Those two surprised me, I thought they were fighting more to prove who was stronger to increase their chances of leading the team, but they are really training.
The amount of aura and wind element they are using in their attacks is not enough to injure the other or overwhelm the other with raw power. They are comparing their fighting skills; I was quite surprised with this choice mainly because Gloria has a clear disadvantage against Hilda.
This disadvantage and because of the difference in equipment, the spear allows Hilda to be able to keep Gloria away from her while she can easily attack her. I thought Gloria would release more aura and force her way towards Hilda, but she's maintaining the same aura level and concentrates on blocking Hilda's blows as she advances towards her.
Gloria aims to surround Hilda and force her to make a mistake in order to attack her, while Hilda wants to break her defense with her skill with the spear.
I particularly prefer this type of contest to show that you are better and stronger than your teammate than simply releasing all your aura and elemental energy and using arts to defeat your opponent.
Conquer your enemy with pure combat skill is a great way to show that the winner is a great candidate for leader and the loser that she is competent and skilled to be one of the group's strengths.
Gloria's fleece shield has blocked almost all of Hilda's blows, normally this would wear down the shield warrior's defense and stamina, but Gloria's earth element is quite strong and focuses completely on her shield preventing Hilda's low aura and energy. elemental one can penetrate her defense.
But this impasse didn't take long to be broken as the wind element Hilda used with her aura turned into an icy vortex, ice crystals formed around the tip of Hilda's spear and began attacking Gloria's body because her shield was not. covers completely block the cold wind and ice crystals.
This is the first time I've seen Hilda fighting this way, her style is generally more direct and focuses on punching her opponents and if she acts a defense his defense has the same ending, even when she uses her ice element, her style and the same plus with a different effect.
But Hilda's new style is not focused on direct combat but on wearing down her opponent, she must have trained him to face situations exactly like the one now, she is facing an enemy that she has a range advantage because of a weapon, but not strong enough to break through his defense.
Even with Gloria's full armor I can still see Hilda's ice element seeping into her armor and body, Hilda's ice element is draining Gloria's stamina while freezing her body. If the ice element were stronger, it should be able to penetrate the organs of Gloria who is keeping a firm defense, but at the rate she is going she will end up losing.
After being pressed for a while longer Gloria's earth element manifest in a different way, just like Hilda's ice element Gloria's earth element turned into an earth storm around her body, this storm blocked some ice crystals and began to break up the thin layer of ice that was forming on his armor.
But this technique is incomplete and an obvious imitation that can defend less than half the offensive power of Hilda's ice crystal storm, but it's amazing that Gloria can do this so quickly her elemental control is really very high and she must have practiced. very small-scale elemental control which is a bit unusual for earth element users, they generally tend to use their element in a larger way and not in the form of a rock storm.
The battle lasted a few more minutes, but in the end, Gloria lost after fighting for almost an hour against Hilda, the two were not physically hurt but much of their physical stamina and energy was drained in that fight, they are both pretty tired now.
Gloria held her ground until the end showing her strength and tenacity, she can have a very offensive style, but she is still a very competent defensive warrior with great flexibility both body and mental, she adapted her defense to make Hilda's attack less effective several times during the fight if she hadn't done it, she wouldn't have lasted that long.
The cold that was building up in her body would have defeated her even before Hilda had to make a direct wound with her spear, but she still managed to mold her street to block the cold air that tried to penetrate her body in several different ways, but she must still be feeling like an ice pack in my summer one.
I started to approach the two who were about to sit on the floor, but were still standing firm, behind me a rabbit started clapping her hands in a very excited and loud way as if she had just watched a very good show in a theater.
"You better take off your Gloria armor and rest in the sun, that's the best way to warm your body to a lot of the ice element energy concentrated on the surface of your body."
"Do you want some help?"
Gloria dropped her shield and sword directly to the ground, began to strip off her armor starting with her helmet revealing pale skin and deep purple lips that trembled slightly as she answered me. Her body really was slowly freezing.
"Thanks, but it's not necessary, but I appreciate you reminding me to take off my armor I was too focused on digesting the gains I made during the fight to remember that. I'm just going to get some rest in the sun and I'll fully recover in a few minutes."
While Gloria undressed, I went to Hilda to see how she was just for her to lean against my body with a smile of pure happiness, she really loves to fight.
"Are you okay?"
"Yes, I didn't get hurt. I'm just a little tired and it's hard and mentally exhausting to shape a concentrated ice storm like the one I did, I think I still need to train more to be able to use it in real combat for a long period of time."
"It's natural that you should basically be manipulating several elements at the same time, dividing them into several different elemental streams in harmony and concentrating around your weapon without them concentrating too much on it."
"You found everything didn't you?"
I hugged Hilda and led her to the rock we were on before for her to rest and whispered in her ear.
