Aster, The Dawner Of Darkness

Chapter4: The test

Chapter 4:

The Test!

The test had begun, I have never seen Kalis in action but I knew he was good, he had to be if he survived the fight with Malice but I hadn’t expected him to be at this level.

“Aster you seem so slow, has the great shadowmancer, the leader of the supreme council of ancients, lost his battle instincts and gone soft on us in a time of crisis?”

“I am just warming up Kalis, I won’t fall to your traps.”

He swings his claymore at me with such ease, he has not lost even an ounce of strength from when he was at his first life, I might actually lose to him if this continues.

“Aster, if you just evade and not fight back you won’t be able to pass the test and if you don’t past this test you will never be with your beloved in my school!”

“I am not simply evading your attacks Kalis, I’m just studying your battle style, this is the first time we have ever fought, I want to measure you before I attack.”

His yellow eyes flash a hint of anger, as he switches his claymore to his assassin daggers, his movement has also gone up with the switch of weapons he really wants me to lose.

“What’s the matter Aster? Can’t handle my speed when I’m using assassin daggers? You must have thought I can only use a blade, as the Phantom Knight I was required to train in every weapon that includes knives, you better not underestimate me!”

“If weapons are what you wish to fight with I wouldn’t mind bringing out my own blade to cut you down with Kalis, after all I am also trained in the art of the blade.”

I stared down at my shadow, and put my hand in front of me at once my shadow had lifted from it a blade embedded with the marks of battle I earned in my lifetimes.

“You brought out that blade? You must really be desperate Aster! Bringing out your original blade, the Dawsharow, the blade you used to lock away thousands and thousands of evil beings in this world to the Netherworld! You are truly desperate now if you bring out a blade that increases your strength by a hundred times pathetic!”

“I’m not desperate in anyway Kalis, I happen to have summoned my Dawsharow because I am serious in this battle it would only be fair for you to summon your original weapon as well the Phantoslate to make this battle more interesting!”

He was angered at my request, it is an insult for him to have to draw his greatest weapon at an enemy he has not deemed worthy to see it, and instead of drawing the Phantoslate he draws out a blade made of pure amber and points it straight at me.

“You think you deserve to see my Phantoslate?! I do not deem you worthy of even seeing its hilt! I don’t need my weapon to defeat you, this blade made of amber will be enough to defeat your Dawsharow in an instance!”

“Do not underestimate the capabilities of my Dawsharow, a regular blade such as that will not be able to break through it let alone touch me! Kalis if you wish to fight me, take me seriously take out the Phantoslate, take out your greatest weapon!”

He does not listen and instead charges at me with the blade made of pure amber, I was shocked by his attack as the amber hit my Dawsharow, it started to create a shockwave that hurled me far away, that shouldn’t happen between an ordinary blade and my Dawsharow, my Dawsharow should only be shaken by a special weapon like Phantoslate.

“You seem shocked, I am just using the special effect of my blade, the vibrations I can create from the amber crystals can only be created due to the skill level I hold, this technique was very helpful against Malice with my Phantoslate!”