章 103: White Knight Vs Grand Knight II
Throwing the Ragin Splash Zone in the air, the masked man lunged at me with his inhuman speeds. This is when one of Juilam's lectures flashed in my mind, saying
-"You might be naturally strong for a human, but most beasts will be physically stronger than you, so don't be reckless"-
'Could have f*cking told me humans can be just as strong with the use of aura!' I inwardly complained.
Swiftly, I dodged the sword strike that seemed even faster than my own. However, the man wasn't stupid and had already known my reactions were top-notch. Immediately, the hairs on my neck started to rise while the air around me became extremely dry.
'F*CK!'
The large chaos-filled sphere of water threatening to explode at any moment started moving towards me from 100m in the air like a meteor coming to crash on earth. The power of the spell was like nothing a supreme mage could do, not even my grandmother! I could only expect this kind of power and control over the water element from my mother, who even though was hiding her aura and cloaking her mana heart, I could tell she was at least at the Imperial Wizard rank if not higher.
'This is bad! I can't dodge, nor can I attack back. If I use my trump card, I can say bye to 50% of my mana. Eyes of Consumption and Redirection won't work either, due to them only being able to consume energies like mana and maybe aura, unlike its predecessor, Eyes of GLutton... F*CK IT! ANLAYSIS!'
[Analysis complete]
[Escape routes found: 4]
[Counters found: 1]
[Escape route 1: You should...
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After reading all the information within what felt like 2 minutes, I finally decided to use the only counter. Yes, it might be slightly stupid for me to do so, but it is the only way I can escape this situation while also dealing damage to my enemy.
'wow'
In an instant, I crouched down to the floor while gripping onto the hilt of my blade with enough strength to break most normal blades. However, this was not a normal blade, but a C ranked one enchanted by none other than me!
Breathing in steadily, I channeled all the elemental particles in my body to my legs, spine, right forearm, and wrist. My eyes started to glow with an ominous golden hue, while my bloodlust vanished and my divine aura suppressed everything within its vicinity. Well, that is what I thought anyway, seeing the masked man break out in a small cold sweat.
'What the hell? This feels like... This f-feels like... No way right? Is she related to the Paladin? Maybe it's something all white knights have... But my boss said he had to reach at least the Guardian rank to make this aura. This doesn't make any sens-'
Before he could even finish his train of thought, a sudden exploding noise had come from under my feet, only leaving a crater 3 times large than I imprinted onto the ground. A sudden gust of wind started to push him back which also caused him to cover the holes in his mask from any dust entering through them. An instant later, the wind subsided and he looked up, just to see a sword engulfed in white flames and a petite woman, or maybe a little girl? Either way, it felt like looking at a Goddess getting ready to strike its enemy with enough power to shake the heavens, yet every single muscle movement had the elegance of a butterfly.
"Goddess..." The man muttered unconsciously, while his body was slowly succumbing to the temptation of preaching to this divine being that had blessed him by her presence.
...
[Counter 1: Use the skill -Combination Magic- to infuse the light element into your flames, while also using your spell -Blue Flames of Symphony: Glutonous Flames-. Then strike the attack and use the spell -Soul purge- to destroy any remanents of control or aura that entity -???- has over the spell. Use your control over the water element to make the currents unstable, before striking them with the white flames and extinguishing them for good. Use -Flash step- to appear behind entity -???- before striking at the arm he will block with. Trajectory will be shown in the form of a 'Hologram']
'hmm... It does seem like it's going to work. But, can't I just dodge with flash step and strike him straight away?' I asked inwardly.
[Affirmitve. The shock wave of the attack will, however, cause an explosion large enough to destroy the illusion barrier. Would you like to go through with the first plan or your plan?] The text appeared in my retina again, however, I for some reason could feel a weird condescending tone even though there was no sound coming from the text.]
