V2 Chapter 52

“…I’ll take my chances,” Cian muttered and his body shot towards Ezra.

Clang! Cleng! Clang!

Swords clashed against each other, creating sparks in the air. Since the enemy had already given him the best stage he ever asked for, making use of it and showing all he's got would be a waste. Erza never expected that this preparation of hers to avoid disaster was actually inviting another calamity. If she hadn’t done that, Cian might take another route, after all, revealing his cards this early is a bad option. But, with no audience around, Cian’s savageness exploded!

Cian’s eyes flashed, and a huge amount of magical power condensed on his sword, and he slashed it in the air, attacking towards that young woman knight. The always cold and indifferent beautiful face of that young woman knight Ezra finally showed a trace of surprise, but she still didn’t move, unexpectedly directly withstanding the blade attack of Cian, then stretching out her snow-white jade hand which was holding her rapier, she slashed towards it and immediately dispersing the blade slash of the young demon prince.

Cian remained standing in the ground, while that Ezra was quietly suspended in the air. And with her long golden rapier she looks down at Cian with a fierce expression, their eyes met face to face, and sparks unexpectedly burst out. “A very strong woman.” Cian secretly thought in his heart. Although he was not that good at magic yet, and the blade slash he had used was just an experimental new skill he had learned just recently, even still, for it to be neutralized so easily by her like this….quite a damaging in self-esteem.

Just looking at this skill of her sword, speed, and strength, Cian felt inferior to her.

—Though, he was still confident in his technique.

Physical specs are genetics, but techniques are effort. That’s why Cian, one that has an enormous amount of knowledge in fighting and yet possesses a trash body that is hard to fix in just a small amount of time, relies on the latter to fight and not the former to not lose against anyone no matter who they are. He applies techniques to his strength, applies schemes to his use of speed, and search for possibilities with his reaction time, and all of this is boosted by his Overpowered Abilities; [Vector Body] and [Night’s Eye]. He does not rely on these overpowered abilities entirely but incorporated them into his own fighting style without losing all and disregarding all his knowledge and combat abilities from the Modern Earth—to not lose to anyone, whether it was several realms stronger and powerful than him. Just like the young woman knight before him.

Indeed she is stronger and Cian with Aanuel’s body was weak—but, this is surely what they call, contending against the strongest with the weakest—!!

Physical specs are important, sure, but Cian would never stupidly fight while relying solely on it. You could say that that is his esthetics in regards to battle. Especially in his current state…!

… …

At this moment, Ezra became a golden flash, creating countless sword shadows.

Clang~ Clang~ Clang~ Clang~ Clang~

Cian managed to barely block all of them with the help of his [Eye] that made his reflex, reaction, and nerve movement increased all while slowing down everything he saw. Cian was still covered with cold sweat. Even one hit from it, would surely boreholes on him. It was much faster and stronger than a bullet—this woman is no joking matter.

The woman knight’s slashes are absolutely fast, absolutely heavy, and absolutely merciless.

An overwhelming amount of violence.

When a tiger kills a rabbit, it doesn’t need to use any tricks. It simply brandishes its strength, and that’s enough.

There is no way to resist.

As Cian was startled by the Woman Knight Ezra’s ability, the latter was also quite surprised. She thought that him, able to block her attack just now was just luck, with her still holding back… but it seems like that was not the case!

But…how is this possible…?

She was confident in her speed but for Cian to easily block her without even letting even one passed, this was a shocking matter…!

With shocked heart and restless mind, Ezra accelerates even more. The scene of her spurting blood while zooming through the air is almost like a red-golden flash. Black versus gold. The two clashes – the black is sent flying, while the one holding a golden sword spurts blood.

The exchange of blows cannot be followed by the naked eye anymore. Only the golden afterimages and the sight of the black being sent flying indicate that there is something going on.

But—this does not last long.

The disparity between the two is obvious, and it requires no stretch of the imagination to predict the black figure, the young demon prince whose power and speed was completely outclassed to the young woman knight, being destroyed eventually. It is supposed to be a fight that where there’s no way for Ezra, the young genius knight to lose.

Repeatedly she thrust her sword, and repeatedly she demonstrates her dominance over the young demon prince.

… But, why.

Ezra gritted her teeth, her eyes full of blood veins as she stared at the young demon before her!

Why…… how does this young demon continue to stand back up again and again, looking none the worse?

“Why…… why can’t I reach you……?” Ezra muttered with rapid breathing, her heart full of disbelief.

There is no visible change in the young demon’s appearance as if he was not fighting at all. Having used almost no magic, having made almost no movement, simply allowing his body to follow the flow of the young woman knight’s attacks. Exactly like a leaf caught in a rapid current. But he was not only flowing along but also using the genius knight’s momentum to deliver accurate and precise strikes. And this realization struck a large blow on Ezra’s heart of sword. She was like chasing a wind, fighting the wind, hitting a wind—

There is nothing unnecessary, nothing extraneous.

Just being natural, letting things be the way they are.

“Your form is beautiful… but you’re relying too much on your strength and speed,” So says the young demon with a faint smile as he once again pointed his strangely simple black sword at her. There is no fighting spirit in his voice, nor a burning vigor. Only complete confidence in himself, and an unshakeable indifference. But what struck Ezra the most was that—those eyes that seem like they can see through all things are focused on her. Ezra felt as if she was stripped naked in front of this young demon that she had overly underestimated and think of nothing just a while ago…!

“SHUT UP!!!!” So screams her. The fierce glow in Ezra’s eyes grew colder and colder before they seemed to have intensified into a sharp amount of magic power toward Cian but the latter just brushed it off.

