———Qyunda———
“Alright, so we’re starting this or not?” I asked, seeing that there isn’t anyone around using this giant stadium. No idea why we even have two.
“What else are we here for? We have been delaying this for more than long enough.” Malk said while cracking his knuckles.
“Yo! Fancy eting you two here.” Suddenly a familiar voice rang out in the vast field. Both of us turn around to see the horsegirl walking towards us, wearing sothing different this ti around.
“Weird for you to be here.” Malk remarked as she walked up to us. Instead of a frilly dress with a coat, she’s only wearing a blue shirt with a yellow line drawn diagonally from top left to bottom right. I think this pattern is common in sothing?
“What? Because I’m usually scheming sothing?” She asked while leaning forward, displeased by Malk’s remark. Her earring shaking on her right horse ear and…
Malk’s expression quickly turns sour upon noticing the sa thing and sothing else peculiar.
“Who are you?” Malk vocalized our thoughts as he quickly beca wary.
“Huh? Malk? What are you talking about?” She asked despite the rather blatant faults in her disguise. For one thing, Karra also has human ears, making her look really weird. This person in front of us doesn’t.
“Stop playing dumb, do you think that weak disguise is going to fool us?” I said while pulling out my twin blades. If it weren’t for the ti of day making it harder to make out her appearance, we would’ve noticed it the mont she appeared.
“Hah!” Her expression changed quickly once it’s clear that we have already seen through her disguise, going from trying to continue the facade to looking smug. “I know you guys weren’t considered perfect for nothing, but that’s pretty fast!”
“What’s your deal?” I asked while pointing one of my swords at her. I can’t imagine soone who disguises as another person to be benevolent, so I can’t let my guard down.
“Oh, who’s to say? There’s a lot of things on my agenda, you know?” She said while dismissing my attempt at threatening her. Whoever this is must be quite confident in her abilities. “Anyway, to get to the point. Soone said I should co here and test out a group of people. You two are among the strongest ones, so let’s get started.”
Before either of us could even say anything, she suddenly pulled out a curved dagger like the one Karra has, but painted black with blue flas coming out of it.
*Dash* *Swing* *Parry*
She went after first with the dagger swung at such a high speed that I couldn’t simply move out of the way, so I had no choice but to confront it by swinging one of my swords at and intercepting it.
*Clash* *Evade* *Parry* *Block*
What the hell is this strength!? I know from her attitude that she can’t possibly be weak, but I am starting to get overwheld by the flurry of attacks from this fake Karra. Who in the world has this kind of strength that isn’t one of us or so teachers? Who could this possibly be!?
*Swing* *Evade* *Slide*
“Oh dear, I almost forgot that this is a two against one.” She remarked after sliding away from Malk’s attack. “Guess I can’t ss around too much…”
*Dash*
“Huh!?” Before I could make sense of it she began moving around the field at a speed that is hard for us to follow, not attacking us but instead seeming to be flexing her speed as it gets harder and harder to follow along.
The glimpse of her posture makes her look more primal. Hunching forward more than the ideal posture of an athlete, making her look more animalistic.
*Swing* *Graze*
“Ugh!?” Malk groaned as he was suddenly grazed by the dagger that woman was holding as she ran past him. A hit-and-run tactic.
*Swing* *Graze* *Swing* *Evade* *Swing* *Graze*
“Enough!” I scread out after we had been peppered with these annoying slashes.
*Leap* *Sizz* *Blast* *Boom*
I threw out a massive ball of fire down to the ground where I expected her to run into, causing it to explode with her in its range.
*Leap* *Swing* *Parry*
She then jumped out of the explosion and I managed to parry her in ti as her montum ca to a halt and she fell back down. So she even knows about our tendency to hover in the air for a mont before falling back down. If I wasn’t suspending my position in the air her trajectory would’ve been way off.
*Swing* *Evade* *Swing* *Block*
By the ti I cancel it and fall back down, she has already changed her attention towards Malk and the two began trading blows.
*Swing* *Leap* *Sizz* *Slash* *Blast*
I tried to ambush her but she quickly jumped high into the sky before swinging her dagger down and launching a flaming projectile down at us.
**Leap** *Boom*
Both of us quickly jumped out of the way of the quick magical assault.
*Swing* *Block* *Graze*
When the hell did she get behind !? By the ti I realized it I barely halted her attack and even got grazed by that dagger.
*Swing* *Evade* *Swing* *Evade*
She’s way too fast for to retaliate, not a single slip-up from this unknown foe who showed up out of nowhere with similar ability set to the person she is disguising as.
*Kick* *Stomp* *Crash*
“Guagh!?” I wasn’t expecting a sudden kick to my stomach. Damn! I should’ve known she would’ve copied that approach from her as well. Those legs can easily shatter bones.
*Dash* *Swing* *Evade* *Dash* *Swing* *Evade*
While I was still recovering from that, she began running around and being a nace again, causing Malk a ton of trouble with her speed causing him to be barely able to anticipate and dodge the incoming attacks, and anything he tried to dish out would simply et nothing but wind.
“Co on now! Where’s your drive!” She shouted out as she kept moving around and being a massive nuisance.
