Chapter 268 (2/2)

Charge: Lv 6

Heat Detection: Lv 5

Flight: Lv 8

Fire Magic: Lv 5

Roar: Lv 4

Dragon Magic: Lv 5

Reinforced Scales

Flame Nullification

Magic Manipulation

Unique Skills

Principle of Flame: Lv 6 [1]

Description: N/A

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The reason the dragon lacked a description was likely because it was associated with the blade and lived within it That aside, it was decently strong It wasn’t a h to be considered a

a D ranked threat Its unique skill apparently allowed it to manipulate any flames in its vicinity

“Llinde here will take that wolf of yours on”

“Got it,” said Fran “Urushi+, no losing”

“Woof!”

“The very same applies to you, Llinde! Show theon’s pride!”

“Kyuooohhh!”

“This is a spar, so no hard feelings froardless of the outcome,” said Kuina “Do I make myself clear?”

“Naturally,” Mare affirmed

“Nn”

And so, the two began their duel They did not iate Theto make the first move

The two instead stared each other doith their blades raised They htest of feints to keep each other in check The ht the tould be forever stuck in a deadlock, Mare suddenly charged

“Haaaahhh!”

“Fmph!”

The sharp ring of steel on steel echoed throughout the plains as the two young girls let loose their battlecries

Mare was quite the swordsround through a short exchange of blows But unfortunately for her, Fran held the Sword Lord Arts skill, which gave her the edge and allowed her to gradually overwhelh sheer technique

“Hahahah! I Princess! I expect no less froend!”

“Also impressed Not bad”

“Frustrating as it is, I must admit that my skill fails to surpass your own I’ve no choice but to up the ante”

“Bring it on!”

The two see; they soed in a furious exchange of blows

Mare attacked Fran with flaed to ward off her spell through the use of just her sword and a barrier before returning fire with spells of her own Fran was the hter, so her attacks cae On the other hand, Mare was th type She launched fewer attacks, but each was irls smiled as they unhesitantly launched attacks that each carried lethal force It was clear that both did not want to yield to the other

Some of Mare’s flame-based attacks

flame-based attacks would come without any chants I couldn’t tell if these attacks were ical spells or if they were instead a trait of her species I suspected it was the latter, but at the sahly doubted it She was too white to be a Red Catkin, after all

Thinking about Red Catkin, I remembered that the Beast Lord had once hly doubted said daughter would be gallivanting around doing adventurer-like things with a maid by her side…

Wait… that does see as how the Beast Lord is who he is…

I looked towards Urushi+ and his foe

”Grrr!”

“Kyuuoooh!”

The wolf and dragon were engaged in a high speed battle The tere using the wide open space they were given to its fullest, trying to chase each other doithout being caught I couldn’t help but be surprised at Llinde’s speed It could generate bursts of speed that exceeded Urushi+ at his fastest even though the latter had a higher agility stat

Of course, its ability to fly contributed in part to its speed, but the bigger part seemed to be attributed to the flames that would trail behind it whenever it accelerated It see similar to the Burnia spell [2]

That said, speed was the only thing the dragonling had on Urushi+ The as superior in every other category He held the advantage fro back I was pretty sure he’d eventually win if I just left him be, so I turned my attention back over to Fran

She and Mare were still happily exchanging blows, but the winner was already clear Mare had substantial wounds all over, but Fran had only suffered a few light scratches Mare’s hands were tied Fran was both the better swords she could do

Realizing that, Mare used her fla and distanced herself fro up her sleeve Fran defended against the spell, and had round She wanted to see what Mare was planning to do

Mare’s eyes were filled with exhilaration The battle was

The battle was giving her an adrenaline rush, one that caused to raise her voice and loose a bestial howl

“…Co”

Awithin Mare’s body There was so in crackling with energy Was she awakening? Orsome other skill?

I couldn’t tell I only knew that she was trying souring out exactly what it was

Fran’s expression was identical to Mare’s She was excited to see ould happen next, to see the challenge she would have to overco appeared behind Mare and caused theup to disperse

“Ngyaaah!”

“Geez Were you seriously about to go ahead and do that, My Lady?”

“K-Kuina…”

Kuina had suddenly appeared behind Mare and duically created water over her head The sudden wetness caused the startled catkin to screa back towards Kuina with a resentful gaze

Naturally, I had picked up on Kuina’s actions ahead of tiainst her just in case She’d suddenly disappeared using what I assuic, but I did not mind it because she directed her next actions towards Mare and not Fran Fran had also picked up on the maid’s movements Mare, however, didn’t All her focus had been directed towards Fran

“And what exactly did I say about atte to kill your opponent, My Lady?”

“B-But I was going to lose if I did not attempt drastic measures…” whimpered Mare

“And why exactly are you being so obstinate about winning or losing a spar?”

“Mmph…”

“Well?”

“V-Very well, I apologize!”

And so, that was how the spar ended with the pair apologizing to Fran She was a bit disappointed with how things ended, but still decently satisfied, so she ended up letting things be It was a good place to call it quits Fran was starting to get hot headed as well Weher and Mare actually try to kill each other, so this was probably as well as things could’ve possibly ended

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[1] Lit Principle of fire manipulation, but that sounds lame af

[2] Recall, this is the spell that Fran uses to accelerate