Levi calmly analyzed the situation, "If I try to fight against him in a match of spell casting, I will lose. I need to overwhelm him with my superior Mana and physical strength."
The Thousand Blade School utilizes both shield and sword in many creative ways. With her sword crossing with N's, she stroke N with the side of her shield.
Levi's physical strength was greater than N's. Once she no longer hesitated, N could not muster enough concentration to cast three spells at once. "Stone Lance." N cast one spell to counter Levi's shield strike. At the same time, N stepped back to get some distance and prepared for another barrage of Triple Cast.
"Divine Spell: Water Slicer." Levi's attack spell stopped N in his track by attacking the empty space behind him. Without giving N a break, she attacked N with a barrage of sword strikes and shield bashes. With only one sword, N was at a disadvantage. He occasionally cast Stone Lance and Stone Wall to make up for his missing sidearm or shield.
Mini flying slashes from evaded attacks, shockwaves from blocks and parries, together with missed attack spells continued to cause collateral damage to their surroundings.
"Divine Spell: Ice Lance." Levi cast another spell during her relentless barrage of sword strikes. When Levi was casting spells, her attacks slightly slowed down. Using this chance, N cast two spells. "Stone Wall. Stone Lance." His Stone Wall blocked her Ice Lance, and the Stone Lance was block by Levi's shield while they crossed swords again, causing another burst of wind and shockwave.
"Impressive Reinforce Blade. He must have practiced a lot." Levi inspected N's sword, impressed by its durability. Despite their tremendous difference in Mana, Levi could not dent N's sword as they crossed blades. "I haven't sparred with Travis for a long time. I wonder how good is his Reinforce Blade now." Levi thought about her student, who was now gone. Overcame by sadness, Levi's concentration slipped for a split second, delaying her next attack. However, it was enough for N to begin his Triple Cast combos.
"Water Slicers." N chanted. Three spells again stroke Levi together as N stabbed his sword at her.
"Divine Spell: Stone Wall." Levi chanted. Together with her shield and a flying slash, she defended against the three Water Slicers. Lastly, she attempted to sidestep the sword thrust, which grazed the side of her waist and it started bleeding.
Levi felt a sharp pain coming from her waist. However, before she could catch her breath, another bombardment of 3 spells plus a sword attack was coming. "Stone Bullets." N chanted.
She jumped back from N and said. "Divine Spell: Water Slicer." A blade of high pressure water slashed toward N. "Stone Wall." N cast a Stone Wall at an angle and deflected it. At the same time, Levi shielded the Stone Bullets coming from behind and tried to gain some distance between herself and N.
A Saint was retreating from a Holy Knight in a close-range combat. Levi never thought this day would come.
N dashed toward Levi as she tried to run away. Levi was apparently faster than N, so their distance began to widen.
"I can't focus well today. Let me use an Advanced Spell to finish this in one go." Levi decided on another plan. Using this chance, Levi chanted another spell. "Divine Advanced Spell: Blizzard." This spell required a huge amount of Mana and would take Levi about 30 seconds to activate it.
She continued running from N to stall time for casting Blizzard. N cast multiple Stone Bullets at her again. Casting a spell required a lot of concentration, so she could only focus on defending and evading.
The longer she waited, the more dangerous the Blizzard spell would become. It was not just an Ice spell. The Blizzard spell was an Advanced spell so cold that the nitrogen in the air would become liquefied. At Saint Levi’s level, she could create droplets of liquid nitrogen rain in an area up to 20 meters in diameter, which was more than enough to kill N.
Seeing that his Stone Bullets could not break Levi's concentration, N changed his strategy. "Stone Wall," N cast a thin stone wall that was 20 meters wide to block Levi’s line of sight. "Smart." Levi thought. She focused most of her Divine Power on spell casting. Therefore, she decided not to fly over or destroy the wall. Since N was extending his Aura into his vicinity, Levi could easily locate him by sensing his Mana.
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"The demon seems to be getting further away. Is he running away? Or is it an ambush?" Levi noticed. She immediately dashed to the side of the wall. Soon she arrived at the edge of the stone wall but she could not see exactly where the demon went because of the forest trees.
