Chapter 20: First Battle 2
Clang, clang
The daggers and hands clashed against each other, leaving the ground around them riddled with holes from their fierce battle. One slim figure danced, dodging many attacks from the huge figure in front of her. The last earl-stage devil had already assumed his devil form, making it difficult for Eleine to evade his attacks. Even though she had used one of the secret techniques of the Rivas family to temporarily increase her power, her enemy was a devil who was already stronger in the same realm, and now he was even more formidable in his devil form.
Eleine was a genius picked up by the Rivas family as Irene's retainer and one of her 'hands' to support her in both daily activities and battles against enemies. She could fight opponents with higher cultivation levels than her own, having been trained for such encounters. But battling a stronger devil in his devil form was still a bit too much for her. A single mishap could cost her her life.
Sweat dripped from her pretty face as she unleashed a few techniques, her energy depleting with every passing second of the battle, raising the danger she was in. Strangely, even though the devil had the upper hand, his face looked tense.
"I need to get to the city, but this woman is a real pain in the ass. And that man—Viscount stage? Even if you kill me, I don't believe it!"
The devil thought about the man's skills, marveling at how seamlessly he utilized them, as if performing daily activities. He believed the man was at least at Duke stage cultivation, and a strong one at that.
"I need to figure out how to get out of here, or we'll be dead at this point!"
Eleine rushed to attack again with extreme agility, always dodging the devil's huge attacks by the smallest margins.
"I have to end this fast to help the young master." She glanced at Aldrian to check on his situation, but what she saw made her jaw drop. That split-second loss of concentration did not go unnoticed by the devil, who tried to deliver a fatal blow to her. Eleine, surprised for a moment, realized her mistake and hastily raised her defense with Water Wall to reduce the impact. However, before the devil's strike could touch her defense, a swooshing sound was heard, and the devil's head separated from his body, dropping dead in front of her.
Eleine stopped her defense technique and stared at the corpse for a moment before looking at Aldrian again.
"That was wind shaped like a blade." she thought. She could feel the power of that blade, strong enough to kill even a low Marquess stage opponent, so the result was decided the moment it touched the earl stage devil's neck.