Chapter 120 - #119 Kurome vs "Mysterious" Teigu wielder 2 (2/2)

”I must say that I am impressed by you...” Najenda said while looking at Kurome with a smile since she was now all alone in front of 3 possible enemies that could break their promise.

”Yeah, you are strong, and not just in terms of fighting.” The armored guy said and Kurome could imagine him all smiling under that helmet.

”Don't misunderstand, I just know what kind of person you are, General Najenda. Rebels or not, I wouldn't trust any kind of enemy if I didn't have information about them. Anyway, let's continue our duel, we still need to create some damage to the surroundings to make it believable.” Kurome said with a sarcastic smile before she sprinted towards her previous opponent who already got ready for her attack.

'This time, I will do my best not to hold back at all! So come at me with everything you have, Kurome!' The armored guy thought with an excited smile under his helmet.

Kurome slashed at the place with cracked armor.

'Too predictable' He easily deflected her katana to the side and then performed thrust towards her head.

'?! He really isn't holding back!' Kurome thought when she dodged the spear just by a small margin but even then a little cut appeared on her cheek.

'I already knew that he will guard that place the most but it's even harder to get through his defenses than I previously thought! He is in an advantage because he needs to protect only 1 place...then let's force him to protect more of those places!' Kurome thought and slashed towards his right shoulder however when he was about to intercept her attack with his spear...

'The trajectory changed?!' He was surprised that Kurome was able to change it in the middle of her attack but the only thing she hit was his wrist. And due to the abruptly changing trajectory of her attack, it was much weaker therefore it was unable to penetrate armor.

'Still, her attack managed to leave a scratch...I was ready to protect my forearm and head but I never imagined her going for my wrist...' The guy thought with a slightly confused expression under his helmet.

He wasn't the only one confused by this, both of his allies were confused by Kurome's choice where to attack. They thought that she would try to find a weak point in the armor but attacking a wrist...

Kurome continued her onslaught of attacks while the guy just defended himself while occasionally counter-attacking when he saw the opening in Kurome's defense.

After a few minutes of fighting...

*Huff* Kurome was catching her breath since she was constantly attacking while being under the pressure of his perfect counter attacks.

'Left wrist, right wrist, left thɨġh, and right location under the knee. She has been constantly attacking those places which are difficult to protect at the same time. Although my Incursio was able to absorb all attacks, it's still cracking after that onslaught.' The guy glanced down at his armor just to see cracks in all locations he named.

”Let's end this!” He said and darted towards Kurome with incredible speed while swinging his spear overhead at Kurome.

*Bang* Kurome quickly jumped to the side to dodge the attack and debris flew everywhere. That attack was strong enough to easily overpower someone like Kurome so she decided to dodge it instead of meeting it head-on. She didn't waste any time and rushed through the curtain of dust at the previous location of her opponent and when she finally had him in sight, she quickly made a motion of attacking him while looking at the gap between his armor on his forearm.

He saw through her intentions but instead of defending, he decided to attack her, thrusting the shaft of his spear towards her stomach. This time he used shaft because he was unsure if Kurome will be able to dodge this or parry it.

'Hm?!' However, on the contrary to his expectations, her planned attack was only feint and before she could gather the momentum behind her attack, she stopped it and maneuvered around the shaft and dodge it just by a small margin while she maintained her eyes on the gap on his forearm.

'This is definitely a fake but...what location will she attack?' He thought and got ready to intercept her last attack with his free hand.

Once again, Kurome performed her last attack, the trajectory of her slash was pointing that her goal was really his forearm.

'Tch, this girl, one doesn't know if she is just faking it or not until you can see it.' The guy thought and moved his free hand to intercept her slash but at the moment when he was about to punch her blade away, Kurome moved her body even closer, slightly changing the trajectory of her attack towards his left thɨġh.

*Crack* *Splash* The blade finally pierced through the cracks in the armor and caused him a small injury but the instant moment after her blade slashed his left thɨġh, she was kicked to the side by him.

*Cough* *Cough* Kurome was out of breath while coughing and holding the place where he kicked her with her hand. Her face was slightly distorted in pain but there was still a confident smile on her face.

”You are greatly using your size to your advantage. For me, it's hard to fight someone with a small figure like you despite me being fast enough. This time, you were even able to truly injure me.” The armored guy rested his spear on his shoulder while saying this with a slightly surprised tone.

”You were still holding back, that's why I was able to win. Only one of your kicks rendered me into this state...” Kurome said but this time she was smiling and was quite pleased with the result. She was able to learn a lot of things from this guy and she couldn't wait till she can apply it but first, she needs to absorb all of it and try to incorporate it into her style.

”You are still young, raise your head and hold it high and be proud of the result!” He said while giving her thumb up, Kurome could already imagine him smiling from ear to ear, revealing his teeth like an idiot.