Chapter 59: I Win (1/2)

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The Phantom kill was a secret Technique that was known only to high-ranking dark elves that specialized in assassination. It was a technique that guaranteed the death of its intended target as long as they were able to meet certain conditions. No amount of resistance or passive defensive skills could stop it. It was a technique that was practically impossible to block.

While not especially flashy, this technique focuses on attacking all of the opponent's vitals with one fluid motion and the perfect control of multiple blades. When used correctly it multiples the attack power of the user by more than 100 folds on their first strike, it was truly a one-hit kill.

Although this was the first time Rain was using this technique in an actual fight, she knew that amongst her peers that had learned this technique at the same time, her mastery was second to none.

Rain's spiritual Daggers created six illusionary blades and she was wielding one of them leaving five hoverings in the air around her and launching attacks individually without her needing to fully control them.

However, to fully utilize the phantom kill technique, she had to take control of all six blades and aim them at their respective targets. Although the technique could be used with a single blade, the more blades one could use masterfully the faster the strike and the more effective the technique was.

All her attacks were launched instantly, leaving no room for escape.

Her intentions were never to kill this man, he had gone out of his way to save her after all and even though he had his reasons for doing that, she should be grateful he hadn't used her condition to exploit Liz like most demons would have.

Yet, here she was attacking this man without any hesitation. She didn't know when he had managed to get under her skin so much but every time he narrowly avoided her attack without pulling out his weapon made her feel like she was being looked down upon and she may have gotten a bit too frustrated and now there was no turning back.

There was a chance if she killed him they would all be stuck in this castle forever and slowly starve to death but it was too late now. Her body was already moving on its own and she couldn't stop it. All six spiritual Daggers and the black dagger cut down into a different part of his body and tore through his vitals.

Her blade strikes were so fast that even Albert and the others couldn't see what was happening but it made Albert feel nervous. This was only supposed to be a spar, yet this happened. The fight had slowly gotten more intense and even Albert had sensed the killing intent that emanated from Rain during that last strike. However, his body was just too slow to react in time and before he could even take a step to stop this fight the battle was already over.

Liz, on the other hand, didn't know how to react, she stood rooted to the spot and Erin was the same, with the color in their faces slowly draining. They couldn't believe a simple bout had lead to this tragedy. They had all gotten acquainted with each other and they all knew how important Tyler was to the ogres, beastmen, and kobolds.

Even Rain had gotten to know them all during the few days she had been up, so why would she get so carried away to do this. Rain felt her mind went blank when her attack had connected successfully, she knew her attack was lethal and there was more than a 99% kill rate for the phantom kill, half of her had hoped he would narrowly dodge the attack just like before but even she knew that wasn't possible once she had gotten that close to her target.

Rain's mind was finally clear of the frustration she felt, but looking at the dead body underneath her, it was already too late for that. However, as she tried to pull out her weapon from the dead body on the ground, something truly ludicrous happened.

Her blade was stuck, it was as if it had been jammed into a rock, she wanted to pull harder when his body suddenly shifted weirdly, it warped distortedly before ultimately fading away like an illusion, which revealed her weapon that had merely been plunged into the ground. Rain's mind went into overdrive along with everyone that witnessed this.

'What just happened?'

She was dumbfounded but her body instinctively shot backward leaving behind her black blade that was still stuck on the ground. However, she soon felt a palm on her back that stopped her retreat. She turned her head hesitantly with a blank expression on her face and just as she feared, she saw him standing behind her with his arm stretched out and her blood immediately ran cold.

A bone-chilling aura ran across her spine that almost made her knees buckle under the pressure. He soon smiled and spoke gently, yet it was a tone that commanded authority, ”Looks like I win.” There was nothing she could say to refute him. Her mind may have still been active but her body was no longer hers to control.

It was a feeling she had never felt before, even from her clan leader. His aura alone made her feel insignificant, her most powerful technique was rendered useless before she could even realize it. She had played right into his palm. It made sense now.

Why she couldn't reach him, why he wouldn't even pull out a weapon to fight her. She was just that much weaker than this man, who seemed to have been having fun toying with her heart the entire time. 'Asshole.' Was the only word her chaotic mind could think of as she bit her lips in frustration. This was the first time she had lost to someone other than her brother, and she hadn't even stood a chance.

”I lost, I admit defeat.” She said with a bitter smile.

”No need to be so down, you're the first person to push me so far in over a thousand years. I'm quite impressed.”

Rain saw the genuine smile on his face when he said that as he took his palm off her back. She felt his aura rescind and her nerves rapidly calming down which made various emotions start to rise within her.

She could see Liz running towards her so she decided to apologize. ”Sorry. I'm sorry about earlier.” She was apologizing about her last attack, most people would've died from that and it definitely wasn't supposed to be used in a practice bout.