" Twin Swordsman Arts : Twin Slash ! "
Danjo Oden twist his body, in one strong motion, he strike the shadow warrior as hard as possible with both of his twin blade. But then, the shadow warrior using his shield, guard his head from the terror of Danjo Oden strike. Unfortunately, Danjo Oden's strength is unable to break the shield nor even scratch it. He immediately retreated and take a distance from him.
But a certain condition make him unable to rest. A swarm of nightmare bees immediately coming closer and start to strike him all they got. And before him, a great gargantua leg suddenly block his exit and create a giant earthquake to make him losing his posture. He got no way to run and he also run out of the option other than using his second rank swordsman arts again even though it's tiring him.
" ! Twin Swordsman Arts : Thousand Butterflies Slash ! "
He strike rapidly aiming for the nightmare bees who came to approach him. He jumped out and launch himself using the gargantua's leg to get closer at the bees faster. But right before he could reach the bees, a great shadow wolf's leg interrupt his attack and make him lose his chance to strike the bees. He swing in the air, cutting the great shadow wolf leg. But unfortunately, the wolf's fur and skin is very hard to pierce. Leaving him no other option than to run.
Danjo sliding and manuvering in the air. Dodging every attacks from the great shadow wolf claws.
The nightmare bees come for him. They fly in a high speed and overcoming his falling speed and successfully catch up with him. With their red eyes, they emanates a thousand nightmare aura to paralyze him and make him stutter for a moment.
Danjo finally lose his strength, he fall with paralyzed muscles. Thus, the nightmare bees immediately surround him and start to eat him alive.
Nera shocked, Cade is closing his eyes, and Via still looking at the arena. Via Aurelia confident that he may not survive for that long since the difficulty setting is beyond normal human capabilities. Though, this part is only the first round out of ten Via provides. The difficulty is no mere joke regarding how hard it is in the first round. The monster are insanely tough like they were created from a very pure mist magic.
But then, not long after, Cade is opening his eyes again. His faith would not waver until now which his subordinate who swore to not disappoint him still struggling to make him satisfied. Seeing his serious face, Nera believe him too that Oden will survive.
Suddenly, a sound of blade clashing into one to another could be heard ringing out around the arena. The sound could be heard from the center of the bees swarm who's still levitating and not touching the ground. And the longer the clashing sound occur, the louder it gets. It's like someone is deflecting rapidly the thing of the bees inside.
"Here he comes." said Cade while raised his head in confident.
" ! Twin Swordsman Arts : Thousand Butterflies Slash ! "
Inside, Danjo Oden successfully breakthrough the swarm of the bees by cutting every bees his sword manage to reach. Even though he completely repent the bees, he still got stung by two or three bees. The survived bees then fly away, retreating from the battlefield completely. For a moment, he could exhale his breath and get ready for next attack.
Just after he land on the ground, the shadow wolf's claw reach him and strike him rapidly like it was angry after he killing its friend. Thus Danjo take a distance and dodging every single the great shadow wolf attack. The shadow warrior attack by swinging his sword then he immediately deflect its attack with his twin sword. Unexpected one, the gargantua releasing his elemental magic power then smash the ground with devastating power.
A great explosion then occur and devastate the cliff. The gargantua fell to the ocean as a result of its devastating magic that could destroy the ground whole. The explosion also killing the other mobs such as the great shadow wolf and the shadow warrior due to the massive damage the gargantua cause.
"It's over." said Via Aurelia.
She then watch Danjo's life gauge to decrease. It decrease a little by little but out of her expectations. Seeing the small movement his life gauge is, Via Aurelia shocked since she expect Danjo to be losing after being smashed by the explosion. She then tap the monitor checking if it still working properly.
"Don't you worry, Mrs. Via. Everything is going as he planned." Cade smiled.
Unable to move, gargantua sit on the edge of the ocean while paralyzed by the ocean water. Whenever it tried to stand, the ocean water back and touch its leg then paralyzed again. Behind the gargantua's head, Danjo back on the spotlight revealing that he survived that devastating explosion. He pat his shoulder using one of his sword indicate his domination against the gargantua.
"Let's finish this."
Seeing that he survived the explosion, Via Aurelia stand up in shock. Cade's confident reach its full gauge and he start to put both of his arm on back of his head, relaxing. Nera amazed by Cade's confident since he has estimated the battle from the beginning. She's admire him even more after seeing the power of her master.
