Chapter 49

Chapter 49

A brilliant light came out of Leasis’ hand. Her appearance, engulfed in brighter radiance than before, was like the advent of a god.

The audience, including the Commanders, jumped up to witnessed the scene.

“I can’t believe…”

They had no choice but to agree with what Schwalnon murmured. The ferocious cerberus was approaching Leasis and acting cute. It licked her, stroked her head with its feet as if playing with her. Nevertheless, Leasis’ skin did not melt at all.

Max gulped dry saliva. Red hair, red eyes, genius swordsmanship. Perhaps Leasis was the hidden blood of the Vermanga family.

Leasis rushed to the fallen Lipa. She became aware of the feminine body features in the ragged outfit. She looked at Lipa with astonishment. Maybe she had also lied about her status and gender to participate in the gladiator tournament.

Leasis was embarrassed, but she cleared her mind and healed Lipa. Her powerful healing magic hardened her blood, and her flesh sprouted. After completing first aid to some extent, Leasis took Lipa and tried to run to the hosts.

At the sight, Elnos could not control his expression and bit his molars tightly. He called Blix standing in the gladiator arena in a ferocious voice.

[Blixrond.]

Elnos’ angry voice rang in his head. At Elnos’ call, Blix sighed and gave strength to his heavy steps. He stopped in front of Leasis.

Blix interrupted her with a troubled face. Then Leasis, holding Lipa in her arms, opened her eyes wide.

“Blix-nim, please get out of the way.”

“No.”

“He can’t fight right now. It’s meaningless to continue to fight him.”

“It’s not meaningless to me.”

“If you don’t move now, his life…”

Leasis could not finish speaking. This was because Blix aimed at Lipa a sword emitting white energy. Blix was not prepared to hurt Leasis at all. He just needed to get rid of Lipa Kyun.

Blix’s sword shone even brighter. Leasis stepped back, giving strength to her arms holding Lipa. If this continued, Lipa would be in danger.

Blix, who guessed her idea of running away, said low.

“Stop. She has to die.”

“Blix-nim…”

“You can’t beat me.”

Leasis bit her lips. For some reason, the hosts were just watching from afar with their arms folded. Hizen, who had no authority over the competition, was also unable to join. She was the only one who could save Lipa.

If she competed with Blix like this, would there be a chance of winning? After much consideration, Leasis took off her black cape and wrapped it around Lipa. It was the best effort to prevent shock and her body temperature from falling.

Under the bright sun, red hair burned like fire. Blix, facing the red eyes underneath, opened his eyes wide. Hellhard was not a man. Contrary to his expectations, she was a woman with a pretty good face.

“You… were a woman?”

“I’m sorry for hiding it.”

Leasis pulled out the sword that she had received from Setchen at the same time as she spoke. Tack. The sound of a scabbard falling on the floor was unusually loud for the two.

“I don’t have time.”

Two swords aimed at each other. There was tension between Blix and Leasis, and the air on the gladiator arena felt heavily.

The first to move was Leasis. Taking a deep breath, she rushed at great speed as she had learned from Blix.

The sound of the clashing swords rang the arena. Blix did not avoid it, but stopped her attack by laying his sword horizontally.

The way the two fought was hard to follow for most people’s eyes. Max opened his mouth as he looked at them, and the Commanders drooled. Such a skill with a woman’s body. It was really ridiculous.

Then, Schwalnon opened his eyes wide. For some reason, that red-haired woman looked familiar. He was sure she was the one who humiliated him at the group affairs meeting not too long ago! If so, chances were extremely low that she would join the 1st Division of Knights. With sweat in his hands, he began to think about bringing the woman to his Knights.

Leasis’s body, matching Blix’ sword, shivered up. Her sword, howling, was shaking her. Hit him more, kill him, put your sword in his heart. Her ears were about to melt. Her red eyes darkened.

It was the same with Blix. After a long time, he smiled like a devil and wiped his cheek with the back of his hand. Blood droplets flowed over the wound made by her sword.

When he looked up, he saw a woman who had turned into a demon. She was not the sweet and friendly Hellhard, but a red-haired woman who had turned into a ghost.

Blix’s heart pounded like crazy. He ran at her, holding his sword tightly. Their fight got rougher and rougher. A single blow cracked the floor of the gladiator arena and caused a sandstorm. It was the first time he had such a pleasant battle, so he forgot his initial purpose.

Dozens of times, hundreds of times, their swords howled, and Blix fell to the floor. Struck by Leasis’ kick, he grabbed his chest with his hand and vomited blood.

