The Author's POV

Gazing at my opponent, I bitterly thought.

'Looks like I can no longer afford to fight like before...'

He was simply way too strong for me to not use my sword against.

SHIIIIING—!

Unsheathing my sword from my scabbard, I distanced myself from my opponent who did not give chase. It was clear that he became a little bit warier once he saw me release my aura.

This was good.

It bought me enough time for me to prepare myself.

Lowering my head and glancing at my sword, which was not the same sword Malvil gave to me, I took a deep breath.

"Huuuu..."

Slowly, I calmed my mind as I felt the grip of the sword in my hand.

The sword felt a bit unfamiliar, but it was still alright. I wasn't planning on using the [Keiki style] just yet, so there was no need to work myself up over the unfamiliarity.

Despite the fact that Malvil said that the sword was ready for use, in reality, he was only partially right.

Setting aside the fact that it was still sealed, its body was too short for me to properly use.

It was about half a meter in length.

Supposedly, it was supposed to lengthen the more seals I unlock. In fact, according to Malvil, one of its feature unlockable features was that it could lengthen to whatever size the owner wanted.

Sounded neat, but, yeah, I needed to unlock the first seal before being able to do that.

Bit of a pity since I really liked its main feature.

"Huuuu..."

Taking another deep breath, I moved my sword forward and drew a circle in the air. The time it took me to draw a circle was just but a mere half a second.

As I drew the circle in the air, a translucent ring suddenly materialized in front of me. Following the first ring, using as little time as possible, I drew more rings.

a couple of seconds, I had

Bang—!

bang, the orc once again

in the world

my mind as I caught a glimpse of the orc coming in

orc's speed was extremely impressive. Before I knew it,

once again punched out in

his attack was a lot faster and more powerful than the previous

time I

"Haaa!"

and glancing behind me where the massive drop was, I took a step back, towards

back, the orc's fist and movement faltered, and audible gasps could be heard from the

was the exact reaction

"Go."

sound, one of the rings moved

Swooosh—!

first ring, another ring moved towards my right side. About waist level. Tensing my

was happening once again punched out in my direction as a sonic boom followed after his punch. Unfortunately, it was already too late. Propelling myself off of the ring, I

landed on the ground, I clenched

'Gravitational pull.'

behind me suddenly glowed

advantage of that moment, raising my sword in the air, I drew more and more circles. Each time I drew a

"Khuuuuua!"

platform. As more rings were

a while, I found that this was the best tactic I could use outside of going all out using the [Keiki style],

there were still not

set up wasn't enough to keep him at bay,

"Stay put."

icily said as I

the moment I activated 'the one' and uttered those words, the orc's movement came to a sudden halt. Deep fear hid beneath his eyes as he involuntarily

go of this opportunity as I drew more

each ring to dissipate in the air, therefore, by the time I

attempts at moving, it was all to no avail as the gravitational pull behind

"Khhhhh!"