- ?San Fulgen Art Water Technique, Rain Swords -

  Suddenly, many water swords appeared above Charles and circled around him.

  "That technique, don't tell me it's similar to Princess Irene's," I thought.

  Then Charles moved towards me to attack me. Charles aimed his attack at me and I blocked the attack. While I was blocking the attack, the water swords surrounding him prepared to strike me. I immediately pushed Charles away and avoided the water swords. When the water swords hit the arena floor, they were destroyed and turned into ordinary water. Even so, new water swords appeared surrounding Charles. Every time he attacked and I managed to block it, the water swords immediately attacked me and immediately shattered into water when they hit the arena floor but new water swords appeared again. This situation happened continuously.

  "Although the technique is similar to Princess Irene's, it turns out to be different. Princess Irene's 'Snow Blade Dance Technique' creates very hard ice rapiers that surround her. Even the ice rapiers that surround her can pierce the floor without destroying the ice rapiers. Moreover, the ice rapiers can attack at will without waiting for Princess Irene to attack first. Meanwhile, Charles's 'Rain Sword Technique' ?only attacks after Charles attacks. Whether the attack is blocked or hit, it seems that the water swords will still attack after attacking. Although it is not as strong as Princess Irene's ice rapier because the water swords are immediately destroyed when they hit the arena floor, new water swords will appear again after that. This situation will never end if i don't defeat Charles immediately," I thought.

  - ?Water Slash -

  Charles unleashed a water slash from a fairly long distance towards me. I suspect that it is not an ordinary water slash.

  "If I use this technique, I wonder what the other reactions will be like. Well, it seems that there is no problem using this technique, after all this is just an ordinary technique," I thought.

  The water slash got closer to me.

  - ?Sword Art, Counter Slash -

  I launched a sword slash towards the water slash. And the water slash turned towards Charles. The speed of the water slash increased 2x from what Charles launched. Charles seemed surprised to see that. And when the water slash hit Charles, the water slash exploded.

  *BOOM

  Smoke appeared because of the explosion.

  "How could he return that slash with just a swing of the sword?,"

  "Was that purely from sword movements? Not using magic like 'Mirror Magic'?,"

  "I don't know, but if the person who did that was Rid, I don't think we need to be surprised," said the students who seemed surprised that I could do that.

  The smoke that appeared slowly began to disappear. Charles also emerged from the smoke that slowly began to disappear. He suffered a slight injury from the explosion and now his body was surrounded by the water swords.

  "It seems that in addition to being used for attack, those water swords also serve for defense," I thought.

  "That was close. If I wasn't protected by these water swords, I think I would have gotten quite injured. On the other hand, you're also great, Rid, because you were able to return my water slash with your sword technique. If you have that technique, doesn't that mean you can return all attacks?," said Charles.

  "My technique just now isn't that strong. This technique can only return attacks that I know the movement of, like the water slash earlier. I can also use water magic and that water slash is a basic technique for weapon users who use water magic. So it's easy to know the movement to do a water slash. If I know the movement of the attack, then I can return it. If I don't know the movement, then I can't return it. For example, those swords that surround you, t?hat's your family's secret technique, it's impossible for me to know the movement so I can't return those water swords," I said.

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  "Is that so, is it okay for you to leak your techniques to me who is your current opponent?," Charles asked.

  "Just 1-2 techniques should be fine. I have other techniques anyway," I said.

  "Hahaha that's right, then...," Charles said.

  Charles held his sword with both hands.

  "Join my swords, let's become one," Charles said.

  - ?San Fulgen Art Water Technique, Aqua Longsword -

  The water swords surrounding him began to move and merge with the water sword he was holding. Every time one of the water swords merged with the water sword Charles was holding, the water sword Charles was holding grew longer. It continued to grow until finally all the water swords surrounding him had merged into the water sword he was holding. The length of the sword was probably about 3x longer than the original size. Even so, if you look more closely, the size of the sword was still the same as before and what was growing was the water magic surrounding the sword.

  After the process of uniting his swords was complete, Charles switched back to using the sword with 1 hand.

  - Aqua Larett -

  Charles launched a horizontal slash towards me. The water slash was 3x larger than the usual water slash, maybe because it came from a longsword. I didn't know if I could return the slash but I preferred to avoid it. Because the slash was horizontal, I chose to jump over the slash and immediately moved towards Charles.

  However, Charles prepared his next attack.

  - ?Aqua Lodrett -

  This time Charles made a vertical slash towards me, but I immediately avoided the slash. When I avoided the slash, Charles prepared another attack.

  - Aqua Gata, Shot -

  This time it was a stab attack from a fairly long distance. It seemed like Charles thought that I wouldn't be ready to receive this attack because I had just avoided the previous attack but I easily avoided the stab attack.

  "Even with those attacks it still couldn't hit you, Rid," said Charles.

  I smiled and moved back towards Charles.

  - Magic Boost 2x -

  - ?Power Boost 2x -

  - Defense Boost 2x -

  - ?Speed ??Boost 2x -

  Charles increased his power with a boost. Then Charles prepared to make another attack that would be directed at me.

  - ?Aqua Destroyer -

  Charles immediately pointed his Longsword at me. But I also prepared to attack.

  - ?Sword Art, Water Destroying Slash -

  I aimed my slash at Charles' longsword. Our attacks collided and a collision occurred. But the collision did not last long, because of the nature of my technique that destroys water, Charles' Longsword which was coated in water began to crack and slowly began to disintegrate. The Longsword returned to its original sword form. Charles was shocked when he saw that. While Charles was shocked, I launched a follow-up attack on him.

  - Roaring Thrust -

  I launched a stab towards Charles and hit his stomach.

  "Arrrgghhh," Charles winced in pain.

  After that, Charles was thrown and hit the wall of the arena.

  *BOOM

  A thud was heard when Charles hit the wall of the arena. Smoke appeared where Charles hit the wall. The atmosphere in the arena became silent, the students who were watching the match seemed to be processing what had just happened in the arena. Then after a few moments of silence, the students started chatting.

  "That Rid, he's too strong,"

  "Even Prince Charles is nothing when fighting Rid,"

  "Has the prince lost?,"

  "If the prince can't beat Rid, then who in our year can beat him? Do you think the ice princess can beat Rid?," said the students who were chatting with each other.

  "How is it, supervisor? Is this match over and Rid won?," asked one of the students to supervisor Elgin.

  "I haven't seen Charles' condition so I can't determine whether this match is over or not," said supervisor Elgin.

  The smoke was still gathering in Charles' place. And it was not yet known what his condition was. I calmly waited for the smoke to clear so I could see Charles' condition. But suddenly...

  - Great Waves Thrust -

  A very large water attack suddenly appeared from behind the smoke and hit me. Luckily I was still able to block the attack with my sword. But this attack was so big that it caused me to be pushed back when I blocked it.

  "This attack, don't tell me..," I said, still trying to hold back the attack.

  The smoke disappeared because it was hit by the attack. Now Charles' condition was clearly visible. He had suffered quite a wound from hitting the arena wall. But he was still able to get up and stand. And now he was holding a sword coated with water that moved very quickly and irregularly.

  - San Fulgen Art Water Technique, Waves Sword -

  "Finally you used that technique, Charles," I said, smiling as I continued to hold back the attack until I was pushed away.

  -To be continued