Elven Legacy (Part 2)

Chapter 328: Sword Will

"Be careful, you two!" Said Suscila lightly as she glanced at Elif and Cordelia while standing in the distance.

"This is merely a light spar at best, Suscila; neither of us will get hurt." Remarked Cordelia softly as she glanced at Suscila while wielding her straight sword before shifting her focus to Elif, who stood opposite of her.

"Yes, so just stay back and enjoy our little performance." Said Elif with a smirk while winking at Suscila, causing her to faintly blush as she quietly nodded.

Focusing my attention back on Cordelia, I glided my hand across the blade of Hokori before slicing it through the wind as I prepared to spar with her while waiting for her to make the first move, which she finally did after a minute of observing me.

The moment she stepped forward, she suddenly flashed towards me, appearing before me in a mere moment while swinging downwards with her sword, causing me to faintly smirk as I raised Hokori, blocking her sword.

'Heh, seems she wasn't going all out when I first arrived. This... May actually be quite fun.' Mused Elif with a faint smirk as he observed Cordelia's serious expression before flexing his arm and pushing her back, causing her to graciously fly through the air.

I could tell Cordelia wasn't like any of my previous opponents from that one attack alone. She was strong, and if it weren't for me, I'm confident she would be hailed as the greatest swordsman of her generation; unfortunately or fortunately for her, she was born within my generation.

Lowering my sword, inviting her to attack once more, she accepted my invitation without any hesitation and lunged right back at me as she slashed toward my left, which I diverted using the dull side of my blade; though unlike previously, she swiftly reacted and retreated before slashing upwards, causing me to once again tilt my sword, using the tip of my blade to stop her.

"That was quite an attack, Cordelia; you don't have something against me, do you?" Asked Elif wryly as he glanced at Cordelia before looking at her sword, which was heading right for his crotch, prompting her to back away before attacking once more.

"Not at all." Replied Cordelia softly as she narrowed her eyes and relentlessly attacked Elif with a barrage of slashes, cuts, and thrusts from all angles.

Skeptically nodding at Cordelia, I went ahead and blocked or diverted her onslaught of sword attacks as she tried to find an opening, which she never succeeded in, prompting her to forcefully create her own; the only problem with that, while she was capable of doing so, she was never able to capitalize as I was always able to recover before she could take advantage.

This continued for some time, with her having accomplished next to nothing other than forcing me to take a few steps backward, which didn't mean much given our spar as this wasn't a battle of strength; this was a battle of sword skill, which meant we were both greatly restraining ourselves. However, as the spar continued, I noticed Cordelia began to create openings in her defense, and they only became more apparent the longer our battle persisted, causing me to raise an eyebrow at her blatant invitation, prompting me to finally attack for the first time.

'Well, if she so insists.' Mused Elif lightly as he blocked her sword before flicking his own and stabbing towards her, forcing her to quickly raise her sword.

Thanks to my absurd reach compared to her sword, she had little time to react, but she was still able to block my attack, which caused me to smirk a little.

"So, you finally decided to retaliate?" Remarked Cordelia lightly as she lowered her sword while glancing at Elif, who faintly chuckled.

"If you give me so many openings, how could I not attack?" Said Elif lightly with a faint smirk as he pointed at Cordelia using Hokori, only to suddenly walk forward, causing her to take on a defensive stance.