Danmachi: Reaper

Riveria walked in the hallway of the Manor as she held several books in her hands. Last night, she had accidentally brought a book from the library to her room, so this morning Riveria intended to return the book to the library.

As a High Elf and a member of the nobility, Riveria was certainly an educated woman. Otherwise, there was no way Riveria could read the language of the Gods-hieroglyphics, considering there were only a handful of humans who could read hieroglyphics.

As a vice-captain and chief executive, Riveria certainly had a lot of work to do. But, she would certainly take her time to study and research magic.

While walking around the courtyard, Riveria suddenly stopped her steps when she saw a familiar elven figure watching someone.

She approached the elven girl, tapped her on the shoulder and called out her name-

"What are you doing here, Lefiya?"

-making the elf startled and involuntarily scream.

"A-Ah! Ri-Riveria-sama?!"

The elf girl, Leyifa jumped up in surprise, and immediately saw the face of Riveria who was looking at her flatly at her behavior.

Actually, this was not the first time Riveria had seen Lefiya's strange behavior, in fact she was used to seeing Lefiya's unusual behavior.

But, precisely because of that Riveria felt helpless to Lefiya.

As the strongest witch in Orario, as well as the vice-captain of the Loki Familia, Riveria intended to make Lefiya her successor in the future.

Not without reason, but because Lefiya's potential to develop is very high, especially since she has three magic slots, where one of the magic can make Lefiya use all Elven magic as long as she understands the spells and effects of the magic.

With such magical talent, Lefiya was certainly the most promising candidate. However, Lefiya had a flaw, and that was her lack of experience.

"What are you doing here, Lefiya?"

Riveria's tone did not change, she looked at Lefiya with a straight and stern expression.

Although Lefiya was a promising candidate to be her successor, but due to her lack of experience, Lefiya was quite unreliable in times of need.

"A-Ah..., i-it's ...."

Lefiya nervously averted her eyes, not daring to look at Riveria directly.

After all, she couldn't say that she was spying on Ais who was practicing in the courtyard, right?

Moreover, when Ais was practicing with their new members, and the two of them looked very synchronized with each other, which made Lefiya feel jealous.

Seeing Lefiya's hesitation, Riveria didn't force her to answer, instead she turned her head to see what she was watching just now.

There, she saw the girl she had cared for since childhood, Ais, training with a new member of their Familia, and they were engaged in an equal match.

Riveria could see that both of them looked evenly matched in sword skills, in fact she saw Ais being cornered several times by Kelvin.

"That kid ...."

Riveria was dumbfounded, although yesterday she felt Kelvin didn't expend all his strength when in the dungeon, but she didn't expect that Kelvin would be this skillful with a sword.

'A little, yes ....'

Riveria suddenly remembered, when Kelvin said he was 'a little' skilled in using some weapons. But, what she saw right now couldn't be called 'a little' anymore.

Ais, known as the "Sword Princess", was the strongest swordswoman in Orario.

But, Kelvin being able to fight on par with Ais in swordsmanship was admirable.

Although he was still level 1, but in terms of sword skills he was already on par with Ais who was level 5. Of course, this couldn't be underestimated.

Immediately, she wanted to discuss this with Finn, but her gaze turned to Lefiya who was looking sullen while watching the exchange between the two.

In her mind, she suddenly came up with an idea, and she would discuss this with Finn, whether he agreed or not.

*****

Kelvin lowered his center of gravity, raising his speed as he accelerated through the air.

Meanwhile, Ais blocked all his attacks by barely changing her facial expression. Even so, on closer inspection, her brows were slightly furrowed, as she realized how heavy each of Kelvin's slashes were.

Although Ais limited herself to using only her sword skills, but she had to admit that Kelvin's war skills were really very good, even she could feel Kelvin's abilities growing with every confrontation they had.

Clang! Cling! Clang! Cling!

In the open field, their two blades clashed against each other, creating a loud banging rhythm that created resonance from the clash of metals.

Facing Ais' wild fighting style, Kelvin was quite calm. All he needed to do was suppress Ais, making her unable to take a step to attack.

As a person who had learned many skills in using various types of weapons, Kelvin had certainly learned swordsmanship and various sword techniques in his previous world.

