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"You may be surprised, but many people have tried that and all of them were buried in the earth, while only I am roaming free,

" I replied to her.

nMany people tried to absorb me.

nFrom people to Grimms, every single one of them has died, and some died a horrible death.

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"I am not going to die. It is you who will die!

" she said with confidence and attacked again, with more powerful than before.

nI moved my sword forward and swung it toward her attack.

nCLANNNG!

nMy sword stopped her saber. It was a powerful attack, with denser grey energy covering me. Wanting to bring me down, but it was quickly absorbed by my armor.

nShe had expected that. She didn't wait for even a moment before launching another attack. CLANNNG CLANNNG CLANNNG!

nMy sword begins to clash against her saber. Defending against her attack, which increased in the power and speed fast.

nShe is not just powerful, but also learning fast. That her saber begins to move toward my weakness, like the viper.

nI did nothing other than defend while studying her as much as I could.

nI have realized this is not her full power. She is still holding back a lot. It is worrying me because I don't know whether I would be able to survive against her.

nI have never fought an enemy like her.

nThe more I am fighting with her; the more powerful I am feeling her to be. Every attack from her is making her more and more powerful against me.

nSeconds passed, and we kept clashing.

nShe kept learning about my weaknesses and targeting them, but I had kept my defense airtight, not letting a single one of her attacks hit me.

nHun!

nShe came against me, but this time. Things are different.

nThousands of thin human long needles materialized behind her. Each one is long and thin, but each one of them contains massive energies.

nIf even one hits; there will be no chance of my survival. I would be simply vaporized.

nSup Sup Sup!

nThe needles came while she attacked me with her saber. Stopping me from taking any action against the needles.

nI am looking at the soft smile that tugged her lips while keeping my eyes on the needles, which are getting closer and closer to me every second.

nBANG BANG BANG!

nA shield materialized in the form of a large curtain and needles clashed against them.

nI could feel the power of each needle, but the shield was handling them. Absorbing the momentum, they have come at her, but also the massive energy.

nA surprise appeared in her eyes as she looked at it. Her needles were useless; the only thing they were able to do was make it glow.

nStill, it didn't make me happy. I felt the power of the needles and they were not weak.

nHun!

nShe took her saber back, and I had prepared to defend against another attack, but it didn't

ncome.

nI found her looking at me, with a smile on her face.

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"I am really happy,

" she said with a smile on her face, becoming bigger, but I focused on the thick aura that burst out of her body.

nIt spread for miles and in that distance. It had destroyed everything that came into its power.

nThere was not much to destroy there from the beginning. Since the shockwave had already turned everything to dust, but aura melded it together, forming a crystalline floor.

nIt sent a long shudder through my soul.

nBurst 100%.

nI didn't waste even a moment and activated the burst at full power, without any hesitation. The aura returned to her, and she swung her saber at me. There seemed nothing special about the attack. It seemed like a simple swing, with some grey energy covering her saber.

nIt is far from simple as it looked.

nCLANNNG!

nThe saber hit my sword, and my whole body shook before taking a step back and then another. Cracking the crystalline floor, that her powerful aura had made.

nEven a trickle of blood came out from the corner of my lips as the attack injured my internal organs despite the protection from the armor.

nThe smile on her face became bigger, and she launched another attack.

nMore powerful than the last one.

nCLANNNG!

nI defended like before and as I had expected. It's more powerful, but despite that, all it was able to do was shake me.

nUnlike the last attack, it didn't force me to take the steps back.

nI got the data from her energy and attack and made a quick adjustment to my armor. Making it defend better.

nA surprise flashed in her eyes, and she swung her sword again. With more powerful attacks

nthan before.

nCLANNNG CLANNNG CLANNNG

nI stopped the attack and this time, I barely shook. She controlled the surprise and attacked me

nagain and again.

nI defended every time and after dozens of attacks. I had stopped shaking; I began to defend her attack, without even a slightest shake.

nI am defending, but there is no joy on my face. I am fighting the battle for my survival here

nand I am fully concentrated.

nI am using my full power.

nThe one, that could be counted among the peak, but here, it's far from. I may be using my peak, but she isn't, and that is scaring me.

nShe is terrifyingly powerful, and I do not have complete confidence in my survival.

nIt is less than 50%, even so, I am fighting. It's the only thing, I could do right now because

nrunning is out of the question.

nIt will get me killed sooner rather than later.

nMinutes passed, and we kept fighting when she stopped again.

nShe looked and sighed.

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"It's been a long time since someone had made me use it, but every time, I did. I get a great

nreward and this time, I feel like, the reward is a going to be hundred times greater,

" she said

nwhile eyeing me.

nA moment later; the middle of her chest begins to glow.

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