With another flash of golden light, the sword flew at the Cian’s throat once more. Cian’s beautiful heterochromatic eyes narrowed dangerously, and Diing!! A crisp sound rang through the air as Ezra’s golden rapier was parried. The sword did not stop there and with a short burst of strength, it disappeared into hundreds of mirror images that stabbed at Cian. Cian grew even more serious at the speed of the young woman knight; this was a speed that even a Duke or even a Grand Duke Demon would have to be cautious around. Even the General Profar that his Elder Sister trusted so much would surely have a hard time dealing with this speed!

It’s just too terrifying…!

In a short moment, Ezra’s sword had already reached an inconceivable speed as it struck out dozens of times, forcing Cian to be unable to retaliate. Soon after, her figure had already dropped down from the air and landed back on the ground. When, suddenly, she felt a danger coming at her from the right. She hurriedly stops her advance and immediately evaded by side-stepping. Although she didn’t know what it was, but her instincts and intuition had never failed her. And just like she had expected, just before she avoided to the left, a black sword slashed on her former position. The black blade was just inches away from her shoulder and had even cut several strands of her hair that was swaying.

What…? But Ezra didn’t have the time to be surprised as she felt another bout of danger. This time she was forced in a defensive position due to not knowing what was currently happening. When she saw her opponent was in front of her, it suddenly turned into a blurry image and she would then feel a danger coming from the right or left side. Fast…? But Ezra was certain that it was not just speed! What is it? What is going on here…?!

Why can’t she see it?

It was not merely fast. The young demon prince sword is somehow…… different.

During a fight, while dealing with many attacks at the same time, a fast attack is indeed a threat. However, even a fast attack requires a preliminary movement. Even if she doesn’t see that preliminary movement, her fighting experience can tell her when the attack would reach. As long as she pays attention, dealing with it is not impossible.

But the attack that is the greatest threat during a fight is the one beyond her awareness.

Speed is not needed there.

The key lies solely in being beyond her awareness.

…and that is what truly is happening right now…!

Dodging it with her Illusionary Flash, Ezra swiftly blew past the strike. “Baaaang!” The heavens shook as dirt flew everywhere around the trembling earth. Where Ezra had once been, there was a five-meter crater that was several meters deep. Ezra’s eyes narrowed. Then, her magic power surged and her aura turned fierce. A golden figure appeared to the side of Cian who had just slashed his black sword; Ezra ignored Cian’s sudden show of strength. In an instant, the golden colored rapier flitted forward and struck out at every single place simultaneously with a speed so fast that the entire area was filled with its mirror images.

Clang~ Clang~ Clang~ Clang~ Clang~

Clang~ Clang~ Clang~ Clang~ Clang~

Cian’s brows slightly furrowed as he exchanged blows with Ezra. This woman… she was a speed type build with astonishing burst strength. If not for the fact that Cian was nullifying the vector and velocity of every blow from Ezra through the [Imagis Realis], Cian was certain that his arm and hand would have gone numb by now, full of blister and cut wounds. Worst, his wrist would be dislocated. This woman, although she was certainly a thorough speed type with lightning-like speed, her strength was also up to par. Much higher and stronger than him…!

Are women in this world so strong…?

First Sitana… then Blue Bird… and now, this woman whose age is not much older than he is!

What a very strange world…

Although Cian was also speed and strength heavy build, he was more inclined in a balance build due to relying on his Demon Physique. However, all in all, what he emphasized most was skills and technique, those which he cultivated and developed in the modern world of Earth. Even still, he was feeling inferior compared to the young woman knight.

On the other hand, as Cian was feeling vexed by his lack of power due to his former predecessor’s lack of self-awareness on his body and strength, Ezra’s face also hardened in shock. This time, although the opponent was the infamous Second Prince of the Demon Empire, she was facing her opponent seriously for the first time. Is this what they call a trash? A coward? If this was a trash then all the elites in the kingdom are basically garbage! Was she fooled? No, that should not be possible! All the people believed that this prince was a scum among scums…!

Then, what had happened…?

What was going on…?

She had thought this would be easy… eliminating trash, how could it be hard…? But now, this trash was actually a freaking dinosaur! Clang! She parried a sword coming from the right but suddenly, bang!! a kick out of nowhere hit her left side. What happened…?! Ezra was now freaking out. When she managed to block the sword coming from her left, suddenly, she would be hit from the right with a punch or a kick. When she would try to predict an invisible attack, she would be slashed by a sword, only able to barely dodge it using her reflexes and intuition. Just what is going on?!

This is madness!

Was it left?

Was it right?!

What makes Ezra even disturbed was that Cian’s actions and movements are never that fast! In fact, compared to them, she was faster than several folds…and yet…what is going on…? Is she under an illusion? How? When?!

“What did you do? Just what kind of ability do you have?!” Ezra exclaimed in apprehension as she parried another slash coming from her left then hurriedly jumped back, to avoid any sneak attack. However, BaaaaM! Cian appeared behind her and kicked her back, causing her to stumble forward. Cian then snorted in response and said, “Whatever I am using won’t matter to you. All that matters is who won and lose in the end!”

“You Bastard! If you are a man! Fight like one!!” Ezra cried out in anger as she hurriedly jumped back, wanting to gain a distance. However, at this moment, "Fair fight? No way! Do you think I’m a knight?” A cold voice rang out from behind her, like a ghost suddenly appearing out of nowhere. Ezra’s body shook in panic. But the ghost of a man didn’t give her any time to react, Slash! a fountain of blood spurted in the air as a long gush on Ezra’s back appeared from her right shoulder to his left back waist, creating a very terrible wound.

She vomited a mouthful of blood as she stumbled forward.