Chapter 333: A good opener (2/2)

”Weird,” suddenly, Dianne muttered.

”Why, Miss Dianne?” Maku asked.

”It isn't her style to just rush over without gauging her enemy's strength first,” said Dianne in a worry.

The two of them were currently watching along with their friends and the ordinary audiences.

Dianne was defeated by Rei-Rei last round, and Maku chose not to continue for personal reasons.

Dianne felt a foreboding feeling about Jami's action. She also noticed something unusual at Jami before her fight. But she could not tell what it was.

Without moving an inch, Josie Finn was calmly standing in her original position while her hands were ready to unsheathe her sword anytime that Jami appeared. Her eyes were closed. A scar was apparent on her left eye. Though, there was a strange aura around her.

Unexpectedly, Jami appeared behind her.

”A sneak attack to finish her enemy quickly!” Mora Liz announces.

”HeYah!” Jamie screamed out as she attacked from her enemy's blind spot.

Swoosh~

Ting!

”It's blocked!” Liz announced.

Then it was followed by a rapid exchange of attacks on the stage.

Ting! Ting! Ting!

Everyone noticed that the stage was much larger than the previous one. It was two times larger. Perhaps they did it because, in this round, it was between the strongest students in the Academy.

Swoosh~

A strong horizontal swing surprised Jami. Luckily, she was able to block it by crossing her daggers.

Their weapons collided.

There was a grating noise when they tried to push back each other. In terms of strength, Jami was clearly at a disadvantage. So Jami was slowly getting pushed back.

Seeing that her struggle was useless, she intentionally let her body be dragged by that force.

Jami distanced herself.

”Hehe, is that all you've got, My dear cousin?”

Josie Finn chuckled before she asked Jami with a mocking smile.

”What? They were cousins?” Dianne and the others were surprised to hear it.

Even Almina, inside the waiting room, was as surprised as them. Though, she didn't really mind it. Her mind was still floating somewhere. After yesterday's training, there was something that was bothering her.

Their match lasted at the last second. In the end, Jami lost. Though she didn't suffer much. Everyone could see that her cousin's technique was the complete counter of Jami's technique.

It seemed as though her cousin trained those techniques for the sole purpose of defeating Jami.

Even her Advanced Resonance was useless. Her cousin's Advanced Resonance was also a good counter to her.

So.

It was an understandable defeat. And Jami fought hard even with such a disadvantage. Actually, she almost defeated her cousin, but she ran out of time before she gave her last attack.

No one was unconscious and the two of them remained standing on the stage. However, it wasn't a draw. There was a new rule to avoid having a draw result.

If the two participants remained standing on stage after the time's up, the one with higher remaining health points would be declared as the winner.

It also applied when the two fell unconscious or knocked down at the end of time.

Unfortunately, her cousin's health points were 5 percent higher than hers. That's why she lost and her cousin was declared the winner of the first match.

That said, Bob was sighing heavily. He wondered why they just implemented such a rule. He would surely win against Bert if it was implemented in early rounds.

Clapping sounds resounded from the audience. No matter what, it was a good opening for this finale.

After Jami's match, it was followed by another pair.