82 Chapter 30: Rapier (2/2)
”You protected yourselves from my explosion with ice..?”
We ignored his question and stayed quiet
Explosion magic... And it looks like he can set up traps, ah, I hate this matchup.
”Pfft, haha, this is interesting, you're just like-
Before he could finish, ice spikes were sent straight at where he stood from behind the trees but missed. He managed to dodge it at the last second by leaping to the side, for a mage he was pretty athletic and good at dodging.
The ice spikes pierced the ground and began to freeze it, ice spread from the ground to where he had leapt to and rose up in the form of literal spikes
But again, he dodged it by jumping up on to one of the tree branches
He faced the direction where the attacks came from and a nervous smile was formed on his face
*tap* *tap* *Tap*
The sound of footsteps could be heard coming from the direction that the attack came from.
Shortly after, a girl appeared, She wore a white robe and was slightly shorter than the guy but still tall, she had long cyan hair which was slightly braided near the top. She gave off an intimidating yet elegant air around her
”John, thank you.” Said Eleanor with a slightly saddened smile
Why is does she look sad...? Thankfully I made it in time, and managed to form an ice sphere before Eleanor was harmed
”No worries, but don't drop your guard yet, we don't know if she'll attack us.”
That must be the other person I felt nearby... When I used deprehendre to find his location I ended up finding someone else approaching us at high speeds
”Tch, You sure are persistent aren't you. You'd be a lot cuter if you weren't” Said the guy on the tree
Without saying anything, the girl leapt at him, with a weapon in her hand
”A rapier..?”
She was fast, in a single leap she reached the tree branch which he stood on. Even I'd have difficulties avoiding a sudden attack like that, and yet he...
*Boom*
The sound of a small explosion resounded when they came into contact with each other
A small amount of smoke was formed and dispersed shortly after she leapt back
The guy was gone
The girl simply stared at me and eleanor
I nervously smiled back and so did eleanor
The girl nodded at us and faced the direction where they exchanged blows, there was a bit of blood on the branch
Right when she was about to leave I stopped her and said
”If you're still chasing him, don't follow that blood trail, he set up a fake in the smoke to mislead you and headed that way.” I said as I pointed forward
Everything I said was true, I saw where he went with deprehendre and the blood trail was leading to a different direction.
The reason why I told her was because I know how hard it is to chase and track someone down. Although it's not really that hard for me since i have deprehendre.
She stared at me as if trying to see if I was lying before nodding and heading in the direction, I pointed
Right before she left, she stopped
”Thank you” She said before going
And just like that, she was gone.
”That was... unexpected...” Said Eleanor
”Yeah that's right...”
Ah... Crap, this is going to be awkward... Is she still mad at me...? It's only us two...
”She... Seemed strong...” Said Eleanor
”Yeah, she is... And so is the guy...”
Right before she leapt at him, he finished had finished a chant, I didn't even notice that he had started chanting.
The moment she leapt at him, she thrust her rapier at his badge, but missed because he used his shoulder to take the hit, which made her pierce his shoulder. In that moment, he swung his arm with a small glowing orb positioned slightly above his palm at her
Yet she dodged it by pulling out her rapier and leaping back. After that, he threw the orb and it exploded mid-air causing the smoke, and the brings us on to now...
It was fast, but the dungeon monsters were faster
”Yeah, he made the right choice to sacrafice his shoulder... And if she hadn't jumped back in time, things wouldn't have been good for her either, They were evenly matched, but I can tell that she's stronger...” Said Eleanor
”Yea-”
Wait... what?
”John? What's wrong?” Eleanor asked
”Eleanor, you have pretty good senses” I replied
”I do? Hmm” Asked Eleanor as she tilted her head with a confused expression
*Rustle*
Right when I was about to reply I heard someone approaching us, beside us
”Eleanor, ready your guard” I Said
Eleanor hastily grabbed her staff and got into fighting position
”Who could it possibly, be this time...” I muttered
From between the trees came a very familiar girl
”Alright, Which one of you guys caused that explosion!” Said Serena as she came out
With a confused expression she stared at us
”Eh? John?!” Shouted Serena