Seirei Gensouki's
Chapter 161: Vs Bertram Strongest Kingdom pt2

Although Rio was very careful not to involve Celia and co behind him, there was something slightly weighing on his mind.

Alfred did not take the initiative and committed the offence.

Either he didn't take any initiative to attack Celia and her partner or it might just be that he had his hands full in the face of Rio's attack. They seemed to be exchanging many slashes on the surface but, Alfred looked as if he still had some leeway.

But in that case, it was more in Rio's favor. He decided to give everything so that they could safely escape from this place so that they would not be affected by the aftermath of the battle.

After such a fierce exchange of slashes, they stopped on the same path for a while and started again.

And then, after tens of seconds of such a fierce exchange, Celia and the comrades fled their battle danger zone.

And then, it was Charles who saw this series of events from a distance,

「Ceh, Alfred is useless. Well whatever it is, let him hold the man while we secure his majesty. You all follow me. 」

He then ordered the rest of the subordinate knights. Charles and his comrades then began to move around Alfred and Rio.

Rio sent a fleeting glance towards the movements of Charles and his comrade. Alfred used the gap created when Rio looked away sending a slash from the side.

But, Rio bowed to dodge Alfred's attack with hair, while at the same time pouring his magical power into his sword.

Just then also the magic formation carved on the sword body gave off a faint light in response to Rio's magical power.

「MOVE FROM THAT PLACE! 」

Alfred who quickly sensed the change to Rio's sword immediately shouted at Charles. And with his body still bowing, he aimed his slash towards Charles and co. Rio slashed through the empty air yet a storm was created, destroying the surroundings along with his slash.

Charles and his partner who could not react in time were blown several tens of meters away by the storm. Although it did not cause too much damage to them, it was enough to cripple them.

(I used too little magic power huh.)

The power of spirit arts depends on the amount of magical power. It seemed that he was putting insufficient power into the sword, caused by him utilizing the gap after Alfred's slash to pour his magic power.

But he managed to stop them. Charles and his partner fell and were injured in an accident during their fall.

「Stay Stay if you still want to preserve your life! 」

Alfred warned Charles and his friends.

「Na! KOUH ………. 」

At that moment, Charles' face flushed with anger. “It's your job to stop that guy, right? . “, As he thought.

But, he had no strength left to say that and could not get involved anymore.

Charles looked at Christina who had already escaped from the place with an annoyed expression. And then, his gaze returned to Alfred and Rio again.

Their battle was still as fierce as before. There is no way to force.

No, it would be more correct to say that they only tested the water during the previous exchange and in fact they both still raised their gear. After Celia and co reached a safe distance, Rio gradually increased his strengthening rate bit by bit, and the same thing was done by Alfred.

Their battle field was also vast so they gradually moved from where they came from while still locked in battle.

But, a few moments later,

"………… Impossible? Alfred is ……. . Pushing back? 」

Charles muttered while chewing his lips.

Yes, the progress of the battle began to tilt in support of Rio.

Rio made use of the movements with the wind spirit arts in the vast plains field.

Since this movement skill had a weak point, which was "too fast to the point of lack of flexibility", then it showed its value when it had more room to move, allowing it to keep its distance during a fight.

Therefore, having to fight on the vast plains without anyone blocking his movements, Rio started to overwhelm Alfred with his speed.

Although Alfred managed to dodge several fatal attacks due to his own abilities and the powerful body strengthening magic of his demonic sword, Alfred had continued to enter dangerous situations since a while ago. Nevertheless, he had yet to lose his fighting spirit.

Rio was not careless either. He paid respect to Alfred who was still patiently waiting for the opening to return despite the unfortunate situation.

Rio moved as if to distract Alfred and then suddenly came to attack from his side.

Rio immediately dodged Alfred's table gracefully by stepping back. But, Alfred's sword was suddenly filled with magical power and shot out waves of light at Rio.

「!!!!! ? 」

Rio's eyes slightly opened, he then injected his magical power into his own sword and cut off the incoming sword waves.

(It's the power of the demon sword huh.)

It changed the magic power that was put into the sword to heat up the energy and fired it as a slash attack. The power of the attack just now was slightly above low rank attack magic but, Rio believed that the power would increase according to the amount of magic power injected into the sword.

The next moment, Alfred swung his sword many times as if trying to cut through space. Then, many waves of light shot out towards Rio. Rio accelerated with the wind spirit art and immediately escaped from the place.

Although the light slash came at him lightning fast, it could not even scratch Rio.

After firing a few slashes, Alfred who did not want to throw away his strength stopped his attack. Perhaps because of that, Rio suddenly approached towards Alfred right from the front.

The two of them readied their swords and exerted more power on the grip of their swords while shouting at the top of their lungs. Perhaps because both of their swords were injected with magical power, it made the light dim.

In an instant, both sides swung their swords and their figures overlapped. The shockwave resulted from their clash that shook their surroundings as their swords locked onto each other.

Then, Rio swung his sword upwards and fired a spell with spirit arts and sent Alfred's body high into the sky. That height was close to a hundred meters.

「Muh? 」

Alfred was a little bewildered by the unpleasant taste of separating himself from the ground.

If he were to fall to the ground at such a height, no matter how many times he strengthened his body, he would not be able to escape the severe impact. Let alone getting injured, he might even die. And to avoid it, he had to fire a light slash at the ground as he was about to land.

But by doing so it would definitely create a gap the moment he landed on the ground. And doing so while facing Rio would be a fatal mistake to pay for with his life.

Do It can or it can die. ）

But, despite the impending danger, Alfred calmly finished his calculations and decided to risk his life in the last chance of a do-or-die. He grasped his sword while continuing to inject more magical power into it.

Alfred's sword started to shine even stronger than before.

（It ………………. Oh shit!)

Rio frowned seeing that. Alfred injected too much of his magical power to compensate for the momentum of his fall during the landing.

Alfred's eyes focused on anything but Rio's figure. Where he would direct his attack was clear.

（I will meet your attack from the front. ）

Although he might be able to dodge the attack by running from the spot, it would make him lose the gap created during Alfred's landing which would return them to the starting point again. Rio decided to end their battle with the next attack. Rio poured a large amount of magical power into his sword which then started to emit a brilliant light.

Both of them tightly held the hilt of their swords with both hands while aiming at their opponents and unleashing their attacks. Alfred's sword unleashed a burst of light but, a fierce tornado was released from Rio's sword.

The next moment, their attacks clashed with each other causing a storm and a giant explosion of light.

「Kyaa」

Celia and Christina who were watching the battle from a safe distance shouted as they were blown away by the waves.

（Amazing battle! This is………… . Rio's Power. )

Celia who saw Rio fighting seriously for the first time looked at that battle, was completely captivated by it.

Rio was once looked down upon in the royal academy due to his inability to use magic.

But, such an evaluation is meaningless. In reality, Rio fought against the best knights in the kingdom.

「Amakawa-dono ............... Amakawa-dono is safe, right? 」

Christina muttered in a worried tone while looking around at the battle. Because the storm that developed in the middle of the battle had raised a cloud of dust that blocked their view.

「Maybe ........... Haruto is …………………………. