Maria looked at the two girls before; there was a moment of silence before she declared.
''Who among you two want to come first?"
The way she talked, the disinterest on her face somehow irked the two; they exchanged glances before Eri chose to step forward. Her last fight against Maria had ended up in something like a draw; it's time to know clearly which one among the two is the strongest.
As she was an otherworlders like Alex and others, Eri also acquired the appraisal skill, she hadn't used it in their fight, but now she got the chance, Eri decided that it was better to use it and see Maria's current status.
'Appraisal.' Eri silently mumbled; however, the moment she activated her magic to spy on her, Maria automatically knew it; she was not the only one to detect it, even Kuina was aware of it, and she let a chuckle escape from her mouth while crossing her arms to watch a good show.
Maria did not attempt to block Eri from checking her status; she stood there doing nothing.
[Maria Alexia Rosares]
Class: Ice Empress
Age: 17
Female
Race: High Human
[Rank 11]
Level 104
Experience Value: ?????
Magic Power: 3090/3090
Magic: Ice Magic
Attack: 1470
Defense: 1210
Agility: 1230
Intelligence: 1220
Luck: 1160
Gift: Frozen Fairies
BP: 0
SP: 18
Skills: [Advanced Appraisal Level 10 Max] [Language Comprehension] [Item box Level 10] [Ice Slash Level 5] [ Glaciate Level 10 Max] [Ice Blast Level 5] [Close Quarters Combat Level 10 Max] [Ice Arrows Level 7] [Sword Art Level 5] [Thousand Ice Steps Level 5]
Special Abilities: [Frost ???] [Ice Soul] [Ice Domain Level 5] [Absolute Zero ?????] (Sealed due to how dangerous and unstable it is.)
Titles: [Otherworlder] [The Ice Empress] [The Queen ] [Huntress] [Slayer] [Genius]
''Did you love what you have seen?" Maria asked with a hint of sarcasm within it.
Eri chuckled and decided not to entertain her; although she was a bit stronger than Maria, the difference was not that great, except for having a slightly bigger mana pool than her (3500), the other stats were almost the same.
''Let's begin,'' Maria said and brought out her two daggers; However, they have said it was a friendly spar, they both knew that it was not the case, for Maria it was to establish her dominance while for Eri, this was a way to show Maria that she had grown up, she had surpassed her and wasn't living in her shadow like in the past. As for Kuina, the last in the trio, she doesn't want to lose.
Eri immediately tapped on the ground, and it was transformed into the flame domain from which flame spirits soldiers rose; there were three of them; their levels were around 70 to 80.
''Hue hue! Meet my cute little soldiers.'' Eri declared pride in herself. Both Maria and Kuina rolled at Eri, acting proud.
''Hundred Ice petals!"
Shing!
Mara's daggers transformed into the beautiful crystal sword came crashing down, smashing a flame spirit soldier to bits. Because she was using the opposite element to the enemy natural element, it had many effects on them.
However, something astonishing happened; immediately upon getting destroyed, that flame spirit soldier was formed shortly after and tried to catch Maria from the back as the other two attacked from the sides.
Maria did not panic; she delivered a kick with all the strength she could muster. Her black hair, which had become long, billowed out with the motion. The Flame spirit soldier before her was split in two and crumpled to the ground. Such a grappling technique delivered with her enhanced strength was stronger than most blunt weapons. Even so, pulling off that sort of maneuver should have been too challenging for most people.
Maria was adept with more than just a sword; her martial arts capabilities were also quite impressive. A brilliant defensive reaction like the one she'd just employed against the flame spirit was proof enough of that. She'd spent a long time honing her skills. Bringing her right leg back down, Maria pushed off the ground and dashed forward to slash with her sword. This attack, empowered with the girl's mana, crushed the head of a flame spirit soldier with a beast head.
Before, under Eri and Kuina's astonished gazes, her sword was transformed back into daggers; she hurtled one of them at Eri, who couldn't control the flame spirits, soldiers, while at the same time moving around.
''Fuck!" Eri swore and immediately canceled her technique; she gathered all the power of her domain to form a flame wall, 5 centimeters thick quickly; if it were any normal weapon, Eri wouldn't have wasted her time doing what she had done; however, considering how Maria's gift seemed to be her natural enemy, she didn't really have the choice.
Boom!
The moment the crystal dagger crashed against Eri's flame, an explosion occurred, which shook the surrounding before the dagger succeeded in piercing through the flame wall after a short stalemate.
Eri's eyes became fierce as she summoned her gift, the red sword, and tried to parry the dagger to the side when suddenly, the dagger seemed to have a mind on its own because its curved down and bypassed Eri's sword.
''What the fuck ?" Eri shouted surprised, Kuina was surprised as well, her face became serious, she decided to look out for these unusual daggers when fighting against Maria.
Meanwhile, the curved dagger went downward toward Eri's feet, and just as it was about to reach the ground, it exploded, transforming ice shackles that immediately tied Eri's feet against the ground.
Eri didn't have the time to be concerned about her feet right now as a second dagger sliced through the air and arrived instantly before her; it was too fast; the timing of each attack seemed to have been perfectly calculated.
At the last second, ERI succeeded in tilting her head to the side, dodging the dagger; even so. She still received a small cut on her left cheek, which instantly began freezing.
''You have lost.''
Somehow, Maria appeared behind Eri and caught the dagger before holding it against her slender neck; she could feel the chill coming from the dagger edge and trying to invade her neck, however, thank her natural constitution, it was not easy, Eri could have attempted a desperate method, but she was someone who knew when to stop and knew how to admit defeat.
''I surrender,'' Eri muttered rather dejectedly; a failure today doesn't mean it would be a failure tomorrow; she was too full of herself and had today fight to be intense as their previous one, this was a misjudgment from her part, Maria used the simplest method to finish the match.