I AM AN ATHEIST

Intense Battle

" I see, you have reached Aura Master rank 0, but so what? I am not a normal Aur Master rank 1 as I am very to close to reaching rank 2. Brat prepare to die, I will show you the difference in ranks "

Looking at Xavier who was emitting faint golden-coloured aura, the man said.

Xavier himself surprised when he found that the aura he was emitting right now was more visible than the last time, however, still it was limited to the surface of his skin.

At the same time, he came to know the man he was currently facing was an Aura Master rank 1, not rank 2 which he assumed.

But it did not change anything or did not affect Xavier, the only thing in his mind running currently is victory.

I have to win

Making strong resolution in his heart, Xavier charged at the opponent.

" clang"

Sparks were emitted as the resultant force from the collision pushed Xavier a dozen steps back.

" My time"

The man shouted before charging at Xavier, Xavier did not stand still either, similarly, holding Ivar, he also moved towards the man.

" clang"

The swords collided as Xavier pushed back, the strength behind the collision made Xavier take again a dozen steps back while his opponent did not even budge.

The difference in strength is quite obvious.

" You are pretty good for a rank 0 Aura Master" The man complimented, however deep down he was astonished, As per theory none of the rank 0 Aura Masters should be able to defend his sword strikes, but the man he was facing did it, it was a miracle itself.

From the outside, it looked as if Xavier did not take any damage at all, however, the two exchanges he had with the man pained his hand, especially the second hit only made the initial pain from the first worse.

" clang "

They had another exchange, Xavier was pushed back again by the man, at the same time Xavier felt the increase of pain in his hand.

As expected, it is not easy to bypass the difference in rank, Xavier thought. Then he switched from one hand sportsmanship to two as he clutched the handle of Ivar with both of his palms.

Even after being at a disadvantage, the fighting spirit inside Xavier did not die, instead, it increased further as his eyes glittered with the enthusiasm to fight.

For a moment, he forgot his pain and charged at the man, when the man saw approaching Xavier, he smiled while saying: " I see you still want to fight, then let me fulfil your wish ".

" clang"

The swords collided, and as expected Xavier was pushed back a few steps, however, there was a little different now, as the number of steps he was pushed back was lower than that of his previous clashes.

That was not the only difference, he also felt less painful, the reason was that whenever a swordsman uses a sword with both of his hands, he sacrifices his mobility of attacks for high defence and power, the attacks gets slower along limiting the range of sword when one uses a sword with both hands.

Many swordsmen did not prefer using both hands to hold the sword, because if the opponent's speed of attack stronger than the one who used a sword with both the arms then one might get killed instantly because of low reaction speed, Although It was a drawback, it also got its perks which are beneficial for certain situations, so swordsmen learn it for a situation similar to the one that Xavier was facing.

Meanwhile, a few steps away from them another fight was going on, Molu and Chicken23 surrounded the Aura Master, they were constantly attacking him with their swords, but every attack was repelled by this man.

Although he was repelling their attack, he found it hard to initiate his strike since they were forcing him to constantly defend while giving him no chance to attack when he repelled the first attack and was about to on offence, the other sword would appear in front of him, and then after deflecting it, the sword whom he deflected first would reach him, among all these attacks the most annoying thing was these attacks often come at him from different directions.

This was the strategy that was proposed by Chicken23, he knew that they could not withstand even a single attack from the Aura Master, he was much familiar with their strengths, so he put his mind to work and decided to create an environment where the opponent should not be able to go on offence at all, it was not possible with a single person, thankfully they were two, so they could use the strategy in the action.

At first, Chicken23 was worrying over the strategy while constantly thinking about the worse situation that could happen if anything went wrong, fortunately, nothing went wrong and it worked.

Molu also his doubts on it, but it did work. He knew why it worked as the basic requirement for this strategy to work was the opponent should a noob in using swords, from the looks the Aura Master was really a noob.

Although their plan was pretty good, it needed very high stamina, Chicken23 feared that as more time passed, the more exhausted they would become and at that time they could only accept the loss and wait for the bad future that awaited them.

" clang"

" clang"

The whole room was filled with the sounds of clashing of metals, while others were fighting, the priest was silently observing the whole situation.

The observers did not only include the priest but also the one who could not fight and laying on the ground, Chicken23's sister, everyone was eager to see the final winner.

Time passed, Chicken23 finally felt his speed being slowed down, so he decided to go all out as he said: " Molu, let's him with our full speed".

Hearing Chicken23, Molu no longer held back and increased his pace of attacks, Chicken 23 followed.

