Hero of Darkness

Stunned. The entire arena was stunned and so were the people watching this match throughout the empire. From his proclamation.. Kahn implied that he'd easily win the match without any worries.

"This insolent bastard.." murmured Veronica under her breath and her eyes were fired up the very next second.

Squirm! Squirm!

The brown aura leaked from her body squirmed and soon, multiple strands of this aura that was spread around her end of the battlefield started coalescing and soon, 20 giant rapier swords made of highly condensed aura and mana together formed in the air.

4 groups of elemental swords, each having 5 of them and varying from fire, water, wind and light elements floated in the air above.

Each of these massive rapier swords was 5 meters long and 1 meter in width. Each one of them exuded intense heat, pressure, speed and destructive force respectively.

All the people watching this match were able to infer that the mana structure and control behind these swords were extremely precise and the mastery of the user over these elements was top-notch quality.

Many saints spread throughout the arena also watched from their respective rooms and nodded in approval.

"As expected from the daughter of the number one swordsman of the empire. Her mana control and aura combination with her skills is already at such a high degree.

And normally, any grandmaster individual can use one to two elements fused in their skills. Yet she has created 4 different elemental swords at once!

Like the rumors claimed'¦ she has indeed unlocked a unique rank class we know as the Magic Swordsman!" spoke the emcee as if it was his own daughter fighting in the ring.

Even the majority of the audience was awestruck and nodded in agreement.

Sigh!

[What a show-off. Even Omega has better skills and attacking capabilities than her.] thought Kahn and his black and red aura erupted intensely as he too decided to reveal his skills in front of all the audience.

Swoosh! Clatter! Clink!

Kahn's aura also spread widely and he created 20 giantswords of his own that match the same attributes of the aura swords created by the opponent.

Sword Savant!

Kahn used the skill he got by absorbing skills and eating Arkham, the peak grandmaster magic swordsman's core.

This was an S Rank ability and also the same level of skill he compared to the one displayed by the opponent.

Flabbergasted!

Not just the normal audience but even seasoned warriors and saints were flabbergasted after this revelation.

Millions of gasps were heard as Kahn also revealed this skill, indicating that he too was a magic swordsman.

Although Kahn couldn't use the Sword King skill as of now, because it was a semi-saint skill that he created by merging sword lord and sword savant skills he got from Dormammu Volstov & Arkham Holland respectively, he could at least use this skill for now.

Because Sword King skill could help him create 100 aura swords already and even Ismaetrazel Mor Vandereich, a 4th stage saint swordsman had claimed it to be a saint rank skill based on its potential alone.

So Kahn did not want to reveal his hand quickly as it would affect his odds in the next match and the money he'd lose will be in the hundreds of trillions.

"Impossible!" exclaimed Veronica in disbelief.

The only thing she was proud of in her life that also played a big part in her rise in strength and rank as a swordswoman till this point was also something shared by her opponent?

In the whole Rakos Empire, there were only 70 magic swordsmen and even among them; there wasn't a single person who unlocked this unique rank class under the age of 30.

Even her father who was labeled as the no. 1 swordsman of the empire unlocked this profession at the age of 35 while she was only 25 years old. Her talent was already only second to her cousin in their clan but no one matched her as far as a sword was concerned.

Yet the no-name opponent she declared as an unskilled and unrefined fighter also happened to have unlocked this class as well. This completely thwarted her notions of reality as she was no longer the only magic swordswoman of the younger generation.

"You said I'm unskilled and that's why I'll lose, right?

Then show me your true skills then. I'll let you have the first hand and only defend for the next 10 minutes.

If you can defend me in that timeframe.. I'll admit my loss." spoke Kahn as he openly challenged and provoked Veronica.

Silence.. The arena was filled with silence again.

"This guy'¦ is he not afraid of the Mikealson Clan?

Saying that he'll only defend against her attacks means he's seriously looking down on her pride as a warrior." spoke a demonkin mage saint from the Demi-Human faction.