“I can’t believe you’ve mastered Utran’s technique perfectly… You’re a real monster.”

Blix took a deep breath and tightened his legs. He was shaking all over, maybe he had been hit properly. Leasis came looking down at him with an indifferent face. The aura surrounding the sword scratched the floor and made a strange sound.

If you’re feeling so well. Blix, staggering, fiddled with his earring with regret. Leasis smiled and aimed her sword at him.

As soon as Blix tried to take off his earring, someone entered the gladiator arena. It was Hizen in a neat black uniform. Two swords were shining in his hands.

“Stop moving.”

Leasis instinctively turned her head to the new person. Hizen’s red lips opened while staring at her.

“Leasis. I think he’s done venting his anger.”

“…”

“Why don’t you stop with your sword?”

“Krrrr…”

Leasis opened her mouth wide like a demon and aimed her sword at Hizen with a smile. Her red eyes glistened strangely. There was no change in Hizen’s face when he faced them.

“You’ve become a beast or something like that? Well, then… I’ll treat you accordingly.”

She smiled at the two swords pointed at her. It was an innocent smile like a child who was happy with a gift. Hizen’s expression facing her was not good.

Instead of calling Leasis’ name, he aimed his swords at her. As he had felt last time, it seemed she was losing her mind when using a real sword.

After this, I will have to educate you properly. Sighing, Hizen looked up. Then he spoke awkwardly as if he was part of a play.

“Thanks to you… The gladiator tournament was successful. As I promised before, I will teach you in return a lesson before finishing this competition.”

Was it planned? The audience, who were humming, applauded and cheered. Noisy. Hizen frowned slightly and looked at Leasis. He did not want to point a sword at her and hurt her.

However, he had a strong premonition that she would explode if he left her like this. It was a reasonable choice in many ways to knock her out rather than to punish her.

Hizen pointed at her with his chin provokingly.

“What are you doing?”

“…”

“I’ll play as you wish. Come here.”

Hizen’s swords shone white. As a result, Leasis’ sword also started to shine white, and she moved at high speed.

Hizen blocked her sword with his left hand, held the sword in his right hand horizontally and slit her leg.

Leasis’s red eyes widened at her first pain. She took a few steps back and touched her leg with her left hand. The healing magic flowed out of her hand like smoke.

“Fighting and recovering… I had a monster as a maid.”

Seeing her smiling like an animal, he did not think it would end easily. After recovering, Leasis held her sword vertically.

Hizen’s eyes grew colder and colder at the unusual swordsmanship that was hard to see in the Harknon Empire.

“Where did you learn this trash-like swordsmanship…”

Trash-like swordsmanship? Blix’s face crumpled while watching from a corner of the arena. He measured the distance between Lipa and them and bit his lips. If he stepped in now, at least one of his limbs would be broken.

‘With this body…’

Blix raised his head with regret. Then Elnos, who was leaning on the railing, waved his hand. Contrary to his expectations, he had a light smile.

[Withdraw.]

‘What?’

[I got something better.]

However, he could not understand his crazy personality no matter how much he was his brother. Blix shook his head and took a small piece of paper out of his arms. It was a scroll made by a wizard of Utran.

But Blix did not use it right away. It was heartbreaking to see the two people talking with swords from a distance so close that they could reach each other’s nose.

He forced himself to suppress the feeling, and then used his teeth to open the scroll. Everyone was focused on Hizen and Leasis, so no one cared about his disappearance.

Clank!

Hizen’s sword became rougher and rougher. Max, who was watching nervously from the spectators seats, jumped up. He immediately jumped out of the seats and ran to the gladiator arena.

Hizen disappeared in the blink of an eye. The seemingly non-human movement quickly penetrated Leasis’ gaps. The sword in his left hand moved in a bizarre way to block her sword, and the tip of the sword in his right hand hit Leasis’ occipital area.

When she fell to the floor, she covered her mouth with both hands. She looked shattered.

“Wow…”

Hizen wiped the blood off his cheek while holding his sword. Red petals smeared on the white bandage. He bowed his waist in front of Leasis.

“Are you feeling better now?”

Just looking at each other made her confused. Leasis instinctively trembled in fear, and lost her conscientiousness because of the pressure on her body.

“Are you… sleeping?”

Hizen looked at Leasis with a bleak face. She closed her eyes and started breathing evenly. It looked like a child who fell asleep without knowing the world.