Another Encounter

[ Name: Ren Arken

Age: 14

Race: Human

Strength: 50,000 (+3,000,000 [Qi] +700,000 [Mana])

Agility: 80,000 (+4,000,000 [Qi] +800,000 [Mana])

Vitality: 100,000 (+7,000,000 [Qi] + 900,000 [Mana])

Mana: ~~~

Spiritual: ~~~

Intellect: 300, 000

Unique Skills:

-magic cards -appraisal -evil gaze -strengthen -leap -basic magics -fire magic -Fire Archmagic -illusion magic -water magic -light magic -nature magic -Grimoire of death -Real Clone [Heavenly Slime] -Eye of Wisdom -Sword God]

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In the middle of the silent night, where the piercing cold could make anyone shivers. Two figure is still awake in the magical forest of Everdeen. A tense atmosphere enveloped them, one of them is aiming a sword at the other's head.

"So? I wonder what kind of face hiding behind that mask. Would you be so kind as to show me your face?" Asked Oz with neither kind nor cold voice.

Oz's voice is filled with a murderous aura, making the assassin's leg tremble unconsciously. The murderous aura gushing out from Oz is enormous, even a sword god could get numb from just his aura.

"Tsk!" The assassin clicked his tongue.

"Disperse!" He said loudly. A same cold force that cursed the five sword saints appeared in front of Oz, different from those five arrogant sword saints, Oz skillfully deflects the cold force with his arch fire magic, but the assassin took the chance to retreat and made some distance with Oz.

"Who are you?" a cold voice sounded.

!?

The coldness of the voice doesn't surprise Oz, but what surprised him is the fact that the voice he just heard is the voice of a female! Moreover, the feeling of deja vu started to get stronger in his heart.

(Where do I know this girl from?)

Oz tried his best to remember, but nothing rang the bell. Seeing the silent Oz, the girl asked once more: "Who are you? Who sent you?" Asked her with the same coldness.

"Does your parents didn't teach you manner, girl?" Asked Oz with the same coldness as the girl.

"Wha!?" (The assassin girl)

"You're supposed to introduce yourself first before asking someone else's identity," Told him indifferently.

But the girl didn't care with Oz's answer anymore and snorted, "Hmph, nonsense!" Said her and dashed to Oz.

Her strikes are fierce, but she lacks balance and power. Oz sheathed his sword and face the girl with one of his throwing-knife.

Seeing Oz sheathing his sword and changing to his small throwing knife, the girl said angrily: "Y-you, are you underestimating me!?"

"Letting your emotions lose control when facing an opponent stronger than yourselves shows your immaturity, I didn't say that I didn't underestimate you, but I prefer using 'You're not worthy for my sword' as the reason," Said Oz coldly.

The assassin girl could only cower when facing the bitter-truth stated by Oz.

"Y-you... Who are you?" This time, the assassin girl asked with an emotional tone.

"Oz, a magician," Said Oz coolly, and suddenly vanished to the girl's back.

'A magician that uses swords and knives? I can't even sense any magical mana from him,' Thought the girl inside of her mind, confused.

Whooosh!

Oz suddenly strikes, and the girl could barely avoid Oz's strike, Oz's speed surprised her greatly, but luckily the 'endless cold' sword boosts her power, helping her to evade Oz's strike by a hair-breadth. But Oz's strike is more than that, he threw the throwing knife he wields to assassin girl with terrifying speed.

!!!

As the girl is still at her dodging position, she hadn't regained her balance yet, her lips tried to chant one of the legendary sword skills but her voice won't come out. Oz's increasing murderous intent makes her throat dry. Facing Oz's inevitable strike, she could only close her eyes and surrender to fate. But Oz's aim is not her head.

But her mask.

!?

The mask fell slowly to the ground, showing the face of its owner. The sight of the face made Oz utterly surprised.

(I-I-I-It's the arrogant girl from before!!!)

It's the face of the tomboy and cold girl he met at Owen's smithy before!

The girl closed her eyes and waited for the pain, but even after waiting for several seconds, the pain that she's anticipating didn't come. She slowly opened her eyes, thinking: 'I'm alive?'

But she regains her composure quickly, she realized that her mask is gone, and the thrown knife was aiming for her mask. She also realized that her opponent is surprised because of an unknown reason, making the murderous intent to disappear and her voice to come back.

She took the opportunity and chant the skill of the 'Endless Cold' legendary sword that she's trying to use before.

Their eyes.

Met once again.

"Petrifying cold,"

Oz suddenly felt a terrifying cold all over his body, his mana won't come out, his qi won't generate because his meridian flow is frozen. Oz's completely petrified.

(Shit! There are more skills!?)

"One of the 'Endless Cold' sword's seven deadly skills 'Petrifying Cold', Anyone who made eye contact with me, even if he/she is at the sword god rank or similar, they will still be petrified," The girl explains her skill even though Oz didn't ask.

"You... You didn't try to kill me even though you could, who are you? Who commands you? I permit you to talk," Asked the girl. Oz's frozen lips started to break free, and Oz could now talk.

"Appraisal!" Oz slowly muttered.

[ Name: Seraphim Grandaria

Age: 14

Race: Human

Strength: 50,000 (+1,000,000 [Mana]) (+2,000,000 [Endless Cold Sword])

Agility: 30,000 (+1,000,000 [Mana]) (+2,000,000 [Endless Cold Sword])

Vitality: 200,000 (+2,000,000 [Mana]) (+2,000,000 [Endless Cold Sword])

Mana: 800,000 (+3,000,000 [Endless Cold Sword])

Spiritual: 300,000 (+500,000 [Endless Cold Sword])

Intellect: 200,000

Unique Skills:

-Endless cold -Arch Water Magic]

(As expected of the status of a sword saint, huh)

(W-wait, Grandaria? Is she somehow, a princess of this kingdom!?)

But a voice suddenly appeared out of nowhere, the prompt that Oz just heard at Duke Baldwin's mansion, appeared once more.

Oz confusedly heard the prompt while trying hard to process the new information he just got.

"Hey, answer me!" The girl said domineeringly, and open Oz's black mask and hood, revealing Oz's brown hair and face.

"!? You are!"

But before the girl could continue her words, Oz cut her sentence.

"Steal," Oz muttered.

Suddenly the 'Endless Sword' legendary sword that the girl's using shone, it's emitting a terrifying cold aura and seems to be out of control, making the girl panicked.

"Wha-what is happening!?" The girl shouted, panicking.

The prompts continued.

After the last prompt finished, the 'Endless Cold' legendary sword started to calm down. All of the terrifying cold aura that it gushed out before, vanished as if there are none, to begin with.

Oz tried to move his legs, and he successfully walked one step, making Seraphim more surprised.

"W-what? You dispel the spell?" Asked her confused.

"I think so," Answered Oz indifferently.

"H-how? Even a sword god shouldn't be able to dispel it! Ugh... Even if you managed to dispel it, I still got more skills!" Said Seraphim angrily. She raised the legendary sword and made another stance.

"Scatter!" Said her, but nothing happened.

"W-what happened?" Asked her, as she tried to check at her sword, but nothing seems to be broken.

"I don't know the detail myself, but it seems that your sword could no longer harm me," Said Oz.

Both of them are confused, but another danger suddenly appeared piling more problems for them.