A duel to settle things

"oh?" Of course, Miko couldn't believe that Because she know that Shizue's barrier is almost unbreakable.

"'Don't waste any--"The moment Shizue said that, several arrows flew at her but she created a huge barrier.The monsters seemed to have lost their patients.

But when Shizue released the barrier, she saw something unexpected. 1000 knights appeared out of nowhere. Some of the knights had bows.

"Ru-chan, Miko. You two are support. Rem and Jean, get into attack position. And Maya, don't do anything."

"I can fight!" Maya said.

"No need."

"Roger..." Maya was...disgruntled.

"All soldiers. Halt." A knight, bigger than any knight, came over and said... Wait, he can talk?

"Is there something wrong with my ears or is he really talking?" Hiru said.

"I don't think it's an auditory hallucination."Miko could also hear the knight's voice so she said.

But as they were talking, Shizue chilled and thought, "He can give orders.Of all the records I've gathered...This is the most extraordinary. Could it be that he is trying to prevent us from passing? Is he protecting something....".

"You there. The white hair one.You look the strongest. I have a proposal. Let's duel. If I lose, I will let you go, but if I win, say bye bye to your life." The Knight Commander looked at Shizue and said.

"You are so full of confidence. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with being confident, but being overconfident is....."

"I think before I act."

"Hmmm...That's what it takes to be a great commander, but you won't be able to command after this duel."

"Ha, you are confident too, aren't you?"

"Really?"

But as they were conversing, Miko said,"don't you think we are in trouble."

"Of course,we are. Not because we will lose, but because when Shizue starts fighting, she forgets everything else."

"Right?"Miko was scared. Shizue is always in defense mode, but now she is in attack mode. Miko and Hiru know what Shizue is like in attack mode.

But then the duel began.

Shizue made a sword of ice and said,"you know what duel is?"

"Of course I know. We always duel to make each other stronger."

"Good." Shizue swung her sword, which the knight easily blocked.

"You are holding back. But if you continue to be hold back,you may lose the duel."

"Don't worry."Shizue said and backed away and thought," I also know I might lose the duel if I keep holding back but they are here..."

Just as Shizue thought that, the knight approached Shizue at breakneck speed and tried to swing his sword down, which of course Shizue blocked with her sword but then her sword breaked.

"Now what are you going to do? Make another sword?"

"You talk too much," Shizue said, and disappeared. The knight the moment shizue disappeared thought,"A clone? An illusion? Or speed?"

"The answer is speed." Shizue said and when the knight looked behind, shizue used an ice crystal, but as usual the knight shattered it with his sword.

"Are we playing tag now?"

"I am impressed that you know what tag is." Shizue said and went back.

"Of course I know" the knight said, approaching Shizue, and as he went to swing his sword, Shizue did not move.

Seeing that knight thought, "A clone? No, this aura is too strong for a clone to have."

"What's the matter? You were about to swing your sword, weren't you?" Shizue said with a smile. Seeing that, Hiru thought, "It's a clone."

"'Are you trying to tank my attack?"

"I might be."

"'Really?" The knight said and swung his sword. But then he looked here and there and said,"4.no 5. counting the main body, it's 5."

"What?"hiruwas astonished to hear the knight's words. How could he know how many Shizue were here? Needless to say, hiru only knew there were clone, not the amount.

"1 clone here." the knight looked behind and said .Then he said,"3 clones spinning so fast that they became invisible. But really,I can't believe they can sustain the same energy..."

"Am I being praised?"Shizue said, and out of nowhere she jumped toward the knight. The knight sensed it, but the moment the knight swung his sword, Shizue disappeared. However, the sword was covered with Shizue's blood.

"Even clones bleed. But I think I understand your strategy now."

"Really?" Shizue, who was near the knight, said. The moment the knight heard that he quickly went back and thought,"When did she trade places with the clone?"

"Surprising, isn't it?When you were talking, I quickly changed places and you didn't notice it until the very end."

"You're good at tag and hide-and-seek, aren't you?"

"Of course I am."Shizue replied, and when she did Hiru and Miko remembered something they wanted to forget.

"You just remembered what I just remembered?" Hiru looked at Miko and Miko.

"Yes, you did."Miko replied while being a little irritated.

Miko was irritated because of an incident that happened in a certain day.

"A week ago, we asked Shizue a 1vs2...we couldn't even make a move. She even said, 'Playing 1vs2 with you guys is like Luke playing tag on easy mode.' Of course, that made us mad, but later we realized that we were fighting a clone of Shizue."hiru thought so.

And Shizue, on the other hand, thought," there's no other options.I have to use my final move."

But to our surprise, the knight was also thinking the same thing as Shizue.

"Final move:....."The knight and shizue said. Hearing that, Hiru and Miko looked at each other in confusion, while Rem, Jean, and Maya were a little frightened.

"Rem-san, do you know what that final move thing is?"Hiru looked at Rem and asked, expecting her to answer.

"Final moves are supposed to be the ultimate moves. Once you use it the target will 100% go down but if 2 users used final move at once is..."