After a while, I noticed that there was a bit of scattered ice on his shoulder. Even if it's only a small piece of ice, doesn't it mean my attacks worked before? I think his magic isn't as invincible as I thought.
Now I think, why didn't he cover all of his body every time if his magic was completely invincible. Maybe that explains why his barrier is small when we use a focused attack at him. Probably he needs to focus his magic at one place to make it as thick as he can so his barrier will be unbreakable. I don't know how to overcome this problem for now though. Gyrus swings his sword and clears the smoke from his surroundings.
"Lunette, as the older one, do you have any plans?" I whisper to her with a slight worried tone.
She answers me while sticking out her tongue, "Sorry to disappoint you, my sister, but I don't know yet. I know how his magic works, but his response is pretty quick."
Right, his response is really quick. If not, how could he use that small, thick barrier and block our every attack? He's accurate as well and precise. Such a noble student, I don't know if there is anyone better than him as a student. Though, there is no time to think about it right now.
Lunette whispers to me again with a serious face, "Luna, which plan do you think will work?"
I was surprised and confused at the same time, "What do you mean by which plan? All of your plans are just to play, right?"
She smirks and speaks to me again, "Or maybe we can."
I sigh and try to think of some plans that might work, "How about we attack him from front and behind?"
Lunette speaks again, "You mean 'the mirror' plan?"
Ugh… That's so embarrassing, how can she say it without any embarrassment? Is her shame veins broken? Even to scream about my technique is too embarrassing for me.
Lunette speaks to me, "Then, let's spread now."
I can't help but be surprised and look at her, "Wha- Wait!"
She just runs to the right like there is no problem at all, maybe she wants to attack him from the right. Gyrus is just standing without moving while staring at her with a cold glare. I quickly run to the left and try to stand by from the opposite direction. Gyrus dashes towards Lunette with full speed, he doesn't give her any slight chance to react. Lunette quickly uses her sword to block his attack, but her sword just bounced because Gyrus' great sword is too strong and so unmoving. Clank! Her arm immediately feels tingling as a result.
What do you think? A katana can't win against a great sword, and my long sword was customized to my body so it's not that strong. Our swords are just more focusing on speed than strength.
Lunette uses her magic to attack him with fireballs from above, but as always his barrier blocks all of her attack. In that moment, I quickly used my magic to attack him as well from behind. As I expected, his barrier spreads to block my attacks. Lunette doesn't let the chance go and attacks him with her sword that is covered by her blue flame.
"Etheria Style Sword Technique: Star Slash," she says while using her sword.
She attacks him with her sword with a balanced power and speed to his body. Lunette slashed him three times like making a star in front of him. Crack! She finally breaks his barrier at the second slash and about to launch the third attack at him on his body. Gyrus was surprised as Lunette was able to break his barrier and let his guard down a little. Though, he quickly wields his sword to cover himself from her attack and puts his body behind his great sword.
During that time I launched an attack at him from behind with my sword really quickly. I used my magic to cover my sword with ice then attacked his barrier and a huge ice appeared as I landed a strike at his barrier. Gyrus is okay, since he quickly uses his barrier to protect himself from my attack. Damn, I was so close to giving him any damage.
He composes himself then swings his sword to my body, but Lunette intervenes again from behind. She tries to attack him from behind while using his magic.
"Etheria Style Katana Technique: Clear Sky," she says while holding her sword that sheathed in her waist.
The world suddenly feels so silent, and everything feels like it stopped in the middle of action. The only one who's moving is Lunette with her sword. Everything turns into black and white as if the colors have gone from this world. I can see Lunette's hands are slowly moving.
She immediately swung her sword then put it back in the sheath very fast, it's hard to see her attack. I mean, that was one of the most deadly and fastest techniques in katana technique. She swings her sword from the sheath and puts it back before no one notices it like nothing happened. She cut Gyrus' barrier into two, though her attack needed some time before she attacked again since her sword is in her sheath. Gyrus, who lets his guard down, quickly takes this chance to attack Lunette from above using his sword. I was trying to cover her, but Gyrus noticed me so he covered his hand with a barrier and punched me far way back. Then, he continues to attack Lunette using his sword from above.
Lunette dodges the attack by spinning her body aside and countering his attack, but Gyrus kicks her in her stomach and sends her flying. That was so painful! Of course, for both of us! He sends us flying too far, you know! I can't help but cough as we endure the pain, he's too much stronger as a student. All over my body feels tingling and the pain is spreading in my body like after drinking a poison.
He speaks to us with a cold tone as ever, "You both are weak, but I'll admit that you both are annoying. That was a miracle you were able to break my barrier, there is no second chance."
Just that? After all of this? I think we need something more than this to take him down, but what? If we can't win against his power, maybe we need to win against his speed. Big sister taught us that we can use anything around us to defeat our enemies. And Lunette… She is just lying over there, not even trying to get up. Is she joking around again? At this moment?
Gyrus speaks again, but this time I can hear a slight annoyed tone from his voice, "Are you both done already? How pathetic, just stop this already and let me finish this."
Me and Lunette are trying to get up and face him one more time. I think we already know about his magic. His response is accurate, precise, and fast, we need to do something about that. To be honest, I don't think Lunette can do something in this condition.
