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.

I had already formed

Bang—!

third ring formed, with a powerful bang, the orc once again dashed

in the world is he

inside of my mind as I caught a glimpse of the orc

the orc's speed was extremely impressive. Before I knew it, he had already appeared before

his fist he once again punched out in

his attack from the corner of my eyes, I instantly realized that his attack was a lot faster and

time

"Haaa!"

massive

a step back, the orc's fist and movement faltered, and audible gasps could

was the exact reaction I

"Go."

rushing sound, one of the rings moved toward my left, right beneath my right

Swooosh—!

my right side. About waist level. Tensing my left leg,

now realized what 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 flipped in the

on the ground, I

'Gravitational pull.'

suddenly glowed and

I drew more and more circles. Each time I drew a circle, I would propel it in the direction of the

"Khuuuuua!"

shout reverberated throughout the whole platform.

to draw more and more circles. After deliberating for a while, I found that this was the best tactic I could use

there were still not enough

amount of rings I had set up wasn't enough to keep him at

"Stay put."

said as I glared

only for a moment, but the moment I activated 'the one' and uttered those words, the orc's movement came

opportunity as I drew

ago it took about fifteen seconds for each ring to dissipate in the air, therefore, by the time I

many attempts at moving, it was all to no avail

"Khhhhh!"