Chapter 25: Rating game 2
"Just stay still and let me hit you!!" Mira shouted, Swinging her staff in reckless abandon. Ken continued to effortlessly dodge the rapid barrage of slashes and thrusts coming his way "Sure...Just tell me why were you people waiting for me"
"We came here of our own accord" Ravel answered, Ken jumped back as a fire spell stuck the place he was standing on. He looked above at the blonde "And why might that be?"
A taunting smile, and relaxed posture, paired with a mocking tone made it perfectly clear to even the blind that he wasn't taking them seriously.
"Th...That..." she gritted her teeth in anger and frustration as she remembered his smug face when he insulted her Onii-sama "Because you dared to compare Yubelluna and us to some cheap restaurant"
"...That's it" The revelation of their desire for vengeance left him perplexed, what he had said was a simple insult, Who would've thought they would take his words seriously, he never really meant those words in the first place...Well, Not in the sense they seem to misunderstand him.
He didn't have time to proceed further when he saw an overhead swing coming at him, He shifted his balance to the left feet and tilted his just enough that the staff harmlessly gazed past him, Mira noticed that he had dodged her strike again, stopped her swing mid-air at the level of his midsection and thrust forward in a slight hope that she would catch him off-guard.
Ken didn't dodge this time, Instead, his right hand grabbed the tip of the staff heading for his abdomen and used Mira's momentum to yank the staff away from her arms. Mira tumbled forward when Ken landed a solid knee on her chest.
"Guah!" She recoiled backward, and blood gushed out of her mouth and nose. Ken ignored her though, Instead he imbued his magicles into the staff and brought it over his head to block a vertical metallic sword, immersed in flames aimed at him.
Metal and wood clashed as sparks flew everywhere, the collision of their weapons generating gusts of wind within the concrete halls, Ken grinned looking at the Silver armored knight, and asked "I thought all the knights follow the code of chivalry, Acting all righteous and honest...Not jump of unarmed people busy dealing with someone else"
In response to his inciting comments, The Knight with light brown hair and green eyes simply answered "Were you a fellow Swordsman, I would've loved to challenge you to a duel and test your might, But Unfortunately Riser-sama's order is to dispatch you as soon as possible" Her grip on the handle of her sword tightened as she pressed her sword further ahead, forcing ken to go on an defensive stance lest he let himself be overpowered. "So please forgive us for such inappropriate actions..."
*Vroom Vroom
""Got You!!""Just as her words dropped, Ken heard the mauling sound of chainsaws, he glanced over his shoulder to look at the turquoise-haired twin rapidly approaching him from behind. Not only that Ken also sensed another pair of devils rapidly descending from the above, using their devil wings to propel them faster, and the bishop of riser preparing to fire some strong spell, judging by the sweat ticking down her forehead.
'So there were more than nine huh...' Despite being cornered from four directions, Ken calmly analyzed the situation. His mind rapidly processed the constant influx of information sent by his eyes that continued to access even the smallest of movements of every person within the halls.
Ravel smiled triumphantly when she saw her strategy working, the chainsaws were mere inches away from tearing through his torso, And even if he was somehow able to overpower the Knight And tried to avoid it by jumping sideways or upwards-the result would remain the same.
In the case of the former, He will be burned to a crisp by the bishop's spells, and later he will be by getting a double dropkick from the descending pair.
'Why isn't he summoning his sacred gear though?' Amidst her confidence over victory, she suddenly felt something was wrong.
It was proven correct at the final moment when Ken muttered, looking directly into the Knight's eyes "You don't have to apologize....for you're already dead"
Ravel finally noticed the source of her unease, "Wait!!" she shouted for them to stop, but it was already too late.
"Uck!" He kicked the Knight in the back of her Knee. She lost her balance as her knees buckled under her own weight, Ken slid his staff across her blade. He planted his leg on her plump thigh, used it like a platform, and jumped backward by performing a backflip.
In mid-air, he twisted his body at an impossible angle and hurled the staff at the bishop.
Now With his hands free, He took hold of the incoming ankles, used their momentum generated by gravity, and flung them at the chainsaw duo.
[Four [pawn] and one [knight] of riser-sama's peerage have been eliminated] Ken landed gracefully on his feet, He bowed his head like a jester to the crowd as Grayfia's announced, her voice containing a slight hint of her interest and excitement.
The next moment, The chainsaws cleaved through the Knight's torso, Descending twins crashed into the chainsaw twin and the staff hit the bishop's wrist-Deflecting the trajectory of the flaming spell.
The misfired spell ended up burning the only twin remaining in the gymnasium.
All this happened in mere moments…It happened so fast that they failed to grasp their situation, What just happened? Wasn't he the one who was cornered? How did he survive getting surrounded from all four sides?
They looked at the monster who had just chipped their numbers to half in an instant. Just by merely dodging their attacks, His hands completely devoid of any drop of blood, smiling politely at them…Sent shivers down their spine.
And finally, when everyone's eyes settled on his arm, they realised something important 'He never summoned his boosted gear in the whole fight!'
It was like he never considered them worthy of staining his hands, so he didn't kill them But used their own allies to do his bidding.
It came crashing down like a cackling thunder, and that broke their spirits, especially when the black-haired raised his left hand and summoned the imposing Red Gauntlet.
{BOOST}
"Let's not fight anymore, shall we? Fights are for barbarians, We are civilized people, right?"
They nodded their heads in unison, dropping their weapons and lowering their heads in submission.
"Great, Now--"
*Boooomm
"Sigh~ It seems like there have been some inconveniences on the other side...Oh Well, can't be helped. " Ken said, disappointed. The next moment he looked at the remaining members of riser's peerage and merrily said "Kill yourself"
"Ehh...!"
"As I said, Kill yourself. Or do I have to do that for you?"
They hesitated, glancing left and right, seemingly searching for answers on each other's faces. Amidst the confusion, Mira- the same girl that Ken had kneed earlier rose to her feet with difficulty, wiped the blood staining her face, and shouted in anger, "Who do you think you are, and why should we follow every word you say? We only follow Riser-sama's ord-"
*Sizzle
*Boom
Before she finished her sentence, A small ball of fire grazed past her ear. Completely burning through the right side of her hair, and finally exploding as it continued to the concrete floor "Ahhhh....!"
He ignored her cries and turned to others, his ice-like, chilling eyes roaming through the crowd "Anyone else?"
"Wa--Wait! Wait! You can't do that...!" He cast a glance at the panicking blonde, "... At- At least let me stay here...?" She barely whispered the last part under his scrutinizing gaze.
"...Sure"
"Eh...Just like that?"
"Well yeah, you didn't attack me the whole time when I was facing others, Well it wouldn't have mattered anyways, But still I don't see any problem with that. Also..." He looked at her from top to bottom "...It would be a waste to not flaunt the makeup that you've so meticulously done, no?"
Ravel wanted to argue, to shout how could he say something so tactless to a Young and beautiful girl such as herself. But closed her mouth when she thought about the reason for her makeup and dressing.
With that he turned around and proceeded to leave the gymnasium "Aren't you going to eliminate them?" closely following him, Ravel asked.
The moment he stepped foot outside the walls of the gymnasium, a mountain of flame emerged from his feet, Devouring the complete building in an instant, the remaining members tried to escape through the other side of the gymnasium. Alas, the fire was much faster than they could run.
The last thing they heard before being burnt alive was "A meal isn't rated simply based on its presentation..."
[ Three [pawn], one [Rook], and one [Bishop] of riser phenix have been eliminated]
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