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CHAPTER 20: THE TRUE POTENTIAL OF A FALLEN ANGEL!
"Then... Let's begin!"
Issei quickly became nervous, as he watched Penemue point her sword at him.
"Wait a minute! How much damage should I do to you in order to pass! Oh how do you measure damage!" Issei gestured with his hands as fast as he could, though the Fallen didn't seem to be listening to him.
The protagonist did nothing but grit his teeth as Penemue disappeared from his sight, feeling a great wind at his back.
Penemue appeared behind him at an impressive speed.
"Focus!" she commanded, directing a strong thrust towards Issei's chest, making it clear that she didn't care about hurting him badly.
Just before the sword made contact with Issei's skin, a great crimson glow surrounded the entire site. It could be seen as the figure of the protagonist spun around on itself at an incredible speed, kicking it in the chin and sending it flying.
Penemue spun in the air, landing on her feet. A small line of destruction was generated in its wake, indicating that the attack had been stronger than it first appeared.
Penemue raised her gaze, fixing it on Issei as she narrowed her eyes.
"This child..." She watched him closely, watching as a suit of armor protected him.
The protagonist dematerialized his helmet, cracking a small smile as he opted for a battle stance with one hand to the front.
Penemue slowly stood upright, unable to take her eyes off him.
The wind ruffled Issei's hair gracefully.
"I won't let you off that easy." The young man declared, unable to help but smile a little wider at her.
Penemue raised her sword at his words, only to take a great leap past him. Issei could barely keep up with her, but still had time to react.
Penemue landed behind him, wielding her sword with all her might to cut him in half. The woman couldn't help but widen her eyes a little as Issei stopped the attack in its tracks with both hands, grabbing the sword from both sides. A great blizzard was generated in the place, at the same time that Issei turned his face to look at her, without that smile disappearing from his face.
Penemue's stoic face finally curved into a small smile.
"Impressive, child."
"You can call me Issei." Declared the protagonist with a grin.
His smile quickly disappeared, using his two hands to break Penemue's sword stance, causing the Fall to kneel on the ground. Issei didn't waste a second, giving him a hard downward kick on top of her shoulder, creating a crater at his feet.
Issei didn't stop for a second, trying to give her other kicks and punches that Penemue dodged and blocked them all with her sword. In the last kick, the Fall blocked it with her katana, using the inertia of the blow to get ejected backwards.
The protagonist watched with great seriousness as Penemue spun through the air, landing back on his feet with great grace.
"Issei..." Penemue said his name, closing her eyes deeply as she rubbed her bruised shoulder a little. "Very well." The woman stated, fixing her gaze on the protagonist.
"You can call me Penemue."
Issei fixed his gaze intently on the woman's bruised shoulder.
"I'm sure I hit her with all my might, but I didn't even hurt her one bit..." He thought very seriously.
Still, Issei was undeterred by what she witnessed, and quickly lashed out at her with a low kick, attempting to do a sweep. Penemue made a small jump and dodged the attack very easily. Hoping to leave her no chance to counterattack, Issei quickly followed her with a jump, trying to give her another kick. Issei couldn't help but widen her eyes as Penemue twisted her back backwards, generating a perfect angle for Issei's foot to embed inside, barely grazing her abdomen.
They both landed back on the ground, and despite what he witnessed, Issei didn't want to be impressed by the woman, so he took a small leap, attempting to kick her hard in the head, which Penemue dodged, twisting her face backwards, barely receiving a small graze on her chin.
"What are those moves!" Issei said to himself in clear disbelief, gritting his teeth a bit at what he witnessed.
Anyway, Issei's attack wasn't over, as when he finished doing a 360 degree turn in the air from the inertia of his attack, he quickly attempted to give it a downward kick exactly the same as the previous one. Although this time, Penemue dodged it with great ease, taking a small jump backwards.
Issei's foot sank deep into the ground, raising huge debris on the spot.
The protagonist could only look at her with great impression at her agile and calculating movements.