'Damn analysis and the heavens! They keep insulting me like this every single time they speak to me! Ah f*ck it! Analysis., make a name for my spell'
[Unable to follow instructions. I do not have cognitive thinking abilities. Please try after you evolve]
'ugh. If that isn't cognitive thinking, I don't know what is'
Immediately, I engulfed my blade with a bright blue flame while a tinge of blue appeared in my pupils, before turning into a white, brighter than any white that I have ever seen. Brighter than any white my pupils had ever shone, and the simple radiance combined with my divine aura sweep the area, making everyone around me feel as if a hydraulic press was pushing down on their chest, well, only his chest.
With blurring speed, I moved towards the sphere of ranging water currents before muttering "Blue Flam-
[White flames*]
'...'
"ugh... Blue flames of the symphony: Gluttonous Flames + Soul Purge + Brilliant Light!"
As if my sword had just turned into an eye of a hurricane, the once blue flames had turned white with an aura of absolute brilliance and had started to rotate around my blade. While some might think that having a tornado for a sword would be impractical, right now, the thing within my hands felt as if it could cut the skies itself while vaporizing every single creature or particle in its way.
I watched as a flurry of white, red and green came out of nowhere just to spin around the blade violently. Whirlwinds and gusts started to flow into the swords tornado, allowing it to become bigger and bigger.
Right now, my sword was behind me, ready to be swung at any moment to swallow thee greater water sphere and everything within it. My golden hair fluttered with the violent winds, while my trench coat danced behind me with lively vigor. I slowly rose my arms above my head and held my sword with both my hands, as if it was the heaviest thing in the world. Slowly, I closed my eyes while feeling every single particle in the area vibrate to my will.
Every color reacted and spiraled around my already tornado-like attack, and the man under me could do nothing. He was awe-stricken by the power he was seeing. How could a human, no, a monster barely at the advanced mage rank, wield such power above their heads?
"GLUTTONOUS FLAMES.." I slowly opened my eyes, which now had their pupils shining a brilliant white light, while at the same time being split into a Shield of David.
"BRILLIANT BLADE"
*SIlence*
*SHchhhhtch*
The moment I slashed down on the sphere, it disappeared as if it was never there. The unstable sphere that threatened to explode me and everything in 20 meters, was now gone?
In an instant, the white flames had purged any signs of aura, consumed every single speck of mana due to my gluttony affinity, and vaporized the water with my blue flames. It had all happened so quickly that the man in front of me couldn't even see what had happened, but even by the time he had finally comprehended what happened, I was no longer in his line of sight,
Looking down, he could see me ducking under his line of sight, with a blue flame in my right hand and the same vortex-like brilliant white sword in my other hand, in place to swing horizontally and cut the man's upper body from his lower one.
"You're done for!" I roared with a smirk before exploding the flame in my right hand onto his chest.
In the blink of an eye, his robe, mask, and shirt were all destroyed while he was flung back for the first time since the start of this fight, but I was not done.
Since I had seen the man was in a daze when I had destroyed his spell, I did not need to use my flash step to move right next to him, meaning I still have two more flash steps to use. So in a single lunge and a single second, I found myself in front of him again, but this time his skin and clothes were injured while his mask had shattered into pieces, projecting his mildly handsome face to the world to see.
Unbeknownst to me, by the time I had flash stepped to the man, the illusion barrier I was trying to keep from breaking had shattered, and the bright light from my sword attack grabbed the attention of everyone in the stadium, no matter who they were.
While some were confused for not understanding what was happening, or excited to find out that there might have been a secret candidate waiting to show the world the brilliance of an S-ranked candidate or above, the people in the VIP lounge room started to panic a little. They were not panicking for their own lives, since most of them are either fighters or had enough money to rent a few bodyguards, but rather, they were scared for their children who were down in the stadium without any proper protection.
There had been instanced before where some S ranked individuals wanting to enter the academy were assassinated, and due to most of them being at the peak of the supreme ranks (Peak Ethereal), they were unable to block or dodge an attack from someone in the Knight or Wizard rank (Initial to low Gaseous).
