In the middle of the empty training hall were countless sparring areas alongside dummies for solo training.
Walking off the stone area where the sparring weapons were located, I stepped onto the soft battleground where a large circle was located.
As Raven also stepped inside the large circle, I said.
"First one to surrender or step out of the circle loses. Fair?"
Hearing my words, Raven nodded his head before adjusting his karambits so that their tips were facing the ceiling.
Without any hesitation, I ripped the bandage off my right eye, and thankfully, my sight wasn’t distorted in the slightest.
Looking at , Raven shook his head before muttering.
"I’ll never get used to that.
Embedding the tip of my sword in the soft ground, which resembled sand, behind , I leaned backward and casually asked.
"So, what are you going to do if your gift isn’t dagger-related?"
"I’ll make it work."
Charging at at an extraordinary speed, Raven instantly reached and swung his right karambit vertically upward from his knee to my chin.
With his light daggers, compared to my heavy broadsword, Raven could easily attack and dodge before I could even swing my sword.
Thus, I had to stop him from dodging.
Simultaneously, I imdiately removed my sword from the ground and swept it horizontally at his feet, attempting to knock him off balance.
Unfortunately, Raven was prepared as he imdiately extended his left arm and placed his left karambit in front of my sword’s trajectory.
As Raven’s right karambit went past my stomach and was about to collide with my chin, I suddenly kicked my right foot forward at his stomach.
Then, in sync, my left and free arm surged upward and across my face, easily reaching it before the karambit.
Upon hitting the bottom of my left arm, his dagger bounced backward before halting in place, sending a course of pain through my arm.
With both of Raven’s hands occupied, hitting and blocking my sword, my kick imdiately made contact with his stomach, sending him flying back.
Catching himself before falling, Raven imdiately created so distance between us before I could retaliate further.
Smiling, I looked at Raven, who was angrily staring down at his right wooden dagger.
His right dagger’s swing had started from his legs and moved upward toward my face, giving plenty of ti to dodge and protect.
At that mont, my eyes suddenly forcibly closed before reopening a second later.
Thankfully, Raven had not moved during that ti...but sothing else had.
There was now a holographic figure on the battlefield.
As I stepped backward and almost fell out of the circle, my eyes widened, and Raven gazed at , confused.
"Tired already?"
Ignoring Raven’s remark, I simply rubbed my eyes, ensuring I wasn’t seeing things, and inadvertently opened my mouth.
If I wasn’t seeing things...my body, with horns, was right beside Raven.
More specifically, the devil that possessed my body was now standing right next to Raven, assuming the exact stance.
The holographic figure looked exactly like , but had two visible red horns and a smile on its face.
Its right horn...wasn’t broken either.
Holding two curved karambits in its hand, the holographic figure perfectly mimicked Raven, even shrinking to the sa height as him.
Then, as Raven charged forward, the holographic figure of also moved forward, copying his every movent.
This ti, the figure wasn’t copying ...but my enemy?
Also running forward, I kept my sword at my right side, ready for a horizontal slash.
However, as we t, Raven suddenly jumped to my left, as far away from my sword as he could, and threw his right hand at , as if he were punching soone.
With no way to parry to attack, I side-stepped to the right; yet, at that mont, the holographic figure beside Raven smiled.
Then, before Raven even moved, the devil version of suddenly wrapped his holographic left arm around .
Not even a mont later, Raven did the sa, and as I side-stepped to the right, I bumped into Raven’s arm.
My body was now in between both his arms..pletely trapped.
His left arm was wrapped around my right arm as well, preventing my sword from moving.
First, Raven’s right dagger hit , sending stumbling to the left and into his left arm again, preventing from escaping the trap.
Then, imitating , Raven kicked his right leg forward, straight at my stomach.
However, I was prepared.
Because a second before, the holographic figure had done the sa thing.
I had wondered...why the lines hadn’t shown up.
Usually, no matter how inaccurate they were, the holographic lines from my Tempo stat would show up after a minute.
It seed that my tempo...had combined with my devil’s eye.
My right eye was extrely observant, capturing every detail of Raven’s battle style and predicting his next move.
Using the information from my right eye, Tempo created a holographic figure that would mimic and predict Raven.
However, it ca with a cost.
A crimson-red droplet of blood suddenly fell from my right eye, and the blood vessels there expanded, making my pupil an even darker red.
My previously perfect vision also beca distorted as everything from the right side beca blurry and hard to see.
Ignoring the searing pain in my right eye, I ducked prematurely, watching his leg fly above .
My right hand was still restricted by his Raven’s left arm, so I used the mont to free myself.
Retrieving his leg and retreating, Raven stared, seemingly not yet noticing the blood, at my now free right arm.
"Not so cocky anymore, are you?"
With every fleeting second, the right side of my vision blurred further, so I wasted no ti and charged forward.
As the holographic figure and Raven simultaneously jumped to the left, predicting a horizontal slash from , I raised my wooden broad sword over my head.
Then, in a swift motion, I brought the sword down, instantly feeling it connect with Raven’s left shoulder.
Buckling under the pressure of my sword, Raven nearly fell to his knees, but before that could happen, he raised both his daggers and pushed my sword away.
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