"The same attack doesn't work twice on me." Penemue declared, looking at him with her typical stoic expression.
Issei could only grit his teeth at her words. He quickly wanted to lunge at her with a strong punch. Just at that moment, Issei felt everything slow down, as he witnessed Penemue position her sword with great precision behind her arm, at the same time taking a small step backwards to step aside.
Penemue managed to deflect the attack with her sword demonstrating incredible precision, and then hit Issei's legs with a big kick that made him fall on all fours.
Penemue raised her sword as high as possible, fixing his gaze intently on the young man.
"It's over."
Issei could do nothing but widen his eyes in horror at those words.
Penemue turned her katana around to hit him with the blunt end, with the intention of knocking him unconscious.
The sword began to descend at an enormous speed, making it impossible for Issei to respond in time.
"*HOLD ON!*" Ddraig's voice made the sword stop just an inch away from Issei's head.
Penemue blinked in great intrigue as she heard the voice that detached the gauntlet.
"*He's not using his full power yet!*" Ddraig exclaimed, drawing the Cadre's attention even more.
He didn't just catch her attention, though...
"What?" Issei asked, sitting down on the grass, then fixing his gaze on the gauntlet with great curiosity.
"*You still haven't used your emotions to reach one hundred percent of your current power!*" the dragon explained with great seriousness.
"Emotions?" Issei asked him, not quite agreeing with the idea. "Do you remember how it ended last time? I almost got killed for just a measly raise." The protagonist gave his point, making the dragon sigh.
"*It was a failure of mine, okay?!*" Ddraig founded, causing the Cadre to look between the two of them with both eyebrows raised.
Ddraig cleared his throat, indicating that he had had enough of wasting his time in stupid arguments.
"*This Sacred Gear works not only with hard work. One of its secrets is that it links the bearer's emotions with power. But I was wrong to think that you'd be just like everyone else."
"Oh what do you mean?" the protagonist asked, standing up in great confusion.
He took a couple of steps back, making Penemue no longer able to hear their conversation, though she clearly looked curious at the subject.
"*My bearers have always reached their limit using negative emotions. But I think you're different... The last fight made that quite clear to me*" The dragon clarified with great seriousness.
"So, what do you propose?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.
"*Use good memories to release your current limit. I believe that if you use positive emotions, you will awaken your full current potential*" The dragon stated in a rather confident and assured tone.
"Good memories..." Issei rubbed his hair, trying to remember something.
"*Remember all the time you spent together with Tiamat. Like you did that time with that ice job.*" The dragon commented with some grace in his words, causing a huge blush to shoot across Issei's face.
"With my teacher!" the protagonist shouted, causing Penemue to be able to hear him. "It's not going to work, I mean, I've had some good times, but...!"
"*Shut up and do it already!" shouted Ddraig, not feeling like listening to such internal love conflicts in the middle of a fight.
"Uh, yeah!" Issei replied quickly, closing his eyes deeply as he clenched both his fists tightly.
Penemue watched him patiently, as a word mentioned by him hovered in her head.
"So... Had a teacher before me?" she thought, looking at him with a bit of intrigue reflected in her beautiful crimson red eyes.
"I don't think this will work..." Issei whispered under his breath, clenching his fists even tighter as the memories he spent together with Tiamat began to speed up his heart.
What made his heart race, were her beautiful deep blue eyes, along with her beautiful smile and cute fangs...
Also, he remembered that little blissful time they spent in the snow together with their other dragon friends, and as if it was a big flash, the memories of that night in their room after the fight against Kokabiel also came back to his mind. How natural and free they both felt playing with each other. Especially her... that much he could tell because of her smile. She wasn't one to smile like that very often, but she always showed him a lot of affection when she had those kinds of intimacies with him...
Yes...
She was great...
Undoubtedly cool...
"BOOST!"
Penemue couldn't help but blink in slight surprise as a small blizzard rose up around Issei.
"BOOST!"
A small blush crept onto his face as he continued to reminisce about his times with her...
