Sarah's blade roared as Elias barely dodged her attack, the fire from the balde singed a few hairs of his head.
But still Elias remained indifferent, unimpressed, "Is this it? I can achieve this same effect with some enchantments", he taunted
[+2 000 FWP]
Sarah beautifully fell for the taunt, "Shut up, you cocky bastard!" She barked, swinging wildly at Elias
Elias effortlessly parried her flaming sword, "Weak, your earlier attacks were stronger than this" he remarked
Sarah's frustration grew at each swing Elias dodged, she stepped back and sheathed her sword, "Ironblade swordsmanship : Crescent draw!" She screamed
She unsheathed her sword with blinding speed, along with her sword came a crescent shaped blade of fire. Elias sidestepped, cleanly dodging the attack
"That's more like—"
Before he could complete his words, another similar shaped blade of fire came at him, then another, and another. Elias dodged the seemingly endless barrage.
"Stop spamming attacks like a noob," He barked, and as if on command, the attacks stopped, but Sarah was not in sight. Elias looked to the left, the right and then finally, he looked up.
He saw Sarah descending with incredible speed, her sword held high above her head,
"Ironblade swordsmanship: Raging waterfall"
Elias met her blade with his, but he blade was not the only thing to be blocked as he was assaulted with a large body of water, luckily he reacted quickly and deployed a shield; a barrier meant to protect him from physical damage, it was similar to Sarah's 'Aegis', but less effective.
But the shield did its job as it gave him enough time to escape with [Bladewalk] before the water crushed it.
But Elias was not in the clear. Sarah appeared behind him, the flames on her sword had died out, her limbs crackling with electricity,
"Ironblade swordsmanship: A thousand strikes!" She screamed as she brought her lightening charged sword to meet Elias' neck
Once again, Elias dodged her blade. The space where Elias stood was assaulted with several strikes of lightning along with several blade marks on the ground he once stood on.
Lord Varric gave her an inspecting look, "How are you so sure," He asked
"If Lady Selene days your daughter will not die, then be rest assured that she wouldn't, I don'tneed to tell you why" Lady Isolde chipped in
Lord Varric loosened his grip on his axe, and sighed, "For everyone's sake, Lady Selene better be right," He said, his gaze still hard pressed on the arena below
"Looks like she can't hear me, she has lost all her reason. The white eyes, foaming in the mouth and the bulging purple veins, thwse are all clear signs of mana exhaustion" Elias observed as he carried on his battle with Sarah.
The battle flow had changed, Sarah was now attacking wildly with discretion, making her attack pattern obvious to Elias, in turn making it easy to dodge and parry her attack.
"Hmm, even though not much was mentioned about her in Arcane days, she seems like she would be useful in the future.
Besides, her magical swordsmanship is something I'm interested in, how often would I come across such an opportunity to learn first hand from a magical swordsman" He soliloquised as he deflected her flaming sword
Sarah lunged at him, her sword pulled back and ready to swing when she got in range, but Elias demeanor remained calm, he watched her carefully.
As she got within range, Elias activated [Bladewalk] to use her momentum against her, nullifying her swing. She charged at him again, this time from a close range, Elias had her where he wanted,
"[Bladebind]" he muttered
There was no sound when their blade clashed this time, instead the sound of Sarah struggling to pull her weapon away from Elias' bind echoed through the arena.
"Magical swordsmen have little known weaknesses, at least the decent ones. But little known weakness does not equal no weakness.
Their sword, once their sword is rendered useless or they become separated from their sword, they become extremely vulnerable" Elias explained
Sarah Ironwood reply to Elias' words, was more foaming in the mouth, along with a low growl.
"It's over," Elias declared
"[Slash(Basic)]"
Elias' sword gilded through the air with a graceful yet powerful arc, the pressure and wind from the sword knocked out Sarah Ironwood before the sword met her body.