Chapter 12 – Arelia (3)

Jade looked around the vicinity as they landed on a basin that was surrounded by mountains.

It was an area of space that looked like a plain and was fully open when looked at from the sky, but it was a place that could never be found if searched from the ground.

Jade nodded his head as he knew this place would never be found because of the surrounding mountain peaks.

This location was the best since no one would be able to watch their fight.

“You were able to find this place by the skin of one’s teeth.”

“The Royal Palace was a little stifling for me, so I went out pretty often. I’m sure my comrades also know of this place.”

“Shall we start then?”

“Sure.”

Both Scylla’s were recalled and Hwid who was in Jade’s arms retreated with Celestine and Elestra.

Because it was a fight between two Master’s, they separated themselves as far as they could.

However, all three of the spectators were watching with sparkling eyes.

-Win Jade! Win Jade!

Gyyooo!! Ggyooo!!

Following after Celestine’s fun-filled cheer, Hwid flapped its wings as it raised its palms up and excitedly shook them.

They were cheering for Jade’s victory with vigor.

“Oh wow.”

Arelia, who was lightly warming up with her dual blades out, smiled as she watched this scenery unfold.

Hwid was way to cute for its own good.

She had relieved herself of her nervousness and just laughed as she continued to watch the cute baby Golden Drake.

“Huhu!”

This was the same for Jade.

Although Arelia wasn’t able to hear it, Jade was able to hear Celestine’s cheers and was unable to contain his laughter.

“Hwid is quite cute.”

“I’m sure your mind will change if you were to see it fight.”

“Meh. That’s the same for anyone. And Hwid is actually very docile. There are plenty of monsters that are vicious even though they get raised by humans.”

“That’s true.”

Pulling out the sword that was made from the Blake Drake’s tooth, Jade nodded his head.

And, as he did, he channeled his mana into the sword.

He was storing his mana into it so he could use it at any given time.

“I think you’re remarkably interesting Jade. It’s not easy to handle mana so elaborately, yet you do something even elves have a hard time doing.”

“I was just lucky, since I was given an opportunity.”

“Is that so.”

Arelia’s eyes glistened as she heard it was an opportunity he had obtained.

However, she did not ask further.

In return, she slowly began to draw out her mana like Jade.

“I think we’re both ready now, so should we start this?”

“Then I’ll go first, since I’m the one requesting this of you.”

“In terms of skills, shouldn’t I be the one going first?”

“Huhu!”

Instead of responding back, Arelia smiled and lightly kicked off the ground.

However, different from her light footwork, her movement was appallingly fast.

She had reached Jade in the blink of an eye.

Woosh!

Her dual blades danced in the air at the same time as she sprinted forward.

The two blades that looked the same was tenaciously aimed at Jade’s flesh.

Using the flexibility of her body, Arelia’s quick sword movements made Jade’s eyes hurt.

‘This is my second time seeing it, but it’s pretty crazy.’

Although this wasn’t the first time seeing her quick swordsmanship, it was quite threatening.

Especially when the two swords were of the same length but never overlapped with each other.

Rather, the two of them flew in one after another making them much more threatening.

Tang tang tang!

However, Jade was also formidable.

He was only holding one blade, yet he was able to block Arelia’s attacks.

Furthermore, when it came to physical abilities alone, he wasn’t any bit inferior.

No, if anything he was much stronger than her.

Bang!

Figuring this out after a few bouts, Jade boldly applied more strength into his sword.

Trying to match the timing of when the dual swords crossed each other.

“Hup!”

Just as much as she was nimble, Arelia was lighter than Jade leading to her being pushed back by the blow.

Arelia bit her lower lip as she was helplessly pushed back, even though she had used her mana to build up her physical strength.

As she had an extremely competitive spirit, Arelia’s pride was hurt for easily being pushed back.

Bamm!

However, she was unable to linger on those thoughts as Jade continued his onslaught.

Bang! Bang!

Arlia faltered as she received one of Jade’s attacks filled with his aura.

That was how strong Jade’s aura was within his sword, and since her physical strength was also weaker than Jade’s, she was unable to block the attack with one hand.

‘Why does it feel like he understands my swordsmanship?’

Arelia furrowed her brows amid the raging attacks.

The more their swords clashed, the more she felt that something was off.

It was as if Jade had already unraveled her swordsmanship making her feel strange.

‘Although he might have seen it on the battlefield, is it possible for him to understand this much with just looking at it once?’

Arelia internally shook her head as she questioned herself.

She was good at making light and flashy attacks with her dual swords

As such, she was most confident than anyone about her skills.

Yet, her specialty wasn’t working well now.

‘Furthermore, he’s really good with using his left hand.’

Arelia’s eyes became sharp.

There could only be one reason why she was unable to utilize the advantages of using a dual sword.

Jade was good with using his left hand, making it difficult for her to utilizing the advantages of her techniques.

Ting ting ting!

Because he had been using an amazing technique where he utilized the flicking of his finger, Arelia was unable to swing her sword like usual.

Every time she tried to do something, she couldn’t because she was interrupted with amazing timing.

‘However, this doesn’t mean I don’t have any other means.’

Arelia’s momentum changed since she was unilaterally on the defensive.

An Aura Blade shot up from her dual blades with a heavy resonance.