Traveling Back - That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime

Chapter 9 - Duel

(Third Person's POV)

Gazel delivers an vertical slash to Rimuru, for an normal people it's already extremely fast but for Rimuru, Gazel was moving extremely slow even without using {Thought Acceleration}. Rimuru over the years travelled in a bunch of worlds, training swordarts, martial arts, archery, and more.

Rimuru blocked Gazel's sword with her sword using one hand, Gazel pulled away and delivers an diagonal slash, and Rimuru easily parried him, Rimuru thrust her sword aimed at Gazel's chest and Gazel backed away a few meters. Rimuru was only playing with Gazel if she wanted to kill him she would have done it in an instant.

Gazel backed away and Rimuru haven't even moved from her original position. Gazel charged again with 5 slashes aimed at Rimuru but Rimuru deflected all of it. Gazel took a few steps back and use another stance, he put his sword with both hands holding it to his side with an upright posture, his blade pointed upwards.

"{Haze of Rumbling Heavens}!" (Gazel)

Gazel suddenly vanished, well for the audience at least, Rimuru can see him just fine. Gazel attacked Rimuru with a quick bottom to top slash but Rimuru dodges it, and Gazel quickly attacked Rimuru with a top to bottom slash, and Rimuru blocked it. They both continue giving each other simultaneous slashes, Rimuru's looks like she's dancing because of her fighting style, It's both beautiful and elegant.

Everyone in the room is amazed with their fight, Gazel their king fighting like an master swordsman and Rimuru fighting with an fascinating and beautiful sword style with no extra movements. Someone is actually giving a their King, the master of sword an equal fight. But they didn't know that Rimuru was not even serious and Gazel knows that Rimuru was only playing with him.

Vesta is sweating and trembling because he went against someone of this caliber and even tried to take her wife, who knows what will happen to him.

Gazel delivers a heavy horizontal right to left slash to Rimuru and Rimuru blocked it. After that Rimuru rotate clockwise with a speed that normal people can't see, and gave Gazel an heavy blow, well for Gazel it's an heavy slash but for Rimuru it's only a light tap. Gazel blocked Rimuru's attack but his sword while his still holding it was blowned away making him lost balance. Rimuru closes the gap with Gazel in an instant and prepare another attack.

"{Swordarts: Tempest}" (Rimuru) said in a calm voice that echoed throughout the trial room.

Rimuru delivers an horizontal slash aimed at Gazel's neck. Rimuru's sword was covered with lighting and little dark mist that represents thunder clouds. Rimuru delivers the attack that all the people in the room can't see except Ciel because of how fast it was.

Rimuru stopped just before her sword make contact with Gazel's neck. The floor below them cracked showing how strong the attack was. But that wasn't even 1 percent of Rimuru's strength.

All the people was shocked seeing their King defeated. Now they understand why Gazel warned Vesta that Rimuru and Ciel can destroy their kingdom.

"Looks like it's over" (Rimuru)

"Yes, it is my defeat" (Gazel)

Rimuru pulled away her sword from Gazel's neck and sheathed her sword and put it in {Imaginary Space}. Gazel looks at his sword that now has cracks because of the duel and also sheathed it. Rimuru walked towards Ciel that is puffing her chest with a smug and hold her hands.

The audience was astonished by Rimuru's and Gazel's duel and the guards are now cautious and scared of Rimuru. Gazel steps up the stairs, walks toward the throne and sat on it.

"I will now pass my judgement. Rimuru, Ciel, Kaijin, Garm, Dord, and Myrd are not found guilty. Vesta will no longer be the minister of Dwargon and will be punished along with the proxy. That concludes my verdict" (Gazel)