"Ah.. This young man is too presumptuous. Does he not know who trained this girl?

She was holding a sword in her hands before she was even 5 years old." spoke a mage saint from the Mikealson clan.

At this moment.. Veronica was thoroughly infuriated. After every exchange since they entered the battle ring, all Kahn had done was undermine, challenge and now even saying that he'll only defend against her attacks.

His remarks were something she had never been subjected to even from her father. Yet this pretentious bastard was acting as if she wasn't even qualified to fight on even terms with him.

Little did anyone know that Kahn was doing this to furnish his rusty swordsmanship skills and use this opportunity to raise their effectiveness and mastery to a whole degree.

Because even now, his skills were only at peak grandmaster rank and he wanted to breakthrough to saint rank in sword weapon.

Besides, the best way to gauge an enemy's strength was to let them attack you first and then analyze their moves and patterns. Because randomly swinging a sword against a truly skilled fighter only worked in novels and mangas.

"You!.. You!.. Fine then. Don't say later that I didn't give you a chance to fight equally." spoke Veronica and the very next second.. His image flickered from 200 meters away and appeared in a 150 meters radius on Kahn's left side.

But before he could focus or see through her direction, her physique vanished into thin air and she came 100 meters close in the next second.

Kahn already had Survival Instinct blessing and Hunter's Intent skill activated so he could feel Veronica's killing intent locked on him. It was also the reason his mind could at least detect her direction.

If not, he wouldn't be able to detect her presence at all.

Swing!

The next moment, Kahn quickly turned on his backside and swung lucifer.

Clang!!

Spark!!

Before the audience could even register her, Veronica quickly appeared behind Kahn's back and now both their swords clashed against each other as sparks flew between their weapons.

"Not bad. You can at least sense me." she said and her body flashed again.

But at this same time, her giant mana swords also flew swiftly and attacked in Kahn's direction.

Bang!!

Shrill!!

Boom!!

Kahn's own swords also attacked and clashed against those swords because he already sensed their movements.

At this exact moment, all of his sensing skills were activated including the sonar resonance skill, heat sense, hunter's intent and survival instinct.

But because he had limited his stats and rank to match the opponent, even Kahn was having a hard time completely detecting her.

Shing!

He sidestepped and parried a thrust made towards his chest as Veronica's figure appeared and flickered the next moment.

Afterimages after afterimages appeared and disappeared as Kahn kept on defending, evading and parrying the sudden sword thrusts, slashes and swings.

[System, how's the progress?] asked Kahn.

[The combat techniques mastery for defensive and parrying skills has improved.

Current progress : 84%] replied the system in its usual lifeless and robotic voice.

[Good.] thought Kahn.

This was also a test for him to properly face a more skilled enemy on the same level. Because he always couldn't rely on his levels and rank as a semi-saint saint.

So by using the Weapon Mastery and Combat Techniques Mastery blessings given by Kravel, the war deity; Kahn planned to increase his proficiency in these skills and techniques while facing a true genius like Veronica.

As of now.. She was as fast as a bullet. And if not for his various lifesaving and sensory skills, he'd have been pierced in the heart already.

At this moment inside the VIP room of the Mikealson clan'¦ 10 individuals were watching the match.

3 of whom were the close family to the swordmaiden fighting in the battle ring.

Isaac Mikealson, the beginner rank grandmaster knight who was also Veronica's cousin stood was seated behind his uncle and his other cousin.

"This guy has really dug his own grave by pissing her off. Look how he's barely avoiding her attacks at the last moment.

I guess he didn't know'¦

That her prestige isn't just because of her heritage or her family background. But mainly because of her skills and speed.

After all, her title is.." spoke Isaac as he gazed at Kahn's struggling figure and continued with a confident smile'¦

"The Flash Goddess."

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[[Author : Reference Art for Veronica Mikealson in chapter comments.. Check it out.]]