Narrator POV
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"STOOOOOOPPPP!"
The referee aka the announcer screams as he sees that the match shows a clear winner.
"I... lost..."
Kazue said in a still shocked state.
It seemed that she could not believe that she just lost to her friend.
Rio was panting heavily pointing her arm blade at Kazue who was on the floor sitting on her butt.
"I... Won!"
Rio celebrates with a face that could not believe that she just won.
During the match.
Aside from speed, Kazue definitely has all the advantages in stats.
It was apparent that Rio had a clear advantage when it came to her speed and mobility.
Due to this, Kazue had a hard time chasing after her during the fight.
That was not all, Kazue was sure that Rio was going to avoid engaging blades with her.
What surprised Kazue was that Rio did not completely refuse to fight her head-on.
In fact, Rio even initiated some of their exchange of fierce melee combat.
Although surprised, this was not the reason why Kazue lost to Rio.
Kazue is still better than Rio in pure skill in fighting an up-front fight.
In fact, Rio could barely keep up with Kazue in a direct fight despite being faster than Kazue.
Kazue's sword swings were a lot more refined and powerful than that of Rio's arm blade and dagger attacks.
It was a big problem for Rio.
Just clashing weapons were disrupting her balance as these attacks were too heavy for her to meet with just her arm blade and dagger.
At the same time, Kazue's precise and refined swings with her Katana were difficult to dodge.
It seems that Rio was just curious about how her fighting skills compare to Kazue's.
She immediately realized that her fighting skills were inferior to Kazue's.
Still, despite knowing this Rio still tried to engage in an upfront exchange of blows with Kazue.
Without fear, she exchanged blows with Kazue.
Rio did not back down to fight Kazue blow by blow.
It did not take long for Kazue to overwhelm Rio as they exchanged blows.
Thus, Rio decided to change her tactics and stopped fighting an honest exchange of blows.
Kazue was already practicing Kendo even before they got summoned into this world.
Back then Rio was not practicing any kind of martial arts.
Although she was interested in it, she never tried to practice martial arts as she was too engrossed in playing video games.
The closest thing Rio did back then was to play around with a stick pretending it was a sword or a weapon of some sort.
Thus, upon being transferred to this world, she really practiced using her weapons to fight with the soldiers back during their training in Artesia Castle.
She practiced using the arm blade and daggers to fight monsters during her time as a solo Adventurer while traveling to Vestir.
Compared to the Rio who only played video games, the Rio standing opposite Kazue is much improved in terms of fighting skills.
Still, the gap between her and Kazue in pure skills was apparent.
Kazue is still the better fighter of the two.
Then seeing that she couldn't defeat Kazue in an upfront battle as she is right now, she decided to change her tactic.
If the fight continued that way then Kazue would have won without a problem.
Rio then changed her tactic to a hit-and-run approach.
She needed to capitalize on her advantage.
Her speed and the fact that she can read minds.
Rio's kept herself at a distance away from Kazue.
She dictated the phase of the fight while repeatedly attacking and then retreating as much as she wanted.
Rio's evasive skills such as (Dodge), (Assassin Skill: Escaping Maneuver), and similar skills that helped her avoid Kazue's assaults.
Despite having the advantage in speed, Rio cannot underestimate Kazue as she was relatively fast herself.
She patiently repeats this hit-and-run tactic to fight Kazue.
Rio's constant hit-and-run tactic was starting to get to Kazue.
She can react to Rio's attempts to attack but Kazue herself could not catch Rio without her allowing her to approach her willingly.
Luckily, it seemed that Rio did not have the means to attack from afar.
All Kazue needs to do is wait for Rio to approach her willingly.
Rio can not win by just running away from Kazue, she needs to attack.
Kazue can just wait for the right moment to counter Rio.
Kazue's plan was perfect, it would have been effective if not for the fact that Rio still had a special ability that Kazue did not know about.
Rio has the skill (Mind Reader's Battle Trance).
A skill that allows Rio to predict Kazue's plan in advance.
Not only that, this is a unique skill that only works with Rio's (Eyes of the Mind Reader) that allowed her to "see", "hear", and or "read" Kazue's mind.
With the skill (Mind Reader's Battle Trance) Rio could "see" Kazue's future action.
It was as if she could see a projection of Kazue moving in advance.
Thanks to this, Rio perfectly predicts Kazue's next moves even before she does the action.
With this, she was able to know when to attack or retreat.
She can accurately know where to block and how to dodge all of Kazue's attacks.
Kazue missed Rio every time she tried to catch her with a counterattack.
Kazue could not fathom how Rio was able to avoid and defend all of her attacks perfectly.
Because of the continued failure of her plans to counter and fail numerous times, Kazue increasingly became more and more frustrated.
Kazue can now imagine how frustrating it was for that Ecclesia Inquisitor to catch Rio when the two of them fought at that time.
Kazue too is starting to get frustrated.
Rio attacks.
Kazue counters then misses.
Rio retreats.
Kazue could not chase after her as she lacked the speed to do so.
Rio attacks again.
The cycle continued.
The fight continued for a while.
Both Kazue and Rio were using all they had and began to feel a bit tired.
They needed to end this fight soon.
Rio used her skill to read minds to predict Kazue's next move.
She can see that Kazue was really frustrated and annoyed with the fact that she could not defeat Rio.
Despite being stronger than Rio, it frustrated Kazue as Rio continuously avoided her attacks and made her miss a lot.
Rio knew that she could use this frustration to her advantage.
She started taunting Kazue.
Every time Kazue missed her counter, Rio would make sure to show her a mocking grin.
"Pftt~ you missed again."
