Doom Prid looked at with an amused expression.
Then, he raised his eyebrows and pointed toward Seta, who was standing behind .
By yourself, or with that desert goon too?
What, you son of a bitch?
Seta was enraged at suddenly becoming a desert goon, but I cald him down.
Of course Im fighting alone. Both of us fighting wouldnt be as cool.
Talking about being cool in this situation. Why did soone like you attract the Fire Kings attention?
Always going Fire King this, Fire King that. Arent you tired? I dont care about his attention. Right now, Im just trying to protect my teammate.
I look forward to your effort.
Doom Pri.
He retracted the sword he had pointed toward Irene and put it back in his scabbard.
Then, he loosely grabbed the handle and took a sword drawing stance.
The sa feeling of intense pressure I felt when I first saw the mana gate could be felt here.
I lifted my fists and took up a guard.
Hoo
I had played out this situation in my head countless tis.
What would I have to do against an enemy with a sword?
The answer to this was found in one of the teachings of Lord Coulter from when he taught martial arts before.
Footwork is the basis of everything.
The feet.
High-ranking knights could gently move their shoulders to hide the trajectory of their slashes.
I could see this in Lord Coulter.
The sword he swung would always leave the path that I saw with my eyes and hit my waist.
However, you couldnt hide the footwork.
If I could predict his strides, I could figure out how Doom would move.
Just like now.
Hes coming.
He had instantly narrowed the distance between us and thrust his sword.
At a glance, it may have looked like a thrust, but his left foot was tilted away.
This was a horizontal slash.
Swoosh!
I moved back diagonally and dodged the blade.
If I had dodged straight back, the Sword of Brilliance may have ripped through my shirt.
This was followed by another horizontal slash and I flowed like water to dodge once more.
Predicting the path of the blade.
Until here, it was as I practiced.
However,
Did you think I was just attacking up until now?
!
He wasnt a knight.
He was a magician.
The two slashes.
These preparatory movents were used to make ti to cast a spell.
The Sword of Brilliance shot out a huge ray of light before I could even realize what had happened.
Bam!
I punched the ground and flipped up the earth to try and block.
But his attacks hadnt finished.
People think that magic swordsn arent capable because they arent fully a magician or fully a knight, but thats because they had never t a real magic swordsman.
Doom charged at and swung his sword again.
The rumour that he had the skills to match a high ranking knight wasnt exaggerated at all.
His sword looked like it was dancing.
You got cut.
Euk.
At that mont, I lost sight of it and the blade lightly scratched my legs.
When I moved back, magic was thrown at .
And so, this one-sided battle continued.
But the one on the defensive was .
Damn it
This wasnt sothing I had felt before.
Most magicians couldnt deal with when I approached them.
This was because I could destroy them using a magicians fatal weakness of casting ti.
However, Doom was different.
Even though he couldnt use sword aura, he was swinging his sword with one hand while casting magic with the other.
He had eliminated the weakness of casting ti by wielding his sword.
It wasnt easy to approach him.
This was because he always maintained exactly a blades length of distance between us.
This all you can do? After challenging , all youre doing is dodging.
Youre acting up after scratching my leg a little? Do you always talk this much?
I dont think its just a scratch.
My gaze shifted downwards.
I was sure the wound that Doom Pri gave wasnt deep, but the blade mark left behind by the Sword of Brilliance was spewing out an uncomfortable light and my wound was widening considerably.
Lets say its the Mark of Brilliance. That wound will continue to gnaw at your movent. Just like what it did to Irene Prius.
Magic swords.
There were many different magic swords that appeared in the world.
As the number of swords was great, so was the variety in their abilities.
I didnt know the full extent of the Sword of Brilliances ability, but
Damn it.
My legs were starting to get numb.
I quickly ripped the bandages I had around my hands with my mouth and wrapped the injured area.
But the uncomfortable light that was embedded in my skin didnt go away and it kept widening the wound.
I couldn't even stop the bleeding.
The Mark of Brilliance.
So it was like this
This is boring.
Doom Pri gripped his sword again.
After dodging that strike, I needed to rush into his blind spot to where his sword couldnt reach .
If I could just rush into that guy.
If I could just land a hit against that arrogant face.
I had a chance of winning.
But how would I do that?
There wasnt ti to deeply ponder this question.
Lets finish this.
Doom Pri had redoubled his efforts to attack .
2 horizontal slashes, 1 vertical slash, and continuous casting of spells.
Sphaaaash!
The Sword of Brilliance emitted a building light from the tip of its blade and blocked my sight.
He raised his sword before slicing it down at .
Damn it.
I couldnt just sit here and take it.
Oop!
Tat!
It was truly by the breadth of a hair.
I kicked off the ground and jumped back.
Then, I used Bend Ti to disappear from Dooms sight.
I knew that Doom intended to follow and attack my back.
What?
