Chương 19: Fire and Typhoon: Part 1
[!!!The Quest "Fire and Typhoon" starts now!!!]
That message changed the atmosphere. Alexander's expression, which had been eager to massacre the demon ogres, now hardened. His stance was taller, and more guarded, but at the same time, a smile appeared on his face, the smile of someone who had just been challenged.
"Interesting..." That blue figure approached slowly, the sound of wooden sandals echoing through the strangely silent stone arena. Alexander paid attention to every detail—the way the figure held the sword, the rest of the stance, the rhythm of the steps, everything. His focus was broken when a system box appeared.
[Quest Objective: Defeat the Evil Spirit]
"Evil spirit, huh... Bring it on!" Alexander said in a challenging tone.
He held his katana tightly, the blade high, but his lower stance seemed odd. While he held the sword firmly with his torso and arms, his legs were low, as if he were crouching, ready to spring. But he didn't jump; he hesitated momentarily when he saw that blue spirit start to jump. Hopping in place, rising three meters in the air, and landing back down only to touch the tip of its foot, then rising again.
"The same footwork that Hakuri taught me..." Alexander said weakly, not understanding. The blue spirit landed on the ground, assuming a low stance, like a sprinter, and then dashed forward. The sound was like an explosion. If it had been a second—no, a millisecond slower—his head would have flown off. Alexander managed to defend himself by placing his katana between the enemy's strike.
Holding his sword tightly, but his hands were trembling from the force of the impact. He looked intently into the yellow eyes of that spirit, which were just centimeters from his face, eyes that saw him as smaller, as less than prey to be hunted. Alexander muttered, perhaps gathering breath to counterattack, but at the same time, he was being pushed against the ground.
"You think... this scares me, you ugly son of a bitch?" he said seriously. Slowly, the elf boy being pressed against the ground began to stand. "I've taken a hit from Master Genichiro. You think this scares me?" he shouted furiously, pushing his sword with such force that it flung the spirit away.
The spirit regained its stance and started jumping up again, but it wasn't alone. Jumping in the same rhythm, both Alexander and the blue spirit were in sync. Alexander's aura was fierce like wild flames, yet focused close to his body like a protective cloak. The Tengu style, I'm understanding more every second... Focus the aura on the feet while jumping to gain the most thrust as quickly as possible. The aura is a strange power. It intensifies our strength but also gives us strange properties when we use it. For example... He landed, assuming an incredibly low stance. The spirit did the same, like a tiger ready to chase its prey, ready to pounce without any brakes. "I feel as light as a feather!" he said fiercely, shooting forward like a bullet. The spirit did the same with identical strength to Alexander's.
The blades collided in a storm of sparks, both with such force that the sound echoed through the arena like an explosion. Back to a battle of endurance, brute strength against brute strength, trying to force the opponent to yield in their stance. His strength... is equal to mine... but his speed seems greater. Alexander thought, still attentive to the tiniest movements of the Tengu, any detail in his stance, the movement of his feet, the position of his arms. But he wasn't attentive to everything, because he lost focus when flames appeared on the spirit's blade. "That is... fire," he said weakly. The flames intensified, covering the entire blade with their orange glow and intensifying every second. A sensation ran through Alexander's body—danger, imminent danger. His red eyes focused on those powerful flames that, while close, seemed much more dangerous. I have to get out of here! He pushed the spirit forcefully, creating a brief opening, and leaped away. But the spirit attacked, a strike that nearly cut through the air, but the flames didn't stay put. Like a devastating blast, the flames swept through the arena with their infernal wall of fire. "Oh, fuck" With quick, fast steps, he jumped back again and again, running from the immense wall of flames that advanced relentlessly.
"It doesn't stop... Ugh!" He hit something, colliding his back with the arena wall.
Nowhere else to run... Wait. He looked up. This wall... It must be at least four meters high. Forty-two points of strength should be more than enough! He crouched, gathering all the strength in his legs, all his muscles tensed to the maximum as if they were about to explode. The sound of the fierce flames approaching, the infernal glow closer every second.
"All this strength, along with the aura's strength increase... it is possible, damn it!" He jumped, with such force that he cracked the ground beneath him. "Oh no... I think I used too much strength." He muttered, his expression looking a bit scared. Alexander was in the air, but he had jumped much higher than expected, twenty-five, no, thirty meters in the air, almost surpassing the stands themselves. But from up there, he could see the immense wall of fire colliding with the wall and then dissipating. Slowly, the momentum that had taken him so high began to stop, and Alexander started to fall.
"Oh shit, a twenty-five-meter fall... Am I going to die?" His body began to fall, a fall that seemed both quick and slow as if it were eternal. "No... I'm no longer a weak human... For someone who took a hit from Master Genichiro... this is nothing!" He hit the ground like a meteor striking the earth. Raising a cloud of dust and creating a crater in the ground, he fixed his eyes on the spirit, eyes furious like the sun, blood in his veins boiling like lava.
"Shall we pick up where we left off?"
Alexander assumed his attack stance once again, jumping, and gathering his strength to advance. The spirit approached calmly, walking toward him. Slowly, it began to jump, just like Alexander. But something made Alexander tense when a flame appeared in the Tengu's left hand. "Another fire attack... What are you going to do, throw a fireball at me?" The flames began to spread, covering the entire body of the blue spirit, but it didn't burn. The fire enveloped its body wildly and intensely, but it remained the same. A system message appeared.
[!!!The Evil Spirit used the skill "Fiery Fortification"!!!] [Resistance, Damage, and Fire-type Damage have increased]
"Wonderful, just what I needed
Tình trạng nguồn điện hàng tuần
-- Xếp hạng
Quyền lực 
-- Đá
Quyền lực