30 Duel III

"Go!!" Gennal charge in with his flame halberd. The halberd has a spear end with two incurved blades for slashing and cutting.

Henry then changes his form again. This time, he only had fabric on his waist. On his hand is two curved swords with a wide body.

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Once Gennal thrust, Henry quickly blocks it with his blades crossed in front. Henry took numerous back steps to negate the momentum.

'This is going to be hard!!'

Sweat all over his body, as he feels the heat from the halberd. Gennal pulled back and spins, Henry quickly closed to him meeting the swing at the center where only arm's length is the gap. Gennal was shocked but in split second he reacted by kicking Henry.

When he then blocks the kick with the broad side of the blade as a powerful explosion of his kick pushed him back. Scorch marks fill the broad of the sword and Henry also feels the dryness of his skin.

"That was great. No need to hold back am I right?" Gennal ask.

"Yes, I would love that!" Henry smiles in response.

His whole body was again filled with a black coating. A very basic application of magic he read in the book as the body is the very extension of the core.

'I hope my idea works...'

Henry is anxious inside as he doesn't know who powerful his enemy. This will serve him as a standard for future reference.

"Fight!!!"

Henry runs, and Gennal swings his halberd horizontally making a wide arc of flame coming toward him.

Henry pulled his heels up.

*Bangg!!*

An explosion pushed Henry upward. Beautiful summersault that closed the gap between them. Gennal followed with a vertical swing that also gave birth to the flame arc.

"Come forth Sword of God! Attila!!" The halberd in his hand burst into a flame. The world came to stand still as a sword flies in passing through everything before impaling the hard marble floor.

"You earned my respect. I'll use all my strength let me see how far can you accompany me," Gennal said pulling out the sword on the ground. It has a curve blade style that focuses on cutting, slashing, and lastly pointy curve edge.

Henry feels the pressure the sword emits. Finally, did he know what effect [Dread of Foes] give? The pressure burst out of him fighting the oppressive aura.

"Hooo... Champion of the Warrior God, It's a pleasure to have you fight me. God of War's Champion," Gennal politely said and finally, the fight broke out. The explosion came from Henry's heels driving him forward in burst and behind Gennal is a line of fire that leaves a glowing trail like a car's stoplight.

*Boom!!*

When they met at the center, Henry was then pushed back from the sheer force of the collision Gennal just took three steps.

Henry then rolled back then again charge forward with two explosions.

'Fuck!! That's a hell of a strength!!'

He let go of his left sword.

'I hope this will work!!'

Grimoire floats toward his left hand holding a quill. He quickly writes on his magic circle while running around Gennal. Deploying black smoke in exchange for more time.

"I know what you are thinking about!!" Gennal steps out of the smokes. Henry clicks his tongue. Evading fast approaching flame slash.

*Bbommm!*

*Boom!!*

Still running around Gennal who is standing at the center. Like a mighty general of the army while Henry being the enemy warrior. Slowly, Henry is pushing back toward the narrowest direction.

The Tower is a two pyramid on top of each other with being the first floor of the 2nd Tower being triangle at the very center is in an egg shape.

Finally, Henry smiles, the Grimoire vanish from his left side. Gennal appears in front of him and once again Henry was pushed back from the exchange.

He then exploded on his heel but more tamed in push him up to the ceiling and Henry follow-up with a series of changing directions in every change of his direction came an unnoticed twitch of his finger.

"It's getting annoying!!"

The beat down change as Henry became the one that attacks him from all over. Even with Gennal's powerful swings, something seems to hold Henry from being blown away.

Henry then attacks him again from the front in an overhead slash, when Gennal blocks Henry suddenly his was leaning sideways pushing his sword aside. Henry then kicked Gennal and an explosion that further pushed Gennal from Henry but he quickly approaching him like they were tied.

*Thud!!*

"*Cough!!*"

Gennal tastes metal in his tongue from taking a direct kick that was enhanced by an explosion.

Henry changes direction and then again slashing at him and Gennal takes a step back from the power.

'It's heavier...' Gennal felt thinking about what is happening.

'It's working!!' Henry is having a minor celebration from his newly created copyright spell working properly.

"[God's Strength!!], [Shield of War!!]"

Gennal glowed in red and a large round shield appears on his left hand. He faced the attack of Henry with his shield and when it met his sword a red repulsing action then blows Henry back uncontrollably. He panics making a big mistake in using his hand to regain balance.

*Baanngg!!*

"Arrghhh!!!" Henry groans in pain. The first time he suffers real damage and it came from his fault.

His left-hand look burnt and mangled with being his two-finger in better shape than others that have exposed flesh.

Henry then twitches his thumb enhancing the power of the blast.

"I get it now... You deserve being a Champion of Warrior God. Using a simple rubber spell to make it hard for me this much," Gennal said and Henry smiles.

Henry using his unpredictable change to the direction having a mind game with Gennal as heat raise up. The invisible black goo that will attach and disconnect with Henry becomes visible. The speed of change becomes faster as they become stickier and longer.

'What's wrong!?' Gennal has frowned on his face as Henry became faster than slower. Gennal tried to slash the goo to vanish but they just explode and shattered.

'They are expanding? No! They are multiplying!!'

Gennal quickly stops using his fire but the damage is already there. The goo becomes more and stickier.

Henry kicked the shield on his hand and suddenly it becomes covered in goo. It didn't come with the condition of repelling from what Henry thought.

Henry becomes more elated when he closed to him faster using the shield as a target.

'Shit!! I can't lose!!!'

Gennal discards his shield and brought his sword in front of him ready to charge like a knight.

"[Advent of God! Descend on your foe!! God's Smite!!!]"

A powerful radiant light filled the air. Henry feels the unforgiving blade aimed at him. Gennal then vanishes from his place and appears in front of Henry impaling his guts.

"Nooo!!!!"