"You have ten seconds to rest."
Sonia took a long breath and raced against time to recall all the details of the battle. Although she thought she had not lost her memory due to the constant deaths, if she had forgotten something, she would not be able to realize it. She could only try to avoid the worst situation.
She couldn't count the exact number of deaths and she didn't try to count them. There was nothing superfluous in her mind now. Her mother, classmates, exams, and ambitions in reality were all swept to the most remote corners by her. She focused all her attention on the enemy in front of her named 'The End Viewer'. She racked her brains to analyze every detail of his movements and used her body to remember every time he cruelly tortured her!
She discovered that the End Watcher did not possess any extraordinary abilities, and did not even have any physical advantage over her.
Compared to her, the viewer is merely an enemy who can use a sword—at best, an enemy who is very skilled in using a sword.
Sonia had seen swordsmen who had mastered swordsmanship to the highest level. Even a simple swing of their swords could bring a sense of pressure like needles piercing the back to the bystanders; just holding the hilt of the sword could make the weak terrified and surrender.
Compared with those truly towering mountains, the viewer is just an ordinary stepping stone.
Yes, just a stepping stone.
Although she experienced death once again, Sonia had successfully fought back against the viewer with a desperate attack just now.
But just like a thrown sword will return to his hand again, the viewer who had just been stabbed in the chest has now recovered as before, as if he was healed in an instant.
If there was recovery time, Sonia would definitely risk her life to accumulate injuries and kill him, but unfortunately this duel was fair and did not leave her with such a loophole.
It was a fair duel, but Sonia felt a little ironic.
But she also admitted that it was all fair.
All these unreasonable restrictions made her realize that she had only one choice: to defeat the Doomwatcher with absolute strength in a duel.
Ten seconds had passed, and at this moment time seemed to have become a tangible entity. When the time was up, Sonia's whole body tensed up instantly, and she rushed towards the viewer with a sword in hand!
At the beginning of the fight, the spectator will definitely maintain the sword-drawing stance, then rush forward, draw the sword, and swing and slash. The farther Sonia is from the spectator, the more fierce the attack will be, and the spectator may even slash the weapon out of her hand!
This move is very similar to the legendary Iai sword slash, and the method to deal with this move is also very simple. You must not dodge, you must take the initiative to step forward and interrupt his spin!
clang!
Sonia's arms were almost numb from the shock, but she finally stopped the spectator's spinning and successfully dragged him into the most life-threatening close-range battle!
Having died so many times, Sonia no longer cared about having a few more holes in her body. As long as she could kill the spectator before she died, it would be her victory!
Ding! Ding! Ding!
After several close fights, Sonia counted secretly. When she counted to five, she missed.
The spectator strangely and abruptly dodged in the completely opposite direction, then took a step forward and slashed at Sonia's head with a sword!
There are no signs and it is extremely dangerous!
Sonia once thought that this was some kind of extraordinary ability, but after several experiences at the cost of death, she discovered that this was a combat step.
But even if she saw through the truth, Sonia had no way to do anything - she had no idea which direction the viewer would avoid!
Because viewers often suddenly dodge after seeing Sonia attack, and then immediately cut back, Sonia named this move "See Cut".
It's easy to stop when you're together, but hard to guard against anything you see.
So Sonia simply didn't defend herself. She just raised her hand and used her arm bone to block the viewer's sword blade, then put it into her arms, trying to behead the viewer with one sword!
Mikiri's biggest weakness is that she doesn't have enough strength to cut off her arm!
However, at the moment when the viewer's arm was cut, his legs suddenly slid on the sand and he dodged in another direction again, narrowly avoiding Sonia's sword, and then stepped forward to cut towards Sonia's neck!
Two consecutive cuts!
"You have ten seconds to rest."
Sonia patted her face, gripped the hilt tightly and looked at the viewer: "Come on!"
The spectators had no choice but to enter the sword-drawing stance and launch the Iai sword-drawing slash—
There was no metallic collision sound of swords colliding, and the viewer still maintained the posture of spinning and slashing, but he did not hit anything.
Just when the spectator was about to cut Sonia, Sonia's feet suddenly slid on the sand and she avoided in another direction in an extremely strange posture!
