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Jale had wanted to wait until she was out of breath. However a windslash broke the water prison. The large droplet burst and Riecca dropped to her knees, coughing, catching her breath. Jale looked at the direction which the slash came from. Drake had already finished dealing with the bandits. The landslide had buried almost all of the hideout.
“A slash that can even cut water. You are a good swordsman indeed,” Jale said.
“You’re not bad yourself,” Drake said.
“Where’s the other one that caused this landslide? Do you think you can face me by yourselves?”
“He used too much of his mana to cause this landslide. I think the two of us are enough,” Drake answered.
Jale laughed at Drake. “Good! Good! I’ve never been this excited before. Come on!” he shouted. He tightened his grip on his two swords. He lifted his right sword. A ball of pure energy amassed at the tip of the sword. He pointed the sword to Drake. “Arcane Bolt!” he shouted.
The ball of energy flew towards Drake. Drake slashed at it, cutting even the Arcane Bolt. Drake ran towards Jale. Riecca noticed that Drake had attacked. She charged too. Jale received their combined attacks well. He used each swords to parry Drake and Riecca. He jumped a step back and pirouetted, swinging both swords. Drake blocked the attack, while Riecca evaded. Drake continued attacking Jale. While both of them were locked in a duel, Riecca changed Blade Miran to Twin Star Miran. She threw one of the glaives towards the two men. Drake crouched suddenly, Jale then saw the glaive coming at him. He parried it with his left hand. Drake did not let him relax. He continued his attacks. Jale was overwhelmed.
Drake sidestepped, and another glaive flew towards Jale. He arched sideways to dodge it. Drake used this chance to plant a kick in Jale stomach, throwing Jale to the ground. Just as he got up, Drake was already in front of him. He blocked the first two of Drake’s Triple Slash, but the last one slashed him on his torso. He drove both of his swords down, forcing Drake to step back. Just as he tried to relax for a bit, Riecca charged from his right side.
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