Astrick had been fighting Conor for more than ten minutes and with each and every passing minute he was landing more and more hits and slashes on Conor...
By this time they were both gasping for air after this long tiring fight, but it was still not over and they both knew it, which is why they had to keep fighting through their pain despite their current state...
Speaking of state Conor was now full of small wounds and injuries, his body was totally covered in blood and sweat.
One might even wonder how he was still standing with that friendly smile on his face when his body looked in such a painful state...
After a final exchange of blows the two backed up as if it was a mutual agreement to catch up their breaths... while looking at each other with exhausted looks on their faces, eventually, Conor opened his mouth while looking at Astrick with admiration and respect...
"I have to say I underestimated you a lot kid, you're very strong, and your techniques are very impressive for someone your age, but unfortunately I'm gonna have to end this fight already... If you truly want to be acknowledged by this old man then you'll have to stay awake after this, ok? "
Conor's last words made Astrick very awake as he raised his guard preparing for whatever Conor was planning to do. Though he was cautious, he wasn't afraid as his thoughts were that even if Conor was hiding a part of his Trump card and his true power, he doing the same and he didn't think whatever Conor was hiding was better than what he was hiding.
Maybe he was arrogant, or maybe overconfident, or maybe what he was hiding was truly that powerful... Whatever it was the two were going to find out soon as Conor was already preparing for his next move...
And it didn't take long for Astrick to see what Conor's hidden card was as he didn't know when Conor showed up right in front of him...
"Fast...! "
Astrick didn't let his astonishment hold back his actions as he quickly moved his sword to block the upcoming attack, as soon as the two blades came across each other a sound of clanging could be heard across the dojo as sparks started coming out of their meeting point.
'Argh... What the hell? Where did all this power come from? Was he hiding all of that this whole time? '
Astrick's face distorted in pain and his arms felt numb, he couldn't believe that Conor had this much power in his normal human body, but there was no time for Astrick to understand where Conor's sudden power jump came from as he had to block another slash threatening to cut his head...
But even after blocking this blow, Astrick was unable to rest as Conor kept launching one slash after the other, he kept pushing forward with a series of rapid slashes.
Astrick kept on dodging and blocking Conor's endless blows, but it was like Conor had an infinite amount of stamina and endurance as his moves didn't show any sign of slowing down.
And soon enough Astrick's defence started to go down and his moves got slower and slower as he was exhausted from having to keep his guard up so high all the time and fighting in a defensive position for a long time.
He still had something in his pockets that he hasn't used yet but he was hesitant to show it as he wasn't sure if it was worth the risk...
Just when Astrick was about to decide not to show his trump card while dodging another attack he felt a sudden warm liquid running down his cheeks, he backed up as fast as he could using his hand to wipe the liquid off his face...
Looking at the hand he just wiped the liquid with, Astrick saw a sticky red liquid, it took him a second to understand that this was his blood, and once this truth sunk into his brain he finally saw the weird expression on Conor's face...
Conor had this crazy demonic smile on his face that made cold sweat cover Astrick's back.
Seeing the expression of utter ecstasy painted on Conor's face Astrick finally realized something he had missed for a while now...
' He lost it...!! '
As soon as this thought ran through Astrick's brain, he felt a tiny wave of wind blows by him as his hair fluttered while his eyes widened in shock.
He didn't even look before drawing his sword to his side in a purely instinctive move blocking a deadly attack that would've nearly ended his life.
But Conor wasn't done as he went on using his high speed giving Astrick many cuts and wounds which made it harder and harder for him to fight properly.
Eventually, Astrick made a slight mistake as a momentary misstep made by him allowed Conor to land a significant hit leaving a big slice in Astrick's chest as the blood started dripping out of him like a crazy waterfall, and Astrick's vision became foggy after losing a lot of blood, his pain made him frown as he was thinking of everything he might be able to do to get himself out of this situation.
While so he cussed everything and everyone related to Conor as he was gritting his teeth barely able to take the pain.
Meanwhile, Karl was having a bad feeling for a while now, he was barely able to see the two as they were moving too fast for his eye to process what was happening so he didn't know about Conor's expression, but when he saw the fatal attack Conor landed on Astrick's chest he finally found out something seriously wrong was happening.
And his doubts were assured as soon as he saw the look on Conor's face and the words that came out of his mouth afterwards which made shivers run down his spine...
"haha...This... This is too fun... "
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