The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 153: First Victory
The Sword Style Festival this time was a battle of attrition. There was no need to defeat all the enemy teams at once. He had no idea where they received the information about losing his Nyx, but they were eyeing the Salamander Team who had lost their strongest strength.
The two elementalists who fought with Victoria and the others seemed to be just stalling for time.
"Then I'll buy some time. Just wait until Victoria and the others come." Kaizo clutched his hand and took half a step.
"Just be free!" The wind elementalist swung his sword and created a blade of wind, but Kaizo did not stop. Slightly shifting his center of gravity, he dodged as far as the hair.
"He can see my wind blade!?"
"It's a pity, but their paths are easy to read in the woods!"
His own blade was invisible, but he could see the leaves and branches they cut. After being shown the attacks many times, Kaizo realized their speed and width.
Of course, to truly carry it out requires an incredible sense of courage. Just a little messing up would mean the end. Because of the rules, his head would not fly, but his consciousness would fly.
Accelerating, he approached the wind elementalist.
"You, I won't let you!"
Immediately, a lightning arrow came towards him. But at that moment, Kaizo disappeared.
"What!?"
Kaizo had kicked the ground and flew straight up. Battle technique that has been hammered on him in «Instructional School», Meta three-dimensional movement.
Another orphan from «Instructional» school, Noah Alnest, also uses this style, but the speed is not comparable to the amazing version of «Shadow Weaving» Kaizo.
Weaving among the branches of the tree, it was a technique of moving at high speed in all directions to play around with the opponent. Among the elementalists who had received ordinary battle training, no one could do this.
Kicking the tree trunk, Kaizo sped up his pace. The wind elementalist and lightning elementalist shot at the shadow he left behind and did not hit anything.
"Spirit of sand, crush the trees around you!" The wind elementalist shouted sharply. The spirit of sand roared and knocked down the surrounding trees.
Although his body looked dull, it suddenly quickly passed. He had fought with earth attribute members like a rock, but this was the first type to have such mobility.
"Ck, he's smart!"
Losing his footing, Kaizo had no choice but to land.
*ᛗ ᛜ ᛟ ᛈ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱᚲ ᚹ ᛁ ᛃ ᛋ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞᛚᛜ ᛞ ᛟ*
"O wind, blow with the wild!"
The wind bar from the side cut off the sand giant's arm. Blue twintail hair waving in the wind. Eve holds Elemental Aero, «Ray Hawk» in her hand.
"Eve, that's very helpful."
"Sorry late. The spirit of fog is making me trouble." Eve landed lightly and prepared her spear with an incredible movement.
"Kuu, the plan failed, huh, back off!"
The enemy wind elementalist assessment was extremely fast. The plan to get Kaizo out with a quick attack coupled with a surprise attack had failed. There is no point in fighting any further.
"Looks like I'm gonna let you run!" Eve waved at Ray Hawk.
The wind spirit prodigy Eve was several levels above the opposing wind spirit. While cutting down the tree in its path, the wind blades attacked the retreating elementalist in its path, the sand giant fell down.
The wind bar landed a direct blow. The wind elementalist and lightning elementalist had disappeared into the forest. Eve bit her lips in frustration.
The sand spirit immediately began to wake up again. However, by the time the front had opened, Kaizo noticed it.
(I thought the moves were too good, so you hid in there!)
The sand gathered again and completely sealed back the wound, right before that. Kaizo immediately jumped into the sand pit and he punched through the giant heart feather.
The feeling of sand that greeted his fist, was extremely fragile. The rebuilt sand giant collapsed within a moment. The one who appeared from inside was a girl who had fainted.
"What does this mean?"
Kaizo shrugged and answered Eve's question, "The sand giant is her Elemental Aero."
"Sorry, I'll take this." Kaizo bent down and picked up the Magic» Stone from the girl's neck. If they waited a minute, this girl would be brought back to the grand temple.
"Are you okay?"
Victoria and the others ran from the other side of the forest. It seemed that the other fight had also reached a conclusion.
"Are you not hurt?"
"Not really, or rather, don't tell me you beat them without a contracted spirit?" Victoria widens her ruby eyes.
"No, it would be dangerous if Eve didn't come. They ran away after he came."
"This," he said while throwing «Magic Stone» at Victoria.
At that moment, the fainting sand elementalist was enveloped by the transportation circle and disappeared as a shard of light.
"We defeated a stone beast elementalist. The elementalist fog got away." Victoria muttered by grasping the second «Magic Stones» in her hand.
"It's dangerous to chase them too far. They seem like a very meticulous team."
"After all, I never thought we'd be attacked this fast."
"Yes, it seems like a good idea to find a campsite quickly."
Victoria nodded at Eve's words. As expected, they would not be happy with their first victory.
Kaizo turned to the road ahead which was covered by the remnants of the profound spirit stone charge.
The mysterious thing was how they managed to ambush his team. Although it had not been an hour since the beginning, they moved as if they knew the location of Kaizo and the others.
(Also, they know that I've lost Nyx. Who leaked that information to them?) He wonders.
Kaizo turned his gaze to the spirit seal on his right hand. In the end, even when Kaizo's body clearly sensed danger, «Gate» showed no signs of being active.
"Nyxx..."
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POV: Viona Spellister
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"As expected, Kirigaya Kaizo."
Who was watching the first day of the Sword Style Festival from afar. Sitting on a slightly higher hill were five girls in military uniform.
One of the seeded to win the competition this time, the representative of the Draconian Kingdom, «Knight Emperor Naga». They use dragon attribute spirit magic «Dragon» Eyes to observe from afar.
The girl standing on the edge of the cliff, Viona Spellister licked her lips and said, "That's why she's fit to be sacrificed to the dragon that sleeps inside me."
With ferocity radiating from his entire body, his eyes shone like blood. «Dragon Blood» by Viona has risen.
Real fear dyed Vice Captain Yuri El Cid's face. Shivers flowed down his spine. Strange powers inherited by those who serve dragons, «Blood Naga».
This was the fourth time Yuri had seen Viona with red eyes. The first time he witnessed it was two years ago at the entrance of the examination for the Dragon Emperor Knight. Viona had eliminated all the other contestants within minutes.
It was a crazy fight that would feel like it would inflict casualties. If the «Naga» inside him woke up, even his subordinates could not stop him.
But this time it seems a little different than usual. Yuri saw Viona's side profile. Looking at her appearance, she looked calm.
For some reason, his interest was only directed at one person and he wanted to slaughter only that male elementalist.
Viona stood there looking at the scene in silence and muttered, "Tonight, we are hunting a pack of lions."
Yuri and the others nodded wordlessly. It was the attack signal for the Dragon Emperor Knight from the Captain, Viona Spellister.
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*Connected.....
*Note: This story is fictitious. If there is a similarity in the name of the character, the scene, or the story, it is a mere coincidence and there is no element of intentionality.