Chapter- 2 Knights Duel

Chapter-2 Knights Duel

Last time the knight that wore armor black as night pointed his blade towards a person that is hidden in the vegetation of the forest. As his sword shines as it reflected the light of the sun from the opening of the canopy of the forest.

the person that he pointed his blade to be an elegant woman seems to be of noble birth as she has a pale complexion and multi-colored heterochromatic eyes, he could say one of the most unique sets of eyes he ever saw in his life. She has choppy, unevenly cut light blue hair that is longer on the left side of her face with bangs reaching her eyebrows.

Above her bangs, she wears a black headband and a four-pointed silver, white, and blue hairpin to her left. As she wears a blue cape there was a ball-like gem or crystal that was pinned on the hem of her cape with a broch of noble design, the gem was a rune or Sigel that is prominently embedded on it.

She was sweating a little as she didn't expect he a knight with a full set of plated armor to be that fast, as she could feel the cold edge of the blade on her neck, and she could feel her blood dripping from the sharp tip of the blade that only lightly pierce her neck. She swiftly activated her vision as it glowed when activated she used her iced to freeze his arms and legs.

The knight seems to not react to her attack only observing her. But she didn't stop there as she need to create distance from him to help her counter and dodge any attack from him, she summons a block of ice and step back and create distance from him. She summons her claymore and puts her guard on high alert as she observes him.

Interesting as he saw with smoothness, she used some sort of sorcery to trap me from using my arms and legs and created a block of ice to block my path as she quickly retreats from her disadvantaged position. Quite impressive I would say.

But what most interests me more is that gem that is pinned on the hem of her cape, as it glowed when the iced appear it may be a catalyst of some sort to activate her sorcery? Food for thought.

But he must get out of this predicament, as he was quite iced in place.

The knight looks at his arm and legs that was frozen and the block of ice that hinder his sight of the young woman of nobility, the knight simply moved his arms legs to get himself out of the icy barriers that hold him and punch the iced block that covers his sights with his empty hand.

The young woman was on her high vigilant as he just broke her ice constructs with easiness with only seemed to be using his physical might alone. Before the conflict escalated, she spoke with tone authority.

"I am Captain Eula Lawrence, Spindrift Knight, Knights of Favonius Reconnaissance Company. State your business traveler." As she needs to assess if this individual has any evil intent for Mondstadt. Or just a lost traveler if he isn't then she must eliminate him.

The knight only tilted his head to the side in confusion of the word that has been spoken by the young woman. But the woman only narrows her eyes at him, as her muscle still tense with anticipation for any attack from him.

"k.. nig..ht?" he said in broken words to her. She only nodded her head. After she nodded, he bowed his head 60-degree angle he put his right legs towards the back and his right hand on his chest towards the young woman. As he bowed with elegant, grace, and demeanor of nobility.

"Due.l" that knight spoke with broken words towards her. as he seems to challenge her to a duel, she contemplates should she accept the challenge of this strange knight to this duel of his she is not dumb this may be a duel to the death, but he seems to have been of nobility by his mannerism. After a few seconds of pondering, she already made her choice.

"I Eula Lawrence, accept your challenge honorable knight!" she said as she bowed similarly like the knight toward him as she accepted his duel, the knight in question only nodded his head at her words.

After the both bowed there were only the sounds of nature and animals that could be heard as the two-challenger gauge and observe each other. As they ready themself.

The knight tightens his grip on his straight sword that still shines from the opening of the canopy, but he now has his back straight as he looks at his first opponent with intelligent life in this new land. A noble lady that can wield a claymore that looks more than a vanity from his eyes but quite unique design and can-do sorceries of a level of an expert.

The noblewoman similarly tightens her grip on her claymore as her muscle tense waiting for who will make the first strike. He or she but the wait was over. As the knight moved quickly and closed the gap that the young noble lady name Eula have made and swing his swords towards her neck.

But was blocked by the claymore but he didn't stop from there he stabs, slashes at his opponent every blind spot from her neck, eyes, and joints. But was always countered or dodged by the Eula with her claymore or by dodging his attack with her footwork that resemble that of a dance.

But Eula isn't a pushover she was watching his moves and attack try to find a pattern to it and planning on countering him if he gives an opening she will exploit. She did find that opportunity she parries his attack that was coming towards her with her claymore and took a horse stance as she swung her claymore towards the knight with quick succession.

She didn't expect him to let go of his sword and duck down into a spider-like position as her blade just fly past him and not hit him, with her blade momentum and weight it will be hard to change its course of direction, but he didn't stop there as he made a roundhouse kick near the guard of her claymore as it lost its momentum and breaking its canter gravity of her blade, the blade diverge more from its original path.

The knight grabs the sword that was falling near him and tries to hit her tights but failed as suddenly multiple ice sickle flies towards him, so he quickly changes his plans as he rolled out of the attack and stands up from the ground.

But the Eula didn't stop there in that short amount of time she dashes the knight with her claymore, as she slashes towards the knight but was blocked by his blade but that didn't stop her from going for another powerful blow with her claymore.

How the tide has changed as Eula was on the offensive and the knight on the defenses with Eula's strikes was powerful like the crashing waves a quiet contra of her slim build, with her technique of blade work and the combination of her footwork that of more similar like dance was terrifying.

