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"I mean, sure." Kane shrugged.

"Good, hear me out." Rui moved closer to him and began whispering his plan, he knew the Squire had sharp senses, so he took all the precautions he could, to avoid letting her in on the plan.

Meanwhile, Fae launched a flurry of powerful palm attacks, each one with incredible force. Yet Kyrie managed to parry all of them handily.

WHOOSH

Felix lunged towards her from the other side, looking for a takedown, but she simply evaded his attack with a summersault, cleanly dodging the shooting maneuver. This resulted in Fae's and Felix's attacks heading towards each other.

"Not this time!" Fae narrowly avoided Felix's charge while diverting her attack away from Felix.

"Looks like the same trick won't work too many times, eh?" Kyrie noted blankly. Yet four Apprentices attempted to dogpile her from four sides, while three more were circling around ready to pounce the moment they failed.

All eleven of them couldn't attack her simultaneously. It was almost physically impossible, there was limited space around a person through which they could be attacked. Even if it were physically possible, it could only be achieved through practiced and rehearsed well-timed and well-placed attacks. Such a thing was, of course, impossible in this sparring session, which was why no more than five people ever attacked Squire Kyrie.

BOOM

Kyrie blew away the last of her attackers with blitz kick, dusting her attire as the Apprentices recuperated.

Suddenly a commotion of the other side of the ring grabbed her attention.

"NO NO NO! That's a stupid plan!" Kane shouted at Rui. "That's not gonna work!"

"HUH?" Rui snarled. "You think you can do better?!"

The two of them started bickering loudly, uncaring for their opponent, who simply gazed at them blankly before sighing.

in the middle of a fight.') She facepalmed. ('They're the type to die

commanded, earning their attention, interrupting their debate. "Seems you the two of you have much to learn. I'm

throwing speedy jabs. She responded by throwing a long straight kick into his gut,

range and power than you, is a foolish move." She

glanced back at her with a fearful expression,

you're not cut out to

as fast as he could, nearing the edge of the ring, all while still facing her,

her even more. She forbade blatant escapism in her sparring sessions. Her sparring sessions were meant to push the Apprentices beyond their limits, to have them get used to fighting losing battles under extreme pressure

with even greater speed, reaching the edge of the

line." She announced, yet Rui immediately turned around with a grappling stance standing at the very edge of the ring,

me over the ring.') She mused. It wasn't an original idea, but at the very least it was better than running away. She intended to beat him up a bit before throwing

twisted her core, generating torque, launching an uppercut to Rui's

hint of a grin could be seen on Rui's face. He rushed in for an upper takedown simultaneously. The uppercut reached Rui faster than the takedown reached Squire Kyrie, yet the moment her fist made

WHOOSH

an illusion, and her

was the Mirage

halted her missed uppercut, and swung down her elbow, aiming to crush the lower takedown. The timing was impeccable, she launched the elbow almost as if she knew that the upper takedown would be a

well-versed with all the foundational Apprentice-level techniques.') She mused. This was the orthodox way one countered the Mirage Dive technique; to throw counters that could very easily be diverted to handle real takedown. Yet to her

CLASP

the incoming elbow hammer with all four limbs, using the Binding Lash technique, the sudden shifts in center of gravity was dangerous at the edge of

desperate attempt, the force you're using is just barely enough to destabilize my center of gravity temporarily.') She sighed mentally. ('You won't be able

were interrupted as her senses detected an attack moving towards her incredibly fast, in just an instant,

was moving so fast that every Apprentice, including Rui, could

low flexibility; it could only be used in one way. But in that one scenario, when used, it was extremely potent, reaching the very

milliseconds, he had

had limited herself to peak Apprentice-level speed and power. Furthermore, Rui had brought her to the very edge of the ring, and had destabilized her center of gravity with the Binding Lash technique, Kane had aimed to strike her at that very moment. Under these extenuating circumstances, she could only do so much while holding back almost all of her power

redirected him back into the ring, but with her center of gravity destabilized towards the edge of the ring, she was remarkably off-balance. It was almost an