Nearing Sparrow, Avion did a Upper slash aiming to slice his head. Seeing the incoming attack Sparrow skillfully deflected it with the help of his sword as he performed a Spinning Slash. Avion quickly withdrew his Naginata and with the help of its pole defended him self.
But the force behind the attack sent him backwards slightly due to his amateur Footings. Avion quickly made some distance between him and his opponent and got ready to perform his weapon art.
Seeing his opponent taking a form to unleash a weapon art, Sparrow did the same as he too got ready to unleash his.
" Echo Of Gale Thrust Art, Second Form, Whirlwind "
" Howl of the Wolf Art, First form, Claw of Fenrir. "
Taking a deep breath, Both Avion and Sparrow simultaneously performed there weapon arts.
Blade of Avions Naginata took a shade of green as a Whirlwind manifested on the tip of it and shot towards Sparrows direction while twisting everything in it's path.
Mean while sparrows Sword took a shade of Grey as a three sword slashes that took the form of a Claw of a wolf, came tearing everything in its path towards Avions attack.
Seeing the magnitude of Sparrows attack, Avion had a horrified expression underneath his white mask as Sparrows attack teared through his own and came towards him.
Thinking quickly, Avion activated his Skill dash and Ran out of the trajectory of Sparrows attack and Exited the room, Coming to the Dimly lit hall he just passed through.
Miliseconds after Avion exited the room, the ground tremored as a Huge shock wave came from the room he was in before. Dust flew everywhere blocking the entrance to the Sparrows room. And from within the dust emerged the figure of Sparrow. He had a maniac smile etched on his face as he spoke to Avion.
" Did you think that the Boss would leave some amateur to take care of this place while he's away. " He said with a snicker.
" Oh! Wait a minute. You thought that I would be an easy target, Because I gives off the Same E+ rank Aura as you right?. Ha ha, You are gravely mistaken Seeker. I am not just any run of a mill E+ rank thief. I grew up amongst the money hungry predators, And did every shady or underhand things to survive while picking up things here and there to increase my strength. If you think that you can defeat me with just that pathetic attack, You are gravely mistaken. " Sparrow said to Avion in a loud maniac tone.
*Drop* *Drop*
Hearing the sound of some liquid dropping, Avion looked at the ground only to see his own blood flowing threw his Left arm and dropping to the floor. In his forearm was a slightly wide wound and his skeleton could be almost seen within it.
' Looks like I didn't escaped that attack unscathed. But this pain is bearable compared to the pain I experience while absorbing the mana gem. That aside, To think he would be this powerful. In the novel Lucas' group easily took care of him. Well, from our earlier spar I did understand one thing. I am still inexperienced in combat. I didn't used my full strength fearing that I'll attract the unwanted attention towards the hideout. But seeing that no one still came after that huge tremor means, ' Avion thought to him self.
" Hey, I have a question. Is this building soundproof? " He asked in a calm tone while taking out a cloth peace and tightening it around his forearm area, Just above the wound to stop the blood flow.
" That's the dumbest question I have ever heard. Do you think we can continue this hideout secretly, with the sound of our dumb lackeys laughing leaking outside of the hideout. Well thanks to you now they are all dead. For which you'll dearly pay. " Sparrow said while gripping his weapon and getting ready to continue their fight.
" That's good to here. " Gripping the pole of his Naginata, Avion said while slightly laughing under his mask.
Silence enveloped the whole room for a few seconds and soon the sounds of weapon blades clashing against each other echoed inside the dimly lit hall. Avion blocked the incoming upward slash from Sparrows sword as he tried to kick the abdomen area of him with force.
But Sparrow reacted quickly as he used his Left leg to block Avions. Avion quickly stepped backward and thrusted his spear towards Sparrows right shoulder aiming to disarm him, But it was in vain as Sparrow bent in a unnatural way and avoided the incoming thrust while doing a leg swipe to off balance Avion.
This fight continued for a few minutes as both parties gathered minor injuries in the process while Avion gaining the most.
Seeing that the physical fights doesn't taking him no where, Avion decided to finally play mind games as it was the one he's good at the most.
Avion skillfully evaded one of sparrows attacks and held his sword in place with trembling hands.
" Let go Fucker, Is fear of death finally getting in to your head. " Sparrow asked in a angered voice while preparing to kick Avion in the stomach while both his hands were holding the sword.
" You are late mate, Help me out here will you? " But before Sparrow could kick, Avion looked behind sparrow and said in a calm tone. Almost as if he was relieved.
