"Ready? FIGHT!" Pride's voice boomed through all our ears as the match commenced. Sir Lucian lifted off, his rapier ready to taste Adam's blood. As Lucian inched closer, A wide, sadistic smile could be seen on Adam's face. Lucian noticed this, and stopped in his tracks, and took huge steps behind. If he would have been any slower, he would have instantly been blown to smithereens, because a split second later, a huge blast surged through the stage. "That was a pre-chant! This lowly scum tried to cheat against Sir Lucian?" Someone yelled out from the crowd, after which, many death threats and taunts were directed at Adam and his behavior, but that was nothing compared to Faith's plight. "H-he silent chanted?" Faith gasped. She, being a genius, even as a weapon, couldn't silently chant, but a kid could? This was preposterous! During the match, she didn't even see his lips moving, unless...
"MASTER! I HAD AN EPIPHANY!" Faith directly yelled into my brain. "Yikes! Speak softly," I complained. "Oh... I-I'm so sorry Master, I was just so e-excited," Faith quietened down. "What happened?" I inquired. Since she was so agitated, there must be a reason for it. "Master I think I might have the solution! I was previously thinking of whispering under my breath to try and silent chant, but when he performed his silent chant, h-he never moved his lips!" Faith exclaimed. I nodded. I could already see where this was going, but I let her continue. "So I thought, 'what if I could just chant in my mind' and then I tried it, and it worked!" Faith continued.
"It did? Well, that's perfect!" I appreciated. "Along with that, I somewhat managed to get my hands on the trap chant that Adam used. Since I couldn't read his lips, this is an inferior version of that blast, but it should, in theory, stun Pride for a few seconds," Faith added. "Oh! What would I have done without you," I thought. 'I probably would have died, that's for sure', I thought to myself and chuckled. Since the whole conversation happened in my mind, it took only a fraction of a second for us to converse. The demons and demi-demons were still yelling death threats at him, sometimes, with the use of profanities. Pride looked back, his eyes giving off a deadly aura, silencing all the uproar. One didn't need to look closely to understand that Pride was pissed; really pissed.
"When you're on the battlefield, up against the toughest opponents you have ever fought, with your life on the line, do you really think you can afford to hold back?" Pride said, sending chills down everyone's spines. They never expected Pride to let this happen, but how the tables have turned. Pride looked back and signaled the match to continue. Lucian now looked much more wary of his opponent, as no one knows how many more bombs Adam has tucked in the stage.
Taking advantage of Lucian's wariness, Adam dashed forward, barely a blur, and appeared behind him, but before he could make a move, Lucian quickly shifted his body and placed his palm on Adam's side. "Hellfire!" Lucian exclaimed, and blue flames, about the same size as the bombs placed by Adam, shot out of his palm, sending Adam flying a hefty 3 meters before he smashed into an invisible wall, that is, Pride's imprisonment spell.
Wait... Imprisonment spell and Hellfire! "Faith! Did Lucian silent chant?" I inquired through my mind. "No, Master, he didn't. Why do you ask?" Faith replied. "Since you couldn't copy the actual chant Adam used because he was silent chanting, do you think you could-"
"Copy 'Hellfire' from Sir Lucian? I've already done that, and have added it to the arsenal," Faith interrupted, with a hint of joy.
"Well, aren't you a sneaky one? What about Pride's imprisoning chant? That might come in use in battle?" I asked. "The very second I picked up the chant, I copied it, and then reverse-engineered the chant, and used it to upgrade an already existing chant, namely [Imprisoning Crash]," I was baffled at the way Faith could carry out so much without me even lifting a finger. It's been an amazing time with Faith around, I feel like I'm invincible. Of course, then I realize I'm up against a high-level demon, who's also one of the Seven Deadly Sins, and is one of the 7 Generals of Lucifer's Army, and the invincibility breaks apart into tiny, atomic pieces.
Meanwhile, Adam was in deep shit. He had invoked the public's wrath, but that wasn't the worst of it. Sir Lucian's 'Hellfire' burnt a hole in his already weak and fragile body, which meant he needed to act fast. He had only a few minutes left before he passed out due to the immense pain, and one more good hit on him, and he's as good as dead. Luckily for him, he had an ace up his sleeve! He began silent chanting, this time, it wasn't the bomb chant. "Life Leech..." Adam whispered out, but it was loud enough to be heard by Sir Lucian, and everyone else in the crowd. Life Leech? Is that a powerful chant or something? "Yes Master, it is one of the most lethal chants one could have in their arsenal, since the weaker the user is, the more damage it outputs. As the name suggests, it eats away at the strength and life the opponent has and provides it to the user, thus strengthening the user, and weakening the opponent," Faith explained, with a sense of worry in her voice.
"If you require, I can copy this chant as well, since he didn't conceal the name of the spell. It would come in handy in the upcoming fight, and can also be combined with your normal sword slashes to form a new chant that leeches the strength and life of the opponent with every consecutive hit!" Faith exclaimed. "I'll give you permission to copy as many chants as you can, and give you the liberty to create the new chants, as long as they are helpful to me," I clarified. "Perfect! What would you like to name the new chant?" Faith asked. Combined with normal slashes... life leech... new chant...
"Name it 'Leeching Slashes'. It's a combination name from the chant it derived from, and the action being performed," I answered. "[Leeching Slashes] has been saved to the arsenal, along with the chant 'Life Leech'," Faith confirmed. With [Devil's Knight], [Devil's Might], [Imprisoning Crash], and [Leeching Slashes], I had new-found hope. 'Just you wait Pride, I'm coming at you with everything I got,' I thought to myself as I wore a determined look on my face, which now bore a wide smile.