"Ready, Go!"
When her voice went off, Ren wanting to finish this match quickly
Immediately starts running straight for me
"Dancing Sword" he whispers
He unsheathes his sword, getting ready to perform his beautiful one man dance.
I haven't moved an inch from my spot, I have kept my hand firmly on my katana which is still sheathed.
"Why isn't he moving?"
"He's just standing there?"
"Well he is gonna lose anyways so maybe he accepts it"
Everyone in the crowd talks amongst themselves only one person sees it, what I am trying to do
'He's a very interesting student' Rebecca says with a thoughtful look
Ren still charging begins to do widen his eyes, as he is closing in on me
'It's time now'
"Golden Eye"
As normal, my left eye shines a bright golden color
'What the hell? His eye color changed'
Ren noticed this and begins to think to himself what is happening, but he still decided it's not a big deal as he is strong enough for what happens
He closes in on me about to attack…
"Swish"
In a split second, my katana was unsheathed and deflected his sword.
The crowd fell in silence, as they were stunned
"I, I didn't even see what happened" Shin says to himself shocked
Ren was a little rattled but he still wasn't worried
'Now I need to move, this isn't the time you should be shocked! I'm not done yet Ren'
"Shadow steps"
Light a bolt of white light, I jump from with my feet shadow to shadow avoiding the light. Coming up behind Ren
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Who is still trying to follow me with his eyes, ends up being flustered feeling me behind him
I slice my sword in a downward motion at his back
Thinking I was about to be victorious
Rens sword appears behind his back, blocking my attack.
'Damnit, he really put his sword over his back shoulder to block, damn prodigy!'
But looking at Rens face he is everything but calm,
'I barely blocked that..' he thought to himself
Ren jumps In the air "Ariel dance"
When I see him jumping in the air I grab put my dagger and start putting mana inside it
Ren dashes at me from above, while I take my katana in my leg hand and my dagger in my right
"Fire blade"
A loud clash could be heard through the arena as Ren came crashing towards me from the air out blades met in the middle, using my dagger and katana I was able to block his attack
'It's time the cooldown ends'
"Golden Eye"
I open my eye widely,
'What the hell is that ability? His eye keeps turning gold' Ren thinks so confused
'I see an opening' I think to myself
Ren begins slashing his sword in a lll sorts of different directions, he's pushing me back against the wall
The time I envisioned is about to happen, the slight moment when he goes for an above the head attack!
When I see Ren his sword up,
"Shadow steps"
Instantly I dissapeared from infront of him and came behind him
Ren had a feeling this would happen he instantly turned around
"Fire blade"
I start pouring all of my mana into my dagger, my mana starts overflowing out of me as I am determined to finish him here. I begin pushing him back with attacks from my katana and my fire blade dagger simultaneously
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In the crowd.
"Shin do you see what's happening?" Ava asks
"I can't believe it… that weakling?"
Isabella with a smirk "I told you, he might surprise us.”
"Bella you knew his strength didn't you?" Natasha with a shocked face at what she's seeing
"Of course! I said he saved me in the dungeon, if it wasn't for him I would of, no we all would of died"
A voice appears sitting next to Ava
"Yeah he did save us"
Ava with a confused look "Tanner? Why are you here"
"I just wanted to come here because I was bored, but isn't Liam such a interesting guy?"
With a thoughtful look, " I mean he doesn't seem strong, or special but he is good at fighting, but his abilities are extraordinary or anything"
"It's his brain, anyone can tell that"
With surprise to all their faces they look at Shin
"What? Even I can see it, if you watch closely I'd is always looking around, planning his next move. No one does that during a fight they always go with how they feel, atleast me and Ren"
"Me too" Natasha agrees "when I fight I basically just go with how I feel never really thinking much"
"Yeah, I never plan out ahead it's too much work" Tanner slumping in his chair
"That guy doesn't go with feel, he goes with calculated decisions" "he's a different level mentally then us"
"Yeah but it's not like he knows everything" Ava says
"He might" Isabella remembering her day with him at the dungeon "he knew everything that was going to happen, and knew how to perfectly place our group to the most efficient formation"
"Well anyways, he fights with his brain before his strength, but without strength he is just a brain. Sadly his fighting a guy who is the strongest of everyone" Shin says putting his head over his head
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Back in the fight….
'Cmon, almost done, almost'
I pushed him down to a knee
But it was in that moment. Whatever chance of victory I saw for myself completely vanished.
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Ren POV
{System}
/new skill achieved/
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Ren can't help but smile reading the name
"Ultimate Defense"
As he whispers that skill
He begins to see every weak spot on his body, he knows now where he is vulnerable and with the skill he begins to cover every weakness
'This is fucking awesome' he thinks while smiling
'I've never felt this kind of rush before! This feeling is so exciting to me! Liam Hart, I fucking thank you for this feeling, I'll never forget it!!!'
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Back to Liam POV
'What the hell? Every attack now is being blocked with ease, no, this can't happen'
"Shadow ste-"
"It won't work now!" Ren shouts, "I figured it out already!"
Right when I was about to finish shadow steps
I hear Rens voice
"Thank you Liam, you were a good opponent"
And after that sentence,
"Dancing sword"
He begins to perform his final performance, he's making such precise slices and blocks elegantly, looking like a dancer on a stage alone.
And I'm the stage he's dancing on
A swift, but clean ending, as Ren stabs me in all my weak points dropping me to my knees..
"It's.. it's my loss"
A complete defeat… it’s what I felt.