Chapter 34: Settling the Battle with Hunter

Chapter 34: Settling the Battle with Hunter

Your downfall, young lady, lies in your self-conceit, which stems from your talent.

Atop the church roof stood Hunter there, his canine teeth bared with a ferocious grin plastered on his face. Not a speck of dirt was on his cloak, and neither did Hunter himself exhibit any signs of injury.

On the other hand, Fina, his antagonist, was in tatters and panting profusely. The Selbeth Academy uniform was ripped open by several holes the size of a fist and was drenched in Finas own clotted blood. Each time penetrated by boulders or shot by arrows, Fina had forcibly closed the wounds with medical magic, but nothing could be done to replenish the blood that had flowed out. While her right hand gripping the magic sword remained firm, her left hand was slumped, not even twitching.

She was truly packed to the brim with wounds. Facing her like this, however, a frown formed upon Hunters brow.

What are you smiling at?

Haha, no I am now reaffirming that what that teacher said was true. I have a talent for making myself laugh.

Perhaps Finas remark was interpreted by Hunter as regret for her past haughty behavior toward herself.

A faint tinge of sympathy flashed across his face.

Nothing about you merits shame. You are indeed an exceptional magician. Even the adults out there are put to shame by you. The only thing is, you are simply a little bit too quick to take me on. I commend you for your efforts so far. Lay down your weapons and you will have an easy death.Fiind updated novels at novelhall.comprehensible utterance are you spouting?

Huh?

That was when Hunter became aware of the wounded girl in front of him.

Admittedly, her whole body was awash with wounds, and even her physical strength was depleted. Butthat was all to it.

After all the diligent preparations this hunter had undertaken over the past number of days, and despite he was fighting seriously, he had yet to inflict even a life-threatening wound on the girl in front of him.

The best approach to kill her after the assaults were successful would be to slowly drive her into exhaustion. However, this was a story of a battle of strength alone. Right now, Hunter had the edge over the girl in front of him because of the trap.

But what should be the case in the scenario in which the trap would be nullified?

Hah!

At last, the distance between the two, which had been 20 meters, was narrowed down to the range of her sword.

A dagger was pulled out by Hunter in a haste, but his movements were less refined than when he was drawing his bow.

At the third juncture, Fina struck down his dagger and slashed Hunter unmercifully with her own sword in return.

Hunter screamed briefly and stumbled backward a few steps. The back of Finas sword landed perfectly in the pit of his stomach, which finally sent Hunter falling prostrate.

My attacks how did you

He probably already ran out of strength to sustain further combat. To Hunter, whose voice was like that of an incoherent muttering, Fina answered in a flat tone of voice.

I have ascertained the location of all the traps, and the types of traps as well. I wasnt convinced that I would be able to step through all of them in one piece, so I only made a prediction based on the pattern of trap locations for about 30% of them.

For a moment, Hunters eyes widened at the plain answer. But his eyes were soon closed.

What is it that allowed you to block my arrows so effortlessly?

Are you not content until you hear all the answers? Well, lets simply put it this way: I calculated that too.

Hah What a haphazard young lady you are. Even Rain Aldar would not be a match for you.

At the moment, thats still not practical.

Her words that were released after a short pause mysteriously did not sound pessimistic.

However, I will undoubtedly overtake him and become a knight worthy of serving Lady Karen in the future. Defeating you today is nothing but a small step in that path.

Hah In the end, I am used as a stepping stone huh What a thoroughly expensive young lady you are