"BOOST!"
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Issei's eyes glowed a deep crimson red, causing a huge blizzard of power to completely surround him.
"BOOST!"
"BOOST!"
"BOOST!"
"BOOST!"
"BOOST!"
Penemue quickly took cover and widened her eyes slightly at what she was witnessing. The surge of power was astounding.
"BOOST!"
"BOOST!"
"BOOST!"
"BOOST!"
"BOOST!"
"BOOSTOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Issei staggered to the side with a look of complete astonishment on his face after feeling his power multiply. His armor glowed brightly with a thin crimson aura, indicating that the power he radiated was no joke.
As Issei looked down at his hands in utter amazement, Penemue narrowed her eyes with great seriousness, and positioned her katana in front, ready to defend herself.
"Taking her blows is no longer an option..." Cadre thought carefully.
"So..." Issei clenched her fists tightly with a smile. "This is my limit right now..." He raised his gaze, getting into a fighting stance to lunge at de Penemue.
"Now that I look at it very closely, your combat stance is also very refined..." The Fallen thought, then stared him straight in the face. "I can see why you gave Kokabiel trouble..." Her serious words without a touch of emotion achieved their goal of coming as a compliment to Issei's ears, so he couldn't help but smile at her.
"Thank you..." He replied with a toothy smile on his face, though it suddenly changed to a defiant grin. "But I won't be more benevolent just for a few words!" He exclaimed with great confidence, running at a great speed towards her, which shattered the ground from his quick and strong start.
"He's much faster..." Penemue thought. Her face denoted great calmness, even though Issei's fist was about to smash into her cheek.
Just a millisecond before Issei's fist impacted against her face, Penemue practically disappeared and appeared only a couple of centimeters further back than she was before, causing the punch to pass right in front of her face.
This time, Issei was not surprised by her speed. In fact, he had already thought that the woman would dodge it so easily. The brown quickly continued with his plan, and tried to hit her with his leg, which Penemue dodged with a great leap without any problem. At that moment, Issei quickly appeared in front of him and tried to give him a punch that the Cadre dodged by moving her body to the side. At that moment, Penemue tried to counterattack with her sword, but Issei managed to dodge the attack by the skin of her teeth, receiving a small tear in the side of his armor, in the part of his abdomen.
Seeing that her blow had no effect, Penemue quickly crossed her katana in front of her to block Issei's next punch. Of course, she never thought Issei was waiting for that moment...
The protagonist's eyes widened in overdrive, adjusting the trajectory of his punch just in time, causing the punch to impact at an upward angle, instead of hitting her head-on.
Penemue couldn't help but blink in slight surprise as the immense force of the blow broke through her defenses, and she raised both of her hands helplessly into the air, being completely exposed.
"Now!" thought Issei, clenching both his fists tightly.
A massive barrage of punches landed directly in Penemue's face with a frenzy and absolute speed, being impossible for anyone Issei had faced so far to dodge. The punches were coming with such speed, that they were barely visible even to him.
Still, something surprising happened...
In some inexplicable way, Penemue's face moved even faster than his punches, dodging the dozens of blows going for her face with just the movement of her neck and head. The precision and speed was such that Issei could not notice until it was too late.
Out of nowhere, Penemue swung her katana down again, causing Issei's fists to clash hard against the metal. Issei didn't even have time to respond, as in less than a second the woman had already swung her sword with an exceptional movement of her hand, plunging it deep into the side of Issei's abdomen.
At that moment, everything went slow for Issei as he watched how the sword was piercing through his body.
"But... How...?" Thought the young man with his eyes widening in complete shock.
Time returned to normal, causing them both to descend from the sky and land on the ground, though it was visibly seen who landed better. While Penemue landed with the grace of a cat, Issei landed on his feet by a miracle, staggering as he grasped the wound that ran through his body with both hands. His gaze was downcast and completely obscured, so it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.
Penemue narrowed her eyes slightly, then abandoned her attack stance as she watched Issei's body tremble.
