Chapter 10 (1/2)

In a corner of the examination grounds, Fii sat crying into her knees.

(I couldn’t win…)

The strike that she had given her all for had hit Gorms in the head.

It wasn’t enough to take him down.

Even so, the damage he had taken was significant.

“Guh-…”

His ma.s.sive body started to sway.

“Seriously? That Gorms got…!?”

“Oi, it can’t be that he’s really gunna lose, yeah?”

A shocked clamour ran through the spectators.

Fii’s airborne body landed on the ground.

(I couldn’t beat him with just one strike… I have to finish him off now…!)

Gorms was still unsteady on his feet.

Taking a deep breath, Fii raised her sword and kicked off the ground.

“I’m going to… win!”

In the next instant, the body that hit the ground was Fii’s.

“GUAHH-…!?”

An intense pain a.s.saulted her legs. Because of the cramping sensation, her hands clutched at them.

The audience started to grow noisy.

“Oi, don’t tell me…”

“Muscle cramps…?”

“What the h.e.l.l.”

Fii’s body had reached its limit after avoiding Gorms’ fierce a.s.saults.

That already strained body was then subjected to intense movement once more to give herself an opening, and then in the end she even sprung off a sword and tried to continue attacking when she reached the ground again. After all of that, her legs finally pa.s.sed their limit.

In agony, Fii couldn’t stand.

Seeing that, the judge ran over.

Seeing that, Fii immediately said,

“I can continue…! I can… still continue…!”