Drops of sweat fell from Frida's face, soaking the ground. Her body was covered in fresh wounds that still hadn't dried. She could barely move, but her fierce determination kept her going, despite facing the Impersonator, a tireless and undamaged wooden puppet that mimicked everything that she had perfectly.
"I can't die here," Frida said, gritting her teeth.
Although she said that, the Impersonator, who was tireless and hadn't been injured at all, was not something Frida could defeat in her current condition.
The Impersonator rushed towards Frida in a frenzy. It pulled out the sword in its hand and swung it from left to right.
Trang!
With trembling hands, Frida blocked the attack. But the Impersonator swung its sword again, and this time, Frida's hand was too weak to hold off the attack. The sword flew out of her hand and landed far away. The situation became very dire for Frida.
The Impersonator didn't waste any time. It immediately launched a series of attacks on Frida. On the first attack, Frida managed to dodge it by jumping back. However, the Impersonator's movements were lightning fast, and its subsequent attacks were fierce. The Impersonator's sword slowly cut through Frida's hands, stomach, back, and other parts of her body.
"I think this is it for me," Frida said, resigned to her fate. Her body was too weak to move, and the accumulated wounds made it impossible for her to fight back.
In front of Frida, who could no longer move, the Impersonator lifted both of its hands, which were holding the sword. The Impersonator lifted its sword, ready to deliver the final blow. But just as it was about to strike, the magical circle that had trapped Frida in the room appeared again.
"What's happening? Why isn't it attacking me? Wait! That magic circle, isn't that the same one that trapped me here?" Frida questioning.
Could it be that someone followed me here? Is it Vale and Brenda? No, I have to hide and observe the situation first, Frida thought. She then crawled away from the Impersonator. With the remaining mana that she had, Frida used a simple illusion to hide her presence.
At that moment, the magic circle slowly disappeared, and two students, a boy and a girl, appeared from the circle. They were Alex and Laura, who had just arrived in the room.
"Where are we? Is Frida really here?" Laura wondered as she looked around the room.
Meanwhile, Alex's attention was drawn to the Impersonator. He couldn't see its figure clearly, but he saw it quickly darting towards them.
"Get ready to fight," Alex yelled.
"Wait! Isn't that Frida?" Laura exclaimed, staring at the Impersonator, which still looked and moved like Frida.
When seeing the Impersonator raising its hand, Laura immediately took out a pair of magic items. As a member of the Verti family, known as makers of magic items, Laura's fighting style heavily relied on these items. Unlike in the previous fight, Laura now had no hesitation to fight against her.
Laura's magic item took the form of a pair of large gloves that resembled bear claws. The main material of this magic item was a red crystal bear monster that was known to be very hard and thick. On the palm of the bear's glove, there was a red crystal that functioned as a mana storage for the bear. This magic item not only had excellent defense, but also had sharp attacks on its claw parts.
Using the glove on her left hand, Laura managed to fend off The Impersonator's attacks. She smiled and said, "This time I won't lose to you."
Of course, the Impersonator, who was only a puppet, did not respond to that. It continued to attack Laura aggressively. Laura moved both her hands to block attack after attack launched by it.
The Impersonator saw that regular attacks had no effect on Laura. The resilience of her gloves was truly extraordinary. The sword in its hand gradually enveloped in a red aura. The Impersonator used the technique [Sinking the Red Sun], which made the sword have a high destruction power.
The fake Frida then pushed its body forward and moved its sword towards Laura. The girl from the Verti family received the attack using her left glove. Suddenly, her eyes widened, she felt that The Impersonator's attack this time was different from before. Her hand immediately went numb and was thrown to the side, unable to withstand the previous attack.
"Uh-oh!"
The Impersonator lined up its sword and aimed it at Laura's head. The wooden puppet intended to stab the girl's head.
"Icarus Impact!"
A wind that formed a giant transparent hand in the air immediately slapped its body hard, pushing it far away.
Laura breathed a sigh of relief and turned towards Alex who had just helped her, "Thank you."
"Don't fight alone, we need to work together to kill her," replied Alex.
"Hey, do you sense that there's something strange about Frida?" Laura was still confused as to why Frida looked so flat and emotionless. The girl didn't even respond to them at all.
"I feel it too. However, it's not important, you shouldn't mind about it. I am confident that she is Frida, and our focus is to kill her," answered Alex.
After saying that, a pair of transparent wings appeared behind Alex's back. The Horizon family controlled the air force of the Kingdom of Windeast. The magicians from that family were very skilled in wind magic and a special fighting style that emphasized flexibility and speed.
Alex saw the Impersonator, who was about to attack again. He and Laura immediately attacked It.
Laura flowed mana into her gloves, causing the red crystals on her gloves to emit a red light. By flowing mana into her gloves, the red crystal bear claws on her gloves increased in sharpness and were able to cut something from a distance.
"Red crystal bear claws!"
Laura swung her hand to create claw marks in the air that turned into energy waves moving towards the fake Frida.
The Impersonator used the magic technique [The Fall of The Moon] which allowed It to throw energy in the shape of a crescent moon. The energy wave then collided with the energy wave in the shape of Laura's bear claws. They both destroyed each other.
Meanwhile, Alex quickly rushed towards the Impersonator as Laura attacked It. The Impersonator made a cutting motion to welcome Alex. He lowered his body to avoid the attack and then launched a counter-attack. His fist was aimed at the Impersonator's cheek. Realizing there was no time to dodge, the Impersonator allowed the attack to hit Its cheek while kicking Alex's stomach.
Both parties were thrown back, but they quickly adjusted themselves again.
Laura attacked the Impersonator who had just stood up. A red aura surrounded the sword in the Impersonator's hand. A counter-attack. The Impersonator held a pair of gloves with the sword. It pulled the sword down so that the sharp blade rubbed against the gloves. Thereafter, It stabbed the sword into the ground and jumped, using the sword as a foothold. Fake Frida's feet danced in the air before it hit Laura's face.
"She's strong!" Laura admitted.