Elisa, Mark, and the latter's Underlings walked through the Final Floor's forest
"While I didn't watch the whole thing, I can tell you have good Kinetic Vision."
[You could?]
"Yes. Your reaction speed is also good."
[About you watching, I think I need to-]
Elisa could feel the dark spots on her skin tingle. The bad kind of tingling.
As if ants were crawling on her skin, occasionally taking bites for no reason.
"No need. It's complicated, and I don't want to talk about it. They weren't the ones I once knew. They haven't been for a long ti. So let's just... Not talk about it."
[Right.]
She threw back the hair that was falling over her right shoulder.
"The best way for to tell you is to show you."
[Okay?]
"We 're going back to that place, right?"
[What am I supposed to watch?]
Elisa laughed cheekily.
". My fighting."
Mark wondered for a bit.
'Her fighting... I can't mimic the way she moves. My speed isn't bad but she has beat in flexibility and dexterity. I guess the three fall under the Agility Stat... Huh. It would benefit you to learn from ...'
You have a habit of looking around a lot when fighting-
'She said it after I talked about the way she moves her head around all the ti. Is there sothing more to it than what I thought? Those movents... Those glaces... I've seen them many, many tis...'
The head movents of a Terrified Monster that's been driven to a corner.
"So? Should we go back, or...?"
Mark scratched his head.
[No.]
[We already have all we need.]
"Is that so?" Elisa chuckled as she unsheathed her Tiworn Elven Daggers.
The cold eyes of his Underlings stared at her.
'Ugh. This feels so weird...'
"Don't bla if so of them end up dead. When I get to it, stopping my blades is-"
[No blades.]
"Huh?"
A Demonic Dark Wolf and a Typhoon Wolf walked to the Monster's side.
And the Monster smiled. Out of embarrassnt surely, but its fangs hid the embarrassnt rather well.
[We're playing tag.]
Elisa jumped back as she put her weapons back into their sheathes.
"Mm!" She nodded cheerfully. "Works for . I'll take my headstart."
'No fangs, no claws, no Wind Blast. Alright?'
The two Underlings lowered and raised their heads.
By this ti, Elisa had already entered the forest around the area.
...
Minutes later, Elisa rested her back against a tree.
'Guess I'll wait here.'
A second later, sothing shined above.
'Is he supposed to be the one locating ?' Elisa asked herself.
And a stream of flas descended upon the forest.
'They're making a ss before we leave, huh? Appreciate that.'
The stream of flas started moving.
'The Spirit drew a circle. Delimiting the periter already?' She chuckled. 'Guess they're taking this seriously.'
Elisa gently pushed herself off the tree.
She extended her hips, arced her back, and a Typhoon Wolf missed her back by an inch.
"Your Stealth isn't bad." Elisa's tone was cheerful, as she nimbly turned around.
Before the Typhoon could even touch the ground, she quickly lowered her gaze.
"If it's not dark enough, you stand out in the shadow."
The next second, a Demonic Dark Wolf jumped out of that shadow.
Elisa arched her back until the ends of her long hair kissed the grass below.
The Demonic Dark Wolf passed above and beyond her.
Her eyes followed it.
The Demonic Dark Wolf's mouth was closed, its fangs hidden, and its claws retracted. It was the sa for the Typhoon Wolf.
Both weren't used to that.
Just as the Demonic Dark Wolf was about to touch the ground, its body turned into a Dark Fog.
"You don't need to turn around if you use that, huh?"
Elisa brought her left foot behind her right, lightly tapped the ground with her left hand, and rotated her body.
'She can control her body way better than him. From that unstable position, he probably would have fallen to the ground.' The Fire Spirit thought to himself as he watched from above.
The Dark Fog approached quickly, but Elisa looked away.
The Typhoon Wolf had jumped onto the tree trunk she had rested her back on earlier.
'I have a pretty good grasp of their speeds now.'
The Dark Fog materialized.
Demonic Dark Wolf from the front, Typhoon Wolf from above, slightly behind her.
Elisa turned her body to the right and raised her head.
The Typhoon Wolf's eyes t hers.
It launched itself with all its great, fully accepting its role as bait.
The Demonic Dark Wolf accelerated.
It reached forward.
Its snout could sll her.
It could almost touch her.