But I wasnt speeding up as much as I expected.
Normally, I would be able to move fast enough to leave behind afterimages, but my current movents were slow enough for Doom to track with his eyes.
Im pretty sure I warned you that it would gnaw at your movent.
My gaze landed on the leg wound once again.
It was because of this.
Boom!
Doom thrust the sword into the ground as if everything was calculated and started to cast magic with both his hands.
And soon enough, there were two gigantic wings that unfurled above his head, and after circling around a bit, it started to cover him.
5th Class Nature Magic
Kitans Wings.
* * *
* * *
Bang!
Whoooosh!
A huge typhoon followed the explosion of mana and Kitans Wings leveled the surroundings in an instant.
As winds strong enough to uproot trees started to flow about, Seta was lifted off the ground and flung backwards.
Kugh!
I tried to resist it by holding onto a boulder.
The boulder started to shake as it was stuck between pulling it and the pushing strength of the wind.
But it was manageable.
However, my body had beco vulnerable to attacks.
This is the end.
And Doom seized this mont.
He had lifted the blade from the ground and jumped at .
Ruin! Get out of there!
Setas shouts echoed in my mind.
I instinctively moved and dodged his first strike, but the follow-up had broken through.
Shaek!
Euk!
In that mont, my forearm had been cut.
Dark red blood was seeping out of .
If I had to guess, the defensive item that was protecting was probably nearly out of durability.
Damn it.
I couldnt land any attacks.
At that mont, Doom felt like an unbreakable wall.
However,
Ruin Ardell. I had so expectations Im disappointed.
That arrogance.
As I heard that arrogant attitude that spoke as if he were king of the world, my dying fighting spirit reignited.
Seta Malkiri.
Irene Prius.
And all the students of the academy.
I couldnt just give up here while everyone was believing in .
Shing.
Doom, having thought that this was the end, took a stance to end it in a single blow.
I looked at him and ripped another bandage with my mouth.
Fine. Ill admit it. Youre strong. Enough to make think for a mont that you were a wall.
Are you surrendering?
Surrender?
I shook my head and weakly smiled.
No. I cant do that.
The bandages that were wrapped around my hand all fell away.
And then, sothing could be seen.
A ring that had been hidden tightly under those bandages.
Ring of Invulnerability.
An artifact I had found in that antique shop that could stop physical attacks.
I want to destroy you even more.
Maybe he felt my will to struggle one last ti.
The Doom Pri that was always calm and emotionless couldnt help but laugh.
With that body?
He was right.
It was really ssed up.
There were two wounds that were the result of being directly cut by the Sword of Brilliance.
And there were hundreds more from the sticks and stones that were flung around by Kitans Wings.
But I dusted myself off like it was nothing.
Are you done warming up?
What?
Lets start round 2.
The start of round 2.
I lifted my fists towards my face and guarded.
Youre out of your mind.
And Doom Pri sheathed his blade again ,taking a sword drawing stance while looking baffled at my decision.
Ill teach you properly so that you can never flap that mouth of yours again.
It was still scary.
It still felt like a wall.
Above all, that Sword of Brilliance.
Even though I had resolved myself to expect the unexpected when I started dreaming of becoming a magician, being cut by a sword was a terrifying thing that I didnt want to experience ever again.
That was why I changed my strategy.
What are you thinking of doing?
As Straang asked that on my shoulders, filled with curiosity, I replied in a quiet voice,
I wont aim at Doom Pri.
Then?
That Sword of Brilliance.
Right.
If I couldnt hit Doom because of the Sword of Brilliance,
I would destroy the sword.
Having heard this, Straang replied in an excited tone,
Right! Now you understand. This was how Draka fought.
What?
Draka didnt aim at an opponent when he fought. He just destroyed everything he saw.
Hey! If you knew it you shouldve told earlier
For my master to finally realize this. Now I feel more at ease. Ehm! Now, shall I enjoy the show?
This damned incarnation.
Then, Doom spoke up.
What are you muttering on about?
Eh? Its nothing.
My actions were set.
My heart beca lighter, and with it, so did my body.
Now, the real round 2.
Shall we begin?
Skill.
The Ogres Fury.
Strength exploded out into my veins in an instant.
I hopped on the spot a few tis and cracked my neck while I said,
Doom Pri.
?
Be careful of your chin.
I kicked off the ground and charged toward Doom Pri.
He still believed in his sword.
The Sword of Brilliance was fully blooming with blinding light, as if he was going to blast away when I got close.
However, I didnt dodge it.
If you dont dodge, you might really die.
Even with Dooms shallow warning, I didnt hesitate.
My explosively expanding strength
Was aid at Doom.
No. It was aid at the Sword of Brilliance that Doom was swinging around.
And these two forces t.
Then
[The effects of the Ring of Invulnerability are activating.]
Kakakakang!
Victory was mine.
Undoubtedly mine.
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