She was thinking about what to dht now.

  For one part her oppo was... Special...

  Not in a good way...

  Well, he was kinda special in what one could say was a 'Good way'. Especially with all those titles of his.

  So even if he had run away from his work, he was supposed to be good enough to do it right?

  So he might be dangerous ter on when all his talents blooms.

  But right now...

  Well...

  "Justieaky Stab!" He was only making a fool of himself.

  Since he was screaming the name of his attacks, the armirl only had to defled get out of the way.

  And the crowd was cheering them si must be hirious from an outside perspective.

  The bck-haired kid screamed out, "Fight me you coward!" He must have been really frustrated with this situation.

  "Yeah... I really should...Amm..." Answered the armirl while looking at the crowd. All the while keeping an eye on the kid.

  It wouldn't do to get done by a sneaky attack... But then again, the idea of 'Sneaky attacks' of that kid was screaming the name of the attack...

  "Do I o say the names of my... Teiques?" The girl asked of the crazy old man.

  She really didn't want to do it, but rules being rules and all she wao be sure.

  "Not necessary, if your [Skill] requires it go for it, we aren't mages. We don't he vocal factor unless our [Skill] asks for it." Answered the crazy old man.

  "But saying the names make them more powerful and cool!" Added the bck-haired kid.

  Yeah nope, not doing it.

  "Good to know." And so she raised her hand pointing at the bck-haired kid.

  He instantly went on guard and took a serious position, that stop looking serious after he said "ter of Justice" and instantly ruihe moment.

  " *sigh* Here is a freebie." Said the girl while a mass of darkness separated from her shadow and coalesced into an obsidian-looking sword. " Shadow Flying Ssh " Ihe armirl.

  Her obsidian sword finished materializing and she made the motion as if she was going to send a flying wave with her sword.

  Of course, the bck-haired kid instantly held his ground and put his sword in a vertical position to guard himself against the flying ssh...

  Only to be sucker punched in by the horizontal attack of the bck-haired girl.

  Instead of telegraphitack, after firming Akira wasn't paying attention to her, she started running towards him and used her obsidian sword as a baseball bat to hit him in his right arm.

  His dominant arm.

  Sending him flying a few meters while groaning. Akira quickly recovered his stand rolled with the attainimize the damage.

  So he had that going for himself at the very least.

  Not that he was happy "YOU CHEATER!" Said the kid while nursing his arm. "THAT WASN'T A WAVE ATTACK!" A pining.

  "Only an idiot tells his oppo his movement if they help it. " Said the armirl while ughing.

  That only made the fury in the face of Akira more promi.

  "And on that note... Shadow Backstab of...Evil?" Ihe armirl while smirking and hiding her left hand behind her.

  Quickly Akira did a 180 turn and prepared for an attack...That wasn't there.

  Instead, he felt ata his back that made him lose his breath for a few moments.

  The armirl had made a lump of shadows in her left hand and then when Akira turned his back to her...

  She threw it with all her strength, and this lump transformed into a missile that hit him in the bad while part of it was destroyed in the impact, a few motes of shadow got stu as if it was tar.

  "Would you look at that...That was indeed a back attack... It wasn't a stab though...Nor was it really Evil..." Said in a mog tohe armirl.

  The crowd was loving it though.

  They were cheering at her attacks and ughing at Akira for being made into a fool.

  She was still being careful though, even if her [Identify] told her that she was faster than him (Even if by only 4 points) he still was strohan her.

  Perhaps she should [Identify] the skill?

  She didn't want to do it in bat though, because if she got hit by a backssh against an angry oppo...

  "YOU ARE CHEATING!" Said the bck-haired kid. "YOU ARE USING BADED ATTACKS!" Yeah...

  Better to not risk it yet.

  "I'm cheating?" Asked the girl again looking at the crowd.

  "Mister Akira, no foul py has beeed. No Magical means have been used...So stop being a brat and start fighting back." Was the answer of the crazy old man.

  To that, Akira just huffed and gred once again at the armirl.

  "And [Shadow Empress]...I know that isn't against the rules, but stop abusing the...Amm...Just fight fair...?" Added to the girl. Akira smiled maliciously at that like the cat that just got to eat the ary.

  " Aye, sir... I will fight seriously then." Was all the ahe girl said.

  "Let's see if you do something without your cheap tricks!" Said the bck-haired kid while smirking and brandishing his sword.

  He gave himself a long breath and after fog once again on the girl said " [I'm Justice!]" No cheesy lines after that.

  If she didn't know the name of his skill she might have thought nothing of this.

  Sio anyone else, it would be just more meaningless words ing out of the mouth of a brat.

  But she khe name of his skill, so she took precautions.

  "..." And following the example of [Shadow Pact] ag instead of doing anything.

  She quickly formed several tendrils of darkness (Shadows) that climbed outwards from her back as if the wings of a majestic phoenix.

  From there, she turhe tips into sharp spears points that pointed directly at Akira who was...

  Gring at her?

  He was just gring, even if he started to glow slowly but surely.

  As his glow started ramping up he started smiling more maliciously by the sed.

  "[And you are Evil...]" So he said while pointing at the armirl with his sword.

  At this point the glow of his body started spreading from his whole body to his feet and hands, some of it going into his sword even.