Because of that, even though he was still level 1, Kelvin could fight on par with adventures that had a level above him if it was a pure sword fight.

And currently, that was what was happening to Kelvin and Ais. Although Ais might be level 5, but Kelvin could keep up with her skills, and could even copy her fighting style and modify it in the middle of their battle.

This was Kelvin's specialty since he was still on earth.

Observe, copy, modify.

That was roughly what he was doing right now.

He studied Ais' swordsmanship in their fight, imitated it and modified it.

*Clang!

Their exchange continued, and Ais swung her sword wildly, but Kelvin could cry out each of her attacks almost perfectly.

*Cling!

As their blades collided with each other for the umpteenth time, Ais managed to defeat Kelvin's strength, making his sword slam backwards.

"Now!"

Seeing Kelvin's wide-open defense, Ais saw an opportunity, and she swung her sword vertically with all her might.

But, she instantly realized something, they were just practicing, and if her attack hit Kelvin, the front of his body would definitely suffer heavy injuries.

'No!'

She was about to stop her hand, but it was too late, her sword almost hit Kelvin, only ....

"Hah..., good enough. But still not enough!"

'What...?'

Ais was confused, her sword should have hit Kelvin's base at this moment, but what she saw completely stunned her.

The blade of her sword, surprisingly stopped in mid-air, not roughly, but it really did stop because the blade hit something in mid-air.

It was the hilt of Kelvin's sword, he surprisingly managed to block the attack by placing the bottom of the blade in front of Ais' sword blade, and managed to keep his sword hanging in the air.

'Im-Impossible...! In this position?!'

Ais' mind wandered, if she was in Kelvin's position, she wouldn't be able to dodge this attack, let alone take the time to move the sword to block his attack.

And that was exactly what Kelvin was thinking. If he blocked Ais' attack with his blade, then it would take time, and if he was even a little late, even if he didn't suffer a serious injury, but it would most likely be his hand that would be hurt.

So, instead of blocking Ais' attack with his blade, he used the bottom of his blade to clash with Ais' blade.

That combined with Kelvin's incredible physical strength, he managed to hold Ais' sword suspended in midair.

Even so, he could not hide the grin on his face.

To face off against a strong opponent, that was what Kelvin wanted.

The thrill of fighting with a strong opponent was thrilling, a life-and-death battle that would be decided by him winning.

Although they were only doing training, but still, Ais was a skilled adventurer, she was also strong, otherwise, it would be impossible for her to become a level 5 adventurer at the age of 16.

"How about we continue Ais-san?"

Kelvin pushed out his sword, taking a fighting stance once again, meanwhile, Ais was still stunned, she still couldn't believe what she saw just now.

To withstand an attack using the underside of the sword hilt, it was almost impossible to do.

Moreover, the underside of the sword Kelvin used was quite thin, moreover he had to position the hilt of his sword very well in order to make contact with the blade of his sword.

It was done without using his sense of sight ....

It was absolutely impossible!

She didn't want to admit this, but Kelvin was a very good swordsman!

"...Yes!"

With determination in her eyes, Ais brandished her sword, made a stance and lowered her center of gravity, flung herself and lunged quickly towards Kelvin!

Clang! Cling! Clang! Cling!

The clash of swords once again sounded on the field, Ais vigorously swung her sword, attacking Kelvin blindly.

Her sword style was extremely brutal and aggressive, making many weapons unable to keep up with her fighting style.

*Crack!

And evidently, in the next slash, the blade of her sword had a small crack when it collided with Kelvin's sword.

Only, Ais remained unmoved, she swung her sword with all her might, not caring if it would be destroyed in the process.

Fortunately, the swords they were using to fight were spare swords of low quality, so no one would care even if they were shattered into pieces.

'Still not ....'

Ais swung her sword down, only to be held back by Kelvin who instantly knocked it away."

'Still not ....'

Ais moved faster, accelerating as she knocked Kelvin back, sending him flying a few meters backwards.

'Still not enough ....'

Kelvin quickly got up, staring at Ais with a burning gaze.

This sensation ....

This was what he was looking for!

The moment when he fought with a stronger opponent ....

It was so thrilling!

Kelvin could hear the sound of Ais' heartbeat, once he figured out her position, he lunged straight at her.

