Themis, The Flower of Justice
Chapter 17 — Sword and Magic (3)

“Fuh... If you both want that, then fine,”

Scott sighed while shaking his head.

“Take position!”

Luminas and Dorothy are moving away from each other.

“Available!”

They both took a fighting position.

When the two of them faced each other, a smile fell on the faces of the two of them, as if they had been waiting for this for a long time.

“Start!!”

*batssss

After Scott gave a starting cue, the two of them immediately shot from their respective positions simultaneously

*Bam!!!

The two wooden swords clashed against each other, a loud sound could be heard from their swords hitting each other.

Dorothy, who had a larger body and was well trained, managed little by little to push the Luminas.

‘Ukhh, so strong!!’

The driven Luminas little by little learned that direct confrontation would cost him dearly. He decided to loosen his sword that pushed each other with Dorothy and took a step back keeping his distance from Dorothy.

Seeing Luminas retreat, Dorothy felt that she would eliminate one of her advantages - greater strength and power than Luminas.

As Luminas was trying to keep his distance from him, Dorothy moved and narrowed the distance. He would not let Luminas get away and dominate him with the power he possessed.

*Tact!

Dorothy attacked him fiercely. The retreating Luminas were now constantly pressed with Dorothy's attack which gave him no chance to keep his distance and set the rhythm of the attack.

‘If backing down doesn't work, then I should..’.

Luminas who were being pushed by the barrage of attacks Dorothy took another step. He took one step forward and chose to accept Dorothy's powerful attack.

When Dorothy saw the surrendered Luminas retreating and preferring a direct confrontation, she instantly doubled her attack power. A straight slash was swung by Dorothy very strongly.

Yet....

“!!!!”

Dorothy was startled, instead of repelling it with all her might, Luminas instead loosened his sword that clashed with Dorothy's straight attack. The attack quickly slid down without anyone blocking it.

Luminas did not want to waste the gap from Dorothy's attack, he immediately lowered his head and kicked Dorothy's stomach using the heel of her foot firmly.

*bughh!

“Ukh!!”

Dorothy could not predict the attack and was hit by a crushing attack. The attack was strong enough that Dorothy bounced back a few steps. Dorothy lost her balance and her position was destroyed.

Seeing such an opportunity Luminas instantly narrowed the distance with his quick footsteps. He then swung his sword and attacked Dorothy in succession.

Dorothy, who could not fend off the attack due to her shattered position, crossed her arms to resist the attack using her body.

*bambaam!

Luminas attacked Dorothy increasingly fiercely, he did not stop launching attacks until he saw signs Dorothy was about to lose.

Yet...

Luminas was surprised, instead of weakening, Dorothy defended firmly. Luminas stared at Dorothy who was constantly holding back her attacks even though the attacks launched by her were quite powerful.

‘What is this? Does he hang on and wait for an opportunity?’

Luminas guessed precisely, as he watched Dorothy more closely, his eyes did not slacken in the slightest. It was as if he had not lost focus despite being bombarded by attacks.

‘That eye release ...’

A smile emanated from Luminas' face. He felt that Dorothy's eyes said he would not collapse despite being hit by a powerful attack. He will still dig a gap and get a chance to attack.

Feeling that it would be futile to attack Dorothy constantly as it is now, Luminas decided to look for another attack route.

‘If he insists on surviving, then it will be dangerous for me,'

Because of the physical gap they had, Luminas thought it was dangerous to attack Dorothy who was looking for an opportunity to turn things around.

‘Physical differences are not something that can be solved with mere talent. I need to find another loophole,'

While maintaining his rhythm in attacking Dorothy, Luminas scanned around whether there were any other gaps he could use to become the attack route.

Dorothy felt her focus had been shifted to something else, Dorothy feeling that she had a chance. He instantly strengthened his footing and caught the sword of Luminas with his bare hands,

‘Ughhh’

The Luminas attack that Dorothy's hand hit was not weak. The attack caused the point exposed to the Luminas attack to turn blue. Dorothy ignored him, however, and grasped the sword so tightly that Luminas would no longer be able to swing her sword.

As the sword of Luminas bounced off in the other direction, Dorothy who had steadied her horses through her footing, Dorothy swung her sword from above with great force.

A straight line was seen as Dorothy swung her sword. The straight line appears to hit Luminas very closely. He felt that with this attack he would end this match with his victory.

‘Completed!’

*DELAYHH!

But...

Dorothy's powerful attack only hit empty air. Luminas bent his body to the extreme in order to avoid his attack.

‘Must be!!!’

As he was startled and a little desperate, the hand holding the Luminas sword began to loosen. Without further ado, Luminas swung his sword forcefully to release his sword from Dorothy's grasp.

Feeling the opportunity once again coming at him, Luminas instantly unsheathed his sword swiftly and forcefully.

*BUGG!!

The attack launched by the Luminas seemed so powerful that it produced a whirlwind that it pushed Dorothy backwards,

Looking at Dorothy who was bouncing far back, Luminas without making any small talk immediately shot towards her. He raised his sword and launched a swift and powerful attack.

