Dahlia’s Swordsmanship II

At this moment, Doron frowned as he saw Dahlia making a move again.

"Are you really just going to mindlessly charge at me?" He asked in confusion, wondering if she had hit a dead end.

However, Dahlia remained silent.

In the time that she had been training, she had discovered a couple of things about her gift.

Goddess of Swords.

It was the gift at Diamond-grade that she had gained when she awakened aura.

Aside from the other abilities of her gift that she had known, she learned that it had more unknown abilities to be discovered.

The first is the fact that when using sword-related attacks, her energy consumption was cut off by 50%.

This meant that apart from her infinite stamina when wielding swords, her aura consumption was also drastically decreased.

In the event that Dahlia's aura recovery outweighed her consumption, she could theoretically use aura arts infinitely.

Of course, this would only be the case if aura was the only component in utilizing aura arts.

Another ability that she had discovered was the fact that she could use any and every sword-related attack no matter what.

This meant that she could bypass affinity restrictions and learn any sword aura arts directly.

'In the past couple of days that we have been training, Uncle Doron has taught me many sword aura arts. Now, if I can just use it effectively…'

Thoughts echoed in Dahlia's mind as she chanted three sword aura arts consecutively.

[Floral Sword Dance]

[Burning Sword Ember]

[Sword of the Lightning Sprite]

Wooong—

Blaze—

Crackle—

With a single step, pink glowing petals suddenly manifested around her.

Blazing orange flames burst out of the sword on her right hand while blue lightning crackled on the sword on her left hand.

The color of orange and blue intertwined as it was accentuated by the pink glowing petals.

Seeing her charge towards him, Doron's eyes widened in surprise before laughing heartily with a proud expression.

"Haha! That's right! In order to be able to secure a spot in the Grandella Academy in the future, you'll have to at least be that crazy!"

"If you want to meet that monster of a friend of yours, you'll need to at least be this strong if you want to keep up with him!"

Hearing his words, Dahlia's eyes shone with curiosity, 'There he is again.'

She had noticed that ever since Doron had told her about meeting Regis, he had always described and called him a monster.

At first, she was excited to meet Regis after a long time of being separated.

However, after quite some time, she started to wonder as to what Regis had shown her uncle for him to act like that.

Dahlia had no doubt that Regis was strong, but Doron's exaggerated acts made her curious.

'Well, it seems like I need to be a little crazier if I at least want to make Uncle spill more about what he saw in Regis that day…'

With a smile on her face, Dahlia kept with her aggressive attacks.

Orange and blue alternated as her whole body was covered with resplendent pink flower petals.

She knew that the only thing that was good about her was her Diamond-grade gift.

She knew that in terms of natural talent, she had nothing against those individuals who were truly talented.

As a little girl who matured early in the slums, she had already known of all of this.

Despite everything, she smiled.

'But… if my gift is the only good thing about me, then…'

Clang—!!!!

The sword on her right hand crumbled upon meeting contact with Doron's war axe.

"I already told you about being careful with that aura art since it affects a weapon's durability…"

Doron's strict voice sounded as he reminded her of the consequences of various types of aura arts.

The aura art that she used, Burning Sword Ember, provides a drastic increase in damage in exchange for using the weapon as fuel.

This meant that even if it was powerful, it was not suited for long battles.

However, the smile didn't leave Dahlia's face as she swung the remaining sword in her left hand.

CRACKLE!!!

The blue lightning surrounding it brightened ever so slightly.

Seeing this, Doron had a satisfied expression on his face, "Although you didn't succeed, I appreciate your effort for trying. So, let me reward you…"

With a deep breath, he raised his war axe and whispered a chant.

[Mountain Splitter]

He knew that Dahlia's goal was for him to at least be forced to use an aura art.

However, Dahlia's voice sounded at this moment, "Do you remember, Uncle?"

"Remember what?" Doron replied as their weapons collided.

CLANK!!!!

The war axe surrounded by earthly aura met with the sword emitting blue lightning.

It could be seen that the war axe was slowly but surely pushing the sword back. It was obvious which was stronger.

"The time when you allowed me to choose what energy I will awaken with my second heart." Nevertheless, Dahlia spoke smilingly.

"Oh, that? Yes, I remember."

"You were suggesting that I should choose aura so that I can have large reserves of it, right?"

"Yes. Besides that, I also believed that it would be the most beneficial for you after you said that your gift was a Diamond-grade that is related with awords."

"Then, you must be curious as to why I chose mana instead, right?"

Doron nodded, he was indeed curious.

During that time, he really intended for Dahlia to awaken aura in her second heart.

The reason was because through this, she would be able to have double the amount of aura than those of the same realm.

Besides this, another reason was because he saw how average Dahlia's talent in energy manipulation.

Of course, he didn't object when she wanted to awaken mana even if this was the case.

"Why did you bring it up now?"

Doron asked confusedly, but her next actions surprised him.

[Sword Defense: Pull]

Wonggggg!

The blue lightning on Dahlia's sword was replaced by a suction force.

Doron's war axe fell quicker as it was being sucked towards Dahlia's sword.

'What is she planning? Why use basic aura art now?' Question marks could be seen all over his face.

However, the question marks were replaced with exclamation points as he saw Dahlia throwing her empty right hand on his face.

Dumbfounded, he thought, 'Is she really going to punch me!?!?'

That was until Dahlia chanted again.

[Basic Magic: Mana Sword Formation]

A translucent blue sword suddenly appeared on her empty hand.

The unpredictability of the situation, coupled with a sword that was sucking his war axe towards the ground, Doron didn't have any time to react.

All he could do was widen his eyes in shock as he looked at the mana sword that was placed before his neck.

Time seemed to come to a standstill at that moment as neither of them moved.