Chapter 275: Talia’s Spar: 1 v 4, Part 2! (1/2)

A cut appeared in Roval's face—right below his eyes. Talia actually aimed for Roval's eye through the opening on his helm but thanks to Roval's unusual reaction speed, he was able to look slightly upwards—allowing Talia to miss his right eye.

That said, because of Talia's wiggly sword technique, the cut on Roval's face even reached up to his nose—consequently increasing the amount of blood that burst in his face, which, in turn, momentarily blinded Roval's right eye.

That said, Roval did not stand idly anymore. He dashed to his left—away from where Talia went pass through him. This way, even if Talia has a follow up attack, he would have a sufficient space to defend or counter attack.

Well… At this moment, Talia simply stood on guard after miraculously dodging Aldo's follow up attack—that came after Roval's first strike earlier.

Talia can't chase after Roval because the gap between them was within the striking distance of Aldo. If she was not careful and carelessly went after Roval, then her head would have been struck by Aldo's sword.

That said, she can't also go straight after Aldo because, at this moment, Lony was able to caught up to them. Even if she took the risk to eliminate Aldo, Aldo could still have a chance to restrict her movements before he gets commissioned out of the spar and allow Lony to deal a critical strike.

Aldo charged forward with a strike to keep Talia busy and give her no chance to formulate her new pattern or ways of attack. Unfortunately, Aldo obviously lacks more training compared to Talia, so, Aldo's attacks were easily countered. If not for Lony's interference, Aldo would have been considered eliminated in the spar already.

After retreating a couple of times, Talia felt another murderous stare coming behind her. Thus, she decided to dash backwards as low as she can. Fortunately, her anticipation was correct. A blade of a sword sliced horizontally—just an inch, above her.

Since Aldo was chasing after Talia, Roval's full force attack was now heading towards Aldo.

And, inches before Roval's sword hits Aldo's hands—that was gripping his sword, another sword slammed and stopped Roval's sword. It was Loren's sword that came at the right time.

That said, even though Talia was able to stop Roval, Aldo, and Loren from chasing her, Lony was not restricted of her previous maneuver, allowing Lony to go after her.

Talia tried to use the wiggly sword technique a couple of more times, but Lony and Roval were strong enough to defend her attacks.

In the end, Loren and Aldo got removed from the spar after they fell into the trap of Talia's wiggly sword and, later on, was immobilized by Talia through taking advantage of their center of gravity.

Talia only need to deal a slight push using the wiggly sword technique at the right part of their body to make Loren and Aldo fall into the ground—which was considered as an immediate loss in a spar. (Unless falling into the ground was on purpose, like to dodge.)

But all in all, the spar was a draw.

Lony and Roval became strong enough to be able to even face Talia together. That said, there was still obvious lapses on Roval's side, namely his uncontrollable release of murderous intent when attacking.

His attacks were quite straight forward to the point that the slightest of hunch of Talia can easily predict his attacks. That said, Roval has an astounding reaction speed that allows him to defend properly, conduct counterattacks instantly, and make decisive decisions in a short matter of time.

On the other hand, Lony lacks the motive and decisiveness to deal a murderous or critical attack to his enemies—making him a careful attacker. He often waits for a 'one hundred percent' chance before he strikes his killing blow.

It was a trait of a hunter more than that of a warrior or a knight, thus spar with him often leads to either a draw, an immediate defeat, or a long fight of win. It won't be a bad thing when he is fighting one-on-one battles or when he is against a weaker opponent. However, it might become his weakness when he is participating on huge scale battles or when he is against a more experienced and stronger opponent.