"It's only natural that he has no pain tolerance whatsoever. He barely had two real confrontations, if I can consider the fight against Raiser as a real one..." She thought seriously, then began to slowly approach, ready to finish the fight.
She approached patiently, until she was in front of Issei. Penemue aimed her sword at him, twirling it with her hand to drive the point into his other side of his abdomen, convinced that this magnitude of pain would give her the victory after Issei fell down in a faint.
Penemue tried to pierce him with her lunge, being dodged as Issei's body moved to the side. The woman couldn't help but blink with some confusion at what she witnessed. Thinking it had just been a coincidence, she again settled back, trying to pierce him again on another side. The attack failed again, so quickly her attacks became more frantic and faster, being all dodged by the protagonist.
Fed up with the situation, she tried to lunge him in the center of his abdomen.
"What the...!" Penemue blinked in complete surprise as her long silky hair fluttered behind the huge blizzard that rose up around them, due to Issei having parried the sword with both of his hands like the first time.
The protagonist looked up with a big defiant smile, while a trickle of blood dripped from his mouth. That expression only made Penemue even more surprised, so she couldn't react when Issei used the grip he had on her sword to throw it away.
As was now customary, Penemue spun expertly in the air and landed on her feet very gracefully, not taking long to fix her gaze on Issei.
Her eyebrows furrowed again in surprise.
"How can he move like that? She's only supposed to have had two official confrontations..." After thinking about that, Issei's previous word came back to her mind. "Who the hell was her previous Master...?" She thought with great intrigue and amazement.
"You're stronger than Kokabiel!" Issei exclaimed, not taking even a second to run towards her, generating a tiny line of destruction along the way.
The Cadre was again taken aback, as Issei's speed had barely slowed down a tiny speck from its entirety, being that he was somewhat damaged. Obviously, it also helped that Penemue was making sure not to damage even one internal organ.
Penemue blocked the punch with her sword, then took a small leap to dodge a kick and lean her upper half of her body back to avoid another punch. She quickly spun the sword in her hand, then stepped forward and tried to cut him in his midsection. The fall could not help but grit his teeth a little when he saw that Issei made his whole body backwards thanks to his knees, and yet he did not lose his balance and was able to rejoin the second, trying to punch him. Penemue moved his sword at an impressive speed, blocking the attack and taking a small jump backwards to dodge another punch that was going for his face. Penemue tried to cut him again instantly, being surprised again when Issei gave a small jump backwards, falling to the ground, to then propel herself with her hands, giving him a strong kick in the center of the sword that created a small shockwave. Penemue was thrown back several meters, but still did not seem to be affected by the blow. As soon as Issei's foot touched the ground again, the chestnut rushed at Penemue with an astonishing momentum that shattered the ground. The Fall didn't even have time to land from the previous blow, as he had to cross his sword and create a magic circle. Issei's punch impacted so hard against the magic circle that it violently blew both of their hair off, generating a small shockwave along with a loud bang.
It didn't take long for the magic barrier to shatter into a thousand pieces, but Issei's attack had already ceased by then. With the intention of not giving her a break, the chestnut-haired man rushed at her again, trying to strike different blows to her face with his fists, which Penemue was able to block with her sword. Seeing a small opening between their frantic attacks, Penemue quickly blocked an attack and readjusted the direction of the sword with her hand, making a cross cut. Issei was able to dodge the attack by bending his body like last time, showing off, not his flexibility, but his balance and grip strength.
The protagonist again rejoined and began to attack again with his quick punches, all being deflected by the fall with the help of his sword. Cadre watched as her adversary's arms passed inches from her face with an expressionless gaze, though her eyes seemed to reflect some interest in his abilities.
After standing like that for a few seconds, Issei delivered a heavy blow to the sword that sent her a few feet back. Penemue widened his eyes slightly as his always perfect posture wavered, due to the fact that he had rested his foot on a large crack that had been generated by the combat.
