92 – Full-scale sports competition (6)
“… ….”
Move with your mouth closed. No, it is moved.
Aria slowly lowered her gaze.
‘Not yet at the academy.’
Her body was motionless, as if frozen in fear, but her inner thoughts were constantly going on.
Pretending to be stiff in the first place is also a planned action.
She failed to respond at the very first moment, and was almost dragged away like this. She quickly realized that her control was not as perfect as she thought.
Her own death meant that she didn’t have a very strong hold on her body.
So I was able to do it. If I took advantage of her opportunity, she might be able to escape at least once.
She leaned on that possibility and did not let go of her concentration until the very end.
‘…… Now.’
The moment Jihad’s strength became weaker than before, she raised her auror to the limit and pulled out her sword.
“!”
Chaeng!
Yeonhwageomgyeol (蓮火劍訣) unfolded in a short moment.
Even though it wasn’t the correct posture -.
Still, she definitely succeeded in escaping capture.
“…… Phew.”
Lightly catching her breath, Aria straightened her sword. The Auror’s condition was perfect, and her condition was not bad.
In other words, it is different from that day seven years ago.
You will no longer be helpless.
The little girl who had been waiting for her grandfather to help her was no longer there.
With those thoughts, Aria raised a black flame onto the sword.
“I was surprised.”
It was around that time that Jihad separated his lips.
“I didn’t know she would take advantage of that moment to escape. “You’ve grown, Aria.”
“… ….”
“Maybe I should have taken the sword first.”
It was a truly calm voice and tone. Aria had to feel somewhat moved by the sight of him, who, unlike herself, did not seem to harbor any tension.
“…… “Why did you come again, death penalty?”
Is that why? The voice he spoke out was also not as good as usual.
That’s how she can speak kindly to the person who tried to kidnap her twice.
Arya stared at her own execution with her eyes wide open.
“Where have you been and what have you been doing to appear in front of me again like this?”
“… ….”
“…… “That’s too shameless.”
At some point, Aria’s voice seemed to be wet and sinking deeply. Although she didn’t notice it herself.
It happened seven years ago, when she was only twelve years old. Jihad had already unleashed his magic on her once.
Nevertheless, she was caught and stopped by the Sword Saint, and she ran away without even being able to wield her sword several times, so she left Yeongsan…….
Finally, like this, she came once again.
She probably wants to try the same thing again.
In other words, it was to kidnap Aria.
Kkdeuk… ….
Aria gritted her teeth. She didn’t like it. Does she think of herself as nothing more than a means to an end?
I don’t know why, but Jihad’s feelings were clearly directed towards her grandfather.
So, Aria secretly guessed the truth that the reason she was trying to kidnap her was also to lure her grandfather.
And that… ….
I can honestly say that I really, truly don’t like her attitude.
“Stop it, death penalty…” ….”
Aria bit her lip and spit out her words.
Her eyes were focused on Jihad with a mixture of complex emotions.
“Now, please stop doing this. Why are you doing this, really? “What on earth did her grandfather do?”
“… ….”
Her words were probably reaching Jihad’s ears, but there was no reply from her.
Jihad was simply silent.
And to Aria, that silence was very unpleasant.
“What the hell!”
In the end, she had to feel the dam of her emotions that she had been trying so hard to keep at bay bursting open.
“…… What on earth did she do, what on earth did her grandfather do? Are you trying to keep using me like this?! Execution!”
It was unpleasant. What? A former executioner and classmate who is trying to kidnap him?
No.
No. It’s not like that.
To correct this, Aria’s emotions clearly contained quite a bit of discomfort.
…… What makes her heart throbbing more than that? It was a betrayal and betrayal of someone she had liked and followed since she was a child, and who was truly like her own brother.
Roaring!
Finally, flames began to burn at the tip of her sword.
“…… “Let’s end it now.”
She said, and Jihad drew his sword.
Sereung-
“Are you planning on fighting me?”
“If we have to fight.”
“…… Okay.”
Jihad nodded her head in response to Arya. He had a somewhat sad expression.
Whoop-
The next moment, his new form disappeared before Aria’s eyes.
“…… !”
Aria opened her eyes wide, but it wasn’t just pure shock and bewilderment.
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-Aria, the most powerful weapon you have is your ‘eyes.’
Even at this moment, her eyes were following the other person. It was fast, but it wasn’t literally ‘so fast that I couldn’t chase it.’
A sword of black flame cuts through the air.
Quaaang!!
And the sword that splits the air collides head-on with another sword that suddenly appears in the air.
“… ….”
Jihad’s expression was clearly expressionless, as if he had appeared through the shadows, but Aria could tell.
He must have guessed that he wouldn’t be able to react.
As evidence, although his expression was calm, his eyes were slightly shaken. Although it is subtle.
Kagagak, Kagagagak…… !
The sword clashes with all its might to push each other away.
Auror and Auror also began fighting for dominance.
Arya and Jihad’s gazes were interlocking in the air at this very moment.
“Hmm.”
However, in a battle of power, the end is bound to come at some point.
Jihad’s gray sword energy swallowed Aria’s flame in an instant.
Quaaa!
