When Alex came back to the library, both girls stopped chatting and turned to face him.
''How did it go?"
Luna was the one who asked this.
Sitting between the two, Alex responded.
''Pretty well. Katherina came to apologize and asked that we start anew. After a moment of consideration, I accepted.''
Luna looked at Gracier as if to say, 'Didn't I tell you?'.
Gracier pouted. Smiling at how cute she was, Luna stared at Alex intensely and said.
''Well, you accepted after gaining some compensation, am I right?"
Scratching his nose, Alex said with a smile,
''You know me too well.''
''Big brother, I wanna see what you got,'' Gracier shouted; she was curious about what Alex gained, knowing her brother he must have got something good.
Alex presented Sleipnir to them, and it went without saying that Luna was the most shocked as she also has appraisal skills. She was astonished, even though she expected Katherina to gift something to Alex, what Luna didn't expect was that Katherina's gift would be this expensive, akin to national treasure because it's how rare SS Rank items (A/N: Treasure if you want.) are, how valuable they are.
Luna felt Katherina was too generous, so generous it was suspicious, somehow she felt uneasy, and Alex's following words didn't help her feel better.
''That Katherina is a good girl to give such a-"
''Humph! Why not make her your woman then?" Luna harrumphed; she was dissatisfied with Alex's words.
And the latter knew he had misspoken when he saw Luna jealous.
Gracier ignored the couple and stared dreamily at Sleipnir. She hoped that one day her brother would unseal it and take her to the sky. She has forgotten that she could also fly, that she possesses beautiful flame wings that could make one envious.
To disperse the heavy atmosphere around, Alex rapidly made a suggestion.
''Girls, why don't we have a quick mock battle?"
''Huh?!"
''Why not?"
Gracier was surprised by the sudden proposition, while Luna smiled and accepted right away.
'I'm safe for now. Gotta control how I speak from now on.' Alex thought.
Soon, the three moved to the training ground; it was big. Looking at the two girls who changed in training gears, Alex spoke.
''You two come at me, don't hold back.''
Facing this declaration, the girls smiled and said in unison,
''Sure. However, you will not use Shadow Shift, your eye, and Erase. Do you agree?"
Alex was surprised by their condition; however, when he thought about it, it made sense these two abilities were dangerous; he could end the match with them, so better prohibit it.
''Sure, I agree.''
''Great, shall we start?" Luna asked.
''Wait, I want to check something first.'' Alex stopped them as he had something to verify. After putting Sleipnir, he decided to check his status to verify if he got an increase of 200 points on his agility stat.
'Status,' He mumbled.
『[Alexander Kael Touch]
Class: Magic Gunslinger
Age: 17
Male
Race: High Human
「 Rank 7]
Level 66
Experience Value (XP): 0/18900
Magic Power: 5070/5070
Magic: None
Attack: 1550
Defense: 1450
Agility: 1600 (+200) ✒ 1800
Intelligence: 1450
Luck: 1230
BP: 0
SP: 0
Gift: Two Guns * Semi-sealed*
Skills: [Advanced Appraisal Level 1] [Item box Level 2] [Swift Fingers Max] [Divine Sense Level 4] [Throwing knife Level 5] [Dark Vision Level 2] [Dual Wielding Level 2] [Accel Level 3] [Knife Art Level 4] [Link Level 3] [Gun Art Level Level 10] [Normal Regeneration Level 5] [Mana Recovery Level 5] [Synthesize Level 3] [Shadow Shift Level 1]
Special Abilities: [Language Comprehension][Danger Sense] [Overdrive] [Death's Eye] [Envisage] {Erase} {Magic Bullet} {Snatch} [Hellsing] [Xerox]
Titles: [Otherworlder] [The one who can't use Magic] [The one whose fingers are faster than Flash] [Goblin Slayer] [The Reborn] [Shadow Nemesis] [The Slaughterer]』
''Great. Let's begin.'' Alex announced after checking his status.
Gracier and Luna exchanged looks; Luna wore a dangerous smile on her face, the moment Alex saw that smile, he knew something dangerous was about to happen.
And indeed, it did happen.
A white light covered Luna's body before she raised her hand high and swung it down.
Boom!
A blinding holy light exploded from her fist, blasting straight at Alex; it was swift. Alex was forced to momentarily closed his eyes while jumping back, and it was exactly what the girls were aiming for.
Like a ghost, Gracier appeared on the other side, her bow readied and,
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Gracier performed Rapid shots.
Both girl's timing was perfect; if it were an ordinary opponent, he would have been caught off guard; unfortunately, Alex wasn't one.
With his back still facing the incoming arrows, Alex crossed his arms; two silver guns were pointed behind him, their muzzles aimed at the incoming arrows as if he had eyes behind his back.
