Under the astonished gazes of the growing number of onlookers, Siegfried nacingly advanced.
He was fast.
Unfortunately, not fast enough to catch Shye off-guard.
'Heh, if you think you can cross the strength attribute gap with just this, I'm afraid you're gravely mistaken, Sieg!' Shye inwardly thought with a confident smile, aiming both greatswords forward before using one of his reliable gap-closer skills.
'Rush Stab! Boost!'
Winds howled as Shye blasted through the air with unparalleled speed and ferocity, prompting Siegfried to narrow his eyes in wariness.
The intensity of Shye's attack was overwhelming.
However, Siegfried was fully prepared to counter it.
He vanished at the perfect mont by hiding in a spatial pocket, then reappeared behind Shye, whose speed suddenly dropped after losing his target.
Siegfried then wielded his wooden katana with all his might, summoning three illusory swords of different colors: red, yellow, and blue.
Shortly after, the three swords whistled through the air, stabbing straight at Shye's back.
Unfortunately for Siegfried, Shye already predicted that he was gonna disappear before they clashed.
This is why as soon as Shye lost speed due to losing his target, he prepared his next attack, [Half-moon Slash Lv.4 (Uncommon)].
Turning around, he fiercely slashed both greatswords, first the right and then the left, firing off two enormous silver slash marks that ford an X as they flew toward Siegfried.
Then, as the two warrior projectiles clashed, the three swords were easily overpowered, forcing Siegfried to quickly roll sideways to dodge.
'Hoh? Why didn't he disappear this ti?' Shye pondered.
Siegfried should be able to dodge his attack easily by disappearing into a spatial pocket.
Hence, Shye couldn't help but question the thod he used to evade the attack.
'Can't waste this chance now, can I?'
*GYAOOH!*
Two pairs of pitch-black wings erged from Shye's back, accompanied by reddish-black horns on his forehead, elbows, and ankles.
A pitch-black armor then materialized on his body, followed by a blood-curdling howl reminiscent of ancient demons, enhancing his attributes, defensive capabilities, and mobility.
This was the final form of Shye's [Fallen] skills.
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…With one flap of his max-level wings, Shye arrived in front of Siegfried, who had just finished stabilizing his footing.
He then brandished his greatswords like a berserk war god, slashing them diagonally downwards one after the other.
This resulted in Siegfried backpedaling like there was no tomorrow—his focus, razor-sharp as he parried and dodged Shye's attacks the best he could.
He simply doesn't dare block for fear of being sent flying once more.
Five seconds later, Siegfried vanished into a spatial pocket once more, reappearing behind Shye and thrusting his blade toward Shye's heart from behind.
Naturally, Shye was already prepared for this mont as learning about this annoying skill of Siegfried's was the main goal of his earlier relentless assault.
With one flap of his wings, Shye bolted forward at shocking speeds, easily dodging his opponent's attacks.
'Hoh…so his skill's cooldown chanics were like that of my [Boost] skill, huh?' He mused smilingly, charging at Siegfried once more the next mont.
This ti, however, Siegfried unleashed his own [Half-moon Slash Lv.5 (Uncommon)] skill.
Unfortunately, since he was using a katana, his slash was sharper but lighter and considerably smaller compared to Shye's.
Still, it wasn't an attack that Shye could receive with his body.
…or could he?
He had never tested the defensive capabilities of the black armor granted by the max level [Fallen's Howl].
Since this was only a friendly duel, Shye decided that it was better to test its capabilities now than in a real-life-or-death scenario.
Hence, despite the mighty aura of the half-moon slash mark, Shye recklessly advanced, opting to take the attack head-on in exchange for a clean hit of his own.
Shye gritted his teeth and prepared himself to endure agonizing pain.
Yet, surprisingly, when the slash mark made contact with his chest, it evaporated like smoke along with his black armor.
As a result, Siegfried was completely caught off guard, sent flying by another powerful blow to his chest.
"Puhaahk!"
This ti, his injuries were rather severe.
Fortunately, he still had two charges of his skill [Spatial Shift], which enabled him to evade crashing into the training hall walls.
Using one charge of the skill, he disappeared into a spatial pocket mid-air and reappeared at a safe distance from where Shye was monts later.
"Hahahaha! What the hell is that black armor, Crowley? Isn't that thing basically a cheat?"
"Hahaha! I really don't want to hear that from you, considering you have that darned spatial pocket skill or sothing to get you out of trouble anyti you want!"
The two combatants engaged in a friendly banter.
However, Shye purposely remarked, "Siegfried can get out of trouble ANYTI he wants using his skill," feigning ignorance of the skill's cooldown after three charges.
Might be a bit of a rat move considering they were both warriors.
But hey, it wasn't his fault that his intelligence attribute was higher than Siegfried's, was it?
It would be a sin to fight like an idiot if he had smarter options.
Fully knowing that Siegfried only had one charge of [Spatial Shift] left, Shye initiated the attack once more, flapping his wings mightily to arrive in front of his opponent.
Unfortunately, Siegfried seed to have predicted it, and with a flap of his own golden wings, he bolted heavenwards with a plan of his own in mind.
Naturally, if Shye knew certain things about his close friend's skills, Siegfried also knew so things about him.
For one, he knew that Shye's wings couldn't be used continuously and that he would have to wait for one second before using them again.
This was enough for Siegfried to use gravity to his advantage, flapping his wings in sync with Shye to descend fiercely.
With this, he was sure that his ace in the hole would snatch victory for him.
Watching the srizing combat scene, where it appeared as though an angel descended from the skies to strike down the ascending demon back into the depths of hell, the onlookers were captivated.
How they wished they could freeze that mont for a few more seconds to admire it.
Unfortunately, a fierce battle was bound to be fast-paced, and the mont that seed to co straight out of a fairy tale ended almost as soon as it began.
Shye slashed his [Power Slash]-empowered greatsword upwards while Siegfried slashed his katana downwards.
Then, at the last mont, Siegfried hid in a spatial pocket, allowing Shye's greatswords to pass through before reappearing at the sa location, brandishing his wooden katana viciously at Shye's neck.
Shye still had another greatsword, though, which allowed him to block the attack.
He even raised it horizontally, entering a blocking motion.
'Ethereal Sword!'
Just when the wooden weapons were about to clash, Siegfried's wooden katana suddenly flickered and passed through Shye's guard.
"It's my win, Crowl–?!"
*ROAR!*
An ear-splitting roar that resembled those of mighty dragons suddenly erged out of Shye's mouth.
Unfortunately for Siegfried, with no other options to dodge, he fell victim to Shye's skill, [Draconian Roar Lv.5], once more.
As a result, he was scared witless, and it was as if his attack was frozen in ti.
The next mont, he felt a strong grip around his neck, followed by the sensation of being violently slamd into the ground.
Soon after, he was engulfed by oblivion.
'Ahh…crap…I lost again…'
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