Strike the Blood, Vol. 9: The Black Sword Shaman by Gakuto Mikumo and Manyako

Author:Gakuto Mikumo and Manyako [Gakuto Mikumo and Manyako]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2018-05-22T00:00:00+00:00

“…Urk!”

Kiriha’s incredible flurry of attacks forced Yukina on the defensive. Sword Shamans of the Lion King Agency and Six Blades of the Bureau of Astrology came from shared roots. The techniques used by both were very similar.

Thus, it was the difference in the wielders’ skills that determined who had the upper hand.

Even if she was talented, Yukina was critically short on combat experience. Nor could she deny that she was at a physical disadvantage. Each and every attack from a Priestess of the Six Blades, experts in anti–demon beast combat, was a swift, heavy blow. Yukina’s small physique could be easily knocked around even while guarding.

However, it was not Yukina who appeared nervous but Kiriha, the attacker.

Kiriha’s lethal attacks weren’t hitting Yukina.

Sword Shamans of the Lion King Agency were able to peer a brief moment into the future. The same went for Six Blades of the Bureau of Astrology. However, Yukina was the one reading Kiriha’s moves first.

Yukina’s spirit sight was well beyond Kiriha’s.

“I should have expected this from the individual the Lion King Agency chose to watch the Fourth Primogenitor… I had thought you a little milk-drinking child with good looks as a redeeming feature, but this… Tee-hee, this makes it worthwhile—!”

Kiriha laughed ferociously. Her refined facade fell away, fully exposing the real her: sadistic and belligerent.

“Raw Lightning—!”

Kiriha knocked Yukina off balance with a single brute-force attack, following up with a stern knee strike. It was a blunt attack technique infused with ritual energy for anti–demon beast combat. Being struck by such a blow would invariably destroy the internal organs of any normal human.

But Yukina evaded that merciless attack and slipped into Kiriha’s flank in turn.

“Distort!”

Yukina unleashed an eviscerating attack from point-blank range. Kiriha instantly sailed backward, parrying the shock of the blow.

“Mist Leopard—Twin Moons!”

As Kiriha thrust her Ricercare, its twin blades resonated, scattering destructive sonic waves all about. The magic energy–amplifying staff boosted Kiriha’s ritual energy, enabling her to let loose with a powerful offensive ritual spell.

“—?!”

“Yukina—?!”

Yume yelled at the top of her lungs as she saw Yukina engulfed by the destructive sonic wave. However, Yukina did not falter. The glow emitted by the silver spear she wielded created ritual energy that sliced the destructive sonic wave asunder. Then:

“Snowdrift Wolf!”

Yukina thrust her spear, tracing an upward spiral as it knocked Kiriha’s forked spear away.

Kiriha retreated in annoyance after having her ritual energy sheared away. She coughed violently, sending blood trickling from her lips. She had been unable to fully neuter the might of Yukina’s close-range blow.

“Blood… My blood…”

Kiriha violently wiped her wet lips with her palm, heaving in visible excitement. Her eyes bore a look bordering on intoxication as they gazed at her scarlet-dyed palm.

“As I might have expected, I am at a disadvantage in anti-personal combat. I did not think dueling with a Sword Shaman of the Lion King Agency would prove so…stimulating. Such a waste that our time is up. Do you not think so?”

“Time is up…?”

Yukina felt somewhat thrown off by Kiriha’s words. But her face was illuminated by a dazzling glow.

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