" Twin Swordsman Arts : Twin Slash ! "
Once again, he twist his body then swing both of his blade as hard as possible. He unleash his full physical power to be able cut the gargantua's neck and finish the first round. With every single spirit he had, Danjo scream like he's going to release his soul out of his body.
Suddenly, a metal shattered sound could be heard.
Via Aurelia smiled.
With all his effort, with everything he got, after he tried to cut off its neck, both of his blade broken and it shattered right in front of his eyes. Danjo shocked, gargantua's back head skin is much harder than he expected. Right before it evolved, gargantua's leg may damaged but after evolved its turn harder. Therefore, his hope and expectation were destroyed like his blade.
Via, Cade, and Nera has expected the result. But somehow, it is interesting for them and continue to expect at him more.
Even though his blade were shattered, his hope were completely destroyed, but his will to fight isn't stop there yet. He continue to slice the gargantua's neck again and again using his broken blade. Until eventually, his blade were completely dull and makes the gargantua turn its neck a hundred and eighty degrees.
Gargantua's one eye staring at him. It immediately concentrating an elemental energy from its body to its one eye. Seeing a massive energy being concentrated in front of his eyes, Danjo turn down his head and hanging both of his blade on his limp weak arm. He then smile, looking down at the gargantua.
"Filthy empty headed monster....."
One shot from the monster, a beam of fire devastate everything on its path. The grasses were burned, the ground is destroyed, leaving a giant trail of the beam of fire in a straight line. Thus, the gargantua finally could be freed and tried to climb up to the cliff again.
But then, in one quick motion, Danjo strike his dull twin broken blade at its eye when it try to climb up the cliff again. The three spectators shocked, they see how persistent Danjo want to win the game until he almost sacrifice his health gauge in the narrowest possibilities. He successfully enhance the dull blade into an elemental sword to be able use it again. Since its skin were hard, he aim for the eyes.
"Only ones who had a fast hand may be able to do the trick. Once he got any slower, that possibilities is dead." explain Via.
"Also the enhancement is only lasts for a short time. Since the gargantua thought he might be dead, he successfully trick the monster and able to beat it. What a crazy guy." continue Cade.
Thus after one strike from him, the monster dispersed and successfully defeated.
Afterwards, Danjo exhausted and his right arm releasing his enhanced sword. Slowly, the enhancement on his left blade is disappear. He then fall on his knee and tried to inhale the air as much as possible. His last attack cost him so much energy that almost make him losing his life.
Unfortunate for him, he didn't realize that the gargantua is not last enemy he must face. One last enemy left who hid in the darkness and very close to him. Though, he realize it in the last second before the last enemy shot her bow. He stand and tried to strike her first but it was his grave mistake since he reveal his weak point to the archer.
Danjo swing his left dull blade, the arrow pierce his left chest, and his life gauge immediately turn to zero. In his last moment for continue to the second round, he must defeated in most underhand trick. As the result, he got angry and scream in disappoint.
"How can it be !!!?"
The area then back to its normal state. The spectators and the player back to the chamber where they first start the simulation. Thus, Danjo get out from the mechanism and shake his head to calm his own emotion again since it was just a simulation.
Via Auralia applause, she approach Danjo with data on her hand.
"Thus, the examination is completed. You passed and got a very good grades yet average in your division. Congratulation, you may complete your registration and go home in pride." Via congratulate him then sticking out her hand.
"Thank you very much, Mrs. Via. That was an exhilarating battle and the most efficient way to develop our skill in battlefield." Danjo shake her hand.
"Though, you may not always relay in this simulation. Out there, monsters are getting stronger and stronger as the time passes. Our data may outdated and there are more various monster waiting."
"I got it, thanks for your advice."
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Thus, we exit the training chamber.
Unbelievable, Herr Mann is good at close range combat. His skill is almost as good as master himself but he still far away behind him. Moreover, Cade has been enhanced to the point where he can't be considered human anymore. With me who will always by his side, will strengthen his power even more.
Somehow, after the battle, I feel a fire has make a turmoil inside his heart.
Meanwhile, Cade is still talking with that suspicious woman to bond a tighter relationship with her, especially with the government. But gave me a break, this woman is too clingy with him after the battle yet she is way gloomy before and makes me called her suspicious woman by nature.
"That's right, we still have a lacking information about the monster on the outside world yet people are vigorous to start their adventure."
"So that's how it is.
"Highlands, forest, ocean, they are some area we considered as highly dangerous since it highly contain magic mist that we've never imagined. Moreover, in the ocean. I wonder what kind of monstrosity waiting for us in the inside."
To be continued.....