"I'm going to DESTROY you, and DESTROY everything of Telskyura," Emiya spoke as the night breeze brushed his face, stirring that dark red hair. The sky gradually darkened, and those molten-gold-like eyes grew even brighter in the twilight, like inextinguishable karmic flames.
Argana laughed in rage, and the Amazon warriors behind her were likewise angered by the man's words, but before they could react, Argana had already charged at Emiya.
"EVERYONE ELSE, DON'T MOVE!", She shouted angrily.
Then, Argana, like a beast unleashed from its cage, suddenly pounced at Emiya. Her knee strike, wrapped in boundless rage and power, mercilessly targeted the boy's head.
BOOM!
With a loud crash, Argana's knee collided with Emiya's arm, the impact sweeping outward like a violent storm, kicking up dust and rubble from the ground.
Emiya stood tall in place, completely unmoved, like a boulder unmoved amid raging currents.
"Trace, On."
As he chanted, black gauntlets slowly covered his arms. A faint glimmer shimmered on their surface, radiating a bone-piercing chill.
[Skill [Roadless Valhalla] effect activated.]
[Temporarily acquired development ability[Brawler] F]
[Temporarily acquired development ability[Toughness] F]
[Temporarily acquired skill[Valor]]
[Temporarily acquired skill[King's Order Ninth Order]]
"I won't kill you," Emiya swung his arm, forcing Argana back, "Because that result would mean nothing to someone like you."
He didn't choose a sword or axe, but rather used the gauntlets. Because in this battle, Emiya wasn't pursuing a lethal blow, but to completely shatter Argana's arrogance and pride.
"From here on, I'll fight until you surrender, until everything about 'Telskyura' is destroyed."
"I won't give you any more chances to entangle Tiona and Tione. The cruel tradition of the Battle Nation that has lasted a thousand years ends today."
[Skill [Oath Under The Snow] effect activated]
[When bound to a protected target through an intimate bond, all abilities increase beyond limits, stat growth accelerates, stat cap is broken, and magic/skill effects are enhanced beyond domain]
A crescent moon slowly rose into the sky, and its cold light poured down, shining upon Emiya's gauntlets. The moonlight shimmered, layering them in a divine radiance.
[[Knight Of Goddess] Skill effect activated]
[Under moonlight, temporarily gains development abilities[Regeneration],[Self-Healing]]
"In the labyrinth city, the Amazon nation, the warriors of the Ishtar Familia, call me [Amazon's Owner]. Today, I'll make you understand why that is."
[[Innocent Monster] Skill effect activated]
[Attack power against Amazons greatly increased]
"You, male… are a monster," Argana spoke in Amazonian, which Emiya couldn't understand.
But Emiya stepped forward toward her.
The battle had begun.
Argana's rage burned fiercely. Her fists lashed out at Emiya like a storm. As a berserker, she revered supreme strength, using unending madness and a powerful body as her weapons.
However, this time, her opponent was a far more terrifying "monster."
Emiya didn't retreat. Instead, he advanced into her assault.
His gauntlets blocked Argana's straight punch. The tremendous impact cracked the ground beneath them.
Immediately after, Argana didn't give him a chance to breathe, delivering a sweeping kick to Emiya's waist.
Emiya ducked to dodge. Although he avoided the strike, Argana's knee slammed into his shoulder.
A burst of searing pain spread through his entire body. Emiya grunted, but his expression didn't change at all.
Without hesitation, he swung his fist backhandedly and struck Argana hard in the chest.
Argana let out a cry of pain and flew sideways, but quickly stood up again and pounced. Her hands, like claws, targeted Emiya's throat.
Their fists and claws clashed mid-air, colliding like thunder, shaking the surroundings.
Each blow stirred up dust and grit from the ground, scattering it in all directions. Emiya's gauntlets reflected cold moonlight, and every punch that landed on Argana's body left deep crimson bruises.
Argana's punches were equally fierce. Her roars, carried by her fists' wind, echoed everywhere, swearing to tear the man before her to shreds.
Emiya responded with equal ferocity. Argana was repeatedly forced back, her figure sliding across the ground, tearing up uneven furrows beneath her feet.
Each of their strikes aimed for vital spots. Both were wounded, blood splattering amid the furious exchange.
A trickle of blood seeped from the corner of Emiya's mouth. Argana's chest and abdomen were covered in bruises, and her lips were bitten open from overexertion.
"Is this all you've got?", Emiya's voice rang out in the howling wind.
His attacks remained precise and steady, while Argana's gradually became disordered.
In raw power stats, perhaps Lv.6 Argana held an advantage.
However, when Emiya's punches landed, the damage far exceeded her expectations. Every hit felt like it would shatter her bones.
She tried to rely on the nearly invincible endurance of a first-tier adventurer to withstand his blows.
But after several exchanges, she began to realize her body couldn't keep up.
The difference in combat technique raised a trace of anxiety in Argana's heart. She was a hand-to-hand combat expert, with skills more refined than any Amazon warrior, even Tione was no match.
Yet the boy before her, his fighting style and strength completely overturned her understanding. His technique didn't seem human, it was on another level of existence.