The increased pace of their attacks created a big problem to the Aura Master, the swords this time came at him at a time, but he was habituated to their previous pattern of attacks.

The sudden change in their pattern of attacks made him unable to defend one sword, this sword pierced his right elbow.

The influx of pain made him drop the sword, as he bent himself to pick the sword up, another sword approached his neck.

However, he was able to avoid a hair's breadth away.

Did I almost die? Did these ants almost killed me? How humiliating.

With the thought in his mind, the Aura master raged: " Damn you, I will hack you alive ".

" Molu, back down "

Chicken23 yelled as he moved a few steps away, but Molu was not fortunate as he got punched in his stomach with the full power of an Aura Master.

After taking the punch, While growling in pain Molu vomited a cup of blood out and fell to the ground, then the man ignored Molu and looked Chicken23.

Chicken23 tightly gripped the sword in his hand as he stared the Aura Master, then he took a look at Molu who was moaning in pain while on the ground.

While imagining himself in the place of Golu, Chicken23 gulped down the air in his throat in fear.

The Aura Master rushed at Chicken23 at a fast pace with his sword, after arriving at his destination in a second, the man moved his sword a bit back and forced it in an arc over Chicken23.

" Clang"

The force from his sword immediately sent Chicken23's sword flying away then it descended at his shoulder.

"Zip"

Blood splashed as Checken23 got a big cut on his chest when the sword was about his shoulder, Chicken23 moved a little so it did hit barely outer skin of his chest, Although it did not get deep inside, it made a big cut on his chest.

" Brother..."

His sister yelled as soon as she saw her brother bleeding, tears were rolling down from her eyes.

After taking the hit, Chicken23 pulled himself away from the sword, he was bleeding and in pain, but thanks to Guruschool, he can bear with it.

Since he got hit only with the tip, he was not severely injured, he could still fight, he knew his sister was calling him, but he had no time to answer because the next second once again the sword was upon him, now it targeted his neck.

He was not able to dodge as he did before, he closed his eyes while awaiting the death.

" puch "

The sound of the sword piercing into the flesh was heard, however, he did not feel any pain at all.

What happened? Why I did not feel anything?.

Thinking in his mind, Chicken23 opened his eyes and found that a man in front him, a sword was stuck to his shoulder.

" Go, I will hold him back take your sister and Molu and run "

This man was none other than Xavier, hearing Xavier, Chicken23 turned around and looked at his sister, she was still on the ground, but instead of lying next to the place where the priest was standing, she was lying on a dead body of the priest while her mouth gripped a sword.

This sword was none other than the sword that was thrown by Xavier which sliced the arm of the priest.

When Chicken23 was injured, she slowly crawled near the sword, as her hands and legs were tied, she held it with her tooth and pierced the back of the priest who was off guard.

Then Chicken23 looked at Molu, there was another corpse lying there, contradictory to the death of the priest, this man's death surprised Chicken23 because he was none other than the strongest Aura Master.

What actually happened was, Chicken23's sister thought that her actions were escaped from others eyes when she was closing to the priest silently with the sword in her mouth, but it did not escape from the opponent who was facing Xavier, he rushed towards the priest while pushing Xavier aside to save him.

However, this was the biggest mistake he did, in hurriedness, his leg got hit by the leg of Molu who was lying on the ground in pain, and as a result, his leg slipped. Molu who was near to him even though was in pain, he grabbed the nearby sword and made it to stand on the ground such that tip of the sword was facing at the position of heart on the man's body who was falling.

As soon as he fell on the sword, the tip pierced through his heart taking away his life.

Chicken23 who was shocked to the core by the sudden turn of events was still in a daze,

" Chicken23 go hurry up"

Hearing the voice of the prince, he came back to senses, however, he hesitated.

" Go, I can handle him, take Molu to Gueuschool, he needs urgent treatment "

Snapping out of his hesitation, Chicken23 walked towards his sister first, he cut down the threads that used to die her and freed her, then with the help of her they carried Molu and left.

Before they left, of course, the last remaining Aura Master tried to stop them, however, Xavier interrupted him.

" clang "

" clang "

" clang"

The swords collided, within a minute they attacked each other multiple times, Xavier still felt himself at disadvantage, one of the reason him being injured and another reason was the difference in levels.

Even though his Aura was gold in colour, the strength it gave him was stronger than that of another rank 0 Aura Masters but less than that of rank 1.

He could not beat rank 1 Aura Masters with pure strength alone.

" clang"

" clang"

As they were exchanging a few more attacks

a foreign and yet familiar voice sounded: " Damn you, how dare you to set me up?".