Chapter 112: Your Best Is Just Not Enough (1/2)
”Well, here I go!!”
SWOOSH!!
Edward dashes towards Adhara with both of his fists burning with fire, he is even faster than what Adhara expects.
Seeing this, Adhara back away while taking out her dagger.
The training she did behind Rex's back makes her comfortable enough to use a dagger in this match, she started to become a dagger wielder just like Edward.
CLANG!
Edward's punch hits Adhara's dagger.
From that exchange alone, Adhara was flung back even though she blocked Edward's attack.
Edward smiles cheekily, ”You of all people should've known this, especially if you're hanging around Rex all the time”
Adhara perked up her ears before he continues, ”When fighting an opponent who uses any kind of weapon, there is only one unbreakable rule that you must follow. The first to strike will be the first one to kill”
Hearing this, Adhara frowns. Getting reminded of something about Rex that she doesn't know makes her angry for some reason.
She's born from an ordinary family raised by her father,
Although her father was also from the military, he usually trains Adhara physically, he never teaches anything about combat. or he didn't have the time to.
SWOOSH!
Edward flashes again, he was even faster than before.
Seeing this, Adhara activates the green rune on her neck before she tries to dodge Edward's attack.
BAM!
BAM!
Edward's attack was fast and precise, it always changes patterns.
This makes Adhara felt overwhelmed, the feeling is similar to the person who attacks her that night.
Edward aims for her legs but only changes direction to her stomach, his never-ending attacks rain down on her, and many of them manage to hit her.
It was akin to fighting a snake, trying to dodge its head and not realizing that its body already entangled her.
The crowd cheered after seeing Edward's relentless attack, it was a one-sided battle because of Edward's attack patterns.
The momentum makes her jumped back and back before she suddenly bumped into the arena's wall.
Adhara looks to her back and saw the wall is already right behind her, she tries to dodge Edward's attacks and unconsciously already got pinned to the wall.
She looks at Edward and notices the dagger on Edward's side, 'That daggers look familiar'
”You see now? Momentum is everything. Engaging in close-quarter combat will definitely result in blood, by attacking first will save you from the losing end”, Edward said.
He's trying to teach Adhara even in the middle of the fighting.
”Flaming Scimitars!”
WHOOSH!
Dozens of scimitars appeared above Adhara's head, it was hovering idly and it emits a powerful heat that makes it blazing red.
But this heat didn't faze Edward, he only looks at Adhara with a smile.
Adhara waves her arms as the fire scimitars surround Edward from all sides like lurking beasts, it trapped Edward in the middle.
”What a powerful spell, I can tell that you hone this one to perfection”, Edward said.
Although he praises Adhara's spell, the grin on his face didn't disappear in fact it got wider, ”Fire Titan Art, Unbreakable Body!”
Edward's body starting to emit red energy that shields him, a red figure engulfs his body acting like some kind of armor that protects his entire body.
The crowd knows that Edward's fire is of a higher rank than Adhara's fire, it was evident from the way Adhara's fire swayed meekly when it got exposed to Edward's fire.
Before Edward can even finish, Adahra immediately launches the fire scimitars towards Edward.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
The fire scimitars hit Edward again and again creating a booming sound, fire splashes everywhere as the scimitars exploded after hitting Edward.
It makes the crowd gasp because of the heat emitted from the arena.
Adhara glances at the blazing fire that engulfs Edward, her mind is still focused because she knows that Edward will not lose that easily.
Then, a silhouette appeared in the center of the blazing fire.
Adhara widened her eyes in shock,
Edward walks out of the blazing fire without a dent in the red-figure around his body as if the fire scimitars from Adhara are nothing.
Adhara knows that he's strong but to actually came out unscathed is still come as a shock.
Without wasting a single second, Adhara dashes towards Edward while imbuing her dagger with fire.
”That's it, you're starting to learn something”, Edward praised.
CLANG!
Edward didn't move from his spot, the dagger collided with the red figure as it got stuck on it.
With all the power she had, Adhara can't seem to penetrate Edward's unbreakable body.
It felt like hitting a rock with a wooden dagger, the attack didn't hurt Edward at all but in contrast, it hurt Adhara's hand because of how rock-solid it is.
”At this point, you can just forget about being by Rex's side”, Edward said harshly.
Adhara jumped back to create a distance, her expression darkened, ”Stop telling me that”, she mumbles lightly.
Her hands are trembling slightly, she got hurt by Edward's remarks.
”I know already! I know that I can't help him in the slightest, I tried my best okay! I did everything to be stronger!”, she shouted desperately.
She knows from Rex himself that he needs someone that he can rely on, she tried to train in order to be that person.
But instead of getting closer to Rex, the gap between them become even wider.
The tournament today shows Adhara how far away Rex is from her, Rex even manages to reach peak rank three in such a short time.
Rex is growing too fast, she can't keep up with him.
Adhara knows perfectly well that the current her will never win against Edward, whatever she does in this fight, she will definitely lose in the end.
Edward is miles stronger than her, and she knows it.
This scene makes Edward shakes his head, he didn't expect it to be like this.
BAM!!
Out of nowhere, Edward suddenly appeared beside her as he sent a fiery roundhouse kick directly to Adhara's stomach.
”Huakh!!”, Adhara was sent screeching to the other side.
Her body got flung away before stopping a couple of feet away, she spat a mouthful of blood that colors the ground around her.
Adhara's body is trembling because of the kick, It hurts her a lot.