"Not everything, but I have to admit that this technique or art is quite complicated, when you manage to accelerate and concentrate the wind and ice flows in this storm it will become the tip of your spear in an extremely destructive aria. And I've seen some destructive skills but these reaches the top three easily."
"Really? Is she that strong?"
"It's your technique, how come you don't know that, Hilda?"
"Well, it's a complicated subject, how about I tell you later when we're alone."
"OK."
After placing Hilda on the rock, I turn around to see an almost completely naked Gloria for my surprise, she really doesn't have an ounce of shame and has a different choice of clothing.
Usually in warriors we wear a layer of plain clothing that tends to be thin and comfortable under our armor, some nobles end up wearing those expensive and uncomfortable clothes which is idiotic as these clothes tend to tear under the armor during a fight, but Gloria's choice is quite unusual and extreme.
She basically wears just a simple thin underwear under her armor, she's barely covering the big curves of her body. In my past life I've seen lots of little bikinis that cover more skin than the outfit Gloria is wearing, I think I should get Hilda a set of these.
I'm not the only one who focused on Gloria's body, Zephyrus is almost drooling as he stares at Gloria's big breasts and when she bent forward to take off his pants, he must have almost had a nosebleed, his face was completely red when he stared at Gloria's toned ass.
But he wasn't the only one turned on by the sight, Alice was staring at Gloria's ass as if she were a wolf and not a rabbit. I think Gloria has gotten really popular now.
Wait, could this be a tactic to win over men on the team? She's doing this on purpose to gain male support from a bunch of boys in heat, she's really amazing. But I think it worked really well, especially when she stretched out her very sexy Minas Gerais body in front of Alice and Zephyr, it looked like she was posing for a porn magazine catalogue.
My daydreams were shattered when I felt a great pain in my arm. When I looked at Hilda, she wasn't so happy about the fact that I was admiring Gloria's body.
"Calm down, I admit I looked at her, but my first thought was about her outfit and the second was me realizing she was wearing this robe on purpose to gain the support of the men in the group for her to become the team leader."
An evil smile came to Hilda's face.
"Really? For me you were staring at the sway of those huge breasts that are about to come out of that almost transparent strip of fabric, I can see her hard nipples as well as I can see her underside very well, but you were just curious about the outfit of her to the point that you didn't notice what was under her?"
"Honey I'm not lying; I really liked that outfit and I plan to buy you a set or two. I wasn't staring at her like that."
"I'll pretend to believe you, but I have my eye on you, Ulric. Dare to betray me and I promise I'll freeze and rip your cock off."
"I would never betray you. But I think you were the one studying the smallest details of Gloria's body and not me. You described her body very accurately."
I'm pulled down by Hilda's arms that have wrapped around my neck and she whispered in my ear.
"What's wrong with me looking at her body? Are you jealous or excited at the idea of me liking her body? Are you afraid I'll dump you and try to get Gloria?"
Hilda basically stuck to my back.
"Very funny, but this is no time to joke. We have a lot to decide now, we don't even have a leader yet, even though I think Gloria is pretty close to being chosen as leader because of the way those two are looking at her body."
Hilda started to laugh at my comment. I think I escaped Hilda's wrath and ordeal.
"You're right, but I couldn't get over Gloria resorting to these tactics. I don't know who is more excited, O virgin over there or the doe that seems to have come into heat, she must be using all her will not to jump on Gloria who is sunbathing."
"Should I take off my armor too to get some votes? Or do you have some plan to take the lead on the team, because it's going to be hard for you to beat those huge breasts over there."
"Even though the destructive power of Gloria's tactics is high, I still think I have a chance of taking the team lead, in the end I have the advantage of being a tracker and she is the defensive warrior of the team and I also have a a lot of lack of knowledge that is something very necessary for a leader."
"I hope you're right, but are you really going to buy this kind of clothes for me to wear?"
"Of course, you wouldn't wear this kind of clothes?"
"Perhaps, I must admit that I'm curious to see if it's more comfortable to wear this type of clothing under my armor than my current outfit, and it's hard to find a comfortable outfit that doesn't hinder my movements with my armor."
"I think a padded armor or some kind of coating is needed in this one, because leather or metal straight to the skin is not comfortable, Hilda."
"Yes, but the high-level armor is all padded so your concern is irrelevant, but would you like me to wear that kind of clothing under my armor you pervert?"
"Because that would make me the pervert, don't you know you're parading or fighting basically naked."
Hilda took a few seconds to process this scenario.
"True, I think I would be the pervert and not the idiot who must be drooling and completely hard, trying to imagine my nearly naked body only protected by a sheer fabric beneath my armor. Perverted.
"Isn't that why our relationship works? The two of us are alike: perverts, control freaks, paranoid and cute."
"Maybe, but I'm not as paranoid as you are and I'm prettier than you. And you forgot our other virtues, we are funny, kind, thieves and honorable"
"Okay, but I feel weird considering myself an honorable person."
"You get used to it."