"opps~ missed again~"
"That was close, that was close~
Narrator POV
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"STOOOOOOPPPP!"
The referee aka the announcer screams as he sees that the match shows a clear winner.
"I... lost..."
Kazue said in a still shocked state.
It seemed that she could not believe that she just lost to her friend.
Rio was panting heavily pointing her arm blade at Kazue who was on the floor sitting on her butt.
"I... Won!"
Rio celebrates with a face that could not believe that she just won.
During the match.
Aside from speed, Kazue definitely has all the advantages in stats.
It was apparent that Rio had a clear advantage when it came to her speed and mobility.
Due to this, Kazue had a hard time chasing after her during the fight.
That was not all, Kazue was sure that Rio was going to avoid engaging blades with her.
What surprised Kazue was that Rio did not completely refuse to fight her head-on.
In fact, Rio even initiated some of their exchange of fierce melee combat.
Although surprised, this was not the reason why Kazue lost to Rio.
Kazue is still better than Rio in pure skill in fighting an up-front fight.
In fact, Rio could barely keep up with Kazue in a direct fight despite being faster than Kazue.
Kazue's sword swings were a lot more refined and powerful than that of Rio's arm blade and dagger attacks.
It was a big problem for Rio.
Just clashing weapons were disrupting her balance as these attacks were too heavy for her to meet with just her arm blade and dagger.
At the same time, Kazue's precise and refined swings with her Katana were difficult to dodge.
It seems that Rio was just curious about how her fighting skills compare to Kazue's.
She immediately realized that her fighting skills were inferior to Kazue's.
Still, despite knowing this Rio still tried to engage in an upfront exchange of blows with Kazue.
Without fear, she exchanged blows with Kazue.
Rio did not back down to fight Kazue blow by blow.
It did not take long for Kazue to overwhelm Rio as they exchanged blows.
Thus, Rio decided to change her tactics and stopped fighting an honest exchange of blows.
Kazue was already practicing Kendo even before they got summoned into this world.
Back then Rio was not practicing any kind of martial arts.
Although she was interested in it, she never tried to practice martial arts as she was too engrossed in playing video games.
The closest thing Rio did back then was to play around with a stick pretending it was a sword or a weapon of some sort.
Thus, upon being transferred to this world, she really practiced using her weapons to fight with the soldiers back during their training in Artesia Castle.
She practiced using the arm blade and daggers to fight monsters during her time as a solo Adventurer while traveling to Vestir.
Compared to the Rio who only played video games, the Rio standing opposite Kazue is much improved in terms of fighting skills.
Still, the gap between her and Kazue in pure skills was apparent.
Kazue is still the better fighter of the two.
Then seeing that she couldn't defeat Kazue in an upfront battle as she is right now, she decided to change her tactic.
If the fight continued that way then Kazue would have won without a problem.
Rio then changed her tactic to a hit-and-run approach.
She needed to capitalize on her advantage.
Her speed and the fact that she can read minds.
Rio's kept herself at a distance away from Kazue.
She dictated the phase of the fight while repeatedly attacking and then retreating as much as she wanted.
Rio's evasive skills such as (Dodge), (Assassin Skill: Escaping Maneuver), and similar skills that helped her avoid Kazue's assaults.
Despite having the advantage in speed, Rio cannot underestimate Kazue as she was relatively fast herself.
She patiently repeats this hit-and-run tactic to fight Kazue.
Rio's constant hit-and-run tactic was starting to get to Kazue.
She can react to Rio's attempts to attack but Kazue herself could not catch Rio without her allowing her to approach her willingly.
Luckily, it seemed that Rio did not have the means to attack from afar.
All Kazue needs to do is wait for Rio to approach her willingly.
Rio can not win by just running away from Kazue, she needs to attack.
Kazue can just wait for the right moment to counter Rio.
Kazue's plan was perfect, it would have been effective if not for the fact that Rio still had a special ability that Kazue did not know about.
Rio has the skill (Mind Reader's Battle Trance).
A skill that allows Rio to predict Kazue's plan in advance.
Not only that, this is a unique skill that only works with Rio's (Eyes of the Mind Reader) that allowed her to "see", "hear", and or "read" Kazue's mind.
With the skill (Mind Reader's Battle Trance) Rio could "see" Kazue's future action.
It was as if she could see a projection of Kazue moving in advance.
Thanks to this, Rio perfectly predicts Kazue's next moves even before she does the action.
With this, she was able to know when to attack or retreat.
She can accurately know where to block and how to dodge all of Kazue's attacks.
Kazue missed Rio every time she tried to catch her with a counterattack.
Kazue could not fathom how Rio was able to avoid and defend all of her attacks perfectly.
Because of the continued failure of her plans to counter and fail numerous times, Kazue increasingly became more and more frustrated.
Kazue can now imagine how frustrating it was for that Ecclesia Inquisitor to catch Rio when the two of them fought at that time.
Kazue too is starting to get frustrated.
Rio attacks.
Kazue counters then misses.
Rio retreats.
Kazue could not chase after her as she lacked the speed to do so.
Rio attacks again.
The cycle continued.
The fight continued for a while.
Both Kazue and Rio were using all they had and began to feel a bit tired.
They needed to end this fight soon.
Rio used her skill to read minds to predict Kazue's next move.
She can see that Kazue was really frustrated and annoyed with the fact that she could not defeat Rio.
Despite being stronger than Rio, it frustrated Kazue as Rio continuously avoided her attacks and made her miss a lot.
Rio knew that she could use this frustration to her advantage.
She started taunting Kazue.
Every time Kazue missed her counter, Rio would make sure to show her a mocking grin.
"Pftt~ you missed again."
"opps~ missed again~"
"That was close, that was close~