The protagonist passed this by unnoticed, lashing out at her practically instantly. Despite her imbalance, Issei couldn't help but be impressed at how the woman managed to block all the attacks that were going for her face, though she clearly looked quite restrained.
"How annoying!" Penemue thought with some astonishment, seeing that Issei was too frantic when it came to fighting, and gave no breaks.
Seeing that he was about to fall, Penemue knelt down in one swift movement, causing the chestnut to slightly grit his teeth at the unexpected situation. Penemue quickly responded with a sweep of his sword, being dodged by Issei with a leap.
Even so, the chestnut was left with his back to the Cadre, so Penemue's eyes flashed dangerously at this.
The fallen one swiftly rushed towards him, saying the following words:
"DANCE OF THE 11 BLOODY HILT!"
11 lunges were fired at a rather surprising speed against Issei in the area of his torso. Even so, the brown-haired man was able to dodge each of the attacks, swinging his body from side to side with great agility, despite being on his back.
Even so, in the last lunge, Issei ended up leaning backwards again thanks to his knees. But it seemed to be that Penemue was waiting for this moment...
"Now!" thought La Cadre, turning in less than a second her katana, to hit him in his head with the blunt part, knowing that it was impossible for him to dodge.
Just as he was about to give him the coup de grace, Penemue's eyes blinked with slight surprise as the chestnut dropped his body, resting both hands on the ground, so that he then propelled himself with the help of the ground to give him a strong kick that Penemue managed to cover with his sword.
Issei quickly deployed his dragon wings and went to attack him immediately, without giving him any rest.
Penemue tried to recompose herself in midair, but it was useless, as the numerous kicks of the chestnut came quickly. Even so, the Cadre was able to deflect all the kicks with her sword. The contest went on like that for a few seconds, both being dragged along with great speed by the inertia of the blows, and the fact that they were not touching the ground only made it easier. Finally, Penemue blinked in complete surprise when Issei caught her sword between her two feet in her last deflection, making her completely helpless for a short second.
And that second, was more than enough...
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Issei shouted with great energy. Penemue could only watch as the chestnut's knee slowly approached, until he got a big knee to his chin that generated a big blizzard on the spot, along with a small crater at his feet, even though they weren't touching the ground.
Penemue flew off at a great speed, starting to roll on the ground, being the first time in the whole fight that he didn't land on his feet.
The Cadre raised her gaze slightly from the ground, looking at Issei with her typical stoic expression.
A huge smile appeared on Issei's face at this. "I finally got to hurt you!" He exclaimed, clenching his fist tightly.
Hearing this, Penemue couldn't help but smile a little. "But what do you say?" the fallen one asked, slowly getting up from the ground, leaving his sword stuck in the ground. "This was barely the warm up..." He finished, doing a couple of stretches on his neck.
"What!" Issei couldn't help but shout with his eyes wide open.
Did that mean that punch had done almost nothing to her?
Cadre finally stopped stretching, opening her eyes again. Issei couldn't help but take a step back when he saw the look in her eyes. A look that indicated trouble...
"First, let me take this off..." Penemue began to slowly open her robe. "It's too annoying to move." She clarified, pulling the zipper down to the level of her breasts, then yanked it off.
Issei couldn't help but blush and cover her face with one hand. "Y-y-y-you're seriously planning to fight in those clothes!" Issei asked, having a small gap between his fingers to look at the woman, as if he was a child looking at something he shouldn't.
"Of course." Penemue replied completely matter-of-factly, while holding the robe in one hand.
Issei couldn't help but stare at how those tight bandages completely surrounded her breasts. Yes, they were completely surrounded and left nothing to be seen. But... they were so fucking tight they looked like they were about to burst. And despite being so tight, her breasts very easily covered a good portion of her upper torso area.
Ah despite being so tightly packed, it was easily seen how all around those two huge mountains were perfectly balanced and supported, indicating that her breasts possessed an exquisite shape despite their ridiculous size.
First, Issei had met a woman who had such a juicy and unmatched ass, being Tiamat herself.