Swoosh!

Ais swung her sword diagonally, only that Kelvin could feel her movement even before the sword hit him. He quickly lowered his center of gravity, dodging Ais' slash as he instantly made a slashing motion towards her.

"Kuh ...."

Ais grunted in pain, she could feel her stomach hurt, where blood was flowing out from the slash wound on her stomach.

But, she didn't stop, she continued to swing her sword with all her might, she didn't care about the wounds she got, she didn't care about her surroundings, all she had in mind at the moment was their current battle.

His eyes emitted flashes of light as he continued to swing his sword, not caring about anything at the moment. He continued to swing his sword constantly, unconcerned with the pain that began to radiate in his arm.

Kelvin's condition wasn't much better than Ais'; he had numerous slash wounds all over his body, his clothes were heavily cut and tattered, while his eye patch had long since been cut in half in the fight between the two of them.

Although his eyes were no longer covered by the cloth, but Kelvin's eyes were still closed at the moment.

"Hahh ...."

"Hahhh ...."

The two began to breathe irregularly, but no one spoke, they knew their bodies very well.

Right now, they could only swing one more slash before finally finishing.

The two looked at each other, and had the same understanding of each other.

Ais' eyes showed incredible determination, while Kelvin was still with his endless grin.

And at the same time, they started moving at high speed!

"Haaahhhhh!"

"Aaaaahhhhh!"

Both Ais and Kelvin made slashing movements.

One move.

One slash.

This was the final exchange of the two of them to determine the winner.

Ais moved like the wind, while Kelvin's movements remained as constant as the roar of lightning.

And at the same time, their blades collided....

Clang!

Crack!

----both of their blades shattered into pieces, with both of them still in a slashing position with their breaths ragged.

"Hahhh ...."

"Hahhh ...."

In the next second, Kelvin's body that was no longer strong fell to the ground, he fainted right then and there.

Ais, who saw this didn't know what to do.

Originally, they were just practicing together, but their practice ended in an unofficial duel between the two.

"Ais! Kelvin!"

As soon as Ais turned her head, she saw Riveria shouting as she ran towards them. Behind her, there were Finn and Gareth following.

"Riveria ...."

"What's going on here?"

As soon as Riveria approached Ais, she saw her body covered in slash wounds, where many of her limbs were bleeding, making her frown as she noticed Kelvin's body lying unconscious on the ground.

"You two are too much ...."

Finn shook his head as he walked behind Riveria.

"Indeed, it is. You guys are too much this time."

Gareth shook his head. Looking at the mess made by them, he felt helpless. In fact, when he dueled with Kelvin, they weren't badly injured like this. But, the wounds on the bodies of the two certainly couldn't be taken lightly.

"Ais, you're taking this too seriously, next time don't get too carried away."

Riveria gave Ais a stern look. As the one who took care of everyone in the Familia, Riveria was undoubtedly the one who cared the most about everyone here.

"I'm sorry...."

Ais looked down guiltily. After all, what they were doing should have been ordinary training, but I don't know when they started fighting seriously.

Although the two were only fighting with their physical strength and sword techniques, but there was no doubt that they were indeed fighting seriously back then.

"Well, I was quite surprised when I saw that the boy was able to keep up with Ais' attack earlier. Is he really still level 1? Bwahahahaha!"

Gareth laughed playfully. Seeing the tense atmosphere around him, he really couldn't help but break the ice.

However, in his opinion, let bygones be bygones, there was no need to take things too seriously.

Riveria rubbed her forehead, she was quite used to her family members causing trouble.

"Huh..., can you walk by yourself, Ais?" Riveria asked.

"Mn." Ais nodded.

"Good, first treat your wound first. Finn, can you take Kelvin to his room?"

Riveria asked Finn, who nodded at her question.

"Sure, let me take care of Kelvin. You can handle Ais here."

Finn nodded with a smile. He of course realized the intent of Riveria's previous gaze, so he let Riveria be with Ais because she wanted to talk about something alone with her.

After all, Riveria was like a mother figure to Ais, she was the one who had taken care of Ais since she was a child, and the two of them grew closer than anyone else in Familia.

"Thank you."

Riveria nodded, as she led Ais out of the field.

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