And with a back handspring the pair of Wolves never saw coming, she escaped.
"Can't go full throttle like that."
Just as both were about to collide, the Demonic Dark Wolf turned into Fog once more.
"Right." Elisa smiled. "That's a good one."
...
Dozens of ters above, a flying Monster had taken the Fire Spirit's side.
'Looks like they won't be able to catch her.'
"Nope. She's good. Really good." The Fire Spirit whispered.
The Monster turned at the Spirit, slightly confused.
Or perhaps, simply surprised.
'Didn't expect you to complint anyone. Or anything really. Except for your flas.'
"It is my first ti seeing soone fight this way. It's interesting, not using brute strength. I fell in love with that Berserker's... Rawness? But this is different. So different."
'It is?'
"Of course it is. Every move is calculated. She takes her ti to think through and find the right option. That's why she dodges by a hair's breadth every ti. You're similar in that way."
'I usually don't think too much during fights though. I just let my body... Do its thing. Or think on the spot?'
The Fire Spirit stayed silent for a bit.
"I ant similar in the sense that you dodge by hair's breadth too."
'Oh.'
"She's calculating, while you're winging it and fearlessly, if not foolishly, risking getting hit."
The Monster chuckled as it spectated the scene from above.
She was smiling, as she ran from the Wolves.
A different smile than the one she had when fighting and killing Monsters.
'You're not about to leave for her, are you?'
"I just might if you don't prove yourself worthy of ."
The Spirit chuckled, and so did the Monster.
"Now that I think about it, her movents remind of the kitty cat..." The Spirit's tone had turned serious.
The Monster didn't say a thing.
"That cat has similar movents. Which makes question..."
'What?'
"Is she calculating or simply lazy and can't be bothered to move until the last mont?" The Fire Spirit asked.
The Monster laughed.
The Spirit did not.
'Oh. You're serious?'
"Huh. I always am." An offended tone.
The Monster stared below for a bit.
'Feline grace, huh? Probably not sothing I could get with this body.'
The Spirit nodded.
'Which ans that there's sothing else I should be looking for.'
...
On the ground, a couple hundred ters away from where the ga of tag was happening, Levi and Krista stood.
Just beyond the circle of flas delimiting the periter.
'Levi, Krista. Go.'
The two quickly leaped beyond the burning boundary.
Krista's body imdiately turned into that of a Lioness'.
The difference in speed made the gap between the two slowly widden.
Levi couldn't help but notice that.
He didn't feel bad about it though.
Krista was Krista.
What she was to his Lord, he couldn't tell exactly.
But he had realized that what others were to his Lord didn't matter to him, as long as they were not enemies.
Plus, speed wasn't a priority for Levi.
After all, his goal is to understand the Lord, and assist him perfectly when needed.
He was "The Devourer's Shield".
And so, what Levi felt he needed was Strength, Sturdiness, Endurance, and Vigor.
The second one wasn't a Stat, but he thought it just as important.
...
Elisa escaped from, yet another, attempt from the Wolves.
"The two of you are good at coordinating your attacks." She noted as she stepped back, leaving place for the Typhoon Wolf to miss its mark.
The latter growled, its frustration was starting to show.
The next second, the Demonic Dark Wolf leaped from behind a tree.
She dodged closely.
"No..." Elisa whispered.
Closer than she would've liked.
"There's no coordination, is there?"
Her eyes stared at the Demonic Dark Wolf's bloody red pupils.
Its eyes were calm. Collected.
"You're just letting him do whatever and reacting to what he throws your way huh?"
The two stared at one another for a bit.
"Not bad. Not bad at all. I didn't expect that from-"
Elisa's long ears twitched.
A handful of seconds later, so did the Demonic Dark Wolf's and the Typhoon Wolf's.
Elisa jumped back.
Freeze-
"That's illegal, you know?"
A Lioness stood tall, as the area Elisa had been standing on froze.
"Oh well. Contracts only take effect in the case of death or if one of the Parties complains. And if it's you..."
Her face softened, and so did the Lioness'.
"I don't think I will."
The Typhoon Wolf growled.
"What? Jealous?"
The next second, the three Beasts that made a triangle around her leaped.
"Call it: Cute Privilege." Elisa smiled. "The privilege of the cute."
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