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"W-What the…?!"
Aquarina cried in surprise as she saw what I saw. Zack unleashed not only winds but… sparks of electricity from his weapon.
I had seen that before, his spirit, Cumulus, had such a power. I had heard from my mother that Wind and Thunder Magic were very closely related with one another. After all, they both controlled the weather, and could be produced from the other in a way.
Usually, when a person has affinity for Wind, Thunder would also show up as a potential affinity. Zack always had the affinity for Wind since he was a kid. He had once told me that he was able to move things around with waves of his hands, which were actually the winds that obeyed him.
And now, through the spirit, he might be awakening the other element, the brother of Wind, Thunder!
Sparks of lightning began to emerge around his weapon, overcharging it with energy…
CLASH!
His weapon clashed against me quickly after as I intercepted it with my blade. I gritted my teeth and received his attack head on, looking defiantly into his eyes only to find his surprised gaze.
A blast of lightning reached me as I was pushed back. Surprised, I quickly decided to attack once more, swinging my blade. I clashed against his shoulder and then, with strength, I changed my stance and threw him into the ground.
His thunder had lightly touched me, and it already hurt quite a bit, but I had unleashed my own wave of fire, a wave of pure heat that dissipated the thunder from his axe. With that, I used the rest of my strength to push him down.
BOOM!
"Agh!" he cried.
"Your thunder is just awakening. You can't control it properly, huh?" I asked.
"Shut up!" he roared as he stood up and quickly charged forward, surprising me.
CLAAASH!
His axe clashed against my blade once more as lightning began to course through his body. His speed was accelerated even more as his axe clashed with my blade constantly, unleashing powerful thundering slashes at me!
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!
I decided to greet his powerful barrage of thundering axe blows with my own.
"Blazing Blade Technique: One Hundred Blazing Slashes!"
I covered my blade with flames through the constant conjuration of Ember as I used my blazing blade to intercept his thunder!
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
My blazing blade danced around the battlefield as the flames burned the grass around us. On the other hand, Zack's thunder also did the same with the grass around him.
Zack was receiving the attacks with his axe, but several times, I managed to slash his arms or his legs, leaving burnt slash wounds. The same happened with me, actually. His attacks felt like they were cracking my bones a little bit. In any case, he was very strong, as strong as Aquarina.
CLASH!
Our weapons once more clashed against one another, intercepting each other. His axe slowly started to slide through my blade as I parried him and threw him away, quickly jumping into the air and falling over him while spinning with my flaming blade.
"Blazing Blade Technique: Blazing Dance!"
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!
By spinning in midair with my flaming blade, I was able to attack Zack several times constantly, pressuring him and ultimately throwing him into the ground. The heat I was constantly releasing gathered around us, exploding over Zack!
BOOOM!
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Zack was lying on the floor with a tired expression.
"Hahh… you're a monster…" he muttered with a sigh.
"Oh, come on. You're not fighting anymore? That was awesome!" I told him.
"No… I'm tired…" he said, gasping for air.
"Hahaha! Don't worry. You were pretty good. I had to use a few techniques to win, but a victory is a victory," I said with a smile.
"Next time we spar, I'll go even harder! I just have to master some technique like the ones you girls have…" he said.
"Sure! I could help you with that. I think we can do something about it," I replied.
"Sylphy!"
Aquarina reached up to me, ignoring the wounded Zack while checking my body.
"A-Are you okay? Did that brute hit you too hard?" she asked.
"No, I'm pretty fine. Don't worry about it. More importantly, Zack is a bit burnt…" I said in response.
"Ugh… I've gotten all sorts of wounds anyways…" he replied.
"You're very sturdy for your age," I could not help but say after that.
"And you're also very sturdy for your age, wait why do you talk as if you were older? I was pretty sure I heard a few cracks from your bones. How come you're completely okay now?!" he asked.
"Well, the bones are still healing a bit, but you only slightly cracked them…" I told him.
"S-So he did do such a thing!" cried Aquarina.
After that, Aquarina looked at Zack with an angered expression.
"Why would you be such a brute! I'm pretty sure I made sure to never break any bones!" she said.
"Okay, okay, uagh…! Stop it already, you crazy shrimp!" cried Zack. He was being held by Aquarina as she began to shake him around. He was too weak to even defend himself.
"Hahaha!"
I couldn't help but feel happy after seeing such an interaction. They had really grown closer. I even laughed a bit.
The two looked at me while furrowing their eyebrows.
"You shouldn't be the one laughing at this!" said Aquarina.
"Haha, sorry… it's just hilarious to see you two guys fighting sometimes… I really shouldn't laugh… but… pfff… Hahaha…" I giggled.
"Ugh… you're really a sadistic girl! Heal me already!" cried Zack.
"Oh, right! Wait just a bit!" I laughed as I began to heal Zack's body using my healing magic. Verdant Light, Infuse Life, Regeneration Enhancement, Burn Cleansing, and more. All of these were tiny spells that, when combined, made a pretty good and powerful healing effect.
After we were done here, we continued playing around the forest, and encountered a wild boar on the way. We defeated it together, and then we brought it back to Aquarina's home to eat.
All in all, it was quite a nice day.
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