Big Sister Wave taught me to use some weapons, but I don't really know which one is the best in this situation. I start thinking about what we can do right now. Lunette dashes towards Gyrus one more time while I'm looking for any plans. We have to win in terms of speed, but he is quite fast as well even with his great sword. Lunette keeps attacking him with her sword and magic, but all of her attacks don't work on him. Gyrus keeps blocking all of her attacks with his barrier and his sword.
Lunette is running as if she's trying to make some distance from Gyrus. On the other hand, Gyrus is chasing Lunette from behind before they start clashing again. Lunette throws some fireballs at him while keeping her sword covered by her blue flame. After a while, Lunette strengthens her magic and she creates bigger fireballs at him. Gyrus was surprised by her action, but he quickly focused all of her barriers in one place. His focused barrier is still unbreakable, but now Lunette's fireball is able to reach him even if it doesn't give him fatal damage. Lunette, she's quite a talented person and strong. She's always reading everything around her quickly, but she is almost using it to make some problems.
Finally, Gyrus takes some damage from Lunette. He was knocked back by her attacks and her sleeve got burned and he quickly ripped it and threw it before the entire of his uniform got burnt. Gyrus grits his teeth and he seems pretty annoyed at Lunette.
Gyrus speaks up with an upset tone, he looks very angry after getting hit by Lunette's magic. He says, "How dare you hit me with your magic, worm?!"
Lunette speaks with a smirk on her face, "Wow, you never got hit, huh? I think I'm stronger than you now." Her smile widens like mocking him after knowing her attack can now reach him.
Gyrus speaks at her again with anger in his tone, "Shut up!! I won't admit this!! I can't let anyone defeat me!! Not before I can find the Book of Origin!!"
Book of Origin? Does he have something to do with that book? I think that book gives us more trouble than I think. The Guild Master wants us to find the book, and I think I want to find it as well to find who the assassin is. But what after that? What will I do after we find the book? It's not like we want to use it for peace or keep the world balanced like the first hero as well.
I can't help but mumbles a bit while confused, "the Book of Origin?"
Gyrus shoots his glare at me. His glare is cold as always, but this time there is a hint of anger even stronger than before he's reacting to the words, "How do you know about that book?! Don't you dare to say it again in front of me!! That book is… THAT BOOK IS!!"
"Hey, hey, calm down, don't do a flashback while we're in a fight." Lunette speaks at him as she tries to stop Gyrus.
What is she thinking? That is not gonna work at all, instead it will make him angrier than before. Is she crazy or something? This is why I don't like someone like her. Gyrus sighs a bit and seems calmed down even though he's still upset with us who bring up that book. Really? Is it working? I don't know which one is right or which one is wrong anymore.
Gyrus speaks up again at us, still with his slight angry tone, "Long ago…"
I stop him again and say, "She told you to stop, doesn't she?!"
He continues speaking and telling what happened to him before even after we told him to stop, "Long ago, my father treated me so badly and roughly. He's the one who is responsible for my big sister's death. Not only that, my mother was treated so badly too by him, but she kept resisting it for me."
We both fell silent, I never thought we would continue to listen to him in the middle of the fight. I think he's lucky to have us as his enemies, if not maybe he's already beaten in the middle of his story.
Then, he continues speaking, "One day, a tragedy occurred in our mansion. One of our maids suddenly becomes crazy and starts attacking everything in front of her. The mansion is destroyed, she killed my father with her magic and her skin is turning paler and paler each second. Her skin is peeled off from her body and going crazy, no one can stop her. And then… My mother died in her attempt to protect me."
I see, that's why he's so brutal and doesn't like to see someone with a friendship or bond. But I wonder what made his maid become like that. It's not like it's just a normal illness or epidemic.
After that, Gyrus shot his cold glare at me, but he eventually stopped now. Now, he's preparing for the next attack on us again. Both me and Lunette prepare our stance as well for the next attack. I walk towards Lunette slowly and carefully, just in case he's going to attack us right now. We are both staring at him and vice versa. Lunette aims her sword at him while Gyrus is just standing there.
I reached where Lunette was standing and whispered to her, "Lunette, I think I can do something to beat him, will you help me?"
Lunette nodded at me and answered, "What's your plan?"
I spoke to her again with a slight doubt in my voice, "I think we need to use some kind of surprise to win against him." To be honest, I don't really think if this is going to work, but it's better than letting Lunette drain her mana.
Lunette just nodded and spoke again, "I see. I'll support you then if anything happens. I'll attack him first!"
She charges towards Gyrus and wields her sword against him while throwing some fireballs at him. Gyrus charges as well and blocks all of her attacks with his barrier, though he can't focus his barrier in one place so there is some time that she breaks his barrier. Meanwhile, I just kneel down and prepare myself to support Lunette if she needs my help.
Both of them are really stubborn, no one wants to lose and their spirit keeps pushing them to their limits. I can tell if Lunette is going to run out of mana, maybe it will be dangerous if she keeps fighting like that. She keeps throwing a barrage of fireballs at him while swinging her sword. I know it works, but she's draining her mana more than I expected, I know if she understands her current situation. She's exhausted and it's burdening her body even more, I think it's the time to help her.