BornAndTorn

My body was currently getting repaired as fast as possible but yet it was not enough as she would attack before I was fully healed.

The battle began, as a wave of blue flames covered the whole sky. There was absolutely no need to face those flames head on, so I just hid under the earth. Instead of wasting my time dwelling underneath I left my cover and ran through the sea of flames navigating towards my target.

I did not have to wait long till the next wave of attack came. I was bombarded by many small fireb.a.l.l.s. Though dodging a single one was not that hard, it was next to impossible dodging the whole number. I could just back off without a problem, but that way I could never even close in on her.

That means its the same procedure as every other fight. Hit and get hit.

Strangely the sensation felt different to the flames I got hit with before. While its potency was many times stronger it did feel much more impure than before. It just looked like the same kind of flame, it did not have the same kind of feeling to it, my cells were not afraid of them. That did not diminish their effect though, I still felt like a cooked shrimp.

After pa.s.sing through the wave of fireb.a.l.l.s I was finally at a range, which I could use to deal a lot of damage. Still, those planes were cut short, as a gigantic wall of flames blocked my sight. Seems like she intends to use that wall as a strategic method to reposition and gain distance out of my attack range.

While I was moving around trying to find her new position, I taunted her in my head to see if there was some kind of reaction that would give her away. But there was no reply, I doubt she would be able to calm down fast enough to not react to such things. Her temper is not exactly good.

If she can only use one kind of magic at a time, then It is a lot easier then expected.

"Sadly, it is not that easy"

A stream of fire hit me right in the chest, as I was caught completely off-guard. It was a diversion, she got me good there. While my skin was currently full of blisters and the smell of flesh filled the air, I peeked at the direction, where the magic came from. And to no one"s surprise, she was already gone.

My a.s.sumption has been proven to be incorrect, at least she would want me to jump to that conclusion. If she had not given her plan away by directly speaking to me, then it would have been just a hypothesis.

While it may seem like the fire and her thoughts were used simultaneously, there is no doubt in my mind that she used her telepathy to distract me. If she spoke to me directly, while she threw the fireball I would have been able to see her.

The second thing that gave her away was her choice of words. The words sadly it is not that easy refer to my prediction of her powers. Her response would have been different if she had heard about my former thoughts insulting her. A person who loses control of herself just because some taunts does not learn self-control in mere seconds.

And right now she is calm listening to my thoughts, thinking about how she can turn all that knowledge I just gave her against me. I have not moved for several seconds now and I still did not get attacked. Her next thoughts would be, maybe I can keep him occupied by talking to him and use that time frame to deal several more wounds to him, or are you thinking about keeping your silence to make me doubt it?

The next wave of fireb.a.l.l.s came right at me, how uncivilized she truly does not have any kind of manners. I dodged them with ease and kept moving in a random pattern to see how the angle would change when I reacted in certain ways.

Regardless of what I did the attacks landed on my current position. I had thought, that she would try to adapt and aim for spots, where I might go to. But everything she did was reactionary. That seems a bit of character, the way I got to know her was as a schemer, right now she seemingly turned into something totally different.

If her aim was to lead me into a trap, then she would change her attacks to force me to enter it, but right now she did neither. If her goal was to gain information, then she would have switched her tactics as well, the same would have happened if her target was to keep me busy so she could think about a strategy.

The only effect my constant dodging had, was that the number of fireb.a.l.l.s kept on increasing without end. Does she not realize that all her effort is futile? Is she trying to vent all that pent up stress, by making me run around? Why does her character not make any sense all out of the sudden?

While I did not have a hard time to localize her anymore, it was nearly impossible to close in on her due to the sheer amount of magic currently heading towards me. She screamed something into my direction, which I did not understand, but given the context of the situation, I doubt its something nice. Her sardonic laughter filled the whole cave, as she launched one attack after another.

Her personality made me remember a certain fire mage I got to know. It was the same kind of haughtiness. Maybe I can use the same kind of weapon against her as well. So I dodged some spells and stood still and flipped her the bird. Without batting an eyelid she did the same back to me. That marked the first time that my secret weapon has been defeated.

I had to put down my hand in shame, I was defeated at my own games. I had to pinch myself on both arms to realize what just had happened. A smug grin appeared on her face, even though her wave of attack missed, she humiliated her opponent at his own game. Her laughter became louder once again.

But I would not give up after such a setback. I had to win this war. So I doubled my weapon power and used both hands. After both of my middle fingers were in position, the reply was the same. This kind of standstill lasted for a second before Laura coughed blood and looked down at her body. She noticed that 2 small wounds had appeared on her body. She looked at me with confusion in her eyes.

Sorry, but this is war there is no fair play. Pulling out 2 hairs and then launching them at her, while flipping her off was just a simple deception and she fell for it. That is all that is needed.

But sadly I did not hit any vital organs, that means that this kind of trick will not work again. Her laughing stopped and her expression returned to normal.

" You think you are so intelligent, by playing tricks on me, but as you already predicted I can copy many magicians and that is the reason you will end up losing, every wound you deal I can heal with ease, every kind of strategy you use can be countered by a different kind of magic. Don"t you see it your resistance is meaningless"

I am not a fool, I know you are currently trying to waste time so you can regain some of your stamina. Even if your mana pool is excessive it is not endless. Secondly threatening me is equally as useless. We both know how this is going to end. So go ahead and heal your wounds, but do not expect me to wait for you.

Her whole bearing changed once again, as she began to heal her wounds. The wounds were closed in mere seconds but I had already thrown hair projectiles at her. In the blink of an eye, the hair projectiles had turned into ice and just fell to the ground.

Her whole aura changed into something I was very familiar with, it was the cold and aloof aura of a person that is a pain in the a.s.s to deal with. I have to be careful I have no clue what kind of power she really has, especially because I only saw the tip of the iceberg.

If she really copies everything about her idol, then this kind of fight could turn very ugly.

As expected her opening move was covering the whole ground in ice. That would hinder me from advancing and she could just attack and hinder my approach with ease. She stared at me unperturbed and just launched a ma.s.sive wave of small ice shapnel at me.

Men, I miss having my other weapon at least I could deal some ranged damage with them. Now it feels like I am a sitting duck waiting for my slaughter. With no other option, then hiding underground. But even that proved to be only a temporary solution, as the ground was torn apart under the onslaught.

I had to dig around as fast as I could and just made it barely out of the affected area. She truly is scary in that form. Even with the gap of 50 meters between us and my heightened senses, I do not see the shrapnel at all. I have to watch the movement of her hands, to somehow act preemptively.

Many tremors could be heard in the near proximity, but it was different from the prior bombardment. It felt like the ground was only penetrated not absolute destroyed. I am glad she missed but it suddenly dawned on me her goal was not to hit me, it was to create a tool that would give away my position. If I move and dig away the earth, the ice will move and she will know where to aim.

The only option I have is to go even deeper. But that comes with the risk that the ground, once it resets, might crush me to death if I am pinned down for too long.

But why should I complain if I die here against a junior if I were to die against someone of her calibre I have no right to dream big. Even though she may seem like the perfect cold killing machine, there has to be a big flaw in that kind of system.

Normally cold is the absence of movement of the atoms on an atom level. But sadly I am unable to tell if the relationship is the same for this world without testing it. Great, now I get to play a scientist in this world in order to survive while facing magic that would kill immediately if I were to get caught.

Just another day in paradise, I am not used to anything less crazy anyway.