Fight With Peter

Peter raised his spear and pointed its deadly tip directly at me.

"I hope you are ready, my new pet," he said.

He seems very confident in himself that he will win, but I must also show him that I have trained under one of the strongest knights in this kingdom.

"Speak for yourself; sadly, your mother is going to receive her son's body split in two today." I replied.

"Hahah you got a big mouth as well." said Peter, slurping on his tongue. "I can't wait to taste them tonight."

We both stood in our stance until the cheering of the crowd grew silent in anticipation.

—I can do this. —I can do this.

I repeated it in my mind.

As soon as I pressed my legs on the ground to attack, Peter launched himself towards me with his spear aimed straight at my face, and in a swift flash of movement, I vanished from his eyesight and gracefully stopped behind him at almost 120°.

Sigh*

He seemed fast, but that's nothing compared to my pace.

As soon as I raised my face, I heard whispers around me growing.

"Hey, did you see that?"

"She dodged Peter's spear at ease."

"She was so fast."

"Who is she again?"

I had no time to focus on the crowd, as Peter seemed pissed off all of a sudden. He turns himself towards.

"Ohh, look at that," said Peter, as a white aura started collecting on him.

He spins his spear like a staff around him. The speed of it gradually increased, and the motion of the spear went blurry.

"I think you should brace yourself with that cute-looking chain of yours," said Peter, smiling.

I didn't reply, but rather kept my eyes on his movements.

After spinning from his right arm to the left, to behind him, and through his legs, he suddenly, with a burst, launched his spear towards me.

It's fast; this time also, I relied on my reflexes and flashed and landed on the side.

But as soon as I did that, I realised this time it wasn't going to be as easy as the spear in mid-air. It changed its trajectory towards me, and no matter how much I dashed here and there, it always managed to reach me in an instant.

"Till when are you going to keep dashing around like that?" said Peter.

People from the crowd also started conversing about the present scene.

"She'll run out of stamina if she keeps that up."

"One hit by Peter's spear, and she won't be moving again."

"But that's the thing; her eyes don't show any fear in them."

"She knows what she is doing."

"Yeah, it hasn't managed to hit yet."

And they are right.

I know what I am doing; I wanted to study the movement of his spear in the air, as I can see its approach very clearly, as well as stopping it.

As soon as I landed on my left leg, I rotated on it, and with its movement, I held my chains horizontally, coating them in my black aura, and the spear stopped after tackling with my chains. It's still in the air, trying to break my defence, but I am holding it in front of me properly.

"Hey, look at her chains."

"It's a black aura."

"She stopped Peter's spear with her chains."

"Wooohooo!!!"

"You can do it, girl."

People who seemed against me are now, all of a sudden, cheering for me.

Holding his spear in front of me with my Witchcraft, suddenly, a rush of anxiety ran through me as I realised that Peter was out of my sight.

Tap*

As soon as the sound of a step landing behind me reached my ears, my senses heightened as a deadly aura covered my back.

I glanced over my shoulder, an aura enveloped a fist that was about to hit me, and in an instant, I raised my knee, blocking his fist with it.

"What? She blocked his fist with her leg."

"That girl is crazily bold."

"Look at her holding a spear from one side and a fist from the other."

Yes, I am now sandwiched in between Peter's spear and his fist, both trying to break through my defence.

"Arghh-" I expressed.

"What happened? What's your next move, girl?" Peter said,, pushing his fist with immense strength. "No place to run away this time?"

He is right; I have no place to run, and I can't keep holding both of them at once like this as I can't focus my strength properly.

But sadly for him, I was trained with a master whose blades attacked me from every possible side, and that too was way faster and stronger than this. 

"Are you sure you can win?" I asked him casually. 

"Huhh? What the fuck did you say, women?" said Peter. His eyes turned even more red in anger. 

"I am asking because you seem to be struggling quite a lot." I said, smiling. 

"YOU BITCH!!!! I'll FUCKING KILL YOU!!" 

As I wanted him to do, he increased his aura on the spear and on his fist too. 

"Good boy," I said. 

"Huh?" he expressed. 

He realised that I was up to something, but it was too late for him to foresee that. 

—I charged aura on my legs and instantly let go of my chains and my knee at once and swept down, holding my body just above the ground. 

