning to stone but not quite as fast as when I did it to Jas. This was probably due to his fire canceling out part of it.
I ca up with this idea since his body probably had a limit to it because when he activated it, his veins had started to bulge. I thought this was just due to him getting ready but it seed like the bulge had never gone away no matter how much ti passed. Assuming he had a limit, that probably ant he couldn't apply it directly to his skin since when I kicked him earlier in the head the heat had drastically decreased at the top of my foot which is where I landed my kick on him. This lead to the idea of applying my magic directly to his skin and what is the best at doing that... [Forbidden Magic: dusa].
The chief felt a sudden pain and numbness on his right shoulder which he quickly withdrew from the situation. Seeing this Jas started glaring at which I tried to ignore but it just felt like ants crawling on my skin.
"Bastard," I muttered under my breath.
Trying to ignore the glaring Jas I focus my attention on the worrying chief. After seeing the damage done to his right shoulder he touched it but it crumbled under the slight pressure he gave.
"AHHHHHH,"
He felt the pain of his entire arm coming off but no blood had co out due to the stone blocking it. He started to glare at in anger and fear at the sa ti. Like a beast cornered he panicked and started to swing in my direction with his hands in the shapes of claws.
I slowly walked over to him and the closer I got the paler his face had beco. Suddenly, his eyes had turned black with red pupils and gave off an eerie glow.
"Berserk."
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