' What? There's someone else in here? Fighting this fucker was already hard, And now I have to fight Another one. ' Sparrow thought in distress as he lose focus on the ongoing fight and kicked Avion sending him a few meters backwards to watch behind him.
But to his surprise there was no one behind him. He was angered to his core as he thought about being fooled buy someone whose obviously inexperienced than him.
" That fuck- "
"Gotcha "
Sparrow turned around while cursing Avion only to see the Blade of his Naginata coming slashing towards his neck. Sparrows battle instincts kicked in as he slightly evaded the slash But he got injured. Avion quickly kicked the stomach of Sparrow after seeing that his surprise attack was a failure to gain some distance between them.
*Drop* *Drop*
Blood flowed across sparrows face as he suffered a wide scar across his right eye, hindering his vision. He tried to cover his eyes but was horrified to see that he was frozen in place. Fearing for the worst he turned his left eye towards Avions direction only to see he was getting ready to perform a weapon art.
" Lock "
Mana started to slowly come out of Avions body as it swirled around Avion with great ferocity. Sparrow sensed a chill run down his spine as the sense of impending doom washed over him. He felt helpless like a little kid who lost there mom in the supermarket.
' Am I going to die. ' Utter silence enveloped the whole hall as only a one thought came across sparrows mind.
' No, Not today. '
Just as the one second time period of his skill "Lock" Ended,
" Art Of The Blind sage, First Form, Glimpse of eternity "
Avion muttered in calm tone as he guide the ferocious mana around him to the tip of his Naginata and drew a Two meter wide circle in the space. He moved his arms in a fast yet slow pace, And as soon as the circle was completed, It exploded in one direction as it went towards the direction of sparrow devouring everything in its path like a black hole.
This all happened within a second as Sparrow watched at the impending doom with a horrified face. But his survival instinct kicked in as he bit his lips and instinctively summoned a stone in that milisecond from his ring and said,
" This ain't the End of me Seeker. We'll meet again. And when that time comes, You'll regret the fact of ever crossing paths with me. " Sparrow said while screaming and with the blood dying his face with red color, He almost looked like someone whose trying to summon a demon. Saying those words He crushed the stone in his hand and his whole body turned in to particles and vanished in an instant, only leaving his sword behind .
Avions attack passed through the spot sparrow was in and went on devouring everything in its path until it collided with the wall as Avion cut off the mana supply to the attack, Which saved the hall from getting a huge hole revealing everything to the outside.
Avion was dumbfounded as he stared at the spot where Sparrow was in just a moment ago.
" A teleportation stone, huh? " Avion muttered in a disappointed way as he regretted the fact of creating a possible terrifying future enemy for himself.
Teleportation stones are mana stones which has the location of a certain place and a teleportation spell diagram encoded in to it. To activate this spell you have to break the stone. It is an expensive onetime use item.
' In the book this never happened as Lucas took care of him easily. Well, he was D rank at the time. But still, what butterfly effect would this create? Huh… I feel like my head is going to explode thinking all this. ' Avion thought while grabbing his head.
" Well, that's a job for the future me I guess. But next time, I will definitely finish what I started, Sparrow. " Avion made a silent promise to him self as he looked around the hall and got ready to steal the stolen riches.
There were boxes and storage rings which were full to the brim with Unity Credits. He took every physical money there was and stored all of them in the storage rings that were lying around in the area. He didn't stole the artifacts as they were useless to him and, Even if he did stole them he would be found out the moment he uses them, because artifacts are registered under the person who brought them.
But he didn't forgot to steal every potions and elixirs in the hide out. After ten minutes, he was done taking everything except for the artifacts. There were twenty storage rings which were full to the brim with just money, potions and elixirs on him now.
…
After making sure I got everything I quickly summoned one of the two high grade healing potions which I stole and drank it on the spot. Tomorrow I have an another fight which I definitely can't lose. My heart ached when I thought of drinking such a precious item which would have made me at least 500 Unity Gold Credits.
As soon as drank the potion, I felt rejuvenated and my scars and the huge wound I got on my forearm started healing on the spot. In two hours it would be healed completely.
After making sure I took everything I need, I went towards the Entrance of the hall where I saw the elven slave I saw when coming here still attached to the wall amidst the blood of the people I killed.
As I got near her she opened her dull silver eyes and muttered in a weak tone like a beggar,
" Please…Don't…leave…me…here. "