Whack! Whack! Whack!..... (Continuous sounds of clashing wooden swords)
Bobby kept striking at Diana from every possible angle in an unexpected pattern. But still, she kept blocking them easily using her shinai[1].
It kept going on for more than ten minutes. Diana didn't even use a helmet, she just stood there whole the time without taking a single step.
Bobby stopped and panted heavily….
"Tired already! " Diana grinned at him, "I'm disappointed. Tch…you can't even make me take a single step." She clicked her tongue.
Suddenly, Bobby got angry and stood up straight, then he stuck at her overhead. She blocked it easily like before.
Bobby struck her overhead again. This time, he kept doing the same strike again and again. With time, the momentum of the power within his shinai also kept increasing with every next strike.
10 times, 15 times, 20 times, …. He kept doing the same strikes again and again.
Diana made a satisfied smile on seeing Bobby's new technique, "Provoking him, it really works. Good, he is a quick learner too. Right, the first step is to learn from the simplest move that you preferred the most. So, hitting overhead is your favorite sword move. Batorā Kemino[2] always told me that those who figure out their favorite sword move on their first try intentionally or accidentally are born to be great swordsmen. Bobby, will you be a sword master? Also, Batorā Kemino[2] told me that every sword master's favorite move shows their true hidden nature within. So hitting overhead means he prefers to fight someone similar or stronger than himself boldly. That is the attitude of a Dauntless sword master. " She thought in her head, as her eyes began to shine brightly.
Whack!
This time, Diana was forced to step back, facing Bobby's shinai[1] strike.
"Good, now keep going on," Diana shouted.
After making her a step back, Bobby was engrossed in that single move, as he also took a step forward and kept striking again with more strength. Diana took a step back again. Bobby kept repeating while pushing Diana a step back for every strike of his.
Clank! Clank!...
Diana couldn't keep up with his increasing momentum. So she finally made her move. She made an inclined overhead strike using her strength on her shinai[1], blocking Bobby's straight overhead strike easily.
Then the two continue slashing at each other. Bobby kept using his single style while Diana kept changing her strike, sometimes a bit inclined to the left and sometimes on the right side.
They kept sparing like that for a complete hour. As sweat from all over their bodies kept dripping onto their dresses, the dresses became wet.
Diana frowned and finally moved back and announced, "Let's stop here for today." She then sniffed at herself, thinking, "What if he thought that I smell bad?!"
Bobby stopped his hands just at that moment and happened to see her action. He then grinned, walked closer to her, and sniffed all over her body. "Hey, you smell good too, even when you are sweating. I like it even better than before. You seem to be an expert at using swords. Why don't you teach me a real move? You have already told me that you will teach me a move if I can make you step back. You better keep your words, as I really hate those who chicken out easily. " fre(e)webno(v)el
"Hey, what are you doing? Get back,.." Diana blushed quickly, moved back, and muttered softly, "Pervert!!"
"What did you just say now?" Bobby asked, as if pretending to not heard at all.
"Umm...I said nothing,… er..you heard it wrong." She quickly denied it. Bobby made a wide smile and moved toward her, "Don't you just say per… "
Before he could even finish saying the word, "pervert" she breezed on, "Alright, alright, I will keep my word. I will teach you a move."
Bobby stopped his step and winked at her.
She pouted at him once and said, "Bobby, suppose someone ambushed you by striking their sword directly at your heart. The moment you sense it, you must not let it as the heart is the weakest part of a vampire's body. Other parts, you can regenerate them quickly."
"Oh, interesting!" He then asked, "What about beheading?"
"Bobby, there are no creatures either magical or non-magical in this world that would live after beheading. Oh, I remember one thing about why the Olden Five families were so afraid of those Hunter Family, " Diana responded, while she glanced at him.
"Let me guess, they all must be experts in striking on hearts, right?" Bobby responded briskly.
"Yes, every attack of there is all focus on vital parts, especially heart. Let me tell you a true story, my grandpa told me when I was 10, " she then began the story, "About nearly 600-700 years ago, a civil war broke out between our Blood Royalty Family and The Blood Moon Family of the werewolves. We vampires and werewolves have always been known for our brutality, our bloodlust among the six Olden families, while at the same time we hate each other to the bone, it's simply in our nature to oppose one another since the time of the two families' progenitors. So it became worse with time. But, something really bad happened during that time that made them even for them to start attacking each other covertly. My grandpa said that it was due to the elopement of the Warewolf princess with my family's prince at that time. As the two families were opposed to their relationship, they escaped one day together and their whereabouts remained unknown to both the families. But, they were suspicious of each other, so some weasels of the two families began killing each other, taking those reasons as an excuse, further aggravating the tension between the two families. Eventually, they began secretly killing each other's members. Several months later, the tension between them became so bad that they even announced a civil war between the two families. Other two olden families also joined, forming an alliance with them."
[1] Shinai: typically a Japanese sword made up of wood.
[2] Batorā Kemino: Japanese accent, means Butler Kemino
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