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.

couple of seconds, I had already formed

Bang—!

a powerful bang, the orc once again dashed

the world is

caught a glimpse of

Before I knew it, he had already

fist he once again punched out in

his attack was a lot faster and more powerful

this time I

"Haaa!"

and glancing behind me where the massive drop was, I took

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

the exact reaction I was

"Go."

my fingers, with a soft rushing sound, one of the rings moved toward my left, right beneath

Swooosh—!

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

his punch. Unfortunately, it was already too late.

the ground, I

'Gravitational pull.'

the rings behind me suddenly

I drew a circle, I would propel it in the direction of the orc as the gravitation pull effect

"Khuuuuua!"

orc's enraged shout reverberated throughout the whole platform. As more rings were added, the more sluggish his

I continued to draw more and more circles. After deliberating for a while, I found that this was the best tactic I could use outside of going all out using the [Keiki style], and it seemed to

still

the current amount of rings I had set up wasn't enough to keep him at bay, thus,

"Stay put."

as I

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

go of this opportunity as I drew more and more rings

essence realm for [Ring of vindication] not too long ago it took about fifteen seconds for each ring to dissipate

no avail as the gravitational

"Khhhhh!"