The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 96: Against the Academy's Strongest Elementalist
It was a day of team fighting. Salamander Team Members gather in front of «Mana Stone Allighment».
It was «Gate» to access the Astral Spirit that only a few places had, even in the Eldant Empire. Countless students had entered the spectator stands surrounding the large arena.
This was a fight between the strongest Lucia Fighter in the academy and Team Salamander who quickly rose to sixth, so of course this match was considered important.
With the latest technology by the countless research groups provided for the Sizuan Princess Academy, it was now possible to see the sword styles occurring within the Astral Spirit.
Inside the stands in front of the screen, in addition to a large number of students, there were also members of the Hybrid Knights. And in front of Team Salamander, were Kaizo and Eve standing.
Through Tiana's healing powers, Kaizo was finally able to recover to the point where he could move again. But the wounds he suffered were deeper than he had imagined, and it was still very difficult for him to wield a sword.
Glancing at her team-mates, Victoria began to decipher their tactics. "Eve, I'll hand you the front. After all, you're the strongest in close combat."
"Send me. I'll make a crack through the elemental aero big brother." With a stern, gallant, and bold expression, Eve expressed her determination.
"My job is to beat «Syclla» Fort right!?"
"And I will help and support you through my rituals." Aura and Tiana each received their own duties.
Victoria, the most balanced of all, is tasked with relaying orders to three men each in charge of attacking, supporting, and defending.
Victoria strongly believed that even if the strength of an individual could not defeat Lucia, if they worked as a team, their combined strength should be able to defeat her.
Even though the teammates Lucia had chosen were the strongest seniors in the Hybrid Knights, they were just a random group of people. Without proper combat training of the team, it seemed Lucia was not even able to set their strategy as their commander.
"With our team, it's possible," Victoria clasped her pendant firmly.
At this moment, the crowd split between Team Salamander and Lucia, and cheers could be heard from the stands.
Lucia Eva with her snow-white coat walked out. Following him was the former Hybrid Knight who defected. Arriving in front of Victoria, Lucia stood up. Her icy blue-eye pupils glared at Eve.
"Eve, I think you're smarter than this."
Eve immediately raised her head, and stared intently at Lucia. He couldn't lose, for the sake of his teammates who gave him the chance to join the Sword Style Festival.
For his trust in his fellow Hybrid Knights. And finally, to his idol who had once been the strongest in his heart, the knight who stood right in front of him.
"I'll prove to you the way I became a Knight, and I'll start by defeating my dream that used to be you."
"Stupid. Let it be, I'll destroy you."
And finally, the bell rings signifying the start of the festival.
At the same time, the Teleportation Mana Stone, a relic from the mythical age began to spin and open the door to the Astral Spirit.
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POV: The Victoria Blade
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The place where Team Salamander was sent was an open forest. Since the trees around were blocking their view, it would be quite difficult to find the opposing team.
After quickly confirming the 3 people who were also transported. Victoria swung her whip down, and called out to the fire-clad Hell Salamander.
"Go, Salamander!"
The other three also quickly summoned their spirits.
"Eve and I will be in charge of reconnaissance. Tiana, the neighborhood around our base is yours." Victoria quickly gave the order, but it didn't seem necessary.
"No need to do that, Victoria Blade."
Upon hearing that voice, everyone in Team Salamander froze. Raising their heads, there was a gigantic fortress floating in the sky. Completing her elemental aero "Syclla Fortress", Lucia appears alone.
"Lucia? You alone!?" Victoria screamed in surprise.
"I don't need anyone to stand in the way. Your only opponent is me."
"He's coming!" Aura screeched.
At the same time, the layered composite armor covering the fortress began to move and countless cannons appeared from there. Like an Emperor facing the ground, Lucia waved her hand.
"Lost in front of my fortress spirit!"
Countless cannons were fired. Accompanying the giant shock waves on earth, a rain of bombardment was fired into the ground.
"Dull. Rubbish is rubbish."
In an instant, the lush green forest turned into a barren wasteland with craters. After the dust settled, there was a shadow.
"What?" Lucia's expression froze.
A blonde girl holding an ice bow stood up while smiling. "You managed to drop the bombardment,"
Aura proudly combed her hair. "Haa, I will never allow anyone who can complete their elemental aero faster than me." And shoot ice arrows.
"It doesn't make sense."
Lucia then immediately opened the composite armor and blocked the ice arrow.
"It's not over!" Without a pause, Aura immediately released more arrows.
Ice sliced through the air and flew, all 4 arrows hitting it. However, with just that much power, he was unable to break through the spirit armor of the fortress.
"Stupid. Before «My Sycla» Temple was destroyed, an arrow of your level was nothing to me."
"You sure?"
"What?!"
As the cannon prepared to fire once more, Lucia finally noticed it. Aura's purpose was not to inflict any damage to the armor.
Elemental aero «Freezing Arrow» from high-level spirit Fenrir has the added effect, Nine Frozen Ice. Since it was ice that could never melt, the ultimate composite armor had now been frozen.
"As you predicted, Victoria."
"Yes, although the physical endurance of the Syclla Fortress is of the highest class, it has a very low resistance to your spirit. So elemental aero high-tier spirit Fenrir could definitely pierce through it."
Lucia became a little worried. Back then his fortress spirit was unable to switch back to cannon mode. Also, due to the ice on the surface, its mobility is reduced and gives it a bad situation.
"Eve, it's time to fight!"
"Yes!"
Victoria and Eve sing their summoning ritual. And at the time when the fortress could not dodge, they recited the mantra with an ancient language.
* ᚹ ᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛟ ᛗ ᛟ*
"Fire, O red fireball that burns everything!"
*ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛗ ᛜ ᛟ ᛈ ᛋ ᛏᛒ ᛖᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱᚲ ᛚᛜ ᛞ*
"Wind, turn into a sword that cuts through everything!"
Avoiding is impossible. In an instant, a shock wave shook the air.
"Successful!"
Even with the composite armoured protective layer, it was still impossible to get out without damage from a direct attack. But that didn't overwhelm Lucia.
"So you're just at that level, sister of the Queen of Disasters."
"What?"
The ground is shaking again. With the wind, sand blows into Victoria's body. In the middle of the crater that seems to be caused by meteors, «Sycla» Fortress stands there eerily.
"Causing me to fall, not worthy of praise."
Through the shockwave caused by the fall, the ice on the armor shattered.
"But this is the end. The spirit of my fortress is the spirit of the land, I will become strong while on the ground."
As soon as he declared that, from the side of «Syclla» Fortress came two giant robot arms.
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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.