Chapter 177: Tournament arc?!

Chapter 177: Tournament arc?!

The Knight crossed the hundred meters in half a second, and his mithril war hammer came down at a terrifying speed. Sofia blocked with the blessed shield, which shattered under the hit but absorbed all the damage. The bone construct would repair itself given time, but for now, whatever was left of it could only give Sofia the bonus for being there. That was both of his skills.

Sofia jumped back to avoid the follow-up strikes. The graveyard skeletons were starting to come out, but the Knight was fast. She narrowly dodged the first two hits by blocking the Knights path with the appearing sandstone gravestones, but the third struck her side, leaving a big dent in her Orichalcum armor.

Health : 8110 / 10995

The first skeleton emerged from the ground, grabbing the Knights ankles. The old man reflexively hit the skeleton to free himself but failed at killing it in a single hit. He looked shocked at the tenacity of the summon but quickly looked up to follow up with another strike toward Sofia, who was still in his range, if barely.

Then he died.

The wing bone Sofia held in her hand, changing form like a key to fit a lock, had taken the T shape of the frontal hole in the Knight's helmet. And it had shoved itself in there under her control as soon as she found an opportunity. Cutting the Knights head into three pieces. Can pierce walls, can also pierce people. It was worth training the accuracy against Zerei. He destroyed the blessed marrow shield in a single hit, very strong.

Hes not actually dead, right? I got no notification, so it should be good.

That lasted, what, three seconds?

First, win for me.

Sofia looked around, spotting the four speechless spectators observing the fight from an invisible platform above. She waved at them.

How did you like my performance? You can clap, you know?N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on N0v3l--B1n.

Sofia could swear Sen rolled his eyes at her.

She was teleported to the platform along with a healed-up and heaving knight.

Us next! Alith declared, pointing at Astelia, and they both disappeared.

No ones going to make any comment, uh? Tssk, cant appreciate my art. Sofia thought, walking up to the Knight busy recovering from his almost death?

Are you alright?

He forced himself back to shape and extended an open hand, I have had better days. Well fought.

A- Ill fight him! She blurted out, flustered, pointing at the person closest to her.

Alright, Sen said as the two fighters vanished.

The Knight and Mornn soon appeared in the arena below. The Knight was still wearing his heavy armor. But the Saintess has no armor? What is this with everyone going in there unprotected?!

The Knight rushed forward with a heavy gait, two-handing his war-hammer. The arena shook under his steps. Mornn held a simple falchion made of some kind of black steel, and as she advanced, her whole body burst into an inferno. She was covered from head to toe in roaring, blazing flames, and her weapon also started to glow under this tremendous heat. The flames didnt deter the Knight, and he soon gave the first strike with his hammer.

Mornn blocked the hammer with the palm of her left hand, and the weapon was pushed back by a violent explosion. The Saintess slashed with her sword at the wide-open Knight, but somehow, he still managed to block with his hammer. Uh?

The two of them exchanged several blows like this, failing to land a single solid hit. Sofia understood what was going on with the Knights hammer. He could somehow explosively move his body to reset his stance to a neutral one with his hammer ready to block or strike in front of him, no matter what position he had been in. That allowed him to attack and block in quick succession despite the weight of his hammer, canceling all the momentum from his missed strikes. He also never took a single step back despite the explosions coming from Mornns barehanded parries, which must have been his passive skill at work.

In the end, it was Mornns flames that got the best of the Knight. His stance grew weaker as the clash lingered, and the Saintess glowing hot blade cut right through his armor, severing his left arm right before a loud bell sound announced the timeout end of the ten-second match.

Impressive. Despite being the most normal-looking class of the group, this old warriors skills arent to be underestimated. He lost twice in a row, but he would have probably crushed most people at our level.

Sen clapped as the two warriors reappeared on the spectating platform, Good, good! I never get bored of a good old-fashioned melee duel! I decided that next is Miss Glacier against Miss Sofia. Get ready!

Sofias surroundings changed from the spectating platform to the preparation room. Fu- Quick. What do I take?

I, uh I need to reserve some of them for the later fights This Pareth is a bad matchup because of [Immovable object]. What should I Oh, I know! Thats kind of dirty, but it could work.

[The skills : Summon Blood and Holy Wings of undeath have been selected]

[Every other class skill has been temporarily disabled]

Sofia and Astelia faced each other in the arena. Astelia was wearing full armor this time and had swapped the javelins for a mace and shield. Sofia deployed her wings and took off. She propelled herself toward the short Vampire.

With a curt move of Astelias hand, Sofia felt the weight of the Moon on her shoulders and crashed to the ground. She ate the sand, but in her mind, she rejoiced. Thats the best-case scenario: no [Repulsion] and no [Orbital blades]!

Astelia took the opportunity to close the distance by herself and attack, but before she could reach Sofia, she was surrounded by a thick dome of blood.

Mana : 15000 / 94000