The Promise of Tomorrow

Chapter 50

'W-what was that?! It felt like death was coming after me in two different forms!' 

Within the cloud of dust, Kaguya was breathing heavily. Her hair was disheveled as if a gust of wind had hit her hard. Looking around, she tried to gather her bearings and tried to remember what happened and the stinging sensation on her chin told her everything she knew.

Two minutes ago, Kaguya had been lured into a compromised position by Y/n, with an armored figure ready to slam its mace down her head. She had barely blocked in time thanks to her body freezing in terror. The heaviness of the attack was too much, and had to struggle in the contest of power. To make matters worse, Y/n already was flying towards her for the finishing strike. 

Just in time, Kaguya reacted by making wind burst around her, causing Y/n to be flung away and pushed the armored figure a little bit. Stepping aside, she thought she could get a breather. However, Y/n dove right back in the close range this time with a three sectioned staff and started swinging at her with precise strikes. 

The gap in speed was not clear to the naked eye, but it was clear that Kaguya was barely hanging in there to block and evade. She saw that she was being led to the same armored figure again, and flew up in the air. However, it was as if Y/n had anticipated what she was going to do. Kaguya braced herself, ready to take a hit. 

Y/n however, had a different plan and wrapped the staff around her neck and then spun around as Kaguya struggled before tossing her back to the ground. As she rose up, Kaguya looked up and saw the mace waiting to put her through the guillotine and fear was soon implanted in her mind.

'Get away!' Kaguya growled inside her mind as she made use of the strong winds that she was proud of. However, it did nothing to push the armored figure away and only delayed the mace being brought down upon her. Gritting her teeth, she flew back, hurt by the fact that the winds she was so proud of was brushed off like that while 

Before she could even register anything around her, a clean hit had already hit her and flung her off to a nearby rock formation.

Kaguya soon then realized that she was so caught off guard by the fact she had been caught off guard and was hit with an attack that exploited her mind being occupied that she didn't notice that Y/n had caught up to her and landed a hit on her. 

'You're lucky that you're still standing and aren't knocked flat on your ass,' a condescending voice scolded her, and Kaguya realized it was Johannes. 'Come on! It was a great opportunity for a quick win!' she tried justifying her reckless actions. 'You don't really think sometimes. Of course Y/n would see that coming. However, thanks to the fact he put too much power in his attack and created this cloud of dust, we can speak now as Yuzuru gathers intel for me,' he reprimanded Kaguya while using this as an opportunity to brief her.

'So far, with what I've gathered from your mess up, I made it a clear note to Yuzuru that Shido is to be marked as 'Avoid at all costs' category. His defense and power is jacked up, although his movement is poor thanks to that heavy armor he's packing.

So far, you're supposed to be the faster one, even if you and Yuzuru had a slight gap, you should've been faster than him. I don't get it!' Johannes' voice then cracked, frustrated as Kaguya was supposed to be the faster one, yet Y/n could seemed to be faster and it was messing with his mind and inarguably throwing a tantrum. Kaguya then heard movement, and told Johannes, 'Sorry, but I need you to shut up for a bit. I hear something.'