Chapter 85 Serious
{TL: By Creed}
I move faster, sharper than before.
Twice... no, maybe three times faster?
That’s the speed at which I close in on Doctor.
"Haah!!!"
I swing my sword vertically down. This strike, even I think, is quite powerful.
However, it doesn't reach the Doctor.
He dodges it with a simple movement of his body, avoiding it at just the right timing and distance.
There's no counterattack.
The Doctor just smiles with a sneer, focusing entirely on avoiding my attacks.
He’s probably mocking me.
Your power isn’t worth anything, your sword will never reach me.
So, just give up.
That's probably what he's thinking.
But I'm not giving up, no matter what.
I'll show him that his overconfidence will be his downfall.
"Come on, what's wrong? Aren't you here to defeat me?"
"I will defeat you!"
I swing my sword again and again.
Vertically.
Horizontally.
Diagonally.
Straight on.
Slashes from every angle—sometimes mixing in thrusts and sweeps. Although my sword strikes seem chaotic, I think I have quite a lot of attacks.
The only person I can think of who could handle this level of attack is Sofia.
But still... I can't hit him.
The Doctor deflects all of my attacks.
"Hmm, not bad."
"Ugh!"
"But, it's still not enough. While your physical abilities are quite impressive, your technique is severely lacking. So, you'll never reach me and my cursed sword."
"...Is that so?"
"What?"
It's true, my technique is clumsy.
Sofia praised my physical ability, but I haven't yet received a pass on my sword technique.
That's why I can only attack with a sheer number of strikes, swinging my sword recklessly.
But I know that's not enough to win.
Increasing the number of attacks alone won't be enough, so I had to set a trap.
The trap was...
"Huh!?"
The Doctor’s voice sounds surprised. A huge light fixture installed on the wall suddenly starts to fall toward him.
I wasn’t just swinging my sword recklessly. Every few strikes, I would secretly damage the supports holding up the light fixture.
Then I maneuvered the Doctor toward that direction. Timing it just right, I destroyed the supports to lead to this surprise attack.
"Take this!"
Of course, I didn't think this would finish him off. The Doctor swung his cursed sword, shattering the huge light fixture into pieces as big as his own body.
What power.
What skill.
It's truly terrifying.
But... now he's wide open!
"Divine Dragon Sword Style- First Strike: Mountain Breaker!"
I unleashed the strongest and most powerful technique I currently possess.
A loud crash echoed as a shockwave spread, stirring up clouds of dust and debris.
I thought maybe this could do it, but I quickly dismissed that idea. The Doctor is a former top-class adventurer. On top of that, he possesses the unknown power of the cursed sword. He's not the kind of opponent who'd be defeated so easily.
I jumped back, putting distance between us, holding my sword in readiness, watching the spot where the Doctor stood.
"..."
Soon, the dust cleared, and the Doctor appeared unscathed.
"No way..."
I didn't expect that it would finish him, but I thought it would at least cause some damage. But...
To think he was completely unhurt.
This is... bad. I felt a shiver down my spine.
"...You really did it now."
The Doctor's voice was filled with anger. While he wasn't physically harmed, it seemed like his pride was badly wounded by my maneuver.
He stared at me with such intense malice that a weak-hearted person might faint on the spot.
"That was a close call. If not for the cursed sword's power, I would have been taken down by you."
"...I kind of hoped you would've been."
"Well, that's not going to happen. But... it's a shame, a real shame."
The Doctor's anger grew even more intense.
"You could've been my right hand. But instead, I have to kill you."
"Damn it..."
"The sin of making me, even for a moment, feel fear is heavy!"
I had misunderstood.
The Doctor hadn't been taking this seriously. He was just playing around, like he would with a dog or a cat.
The Doctor disappeared from view. He moved so fast that I couldn't even see him.
Before I could react, before I could understand what was happening, the Doctor's deadly blade was upon me...
Clang!
"Are you okay?!"
Sofia appeared out of nowhere, intercepting the attack that came from my blind spot.
TL Note: The heroine comes to the rescue.
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