BANG BANG BANG
Three bullets tore through the air and welcomed the incoming arrows.
BOOM!
When Alex's bullets clashed against the fire arrows, they exploded, creating an explosion, a beautiful firecracker in the air.
Even though they were surprised by Alex's quick reaction, the girls still moved.
Like a rocket, Luna shot forward; her left leg raised high, water was wrapped around her foot like a glove, she appeared above Alex and tried to bring down her leg.
It was now Alex's turn to be surprised; he had not fought against Luna to know how strong she is; if you think she was just a cleric, a simple healer, then you will suffer a fate worse than death. Luna's current physical strength was beyond that of her level.
Even so, looking at the incoming foot coming straight toward his face, Alex grinned before ordering,
'Non-lethal bullet.'
〖Sure〗Silveria responded.
Bang!
Alex fired at Luna's foot just as it was an air breath from his face. Luna was surprised to find her foot missing. However, she didn't have time to contemplate what happened because Alex threw his fist toward her stomach.
At this rate, she wouldn't have the time to create a shield to defend against Alex's fist; fortunately, she was not alone.
Just as Alex's fist was about to collide against Luna's stomach, a fire arrow was shot at his fist; Alex quickly retreated. And to his astonishment, the fire arrow transformed into a flame string that got wrapped around Luna's thin waist and brought her back. Everything happened too fast; Alex couldn't only watch helpless Luna joining Gracier.
After being rescued by Gracier, Luna panted for a moment before saying.
''Thank you, little Alexandra.''
''You welcome, brother wasn't gotten serious yet. He is only playing around.'' Gracier said while watching the smiling Alex.
''Sigh! I know. It's frustrating to think after suffering our attacks; he was still perfectly fine. I guess we shall make him get serious, don't you agree!" Luna asked; however, she didn't receive any response.
Then she decided to check Gracier to see why she wasn't responding; Luna was shocked to find Alex appear not too far from Gracier. His knife aimed at her; however, it was blocked by Gracier scythe.
''Since when?" Luna couldn't help but exclaim; however, now wasn't the time for such a question. She knew she must help Gracier.
With his free hand, Alex aimed Silveria at Gracier's right leg, wanting to hinder the latter; however, just as the bullet was about to reach Gracier's leg, it got blocked by a white shield that appeared out of nowhere.
''Tch!" Alex couldn't only click his tongue.
Sensing heat starting to gather around him, Alex knew that his sister was planning to unleash Fire lotus, something similar happened back then, the first time the two fought, and Alex almost lost.
Putting strength under his foot, Alex jumped back, and because of Sleipnir, he was sent into the air. Not wanting to waste any opportunity to attack, Alex shot at Luna; the latter quickly created a shield to defend against Alex's attacks. However, the bullets changed trajectory at the last moment and struck the defenseless Gracier's hand, the one holding the scythe.
Clark!
The red golden scythe fell to the ground, and Alex landed on the other side; he quickly rolled on the ground to avoid a white beam shot at him by Luna.
By the time Alex got up, Luna had treated Gracier's injury; even though it was a non-lethal bullet, it still hurts a lot.
After receiving Luna's treatment, Gracier smiled at her before facing her brother; her expression turned serious, the air around her changed, one, two, three,.....
Hundred fire arrows appeared around Gracier; the arrowhead pointed at Alex, the latter gulped before grinning. It was time to test if what he felt after putting Sleipnir on was right.
Whoosh! Whoosh !!!!
Like a bullet, the arrows were hurtled at him; Alex let go of Silveria and summoned his knife. He heard a sudden call, it seemed to be coming from Sleipnir, as if Sleipnir wanted something, so Alex concentrated, free himself from any worries; he understood what Sleipnir wanted, he poured his MP into Sleipnir as the latter wished fo. His body became lighter like a leaf; he could feel the wind around him, the minute change in the air. If Alex had opened his eyes, he would be astonished to see that his knives were covered by the wind making them sharper, longer than usual.
Alex felt his MP drain at fast speed, so he moved; his speed was so fast that it was hard to follow. One minute hasn't passed since Gracier created the hundred fire arrows. The girl's plan was simple, Gracier would use this attack to kept Alex occupied while Luna would finish him.
However, everything changed when Alex moved, he passed through the fire arrows, and they vanished, cut into two; no resistance was shown; it was as if he was cutting the leaf, not an arrow made of magic. Before the girls could open their mouths, they got stuck in their stomachs; they felt the air escape their lungs before plunging forward headfirst.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Like the wind, Alex moved again and gently laid them on the ground. Afterward, he sat down while panting hard; his forehead was drenched in sweat.
〖Interesting I never thought this boot has that ability.〗Silveria said.