121 Chapter 121: A Proper Sword (2/2)
However, I had no intention of using it. Focusing my mana into my hands, I summoned my Gemini twin swords. Castor and Pollux materialized in a flash of light, solidifying in my grip and shining brightly against the golden background of the reception room.
”If you're fine with it, I would like to instead display my summoning spells.”
”Splendid! Splendid!” Stuart applauded, impressed. ”Yes, that is exactly what I wish to see.” Turning to Cecilia, he asked, ”So what did Sir Gan Jiang and Lady Mo Ye say?”
Cecilia nodded with a small smile. ”They agreed to it. They said it will be ready in a few days. They'll send it over immediately once they're done.”
”Excellent.” Satisfied, Stuart leaned back and turned his attention back to both Franklin and me. ”Shall we continue, then?”
”Yes,” Franklin agreed, pointing Ye Mo at me. ”Let's resume the match. With a perfect sword like this, I'll end the duel within one minute.”
I readied my twin swords in an offensive stance. ”Oh, I'm so going to enjoy making you eat your words.”
Franklin's eyes narrowed, but he didn't come up with a snide remark this time. Instead, he immediately dashed toward me, his new sword flashing down upon me in a wide, murderous arc. Crossing my swords, I blocked his attack.
To my immense surprise, both Castor and Pollux buckled and crumbled under the deadly blade. Gritting my teeth, I struggled to force Franklin back, but my Gemini twin swords didn't seem to be able to withstand the attack any longer.
”Oh well,” I grumbled to myself. ”I didn't expect to use this so soon, but I guess I don't have a choice. Castor! Pollux!”
Twin waves of energy, one black and one white, illuminated my blades before leaping out of them and blasting Franklin at pointblank range.
The ”noble” was sent flying several meters away, leaving a trail of blood in the air. He crashed heavily onto the ground before letting out a grunt of pain.
Groaning from the damage he had taken, Franklin struggled to his feet, blood trickling down his formerly white suit, fresh wounds opened up under the tears of the stained fabric. The remains of his expensive suit had almost completely turned red from his blood. Spitting out another glob of blood, he glared at me in shock.
”What? Y…you! How…?”
”Did you really not expect me to use any spells?” I asked, irritated. ”Why do you think I requested a better sword for you in the first place? It wouldn't be a fair fight otherwise. Especially since I don't need a Divine Device to cast my summoning spells.”
Franklin continued to splutter in disbelief. ”Even so, it's impossible! You shouldn't be this powerful!”
”Says who?” I slowly approached him, twirling my twin swords. ”What's the matter? I thought you said you could end this match within one minute with that sword? Time's nearly up, you know. Oh, and I also remember you telling me that a sword is only as good as its user. With such a perfect sword, you're only able to display this much skill?”
Normally, I wasn't one to give over to gloating over a fallen opponent, and I should have just finished him off, but his constant insults and verbal abuse had irked me tremendously. I had allowed his arrogant attitude to get under my skin. Seriously, don't tell me any of you guys wouldn't gloat after being mocked and looked down upon for an entire night.
However, that nearly proved to be a fatal mistake.
”Franklin Style: Binary Thrust!” Franklin roared as he thrust his sword, Ye Mo, toward me. Thanks to me temporarily lowering my guard (to be fair, I had never been insulted and mocked this much before, so forgive me if I indulge in a bit of gloating), I wasn't able to react in time when twin flashes of light shot out of his blade. I blocked them, but they pierced two holes through Castor and Pollux and penetrated my suit, ripping the skin underneath. I stumbled back, forcing myself to endure the pain and cursing myself for giving over to my childish impulses.
Franklin's attack had merely grazed my flesh, but if I had not blocked the attacked and reduced the impact, the twin flashes of light would have driven deeper into my body and cut through my internal organs.
”That really is a dangerous sword,” I remarked, eyeing Ye Mo warily.
”Ha ha! Regretting it now?” Franklin guffawed in triumph. The idiot thought he had already won. ”You should have requested for a better Divine Device too! Look at your current weapons! Just a few hits and they're almost destroyed!”
I glanced at the cracked and battered Gemini twin swords. ”Well, Gemini was made for speed, maneuverability and offense, as well as ease of summoning. It wasn't meant to withstand such punishment, so they're actually the most fragile Constellation weapons I have in my arsenal. Too bad they're also the lightest and easiest weapons to handle.”
Sighing, I tossed both Gemini twin swords at Franklin. They spun rapidly in an unpredictable arc before homing in onto their target like boomerangs.
”You won't beat me with a cheap trick like that!” Franklin yelled, raising Ye Mo to deflect them.
”Of course not,” I admitted.
”What? When did you…?” Franklin was completely caught off guard when he realized I was already right in front of him. He instinctively swung Ye Mo down to slice me in half, but I parried it with Aquarius.
”While Aquarius is several times stronger and durable, it really is too heavy and unwieldy in combat,” I grumbled. ”But I guess its power more than makes up for those drawbacks.”
”You…!” Franklin pressed down desperately, applying more pressure to force me back.
”Aren't you forgetting something?” I asked with a smile.
”Huh?”
Castor and Pollux slashed him from behind, drawing two fountains of blood from the screaming, undignified pureblooded noble. I seized the opportunity to hit him with a tidal wave from Aquarius, sending the defenseless, staggering swordsman splashing against the wall.
Franklin slammed into the wall, completely drenched, before crashing facedown onto the ground.
Overwhelming victory, even when he's using such a strong katana.
To humiliate him in front of his fiancée and future father-in-law like that, after all that bragging and insolently requesting for over half the Stuart Corporation's shares, I almost felt sorry for him.
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Almost.
I casually stalked toward him, pointing Aquarius at the fallen elite.
”Argh…argh…” Franklin was clutching his wounds and moaning in agony. He raised his head to look at me in fear. ”Y…you…just w…who the hell are you?”
”I believe Lord Stuart has already introduced me to you.” I bowed curtly. ”But I'll say it again for your benefit. I am Richard Huang from Jing Tian Magic Academy.”