Dorothy who was attacked from a very close distance did not have time to react, the entire attack landed heavily because she could not put on a defensive posture like that.

“Aghhhh!”

*BUGBUGG!

Luminas relentlessly continued to launch attacks on Dorothy. Until he sees signs of surrender, he will not stop launching attacks.

But Luminas felt something strange. Although he continued to attack Dorothy in a crushing manner, he did not show the slightest sign that he was about to fall, but instead he still received a swift and powerful attack that landed heavily on his body.

Like a huge fortress that firmly and firmly withstood all enemy attacks, Dorothy also defenselessly resisted any attacks from Luminas.

Ignoring all her pain, Dorothy resolutely took a big step forward. Like a walking fortress, it did not appear to falter despite the attack from Luminas. He raised his hands that held the sword high up.

“Fuhhh..”

Dorothy breathed out a long breath that looked like steam coming out of her mouth.

“RECEIVE THIS!!!”

“!!!!”

Dorothy swung her sword forward very strongly. Even the wind blew as Dorothy swung her sword towards Luminas.

A focused attack came from Dorothy's sword swing. Luminas sensed the danger of an impending attack. He did not expect that Dorothy could strike back when she was being beaten by him. In fact he ignored all the attacks launched on him and remained focused on launching his attacks.

‘Dangerous!!!’

A focused attack is a very dangerous attack. Because he gathered all his strength and strength left for the attack, so Dorothy's attack had all the strength he had trained all along.

The distance between Luminas and Dorothy is very close. Because Luminas had to maintain a close range if he wanted to attack Dorothy quickly and strongly, he had no intention of taking a step back because he wanted to end this match with a series of attacks.

But it backfired for him. The distance between her and Dorothy was so close, that if Dorothy attacked back then the attack would definitely hit her.

Luminas certainly had taken everything into account when he attacked Dorothy mercilessly. He bets on whether Dorothy will fall first or herself will fall from one Dorothy counterattack. It seemed like he lost that gamble and put himself in danger.

*BAMMMM!!!

The attack was so powerful that a deafening sound was heard when the attack hit his opponent. Yet...

The attack did not hit Luminas, but Luminas was still able to fend off the attack with all its power.

“!!!”

Dorothy was quite surprised to see her settlement attack again not succeeding.

But the attack was not fully repelled. Dorothy's attack had extremely powerful strength, so even though it was fended off with all its might it still had a great impact. The second one that Luminas used to fend off Dorothy's attack using an injured sword.

*No!

Both of his hands trembled violently, the sword he was holding fell to the floor.

“Ukhhhh!”

Luminas fell down and knelt to the ground. He felt pain in both hands, even to the point that he could not hold his sword anymore. He saw both of his hands shaking, it looked swollen and covered in blood as it resisted the attack from Dorothy.

Instead of getting angry at being given a serious injury from his servant, Luminas smiled instead. He acknowledged the strength and persistence Dorothy had.

‘Hah...Huh.... Greatable... Despite facing a desperate situation he was still able to reverse the flow of the fight. From defending persistently to pouring out everything in one strike... You're really great, Dorothy,'

But the conditions were also the same for Dorothy, as she released power beyond her capacity, she already had no power to stand anymore. Especially with all the damage that he withstood from the attacks of Luminas, of course, the damage will eventually accumulate and become worse.

He fell down with a gasp of breath, but he did not display an expression of sadness, while looking at the sky he gave an expression as if he was satisfied with the result.

‘As expected of the Princess, so powerful!’

Seeing the two had fallen down while panting, Scott walked up to the two of them.

‘Match lasts for 5 minutes 29 seconds...'

“Games terminated!! The result of this match is.... SERIES!!!”

“WAHHHH!!”

A loud cry echoed throughout the training ground. It turned out that not only Scott and Javis were watching this match, but the entire training ground was also watching it. They all cheered loudly after seeing the result of the incredible fight that Luminas and Dorothy had put up.

They were greatly amazed by the match that Luminas and Dorothy had done. They consider that the game is amazing, looking at it from their age. Even the fight carried out by the two of them seemed better than the fight of some ordinary knights who were training in this place.

‘Mr Princess is amazing...’.

Scott and Javis—no, all of them who saw it felt that Luminas was amazing. They considered that even though their Princess was extremely talented, she had only learned to use the sword 30 minutes ago, yet she could be on par with Dorothy who had fighting talent and had learned it for many years.

‘Dorothy is a girl who has a brilliant talent in the field of fighting. In addition, he is also dedicated and never lazy during practice, but.’.

Scott glanced at Luminas.

‘Having a foothold on par with a dedicated talented person.... Monsters... He was not just a genius but a monster... If added with his magic talent and managed to become a magic knight, then.’.

Scott felt a chill all over his body. Luminas managed to be on par with Dorothy just by practicing the sword for 30 minutes and did not have a suitable physique for swordplay. Scott could not imagine how powerful Luminas would be if it were supported by time.

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