*Grab* *Spin* *Swing* *Crash*
“Mal- Ow!?” Malk suddenly grabbed my tail and swung right into the crazy fake horse, sending her flying while I was let go after the fact and left rolling on the ground. “You bitch! What was that for!?”
“A result, obviously!” He said before refocusing on the enemy who quickly got back up.
*Dash* *Swing* *Evade*
“Whoa! Don’t think that was enough, did ya?” The fake Karra taunted him after she avoided his ring hook.
*Sizz* *Zap* *Slash*
Suddenly his right arm is covered in a dense concentration of energy that gives off both fire and lightning elents, forming a sharp blade before swinging it down on fake Karra’s right arm and hitting it dead-on, causing it to begin violently bleeding out.
“Tch. Haven’t seen that before.” The fake Karra quickly retreated from Malk’s attack range before comnting, holding her arm that was almost split open.
I can’t say I have seen him use that either. It’s not an unheard of technique, I just didn’t expect the guy all about punches and kicks to co up with that.
The fake Karra quickly switches to using her left arm instead, gripping tightly to that dagger while staring down Malk.
**Dash**
Both he and I then ran at her, with the fake Karra not looking all too bothered that the two of us are attacking at the sa ti while one of her arms is unusable.
*Swing* *Evade* *Swing* *Evade*
Despite her injury it doesn’t look like she is slowing down much at all. She can still avoid our attacks and try to counter it even with only one arm.
**Leap** *SIZZ*
Both of us quickly retreated upon seeing a glowing red ring around the three of us and the magical reaction happening underneath, and what appeared as a massive pillar of fire that completely consud the circled area.
When it finally subsided the fake Karra is unscathed by the attack. While generally speaking your own magic wouldn’t harm you as much even if you were in its radius, it was still a marginal decrease that isn’t worth taking into calculation. Otherwise Jeff’s explosive punch wouldn’t have rendered him useless for the rest of the fight. For her to not be affected by it ans that…
**Dash** *Swing* *Evade* *Swing* *Evade*
Both of us then resu the earlier approach, giving her no ti to run away.
**Leap** *SIZZ*
Another one of that spell, but this ti instead of jumping away, we positioned ourselves right on top of her as the spell went off, and as expected, this one spot she is standing is not set completely ablaze.
Now then, it’s ti for a payback!
*Kick* *Crash*
Since I am right above him, I kicked Malk down right towards the fake Karra as the spell subsided, blindsiding her and causing both to roll on the floor for a second.
*Swing* *Leap*
Before my blades could hit her after I landed back down and imdiately ran at her, she quickly stood back up and jumped out of the way, staying in the air while Malk also quickly got back up and shot a glare at . You’re the one who tries sothing fishy first!
*Shine* *Swing* **Evade**
The fake Karra that stays floating in the air then shoots out a beam of light that we quickly jumped out of its trajectory, the beam searing a glowing line into the floor.
*SIZZ* *BOOM*
Fire then erged out of the line before it suddenly exploded and caused to lose balance from the pressure being released.
*Dash* *Grab* *Drag* *Dash*
“Grk!?” She then suddenly grabbed and dragged across the ground while moving at high speed. What is this grip strength!?
*Throw* *Evade* *Crash*
Before I could swing a sword right into her face, she suddenly threw right at Malk who got out of the way and let crash and roll on the floor. This freaking guy…
“This is a little bit easier than I would’ve thought.” The fake Karra remarked as she casually walked forward while staring down Malk. Unfortunately we really haven’t been able to control the pace of the fight at all, which ans we were never at an advantage at any point. Did that slashed right arm slow him down even just a little bit?
We still have a decent amount of energy left, but we don’t know how much she has left. The depth of her strength is still unknown even after a few minutes of non-stop action has passed. What kind of monster are we even fighting right now?
*Throw* *Evade* *Throw* *Evade*
She then started chucking her dagger at us without a care in the world, each ti we dodged it she summoned the dagger back to do it all over again. If that thing hit us, who knows what would happen? It’s clearly not a normal dagger, it’s probably very similar to how Karra’s functioned. That thing could just explode at any mont under its master’s command.
*Dash* *Strike* *Swing* *Evade*
She suddenly ran in and struck Malk in the back of his head and easily avoided my attempt to intercept her with a sword swing.
*Swing* *Evade* *Parry* *Block*
Damn it Malk! Did slashing her right arm even do anything!? She can still easily counter all of my attacks and I can barely avoid each incoming attack by the skin of my teeth!
*Clash* *Parry* *Evade* *Block*
Malk! Get the hell up already! I can’t hold this woman for any longer!
*Grab* *SLAM*
“...Took you long enough.” I remarked after Malk finally got up and grabbed the fake Karra and slamd her into the ground, giving us ti to retreat and have a bit of breathing room.
The fake Karra then quickly gets back up, still looking quite confident as if none of our attacks actually have any effect on her.
“It’s really looking like you two are starting to slip.” She remarked while standing still like she isn’t afraid that we can still keep going. “Looks like the limit of you kids are still-
*Zip* *SLASH*
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