Swisshh!
With a sword in one hand and a dagger in the next, Ery dashed in great speed towards Maeve. However, his attack was quickly blocked by multiple plant roots that could sohow follow his movents.
Maeve cast a plant spell [Entangle] to block Ery's advances.
Slash! Slash!
There were several roots, but none were fast enough nor strong enough, allowing Ery to slash through them with ease. But, with just one second of him being distracted, Maeve had moved away and sunk into the darkness of the woods.
"Hahahaha! Very good, very good! Catch , dear sweet Ery!"
Ery had participated in a few more fights now thanks to the Magus Academy tournant and he believed that the witch wouldn't be as good as him in close combat. However, the one he was fighting today was a very cunning opponent. Honed through living in the shadows for more than a hundred years, that alone was enough to make her a formidable opponent.
Both Ery and Maeve possessed an affinity for Darkness and Plant spells. There was no reason for Ery to be afraid of being dragged into the woods.
But he won't be so stupid as to underestimate the witch. The last ti they fought two years ago she was ranked 6, the sa as he was right now. If only he had no restriction on him, probably Ery would be more confident.
He chased the witch into the woods while checking on his status.
[Ery Ambrose]
[Battle Power: 65 (50)]
[Spirit Force: 217 (142)]
[Acolyte Rank 7]
[Immortal Gate: Stage 4]
Unfortunately, he was not at maximum power. He had been using multiple [Spatial Gate] to rush to this place and with the added strain of using [Immortal Gate] for quite a while now, his power had decreased even further.
As for his spirit force, the many short training sessions he did in Khaos space last month had given him a 7 points increase in his spirit force. It was a good increase, but not enough to let him break through the limit and attain the next rank. Though the system said he was a rank 7 acolyte, the restriction made him stay in rank 6 and rendered him unable to use his rank 4 spells.
He could only hope the witch didn't improve much since their last battle.
Knowing this might beco a difficult fight, Ery decided to keep hidden as many of his cards as possible. For example, his [Blink] spell could turn the tides of battle at the last mont. Hence, he rely relied on his high battle power to chase her.
Within seconds, the witch was within sight. He dashed forward, jumped and executed a downward slash towards the witch, only to see her imdiately grab the bark of the closest tree and suddenly disappear.
Clack!
The tip of Ery's sword slashed the tree bark instead.
Right after she disappeared, she cackled, while Ery quickly pulled his sword and turned around.
To his surprise, he saw the witch walk out from another tree.
"Hahaha, you are fast! Very fast! Where did you get all that power? Will you tell poor granny here about your secret?" She taunted.
Ery had read about the spell Maeve used before in the Magus Academy library. It was a spell called [Tree Stride], and it would allow the caster to teleport from one tree to the nearest tree. The problem was, that spell was a tier 4 spell, which confird Ery's suspicion that right now, the witch had reached at least rank 7.
So, this was why she lured him into the woods.
This was going to be a difficult fight, after all.
Ery took his stance and was ready to chase after her one more ti. But this ti, shadows in the form of a blade ca charging towards him, forcing him to dodge by jumping.
This fight had turned into a ga of cat and mouse. While Ery chased her, Maeve would stride over to the trees and attack him from afar, while staying safe from harm. Ery wished he could use his [Shadow Root] or [Blink] to quickly catch her, but he needed to wait. The opportunity hadn't co yet.
His body started to feel a bit sluggish, Ery knew he couldn't keep using stage 4 immortal gate any longer. It's draining too much stamina, so he decided to stop and drop his battle art back to stage 3.
[Immortal Gate: Stage 3]
[Battle power decreased by 8]
[Current battle power: 57 (42)]
This number should be enough for this ga of cat and mouse. If the witch could sense his strength, this could be a good chance to trick the witch.
"Hahaha! Are you tired already, boy?"
His guess was proven correct. From the start, he had suspected there was a high chance Maeve understood how to read his spirit, therefore, she would know when his strength dropped. If he had to admit it, the shallow breathing wasn't an act, either.
Unexpectedly, his opportunity ca faster than he thought and the witch was careless. As she moved into another tree, she couldn't see Ery for all but a second.
A second was enough for him.
Ery quickly cast [Blink] and appeared behind her.
The witch was shocked and quickly turned and try to dodge
Without wasting the opportunity, Ery used the dagger battle art [Hidden Blade] to stab her back.
Clack!
Ery can see the witch's skin change color just a mont before the dagger pierced arrived. She was using the tier 3 spell [Oakflesh] to harden her skin, but fortunately, the tier 3 dagger and his strength were still able to pierce through and draw a small amount of blood.
But, it was not enough. The witch was still able to move and the more ti he wasted, the closer the witch would be to another tree. The witch ran and was about to touch the nearest tree to cast her tree stride speel once more. That exact mont,? Ery quickly swung his sword using his strongest [Heroic Slash], the only battle art that seed to be strong enough to cut through the oakflesh spell.
Splat!
Blood splattered and stained Ery's face, while the witch's arm flew into the air and landed on the grass.
"Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrgggghhhhh!"
The witch fell and slumped onto the ground, holding the stump of her severed arm with her other arm. She screams in agony cursing towards Ery.
Ery glared at her, while pointing his sword towards her.
"You lost!"
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Written by Avans, Published exclusively by W.e.b.n.o.v.e.l,
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