Obek smiled when he saw his short sworde toward An''s chest. Even though An''s reaction speeds were impressive, he couldn''t react to the point-nk de that ''teleported'' directly to his body.
This was one of the secret abilities of his LifeSkill powers. As a direct descendant of the Orioness family, he had the honor to be bestowed upon one of the powers of the Genesis God himself. As long as he was blessed by God, then his pdin powers would allow him to create passageways that could teleport his de from one ce to another.
Since he was only in the 2nd stage Student realm, he could only create passageways that were extremely near his body. Fortunately for him, he didn''t have any trouble approaching An.
With his short sword piercing through An''s chest, Obek was sure that he would finally beat the porter. Surely, he could finally prove their uselessness.
However, he felt an insurmountable resistance before he could even pierce through An''s battle suit.
TINGGG
"WHAT?!"
His short sword simply couldn''t prate through An''s simple armor. That was unbelievable. His weapon was supposed to have a quality that couldn''t bepared! It was made by a 2nd removed Masamune cksmith!
Both An and Obek were supposed to be in the 2nd student Stage. This meant that the weapons and armor that they could get were made for their power level only. Unless An had a chest te even better than a 2nd removed Masamune Original, then there was no way it could have repelled his short sword!
Unfortunately for Obek, An did have something better than that. He would probably jump away from his chariot if he knew that An had a semi-sentient armor.
"That''s not possible!" Obek shouted.
He retrieved his sword and attacked An again. But this time, An skillfully dodged away from his stab, just barely letting it skid against his chestte.
This made Obek even more confused. Just a few seconds earlier, An couldn''t even move properly from his attacks. He had to contort his body in inefficient ways that were full of holes and vulnerabilities. This showed An''s inexperience in martial arts.
However, his dodge showcased somethingpletely polished. He didn''t move much of his body from the attack and he made sure to cover any vulnerabilities in his stance. This dodge was taught to Obek as a perfect counter to the Orioness swordsmanship. And somehow, An learned it.
"I learned a lot from your moves," An muttered.
What? Obek couldn''t understand anything anymore.
If he had been paying attention to An''s eyes, then he would have seen how the ''useless'' porter observed his every movement with an intense gaze.
An wasn''t just dodging. He was analyzing all of Obek''s sword moves. An observed how he carried it with his hands, how he positioned his legs to attack, and even how he breathed in tandem with the sword. His observant eyes caught all of those and quickly found a way to perfectly dodge his attacks.
An found it quite easy since Obek only used the most basic of moves, partially because he thought that he was dealing with an inexperienced guy like An and because he was fighting inside a bumping chariot.
Of course, Obek didn''t know any of that. So, he tried to go back to his foundation and performed a simple sword art that consisted of abination of sweeping the sword towards the ribs and then ending with a chop from the head down to the torso.
But with just the first sh, An twisted his body to the side and immediately lunged towards Obek. with one swift move, An punched him in the face.
THWACK
Obek''s head felt his whole world turn as the punch stunned him into near unconsciousness. His SoulTime immediately lost an entire month! Even a huge gash on his chest would only cost about 15 days at most.
He couldn''t believe how heavy that punch was. And if he knew An was still holding back, then he would have vomited out blood.
Why? Well, Obek was about to find out.
An raised his right hand and stretched it out. If Obek was fully conscious right now, then he would recognize that An was trying to copy his sword stance! And instead of using a short sword, he was using his hands!
An wanted a practice buddy to y with! That''s why he didn''t knock him out.
With his eyes closed, An remembered in perfect detail how Obek positioned his body. And in his imagination, he was able to put himself in Obek''s body as he tried to attack An.
When he was finally ready to attack, he did the simplest of moves. An shed his hand towards Obek''s ribs. Yet Obek only saw a blur in his vision before he felt his ribs break. He lost 10 days of SoulTime from that.
The pain made Obek conscious for a second as he tried to protect himself. His training proved its worth as he was able to raise his sword, trying to parry An''s attack.
However, a bump in the road caused the chariot to jump in the air andnd back down, disorienting Obek even more. He couldn''t keep his defensive stance as he stumbled back.
The disturbance should have disrupted both fighters. But instead, An was able tond awkwardly on the chariot, with one leg on the ledge and one leg on the seat. He was able to keep his bnce!
An didn''t waste any more time as he used his hand and stabbed Obek right in his shoulders, effectively crippling his arm and forcing him to let go of his precious short sword. 8 days of SoulTime lost.
And with onest move, An kicked Obek right in the chest, caving it in and crushing his ribs into his lungs. He lost 20% of his SoulTime because of this internal injury.
The forceunched Obek out and right back into his own chariot. Not only that, the momentum from his crash finally separated the two chariots.
Obek thought that he finally got a second of reprieve.
But instead, An took out a pellet and aimed his slingshot at the chariot. He pre-aimed his shot forward, expecting it to curve back.
After taking a breath, An let go of the pellet as it shot out towards the Fly-Horse Canzer carrying Obek''s chariot.
Surprisingly, it hit the Canzer''srge body, causing it to whip its head to the right.
And due to the force, the blinders were knocked off its head.