“Ugh!”
Aria’s one knee suddenly bent. She couldn’t resist the pressure, inevitably.
And such damage to balance is bound to create a big gap sooner or later.
Sweet love!
“…… !”
Jihad separated the bodies that were facing each other for a moment and slashed his sword horizontally again without leaving any space.
Kaang!
She made a narrow save, but as a result, Aria was pushed all the way behind her.
“…… Crane, hahahaha. “Huh.”
Her breathing had already reached a point where it couldn’t get any rougher.
Despite the fact that the engagement lasted only a few tens of seconds at most.
In contrast, Jihad was in a relaxed state, as if he had quite a bit of energy left…….
“… ….”
Aria fully understood the difference in power. In the first place, she didn’t know.
The fact is that there is an unbridgeable distance between Jihad and himself.
‘Come to your senses.’
…… However, because she couldn’t be dragged away like this.
Sigh.
Aria once again raised her sword one last time.
“It’s too late to give up, Aria.”
“…… “It’s noisy, death penalty.”
Ignoring Jihad’s criticism with gritted teeth, Aria lit a flame. She once again emits that black flame.
She doesn’t have much stamina left anyway.
In that case, she had to take a chance.
Right now, in the current state where at least one sword strike can produce 120% power.
Seuuu-
Taking a slow but deep breath, Aria straightened her sword.
The day that was established was looking at jihad as it really is.
“… ….”
Jihad was silent for a moment, then stood facing Aria and raised his sword.
Not just similar, but actually similar posture.
To begin with, I didn’t think it was that strange since he was an alumni.
Hwareuk-!
Arya imbued my sword with flame.
Wow… ….
Jihad covered his sword with a dull gray color.
“… ….”
“… ….”
A very fleeting moment of silence.
-Yeonhwageomgyeol (蓮火劍訣).
And the very next moment─.
-Sacrificial ritual ceremony (第四招式).
The swords of the two swordsmen kicked off the ground and rushed towards each other, causing a grand collision at the exact midpoint.
‘The flower of Yasha (夜叉).’
Kwagwagwagwagwang-!
*****
“I admit it, Aria.”
“… ….”
“I underestimated your level. I dared to underestimate your sword. “As a prosecutor, I apologize for my rudeness.”
Jihad’s voice was quite quiet, and could even be said to be quite calm.
It may be interpreted that the damage is not that great, but-.
In fact, the damage suffered was not something that could be said to have been non-existent.
He clearly carved a rather shallow scar on Aria’s body from her blow.
“It’s just a shame.”
However.
“…… “If the sword had held up, it would have been a slightly better match.”
It just wasn’t a sure hit.
“… ….”
Crispy-
Aria was silent. With her mouth tightly shut, she just looked down at her in vain.
Like Jihad, she was not without her scars.
She may have caused her knee to hit the ground with that blow, but if you look at it, it would be a bit unfair to call her a complete defeat.
As Jihad said, Arya’s sword could not contain her full power.
To put it simply, it could not hold on and collapsed from the inside.
…… Since it was a replacement for the black sword I had hastily obtained, it was something that could not be helped.
“Where is the black sword? “It is the only sword that can bring out your abilities better than anything else.”
“… ….”
“Or is it broken?”
Wow… ….
Aria just clenched her fists roughly, but she didn’t respond.
“…… Is it.”
Of course, Jihad just shook her head as if that was the answer.
Soon, he also put away her sword and began to approach Aria again.
“You wasted too much time. “It’s time to go, Aria.”
Jihad says that while stretching out her hand towards her. Aria bit her lip so much that blood leaked out, but she remained silent as she had no means to resist.
Pajik-
…… It was at that moment that a faint electric current passed by Jihad along the track.
“… ….”
Jihad’s judgment was indeed quick.
Also, it was extremely accurate.
The moment he stepped on the ground and leaned back, a bolt of lightning from the blue sky, fired without warning, penetrated his spot.
And the roaring sound rings out later.
…… Crrr!!!
The thunder that erupted one beat late was quite foreign, but at the same time dangerous.
The energy of the lightning struck the ground roughly even though it had touched the ground.
Jihad turned his head, narrowing his eyes. Where and who carried out this attack?
And soon the place his eyes landed on was no other place.
“…… No way.”
A structure of such height that it can be seen from anywhere in the academy.
In other words, a clock tower.
His intuition was speaking. The attack just moments ago came from there.
However, apart from intuition, it was also a natural reaction to experience deep confusion.
That’s because the location of the clock tower and the place where Jihadi was standing were a good ten miles away.
Quick!
It also happened right after. I was late to realize it because I was paying attention to the clock tower, but something definitely flew in.
Jihad turned his head and was able to see the next moment.
“…… Uh?”
Making a blank expression.
Nevertheless, he stretched out his hand as if possessed.
The sight of Aria coming down from the sky and carefully grabbing a sword that had already reached me.
‘It must be stopped.’
Jihad suddenly kicked the ground due to the threat he instinctively felt -.
“Cold sword… ….”
Kwasik-
Aria pulled out the rapier stuck in the ground, and at that moment, it lit up a flame once again.