On a place where a strong wind was blowing....
Where the swards were flurrying...
Where a moon was shining illuminating the night....
There were two people clashing with their swords.
A man with a straw hat over his head and a blue kimono was holding a long curved sword shining in the night and a silver aura covering him.
In front of him was a young man with a smaller build.
A mask over his face and a long sheer black estoc on his hands, shining with a blue aura.
<Bloodlust directed towards host detected. Trait [Duelist] activated.>
<Conditions for the trait [Lone Swordsman] met. The trait is activated.>
"Come."
/SWOOSH/
Shouting like that, Akira rushed at me with his sword raised and a silver aura enveloping his sword and arms.
/CLANK/
Receiving the strike with my Nihil raised, I deflected it.
'He is strong, much stronger than before.'
But, the strength behind the attack was no joke.
Just as I expected, he is using his strength as a four-star right now.
/CLANK/ /CLANK/
Without stopping his movements, he kept following me, pressuring me from all sides.
"Is this all you got?"
Stopping his moves, he asked, letting me have a breather.
"If that is so, you won't be able to leave this place alive."
"Kurghk--"
With pressure descending over my body, he narrowed his eyes.
And in the midst of that, his eyes were shining silver, locking into mine.
"Here I come!"
/SHLINK/
Dashing to me again, he attacked me with a horizontal swing.
/CLANK/
I blocked the attack with my sword raised.
'Now!'
And then rotated my body, dodging the following sword swing by a hair's breadth.
/THUD/
With my aura focused on my elbow, I threw a strong attack on his abdomen, making him lose his balance.
"Heut!"
With salvia spurting from his mouth, he staggered back.
'Sword of Annihilation, Bladesurge.'
/SWOOSH/
With my aura applied to my legs, I disappeared from the place I was in, appearing in front of his face.
And attacked him with a stab to his right shoulder, aiming to injure him.
"Heh.... Not fast enough."
/CLINK/ /CLANK/
But before my attack could even reach him, his sword flashed and intercepted the trajectory of mine.
Realizing that I was wide open, I circulated my aura around my body and widened the distance again.
/SWOOSH/
"Huff... huff..."
My breathing was getting slightly craggy over the fight I was doing.
'His speed is no joke. I need to be decisive.'
'All Seeing Eye.'
Activating my [All Seeing Eye], I started seeing the aura he was circulating.
Thanks to my art reaching a higher level, I was able to see everything in a more detailed way, be it the person's aura or body movements.
'An attack. He is finally using his magic as well.'
Seeing the wind mana applied around his feet, I understood.
'He is using that move.'
/SWOOSH/
Disappearing from the place he was staying, he immediately dashed to me at a faster speed than before.
/CRACKLE/ /CRACKLE/
'Annihilation Sword. Void Steps.'
/SWOOSH/
But before he could even reach me, with lighting and all of my aura concentrated around my foot, I disappeared from the place I was standing.
/SWISH/
And there was a wind splitting in the place I was.
/CRACK/
And a crack formed on the ground, with a vertical wave of wind mana going backward.
"You have improved."
/SWOOSH/
With a slight mumble on his face, he disappeared from the place he was staying and started bombarding me with his attacks.
/CLANK/ /CLANK/ /CLANK/
Blocking the attacks, the fight kept going at close range, where I was trying to increase the distance, and he was trying to follow me everywhere.
However, my situation was nowhere good, with wounds accumulating all around my body.
/SLASH/
A swing of the sword I missed cut my right arm.
/CLANK/ /CUT/
Another wound on my chest.
However, that was not all there to it.
'Not good.'
Seeing the huge amount of wind mana accumulating on his sword, I started condensing lightning mana around Nihil.
'School of Iai. Steel Tempest.'
'Annihilation Sword. Null Space.'
A huge vortex of wind flew towards me.
And huge lightning mana circulating around my sword started spreading around.
'Now!'
Realizing it was the moment, I dashed to the middle of the vortex, destroying the conversed energy field there, making the circulation stop.
/CRACKLE/ /SWISH/
Green mana of wind and blue mana of lightning crashed.
/BOOM/
Forming a smoke.
"Huff..."
Releasing a breath of frost from my mouth, I cooled my head.
'His strength, with every clash it, is getting weaker and weaker. He is losing control over his body.'
Seeing the signals he showed, I thought.
'The appearance of Yokai is close.'
Concluding that, I took my position again, looking at the mentor who guided me.
With his right hand raised, he gestured for me to come.
'It pisses me off. I feel like I am losing right now.'
The fact that I couldn't even scratch him, even under all those things, made me mad.
/CRACKLE/ /CRACKLE/
Imbuing lightning mana scattered around because of the clash, I started condensing it.
'Annihilation Sword. Waltz of the Death.'
/SWOOSH/
Disappearing from the place I was staying, I reached for him, attacking him with my sword.
A slashing strike aimed towards his neck from his right.
/CLANK/
Blocked.
Another strike towards the left face.
/CLANK/
Blocked.
Following the stab to his heart.
/SWOOSH/
Dodged by a hair's breadth.
/CLANK/
And a counterattack swing to intercept my momentum, I had already read his movements.
/CLANK/
Blocking the attack with my sword and my aura focused on my arm as efficiently as possible, I managed to interlock our swords.
"Huh?"
And he was genuinely surprised because this was the first time I was able to get the upper hand in our confrontation, which shouldn't have ever been possible.
However, this was possible because of the unique way of my awakening that produced a thicker and stronger aura than any others as well as the most precise control I had over my aura, making it focus on one point as efficiently as possible.
/CRACKLE/
And then, with lightning imbued in my hand, I touched his wrist, sending an electrical current toward his body, making him lose his balance.
"GRRR!"
Gritting his teeth, he tried to withstand the pain and the receptors that were trying to move his body.
But, it was that one moment that he was distracted, which would prove to be fatal.
/THUD/
With my aura condensed around my feet, I kicked him in his chest, making him fly toward the tree behind.
Then before he could even recuperate, I condensed my aura around my foot and my blade.
'Sword of Annihilation. Execution Sword.'
/SWOOSH/ /STAB/
Dashing towards him in the blink of an eye with my sword piercing his chest.
"Krughk-"
Blood flowed through his mouth.
And a body that leaned on me with his chin on my shoulder.
"Cough.... Cough.... Thank you..... I hope you can finally end this curse."
Knowing this was his end, he grabbed my hand.
"Goodbye, brother Akira."
And gave his last breath with a smile.....
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That was a good fight to finish the student-teacher relationship between them, in my opinion. Hope you have enjoyed the chapters so far.....
A time skip is on the way.....
