57 Jack of all trades, master of none 3 (1/2)
The final phase of the battle begun after Laura had stabilized her footing by casting wind magic on the ice. In order to prevent her from switching the character, I kept attacking her in melee range.The only problem was. I could not even connect one attack. As soon as she saw my attack she used wind magic to change its trajectory.
My first attempt was a jab to her face, but she just pushed my hand away with wind magic. After that attack did not land I aimed for her stomach with my other hand but even that the result did not change.
After launching several attacks I was forced to admit, that I could not hurt her that way. I could throw punches for the rest of my life and still end up not dealing any kind of damage to her. But I had no doubt, that if I was capable of passing every objective so far, that I will not be blocked by this mild breeze.
After yet another deflected punch, it spun around and used a kick to the face. But once again she blocked its path with ease and pushed it back with wind magic But this time around she did not stay on the defence and threw a wind blade at me with her other hand.
I decided to endure it as it left a bloody line on my chest but in return, I was able to grab her left arm and twist it, before she was able to cast another spell. Winching in pain she threw me off with her magic.
The easiest solution was to just grab her and incapacitate her arm. While her way of defending against my attacks deserves praise, her actual performance does not. Using just the necessary amount of mana to prevent attacks from reaching you is a valid idea, it leaves a big opening if the enemy is willing to pay the price. She currently lacks the experience on how to deal with close combat and I am thankful that her mana has reached its limit, after all that time, otherwise I would not be the one standing here.
Not willing to wait for her to recover, I ran right back at her. Laura did not show any kind of movement, had she accepted her fate. But having learned out of my previous clashes with her I kept being cautious. But as I came closer she still did not show any signs of reacting. I still had that feeling of doubt in the back of my mind that something was horribly wrong.
My intuition has never been wrong so far, so what is she hiding. Her mana tank is empty, her left arm unusable. Right now I can dictate her life or death. So why is she that disturbingly calm? My instincts were screaming at me to back off. So I did just that and stared at her, watching her every move and breath.
Her expression returned to its normal state, but with a big smile on her face, she began to taunt me.
” Come on, kill me, kill me. Kill this poor little girl. I am standing defenceless in front of you and yet you hesitate. Where is all that previous vigour and ferocity? And you dare call yourself a man? ”
I am quite curious you do not strike me as a death-seeking person, I would rather call you a tentative person if I had not provoked you, you still would have not started to fight with me. So why do you want to bait me to kill you? If you had behaved differently most likely I would have done that already.
” You fool, death is meaningless for me, if I were to die here, I would just end up coming back to life again. In this world, I am an immortal. So, you ask why I behaved that way? Each possible choice you might or might not choose will lead to just one outcome for you and that is death. On the other hand, whether I die or I live will not matter.
Okay, I will bite, why would each of my choices lead to my demise, regarding of the circumstances?
” I am an envoy a God, he protects me and punishes those who kill his chosen seedlings. Even in a world, where I can die as often as I want, he will punish those who seek my death. Bow down and grovel if you want to have the slightest chance of survival.”
Now it was my turn to show a deep grin on my face.