Chapter 222: 219. Dominating Rina
When Zur spotted his sister in the crowd he couldn't help but squeeze his fists. It was all just too much to take in, but then, a smile creeped onto his face, he felt excited to fight and assert dominance over his peers.
Looking at Zur, Jude couldn't help but chuckle. The way of the atlantians were indeed weird for him. How can he be excited for putting his own life on the line?
In the end, he wasn't an atlantian.
The knights all stared at each other and the naga lady squeezed her fists as she stood up. Jude recognized her face and then he stood back to watch.
The knights all stood up and backed away too. They knew who this lady was. One talented enough to be taken in by the king as an apostle.
She pulled out two curved short swords from her waist and she dashed towards him and a smirk formed on her lips.
Normally, Zur wouldn't be able to take this woman on, but after he received the mark of authority he felt a newfound power within him, his strength and speed has increased greatly.
He held the trident in his hand, feeling power radiating from it, he somewhat felt confident.
'Nah, I've been put in this situation. Backing off is death.' He thought as a killing intent flashed in his eyes.
He dashed at the woman before him as he brandished his trident and jumped towards her before he struck down with a grunt. The woman furrowed her brows and crossed her swords to block the attack.
*BOOM!!*
The shockwave from the impact of the attack shook the ground of the palace and Zur backed away as he looked at her.
"Apostle Rina, it's an honor to fight with you today," Zur said and then he got into a stance.
The lady in front of him only gazed back with her cold, snake-like eyes and she ran towards him.
Zur moved, scraping his trident on the floor as he reached her too. He spun the trident and waved it towards her and she responded by blocking it.
The two nagas attacked each other relentlessly and the crowd began to get anxious.
They of course recognized Zur and the only apostle of the former king.
Zur, a person who had talent with the symbolic weapon atlantis, the trident, led a rebellion against the king and most of the people who joined him were currently held in prison. As for Rina, she was a terrifying existence, a person who could control the element of water which was rare against nagas.
This was what made the king take her in when he found her.
"I wonder why the chosen one is handing over the kingship. Isn't it said that the chosen one will guide Atlantis to former glory," A person in the crowd said and the others close to him were all mumbling to each other.
Lilian stood there as well and looked at her brother who was solely focused on defeating Rina there and then, she rooted deeply for him.
The fight continued with none were yielding. It seemed that both of them were on par in terms of physical prowess and skill for now.
A puddle of water formed around her and she suddenly boosted forward like a jet, even faster than before.
Zur has been waiting for this. He spun his trident before stabbing it into the ground, causing the ground to freeze. Seeing what he was doing Rina jumped towards him with her initial boost.
She noticed that he was aiming at freezing the water beneath her feet to cause her to stumble but she saw through it and leapt at the right time.
Zur launched a couple of ice shards towards her and decided to use everything he got. Suddenly a pillar of ice rose from the ground and it shattered, forming a large serpent.
Although it was not as big as the one Jude formed earlier, it was still imposing. He jumped on it and it slithered towards her.
He suddenly jumped and ice formed in front of him as he slid on it with his legs, firing a barrage of attacks to tire her out.
"Coward!" She yelled and raised her hands, causing a water to blast upwards from the area around her, shattering the ice snake and also blocking her.
The water barrier caught the ice and she looked outside to where Zur was before and she didn't see anything.
She suddenly heard the sound of wind cutting and she looked up to see Zur coming down towards her.
He went to enter through the top of the pipe like barrier!
He crashed on the ground, causing a large cold wind to blow, causing her to fall to the side and all the water present to freeze.
Rina stood up and looked at Zur who gazed at her with a raised brow, he knew that this fight was only going to end with one of them being knocked out or dead so he lunged at her again before she would even have the time to regain her balance.
Seeing Zur coming for her she began to be dodge his attacks. They were all precise, his attacks had no chances for retaliation.
He thrusted forward with accuracy each time and she was now on the defensive, looking for a loophole in his movements.
Soon she saw him doing a twirl and she stuck her blade forward towards his waist without hesitation.
But she her eye picked up something from the side, the trident was already coming towards her with even more speed.
She stopped the stabbing half way and used both of her arms to block the attack.
*BANG!!*
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She flew away towards the walls, dropping her weapons. Her arms felt numb and a wave of pain ambushed her mind. She bit her lip and a tear even escaped her eye.
She was trained personally by the king ever since she was little, she has never faced defeat, even from fighting rhe knights.
None could face and match her strength.
But now she was feeling hopeless, Zur dashed towards her to end her with the trident and Jude appeared in front of her, causing the space to ripple and he raised a brow as he looked at Rina.
She opened her eyes to see him and she saw Zur behind him waiting patiently.
"Do you admit defeat?" Jude asked her, staring directly into her eyes.
She nodded, her body trembling due to her loss.