Chapter 87-Ana vs Tondra, Part Two

After slashing Ana's throat, Tondra slings her extended-katana over her shoulder, and her knees buckle slightly from the weight of her blade.

Meanwhile, Ana clutches her bleeding throat.

"Shit…" she weakly croaks.

With a roar, Tondra draws her katana and charges Ana, who, in response, jumps up to her feet and draws her own blade.

Tondra lobs her giant katana forwards, just as Ana slashes her own sword forwards as well.

The two blades clash, but Tondra's katana instantly overpowers Ana's own blade and causes the swordswoman to stumble backwards.

"Woah," Ana cries, "Tondra's attacks are heavy!"

With a grunt, Tondra heaves her extended katana towards Ana again, who slashes Tondra across the chest before Tondra can strike her. However, Tondra continues to swing her katana towards Ana and SLAMS it into her, sending Ana tumbling backwards, same as before.

Swiftly, Ana charges Tondra again with a roar, just as Tondra lets out a battle cry and charges Ana back, slightly slower.

The two swordswomen clash, then unleash a flurry of blows.

"Tondra's attacks are far slower and less precise than before," Ana grunts as she blocks one of Tondra's swings with her katana, "But her attacks have more range and have much more of an impact now!"

Tondra slashes Ana again, causing the swordswoman to stumble backwards.

"I'll just have to beat Tondra with my speed!" Ana exclaims as she resumes her charge stance, meanwhile, Tondra resumes hers.

"Wind Charge, Level Three: Cloud Haven!" Ana shouts as she summons a powerful breeze behind her to serve as a tailwind, boosting Ana's speed.

Next, Ana draws her katana and dashes forwards and blitzing speeds.

In the blink of an eye, Ana appears before Tondra, causing the other swordwoman's eyes to widen as she recoils slightly.

Ana thrusts her katana towards Tondra's stomach, just as Tondra draws her electrified katana.

"Lightning Charge, Level One: Charge Slash!"

Ana jabs her katana into Tondra's stomach, sending her flying backwards with a powerful gust of wind before Tonda can slash Ana.

However, before she's sent flying backwards, the lightning crackling around Tondra'a katana jumps from her own katana towards Ana's. Tondra's lightning then travels down Ana's blade then into Ana herself, causing the woman to scream in pain as she's electrocuted by Tondra's lightning.

Meanwhile, Tondra slams into the wall behind her and smashes through it, before slamming into the next wall behind her, then sliding down the wall on her back and dropping to the ground.

Ana clutches her wounds and spazzes with electricity as she pants, staring at Tondra.

Meanwhile, Tondra pushes herself back up to her feet and stares Ana down.

Ana can feel her tailwind falter.

"I don't have much more strength left," she says to herself, "I need to finish Tondra off before my tailwind runs out."

Ana resumes her Charge Stance. Meanwhile, Tondra holds her katana high into the air. Navy-blue sparks of energy burst and swirl around her katana.

The two women stare each other down.

"Wind Charge, Level Three: Cloud Haven!" Ana roars as she draws her katana and charges Tondra. As she does so, Ana hears the nearby BOOM of thunder above her.

As Ana charges towards Tondra, she hears a second boom of thunder, and then, a GIANT bolt if lightning crashes through the ceiling above then crashes down upon Tondra, as if her katana was a lightning rod.

Bolts of lightning are sent flying everywhere, zapping and singing the surrounding area.

"WOAH!" Ana cries as she pauses mid charge in order to avoid being zapped.

The hum of electricity rings through the air, and the lightning bolt is so blinding that Tondra has to turn away and shield her eyes from the golden light.

"This is just like Cloud!" Ana exclaims.

Tondra cries out in pain as her body surges in electricity. However, the bolt of lightning begins to fade, as if benignly absorbed into her katana.

"LIGHTNING CHARGE…LEVEL TWO…GOD'S SWORD!"With a roar, Tondra swings her katana forwards with a giant pillar of lightning extending from its blade, like a huge sword of thunder. Tondra's lightning blade tears through the ceiling and walls of the underground bunker, making its way towards Ana.

In defense, Ana draws her katana and swings it upwards in a panic.

"W-Wind Charge, Level Two: Skywards Tornado!"

The force of Ana's swing causes the wind around her to benign circulating then rise into hair, forming a tornado. However, Tondra's lightning sword slices through Ana's tornado with ease before crashing down into Ana, causing the swordswoman to scream in pain one last time as she's electrocuted by Tondra's spell.

Once Tondra's spell lets up, Ana crashes down to the ground, spazzing with and convulsing electricity.

Tondra pants as she stares down Ana.

"Are we finally…done…?"

However, much to Tondra's dismay, Ana begins to stir.

Ana slams a fist into the ground, and slowly, begins to pick herself up.

"How…can you still stand…?!" Tondra cries.

"As long as I'm not dead…I can still fight…" Ana grunts, "Because…Noah and everybody NEEDS ME!"

Ana crouched down, placing one hand on the scabbard of her katana, and the other hand on its hilt.

"This final attack…will end things."

"Yes," Tondra agrees as she does the same.

The two swords women stare one another down, panting heavily.

And then…they charge.

Shockwaves of wind and dust are sent flying everywhere as the two women charge one another at binding speeds. Once close enough, each swordswoman draws their katana and swings it outwards, slashing their opponent across the chest as they pass by, before stopping a few feet away from their opponent with their katanas still drawn and soaked in gleaming red blood.

At first…they don't move.

But then…blood explodes from a new gash in Tondra's chest, as she drops to one knee.

Heh," Tondra smirks, "It looks like I-"

But before Todnra can finish, Ana sheaths her katana. And then…a wave of blood BURST from Tondra's chest. Tondra's eyes roll into the back of her head as she flops face first onto the ground, in a pool of her own blood..

Ana pants heavily.

And then…her lips curl up into a smirk.

"TONDRA PROMETHEUS!" Ana screams with her last bit of strength, "YOUR SWORD SKILLS…ARE SECOND TO NONE! OTHER THAN MINE, THAT IS!"

And then…Ana falls to the ground as well.