Chapter 76: Ent.i.tled to the Reward
Evelyn called out to challenge Instructor Dillon after receiving a signal from Elysia.
"Choose your sword with a new practice sword. I will use the same sword."
Evelyn immediately went to the sword rack to get a new short sword of the same type as her favorite short sword that she left in her room and then Instructor Dillon took a similar short sword.
The two of them went to the battle area with a special boundary, watched by the students.
"The rules are easy, you have three minutes to attack me with everything you have. No magic and no cheating. I will always be in a defensive mode without attacking. You will be declared victorious and deserve a real weapon of your choice from my a.r.s.enal. if you manage to hit me at the fatal spot in those three minutes. Got it?"
Instructor Dillon put up a defensive stance with the short sword in front of his body which he held in one hand.
"Yes, I understand." Evelyn nodded with a smile then glanced at Elysia, the latter was clapping her hands but there was no sound as if she was giving encouragement.
"Good, time will be counted from your first move. Attack whenever you want." Instructor Dillon did something to the little clock on his arm then returned to his stance.
Evelyn nodded once again and rushed over to Instructor Dillon to attack, and the latter shook his hand once then deflected easily the sword swing that came at him.
*tick*
The time marker has sounded once, indicating that the three minutes have been counted down.
The sideways, from above, right, left, horizontal, and vertical sword strikes were relentlessly launched by Evelyn but Instructor Dillon didn"t even move from his starting position and only moved his hands here and there to deflect Evelyn"s attacks.
*Pa!* *Sraak*
Instructor Dillon dragged Evelyn"s sword swing out after a violent sword swing clash. Evelyn took a moment"s distance as the swing of her sword was dragged outside.
"That"s great, but you wouldn"t hit me like that."
Evelyn understood what that suggestion meant, an ordinary strike wouldn"t be enough to hit the fatal parts of a "Master" level swordsman even though he had tolerated a lot since the opponent was still an "Apprentice" level.
She changed her attack pattern into a follow-up attack with an unexpected but rhythmic flow.
*Pa!* *Pa!* *Pa!*
The violent clash of the two wooden swords of the same type echoed back and forth as Evelyn performed her sword dance. The wave of the sword swing with fast footsteps and matched by accurate body movements made Instructor Dillon smile at this rhythmic attack that was difficult for ordinary people to predict.
After the relentless clash, Evelyn wielded her short sword in both hands after the final hit and spun around fast for a powerful clash.
*Pa!*
The clash was still able to be repelled by Instructor Dillon with one hand. Evelyn had done her best and she was now starting to gasp for breath.
Three minutes had almost pa.s.sed and she was already attacking non-stop after starting her sword dance. The first progress she made in this final attack, Instructor Dillon"s stance retreated by a centimeter but no one noticed but two people, Instructor Dillon himself and Elysia.
*beep*
The clock rang and indicated that three minutes had pa.s.sed, Evelyn failed to complete the challenge from Instructor Dillon. She lowered her sword in disappointment, she couldn"t even make Instructor Dillon change his stance from all of her attacks.
"Everything you"ve done has been great and interesting. Every attack is unpredictable if it weren"t for my instincts in swordsmanship and combat on the battlefield. Practice more with battle and hone your instincts, you"ll know what progress you really need, Evelyn girl."
Instructor Dillon lowered his sword with a smile on his face which still looked fierce because it was his face.
"I understand, Instructor Dillon. Thank you for your guidance. I will try my best to hone my skills and instincts with battles." Evelyn saluted then returned to Elysia"s side.
"You"re amazing, Eve. Really, don"t pout like that hehe... We can practice together any other time whenever you want." Elysia comforted the sullen Evelyn.
"Looks like I really need that. I"m just training with technique and not sparring. I know a lot but not experience. Huf... Thank you, Ely. Now it"s your turn to challenge Instructor Dillon." Evelyn was cheerful again with a sweet smile.
"Sure, watch me. Maybe you"ll get enlightenment hehe..." Elysia waved her hand and then rushed off to take the sword of her choice.
"Boasting." Even though she said that Evelyn did not underestimate the ability of her best friend and for some reason, she had a strong feeling that Elysia would successfully complete Instructor Dillon"s challenge.
She chatted lightly for a moment with her four friends while waiting for the challenge to begin.
"Elysia girl, choose your sword. I will use a similar one." Instructor Dillon also returns to the practice sword rack.
"I chose this, Instructor Dillon." Elysia chose a solid long sword that was one meter long.
"Okay, back to the battle area." Instructor Dillon also took out the same long sword.
The two of them returned to the middle of the battle area with the rules spoken once more by Instructor Dillon and Elysia responded with understanding, they put up their stances to prepare.
Time was set and the challenge was ready to begin, Elysia had already prepared a plan after observing Evelyn"s battle just now.
After a short discussion with Elena, she has already worked out a plan to win this. She took a short breath to calm herself then took a deep breath because she would attack non-stop in three minutes and would give her opponent a sigh of relief.
Elysia immediately dashed in front of Instructor Dillon with a swing from the side but just as Instructor Dillon was about to parry, Elysia purposely missed her opponent"s sword and turned the attack into a deep stab.
*pa!*
Instructor Dillon recklessly parried the deep thrust attack with his long sword, thanks to his emergency instincts. But his stance was broken and he took a step back due to the stab.
Elysia gave no relief and gave Instructor Dillon a chance to speak a sentence of praise or smile, she turned once and swung her sword from the repulsion given by him.
*Pa!*
An even more violent clash broke out as the attack was parried once again.
Elysia immediately continued her attack by making full use of her advanced perception but taking into account the limits of her physical ability. She was paying close attention with her serious bluish-purple eyes to all the movements of her opponent to the movements of the muscles.
This unpredictable relentless attack overwhelmed Instructor Dillon and forced him to rely on his instincts alone, he also couldn"t cheat by using his domain or magic and breaking the rules he had created.
*Pa!*
Instructor Dillon had already taken a few steps back from her attack which gave him no chance to take a breath. He was in pa.s.sive defense mode parrying all the attacks and starting to sweat a little, he was quite amazed at the girl who didn"t give him any chance but to parry.
Elysia raised her sword after being heavily parried for a powerful strike from above after seeing a defensive gap finally open from her opponent.
*Pa!* *Crack!*
Instructor Dillon instinctively used a bit of magic on his arm muscles and flew into his longsword subconsciously as he saw an attack that was hard to repel from his current sword position.
He managed to block it but Elysia"s longsword snapped right at the impact. The broken tip flew to him right to the part of the wound on his cheek, he immediately felt the same incident repeat itself when he got the wound on his face a few years ago.
Elysia saw her opponent unfocused for a moment, a great opportunity opened up even though she realized that Instructor Dillon had cheated on instinct, she was also cheating but n.o.body knows except Elena.
*thud*
"You"re dead... Huff... Uf."
Elysia thrust her broken sword into Instructor Dillon"s heart with a happy smile and gasped for breath. The relentless and continuous attacks drained her physical strength, although it was automatically restored with her innate abilities and magic in no time.
Instructor Dillon immediately came out of his reverie then looked at his chest, then at the girl before him in disbelief. He knew this girl had the talent for a platinum card, but this was her first knight cla.s.s!
Since he lost even though he cheated a little and no one knew, he coughed a little to get rid of his awkwardness.
"Congratulations to you, Elysia girl. You successfully completed the challenge brilliantly. You are ent.i.tled to your reward. The cla.s.s is over! All of you may disperse. Elysia girl, come with me to my a.r.s.enal."
"Instructor Dillon, may I bring a friend with me?"
"Sure."