Chivalry of a Dark Knight [Batman x Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry]

CH17: Monster (prt 1)

"Kokutō: Yatagarasu!"

With the activation of her Noble Art, black energy flowed into the twin fans of Beniiro Ageha and formed the shape of a long blade extending from each fan. This allowed her attacks to have a greater range and she promptly closed the distance and swing her two sword constructs with a spinning graceful motion.

Surprisingly, Venomous was slow to react. She was constantly getting caught off-guard as Nene dashed and slashed at her again and again, at the brink of cleaving her had she not quickly guarded herself by holding up her whip which had gone rigid like a pole.

The so-called Killer Queen looked confused and in a state of fluster as she was barely able to parry and block Nene's black blades which came at her in flowing movements.

Batman found the whole thing odd. From what he had seen from the earlier match, Venomous had an impressive reaction speed and yet now it looked like she couldn't even see Nene coming at her. He then noticed something about Nene's movements.

Although she was using her usual dancing-style of fighting, her foot work appeared...precise,...methodical.

He remembered, he had seen this before. During the time when Kurono introduced him to her and Yuuri.

It was a line of thinking he decided to put aside for now and turned back all his attention back to the fight at hand when another Yakuza swung down a bo-staff Device upon him. Batman dodged leapt in the air just as the weapon impacted the ground and created a magic-laden shock-wave that inadvertently knocked the other Yakuza members off their feet. As he landed, Batman brought his sword down on the staff-wielder before smashing his nose in with a punch.

The rest of the Yakuza members were getting back on their feet but he still had one more trick up his sleeve: he quickly plunged the blade of his sword into the surface of the ring and from that point, black smoke billowed out.

It was much weaker than the first time he used it, no doubt the work of the Gleipnir, but it was all needed to throw the group into confusion and strike them unawares.

"What a battle!" Kashiwagi commentated with enthusiasm. "The Batman is making short work of his opponents and it looks like Venomous is on the ropes!"

This development made Kono frown deeply. In hindsight, he felt he should've had their Gleipnirs tweaked to suppress more of their magic but he still mentally assured himself by remembering that he still had his finger on the trigger and could kill them anytime he wanted. Until then, he needed them to please the crowd and he hoped his champion would use the full extent of her abilities.

They were restricted. She was not.

"Aw, come on! Is this the best you got!?"

The Yaksha Princess taunted as she continued to pressure her opponent with her flourishing blade strikes. During which, Venomous had finally managed to summon her second whip and had hardened both of them to create make-shift rapiers which she used to frantically parry every slash coming her way.

"Then again, I guess you never faced anyone with better fighting skills." Nene sneered at her. "I bet you got too used to being paraded around like a freak show and torturing little kids."

"Don't act high and mighty with me!" Venomous grunted as she kept parrying. "I've heard stories about you. Here in the ring, you were just another monster like me. Maybe the only difference is that you may like a good fight, but I like to KILL!"

The taller woman then tried to retaliate by bringing both rigid cords down on her opponent but Nene blocked by holding up both her blades in a cross-type guard. Since the blades constructs were protruding by the ends of her fans, Nene was basically supporting them by her wrists and yet she was still able to hold back Venomous from breaking through.