"Michail?!"
Jamis was surprised when Michail suddenly rushed away from Rio and ran towards Kiyo, who had his little sister hostage.
"What's that guy doing now?!"
The sniper was also surprised by Michail's sudden impulse. Meanwhile, Rio tried to prevent Michail's movement, but he was out of his attack range before he knew it.
"Shit, my sword can't reach him!"
Kiyo on the other hand, didn't see this coming. The sudden bloodlust overwhelmed his composure as he stare at Michail as Michail stare at him.
In the next second, Michail was already in front of Kiyo, with the fatal wound on his body still. With the blade in his hand, he immediately struck, cutting off the chain binding Fimana.
Next, the second strike goes to Kiyo, the strike with the intent to kill.
("This guy is fast! I wouldn't be able to dodge his attack in time!")
Thinking there was not enough time to dodge, Kiyo prepared to go on the defensive instead. Michail doesn't hold back and puts everything in his strength to end Kiyo, but Kiyo blocks it with his dagger. The impact from the attack broke the dagger in half and sent Kiyo far distance, colliding with the tree.
Michail didn't stop there. Instead, he charged and swung his sword at Kiyo again. Kiyo barely dodged the attack. But that can't be said the same for the tree behind him, which was cut in half.
Kiyo decided to counterattack with the dual dagger he had in his arsenal. Michail dodged the attack from Kiyo by standing outside of the dagger's range and carefully read Kiyo's attack, despite being bathed in rage.
Another sword appeared from Michail's left hand. Michail saw the vulnerable spot on Kiyo's left side and swung at that spot.
Fortunately for Kiyo, he barely stopped the attack with his dagger. But Kiyo noticed the crack on his dagger upon clashing with Michail's blade. Thus, Kiyo kicked Michail off to create distance from him.
"That's a Family of 'Shaper' for you. You are definitely strong. Along with your precise efficiency and decision, I expect no less from you, second son of The Silvereyes Family..."
"Naturally, since the color of my pure blood and flesh indicates that I'm really the son of Kahar of Magihen. And right here, right now. You have shackled my precious little sister with a dirty chain of yours. And this won't be resolved unless your head is rolling on the floor."
The obvious killing intent is coming from Michail to Kiyo... All Kiyo does is give him a smile of confidence so as not to show his weakness. At the same time, Kiyo saw a light flashing on top of the hill. The sniper released another bullet. But Kiyo's reaction time managed to dodge the bullet in time by moving away before the sniper shot.
Along with Michail charging toward Kiyo, Kiyo threw one of his daggers. The dagger was small and thin, which led to Michail being caught off guard and barely blocking the dagger. At the same time, something was swinging from Michail's left side. And hit him in the head. It appears that he got hit by an iron ball attached to the chain from Kiyo.
Seeing Michail stagger from the attack, Kiyo decided to take this opportunity and swung the iron ball again. Michail had one eye open and saw the attack. He barely dodged the second attack. But not the third. A knife that is bound to Kiyo's other part of the chain just gives his right ankle a deep wound.
("Guh! My leg!")
Michail threw one of his swords at Kiyo out of desperation. Kiyo barely dodged the sword as it gave him a scratch on the arm. With an iron ball on the end of the chain and a dagger on the other end, Kiyo simultaneously attacks Michail.
Michail, who can't move well with a wound on his ankle. So all he can do is either block the attack or dodge it at the last second. At the same time, Kiyo had to concentrate on the sniper on the hill. One shot blew his ears out, and the second almost put him on the death door if he had been hit by that.
…
One minute later, Michail's whole body was covered with scratches and bruises all over his body. Kiyo is also not far from being unscathed.
Michail was sitting on one knee and had to catch his breath from moving simultaneously, while Kiyo had to multitask about fighting Michail while dodging the sniper's attack.
("I can't move well with my injured leg... And this guy has been keeping his distance from me. I can't get close to him. I'm basically a doll that has a torn part with cotton coming out from it. Wait, torn part?")
An idea comes out from Michail.
The silver color of blood that has been constantly coming out from Michail's leg has stopped. And Michail himself was able to stand on his two feet again. Kiyo smiled when he finally grasped Michail's Unique.
("I knew it, blood manipulation. No, it is more like silver manipulation, since the Silvereyes were silver blood. First, to summon his sword, he scratches his own finger to the point that the silver blood comes out. And then he shaped the blood to the shape of a sword. That explains why his sword doesn't have a hilt. And he stopped his leg injuries with his own blood.")
("As for his sister, Fimana. Her ability is not far in difference from his brother; she's more of the caster type. Since any of her explosions had any fire coming out of them. The way she does it... She focused on creating an air the size of a small ball. Despite its small size, it has a tremendous amount of air pressure inside it. Making it more like an air bomb. As for the black stuff surrounding her, I can guess that's her Unique. She created the bird with the black particle as a catalyst to send the bomb over to the target.")
("From the look of this guy, it is not a mistake. He already grasped my ability!)
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A few minutes ago, Rio sprinted toward Michail. Unfortunately, he was interrupted by Jamis.
Jamis shot a few rounds at Rio, but Rio managed to deflect a few of them as the rest of the shots went to his body parts.
"Despite being shot a few times, this guy managed to stand on his two feet. And there is barely blood coming out from his body either, how?!" Said Jamis with a confused expression.
"The Pride of Lightning and Thunder!" Rio charged toward Jamis at full force. Jamis managed to block the attack with his gun. But from the force of his attack, Jamis was sent far away from the other. Into the forest.
("I need to get this guy far away from the others. His accuracy is so absurdly accurate that it isn't funny to have this guy in a team fight!")
The sniper, who was on the hill, has lost sight of Jamis and Rio.
"I can't make out their location with this tree in the way..."
…
Jamis gets up after blocking the attack. But Rio was already there, ready to decapitate Jamis any moment. Jamis managed to dodge the attack by an inch of hair and decided to counterattack at the same time. He points his revolver at Rio's head.
*BANG!*
Unfortunately, Rio had already seen the counterattack beforehand as he leaned his head to dodge the bullet.
"Take this!" Rio swung his sword at full force as Jamis was falling on his back.
"You were 2 millimeters off." As Jamis said that, he leaned his body to the left. The sword slashes Jamis's arm. Or to be more specific, his whole arm. Everything up to the shoulder.
"Y-you... What did you do?!"
"Me? I just sacrificed my arm. Nothing more, nothing less. The arm could be attached or healed later. Because this is my resolve. The resolve to win against you in this 'Duel'. Right at this spot. Right at this second."
With his other hand that's holding the revolver, Jamis pointed a gun at Rio. To be precise, to his brain.
*BANG!!!*