I had a surgery recently (to remove my wisdom tooth), so I had not been posting due to it. I left the announcement in P4TRE0N, but I forgot to post it here...
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"Hah!" With a roar, Gregory kicked the ground and charged towards Princess Elwha.
Tightening the muscles of his entire body, he swung his sword down, using the momentum of his charge to give his sword even greater power.
Just the wind created by this sword slash pressured Princess Elwha!
But the white-haired elven princess remained calm. She observed the trajectory of the sword calmly with her silver eyes before stepping aside with a graceful movement.
At the same time, she stabbed with her rapier towards Gregory's waist.
"Take this!"
Gregory's reaction was faster than she expected, though. Despite using such a huge and heavy sword, his movements were fast and precise. He pulled his sword back as soon as he realized that Princess Elwha had avoided his attack and then use it to defend against the rapier.
Both of them jumped back after that.
The first exchange between the two ended like that, and both combatants got an idea of the other's abilities.
Gregory's sword was fast, fierce, and powerful. Just landing an attack would be enough to finish Princess Elwha.
The movements of the elven princess, on the other hand, were agile and graceful, showing the features that defined the elves.
Neither Gregory nor Princess Elwha dared to underestimate their enemy. Both of them knew that a slight mistake could cost them this battle.
Looking fixedly at Princess Elwha, Gregory once more charged forward.
Brandishing his greatsword, he closed the distance between Princess Elwha and him in an instant!
However, Princess Elwha's reflexes were just as fast as him. She jumped aside elegantly, her white hair dancing with the wind as her rapier drew an arc towards Gregory's neck.
Gregory's reflexes did not fall behind the princess's. He moved his head aside, avoiding the rapier, as one of his hands let go of his sword and launched a punch in the Princess's direction.
The princess was slightly startled by the unexpected attack, but she managed to twist her body aside to avoid it. However, Gregory's sword was already advancing towards her again.
Feeling the danger, she jumped back quickly, but as though predicting her movements, Gregory jumped forward, his sword descending towards the princess ruthlessly.
He planned to pressure her constantly to make her make a mistake!
The princess's eyes glinted with an ice-cold light. She understood Gregory's strategy immediately, and she knew that she could not fall into his rhythm.
Thus, she stopped retreating!
To Gregory's surprise, the Princess rushed towards his greatsword!
It was something incompressible considering the difference in strength between the two of them!
'Is she crazy, or does she have a plan?' Gregory wondered to himself, but he did not stop his attack.
Even if the princess was planning something, he only needed to crush it with absolute strength!
But when their two weapons were about to clash, the princess opened her mouth.
"Stop."
Immediately, Gregory froze.
For an instant, he felt his body and mana stopping against his will. Even the sword that he was swinging forward stopped moving.
'My body!?'
He hurriedly urged his mana to move, regaining control of his body quickly. However, the instant he was frozen was fatal.
Taking advantage of that moment, Princess Elwha evaded his sword and thrust her rapier towards his chest!
"Guh!"
Gregory grunted. Feeling the coldness of the metal against his skin, he released his mana outwards!
Immediately, a strong current of wind surged with Gregory as the center, pushing Princess Elwha away as Gregory jumped back.
Helpless, the princess could only stop her attack.
Gregory looked at his chest and frowned. Despite his quick reactions, the princess's rapier had managed to injure him.
Fortunately, the injury was nothing grave. But if he would have been a bit slower, he would have been defeated.
'That was close…' He thought to himself.
"Was that your trump card?" Gregory asked. "A great technique. If our cultivation would have been the same, I would have lost."
Princess Elwha did not reply, just looking at Gregory with a frown.
Seeing that, the young man smiled.
"I guess it's my turn then."
Taking a step forward, he gathered mana into his sword.
Then, he swung it forward.
"[Hurricane Sword]!"
With his shout, a powerful sword wind rushed towards Princess Elwha, cutting a line on the stage.
The destructive power of the sword wind made Princess Elwha pale. She hurriedly jumped aside to evade it, only to see several strands of sword wind flying in the direction she moved.
"!!!"
She hurriedly twisted her body to avoid them, but despite that, some of the attacks managed to cut her body.
"Ugh!"
The princess groaned in pain. The cuts had not been very deep, but it meant that she had fallen into a disadvantage.
Gregory grinned when he saw that. He immediately kicked the ground and rushed towards her again.
"Die!"
With a roar, wind gathered around his sword, cutting everything in its path!
The princess did not dare to receive such an attack, but even after avoiding it, the strong wind of the sword made her stagger.
Gregory took advantage of that to continue attacking, trusting his greatsword towards the princess, chest.
This time, though, the princess could not avoid the attack.
In a panic, she used her rapier to block the sword, but–
*Clang!*
With a loud metallic sound, her rapier was cut into two, and she was sent flying away.
"Gah!" The princess vomited a mouthful of blood.
Gregory smiled and put the sword on his shoulder, then, he walked towards the princess calmly.
"Give up, elf. You are not my match."
Princess Elwha did not reply. Instead, she looked at him calmly.
Then, to Gregory's surprise, she smiled
"Have you not noticed it yet?"
Gregory was startled. He immediately frowned and looked around him, but he did not find anything wrong.
'Is she bluffing?'
But suddenly, his vision darkened.
'What!?'
Gregory panicked. He hurriedly circulated his mana to break the technique affecting his vision, but then, he realized that something was wrong.
Because something cold was pressed against his neck.
Gulping down, he opened his eyes, only to see Princess Elwha in front of him, completely uninjured and with her rapier on his neck.
At the same time, the words of the demigod supervising the challenge reached his ears.
"The winner is Machine Revolutio!"
Immediately, Gregory's face turned pale.
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