Semifinal Aizawa vs Alma (2)
This chapter starts from Alancyan Aizawa's POV
"Ha, haha...!"
I couldn't contain my laughter.
Dunno what's so funny myself.
I can only laugh at the abrupt power up the woman (Alma) in front of me underwent.
Maybe I'm laughing at how pathetic I am for being cornered so hard by this woman.
Or perhaps, I'm having so much fun from losing.
The only person I can never win against is my geezer master.
I lost to plenty of people, I forgot how many.
But I got my revenge on every single person I lost to before I came of age after training myself to death.
By the time I was finished with my revenge matches with all of 'em besides the geezer, people started calling me stuff like prodigy, or return of hero.
Fools, talents and lineage are simply one part of the equation. Well, who cares 'bout what people say.
That must be why this sensation of losing feels fresh yet nostalgic.
I'm getting cut up all over, staggering as I lose more and more blood.
Alma seems to have healed her injured left arm with magic, it's not bleeding anymore.
Can't do a protracted battle. Gotta end this quick somehow...
"Cough...! Haa, haa, haa.....!!"
"...Ha!"
The moment I retreated back, Alma sent out a Mana Blade Farslash.
How's it so darned big...!? Easily double mine, and so fast!
No way to counter that thing, gotta dodge.
!?
"Uooooo!?"
The Mana Blade Farslash split up!?
Mana Blade Double Strike? No, that ain't it! That ability only adds the amount of slash.
This thing got reshaped and split wholly!
"Tcch!"
The split slashes should be weaker. I can counter 'em.
...No, gotta dodge!
"...Almost got you."
"Wheeze, wheeze... Damn, no mercy at all...!"
She used Ground Shrink while the slashes were coming and attacked me from another direction.
She gives no time to take a breather at all. A single lapse of judgment's gonna be the end of me.
"You want, mercy?"
"Haha! You sayin' you wanna be mine so much you gonna throw this match!?"
"No. I'll stake my all to defeat you."
That's fine. I'mma more pissed with you pulling punches than me losing.
But man, she ain't biting at all. Think I got a pretty nice face too, guess it ain't to her liking.
...I'm at my limit. All the blood loss is making my vision blurry and my body languid.
Girl only got one working arm yet I ain't a match at all when she got serious.
Rather than her holding back, it almost felt like her Attributes got bolstered so much she now swings her sword with tremendous power. Easily stronger than ogres.
And seeing that Mana Blade Farslash, she can also freely rearrange her Skill Ability's shape and power.
I'm guessing it's all due to a Master Skill. A super versatile one. Why'd she save that until this point...
Ah crap, I'm getting dizzy. The next clash's gonna be the last.
...Can't believe she cornered me to this sorry sight.
"Oooraa!!"
I zeroed in on her with Ground Shrink and attacked with a combo of Extended Mana Slash and Mana Blade Double Strike, widening my sword's range.
Ain't no way she can dodge this. She'll hafta block with her sword.
Then, while our blades locked, I'm gonna get even closer and hit her with Kempo Skill [Mana Spear Hand] at point blank range. Only plan I could come up in this situation.
Sure enough, she blocked my attack, locking out her right arm. Can't believe it went well.
Her injured left arm got no way to stop my next attack.
My Mana Spear Hand hit Alma's chest as predicted.
It pierced her vital since it was unprotected, or so it should have.
...Why're my fingers broken instead?
It was incredibly hard, I thought I was hitting an adamantite ingot there.
...Did she put something on her chest? No, it was hard when I hit but it's soft now--
"...Retribution."
Goss!! An acute pain ran through my loins along with that dull sound, the pain was too much to bear I couldn't keep my consciousness.
...Another first time in life. Just gonna hope this is first and the... last...
"P-player Alancyan, knocked out! He cannot continue the match! Winner, player Almatina!!"
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~~~~~~Hero's POV~~~~~~~
"U, uwaaa..."
"W-what's wrong, Neora? Calm down, you didn't get kicked yourself did you?"
"No, uh, see here? That absolute pain gets transmitted to any man who bears witness, it's just that painful okay? It's like a mix of dull and sharp pain from diarrhea, stomach ache and a fierce sense of despair blended as one, get it?"
"Okay okay, I got it!"
That damned brat, Alancyan got kicked so hard by Alma I felt it in my soul as he fainted in agony.
I don't like that guy, but I can sympathize on this point... Rest in piece.
He got what coming for him after that sexual harassment, no matter if it was intentional or an incident.
Still, she got a huge power up after getting that super loud encouragement from an audience.
Was the one shouting, Alma's party leader? I can't really see from here.
What kinda mechanism was that anyway. Guess I'll check it out in our match.
...My next opponent is that blond little girl called Reinamiure.
She's just as much a powerful adversary as Alma.
That shadow diving ability seems especially troublesome, how do you even deal with that?
<<By shining a light on the shadow she's in, that will force her out.>>
Hmph, guess it's not invincible after all.
She can also do stuff like enlarging kunais and shurikens she throws.
...Is Ninja a Job that lets you do all that? It's so random.
Now then, she's not an opponent I can go easy on.
I'd better use everything I have in my disposal from the get go.
"Go get 'em out there!"
"Neora-san, please be very careful."
"Yea. I'm off."
Hmm, I'm gonna do this for these two sake's as well.
...I mean, Aina-san's gonna rake me over the coals if I made a poor showing. Shiver.
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