Chapter 33: SUN-YOUNG: Ronin
A sweeping slash or a two-handed front strike, whatever attack Ronin committed to it was intense. Her legs shook when his slim katana slammed down at her. The world seemed to shake. Sun-young had two choices—dodge or block with a swift use of Blaze Slash. The sudden summon of flames usually forced Ronin to back off. It wasn't necessarily the fear of its strength but the fear of the mysterious magic.
To maintain a semblance of an offence, Sun-young bolstered her basic attacks to Ember Strike. Mana wasn't a concern as her sword heated up to a threatening shade of scarlet and clashed with him repeatedly. She went faster. Faster, faster, faster!
She took the battle further and further away from Kazi till she could only hear the sound of her blade clashing. Ronin was a head taller than her and his sword was significantly stronger too. Thinner yet much, much stronger. She could feel her sword breaking apart at every ounce of contact.
The Drop of Volcano, a longsword that supported fire-based attacks and added forty points to her attack. It was breaking.
She couldn't believe it. She could barely hold Ronin back.
"Switch!"
Pushing herself off, William slammed Windbreaker's Edge against Ronin. A colossal battle axe that was wrapped in a thin layer of wind—Gust Slash.
"Ngh! Ughhhh!" Yet despite William's strength which was superior to her own, he failed to overpower the trained warrior. A two-handed grip was met with a casual one-handed attack. William was slower than Sun-young and she half-expected Ronin to take advantage of that. He didn't. Instead, he fell into a defensive lull, merely blocking and deflecting attacks.
"What strange magic you people wield," Ronin commented. William hammered at him with no seeming to result. The long white katana swiftly converged with his axe. He pushed William back, gaining space, and twisted his torso to ready an attack.
'There!'
That tiny, insignificant moment where he was preparing his attack, one leg back and both hands on the grip of the katana, Sun-young launched.