The red-haired Saeko looked like she just did something normal. She slapped her palms together as her bright smile spread across her face the moment she saw Gracier standing up.
Streaking across the sky like a dainty fairy, she landed in front of Gracier but she didn't reduce her speed as she immediately charged into the latter embrace, clinging to her like an octopus. She also kept rubbing her face all over her chest.
''I thought you'd die.'' It seemed that at the moment it was the real Saeko, the one speaking.
Saeko was practically brimming with joy right now.
"That was so fun, but I'm not satisfied yet. Can you play with me next until I'm satisfied?"
Gracier's body shuddered under the immense pressure following this declaration, the red-haired Saeko seemed to be back.
'Shit! I knew it.' Gracier complained as she did not really want to fight a crazed battle lust Saeko in her current state because to win she would have to use that mode and in her current, having not completely recovered it would be a bad move. She would have preferred not to fight and just rest, however, seeing the luster in the red-haired Saeko's eyes she knew it was probably impossible still Gracier tried.
''Can we postpone it for another date?''
''Hell, no.''
As expected the red-haired Saeko refused, she even released her full power as if mocking Gracier to be a coward, one should know that Gracier was stronger than Saeko. The red-haired Saeko even displayed her current status.
『[Saeko S Ren]
Rank 14 [Saint]
Level 163 (170)
Class: Magic Swordswomen
Age: 18
Female
Race: Human Experience Value: ???
Magic Power: 10000/10000 ? 15000/15000
Magic: Wind/Lightning
Attack: 3200?6000
Defense: 3000?5000
Agility: 3000?5500
Intelligence: 2000?3000
Luck: 1600?3000
BP: 0
SP: 0
Gift: Muramasa
Skills: [Cooking Level ] [Sewing Level 3] [Presence Detection Level 3] [Wind Art Level 8] [Lightning Art Level 8] [Imperial Swordsmanship Level 5] [Sword Art Level 7]
Special Abilities: [Lightning Domain] [Lightning Wings] [Blood manipulation and Doom's Eye] (A/N: Only when in this special mode.)
Titles: [Hard Worker ] [The Awakened] [The Diligent] [Blessed] [Slaughterer]
''Hehehehe!" She managed to successfully anger Gracier who did not care anymore.
[Dragon Form: Fear Mode]
BOOM!
Gracier turned into her mature form, she was emitting boundless pressure and like the red-haired Saeko, she also displayed her status for the latter to see. Their levels after transforming can be said to be the same but their stats were completely different except for their attack's stat.
『[Gracier Alexandra Touch]
Rank 14[Demigod]
Level 165 (170)
Class: Fire Empress
Age: 16
Female
Race: High Half-Elf/ Dragon
Experience Value: 4000/510800
Magic Power: 140250/14025 ? 17000/17000
Magic: Fire Magic
Attack: 5000 ? 6000
Defense: 5000 ? 6000
Agility: 45000 ? 6000
Intelligence: 2300 ? 4000
Luck: 2300
BP: 0
SP: 10
Gift: Ignia's Bracelet
Skills: [Cooking Level 4] [Sewing Level 3] [Presence Detection Level 7] [Chantless Magic Level 8] [Fire Art Level 10]] [Archery Level Max] [Blaze Steps Level 10] [Golden Arrows Level 10]
Special Abilities: [Dragon Eye Level 10 Max] [Flame Wings Level 4] [Dragon's Breath Level Level 6] [Lord of Hundred Flames] [Dragon Form: Fear Mode]
Titles: [Avenger] [Child of Fire] [The Awakened] [The Diligent] [Lord of Flames] [Slaughterer]
The red-haired Saeko flinched in front of this girl who was emitting a dangerous energy, she knew Gracier's contrary, Ignia is superior to her, still, she wanted a fight to test this girl's limit, after all, it would be their contractors fighting not them, so she might still have a chance.
She put a distance between them first then her face changed.
The red-haired Saeko had a vicious look for a moment there but she steadied her breathing and she got into a stance.
Leaning forward a bit, she flashed like a lightning bolt as he arrived in front of Gracier in the blink of an eye.
She swung a katana brimming with a terrible aura at Gracier.
