Chapter 73: Win in a Row
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Elysia didn"t expect herself to be challenged at the first opportunity, right after Instructor Dillon uttered the order.
"Sure. I accept your challenge." She nodded and stepped forward after making eye contact with the worried Evelyn, signaling that she would be all right.
The unwritten rules that she just knew were actually impartial between men and women, it"s just that male students took advantage of it while female students didn"t know what to request from male students. Elysia didn"t mind being challenged early as she was able to quickly complete the three student challenge before challenging Instructor Dillon for the reward.
"Ashton Spencer and Elysia Avery, please go to the area within that line. You can use any legal techniques and methods. You are declared the winner if your opponent has admitted defeat, the sword is in the opponent"s fatal part, the opponent does not have a sword, or the opponent leaves the line. limit. Understandable?" Instructor Dillon pointed to the area with a dividing line, just behind him.
"Understood."
"I understand."
Ashton and Elysia immediately entered the designated area and then put on their stances, with different poses.
"Miss Elysia, I was really amazed by your fire magic during the magic cla.s.s yesterday. Therefore, I want you and I to practice magic together in the next cla.s.s." Ashton spoke confidently as he positioned the grip on the great sword of his choice on his back.
"You say it as if you can definitely win. Beat me first then tell me that." Elysia smiled lightly while holding the kodachi with both hands right in front of her body.
"I"m sure I can beat you. Even though I just learned magic but my sword skills are quite honed because I always practice sword techniques with my father."
Elysia is still smiling but doesn"t answer. She saw Instructor Dillon do something she didn"t know before looking at the two of them again.
"The area within the boundary is within my reach, you are free to use any legal techniques and methods now. I will stop your attacks if I deem it necessary. Take your position, be ready, begin!" Instructor Dillon signaled with his hand.
Ashton rushed towards Elysia quickly, he was about to defeat Elysia with a single strike from his greatsword but would not injure her.
"Ha!" He swung his greatsword to the side of his body and quickly aimed at the kodachi hilt that Elysia was holding, he planned to make Elysia lose the sword and he would win instantly.
Elysia was really underestimated by him because he had seen how clumsy and amateurish she was at practice with the sword a while ago.
Unfortunately, hope is not always sweet. The target in front of his eyes dodged by retreating and managed to dodge his sword swing. A huge gap opened and Elysia prepared to attack but it was as if Ashton had figured that out in his backup plan. He changed the swing upwards and swung it down quickly.
Elysia tried not to smile because everything was in her estimation. Her advanced perception is really used to pay close attention to the movement of the opponent"s muscles to predict what he will do next.
Elysia gracefully dodged sideways as if she knew where the opponent"s sword would be swung down then positioned her kodachi and swung it towards the opponent"s neck quickly, but stop immediately before touching his neck.
"Ei! You"re dead." She smiled happily as she tapped her kodachi on Ashton"s neck lightly, and the latter looked at her as if he couldn"t believe he had been defeated.
"The winner is Elysia Avery!" Instructor Dillon exclaimed and woke Ashton from his shock.
"Hehe... I never thought you were also proficient in sword techniques. You are amazing, Miss Elysia. Now tell me what your request to me?" Ashton shook his head slightly at his defeat.
Elysia was momentarily confused about what she would make of a wish from him, she wouldn"t need anything from him if it didn"t involve the material according to the rules.
"I want you to keep training even harder. If your daily routine is three hours then I"m asking it to be six hours. I hope you achieve your goals, Mr. Ashton." Elysia waved her hand lightly and then walked away from there, walking toward Evelyn.
Ashton looked at Elysia"s back with a few thoughts then smiled and also walked out of the battle area.
"Ely, you were so cool. Did you practice your sword for the first time in this cla.s.s? Then your footwork and agility?"
"That"s my talent hehe... I also learn fast." Elysia smiled at her excited friend.
"Miss Elysia, I, Brian Chapman, challenge you to a mock battle." Brian didn"t wait for anything anymore not Ashton or Instructor Dillon and immediately challenged Elysia.
He had been furious some time ago when Ashton got ahead of him in challenging Elysia because there was a high chance that she would lose. Brian could only sigh of relief when Elysia came out as the winner, he would not be willing to see his idol girl going out with another man.
"Um, sure. I accept your challenge, Mr. Brian." Elysia nodded once then returned to the center of the battle area.
"Ely, you"re high in demand. Greatly wanted by male students hehe..." Elena teased when Elysia put on her stance.
"Maybe, but I won"t lose." Elysia expressed her confidence.
Brian stood in front of her with a serious face, the long sword he held with both hands in front of his body in a similar way to Elysia"s stance.
"Begin!" Instructor Dillon spoke out loud.
"Miss Elysia, I"ll be serious. Get ready for my attacks." Brian sped toward her with the sword still in front of him.
He struck with a forward stab and was easily dodged by Elysia, he immediately changed the trajectory of his sword swing to the side for a further attack.
Elysia parried it with her kodachi, but Brian didn"t stop there. He spun around quickly for a stronger sword swing.
*Pa!*
The fierce impact between the long sword and the kodachi caused a loud crashing sound of hardwoods. .h.i.tting each other.
Kodachi Elysia pushed on the impact and she gave Brian an opening. The latter immediately continued to attack his sword without giving a gap, Elysia dodged gracefully to the right and left and then occasionally retreated with a twist like someone dancing on the dance floor.
"This Brian is good at playing the sword. He really wants to beat you and maybe ask you out for a date? What are you going to do, Lil Ely?" Elena commented as Elysia dodged the attacks that kept swinging at her incessantly.
"I"ll win this battle too. I"m making my attack opening."
Elysia moved swiftly to dodge and block attacks not without reason, she studied attack patterns for a moment to create a surprise counterattack.
*pa!*
The clash of swords struck once again. This time the one who immediately attacked the follow-up was not Brian but Elysia who was going to attack him for the first time.
She applied pressure to the kodachi that collided with the long sword then twisted her body to get behind the opponent and quickly swiped the kodachi on the long sword to swing a straight attack at his back.
Brian had been holding back the pressure from the opponent"s sword on his sword, not expecting his opponent to aim for his back and he didn"t have time to turn around to parry or dodge. He tried to position his sword to fend off the attack on his back.
*Pa!*
The collision occurred once again, but Elysia didn"t stop there. She continued the power she swung to spin her body one more time and launched a sword strike that was harder to block.
*Pa!*
An even harder collision managed to knock the long sword out of Brian"s grasp.
"Ei! Now you"re dead." Elysia smiled happily and lightly tapped her kodachi on the back of her opponent who was no longer wielding a sword.
"The winner is Elysia Avery!" Instructor Dillon immediately announced the winner.
"Hehe... Don"t be gloomy, this is just a mock battle. Since I won, my request is for you to try twice as hard in your training. Hopefully, you can achieve your goals, Mr. Brian." Elysia smiled lightly then waved her hand for a moment and left.
Brian received a request similar to Ashton, but he did not mind and instead has more determination in the future. He looked at Elysia"s back with some thoughts and immediately made up his mind because his idol girl is such a great girl.