  And so, the armirl braced herself for any kind of atta her person. But even after a few moments with no ges, she rexed her stance.

  Nothing was happening, not to her at the very least. Since Akira's glow now had settled into a pair of silver boots and silver gaus, his sword was more ored now too.

  It looked like the armor a padin might use.

  "You...Are okay? Even under my light of [Judgement]?" Asked the bck-haired kid.

  'So it was a debuff type of skill after all?' Thought the armirl.

  " Not sure what you mean. I'm suffering several types of internal wounds right now. " Answered in a mog tohe girl. An obvious lie. After that, she readjusted the aim on her shadowy wing spears and primed them for an attack.

  "Hah! I knew Justice always triumphs!" Screamed Akira while rushing forward with renewed speed.

  If she took the time to [Identify] him she might have noticed several bonuses in his stats.

  Well most of his stats, a couple were still terribly low.

  But she didn't have the time nor the liberty of using her skill right now.

  So with a flick of her hand, she sent the tendrils of shadows to attack the self-procimed hero " Shadow Aegis - Deploy." Said the armirl.

  No way of knowing if her tactics would work, but she still deployed them.

  First, the shadows in her back shot forward f a kind of shield. Of course, this was but a deception!

  Sihe shadows would bury into the floor araveling forward. Wheiced Akira was right on top of them she made them rise from uhe ground.

  "What?" Was all Akira could say while from under him several spears made of shadow emerged attag him all over the pce.

  Of course, he defended himself as best as he could. But the sheer amount of shadowy spears was overwhelming.

  Soon enough a few started to get past of his defenses and striking true.

  His dark coat soon found itself full of holes; the little body armor he had wasn't enough to protect himself.

  And the armirl?

  She was still unharmed and with an obsidian sword in hand.

  She started walking slowly towards him as if to make a point.

  "Treachery!" Said the bck-haired kid. "How dare you fight without honor!" He tinued saying.

  At this point he had lost his sword, a shadowy spear had struck him at the right angle ahe sword flying.

  The other shadowy spears were restraining him as he fought with all his strength to release himself.

  But as soon as he broke ohey would just reform and tie him back. She couldn't keep this for long, but so long as her mana could keep feeding his skill, she had enough time to burst the shield of the arena and earn herself a win.

  " You cimed I was a [Vilin] a...You pin that I don't fight with honor? " Said the armirl. "When did you show honor towards me? When you insulted me? When you mocked me? You started this on your own. And after losing you cim yet again treachery?" Spat the girl.

  She was getting a the antics of this brat.

  After he didn't answer her, she raised her sword " There isn't honor for the losers. They either run with the tail between their legs or die. "And so she released a downward ssh toward the bck-haired kid.

  It had enough strength behind it to burst the shield the crazy old man had told them the arena had.

  But not enough to do critical damage, she didn't want to get expelled or worse... Get a mark on her history.

  Not that her attack hit the mark.

  For a red-haired girl with a demon mask appeared in the way of her attack blog it with a katana.

  "That's enough." Said the red-haired girl.

  "Aaaand we have a newer to the fight!" Said the crazy old man, at some point he had got himself a mid was ag as announcer.

  "How will the [Shadow Empress] deal with a 2 vs 1?" Said hyping up the crowd. "We got the [Warden of Justice] and the [Demon Sying Sword] vs [Shadow Empress]!" tinued saying the crazy old man.

  Wait...Was she supposed to fight 2 vs 1?

  "And we are ready to start round 2!" And at that point, the billboard with the fights updated again showing that information.

  " 2 vs 1...That doesn't seem...fair." Said the armirl.

  Rena had cut all her shadow tendrils and she didn't regee them, something told her it was a bad idea to keep Akira like that if she was supposed to fight 2 vs 1.

  "Hah! Justice always finds a way!" Said Akira in a cheery tone.

  "...You will pay for bullying Akira." Added Rena in a cold tone.

  Yeah...That definitely isn't Hero Behaviour. Where they that... Dense?

  They were ag more like vilins!

  "A [Hero] must fight and find the way to deal with any problems that e their way." Said the crazy old man announcer. "And so. Round 2, Start!"

  And on that he fighting resumed once again.

  Akira of course kept screaming the description of his attacks. So she had an easy time dealing with them.

  But Rena... She was silent and effit. And her Sword somehow could pierce her armor easily enough.

  Case in point, after one 'Justice downward ssh' that the armirl dodged, Rena was waiting for an ambush.

  She struck quickly alessly at Elizabeth with a quick stab, so she tried to parry it with her left armored arm.

  Only to find that the sword of Rena somehow could pee her armor and struck her flesh. So she now had one bloody arm and part of her armor destroyed.

  "Hmm...Not that good of an armor." Said the red-haired girl after the attack while spreading her blood on the arena floor.

  "AAAAND WE HAVE FIRST BLOOD!" Said the crazy old man, wait. What about the goddamed shield?!?

  "As a he shield will only protect you from deadly force. Small wounds are free game!" Finished saying the crazy old man.

  "GOOD WORK RENA!" Celebrated Akira, throwing the secret identity of her friend into the winds.

  The red-haired girl for her part didn't say anything, but she could swear her ears were somewhat more reddish than before.

  Ugh...

  Yeah, this might be a problem.

  Would she o take this more seriously?