Chapter 47: Lucias vs Najasho (2)

"I have 3 minutes to take him down"

Najasho quickly charged at him in full speed, ignoring the warnings given to him by his instincts as he slashed his sword towards his torso causing Lucias to parry his attack before slashing his wooden sword at his neck.

Najasho immediately switched his grip on his sword to raise it above his face, blocking his attack before jumping backwards to create some distance between the two of them to regain his stance before dashing forward and slashing his blade at him again.

Lucias immediately blocked his attack with an excited smile on his face as he swung his wooden sword at him with great speed while Najasho blocked every single one of his attacks with his sword, gritting his teeth to resist the incredible force contained in each and every single one of his attacks,their swords emitting several sparks in the air every time they clash their blades.

Slowly both of them increased the speed of their attacks, slowly adapting to each other's speed as several cuts appeared on Najasho's body from failing to block some of his minor attacks.

"You're quite good" 

"So are you"

Najasho calmly responded as excitement and fighting intent drowned his heart, causing him to unconciously smile while slashing his blade at Lucias.

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"Amazing..."

Tatsumi muttered as he dazedly stared at their fight with glittering eyes while Leona on the side held an impatient expression, watching their exchange as her body itch with desire to fight.

"... This is... surprising"

Tiamat muttered as she watched their exchange together with the other members of Night Raid.

"As expected from the faction leader..." (Najenda)

"What? you aren't surprised?" (Tiamat)

"... From witnessing your strength... I expected for the other members of your Faction to be in the same level as you"

Najenda answered without taking her eyes off the training grounds.

"From the looks of it... both of them are on par with each other in terms of both strength and speed... so it only comes down to persistence, stamina, and technique... but..."

Tiamat gazed at the blond spiky haired man crossing swords with Lucias as his own sweat and blood soaked his military uniform while trying to minimize his stamina consumption by minimising the speed and strength of his attacks, switching to a defensive stance to try and regain his lost stamina while blocking each and every attacks made by Lucias.

"I don't think he'll last long"

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"Shit"

Najasho cursed as he felt his strength slowly leave his body while blocking his attacks, trying to find an opportunity to take some distance away from Lucias.

Lucias who saw his expression, slowed down his attacks giving Najasho the opportunity to slash his sword at his chin causing Lucias to take a step back and dodge the attack while Najasho jumped back to create some distance between them as he tried to regain his breathing.

"30 seconds have passed"

Najasho muttered, panting heavily as he stared at Lucias with caution, trying to predict and see his next moves but was caught in surprise when Lucias suddenly switched his stance. Standing upright with the tip of his wooden sword pointed at the ground while his other hand gripped the sheath on his belt.

"He's not even using his full strength yet and I'm backed into a corner... There's no doubt... I'll lose this"

He dashed at Lucias as he spun his body, trying to gather enough force to heavily strike him at his neck.

Lucias who saw his attack raised the sheath on his left hand, blocking his attack but due to the force contained in his swing, Lucias had to spin his body around as he was launched into the air to lessen the force of the attack before landing on the ground on his two feet.

Najasho didn't let him rest as he launched another attack at his back causing Lucias to switch his grip on the sheath, placing it behind him to block his attack.

Najasho immediately moved without hesitation as he saw his attack get blocked by Lucias, appearing on his blind spot on his right before slashing his blade at his arm to try and disarm him but outside of his expectations, Lucias raised his right hand up in the air with the katana pointed on the ground to block his attack before swinging the sheath on his left hand towards his torso, giving him no time to react before getting blown away by his attack.

"Ugh..."

He growled in pain before crashing against the wall where both Akame and Kurome were thrown to, mysteriously smiling at Lucias as he crashed onto the wall while looking at the two girls behind him.

Lucias who saw his smile before crashing felt a sudden chill behind his back causing him to unconciously block the two sisters attack from his back with the sheath and his wooden sword.

Akame quickly retracted her blade away from him before swinging her katana upwards towards his wooden sword, knocking his sword upward while Kurome took this opportunity to slash her sword towards his open back.

Lucias who saw their coordination smiled as he imbedded the wooden sword on the ground and using it as a support to launch himself up in the air, delivering a powerful kick on her head.

Akame raised her sword up to her chest to block his kick, but was still thrown away because of the forced contained in his kick.

"This natural energy taught by Justice is really useful"

He muttered while controlling the energy within his body to move towards his hands as he landed his foot on the ground.

"Dodge this"

Najasho appeared in front of him, slashing his swords towards his throat to take advantage of his vulnerable state, but Lucias caught his blade with his bare hand by concentrating the energy inside him towards his hands to fortify it's toughness before kneeing his stomach momentarily lifting him up in the air.

"Ugh!"

He growled in pain as Lucias delivered an axe kick on his back, smashing his body to the ground while Kurome swung her sword sideways towards his head.

"You're still conciouss?"

He asked in surprise as he blocked her blade with his bare hands before giving her an uppercut to the stomach, causing her to pass out from the pain, falling in his arms.

