Chapter 26

While Stella didn’t know what kind of ability Tsukasa used and what kind of attack he could use with a cube on his hand, she charged forward and attacked without hesitation!

“Haaah!”

While it might sound reckless since there was no strategy or anything, as someone who boasted as one born with the strongest magic in the entire world and history, Stella had always been confident in her strength, and as long as her attack connected, no matter how strong her opponent was, they would be pulverized!

A crimson flame surrounded her sword as she swung it down on Tsukasa!

Her attack might look crude to the unlearned observers, but Tsukasa could see that her strike was precise and powerful.

Tsukasa couldn’t help but whistle when he saw how powerful this strike was and thought that this girl was really merciless since Stella didn’t even give him time to transform his Device into a weapon.

‘Well, it isn’t like I need it.’

Tsukasa let his cube float around him while observing every part of Stella like a high-definition camera that wouldn’t miss every detail about her. Whether it was her clothes, skin, or muscles being read fiber by fiber, her every little act was being studied by him instantly.

While Tsukasa might have said that one could normally strengthen their physical ability by five to six times, it only worked for a short time. Normally, they only strengthened their physical ability by two or three times during the battle since their magic was limited.

However, Stella didn’t need to worry about her magic, and she could strengthen her body as long as she wanted.

Her natural power and her ability were naturally powerful, giving her an abnormal strength, and she also multiplied it by six times!

Tsukasa thought that if their Device wasn’t summoned in an illusionary form, one might be cut down by her sword directly.

Still, what surprised him was that even with her powerful magic, Stella’s control over her magic was excellent.

Usually, it would be hard to control one’s magic, especially when one was born with a massive amount of magic.

However, although Stella’s control wasn’t as precise as him, her control over magic wasn’t lost to Touka in the past.

“It must be hard work to work hard to control your magic as precisely as now, right?” Tsukasa praised, thinking what kind of hard work Stella had done to become stronger.

His words touched Stella again, but…

“Even if you praise me, I won’t hold back against you!” Stella swung down her sword without mercy to Tsukasa!

“I never asked you to hold back. Also, you should try harder if your attack wants to hit me,” Tsukasa said calmly.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*

As her sword slammed into the ground, creating a huge crater and causing the entire field to tremble.

Tsukasa must admit that the power of this attack might even be comparable to an earthquake, but it was useless when it couldn’t hit him.

“Wha –?!”

Stella was dumbfounded since she had missed her attack. However, what made her dumbfounded was that Tsukasa didn’t even move from his spot!

“No way!”

Stella had trained her sword from her childhood until now, and no one in her kingdom could defeat her in terms of swordsmanship. She was confident in her swordsmanship, which was why she was in disbelief when her attack didn’t even hit Tsukasa even though he was right in front of him!

“What’s wrong? Is the power of the princess just like this?” Tsukasa asked calmly.

Hearing his mock, Stella, who didn’t have a good temper, was furious and said as she continued her attack, “You won’t be able to keep that composed face of yours sooner or later!”

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*

Stella attacked Tsukasa like a wild beast. Her every attack was powerful, like a dragon that stomped everything on its path!

On the other hand, Tsukasa’s movement was graceful and beautiful, mesmerizing everyone, who saw it, and no matter what kind of attacks were sent by Stella, none of them could hit him!

In fact, everyone had their sweat dripped from their bodies when they saw Stella’s attack since while her attack was naturally powerful, it was also hot!

The flame on Stella’s sword had a temperature of 3,000 degrees celsius!

If Tsukasa didn’t protect himself with a thin layer of magic that surrounded his body, then his skin, clothes, hair, and many parts of his body would be burnt, showing how hot her flame was.

Tsukasa once again had to sigh, thinking that one’s amount of magic really determined everything. He knew that he couldn’t continue like this. His magic was limited, and he didn’t really want the breathing technique he used in his mock battle with Kurono since it hurt his body.

While Tsukasa sounded like he looked down on Stella, he didn’t think that Stella could force him to use all of his power.

“If you’re a man, then don’t run away all the time!” Stella’s breathing was rough, but she was like a tank with unlimited energy. She kept attacking without stopping!

However, all of them were missed!

Tsukasa had always been good at using psychology to defeat his enemy. In their first confrontation, he had already planted a shadow on Stella’s mind by dodging her attack as if he didn’t move from his spot, but the truth, he dodged to the side by using his feet thumb to move, so it made him as if he didn’t move from his spot.

When this happened, Stella became flustered, her breathing was heavy, and she used her magic wastefully to attack him. She had lost her composure from their first confrontation, especially when he continued to rile her up.

If it was someone else, they would be cut down by Tsukasa easily, even if he didn’t use his magic.

However, Stella’s magic was humongous!

Tsukasa knew that he needed a long time to drain Stella’s magic, but he couldn’t hold for such a battle, especially when his magic was just F-rank.

“As you wish, I’ll fight you.”

The shape of the black cube that floated around him started to change into the shape of a claymore.

The claymore that was made by the black cube was so beautiful yet dangerous, giving a chill to anyone who saw it.

Tsukasa was well-versed in all the weapons that appeared in this world, and while fighting in the long-range was safer, he wanted to defeat her with a sword!

When Stella was about to swing her sword, Tsukasa met her sword!

“What?!”

The sound of the metal collision was heard, and two blades caused a spark!

However, what surprised Stella was that Tsukasa’s attack was heavy!

‘It’s heavy!’

Stella, who had always been confident in her strength, became flustered since it was her first time seeing someone who could match her, no, excel her in terms of strength!

Tsukasa, who started to attack, didn’t give Stella a chance, and he kept attacking without using his magic.

While it might seem dangerous since Stella’s flame was scorching, Tsukasa kept tricking Stella and gave her many psychological shadows in her heart, making her attack weaker, and the temperature of the flame had also dropped to a temperature that he could hold on to without the need for magic.

While the power behind Tsukasa’s attack surprised her, what made Stella even more surprised was the swordsmanship that was used by Tsukasa. “This swordsmanship…?!”

“It’s yours. I simply copied and improved your swordsmanship a bit,” Tsukasa said calmly as he continued his attack.

‘Copy, and improved?!’

‘It hasn’t been half a minute?!’

Stella wanted to scream that Tsukasa was lying!

However, the fact was right in front of her, and Tsukasa had copied and improved her Imperial Arts swordsmanship with just half a minute!

In their duel, Tsukasa kept adding tricks to his attack one after another.

While Tsukasa wanted to say that his strength without magic would match Stella, he knew a huge difference between their power.

However, Tsukasa had always struck Stella’s sword with his center of percussion of his sword, on the tricky angels and the weakest spot of her sword where she couldn’t exert all of her power, giving her an illusion that his power was several times bigger than her!

Tsukasa’s magic might be an F-rank, but even so, he could defeat Stella, who boasted as one with the strongest magic in the world and history!

After another collision of swords, Stella’s sword was almost thrown away by the vibration, but she kept hold of it stubbornly.

However, because of this, there was a large opening right in her guard.

“I won.”

Tsukasa said simply and slashed his sword with all of his might into Stella’s shoulder, cutting her body vertically.

Stella’s pupils enlarged as she could only watch a sharp blade cut her body!

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*