Chapter 158: Didn’t say hello?

The ground beneath Hannah’s boots exposed in chunks of earth as she rushed at me with an overhead slash, but in a seemingly unhurried fashion, I sidestepped, then tapped the side of her blade with the back of my palm.

While it might have looked like I simply tapped the sword’s blade, in reality, I had put a considerable amount of force behind that seemingly ordinary tap.

However, her sword simply cut through me as if I wasn’t there, which was technically true. I appeared behind her faster than she could react, leaving a genuine mirage in my place rather than an after image, courstey to the mirage steps.

While she was busy cutting through the mirage, I connected a brutal kick to her side. She folded almost completely in half, before she launched to the side and crashed by the side of the lake.

Meanwhile, Hannah caught herself by skidding on the ground until she screeched to a halt. Her expression narrowed. Perhaps just from this small exchange, she had realized that I was anything but weak.

“Do not insult me.” Her royal blue eyes narrowed further. “I’m just slightly taken aback by your strength that’s all.” She said, straightening up.

Hannah was the same, she went along with her sword and passed above me. The moment she did however, I spun and extended my hand towards one of her legs, however before I could catch on to it, the same invisible force from before knocked my hand backwards.

I took a step back avoiding Hannah’s glowing sword, which was immediately followed by a spinning kick which I ducked under and promptly caught that leg. It happens so fast that there wasn’t any time for Hannah to put up that telekinetic defense. With all my strength, I hurled her into the lake.

I didn’t give her a moment to rest though. A sonic boom echoed as I disappeared from my spot, I moved so fast that my legs didn’t sink in the water. However just short of reaching her, a wave of water exploded in my direction.

I drew my arm back, infusing my fist with around a quarter of the aether I currently held, then punched with all my strength at the wave, and released the concentrated aether in an outward burst at the moment of impact.

What I had just did was try to copy the technique Calum had used against me. Since I was in disguise, I of course couldn’t use my techniques, that would be a dead giveaway of my identity, or at least a giveaway that it was a Darkfell.

Bang!

My eyes instantly snapped to Hannah whose wet figure slowly rose from the water as she proceeded to step back onto the invisible platform in which she had been using to stay afloat.

’No, this won’t do.’ I had to get that sphere and disappear from here before anyone else showed up. Just as I finished that train of thought, Hannah bent her legs and jumped off the platform she had been standing on and landed on the ground. Almost instantly, she rushed at me.

I was playing around no more. I was still holding onto her hand, so she didn’t launch backwards like she would have if such a powerful attack landed on her. She recovered fairly quickly and launched a kick underneath my jaw.

Hannah coughed up a mouthful of blood from the impact, before I let her slump down the wall.

So i turned towards what brought me here in the first place. However, the moment I did, my instincts screamed. I instantly leaned my head to the side, and a bolt of light went past my face less than an inch from my skin.

Sighing, I threw the sword I had wrenched from her hand back at her. The sword reached her near instantly, and pierced into her shoulder, then into the wall behind her. Keeping her mounted to the wall.

Despite the fight and the damage to our surroundings, the silver sphere was still there, gently suspended above the settling lake.

After that, I took a glance at Hannah’s figure. While I would have loved to wait and taunt her, I had to quickly leave this place.

“You came to steal something from my association and didn’t come to say hello?” An amused female voice echoed throughout the entire cave.

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