Akame who just got up from the ground immediately dashed at him with her katana behind her before slashing it at Lucias, causing him to carry Kurome in a princess carry while dodging her countless attacks with ease.

"Tch..."

Akame clicked her tongue as her attacks hit nothing but air before getting kicked in the gut by Lucias who quickly stepped on her head as a support to launch himself in the air, gathering all of his energy within a single point in his foot before delivering a kick on her head, burying her face to ground, creating a massive crater below them from the force contained within his kick.

"I win"

He says with a calm smile as soon as he landed on the ground while carrying Kurome in his arms.

-Flashback End-

"... I don't want to talk about it"

-with Judgement and Iris-

"Hmm..."

"HOW DARE YOU MERE WEAKLINGS BLOCK MY PATH!!"

Judgement screamed in anger while pointing at the crowd of goblins surrounding them in the wide grassy land.

"Calm down Judgement, it's only goblins"

Iris calmly reminded while taking out the large spear on her back.

"BUT STILL!!!"

"That woman is right... Tis only goblins, no need to make a fuss about it"

A extremely feminine and high pitched voice says from behind them, causing both of them to turn their heads back to look at the source and was shocked by what they found.

A beautiful young girl of roughly 12 to 13 years of age with long silver hair and shining blue eyes who is the pinnacle of cuteness.

"KYAAA HOW CUTE!"

"Eh?"

Iris screamed in excitement from seeing such a cute girl as she immediately pounced at her to hug the little girl in her embrace while rubbing her cheek against the little girl's soft and supple cheeks.

"Let go of me!"

The little girl shouted as she tried to push Iris off of her but failed due to the immense physical strength that Iris have.

'Tis woman is a high leveled warrior?'

The little girl thought in shock as she stopped resisting, she knew that no matter how much she struggled, she won't be able to get away from her grasp.

"How can you call an old man like me cute?"

"Eh? Old man?"

Iris asked in confusion while staring at her large sapphire colored eyes.

"Tis old man!"

The little girl pointed her thumb at herself confusing both of them even further.

"You're an old man?"

"That's right"

"..."

Iris stared at her eyes in confusion before catching an arrow aimed the little girl in her embrace, crushing it with her hand as she gazed at the goblins around them.

"Let's take care of them in the meantime"

Iris says as she placed the little girl on the ground before pointing her spear at the goblins surrounding them.

"Stay here alright?"

Iris warned while patting her soft and silky silver hair before facing the goblins with a neutral expression on her face.

"[Dark Knight]"

The little girl casted, creating a large magic circle behind them, summoning a large knight covered in black armor with two large horns on its head, carrying a large two handed sword in its hands.

"Don't underestimate tis old man, I can protect myself"

The little says with confidence before ordering her dark night to slaughter the army of goblins in front of them.

"... We need to talk about this old man obsession of yours"

Iris looked at her with worry as she pierced a nearby goblin through its body before spinning the spear on her hand to slice the goblin in half from its stomach to its head before slicing the throat of the goblins around her with her spear.

"TIME FOR YOUR RECKONING"

Justice shouted before summoning multiple karmic Chains around her, binding all of the goblins close to her before wrapping another on their head connected to her arm, ripping them off of their body causing their blood to spray at their comrades.

"Fumu! To think that tis two woman will help me clear my quest, how lucky I am for today"

The little girl muttered as she watched her dark night slaughter the goblins surrounding them.

"Hmm? What in blazes? Tis the smell of blood?"

The little girl muttered while cutely sniffing their surroundings as the smell of iron entered her nose.

'It cannot be... Smells have been implemented into VR?'

"... What's wrong with her?"

Judgement asked as she killed the last goblin before pointing her finger at the little girl sniffing the air around them with a bewildered expression on her face.

"She seems... confused?"

Iris muttered as she swung her spear downwards to splash the blood on the blade of her spear to the ground.

"... Should we take her with us?"

Judgement asked as she walked closer to the little girl.

"Hmm... I don't think she's lost... let me try asking her"

Iris says as she walked closer to the little girl while trying to look as harmless as possible to not scare her.

"Ano... Little girl, where's your mom and dad? Do you want us to take you back to them?"

Iris asked with a gentle smile on her face as she looked at her eyes.

"W-what in the blazes are you talking about?"

The little girl asked, confused about her words as she tried to register what happened before.

"Are~?"

"We should just take her"

Judgement suggested while resummoning her karmic chains on her arms.

"Then what if her parents are looking for her?"

"We can just ask her later... we need to hurry"

Judgement says as she pointed her finger to the army, charging at their location.

"Hmm... should we try talking to them?"

"Do you even see how hostile they look?"

She asked while walking closer to them and pointing her finger at the army charging at them.

"You're right... I think we should run"

Iris says before lifting the little girl in her arms as both she and Judgement ran away at full speed to the opposite direction.

"W-what do you think your doing!? Let go of me!!"

"Be quiet, you make it look like we're kidnapping you" (Justice)

"It does look like that..." (Iris)