Chapitre 60: Chapter 60: Ashwood

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Chapter 60: Ashwood

Siegfried decided to make the first move to get an idea of his oponent abilities, this was the best way since he was unable to sense his cultivation.

He moved swiftly with the sword in his right hand and went for a stab in the chest to test his defenses.

The tall man dodged Siegfried's attack and waited.

'Tsk, he is just testing me too…' Siegfried thought with annoyance.

Siegfried performed a few more attacks but the other man just moved out of the way, dodging the blade by just an inch.

"Mmm, I saw that last attack you did against the old assassin. That was quite a scary move. But I guess your skills with the sword are not quite there." The tall man sounded a bit disappointed.

The truth was that Siegfried's skills with the sword could not be compared with his spear skills, after all, that was his weapon of choosing, and the one he spent a lifetime practicing.

This doesn't mean that he can't use the sword, he could definitely do much better than what he is showing now, but he needs more information on his opponent. At this moment he doesn't even know what weapon he uses, and that much lack of information can be extremely dangerous.

"Why don't you show me what you can do? Dodging my attacks would get you nowhere, and if you are here to kill me, you don't have much time." Said Siegfried.

The man smiled. "You are right…I am very aware that your professors will eventually come to check this place after all the commotion that happened here…very well, I will show you what I can do!" He jumped back and landed on one of the nearby tree branches.

"hmm" Edward regained consciousness at that moment and opened his eyes. "What happened?." He asked as he was looking around. He quickly found Iria, who was laid to rest at his side, and Iris, who was using a stick for support in order to stay standing and looking with intensity at the clearing.

"What is going on?!." Edward looked at the clearing and saw Siegfried standing there.

"We are under attack…and this oponent is much stronger than the others. Siegfried is confronting him." Iris explained in a few words.

"Another assassin?!...ohh... and where is he?" Edward could not see the person that Siegfried was fighting.

"He jumped back to those trees" Iris pointed with her finger.

Back at the fight, the tall man was kneeling on top of a tree branch. "Alright little one, here I come. Try not to die too quickly, that would ruin my entertainment." He gave Siegfried a creepy wide smile.

He then made an unnatural hand movement and small fires started to come into existence next to him.

Siegfried did a quick count and there seem to be around ten of those small fires.

'Okay, so he is a fire user like me, but what are those small fires for? They seem very weak.' Siegfried reason.

"Don't underestimate those little ones." The little fires started to transform and in only two seconds they had completely changed shape. They now looked like small blades made of some red metal.

"Wait!, I know that technique! Ohh no!" Exclaimed Edward with absolute horror on his face.

"I think I have heard about a family that uses some type of fire knives, but I can't quite recall who they were." Said Iris while observing the knives.

The tall man disappeared from his spot, putting Siegfried on guard. He reappeared on a different tree branch and threw one of the fire knives before disappearing again.

Siegfried saw the knife coming despite its speed and moved the sword to block it.

"What?!" It took him by surprise. The moment that his blade was supposed to make contact with the knife, this one changed directions at an impossible angle and avoided Siegfried's sword, it then pointed itself towards Siegfried and speed up even more than before, not giving him time to prepare another block.

"Uggg!" Siegfried grunted as the fire knife went through his calf from side to side before embedding itself on the ground and disappearing.

"Sieg, be very careful with those knives! That's the assassination technique of the Ashwoods. The knives can change direction and speed in midair." Shouted Edward.

Two more knives came flying toward Siegfried.

"Shit!, those things are tricky to block" Siegfried dodged one of them while slashing his blade at the other one. The knife tried to change direction, but this time, Siegfried was prepared for it and also change the direction of the attack, slashing the knife and making it disappear. He has not that lucky with the one he dodged, as it changed directions, the knife got into his blind spot and pierced his shoulder from there.

"Arggg!." Siegfried grunted and placed a hand on his shoulder.

'This is not looking good, my left shoulder and right leg are injured, limiting my mobility and ability to attack…and Im sure that my opponent has shown everything that he can do. He still seems to be playing around with his attacks. If he had just trow those ten knives in his first attack, I may be dead.'

A chuckle was heard and the man appeared again in the middle of the clearing. Seven fire knives were floating around him. "I suppose there is no point in hiding it then." The tall man shrugged. "My name is Clayton and I am indeed a member of the Ashwood family."

"Clayton Ashwood?!...this is bad." Said Edward with sweat falling from his forehead.

"You know him?" Asked Iris.

"Not personally, but I have heard of him. Clayton Ashwood is the second son of Lord Ashwood, he is the old brother of Lancel, the guy who is always following Charles, and…he is a peak rank 1 Magus." Explained Edward.

"He is an official Magus?!" Exclaimed Iris. "But then…Siegfried." She looked with worry.

"Yes, I'm afraid that Sieg has no chance of winning this time." Said Edward with a grave expression.

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