His aura-filled fist and spear are now face-to-face with each other at a very close range. 

"You Bitc-" said Peter. 

Peter realised that if he hesitates even for a moment, his own spear will kill him down, and seeing the distance and speed, he cannot change his fist into a pose to grab it or to stop the flow of the aura as there's won't be enough time, so the only option he had was to punch his own spear with an even more immense aura, which he did. 

"AAaaaaaa!!!!" 

As his fist collided with his spear, the force sent his spear backwards through the air. With a swift halt to his movements, he summoned it back to his grasp. 

*Crack* I kicked on his popliteal fossa from behind, making him fall on his knee. 

In a swift motion, he swung his spear behind him in an attempt to strike me, as he knew I'd be attacking him more from behind. But I leaped upward, holding his head in my grip. As I landed in front of him, I delivered a powerful kick straight to his face. The impact reverberated through the air, and he landed on his other creep friend's feet. 

"Oyee, are you okay, Peter?" 

"Let's stop this?"

His trembling hands reached out for his spear. 

"Arrrghhhh!!! Hufff*" Peter groaned in pain and anger. "SHUT UP!!" 

He stands up again and clenches his legs on the ground, as if charging himself. 

"You are wasting your energy at this point." I said. 

"We'll see that soon enough," said Peter, clenching his teeth in anger. 

Even the crowd seems to be in my favour now, and asking him to stop as it's futile to fight any further. 

"Let it go, Peter." 

"Yeah, stop it." 

"This is too much now." 

"It's over already." 

Peter bends, and in a flash, he launches himself towards me with his spear poised straight at my chest. He is way faster than before. 

Fwooosh*

As the fast movements of his actions stirred up the dust everywhere. People around them had to close their eyes. 

A few seconds passed, and the air cleared out with anticipation and hung heavy in the air. 

Everyone's eyes widening in disbelief and a loud awe broke their silence. After the clearing dust, the impossible sight unfolded before them: Peter, his spear in mid-air, stopped for a strike that never landed, while I stood balanced upon its gleaming spear, defying gravity. 

"See, I told you. You are wasting your energy." I said, smiling. 

"Huhh-

Before he could react, I backflipped, kicked him in the face, and landed on the ground. 

I realised that he was going to stand up again, so I flashed myself behind him and held my knife to his throat. 

"Stop." I said it with a heavy tone. 

Gulps* Covered in fear, he didn't move his hand any further to grab his spear. 

"WOAHHH!!!!!!!"

"SHE WON!!!"

Everyone screamed their lungs out with loud cheers for me. 

"WHO IS SHE?"

"I think I know her. She came with the newly placed Elite Knight, Marie." 

"Ohh, the girl who came from Murk.

"Yes." 

"Damn, she is so cool and strong." 

I didn't think I would win this easily. I guess Master has a big role to play in it, and obviously, my fight with River shaped me well enough. Compared to the fight with him that I had at the mountain, this was not even close. I didn't even use my Witchcraft properly.

"**Sigh*" I let out a heavy breath.

"ELEA!!!"

A familiar voice resonated from the crowd.

Tap* Tap*

"What are you doing?"

And there she is, my friend, who came after the entire show ended.

"You are late." I said, smiling.

"What?" asked Marie, worried.

"You missed seeing me in action." I said, glancing my eyes towards Peter.

"Ohh wow. Even I beat the shit out of him when he was messing with me," said Marie.

"You too.?" I asked in curiosity.

"Yeah, he is a delinquent who never learns his lesson. Even Queen has reprimanded him hundreds of times, but due to his father, an important financier of the kingdom, he gets way with it."

"Ohh, I see," I said.

After putting my Witchcraft behind my back, I looked at Marie, as she seemed very troubled by her looks.

"So, everything okay? You want to tell me something?" I asked.

In a sudden jolt, Marie collected herself.

"Oh, yes, yes, I forgot!"

"Hmm? What?"

"Queen has summoned you urgently," she said.

"Huhh? Why?" Did I do something wrong?"

"No, it's your master."

"What happened to him?" I asked, as anxiety took over.

"He opened his eyes. He is back from Coma."

As soon as Marie let those words out, a heavy sigh of relief and a smile came on my face as I realised that he is okay now and we'll be meeting again, but if the queen is urgently requesting something for me, then it must be something related to his past and River.