"I need to watch out for traps too." With her years of fighting experiences, there were very few who could injure her. After sustaining some injury, she recognized N as a worthy opponent and was being cautious.
She gave chase to N while looking out for traps. As expected, there were several traps along the way, including simple spells like Pitfall and more sophisticated ones like Landmines. While Levi was checking for traps, N was getting farther and farther away. "Perhaps I should finish my original job first." Levi considered another option as she located Tiffany through Mana.
Suddenly, from N’s direction, Levi sensed danger. She noticed a long range attack incoming. She wanted to keep her Blizzard spell ready, so she tried to dodge it by jumping to her right.
The attack was a concentrated, horizontal, circular column of Lightning Bolts. The electric energy was confined into a column by using Water and Wind type spells. However, the confinement spells could not enter Levi’s Divine Power's vicinity. Therefore, the Lightning Bolts dispersed about 4 meters away from her and became an attack that covered a wide area.
Levi was hit by several of the dispersed lightning sparks. It was quite painful. Lightning element spells were more dangerous than many other elements because they could cause cardiac arrest and paralysis. However, they were difficult to control because of their unpredictable nature. "Divine Spell: Water Wall." Levi, having no other choices, gave up on casting Blizzard and used a spell to defend against the lightning strikes. The Water Wall dispersed the lightnings into the ground.
At the same time, Levi felt N’s Aura charging toward her. Apparently, he started moving back to Levi as soon as her Blizzard Spell was interrupted. She quickly resumed her Reinforce Blade spell, which had been paused when she cast Blizzard. After a moment, N arrived and attacked her from a treetop with a downward strike, together with three attack spells from three different directions.
Levi used a flying slash to destroy the glyph of one of the three spells before they activated, then she immediately blocked N's attack with her sword. At the same time, Levi shielded an Ice Lance coming from behind and used a Stone Wall to guard against a Water Slicer.
"As expected, after she sustained some injury, she became more careful and tougher to take down. I could have landed a blow if it was before she got hurt." N analyzed Levi as he attack. "She is also putting more focus into the battle and is less talkative. However, now the fight is mine. I won't let you take the initiative again."
"If spell casting doesn’t work, I will overwhelm you with power." Levi had her own plan and focused her Mana into her sword, which coating greatly increased its sharpness. With their blades still crossed, she put more power into hers in an attempt to cut through N along with his sword.
N jumped to the side using Levi's power as if she gave him a push. "Such a skillful parry." Levi was impressed again. Then, N thrusted his sword at her throat as Levi quickly tried to block it with hers.
However, right before their swords made contact, N retracted his, sidestepped and then prepared to slash her stomach. "I am not going to risk my sword breaking from your Reinforced Blade." N thought.
Seeing that, Levi retracted her sword and attempted to block N's slash with her shield. Levi took one step back with her shield in front of her. As soon as Levi moved her shield, N retracted his attack and said "Stone Lances." Three glyphs appeared about 5 meters away on the ground from Levi and surrounded her. Levi handled the attack without losing composure. "Divine Spell: Stone Wall." She put up a Stone Wall at a 45-degree angle to both the right and back Stone Lances and then shielded the one on her left. At the same time, she was going to parry N's sword strike.
N did not give her a chance to rest, he retracted his sword again before the strike and said, "Water Slicers."
Three Water Slicers shot toward Levi from three different directions. Levi used acrobatics and her shield to evade and block them. Then, N took on a wider stance and immediately gave another slash to Levi’s legs. Levi stepped back again to evade the slash.
However, before N’s slash hit Levi's leg, he retracted his sword again and tried to strike her sword arm instead. "Stone Lances." N cast three spells again at the same time.
N had retracted his attacks several times in a roll. "Is he always going to feint his attacks? Perhaps I could just ignore them." Levi thought as she cast another Stone Wall to block the lances. Levi stepped back again to evade N’s attack. Then she said, "Divine Spell: Water Dragon." However, before she could finish the spell, N stroke again with his sword. Levi planned to ignore it and return with one of her attacks.
All of a sudden, N did not retract his attack this time. The strike hit Levi's sword arm, wounding her through her arm-guard.