Mana surged through Illustrious as she chanted wind and fire spells, cloaking her body in wind and igniting her blade. The wind fed the flames until they roared.
With a boom she shot forward, leaving after-images in her wake.
"Enough! Vermin like you dies today!" He had dared lay hands on an Aircraft Carrier—he would not live another second.
"You're a swordsman—how do you cast spells?" Jelas yelped, stunned.
Impossible—his appraisal had shown only the Swordswoman class. Could she be a Dual Professional?
If so, she had to die. Dual Professionals were destined for Saint rank—one-woman armies capable of erasing kingdoms.
Only one other existed: Queen Bismarck of Glorious, the mightiest human on the continent.
She had seized her throne in a bloodbath, slaughtering every rival until the realm obeyed.
Under her rule Glorious became the strongest of the Five Kingdoms.
Recently she had annihilated Rogland, reducing the human nations from six to five. The survivors formed the Southern League to stop her.
Terror gripped Jelas. If Illustrious lived, she might become the next Bismarck. He had to kill her now.
He unleashed every shred of mana, reinforcing muscle and sinew until power coursed through him.
Blue light crawled over his greatsword—Weapon Boost, multiplying its force a hundredfold.
Illustrious was still only Junior rank; her blade's white glow meant a mere tenfold boost.
Their auras collided like meteors, shock-waves ripping the air.
His sword fell in a blue lightning-bolt, vacuum cleaving before it, thunder rolling beneath the ground.
Wind flattened her dress against her frame, yet Illustrious stood calm, watching the blade close the last half-foot.
"Idiot—die with your arrogance!" Jelas crowed as the edge split her apart.
But the bisected form bled nothing; the blade had met no resistance—only air.
An after-image. Where was the real Illustrious? Jelas sent his senses sweeping the clearing.
Too late. Illustrious had already seized the moment.
"Trash—behind you. Face judgment!" Her true form flashed at his unguarded back, sword thrusting home.
The sword carried Illustrious's Weapon Enhancement, Wind Magic, and Fire Magic—power so dreadful that the very air was driven away where it fell, ripples shivered through space, a sonic boom cracked, and the blade looked ready to cleave a boulder in half.
Illustrious's one-handed sword landed on Jelas; a crimson gash split him, blood spurting. That single strike tore away a tenth of his life in an instant.
"Agh—pain!" Something behind me! Shameless sneak, tricking and ambushing a level-30 warrior—have you no honor? This won't do! Illustrious, behave yourself."
Jelas spun round; his great blade, a blue lightning-bolt that shook the air, swept at the back-stabbing Illustrious. One clean hit would end her.
Watching the steel come for her, Illustrious showed no fear. She gripped her sword, still charged with Weapon Enhancement, Wind, and Fire, and slashed to meet the blow.
Boom! Steel rang on steel, sparks bloomed like fireworks, thunder rolled, and a shock-wave flattened the grass around them.
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