Chapter 5
Sohara couldn't believe what she was seeing. It was largely due to the fact she couldn't see at all. Not only was Tomoki holding his own against this monster but he was also besting the creature. Not so much in a test of strength, because it seems to be slightly in the favor of The Minotaur. There has been moments where the durability of the sword saved Tomoki's life. But she must say His swordsmanship is definitely top tier. At times, she couldn't even follow their movements. But now after about 2 minutes has gone by, parts of the park as deep gashes from Tomokis sword and Minotaurs battle axe scattered in the vast grass area and in one clash Tomokis sword completely destroys the battle axe so now the beast is unarmed.
"How?!" The green hair angeloid yells shoots from her arm cannon straight down, leaving a hole in to the grass beside her" How is this Downer still alive?! He should be dead by now!"
"This is over." Tomoki says, blocking a punch from the Minotaur with his sword, causing him to slide about 10 meters back." You rely too much on your strength. You do know that wide swings make you an easy target?"
Yes. Sohara understands that and the brute suffered the consequences. Because not only has the monster lost its axe but also its entire right arm. Nothing is there, not even its shoulder. When Tomoki sliced it off she winced and covered her eyes as she heard steel ripping through flesh. When she covered her eyes, she was expecting blood to be gushing out the wound like pouring water out a bottle underside down but there was none. Not a single drop, also the arm that laid in the grass didnt stay there. Not even 2 seconds passed before it vanished into light particles and they disappeared just as fast.
"Wow, master. Youre strong." Ikaros says
"Yeah!" Astrea yells with a wide smile " Our master isnt even tired either. I never would have thought a human can outclass and even defeat a creation from the Synapse."
"Master Tomoki really has gotten stronger these past four years." Nymph is practically hypnotized by the movements of her master. Despite wielding such an enormous sword.
"YOU FOOLS!" The yellow hair angeloid kicks the ground " Its not over yet. MINOTAUR STOP PLAYING AROUND AND-"
Tomoki dodges a single axe handle punch; the beast fist creates a crater that its fist is stuck in "Too late." he quickly plants his feet and swing the sword in an arch and slice the monsters face in half. The life quickly sucked out the body but right before it hits the ground, the entire body even the severed head all turned into light particles just like the arm.
Now there's silence.
Tomoki straights his posture and the sword turns into golden scintillation "Guess I passed his little challenge."
"NO NO NO NO NO!" The twins yell then The green haired one screams "THIS IS NOT OVER, DOWNER! YOUR DEATH WILL COMMENSE SOON ENOUGH!" and with that they both disappeared into golden shimmer.
Everyone hugs Tomoki. "Whoa..." he giggles, hugging them back "Im alright. Minos really is stupid to bring an unintelligent opponent despite knowing I was traing in different fighting style. I guess he cant see everything."
"Tomoki please." Sohara begs, tightening her hug "Please dont do that again. Sure you have gotten stronger but you have to remember youre only human. I would bet a million if I had it that either of those angeliods couldve one shot that Minotaur. You have to be careful. Now that you killed his test dummy, Minos may start to bring actual angeliods to come kill you. You will need Nymph, Astrea, and Ikaros help at some point."
"Dont worry, Sohara. I know my limits. However I will protect you all. I cant continue to watch as my friends risk their lives for me and do nothing."
"But master." Astrea says " We are here to protect you."
"I know that but if I can help you I will. And besides, dont underestimate the power of Transport Cards. My sword alone was much powerful than his. I hardly felt any impact from the blocks I did."
Sohara release her grip and stares into his eyes in any almost pouty manner "About that sword, how were you able to carry and swing that thing as if it only weighed a pound?"
"I got stronger." He simply said "And it was a reference to a manga I read back in America."
Silly Tomoki. The same Tomoki she knows and love.
Sohara laughs, and touch his chest " Youre so silly. Now can we go home? Im not in the mood to-"
"No. We still havent eaten all the food from our picnic and Im hungry lets..." He turns to where the picnic table is but it's no longer suitable for a picnic; the table has been destroyed and the food is scattered everywhere. "Oh..." his head lowers in defeat.
That happened when in one of the exchanges Minotaur weaves a swing from Tomoki and kicks him crashing into the Picnic station. Completely unharmed, Tomoki immediately gets up and resumes the battle.
Nymph pats his back " Its ok. We can go to a restaurant and eat there. If that's ok with you, master."
Immediately Tomoki eyes lit up and a smile grew on his face, then quickly turned into a stern determined expression with a clenched fist "Alright. Lets go eat some food!"
As they walk together to find a restaurant, Sohara is staring at Tomoki in awe. He actually managed to survive an attack from a minotaur but also tank all of its attacks. Even though she guesses the Minotaur was like a pseudo Angeliod, it was an angeloid none the less and he suffer no damage to its punches or kicks that should've most likely killed him or at least broken some bones. The impact Tomoki had when he hit the picnic station was so intense it sounded like a mini explosion but he just get up like nothing happened.
Tomoki may be stronger than she thinks.
