Ataraxia Abyss
Chapter 45: Ataraxia

What makes a swordswoman strong? A big muscle? A good sword? The famous mentor who taught you? No. gabe...

It all comes from how you swing your sword. Regal does look muscular, but the muscle is not hard, but the muscle is flexible. Regal could fend off all attacks and swing his sword with that great force because he could perform muscle explosions freely, making his muscles relax while being swung but he quickly exerted his strength as his sword struck the opponent.

It allowed him to swing his sword like Asura who had 6 arms, but the technique was imitated by Callen. He relaxes his muscles and then he puts it all in contact, with this technique Callen can minimize the injury when colliding with Regal's sword blade and can hit hard when his hand collides with Regal's body.

Be it when he stepped out his leg, he performed a muscle burst along with the release of the earthquake, making him able to step at an incredible speed. Even that was faster than the speed at which Regal's eyes could predict the future, even Regal had trouble seeing the best future he could get.

The two of them fought at an incredible speed, making the earthquake even bigger and bigger, until Callen finally made his spear, which he was able to do,Regal realized that he would be in danger if Callen hit him with a spear containing the compacted earthquake.

Callen tries to direct all his magic at the foot, as soon as he hits, the entire mountain shakes and the surrounding area is shattered, all that Callen passed through despite not being touched, all destroyed... However once he almost touched Regal with the tip of his spear, the young man was able to quickly dodge to the side. Though Callen believes, Regal's eyes only saw so the tip of his spear is only 5 cm away from him, but Regal can easily avoid the attack even though he did not see it.

Callen who was currently behind Regal finally set his foot hard and twisted his body and spear at an incredible speed. Yet once again Regal dodged it, even at this moment Regal did not turn back and avoid it once it was close to him. Callen who was confused suddenly felt the sword piercing through his stomach, Regal pierced his sword until it pierced through Callen's stomach with Balmung.

Regal releases her and lets Callen take his distance back. After Callen took some distance, he saw Regal's eyes, empty eyes like the eyes of a long-dead corpse. But Callen knew, it was the eyes that made him avoid, Callen tried to stay focused, but he suddenly lost Regal. As soon as he tried to search around him, Regal suddenly appeared from his right side, the unprepared Callen finally got injured on part of his arm.

For him it was impossible, he could feel any vibration that was within his visibility, even he could feel a heartbeat from a distance of 100 meters, then why couldn't he feel the tremors as Regal stepped foot? Callen continued to fight with Regal who was currently fighting without any expression. The two of them fought until Callen made many spears from above and dropped them to where Regal was on foot, making the mountain where they fought partially destroyed.

But it was a mistake, a curtain of smoke covered his vision, and from behind the smoke Regal jumped and attacked here and there. Callen got a lot of wounds on his body, so he finally released a shock wave that threw all the smoke.

After that Callen finally got time to rest, he did not expect it would be this bad. Although it seemed absurd, Callen knew what was happening, as long as he fought with many swordsmen during his life, he remembered the one person who fought with no expression on his face,that person seemed to be able to read his soul, but his face began to show an expression as soon as Callen destroyed the surrounding area.

The man showed an expression of fear when he learned that death was ahead of him, it disturbed his calm... Tranquility is something that Warriors must have, those who are not calm will not be able to fight well. And what Callen faced was a person who had already learned how to become a true Warrior since he was a child.

For Callen it was impossible for one to remain calm even when his life was in danger, but the one he was fighting was the one who had already seen death and that person already knew what awaited him after he died. He had even been subjected to torture and died repeatedly, which caused Regal to be able to use this technique...

His sight, emotions and soul were made as calm as possible so that Regal became like an inanimate object.

A calm soul against a burning soul, that's what's happening right now. Regal advanced with Balmung and swung his sword several times but it was all parried by Callen. Seeing that he would not win if Regal remained calm, Callen ended up swinging his spear from the bottom up, the Regal that was holding him was clearly thrown far up into the sky.

Callen did not waste this opportunity, he threw 4 lances and then he jumped as well. After Regal fended off the 4 spears, Callen and Regal again fought in the air, they were both fierce until Regal finally swung his sword to make Callen thrown back to the ground.

Seeing Callen fall, Regal increased the speed of the fall and gathered his Vis on the sword. As soon as the two of them almost touched the ground, Regal swung his sword once and made the spear that Callen used to protect himself now split in two, breaking in half,then Regal quickly swung his sword back and made a fatal wound on Callen's body.

The attack formed like two crescent moons, after Callen was hit by the powerful attack, he was instantly unconscious, he returned to his original form and finally fainted,likewise Regal who released his Foul Legacy form and then fainted next to him.

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As the sun rose, Callen woke up on the mountain, he saw his wounds covered by bandages and medicine. And as he turned his head to the side, he saw Regal who was cooking using a pot and campfire.

"You awake? Good, the food's ready." Regal gave Callen a bowl of soup. He looked into the bowl of soup, there were vegetables, mushrooms and also rabbit meat, deer and birds in the soup. The smell of the soup was really tantalizing, as soon as Callen tried to taste it, he was surprised and could not believe that a soup could be that delicious.

"How can this be so good?!" Callen was confused as he devoured more of the soup. Regal smiled looking at him and replied. "That's Breath of The Wild, the food I always make when I'm in a forest full of ingredients."

Callen continued to eat while listening to Regal's words. Regal who saw the always graceful Callen was currently eating his cooking voraciously. Regal then looks at his own soup, he recalls how he searched for insects for him to eat when he was starving from not being fed. Seeing his cooking can make others enjoy others, why he feels happy with the sight...

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