Chapter 71 - 70: Finals(3)

[After a weird turn of events in the second match, team number one has won the second match tieing with team number 16!!!. Moving forward, we will head to the third match!!!]

As we lost the second match, we will have to send a fighter from our side first. This time they will have the advantage to decide their fighter later.

"Please allow me to fight in this round," requested Agata and we didn't have any reason to deny it. 

So the fighter that will be fighting in the third round from our team is----

[It looks like Miss. Agata will herself fight in this round!!!]

The crowd erupted in loud cheers as they saw Agata walking down the ring.

[What do you think duke? who will win this match?]

[My daughter is a skilled fighter, but that doesn't mean her victory is guaranteed. In this world, there is always someone better than you. But it's not a bad thing, cause you can always keep aiming higher.]

[Wise words Indeed!! Oh, it looks like, while we were talking the team number one has already decided the member that will be fighting against Miss. Agata Werner, that person being Lily!!!]

Said the commentator as he saw Lily walking down to the ring.

It is a pretty interesting matchup, both wield air-type power and both have a set of power that is difficult to tackle in a real battle.

"I want both of the Fighters to take their preferred stance before I toss the coin!." instructed the referee.

In her hand, Agata held a double-edged straight sword. With her sword, she took a sharp stance.

The weapon of choice for Lily was a slender and sharply pointed two-edged sword, which was also known as a rapier. 

After making sure both of the fighters have taken their preferred stance. The referee tossed the coin and the match was underway.

"Wind blast!!"

Agata started the match with a direct attack as she fired a wind blast towards Lily. But that attack was stopped in its track before it could hit Lily.

"Wind barrier." 

An invisible air wall that works as defensive magic, it has the great defensive capability to stop incoming attacks. But unlike Rudi's wind barrier, Lily can't move her wind barrier with free will.

"Are you planning to tire me out as you did with your last opponent?" asked Lily.

"Yes, it was worth a shot. But apparently, it won't work against you so I will have to change my strategy." 

Said Agata as she was preparing her most troublesome attack, The wind blade.

With a vertical slash, Agata swung her sword in an empty space.

"Wind blade, a great offensive attack, and the troublesome part are that you can't see where the attack is coming from," said Lily, stepping aside she dodged the attack, "But, it is pretty easy to predict where the attack is coming from just by looking at where you are throwing the attack from."

Following that wind blade, Agata threw more consecutive wind blades at Lily which she was easily able to dodge.

Agata again raised her sword and swung it down in empty space.

Lily stepped aside to dodge as she spoke up, "As I said, it is easy to predict----huh?", Lily didn't complete her sentence as she noticed something was wrong.

"A feint?" murmured Lily, the recent attack by Agata didn't have any force to it.

Wind Blade, an invisible blade that is a pretty troublesome move because you can't see where it coming from. Not being able to see where it comes from is the main reason why it is easier to fake the attack.

Before she could recover from the confusion, Lily's instinct screamed at her to dodge the incoming attack. But it was too late to dodge the attack so she choose to block the attack with her wind barrier.

"Wind Barrier!" 

Lily formed a wind barrier, but the surprise attack by Agata didn't give her enough time to properly cast the wind barrier. The wind barrier she was using to defend herself from the incoming wind blade was a half-assed one.

"Shit," said Lily as her wind barrier broke apart by the force of the wind blade. Pressing against her Wind blade knocked her off.

Crashing on the ground, she was heavily damaged by the wind barrier that hit her body. 

"One more," said Agata, as she swung her sword in empty air once more. 

Barely recovering from the previous attack, Lily blocked the incoming wind blade with a wind barrier. But it was not enough to stop the wind blade as it pierced through her shield. Another heavy pressure of wind blade hitting against her body, Injured Lily even more.

She must have suffered a cut on the forehead since she is bleeding heavily, covering most of her face with blood. The way she was holding her arm, in the best-case scenario she must have suffered a muscle strain and in the worst-case scenario, she must have suffered shattered her bones.

The second wind blade was followed by a third one. 

Lily can't keep blocking the wind blade by her wind barrier, cause she is the one that is taking the damage. She needs to dodge the attack somehow. 

Apparently, the same thing was running in Lily's mind as she dodged the incoming wind blade by using a Wind blast on the ground below her, Launching herself away.

Before landing on the ground, she gathered mana on her palm as she cast a wide range of magic,

"Whirlwind!!" 

Stirring up the air surrounding air, causing them to move rapidly with her being the vertical axis. The whirlwind is a magic spell that drains a lot of mana because it is a wide-ranged magic spell. 

But the whirlwind casted by Lily was not a powerful one, It was just powerful enough to stir up the ring causing a cloud of dust. The cloud of dust was not dense enough to block someone's vision.

So why is she purposefully using whirlwind?

Without paying much heed to Lily's sudden move, Agata threw another wind blade----- which Lily was able to dodge -----Pretty easily.

The light cloud of dust over the ring made it easier to track the incoming Wind blades. Due to the cloud of dust, the wind blade was no longer invisible. 

After quickly dodging the attack, Lily dashed towards Agata with her full speed. The facial expression on Lily's face made it apparent that she was injured, as she was struggling to keep up her top speed.

As she saw another wind blade coming her way, she rolled away dodging the incoming wind blade. Quickly getting back to her feet, she continued the dash.

Dodging several wind blades, Lily was finally at close quarters with Agata. Both of them readied their sword as they swung them at each other.

But there was one thing that Agata had forgotten. The one thing that was crucial for this match----- that thing was Lily's power.

As their sword was near impact, rather than clashing, Lily's sword went right through Agata's sword, stoping right before Agata's throat.

The thing that Agata had forgotten was Lily's power, the power that allows her to phase things through physical objects. The power that Lily demonstrated when we first met. Agata had forgotten that information in the heat of this battle and it led to her loss.

The victor of this battle was apparent, the victor being----

"By obvious results, the winner, Lily Jung!!!"

[That was an intense fight!!!! for a moment I thought miss. Agata has won the fight but what a turn of events by Lily Jung!!! with an amazing battle, she had turned the tide of this battle and secured the victory. what is your opinion, Sir Duke?]

[It was truly an amazing battle, in the heat of the battle I forgot to commentate on the match.] said Duke as he laughed.

[Yes, I can totally understand that!! even I forgot to commentate for a while!]

It was truly a wonderful fight. Lily is working hard and it feels good that her hard work is bearing fruit for her.

Lily was injured, she was breathing heavily as she struggled to stand up. Taking two hits from the wind blade must have done its damage.

Not being able to stand anymore, she collapsed. 

"You did good, Lily," I said to Lily, I was there to hold her before she could collapse.

"So you noticed that you were struggling to stand up? You really do look at me!" 

"That's the thing you say when you are struggling to even breathe?" I replied.

In recent times, I have noticed a change in me. I have grown to like people with a will of a warrior. It doesn't matter what gender they are, a person who has a will of a warrior is something that I admire. 

People usually admire existence that is far from what they are and it is the same for me.. I admire warriors but I am not a warrior myself.