When we got close to the arena Hilda had just entered it, but her opponent still hadn't shown up, I took a good look around to see if I recognized the two groups that were standing near the arena now. From the side that Hilda comes with a small group of four people, four women to be exact, it looks like the Menfis family team must be made up of a large number of women. I recognized Nirie who is a tracker on Captain Deneve's team who is also ringside, the other two warriors of the fire and earth element are new faces, they weren't part of the team led by Deneve or the Menfis family expedition that I've been on before.
On the other side of the arena, the group that is more mixed between men and women, sends six warriors with different types of elemental seeds. It appears that the two groups are made up of elemental seed fighters which is a somewhat unusual sight, usually the one or two elemental seedless fighters in adventuring parties, but maybe they just aren't present today. It would probably be against safety standards for the entire team to be around the arena during a fight, I'm surprised I've let one side have six people I thought they would reduce the escort numbers to two to avoid chances of a big fight breaking out by cause of the result of the fight in the arena again.
No matter how safe the three family members decide to wrap the arenas to persuade the competitors to behave, when a fight is too wild or ends in a climactic finale the blood of the fighters' companions will be stirred and the chance of breaking out in a group fight will be great, in my opinion no matter how exciting a one-on-one fight can be, it wouldn't compare to a group fight even if it's disorganized. It's a shame that the unarmed fight format prevents you from doing a fight with a large group, I think a two-on-two fight is the limit the fight club can offer.
My thoughts are interrupted when a warrior jumps into the ring, it looks like Hilda's opponent has arrived and this fight won't be easy for her, the seed warrior of the earth element within her core that is in the middle stage, but that's not the aside. important. In this warrior's body I see a lot of aura and energy from the concentrated earth element, it seems like half of her aura and elemental energy is concentrated in her cup rather than inside her core, this doesn't seem like a simple physical reinforcement the amount and Their energy behavior is unusual it is quite stable as if they have been at rest for a long period of time, this is usually only possible within a warrior's core and not their body.
Seems like she trains in some support art which should have a strengthening effect on her body and as far as I can see I can't even find a weak point or deformation in her body. This must be high quality art, what should this warrior's identity be? This kind of elemental art and aura shouldn't be something a normal mercenary group should possess.
I think this fight can be very difficult for Hilda, I don't doubt that the power and resistance of this warrior's body must be much higher than she would normally have, this must be an art aimed at building a defensive body and the sacrifice must be the half of the defensive fighter's aura and elemental energy reserve.
"What happened? You're making a worried face out of nowhere."
Without taking my eyes off the arena I answered Raziel's question, I don't want to miss the start of the fight.
"That warrior is not a normal snack shop, I'm absolutely sure she must have special training. At the very least, she is a noblewoman from a large family, Hilda will have a hard time in this fight. "
"What are her chances of winning?"
"Honestly, Hilda only has a 30% chance of winning this fight. Her opponent has a big advantage in unarmed combat and when elemental energy is prohibited from being used outside the body."
"Her chances are pretty low; I hope nothing bad happens."
"That will depend on the mercenary, Hilda will not give up the fight and will fight until the end. If the mercenary takes her down without seriously injuring her, it will be good, but if she is cruel, Hilda can get seriously injured."
"What are you going to do if the worst-case scenario happens, Ulric?"
I didn't answer Raizel's question, but it wasn't because I had doubted what I would do if Hilda was seriously injured but because Hilda and the mercenary started fighting.
Hilda advanced towards her opponent without a single hesitation, steady and steady paces, the two of them kept my yard apart before the first punch was thrown.
I thought that the mercenary would start on the offensive, but it was Hilda who landed the first blow and who if cone finished with her second punch and ended up turning into a sequence of quick and light punches, she was probing her opponent's defense. The mercenary received Hilda's streak of punches without fighting back, she concentrated on defense and successfully blocked all Hilda's attacks, her defense was stable and constant Hilda's violent and quick offensive was not a challenge for her.
The mercenary and truly a defensive warrior she demonstrates the same level of skill and fundamentals as Torris on my side, and with that Hilda's chances of winning diminished even further. Hilda's bare fists showed a slight purple, while the mercenary's skin showed not a single mark, not even in the arias she used to block Hilda's punches more than once.