And with her massive claymore that is the same height as her body and probably weight the same or much more than her, she hold the weapon like it was just a walking stick. But the knight was no slouch either as he was competing against her with his simple design straight sword and only using one hand from the start of the duel.

As the two of them kept exchanging blows after blows on was like the raging wave with her swordplay and controlling ice in the duel between the knight and her. she didn't expect a visionless person could achieve the power that he has. As he didn't give a sign of having a vision on him, but only with his swordsmanship, he was pushing her to use her vision.

With every attack, she did the knight seems to adapt and counter her every time it was quite despicable, with every time she strikes, she needs to think change and adapt to the counter that he has made to her move as she needs to think more outside the box with every time their blades clash.

As they fought the forest where there was only filled by the sound of clashing of blades as ice cover a big chunk of an area near the challenger. With the sun going down on the horizon as it dyed the sky with orange to pink hue to it and with the duel gaining closer to its end.

The knight was still the same as before when the duel started like an immovable fortress as he defends against the onslaught of attack by his challenger that was using ice element and with her massive claymore as she swings it's with little no problem in the beginning.

But now she was breathing heavily and sweating heavily, and many small cuts and wounds were present on her body. She was giving this her all with every strike and swing, and with the power of her vision, she still can't get a clean hit it was annoying, to say the least. He was like the wind to her she could feel it and see it, but she can't hit it. And it's ticking her off.

She has been fighting with the knight from noon now to dusk and now she was tired and fatigued as her stamina isn't infinite but the person in front of her is still steady like an unmovable footrest and nimble like the wind.

She knows she has already lost by the fact that she can't land a clean hit on the knight the fact that she was covered in wounds and many times that she thought that she would be heavily wounded. She feels like she was fighting the grandmaster all over again. But this fight didn't end with a tie but a loss.

She was depleted but that didn't stop her as she coated her claymore with elemental energy-draining almost all her energy. She bombarded the knight with slashes with her all her might, but one of the slashes the knight parries her attack with his empty hand.

She has a smirk adorn on her face as she watches his arm turn to ice when he tries to parry her claymore, but the knight seems to not be bothered by It. But her smirk didn't leave her face even when she saw he didn't bother by his frozen arm.

When the knight notice this he just observes his surrounding, he found the ice construct of a sword floating near him, after he looked at the young lady Eula that was stepping backward as she create distance from him but she still has a small smile adorned on her face as she looked at him from afar.

The knight didn't try to evade this attack that his assailant has confident after a few seconds later the ice construct exploded in white icy mist and hit him point-blank range as with the surrounding around him was blown to smithereens as it creates a large crater on the ground near the knight.

Eula was a distance away from the knight as she watches the white icy mist engulf the area and the knight in the center of it all, after that attack, she drain all of her energy as she lean her body onto her claymore, as the fatigue envelop her and the mental strain on her mind, as the fight exhausted her mind and body.

She could feel her vision is darkening with each passing second but she preserved as the white icy mist cleared, she finally sees the knight still standing tall even with a few small ice patches have around the knight, but he is still standing tall unbothered by her attack.

After she saw he was unharmed by her final attack she finally loses conciseness as her grip on her claymore loosens as he slumps over against her claymore. The knight still stood in the crater from the explosive attack that his opponent used. As that the battle comes to a closing with the victory goes to the knight.

The sound of clunking of metal hitting each other as the knight walked out of the crater his sword now rested inside his scabbard as he walked towards the now unconscious opponent that is slump over against her claymore. When the knight arrives Infront of the unconscious body of his opponent.

When he looks at her, he remembered the body of the fallen knights and warriors that he fought but, in the end, they die like everything in his world and this world as well as each living thing death always looms all of them with each passing day, but they still strive towards their goals as they try to reach to the sun. but if they flew too close, they fall even when they fall, they can try again and again and not lose themself.

He truly envied them they still have the privilege of death and not undeath and not fearing the day they go hollow losing their purpose that they strive for and turn to be a husk of their former self he truly envied them because he does not have that privileged any longer. to live life to not have to fear the day off tomorrow and not to lose himself with the horror of the world that is hidden behind the veil of mist and fog.

To live with ignorance is such a wonderful thing to have to live without worries of the unknown that is beyond their comprehension and only worried about the day of tomorrow such wonderful privilege. Sadly, he could only watch in envy.

The knight grabbed the handle of his blade but didn't unseat his blade from his scabbard. As he pointed the sword of his towards the neck of his fallen opponent.

He could easily end her life here in her vulnerable moment and stab his sword towards her neck and kill her and end her life at this moment. But he wouldn't do it as he will be treading in a path he would regret and suffer for himself. he does not know what her life is maybe she has a family, friend, comrade, and loved ones he doesn't know. What right do I have to take her life, survival? that has long lost its purpose when he achieved power beyond the gods. But this thought was only but a passing thought.

As put his blade back on his hip, after he grabbed the unconscious body of his opponent, he easily grabbed her with one hand and put her on his shoulders like a sack of potatoes as he walked and dragged her claymore towards the area where he dropped his flowers.