Chapter 29 - The Sword Prodigies

Hinata didn't dare to hold back against Rimuru. She decided to give her all from the very start, she summoned the Legendary blade 'Moonlight' that was given to her by Luminus.

The rapier is shining like a jewel with moonlight silver color as she pointed her rapier at Rimuru. Protecting her was her Holy Spirit Armor, it is one of the greatest countermeasures of the Church towards Dragon and monsters.

Seeing her ready Rimuru also pointed his black katana at her. The katana is not weaker than the Moonlight rapier in any way. The katana was lightweight and sleek, a weapon that can make everyone jealous.

"I hope you didn't hold back"

Rimuru said with a smile as he took the fighting stance.

"The same goes for you"

Hinata replied to him with an always serious face.

And without further ado, she used her unique skill «Usurper» to measure Rimuru's power and the result was

Failed to detect the power

She was surprised after seeing the result because she thought that Rimuru was in the same league as Luminus but she didn't think about it that much.

Rimuru didn't even have his «Universal Sense» in the clone so he was forced to use only his eyes. «Universal Sense» helps him a lot in battle but that was only until he has Ciel by his side to accelerate his thoughts currently Ciel is not with him, so he is using his eyes to follow her speed.

And without any delay, both of them launched themselves into each other.

The sound of the clashing of swords filled the whole area as they continued to fight with each other.

Clang

Clang

Clang

Their battle soon turned into an ultra-high-speed battle. All the other people stopped their battle as they started to watch the battle between two sword prodigies.

They had exchanged a lot of blows with each other, trying to find a weakness and trying to gauge one other full limit.

No one was able to land a single hit on the other... They are still holding back.

Hinata slashed her sword but every time her sword got blocked by Rimuru's. He already had seen through her attacks and Hinata also knows this but that doesn't mean she is losing either. She has also seen through the Rimuru attack pattern.

"They both are monsters when it comes to swords"

"Indeed"

At this point, all the subordinates of Hinata and Rimuru already gathered together to see the battle and even Benimaru is watching the battle with interest.

He already knows that both of them are holding back. He can follow their moments and he is sure that he can give Hinata a tough battle. But Benimaru is troubled with another thought.

"There is something wrong," Benimaru thought to himself as he watched the battle. "Since when Rimuru-Sama became this weak... No! Wait!! I think this is only a body double of Rimuru-Sama"

Benimaru concluded as he watched the battle, a board smile appeared on his face as he continued to watch the battle.

"Guess he's not playing around," Hinata thought.

Hinata has planned to overwhelm Rimuru with her sword in the fight so she can end this fight soon. But Rimuru was easily her equal. No, he is better than her with the sword. It had taken her ten years to polish her sword skills, and he is countering all of them.

The human body has its limits. Only by using magic, skills, and arts to their fullest could you finally duke it out against monsters. And Rimuru didn't even need to breathe. His endurance would never wane, his muscles never ache, and no magic healing was required to ensure that.

"Heh-heh... Standing in the same ring like this makes me realize all over again how unfair this is..." She thought to herself as she laughed at herself.

But suddenly her skill shows her a different result.

Success

Her mood brighten up slightly as she saw the result. But when she tried to see his skills the result shocked her to the core.

No Skills

She was speechless after seeing the result. "No Skills" are you kidding me. She wants to shout but she retained herself as she tried again...

And again...

And again...

Every time the result is the same. But suddenly a thought crossed her mind and cold sweat started to roll down her forehead.

"Is he using a clone to fight with me... If this is a clone then how strong he truly is. I wasn't even able to gauge his clone strength"

Her eyes widened in shock. She decided to give her utmost, speeding her mind a thousand times. It placed maximum pressure on her brain, even bursting capillaries-something she handled with self-regenerative magic.

In this state, the world seemed to be frozen to her but it still wasn't enough. She used the «Measurer's Computer Prediction» skill to figure out the paths of Rimuru's attacks.

...And seeing Rimuru face he didn't even give his best.

She wiped away the drop of blood that just dripped from her nose, ensuring it wasn't noticed by anyone and gathered her breath. If this went on for too long, defeat was guaranteed. Even in her present Saint-level status, Hinata's human body limited her.

Rimuru Pov

Woah. She is pretty good with her blade, she is even better than Hakurou. She is equal to me in terms of the sword only. The reason I'm taking her head on and winning is because of my body. If I didn't have evolved into an 'Ultimate Slime' believe me or not I didn't have fought against her this recklessly with only my physical strength. Even my magicule reserve is barely comparable to an awakened Demon Lord.

As I was fighting against her suddenly her speed and reaction time increased drastically. What! Did she also have something like «Thought Acceleration»? I didn't expect it but thankfully I can still follow her movements with my naked eyes.

I was reckless.

What! How did she become this good all of a sudden? It's like she can predict my next move even before she can see it. Is she reading my mind? No that's not right! She is not that accurate.

"Did you have a skill that can predict my attacks?"

I bluntly asked her in the mindset of the battle.

"Who knows" She replied to me coldly. She is just like the former me cold, calculative, and straightforward. She reminds me of my former self. I was very pathetic at that time and now I realize it.

Argh! What with this skills of her. She is blocking my attacks like it is the easiest thing in the world. Wait a minute, I think I still have two ways to win the battle.

The first is to drag on the battle until she completely exhausted herself. She is only a human after all.

And the second is to attack her with my maximum capacity and overpower her. Maybe she was able to block half of my attack but I'm sure she can't block it completely. My physical strength is no joke you know. I'm just using the same amount of power as her till now.

Wait! I can just outmatch her with speed. Even if she was able to predict my attacks she can not block or dodge them because of the difference in speed.

Yes! I got this match... Huh! Why is she falling back? Is she admitting her defeat?

"You truly are a monster"

"Technically I'm a monster. I'm a slime you know"

She whispered to herself but because of my enhanced hearing, I heard her.

"This is my last attack if you can block it you win"

She said to me as I nodded. It seems like she is at her limit. She chanted some words like a spell. A magic circle formed in her left hand and embraces her blade as the spirit particles started to gather into her blade. All the magicules in the surrounding started to burn.

A purification spell.

"Here I came"

What with this ridiculous speed even with my Ultimate Senses(A/N - Ultimate slime = Ultimate sense. Did you get it😁) I can barely see her movements. I poured half of my magicules into my sword, to be honest, I want to pour more but I didn't have that much time.

"Here it comes... Take this"

I clashed my katana with her rapier as a huge blast occurred after the collision.

And the result.

"Hahaha,"

I laughed as hard as I can. I can't believe this, no more like I didn't want to believe this. Maybe I will be able to completely block that attack with «Thought Acceleration» but...

I didn't have any skills in this body double. Sigh. There is no need to dwell on something like a scratch is there.

Well, it is not exactly a scratch. She was able to cut my hand and it is more than a scratch. It's a scar. I can not even heal this because I didn't have any skill in this body double. This is proof of her worth.

"You won"

She said as I just nodded in response. But I also showed her the scar that she was able to make on my hand with that move.

"A tie"

She laughed as she said. But suddenly I saw a bright light as I turn towards the sword that Hinata threw a while ago.