Now, she was in front of the largest breasts, and if that wasn't enough, they were also extremely perfect. Not only for their large size, but also for their firmness.
Definitely, her breasts were what stood out the most about her figure. Even so, all her bare abdomen, and her ass being covered with a small black garment did not leave much to be seen. And, despite having such large breasts, she could assure that her bottom was not that far behind, although it clearly couldn't compare to Tiamat's cute ass.
Issei quickly shook his head. "Is this for real!" she couldn't help but wonder internally. "Why do two extremely perfect women have to show up right after making that promise!" The brown man thought, cursing the now deceased God for preparing such challenges against his word for him.
"Now, if I can just move much better..." Penemue closed her eyes deeply, doing a little stretch on her back, making Issei's eyes almost pop out of their sockets at her movements, as she looked very sensual. Finally, Penemue took the sword and gave a small sigh. "I don't need this anymore..." She commented as if it was nothing, throwing the robe far behind her.
At that moment...
At that precise moment...
That was when Issei completely forgot about the incredibly endowed body in front of her...
Why?
Because of that robe...
A huge explosion sounded behind Penemue, where the robe had fallen, causing the chestnut to widen his eyes in complete shock.
"W-WH-WHAT!" The chestnut shouted at the top of his lungs after seeing the robe nearly shatter half of a small hill completely.
Small violet lightning bolts began to completely surround Penemue as he clenched his sword tightly.
The sword began to slowly tinge with a purple aura, until it finally covered her completely.
Seeing this, Issei couldn't help but stare at it with great attention. "Is he imbuing magic power into his sword?" The brown-haired man thought, then shook his head emphatically. "Calm down, Issei! Surely that must have been some trick." The chestnut quickly got into an attack stance, beginning to sweat. "She's a Cadre. Though they are very powerful, I've recently tested the power of one, and there's no way they can move at such speed if they're wearing such heavy clothing as that..." The chestnut concluded, swallowing hard in an attempt to calm himself down.
Issei quickly lashed out at him, intending to punch him hard in the face.
Penemue not only held back the punch very easily, but also drove Issei backwards with his sword, demonstrating a much greater strength than a few moments ago.
Even so, the brown did not give up and lashed out again without wasting a second.
Their kicks clashed loudly, only to have their fist and sword collide at the same time, Issei's arm falling underneath the sword. The brown quickly pushed the sword upwards, creating an opening similar to the previous one.
When he saw that his chest was free, he tried to hit him with his other fist, but was surprised by a cut that barely grazed his cheek, producing a long, deep horizontal cut along his entire cheek, causing him to scream loudly in pain and be ejected backwards.
The wound began to bleed slowly, causing Issei to shudder in pain, as he sat on the ground. "Why does it cause so much pain?" he asked aloud, resting his hand on his cut cheek, then looking at the blood, slightly surprised when a small purple lightning bolt came out of the blood.
"Light energy, combined with the lightning attribute." Penemue shook his sword hard, removing the remnants of blood. "Light energy is highly corrosive to Demons. Now, add to it that lightning transports such energy at a higher speed within the organism, plus it produces a degree of pain ten times stronger than a normal light attack. For an added bonus, the sword allows the magic to do much more damage, making a simple cut to the chest can be deadly. Although, some prefer to say that the sword can do much more damage thanks to the magic. Well... Anyway, both answers are valid" He concluded, showing off his knowledge.
Hearing this, Issei could only smile and clenched his fist tightly. "All in all, the Spears of Light remain as mere toys in front of that sword..." He commented, standing up while wiping the blood off his cheek.
Penemue couldn't help but sketch a small smile after what he heard. "And now..." The Cadre rested her sword on her shoulder. "What do you plan to do?"
Hearing this, Issei's serious face turned into a smile. "THIS!" the chestnut shouted loudly. A second later, magic circles appeared and completely surrounded Penemue, leaving her with no way out. At the same time, Issei quickly ran towards her to make sure she didn't escape without a scratch.
