The Metal Military Academy
Chapter 52: A Quick Duel
Shujin's teeth chattered with emotion, unable to accept Ardan's strong response to all his words. Plus, he challenges Shujin, commanding her to advance first.
“Ergh! Who do you think you are to order me to advance first?! You're the one who advanced!”
Ardan also did not accept Shujin's harsh words, “What the fuck are you?! You're the one who's advancing!”
“I attacked you first! Now, you're the one who advanced!”
“You challenge me, then you advance!”
“You're ahead!”
“You!”
“You!”
“You!”
“You!”
“You!”
The spectators in the stands were astonished by Ardan and Shujin's behavior in the arena. For some reason, neither of them wanted to go forward. When will they scream like this?
Chrysanthemum still listened with his typical innocent gaze, Damar and Nadia even looked sour expression felt irritated with both, while Rafa who had understood the situation even giggled himself.
“They're why, anyway?” sulik Damar. “Mau nyerang aja use wait for opponents nyerang first. The effect so look equally coward.”
“Khikhikhi..” Rafa tries to control his giggling. “Ekhem! Read their tactics. They wait for their opponent to attack first, continue to avoid. Because sometimes the enemy is a bit lost focus, right? So can give impromptu attacks that the pattern will be difficult to read. Stale tactics ‘mah it.”
Damar blinked his eyes when he noticed Rafa's explanation. The young man with an above-average height was really a circusman when he understood the logic and mindset of others who he considered ridiculous.
The danger is also if faced with this brother-in-law candidate.
None of them would attack first. Ardan breathed a heavy sigh. He had to attack first if this was the case. This kind of storm will make the testing session longer to end.
In fact, Ardan wants to quickly rest. He was tired of all the activities in this Student Orientation Period. Where tomorrow he was asked to be a seminar host anyway.
The ribetnya become active students like this.
“OK...”.
Ardan darted quickly towards Shujin with the spear position ready to stab. When it was about to reach Shujin, the junior suddenly disappeared.
Shujin instantly appeared above Ardan, lunging at him with both daggers ready to slash. Without even turning his head, Ardan brushed off Shujin's dagger attack using the body of the spear, sending Shujin crashing away from Ardan's position.
In the stands, Rafa commented, “All shadow and dagger users must have an assassin-style fighting style. They rely on inhuman speed to dodge and attack enemies impromptu.”
“If you have to find the enemy position with the speed of the enemy as fast as that, it will even have to attack. Hence, only armed with instinct and sharp hearing, Ardan brushed it off without even turning his head. Importantly, the movement of body parts remains stable to avoid any enemy attack such as Shujin.”
“What is this pattern of fighting often and can be reapplied?” ask Damar curiously.
Rafa replied, “Not really. The name of the fight is hard to predict. More often learn and add-plus fighting experience ‘lah that can make someone can master the fight. I can deduce all the patterns of this fight because I just watched it here.”
Rafa propped up the back of his head using both hands while looking straight at the arena.
“Everyone is good at analyzing, drawing conclusions, and commenting if not experiencing it.”
In the arena, Ardan turned his head, turning his body position back to face Shujin who was seen staring intently at him.
“Slack does not look like a loser, it ‘kan how to fight a shadow user armed with kitchen piso weapons?” ledek Ardan while turning the spear.
“Eeekh...”
Shujin almost got emotional. He just remembered that Ardan is a typical person who will continue to bully his enemy to get angry and make him lose focus.
Shujin must remain calm, focused on bringing down Ardan and humiliating the young man in front of the crowd.
This time, it was Shujin ‘ who darted and attacked first using a pair of black daggers. However, again his dagger attack could be repelled easily by Ardan's spear rounds.
They both gave quick attacks. Away, lunge each other, attack. Step away, lunge each other again, attack. Such is their fighting pattern until every blow creates sparks of bluish white fire so hard they launch an attack.
So fast their movements, making the audience almost unable to see clearly the movement of the two. They fought each other with lightning-fast movements.
“Kayak it, Cuy.... The anime-anime. The shat-shet, shat-shet,” said Dodo enthusiastically.
Didi annexed Dodo's head, “Apaan shat-shet, shat-shet?! It's unclear ‘times you were, Do.”
“They're fast ‘times...” Fixing the mask position.
Ardan and Shujin continued to deliver various attacks at an inhumane speed until both of them were knocked away from each other.
At that time, Shujin took the opportunity to use the Awakening.
“Dark Crystal!”
Shujin throws a black particle dot from the tip of the dagger upwards. The particles split apart, forming purple crystal stones that instantly shot out alternately towards Ardan. Of course Ardan immediately dodged those crystal attacks.
As long as he tried to dodge, Ardan had a look at the crystal that fell on the floor. The sparkling stone will grow crystal pegs that can puncture the target if hit.
For some reason, the crystal attack reminds Ardan of Regan's ice ability.
“It...” Ardan narrowed suspiciously while continuing to dodge.
Not only Ardan, Nadia and Rafa also suspect something about the crystal style used by Shujin.
“Bang.” Nadia started whispering to Rafa. “As I recall, isn't it that shadow users can't create crystals? The form of the shadow element is more like aura vapor than solid.”
Rafa feels there is something odd about this Shujin style. Indeed there are several types of Resurrection elements that have several forms such as aura vapor, liquid, or solid. But for shadows, it would make little sense to form in a solid form as hard as a crystal.
This style even looks like a style for ice, soil, or pure crystal consumers.
Each floor hit by the crystal is seen creating a collection of purple crystal pegs with sharp edges.
After Shujin slid all the crystals and none of them hit Ardan, Shujin threw a dagger at the crystal peg near Ardan's position, made some crystal pegs break and scatter towards Ardan.
“This boy,” hiss Ardan exasperated.
Ardan was forced to fend off the crystal fragments by twirling the spear.
Shujin creates a wave of shadows under his feet, starting to surf quickly using those shadows as he approaches Ardan.
“Hiah!”
Shujin threw one more dagger at the other crystal stakes near Ardan until the shards scattered again. Again, Ardan was forced to fend off and stay away.
A pair of Shujin daggers returned to hand. He continued to slide fast while throwing the dagger back towards the several crystal pegs, continuing like that for more and more crystal shards to disturb Ardan.
“Iron Wall!”
Fed up, Ardan created an iron wall to protect it from the attacks of crystal fragments.
At that moment, Shujin disappeared and appeared suddenly in front of Ardan, again attacking him up close.
“Ekh..!”
Turning his head, Ardan brushed off Shujin's dagger attack. He jumped high above the iron wall, then kicked it towards Shujin. Of course Shujin can dodge and re-attack Ardan.
“You think you can bring me down with just your dull walls?!” hina Shujin while pushing her two daggers that Ardan was holding back using a spear.
“And you think I can fall with just your jumping squat attack?!” reply to Ardan while pushing his spear.
“Flying Coaches!”
Ardan created five pegs flying overhead, glued towards Shujin for the young man to get away from him.
“Metal Disc!”
As Shujin drifted away, Ardan slid one large metal disc towards Shujin. Not staying still, Shujin also darted past the disc by sliding on the slippery surface, then jumped high in front of Ardan.
“Shadow Cross Freedom!”
Shujin slashed a long shadow slash forming the letter X towards Ardan, creating a huge explosion and a thick puff of smoke as it exploded onto the arena floor.
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