Chapter 117 - #116 Kurome arrives (1/2)

'I need to prolong this fight for as long as I can. I have zero confidence in winning against him in frontal exchange so either I must win by some surprise attack or by depending on Akame and others to finish their own fight.' Green thought with narrowed eyes and tried his best to find any weakness in his opponent's weapon, however, such a task is extremely hard and not to mention that he still isn't aware of all its functions.

Green switched to defense instead of trying to attack, hoping to see any gap in his opponent's attacks where he could strike. He was trying to make him impatient by simply defending.

The one who only defends and can let go of any chance to attack enemy is someone who can never win the fight in long terms but it is also almost impossible to kill such person unless one has the overwhelming power to do so.

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'? What is he trying to do?' Even the cloaked guy noticed the change in Green's movements and his attacks were slowly becoming sluggish.

Despite being a little confused, Green's strange change in the pattern of his movements made him only warier.

However, that was fine with Green because the longer this fight will continue, the cloaked guy will start feeling restless by constantly being wary of any of his movements. Green had no chance of winning against this guy on physical side so his plan was to play a mental battle with him. The winner will be the one who can endure the pressure put on them, Green has to endure physical attacks from that guy while the other guy needs to endure the pressure Green is generating without doing anything special in particular.

This is where real battle between those two began.

On the other side, Akme's group was somehow holding their ground. They were constantly attacking the armored guy while being wary of Najenda's attacks.

”You are really skilled for kids but I will no longer be lenient with you!” The armored guy said with a cold tone while 3 of them were rushing at him from each side and front.

A spear suddenly materialized in his hand...yes, he was fighting the entire time bȧrėhanded only with his armor, making them think that he has no weapon, to begin with. Making them think that his defense and agility was something he traded for an offense.

”Wha-?! Gin, Natala jump away from him!” Akame instantly shouted at them loudly with wide-open eyes.

Unfortunately Gin and Natala had slower reflexes than Akame and despite being enhanced by the drugs, they weren't trained in the same way as other kids from Elite Seven. Their training was more or less simply combined with training of obedience but that only made them puppets ready to die for the Empire at any time.

”Too late!” The armored guy shouted and swung his spear overhead at Gin with intention to split her in half.

”?!” Gin put her sword above her head to block his spear since she had no time to dodge. She was quite confident in her strength and thought that she would be able to block it without much problem.

The next moment when the weapons met each other, Gin's weapon was able to withstand the impact with the spear without breaking but her arms gave in after feeling the strength in her enemy's slash, making her sword drop down a bit and spear slide down deep into her shoulder before stopping.

*Splash* Blood splashed from her wound despite having that spear still stuck inside her shoulder and she could only look at the armored guy in front of her with a confused and shocked expression.

”Gin?! Why you!! Trisula!!!” Natala instantly attacked the guy's back while extending his spear's length, aiming to pierce his neck from behind because that spot was usually one of the weak points in armors.

”Wait, Natala!” Akame shouted at furious Natala but he wasn't listening to her at all. She was also angry at most likely losing another comrade but she knew that this guy wasn't their only enemy. Unfortunately, Natala at that time could only see him...

Green who saw all of that was shocked but more worried about Akame who would be now alone against 2 of them. Despite wanting to help her, he kept calm and kept on baiting the cloaked guy for any real openings.

The armored guy finally pulled his spear out of Gin and looked behind him at Natala who has failed with his attack and has fallen down on the ground. Slowly creating a puddle of blood under him.

”So...Are you planning to fight any longer? You had no chance even with 3 of you, now that you are alone...There is nothing you can do.” The armored guy turned his attention to Akame who was still a bit shocked by Natala and Gin's state.

”!!! Of course I will!” She gritted her teeth and darted towards him while swinging her katana at him.

*Clang*

'? Her speed has gotten much faster and her strength also increased a lot...Was she holding back earlier or is this effect of seeing her comrades' deaths?' The armored guy thought with a slightly astonished expression under his armor when he blocked Akame's slash without much problem.

Although her speed has gotten faster, she was still nowhere near him with experience. He has gotten through numerous battles where numerous people fought. This was simply the disparity in the experience.

He also started attacking since there was no need to draw out the fight any longer. Their goal was to also discover their strength in teamwork and it was by no means bad but they still lost it once they saw their comrade die. They were still young and inexperienced in this department.

At least that's what they have thought but Akame never lost it, she was furiously attacking but her thinking was still there, being cautious of Najenda while attacking the armored guy.

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