Chapter 453: The Spar Started
Angela"s expression turned serious as the spar was about to begin.
Man, just looking at her, I can tell that she"s strong. At least at the moment, she"s stronger than that mohawk artificial master level mage that I fought before.
Well, at that time, that mohawk was underestimating us and didn"t use her full strength. So, before she knew it, her body can"t take any damage anymore.
But Angela is different. There"s no opening at all. I feel like if I get closer to her, she will keep her distance using flight magic.
…isn"t this a totally unfair match? She"s even faster than me!
The only thing I can do to get close to her is using portal. That should be easy if I opened a portal on the Blobby she has.
But this is a spar, so let"s not do that. Though if I managed to stick a Blobby on her, it should be fine if I opened a portal there.
Well, since she"s serious, I should be serious as well. I guess this is why everyone told me to be careful. They know that Angela will think of it as a real match.
And it will be disrespectful if I didn"t treat it as one as well.
Well, for those watching, don"t blame us if the cameras are broken during our fight.
Maybe I should have asked Sonia who is watching to carry one? She can grab a light object after all. It should be easy for her as she"s the only one who can watch this fight without being afraid of dying.
I grabbed my Reizpear, and transformed Victoria into my armor. Just with enough gap for the camera on my chest to see in front of me.
The fight has started. There"s no need for a signal. We both know that, but neither of us make a move.
We can"t go on like this, so I made the first move.
I"m in a normal stance of spear-wielding, with the tip of Reizpear is aimed at Angela since the start.
I clenched the shaft of the spear strongly so I can push it forward with the slightest movement at the right moment. Even though we"re facing each other, I"m still going to use a sneak attack.
She"s a powerful mage, so if I use magic, she will know it right away. But that"s not the case if I use Aura. There"s no way for her to know that.
I looked into her heart to see when is the right time to attack. I"m going to attack her when she"s the most relaxed, in between her heartbeat.
Although she"s just standing there, she"s not relaxing at all. Still, she"s just a human. She will have a single moment when she"s relaxed even during this tense atmosphere.
That"s the same for me as well, though with Victoria covering my whole body, I doubt Angela can tell when I am relaxed.
I need to move my hand as fast and as strong as possible, during that moment.
And that moment is… NOW!
In a gap between her heartbeats, I pushed my spear forward as strong as possible, and use my Aura and will to push my attack forward. This way, even if my spear can"t reach her, my attack can still reach her.
This should be perfect. A one hit kill. With just one attack, Angela will be defeated.
In fact, I used a lot of power enough to kill someone. Even a powerful monster with strong defense.
But that"s not the case with Angela.
Somehow, she can react quick enough to block my attack. She raised an Earth and an Ice Wall at the same time. And not just that, she also jumped sideway to dodge my attack.
The thrust I throw managed to break the double layer wall down, and it scratched only on Angela"s shirt as she managed to dodge it.
Even though I should have caught her by surprise, she managed to dodge it. As expected of a genius. Not only she"s a genius in magic, she"s a genius in fighting as well.
But I can"t be relaxed yet. Her attack is coming!
She casted several fireb.a.l.l.s at me, but I"m faster than her attack.
Although I"m slower, my attacking speed is faster. It"s because I am trained for it, while she needs the help of wind magic to make her faster. With this speed, I can move Reizpear fast enough to slash at all the fireb.a.l.l.s she throws.
But those are just distractions as she used Wind Slash at me. A normal Wind Slash is already faster than a Fireball, but her Wind Slash is much faster than normal.
I can"t pull back my spear in time to stop the Wind Slash, but I still have Victoria.
My left hand which is covered by gauntlet, transformed into a katana as I slashed on the Wind Slash.
In just a short moment, we exchanged attacks. I managed to hit her clothes, while she couldn"t even put a scratch on my Victoriarmor.
But does that mean I"m the winner? No. In the first place, as a mage, she has more advantage than me.
Should I summon Shelia and Graham? I shouldn"t. This is a spar, and I"m the one she asked. The only time I use my summoning magic is when I need to use portals. Not to call my familiars.
After I slashed her Wind Slash, I ran toward Angela in hope to close the distance. But as I explained before, she"s faster than me and can maintain the distance to her advantage.
Maybe because she saw my thrust from before, she can tell at what distance my attack can be dodged. She"s about a few steps farther than when we started, which mean she can dodge it now if I use the same attack with the same speed.
What a scary girl. She noticed that with just one exchange. And how she maintained that same distance is annoying.
Still, that attack was not my fastest attack from the distance. Don"t forget about my Victogun.
"Sigh… someone in full armor wielding a gun? In my world, that doesn"t make sense at all," Victoria said as the katana on my left changed into a gun.
I heard that they are from different era. Armor and a gun. Maybe the armor that I had her transformed to. There are other types of armor after the inventions of guns, but for my fighting style, the older version of armor from her world is most suited.
Now that I"m also an advanced level air mage, I can compress more air in a smaller s.p.a.ce. Which mean the bullet I shot will be faster than my thrust. before
Although the damage is weaker, it"s still a fast attack. At this distance, Angela shouldn"t be able to dodge it.
As I shot the bullet, Angela didn"t expect it at all as she"s slow to react. But she"s still a powerful mage as she casted a quick Wind Shield to protect herself from the bullet.
But with her being busy with protecting herself from my shot, there"s no way she could concentrate on attacking me, right?
I was wrong.
Even though she"s using her wind magic to move and to defend herself, she can still use other magic at the same time to attack me as the ground under me turned sharp and several Earth Spikes about to pierce through my body.
Just how powerful is she now?
With my quick reaction, I managed to dodge them all. But I purposely didn"t jump high to the sky.
Although being in the sky means that she won"t be able to use her earth magic, it will still be disadvantageous for me to fight in the air since she"s faster than me. Being in the ground is much better.
Once I"m in the sky, I bet that she won"t let me come down at all. That will be bad.
That"s why I prefer to be on the ground despite the danger of her earth magic.
As I was about to shoot her again, I was blocked by a huge Ice Wall.
The Ice Wall in front of me then get closer to me, and the shape changed from just a normal wall, into a sphere that surrounds me. I"m being locked inside this igloo.
The weird thing is, it"s not cold at all! In fact, it"s the opposite! It"s freaking hot inside here!
This must be what the others told me. About how her ice magic can be hot, and her fire magic can be cold.
This is dangerous as I won"t be able to react quickly later. What if the wind is cold or hot when she attacks me?
For now, I can endure this heat. It"s not as hot as it was when I was in the volcano. But I need to get out of here quickly before she depletes my energy.
Breaking the igloo was easy, but I need to break it somewhere Angela won"t be able to react. Good thing I can see her through the igloo.
I can see where she is, but I didn"t destroy the wall in front of her. I destroyed the wall on the opposite side instead. She won"t be able to attack me right away, but she can gain her distance.
Still, I have portals with me.. But for now, I won"t use it until she"s totally not prepared for it.