As I suspected, the difference in their chorus defense is huge, if Hilda continues with this tactic, they will end up getting hurt before her opponent attacks. Hilda delivers a last streak of three punches trying to break the opponent's defensive posture, but when her aura-filled punches fail she backs off.
A smile formed on the face of the mercenary who advanced against Hilda, but her intention was unusual, she didn't attack Hilda directly she simply moved forward while Hilda walked away, she intends to pressure Hilda to keep attacking her. The distance between the two remains the same, but Hilda won't be able to retreat for very long, the edge of the arena is approaching her.
Avoiding being pushed back Hilda attacks again, but instead of making a sequence of punches forward, she punches the mercenary and moves to the side, Hilda repeats this move a few times and starts circling the mercenary who maintains her blocking strategy Hilda's blows.
As Hilda is faster than her opponent, she manages to land some blows on the mercenary's body and face, but unfortunately not one of her blows actually hurts the mercenary, this impasse lasted for a while until the mercenary finally punched when Hilda was hitting her. It was a good punch at a great time, but for her Hilda should have been waiting for her to go on the offensive and when the punch would hit the side of Hilda's waist she should and hit the mercenary's chin.
This blow took the mercenary by surprise, Hilda put a great amount of aura into that punch, the force that hit her directly on the mercenary's chin was enough to hurt her and make her take a step back. Hilda increased distance between her and the opponent, but she wasn't trying to run away because that would be silly but I could see the aura concentrating on her legs, it looks like Hilda will try to use kicks instead of punches, her fists are already purple and her skin must be on the verge of breaking even the aura that circled in her hands couldn't protect her fists much, this mercenary's cup must be as hard as metal.
The mercenary recovers and when her face rise, she has a bloodstained smile, she advances against Hilda not caring about the aura-filled kick that hits her side, she advances against Hilda barely defending herself from the three kicks that Hilda hit her before wing managed to close the distance between them.
A violent exchange of punches began between the two, although Hilda tried to parrot the mercenary's blows rather than deliver her own punches, she was being wounded at a greater speed and intensity than her opponent. The mercenary had an iron cup, even though her punches were slower than Hilda's and the force behind him was less, the damage they caused was great because her body was denser and harder than Hilda's.
I was only able to notice this after the fight intensified, the mercenary's cup is not only more resist it is also heavier than it should be, that must be one of the disadvantages of the art she used to strengthen her cup. Even though I still believe that she trained in a high-level art and it is normal that the art has created some weakness or disadvantage in her cup, nothing is perfect.
More for this fight, this art determined the mercenary's victory, the skin on her wrists and forearms were torn and blood began to flow, but after such an intense fight, even the mercenary's skin began to purplish due to Hilda's attacks. but his skin ended up being hidden by Hilda's blood.
Hilda made one last moment what must be some kind of aura art for unarmed combat, she hit I filled it in the mercenary's stomach with a blow that was basically a double punch, her aura was like a vortex that circled between her fists with a big spin. But after being wounded by Hilda's blow, she didn't retreat much and jumped-up grabbing Hilda, the two fell to the ground and the mercenary didn't let go of Hilda, but I managed to start punching the side of Hilda's glass.
When the fight went to the ground, Hilda's only advantage, which was her superior speed, disappeared, in her position she didn't even get the necessary space to manage to deliver a strong blow to the mercenary. Deneve, who was watching the fight from the side of the arena, decided to intervene in the fight.
"The fight is over! We accept defeat!"
And so, the fight ended with the mercenary dropping Hilda and raising her bloodstained glass. I honestly would prefer Hilda to win the fight, but among the losses that al could have, this one wasn't nearly the worst, she didn't get hurt much and she fought very well, the mercenary had a clear advantage in this fight, but she still ended up well. wounded, she may have walked out of the arena with her head held high, but she hasn't been able to hide the blood that starts to trickle from her lips.
Hilda's last blow did a fair amount of damage to the mercenary's organs, I doubt she expects to be so hurt in this fight. Hilda was taken by healers who shouldn't have much trouble healing her, her injuries are superficial.