“Ice Magic, Perdagetton Frostbite!”

Linda plunged her ice sword in the ground and the ground filled with blue light. As the icy plain unveiled, Karen had found herself stuck on her position. The ice creeped up to her knees and several ices bloomed like flowers. Linda immediately found her prey.

Karen frantically swung her sword to detach the ice but ineffective to no less. She’s highly strung. Her breath ragged. It appeared that the only option she has is to impede Linda’s attack.

Karen bent back with her sword swung diagonally. Karen’s sword pertained to hit Linda’s right arm. Though, it may seem to be a clean hit, the tip of Karen’s sword is far from the truth. Their sword met. In split second, the friction produces light.

If Karen would able to bounce of Linda’s attack, then she’d quickly swung it back to cut off her wrist or maybe her entire arm. That is if Karen would prove to be successful.

The ice beneath her feet cracked. The momentum of the force took a toll to her legs and because of that the ice fragmented bit by bit, more convenient to Karen. Even still, she is still within the territory of Linda’s Perdagetton Frostbite, thus, there is still a possibility that it might affect her body somehow.

A grinned broke in her lips. It appeared to be that fate favored her.

The blade hisses and just as Karen expected, Linda bounced back. As she stumbled, Karen got back on her feet, she swung her sword. It was at this very moment, the seconds seemed slowed down as she caught the condition of her sword. It was broken in half.

At that moment, she used her frostbite to break my sword?!

“You bitch!”

“Too late!”

As Linda came forward, Karen pulled back. It was all too late. Even if she gained distance away, the tip of Linda’s ice sword extended and cut her collar bone.

Blood sprayed on the ground as Linda whipped her ice sword in the air.

Karen winced. The weighted of the pain had course through her body. The pain jostled throughout her body. The flesh wound still oozed blood and her entire body shuddered.

The winter finally fell upon them.

This is no time to fall down. She tried her best to ignore the pain in her chest. She absorbed the pain, wiped off the blood and kicked her heels to the ground. Karen grunted as she shifted, the aftereffects of the frostbite still lingered.

One more time, she used her Inquiara Magic. Completely out of sight.

Karen moved away this time. As she draws back, Linda heard the crackling noise from the ice and noticed it. She swung her sword and several ice shards cut through the air.

Ken quickly used fire magic to successfully repel her attack. Once she got away from the range of her ice magic, Karen began to observed what is happening.

Linda is the center of her ice magic, moreover reason why Karen can’t charge against her. It would be completely suicide if she’s going to do so. Fire magic would do the trick but she barely knew any strong fire magic. Karen’s much more proficient in earth magic.

It’s now or never. She thought.

Karen taps in the air lining in three points before chanting the spell.

“Fire Magic, Three Shock Points.”

The three small lights suddenly grew into fireballs and screeched as it directed to Linda. Of course, it would be impossible to miss that size of attacks. Linda instantly flipped back. Her muscles relaxed as she bent and leaped evading the fireballs.

As all of the came passed and missed, her eyes struck on the seemingly diving fireballs that coming back at her.

“Ice Magic, Ice wall!”

A wall of ice emerges from the ground and halted the enemy’s attack. She can see through the wall; the flames turn around.

“Shit!”

She swung her sword to deflect the two attacks on the ground, but the other one got her from behind. Linda was utterly blasted away in the forest.

She got up. The pain swelled from behind. She twinged. Her armor only covered her upper breast which is equally leveled on her behind. The lower part of her back had was burned. Linda was not happy about this. She’s treating her skin with care up until now.

Linda tore off the lower part of her maroon long sleeves, exposing white belly. Her back still ached but she swallowed the pain and she ignored it as best as she could.

Instantaneously, a rock flung over her. She’s lucky that it didn’t hit her. Her eyes squinted.

Her eyes drawn to the direction and saw another two hurling after her. Without delay, Linda dashed forward. The reason stem to her belief that it is better to take a closer look. She can always use her ice wall magic to block the attack if there is no other way. Her eyes found a space between the ground and the rock.

She dashed down and slipped through. The second was different, it’s rolling towards her. She leapt and used her sword to hit the rock and extend her reach. Linda heard again the turbulent of the fireballs, bolstered by the wind.

Linda’s sword hissed against the ground as she threw ice shards to the fireballs.

“Enlarge!” Linda commanded.

The ice shards became large and repel the enemy’s magic.

It was far from over. Linda knew that the battle won’t end if her enemy is not dead. She had the chance before but she missed. Now that the enemy knew her magic very well, she’d completely attack in distance.

The probability of catching her off guard has decreased to slim. She needs to think for new way to lure her closer to her and fast. The time is not on her side.

“I think we can both agree that this fight is going nowhere.” Karen’s voiced out.

She’s right. Linda agreed on her thought. More reason why she should end her now.

“You’re right. It appeared that we are equal in terms of abilities.”

Karen grunted. “You and I are nothing alike.”

“Is that so?”

She took Linda’s words seriously. It seemed that Karen is egoistic that Linda would have thought. Karen has pride, indeed. She clearly doesn’t like being compared to other people.

Linda ceased in her tracks as she noticed a snowflake in the ground. She gazed on the sky and saw the cloud turned to white. She pondered when did it snow. Another trickled down from the leaves. She beamed widely over the thought of the snow.