At this time, the viewer was still in the stiffness of the spinning slash, but Sonia could take advantage of the situation to attack him!
However, Sonia made a gesture of sheathing the sword!
"I've died so many times. Even if I were a pig, I should have learned your tricks!"
Following Sonia's cry, she stepped forward, spun around, drew her sword and slashed!
Mikiri·Iai·Draw the sword and slash!
Use Iai as a follow-up move to Mikiri to make up for Mikiri's lower attack power!
In fact, Sonia had already learned the Iai sword slashing technique, but she had been holding back until she had the confidence to master the Mikiri technique, and then she unleashed it all at once, determined to kill the spectator with one sword!
With the violent rotational potential energy, Sonia felt almost no resistance, and her sword blade smoothly cut open the viewer's chest like a hot knife cutting through butter!
It's not that she didn't want to chop off the spectator's neck, but she was not tall enough. Every time she raised her arms a little bit during the rotation, it was a huge burden for her, so she could only settle for the next best thing and chop off the spectator's chest.
So smooth? Sonia was a little unbelievable. She quickly adjusted her body balance from the aftermath of the spinning slash and looked at the spectators warily: "Does this count as me defeating you?"
"Yes." The viewer said, "Congratulations."
"You succeeded in defeating me, who only had one sword."
A sword... While Sonia was slightly stunned, the viewer kicked the sand with his toes, then gently hooked a long sword out of the sand.
"The first half ends, and the second half begins." The spectator placed his two swords in a cross position. "By the way, there will be no ten-second break next."
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"Sonia, you have an early class today, aren't you going?"
Sonia sat up with her head covered, and found that Ingulit was the only one left in the dormitory. Ingulit was now dressed and ready to go out.
"what time is it now?"
"Seven thirty." Ingrid said, "There are public classes this morning. I remember that you usually get up an hour early to take care of your skin and put on makeup on the morning of public classes... They have already left... You don't look well."
"Really?" Sonia touched her neck subconsciously, then came to her senses and shook her head: "Maybe I had a nightmare..."
"A nightmare? You'll forget it soon." Ingrid said indifferently, "Remember to come to class. Don't be absent, or you'll lose dormitory points."
After saying that, Ingrid closed the door and left, leaving Sonia alone in the dormitory.
On other mornings when she slept late, Sonia would definitely rush out of bed to wash and put on makeup, but today Sonia was not in the mood and sat on the bed in a daze.
It was very strange. It was clearly a dream, but it was so real. What was even stranger was that she showed no signs of forgetting. She remembered everything clearly, from her first death to her ninety-ninth death.
Even every pain is still fresh in my memory.
When the End Viewer entered the dual-wielding mode, the intensity of their battle increased several times in an instant - Sonia had almost no chance to breathe. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw the Viewer rushing towards her. Her arms were almost numb from exhaustion. In the end, she had to rely almost on her body's instinct to withstand the Viewer's violent assault.
Mikiri, Iai, Mikiri followed by Iai, Iai followed by Mikiri, three consecutive Mikiri, three consecutive Iai... Sonia only relied on these two moves to deal with the audience and almost exhausted all the derivative variations.
When she defeated the viewer, she felt almost nothing special. She just kept doing Mikiri Iai, avoiding all the attacks of the viewer, attacking all the flaws of the viewer, and then the viewer fell down.
But after defeating the viewer, Sonia did not feel any joy.
Because the viewer said something.
"This trial is over, but your life has just begun."
Although she couldn't see his face or hear his tone, Sonia was absolutely sure that this was definitely not a blessing.
"The End Watcher..." Sonia chewed the name carefully, as if she was crushing it with her teeth and swallowing it into her stomach to digest.
At the same time, in the luxurious suite on the ground floor of Broken Lake Prison in Kaimon City.
Ash yawned and sat up. For some reason, he felt particularly tired from the sleep he had, as if he had been beaten up.
After opening the light curtain and opening Aurora's Magician's Manual, Ash saw a new message:
"After the trial, the bond between you and the Death Sword Princess has deepened."
Ash scratched his head: "... Arranging a trial can increase the bond? Is there such a good thing?"