Sarah''s de roared as Elias barely dodged her attack, the fire from the balde singed a few hairs of his head.
But still Elias remained indifferent, unimpressed, "Is this it? I can achieve this same effect with some enchantments", he taunted
[+2 000 FWP]
Sarah beautifully fell for the taunt, "Shut up, you cocky bastard!" She barked, swinging wildly at Elias
Elias effortlessly parried her ming sword, "Weak, your earlier attacks were stronger than this" he remarked
Sarah''s frustration grew at each swing Elias dodged, she stepped back and sheathed her sword, "Ironde swordsmanship : Crescent draw!" She screamed
She unsheathed her sword with blinding speed, along with her sword came a crescent shaped de of fire. Elias sidestepped, cleanly dodging the attack
"That''s more like—"
Before he couldplete his words, another simr shaped de of fire came at him, then another, and another. Elias dodged the seemingly endless barrage.
"Stop spamming attacks like a noob," He barked, and as if onmand, the attacks stopped, but Sarah was not in sight. Elias looked to the left, the right and then finally, he looked up.
He saw Sarah descending with incredible speed, her sword held high above her head,
"Ironde swordsmanship: Raging waterfall"
Elias met her de with his, but he de was not the only thing to be blocked as he was assaulted with arge body of water, luckily he reacted quickly and deployed a shield; a barrier meant to protect him from physical damage, it was simr to Sarah''s ''Aegis'', but less effective.
But the shield did its job as it gave him enough time to escape with [dewalk] before the water crushed it.
But Elias was not in the clear. Sarah appeared behind him, the mes on her sword had died out, her limbs crackling with electricity,
"Ironde swordsmanship: A thousand strikes!" She screamed as she brought her lightening charged sword to meet Elias'' neck
Once again, Elias dodged her de. The space where Elias stood was assaulted with several strikes of lightning along with several de marks on the ground he once stood on.
''Shit! Isn''t this girl overpowered?! Aren''t expert-level mages supposed to utilize one element only, but she''s used three already!''
"You daughter is quite the warrior, like father, like daughter I guess" Lady Isoldemented
"Yes she is…" Lord Varric replied, his voice carried an hesitant tone
Although Elias was troubled, his face did a good job at not expressing it,
"You''re the real deal Sarah Ironwood. Perhaps I have underestimated you too much" Elias said to Sarah.
But Sarah was having none of it, or rather she was unable to. Her eyes had turned white, she had begun to foam in her mouth, and her veins were visibly popping.
"Mana exhaustion?" Lady Isoldemented
Lord Varric gripped the armrest of his chair tightly as he watched the fight, "Get her out of there!" Hemanded n
"Y-Yes sir!" n replied
"Leave her" King ric ordered, his tone cold and serious
Lord Varric''s expression stiffened, "But my king, she will die, if she isn''t stopped," he said
King ric''s indifferent expression remained unchanged, "Remind us of the rules again n, particrly about the criteria for victory " He demanded
n nervously cleared his throat, "Victory is ascertained when either of both parties is unable to fight or if one of both parties decides to forfeit," he reiterated
"Neither of that has happened Varric, so sit down and watch the fight," King ricmanded
Lord Varric''s face hardened, ge picked up his battle axe, "I am going to sace my daughter, " He dered
King ric''s focused on Lord Varric, "You would go against my word, Varric?" He asked
"If it means saving my daughter''s life, I would go against heaven itself," Lord Varric dered, his grip on his axe''s handle tightened
Lady Selene stood up and softly patted Lord Varric on the back, "Your daughter will not die," she said softly
Lord Varric gave her an inspecting look, "How are you so sure," He asked
"If Lady Selene days your daughter will not die, then be rest assured that she wouldn''t, I don''tneed to tell you why" Lady Isolde chipped in
Lord Varric loosened his grip on his axe, and sighed, "For everyone''s sake, Lady Selene better be right," He said, his gaze still hard pressed on the arena below
"Looks like she can''t hear me, she has lost all her reason. The white eyes, foaming in the mouth and the bulging purple veins, thwse are all clear signs of mana exhaustion" Elias observed as he carried on his battle with Sarah.
The battle flow had changed, Sarah was now attacking wildly with discretion, making her attack pattern obvious to Elias, in turn making it easy to dodge and parry her attack.
"Hmm, even though not much was mentioned about her in Arcane days, she seems like she would be useful in the future.
Besides, her magical swordsmanship is something I''m interested in, how often would Ie across such an opportunity to learn first hand from a magical swordsman" He soliloquised as he deflected her ming sword
Sarah lunged at him, her sword pulled back and ready to swing when she got in range, but Elias demeanor remained calm, he watched her carefully.
As she got within range, Elias activated [dewalk] to use her momentum against her, nullifying her swing. She charged at him again, this time from a close range, Elias had her where he wanted,
"[debind]" he muttered
There was no sound when their de shed this time, instead the sound of Sarah struggling to pull her weapon away from Elias'' bind echoed through the arena.
"Magical swordsmen have little known weaknesses, at least the decent ones. But little known weakness does not equal no weakness.
Their sword, once their sword is rendered useless or they be separated from their sword, they be extremely vulnerable" Elias exined
Sarah Ironwood reply to Elias'' words, was more foaming in the mouth, along with a low growl.
"It''s over," Elias dered
"[sh(Basic)]"
Elias'' sword gilded through the air with a graceful yet powerful arc, the pressure and wind from the sword knocked out Sarah Ironwood before the sword met her body.