74 Tournament 5 (2/2)
While his second stroke was still on it's way, Vlada arrived behind her and used both her wing to slash powerfully downwards.
The ice shield was already weakened by Ivan's unexpectedly strong first stroke and was unable to fully defend against the might of this slash. Of course it was only a hastily casted skill and as such from the beginning much weaker. Still even though it crumbled it had still managed to stop Vlada's strike.
Thanks to the perfect coordination between him and his pet Ivan's strike reached her directly after her shield had crumbled, leaving her without time to finish the skill she had already started casting. She could only hurriedly use her staff to block to blade. Of course since the quality of the staff was so high this was no problem for it and there wasn't even the smallest nick left on it.
Her first instinct was to create some distance from her opponent, but his pet blocked her escape route.
”Good, seems like she has to call out her pet.”, on the elder tribune Van Bergen cheered, when he saw the situation. Even though he and the Grand Elder were friends, they still had some friendly competition going on. And as such it was always a happy thing for him, if something managed to push that granddaughter and grandfather pair. Who told the Grand Elder to always gloat about his granddaughter when they were enjoying a bottle of wine together.
And as expected, Miss. Tang called out her pet. It was a five meter big bear, that looked like it was made out of crystals. As soon as it appeared it stormed towards Vlada with a seemingly unstoppable momentum.
*Damn.*, Ivan could only curse inwardly, when he saw this monster. Even though Vlada could become much bigger her fighting prowess was much lower. After all this was one of the feared Crystal Bears. A species that lived deep inside the Crystal Mountains at the north of the empire.
The reaction of the spectators weren't much different from his, except for a few who hadn't recognized the bear.
”What the.....”, when Van Bergen saw the bear first appear his chin nearly fell down in surprise. ”That fucking old man. How the hell could he give his granddaughter something like this? This is just plain cheating.”
The elders around him looked at him with pity. His and the Grand Elders relationship was well known, so nobody was too surprised about the way he addressed him. Besides they too wanted to question the sanity of their Grand Elder. Crystal Bears were ultra rare and he wasted one on his granddaughter who wouldn't be able to make full use of it for a long time.
The Grand Elder on the other hand had a satisfied grin on his face when he saw the expression on his friends face.
On the stage the fight, that had looked to be going well for Ivan had completely changed. Vlada was completely outclassed by the Crystal Bear and no help in dealing with Miss. Tang. But luckily with theability to take flight she was able to keep him occupied. This enabled Ivan and Miss. Tang do duel without any of their pet's messing up the balance.