However, a second later, the bright light faded and while disappeared as if it was never there, while just a few seconds later, the presenter informed everyone that the situation was nothing to worry about, and explained that there was a worker up there who accidentally activated his emergency light.
All of this was unknown to me because right now, all my focus was on the b*astard in front of me, trying to kill him in any way I can without raising any alarm from the people under.
My sword was still as bright as ever, and now that I had flash stepped to the man who had been flung away, I was ready to cut him into two. But it seemed fate had a different idea...
Once I was in front of him again, I used flame burst to shoot flames out of my hands, but this time, I aimed for the floor to create the closest thing to a smokescreen I can. Yet, his fighting abilities as well as his battle sense that had taken him through hundreds of battles were nothing to scoff at, making it really easy for him to find me from within the flames, due to my unique aura.
In an instant, he clocked his arm back and enveloped it with the same blue battle aura he had been using this whole time, and with a maniacal smile on his face, he punched into the flames, hitting me right in the gut, forcing blood to spill out of my both with a lot of saliva. The next instant, I found myself held in a chose by his right hand while he stabilized himself to land on the floor safely.
"I see that all you wanted in this fight was to strip me huh?" The man scoffed with a sh*t-eating grin on his face. "Since you stripped me, it is only fair if I strip you too, am I right? How about I start with stripping that shitty mask of yours to see that pretty little face behind it. And maybe after that, I can put a slave collar on your pretty little neck to give you the pleasures of serving us me with your body for the rest of your life... What do you say?" The man smirked
"I say, you go to f*cking hell!" I roared while kicking the man in the face and trying to shoot a stone sniper bullet towards his head. Again, however, he was no amateur, being fully aware of how people act in situations like this while his aura told him about everything within a 15-meter radius
Easily blocking the shot, he slammed my head onto the floor before lifting his fist in the air and bashing my face in multiple by throwing punch after punch after punch.
"YOU LITTLE BRAT! HOW DARE YOU TOUCH YOUR MASTER, HUH! DON'T WORRY! I'LL BASH YOUR HEAD INTO THE CEMENT SO MANY TIMES THAT YOU WILL FORGET WHO YOU ARE! I'LL MAKE YOU THE BEST PLEASURE SLAVE IN THE COUNTRY AFTER I TRAIN YOU HHAHAH" He Bellowed while smashing my face in repeatedly until the mask came off.
"Pretty sturdy marks you got there. Enough chit-chat though, I'd like to see that face of yours, even though I doubt it hasn't been bruised to the point of irrecognition." The man laughed as if it was the funniest joke in the world, however...
"Wha-" THe moment he moved the mask, all he saw was white where my face was supposed to be. It had no distinct features other than just being white. If anyone from earth would have seen it, they would think it was just a mannequin with a light bulb installed within it.
"You are truly disgusting" A voice flowing with the wind, fluttered into the man's ears as if death himself had come to sentence the man to hell.
Looking back slowly, with his blue eyes filled with nothing but terror, he finally was the sword that had destroyed his low-tier lord spell with a single slash. Little did he know, I adjust added all his mana and battle aura from his attack into my sword, creating something that could delete the existence of any knight-ranked warrior.
I had used my Light Illusion earlier to give him the impression that I was at his mercy, and when people are landing their final blows, that is when they are their weakest. When I had shot my blue flames, it was but a distraction for the true attack, aiming for his neck. When I finally got behind him without him realizing my existence even with the use of his aura
"Brilliant White Flames: Sword of brilliant light"
Splashing down on my enemy with all my strength, I threatened to destroy the existence of the person in front of me with a spell rivaling even that of duke tier spells. Yet, I did all that just to have him mutter to himself...
"May I ask the Lord for guidance, for strength, and for wisdom! In the name of the God of water, the transcender of oceans and the bringer of floods, I REQUEST TO WIELD YOUR POWER TO SLAY MY FOE! SPIRIT SUMMON: GAURDIAN OF SEAS!"
'Oh f*ck my existence'
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