21 LEGENDARY WEAPON (1/2)

The Druids are able to dominate the battlefield by virtue of their large reserves of magic. Being the creatures who are closest to the nature, they are perfectly able to sense and manipulate the magic in the atmosphere and use it for their own means. That is why in a battle against a druid one would find themselves gradually empty from Profound Energy while watching their opponent hardly sweating.

But that is not the most frightening part about them, it is their mysterious weapons ! Some of their weapons have various strange abilities, like changing weather or bringing forth lightning from the sky, while some are able to store a huge amount of magic. It is said that these weapons are created using certain rituals, and are known as legendary weapons ! These weapons are extremely few in number and are of strategic importance, hence it is not easy to have them.

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Makara Dynasty, Human Continent.

Mad Saber smiled at the bandit leader as he said.

”Not yet, pal. My disciple will fight you.”

Ananya's face twitched as she heard the comment from her careless 'master' and struggled to keep her face straight. Her opponent was a Vicious Teeth who was as tall as a two storey building, plus the elite Tiger beast-men who was sitting at the top who held a large blade in his hands.

She stood still and didn't know how to approach the two.

”Don't worry, I'll create you an opportunity.” Mad Saber's voice came from behind. She strengthened her grip over her sword and dashed forward. She moved using her toes instead of the base of the feet, and her movement looked like she was as if gliding over the lands.

The bandit leader saw this and was surprised.

”The Seven Lotus Comprehensive Art ?”

Vicious Teeth watched the puny human get closer to him and he immediately clawed at the human. Ananya felt a little frightened but trusted the person behind her. Although Sura was lazy, loud and a little lecherous, she felt unconditional trust towards him and felt that he would never harm her.

Mad Saber watched the girl get close to the beast and shouted.

”Here's your opportunity !”

He kicked a rock which was near his feet and it flew and hit Vicious Teeth's eye. The rock distracted it and the path of it's claw changed a bit. Ananya quickly used this opportunity to jump on the beast's foreleg. The bandit leader saw her coming and slashed at her with his large blade. She quickly jumped and landed on the beast's back. The beast was huge and there was enough space for two people to engage in close quarters. The beast tried to jiggled it's body to shake off the newcomer but was not successful.

”Stay still.”

The bandit leader tapped it's foot a few times and ordered the beast to calm down. Then he looked at Ananya, who was holding the beast's fur tightly so that she wouldn't fall off and the space on the beast, and finally glanced at his large blade. Then as if arriving at a conclusion, he stabbed the blade into the ground and knuckled his fists.

”Where did you learn the Seven Lotus Comprehensive Art ?”

The bandit leader asked her. Ananya stared at him with a straight face, clearly not intending to provide an answer for him. The bandit leader shrugged, but because of the stiff leather armor that he wore it seemed as if his armor magically went up and down.

Ananya moved, and this time she seemed to use only the sides of the base of her feet, and she was able to move quickly diagonally. She held her hands up as the sword pointed downwards, like the tail of a scorpion. However the bandit leader seemed experienced as he was able to perfectly counter her movements.

”Do you know the weakness of this technique ?” the bandit leader suddenly asked her. Then, as if he'd gone crazy, he started attacking the blunt side of the sword using his hands. The shock-waves traveled along the sword into her body. Ananya tightened the grip over the sword, but the stress over various body parts increased. She wouldn't be able to hold the sword for a long time.

The bandit leader was patient all this while as he explained.

”Although this art has many variations to cope with different situations, it assumes that you are always in your peak condition. So the more you get injured, the less options you have to deal with the situation.”

Ananya realized that her body was indeed weakened and backed off a little near the head of the beast.

”Give up, little girl. Come with me, and I will treat you well.” the bandit leader said with a serious face. He didn't seemed to be joking.

Ananya stared at him for a while while she took deep breaths. The bandit leader crossed his hands again as he looked at her, as if everything was under his control. Suddenly, Ananya did a back flip and hung onto the face of Vicious Teeth, and before it could react stabbed it in the eye. He sword reached the beast's brain and easily killed him.

The bandit leader was startled at her actions.

'So her target never was me. What a smart girl !'

He leaped from the beast's back and made a claw, aiming at her chest. She quickly kicked the beast's head and pulled the sword and went flying backwards. At the same time Mad Saber moved towards them. The bandit leader's claw struck the beauty making her spit blood as she flew backwards more rapidly. Mad Saber caught her, and at the same time the dead beast and the bandit leader made contact with the ground. The collapse of the beast created a cloud of dust behind the bandit leader, and even Mad Saber had to admit that at that moment he looked like an invincible expert.