Seeing that she was surrounded, Penemue closed her eyes serenely. "I place them the last time it attacked me. That's a brilliant idea..." The Cadre opened her eyes slightly, denoting a dangerous gleam in them. "Nevertheless..."
Just as Issei and the magic circles were about to attack her, Penemue lowered the sword from her shoulder, glowing intensely purple.
After that, the following words could be heard coming from her beautiful lips:
"LIGHTNING SHELL!"
After saying those words, Penemue began to spin on itself at a speed never seen before, causing a strange purple light to surround it completely.
The magic circle attacks were deflected as soon as they came in contact with the spinning sword, while Issei impacted heavily against the energy, causing it to start spinning on itself at a great speed. The entire armor began to be damaged rapidly, until it was completely shattered. Then, Issei's clothes slowly ripped off, giving them several not very deep cuts all around his body.
Finally, Issei was ejected backwards, falling shatteringly to the ground, apparently unconscious.
"Surrounding your enemy with magic circles is of no use, if said opponent is almost 6 times stronger than you!" Cadre exclaimed, dematerializing the sword, and turning around. "I guess I was expecting too much..." She commented, slowly starting to walk away.
Silence ensued for a few seconds, only being interrupted by Penemue's footsteps.
Until, finally...
"Ah where are you going?" The deep red glow and voice forced Penemue to look sideways at him, seeing that he had materialized the armor again. "I didn't want to use this, because I was worried about you..." The chestnut declared, slowly getting up with clear difficulty. "But now, I'm not afraid of hurting you too much, knowing how strong you are!" The chestnut exclaimed with a somewhat dangerous smile on his face, as a moderately large ball of energy began to form in his hand, taking a large portion of his magical reserves with it. The ball completely covered his hand, being the size of a soccer.
"The amount of magic used is pathetic..." Penemue thought, turning around to look at it with great attention. "But, that color and shape reminds me of something..." He concluded, pointing his sword towards Issei.
The brown-haired man drew his hand back energetically. "Don't blame me if you end up really hurt with this!" he shouted, running full speed against her.
Penemue watched with great calm as he approached her, again surrounding himself with that purple aura and lightning.
"COME ON, DDRAIG!" Issei shouted, extending his hand towards the woman's sword.
"DRAGON SHOT!"
Hearing those two words, Penemue quickly widened her eyes wide, and grabbed Issei's arm tightly to deflect the attack skyward in an instant, causing Issei to widen her eyes in complete shock at not even being able to witness her move. In fact, he swore he hadn't even moved a few moments ago.
Penemue dragged Issei by the arm in a side swiftly and threw him to the ground, pouncing on top of him while holding the tip of his katana inches from his face.
Finally, a huge deafening explosion shook the entire place, causing the crimson red color to blind everyone in the forest.
After several seconds, the screeching sound of the explosion finally died away, at the same time as the blinding crimson light began to give way.
The first thing Issei could see, was Penemue's beautiful face inches away from his, as he held his sword inches away from his face.
The two shared a piercing gaze for a short second, until finally the Cadre spoke.
"That could have really hurt me..." She commented, standing up and offering her hand to Issei.
"Oh..." Issei took the hand in slight surprise at the gesture. "Thanks, I guess..." Issei rubbed her hair with a nervous smile, then widened her eyes to the max. "Wait, does that mean...!"
A small smile broke out on Penemue's face. "Congratulations, Issei." Fall positioned a hand on the chestnut's head.
"You passed!"
END OF CHAPTER!
More errors may have been seen in the translation about the end of the chapter. I must say that I was in a hurry and didn't have that much time to do a complete revision, and I didn't want to drag out the update any longer.
It was a chapter entirely of pure action. I hope you liked it, as the next serious fight isn't coming until the end of the arc.
In the next chapter I will focus on Tiamat's relationship with Penemue, Tannin's appearance, his reaction to seeing Tiamat after a long time, among other things.
With nothing more to say, it's time to conclude this.
See you in the next translated chapter!