BXBX NOVEL Chapter 70 Elysia Vs Himeko
During the fight due to the water vaporizing and the ice melting from Himeko's fire Shaman found the sword would use her mana to replenish what was on it
"Looks like you need to train your mana a bit more since your sword has such a heavy load." Himeko found it odd how short Shaman was able to fight but could only assume her sword was the reason,
"Anyway, Elysia, it is your turn." Himeko looked over to Elysia and licked her lips.
Elysia felt shivers as Himeko called out it was her turn as being a long ranged fighter meant she would not fare well when it came to close combat.
Shaman who had exhausted her mana could see the worry on Elysia's face and also realized Elysia is not well versed for close combat.
"I'm not scary plus I won't be attacking first so hit me with all you got." Himeko could see the worry on Elysia's face and felt a little bad for her.
Wolfy on the other hand went off to Shaman and dragged her by the colar to get her out of the way.
'Thanks Wolfy.'
'No worries, don't want you being hit in the crossfire.'
Elysia swallowed her saliva and walked out to the other end of the arena and took one last look at Shaman.
Shaman smiled and gave her a thumbs up boosting Elysia's confidence a little.
'It's just training, just do your best.' Elysia took a deep breath and took out her bow, when she did this Himeko also realized why Elysia had been so worried.
"BEGIN!" Himeko shouted letting Elysia know that she was ready.
Like previous battles Elysia entered this hyper focused state and began her attacks on Himeko.
Elysia opened with a normal [fire arrow] using a moderate amount of mana to feel out the kind of power she would need to face Himeko. The shot was easily deflected and due to Himeko being a master of fire it would not be very effective.
'Wish I knew another element, having lightning would be rather helpful.' Elysia was now even more determined to learn another element as being confined to one restricted her versatility.
Elysia then began to run to the side and jumped in the air and shot a [Explosive arrow]. Himeko noticed the more dense mana within the arrow and hit it head on with her blade causing it to explode in front of Himeko. This was not the end as the explosion was cover for Elysia's [arrow storm]. A dozen of fire arrows then began to fall onto Himeko causing her to create a fire wall above her.
"Ara~, how very smart of you but unfortunately against a tier 10 senses it's going to be very hard to get the jump on them." Himeko was rather impressed with Elysia's thinking and use of fire.
The dust from the fire explosion was starting to settle but Elysia did not stop or attack. Elysia combined her [multi shot] and [power shot] to send 3 arrows at high speeds. Himeko blocked these shots with her sword with ease. Elysia did not stop the pressure and kept circling Himeko using [Quick shot] to send more arrows with the occasion [explosive shot] to keep a smoke screen up.
However Himeko was not going to stand still forever and finally decided to go on the offensive. Himeko Dashed forward as soon as she sensed mana coming from the smoke and appeared right in front of Elysia. Elysia was not surprised but actually smiled which creeped Himeko out a little.
Himeko then despite the smile went to attack but was surprised that Elysia had primed a [Explosive shot]. Elysia combined [quick shot] and fired the arrow point blank at their feet. Shaman looked on with surprise and wanted to jump in as what Elysia was doing was far too reckless but due to her still recovering she was unable to move properly.
'Shit.' Himeko cursed herself as she was unable to react in time to protect Elysia as the [explosive shot] was much more powerful than before.
The arrow went off and a big explosion came with it, Himeko tried to cover it with fire to contain it but was unable to due to how close the shot was fired and could only step back.The explosion started to settle and Shaman quickly checked Elysia's status to see if she was okay.
[Elysia Dahlia]
[HP 1250/1500]
Shaman let out a sigh of relief as not much damage had been done to her and somehow made it out without killing herself. The smoke cleared and a fire wall could be seen with a black haired Fox behind it.
Elysia's arm was heavily bleeding as she was holding onto it to stop it. Himeko quickly went to Elysia's side to make sure she was okay.
"What are you, crazy?" Himeko could not believe the stunt Elysia just pulled but was glad that she came out of it relatively okay. Elysia let out an awkward laugh as her plan seeming did not go as planned and instead backfired.
Himeko then began to wrap Elysia's arm in a weak flame and on the status screen Shaman had up could see Elysia's HP rising slowly.
"Well my plan half worked but I was unable to fully cover myself in my firewall so my arm managed to get clipped by the explosion." Elysia explained what the intended plan was and what happened.
"Oh you, I may be strong but I can only move so fast, don't do something that reckless while training, it is not a life or death match." Himeko bonked Elysia's head lightly as what she did was something that was unnecessary and not good for training.
"I'm sorry but it was a spur of the moment and I couldn't help myself." Elysia was feeling rather shameful as when she fights, she finds it hard not to do everything she can to beat the opponent.
Himeko let out a sigh and dispelled the flames on Elysia's arm.
"There should be healed but do not be surprised if you feel sore." Elysia nodded to Himeko and went back to where Shaman and Wolfy were.
"You idiot, you are lucky that I can't move right now or I would have done a lot more than just a light tap on the head." Shaman was rather annoyed at Elysia for putting herself in so much danger just for a sparring match.
"Sorry." Elysia apologized and hugged the sitting Shaman.
"Ahem" Hiemko cleared her throat and got the attention of the 2 girls. Elysia quickly let go and sat up straight facing Himeko.
"Where the hell did you pick her up, Shaman?" Shaman was a little surprised by the question and looked at Elysia if she could say how they met. Elysia returned with a nod as she did not mind.
"Well I found her in a cell in an underground base." Shaman used a very sarcastic tone as thinking back on it, it was rather quite the strange first meeting.
"What?" Himeko was now very confused as she could not imagine it seeing as Elysia was rather strong.
"Well she was kidnapped and when I went to investigate I found her in the cell and broke her out, then she saved my life and I kind of just asked her out and we began dating." Shaman did a quick story explaining how things came to be.
"Isn't that way too fast, how the hell were you able to get a girlfriend before I was able to find anyone." Himeko was actually a little jealous of their relationship as she has been alone her whole life.
"Well I get easily attached and maybe because you are too scary, that any guy or girl that comes near feels like they will just get crushed." Shaman had done a critical hit on Himeko as she froze at Shaman's words.
Himeko out of annoyance then began to pull on Shaman's ear.
"Listen here you little shit, It's not because I am scary I just haven't made the effort to go out and find myself one, you hear me." Himeko shouted in Shaman's ear causing her to beg for mercy.
"Ahh okay, I'm sorry, I'm sure that any guy will fall to your mercy if you tried, please let go of me." Himeko finally let go of Shaman's ear causing her to slightly fall back on the ground.
Elysia on the other hand was barely keeping in her laughter but when Himeko looked at her with a death stare all that laughter vanished.
"Hmph, enough about me we still have more training to do." Himeko crossed her arms and looked at the shocked faces of the girls as training had apparently only just begun.