Against her, the red-haired Saeko used all her power.
She was aiming at Gracier's neck while she appeared to be in a very vulnerable position, not intending to dodge at all.
Gracier looked like she didn't even treat this as a lethal attack. With an amicable smile on her face, she lightly moved her bow and she blocked the heavy sword without letting it inch closer.
The red-haired Saeko's expression distorted. With her full strength behind this sword strike, it should have been able to cleave apart an entire mountain. Her opponent blocked this kind of attack with such ease that for a moment she wonder if she was dreaming.
"Hah!"
With a racing heart, she retreated backward. Immediately after that, she covered herself in armor made of Wind and Lightning to increase her defense before attacking.
"Not bad…"
The red-haired Saeko got mad that she praised her like this. Saying something like that in a battle like this meant that she was not taking her seriously. Dragons are such a prideful race that even their contractor is as well.
The red-haired Saeko shot out at her once more. This time, she attacked with faster speed, leaving afterimages in her wake. Before she even arrived in front of Gracier, he already shot out a dark sword beam at her.
Gracier grinned when she saw the tyrannical sword beam. She raised an arm, and a black flame appeared and wrapped around it before she punched forward.
BOOM!
She deflected the dark sword beam to the side. Her hand was up against the red-haired Saeko's katana.
Gracier compressed the heat in the air to a terrific level before saying.
''Red Plasma!''
Her delayed sentence shook the beast king's core. She trusted her hand and dense energy fluctuations came in the form of dozens of lasers.
The red-haired Saeko clenched her teeth and she somehow managed to pull away her katana. She struck the lasers with her blade only to scatter them into smaller light rays that enveloped her as if they had will on their own.
The light rays looked like persistent creatures that wouldn't give up before they landed on her. The red-haired Saeko could only retreat in a haggard manner.
Gracier made her move at this juncture in time.
"Boundary of swiftness and slowness!'' She said in an obscure tongue the red-haired Saeko could not understand.
Suddenly, she was shocked because her speed immediately dropped a few magnitudes. She was still fast but the light rays are faster and the tiny lasers finally struck her.
Splurt!
The tiny lasers bore holes into her reinforced body's armor reaching her skin beyond. Bleeding like a fountain, plumes of smoke rose as the stench of charred meat entered her nostrils.
Bam
The red-haired Saeko kneeled on the ground, the katana became her crutch, and without it, she would have fallen to the ground. Her eyes are now completely red, it's not caused by her wounds but rather by her immense anger.
Struggling to lift her head, she looked at Gracier who stood no further than 1 meter away from him as she moaned in pain.
"How… how did you do it?…"
Gracier stopped smiling and she replied in an indifferent tone.
"Dragon Tongue, although I can't perfectly use it yet, using it for minor things is not impossible.''
Her slit golden eyes fell upon the kneeling Saeko.
Paying even more energy to lift her head, she was far from being mortally wounded but it was already enough to affect her combat power.
''So, you can even use the dragon tongue?"
''Hahahaha! It is my defeat. You are too powerful, you haven't even used your full strength and I'm already in this state.'' The red-haired Saeko acknowledged her defeat much to Gracier's joy, she was already at her limit.
''That's good. Just give back her body already.'' Gracier ordered before canceling her dragon's form and the red-haired Saeko nodded before disappearing back into the katana, Saeko's black hair was back.
''I'm sorry.'' Saeko apologized as soon she was back but Gracier dismissed her saying it was not a big deal.
''Let's go find somewhere quiet for tonight,'' Gracier suggested and Saeko followed her.
°°°
In a quiet corner inside the deep regions of the Forest is a rather vacant area. This area is devoid of trees and weeds. There are only rocks and boulders around here. When the wind blew, dust would be blown up into the sky. It's hard to believe that this place used to be flushed with flora.
There are a bunch of small hills with trees that have fruit growing on them near this vacant area. Luckily for the expedition duo, a part of this habitat remained after the fights. The residents that were living here got cleansed by the newcomers, including the king of this area, the Brutal Ape King.
After cleaning up, Gracier and Saeko's team members decided to make this play their camping spot for the night. It would be a waste if they passed on this ridiculously habitable place.
The girls erected their tents before making a campfire.
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