''Stop playing and fight for real.'' Eri had shouted.
Upon hearing Eri's words, both Maria and Kuina exchanged glances before chuckling.
Suddenly, Kuina declared.
''It can be considered my win as I have forced you to use your Gift while I haven't used mine.''
This declaration hit Maria hard, now that she thought about since the beginning she hadn't seen Kuina using her Gift, she was curious about what kind of gift the fox girl has. Even Shadow and Eri became curious; they wondered what kind of gift this crazy girl has, without being almost evenly matched to Maria, so what would happen if she were to unleash her Gift? Would this means she would be stronger than Maria? Not necessarily, but it was worth seeing ii; with eyes full of anticipation, they're waiting for Kuina to show her Gift.
Maria became vigilant upon seeing that Kuina was about to unleash her Gift; however, she frowned when the latter immediately shot toward her instead of summoning her Gift as she had said she would; the fox girl had a crafty smile on her face.
Bang!
Their fists collided midair; Maria was pissed she swept her right leg like a whip, intending to crush Kuina's chest, the latter immediately bent her body backward to dodge the strike, pivoting her arms which were against the ground she moved her legs wanting to strike Maria in turn; however, she easily steps to the side to dodge Kuina kick; however, she had forgotten about her tails, they moved at the same time, even though Maria possessed exceptional senses when it came to battle she was not omnipotent, she was bound to make a mistake, and this happened, one of the tails hiding behind the other struck her in the neck, thankfully at the last moment a frost escaping from her neck cushioned the blow, reducing its strength; however, Maria was still sent flying in the air, she twisted her body to land on the ground by forgetting about the intense pain wanting to make her scream, her neck where that tail stuck became red with it was a bit hot as if a burning iron pot had stuck her.
''Not bad,'' Kuina complimented; she had thought that she was the only one that succeeded in landing a blow on her this time but would have thought that even when she was sent flying, Maria still had the opportunity to throw an attack at her, it was a small ice arrow that reached her stomach before she could react, Kuina was truly impressed by Maria when it comes to fighting.
Kuina took a deep breath and unsealed her power; Maria's face turned grave, while Eri could feel the surrounding temperature increasing, she gulped and instinctively used her appraisal skill, this time, she was able to see some of Kuina's status, her eyes widened upon seeing them.
[Kuina Eriel Foxia]
Class: ????
Age: 19
Female
Race: Nine Tails Fox
[Rank 11]
Level 105
Experience Value: ?????
Magic Power: 2900/3500
Magic: Illusion/ Fire
Attack: 1460
Defense: 1190
Agility: 1300
Intelligence: 1400
Luck: 1350
Gift: Thousand Bells
BP: 0
SP: 0
Skills: ???????
Special Abilities: [Nine Tails???] ??????
Titles: [Stop spying]
Eri's mouth twitched upon seeing what was written where the titles were.
'You never stop playing, do you?' Eri thought to herself but did not voice it out.
Meanwhile, the fight between Maria and Kuina was about to reach its climax.
''Fire Domain!" Kuina declared, and immediately, their surrounding was transformed into a flame world.
Inside the fire domain, even Eri outside immediately tried to protect herself from the sweltering environment, Kuina took action.
A movement of her eyes made the domain spit hundreds of fireballs, like a meteor shower that shot toward Maria at extreme speed.
However, the Ice Empress wasn't called empress for anything, she immediately joined her hands together, and the moment she opened them, an ice domain was unleashed, where many big ice arrows forming a giant ice wall collided against Kuina's meteor shower.
Kaboom!
The surroundings trembled as the two attacks clashed, sending shockwaves to the surrounding. Eri immediately escaped not to get caught in by the shockwaves.
During this time, Kuina moved; every time she stepped forward, there were jingling sounds like when bells resonated. Every time this happened, the temperature increased, becoming hotter and hotter, the ground began melting.
Maria's gaze wasn't focused on the increasing temperature but Kuina herself; there was a golden bell around her left wrist, same with her right arm; another one wrapped around her neck, then her feet, a total of five golden bells. Every time she walked forward, they would produce a sound; not only did this sound seem capable of increasing the surrounding temperature giving Kuina perfect control over the Fire element, but these sounds also had another feature to confuse one's mind.
Because of her strong mental strength, Maria had suffered yet from the effect of those bells; for the first time, Maria decided to use her appraisal skill, and when she did, she frowned upon seeing the name of Kuina's Gift, she immediately got a bad feeling.
It happened at that moment; Kuina mumbled something under her breath, and immediately, five other bells appeared and wrapped around her tails, making the number of existing bells reach ten.
Buzz!
There was a buzzing sound; Maria's mind buzzed. She lost focus, strong as she might be, there was a limit to how much she could endure, Kuina who summoned ten bells, seemed to have reached her limit as her face became pale, her body seemed to be cracking from inside; she must quickly end this fight, or else she would be the one to lose once she reached her limit, she was not so conceited to believe that she had the upper hand, one should strike when you get the opportunity as there is some opportunity that never comes twice.
[Fox Fire]
Kuina declared, and immediately radius hundred meters became fire domain, a golden flame, so pure billowed, the ground melted in an instant, the trees surrounding them even though they were at some distance burst into flame and disappeared, Eri immediately summoned her fire to protect herself while jumping backward several times, even Shadow frowned, she immediately put some distance between her and the battlefield.
Kuina disappeared and reappeared before the absentminded Maria; her tails caught the ice empress and sent her flying into the sky before striking the ground to propel Kuina into the sky; her knee crashed into Maria's stomach, her mouth opened, and blood flowed out. As if she had teleported, Kuina appeared behind Maria and slammed her toward the ground.
Bam! Boom!
Golden flames gathered under Kuina's command, ready to strike Maria, when suddenly she froze. She had a bad feeling. Or maybe that should be called conviction. She felt a chill as if the hair on her back stood on end; immediately, Kuina tried to distance herself, but it was already too late.
Maria, who was lying on the ground after getting pummeled from the sky, immediately rose, her black hair turned instantly white, and a voice which didn't belong to her flowed out her mouth.
''Absolute Zero!"
Immediately, a radius of two hundred meters and even Kuina in the sky were transformed into ice. Silence permeated the surrounding; a cruel smile appeared on the white-haired Maria's face as she stared in a certain direction; a rat was trying to escape; she must get rid of her before taking care of the two she had frozen.. Having decided what to do, the white-haired Maria moved.