“I’m the one who taught him the double tap,” Jasmine boasted as the boss exploded under Priam’s assault. “With the nasty undead plaguing Oasis, you can’t be too careful.”
“Mmm.”
“Sothing wrong?”
Kazuki watched the aftermath thoughtfully. “Relying on a single attack is dangerous. Especially one so easy to dodge.”
A Breath was like a tunnel of fla racing at twice to thrice the speed of sound. Priam could guide it with a turn of his head, but it was far from inevitable.
“He knows about that weakness.” Jasmine was quick to defend her boss. “Besides, even without Prosse, he could’ve won.”
“How?”
“During our midnight dates—”
“Your outings to hunt undead.”
“—he showed an experintal move,” she continued, ignoring the interruption. “If he slices his forearm bone at a bevel, the System recognizes it as a spear. Once boosted by his Mastery, Conquest Aura, and kinetic control, it becos a destructive weapon. After he breaks his opponent’s defenses, a quick strike with [There is No Heaven] finishes the job.”
Kazuki stared at her. “I lack the words to describe the sheer stupidity of that technique.”
“It’s a last resort, obviously! But it works—he one-shotted a Tier 3 with it.”
“... Let’s assu that Priam is without his Mist Concept. Why not freeze his blood to create a spear?”
“Because he’d lose out on his constitution. Right now, his bones are tougher than Prosse.”
Kazuki opened his mouth, then thought better of it. He groaned as he got to his feet.
“Going sowhere?”
“I withdrew from my fight with Zelgius when it beca clear winning would be a pyrrhic victory. I don’t regenerate like Priam, so I didn’t want to return to Elysium wounded if we were attacked. But if he is throwing caution to the wind, I won’t hold back, either.”
“Just admit you don’t want to lose to him!”
Kazuki pretended not to hear.
Jasmine glanced at Priam one last ti before standing up herself. She would have to take risks if she didn’t want to get left in the dust.
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