'Should I use [Kalima]?', Argana hesitated inwardly.
The cursed magic [Kalima] enhanced her stats by drinking her opponent's blood. If she used it, her combat power would rise dramatically.
But the drawback was a severe decrease in endurance.
She wasn't sure, with Emiya's storm-like assault, how long she'd last with reduced durability.
Argana's movement faltered briefly. Her battle instincts warned her: don't use that curse.
That split-second of hesitation exposed a clear gap in her defense.
BANG!
Emiya's right fist struck her cheek hard. The massive force sent Argana flying, crashing to the ground, rolling several times until she slammed into a boulder and stopped.
Looking at Argana lying on the ground, Emiya exhaled, "I can tell, your mind has adapted to the Lv.6-level body. But lately, your stats don't seem to have improved much."
In just seven days, Emiya had increased his stats by over 1,200 points, an unimaginable pace for other adventurers.
He achieved this thanks not only to his accelerated growth skill but also the full-force sparring from many first-tier adventurers in the Loki Familia.
Meanwhile, the only one in the Kali Familia at Argana's level, Bache, refused to help her train, not even willing to spar.
Her stats remained at the base level of Lv.6 with almost no growth.
Argana fell before Bache. Though she looked pitiful, she hadn't lost all fighting power.
However, Emiya didn't pursue her. Instead, his gaze turned to Bache.
"You coming up next?", He asked.
Bache lowered her head slightly, silent for a moment. She glanced at her sister lying on the ground, then took a step toward Emiya.
"Bache, if you dare interfere with my fight, I'LL KILL YOU!", Argana roared in Amazonian, her voice full of threat.
But hearing her sister, defeated and furious, scream hoarsely at a Lv.4 male, Bache didn't back down.
Argana had always been the top of the Kali Familia, feared by all.
But today, the fear she had built up for so long was crumbling bit by bit.
The Amazon girl began to sprint, charging straight toward Emiya.
Bache was a young Amazon warrior, similar in height to her sister Argana, about 170 cm, with medium-length sand-white hair.
Her skin was dark brown, a healthy glow from training under the sun, typical of the Amazon tribe.
The girl's body was full and firm, with strong muscle lines showing her years of training, yet still retaining feminine beauty.
Like most Amazons, Bache's clothing was very revealing, covering only key areas with minimal fabric, with decorative cloth strips wrapped around her waist.
She also wore a black scarf over the lower half of her face, hiding her lips and chin, exposing only her sharp, deep eyes.
[King of Poison], this was Bache Kalif's unofficial title.
Her unique extra magic was called [Velgus], a super-short chant spell. When cast, a black-purple toxic membrane coated her right hand.
This poison was so deadly that it surpassed even the infamous dungeon monster [Poison Vermis].
According to Tiona, this magic had taken countless Amazon warriors' lives in Battle Nation "ceremonies", a terrifying fanged curse impossible to guard against.
The poison was inescapable; once it entered the body, it would immediately strip away all combat power, resistance was futile.
Tiona still remembered seeing Bache use this magic. Her opponent merely grazed by the poison fist collapsed as if struck by lightning, writhing in agony and screaming in pain.
At the time, the young Tiona could only watch helplessly, while Bache mercilessly executed enemy after enemy. An image that haunted her ever since.
If Argana was the "Serpent," Bache was "Venom."
In terms of magical nature, this girl might be even worse than Argana.
But the moment he locked eyes with her, Emiya realized: Bache and Argana were completely different types of people.
Still, since she was an Amazon, the task at hand remained the same.
Second bout, begins.
———
The battle between Emiya and Bache unfolded at the center of the island.
While attacking, Bache suddenly spoke, "Back then, when I came to this port city... I felt fate."
"At first, I thought this feeling was because of Tiona."
"I once cursed the main god Kali who let them go. I had originally decided... that I would kill her with my own hands."
Emiya: "Bache, so you're actually quite talkative."
From the first moment he met Bache, Emiya had hardly heard her speak. Her initial impression was that of a silent, icy beauty. Now, she unexpectedly revealed another side.
Bache spoke rapidly, "Yeah, once I get excited, I become talkative."
She continued attacking Emiya without pause, and her words didn't stop either, "Until I saw you, saw your evenly matched battle with my sister Argana, I finally understood. The fate I had been waiting for wasn't Tiona, it was you."
Their figures entangled, the two momentarily locked in a power struggle. Emiya could feel a deep and persistent emotion behind Bache's words.
"I once trained Tiona very dearly."
Bache suddenly pulled back her fist, then followed up with a side kick, but Emiya also managed to block it.
"It was all for the day when I could treat the stronger her as my 'feed'."
Emiya's gaze slightly focused, but he didn't speak, he simply concentrated on her every move.
"From the moment I saw her, I knew she would become strong."
A complicated light flickered in Bache's eyes, "I believed, as long as I killed the stronger her, I would ascend to a higher realm."
Tiona, who was watching the battle from the side, showed a dumbfounded expression, "Huh? Really?"
Bache continued coldly and resolutely, "I never considered Argana my sister. She's not family, she's a monster, a predator."
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