479 Chapter 479: Stop calling her incompeten (2/2)
”What an overwhelming display of skills!”
”Ha ha ha ha!” Beside me, Miura was clutching her tummy as she laughed uncontrollably. ”Brilliant! That's brilliant! She really fights like you, Richard! You really taught her well!”
”What exactly did you teach that child?” On the other hand, Rossetti was staring intently at me I disapproval. ”She's treating this match like a fight to the death. Aren't you supposed to be just a private tutor? You seem more like a military instructor.”
”I taught her the same way my dad trained me,” I replied seriously. ”Tough love, and all that. Adrian too.”
On the other end of the arena, Adrian was dealing with the remaining two members of the opposing team well, his vines having rippled out and ensnared them. The one with the whip had been disarmed, while the one with the rapier struggled against her bonds, unable to break free. Adrian had them well in hand, but it would take him a bit longer to finish them off.
As for Melina…
”The fight isn't over yet,” I muttered when my gaze rested upon Nirvana's prone figure. Given how arrogant she was, there was no way she would surrender after being humiliated like this. Not only that, she had yet to use her trump card.
”You're right,” Miura agreed, an ominous smile on her face. ”It's only just beginning.”
”Eh? What?” Rossetti looked around, puzzled. ”What do you mean?”
”Do you not know Nirvana's skills?” Miura asked, folding her arms and smiling. ”She's a heavy assault type of mage. She might not have many ranged spells, but her close combat spells are devastating. If Melina receives even a single direct hit, she might go down.”
”Oh no…you're right!” Rossetti looked worried. ”Melina doesn't seem to have much defensive spells. She appears to be very frail…”
”I did try to teach her defensive spells, but…quite frankly, Melina doesn't have much affinity for them. However…” I smiled. ”As long as she doesn't get hit, then it won't be an issue.”
Melina was watching Nirvana cautiously, as if expecting her to get up anytime. However, she was not so dishonorable or despicable that she would strike an opponent when she was down. That was not how Saint Teresa Academy trained their mage cadets.
Coughing, Nirvana glanced down and noticed how battered and bruised she was. She then looked up and saw the spectators murmuring amongst themselves, casting pititful stares at her fallen form. She tightend her grip on her mace.
”That I...a noble scion…” Gritting her teeth, Nirvana forced herself to her feet through sheer grit and rage. ”…would be forced into a corner like this…”
Her mouth opened wider and she began screaming.
”…by you! OF ALL PEOPLE!”
”Eh?”
Melina's eyes widened when she saw the massive torrent of mana swirling around Nirvana when she held her mace up high. For a moment, she looked like a demon standing in a maelstrom of destruction, anger and violence coalescing around her brutal weapon.
”Have a taste of my Gargatuan Mace!”
With a roar, Nirvana swung her huge weapon down on a seemingly mesmerized Melina. For a moment it seemed like she was paralyzed, and wouldn't be able to avoid the massive blow in time.
”Melina!” Adrian shouted, but he found his way barred by Nirvana's two teammates, both of whom were wounded but still very much in the fight.
Boom!
Nirvana's strike carved a crater into the ground, hurling debris of rock and concrete into the air. Clouds of smoke and dust billowed across the arena, blocking out everyone's view of the combatants. Immense shockwaves thundered across the spectator boxes, causing everyone to flinch even though there was a magical barrier separating them from the battle.
While the spectators hunkered down, anxiously watching the coliseum as the smoke and dust slowly dispersed, white fog continued to swirl around the crater. Amidst the fading cloud of dust, Nirvana stood, straightening up as she heaved from her exertions. Her muscles trembled from the tremendous effort, but when she stared at the crater she had gouged out of the earth, she saw no sign of her opponent. Not even a speck of blood.
”She dodged it,” the twin-tailed gladiator muttered in frustration as she looked around. ”Where…?”
Nirvana suddenly stiffened.
”!”
Turning around, she spotted Melina's silhouette within the gradually clearing smoke. Melina was kneeling on the ground, seeming exhausted from her evasive effort.
Nirvana brightened up, looking all triumphant. She then proceeded toward the kneeling Melina, giggling maliciously.
”Oh my!” she said mockingly. ”Was that too much for a child who has only just learned swordsmanship for the first time?”
She then stretched out a hand in a playful manner.
”Sorry for frightening you. How about this? Since we are friends, I will give you a chance to surrender. If you do, then I'll show mercy.”
”…”
Melina was mumbling something so softly that nobody could catch her words. Nirvana chuckled in delight.
”Hmm? What was that? I'm sorry, but I didn't quite catch that. I don't understand a single word you're saying.”
She then raised her mace high into the air, her mana blazing around the blunt weapon in a demonic manner.
”Maybe you'll speak a lot clearer while receiving treatmet in the infirmary. As promised…I'll be breaking your limbs.”
She never got the chance to bring her mace down. Before she realized it, Melina had lunged forward and pressed the blade of her sword against her neck.
”Should I repeat what I said again?” Melina asked sweetly, a fierce glow in her eyes. Blood trickled from Nirvana's throat as the blond swordswoman pressed the blade and cut apart her flesh, but there was nothing the gladiator could do. Melina smirked and spoke clearly this time. ”I said that your attack is nowhere as scary as Sensei's.”
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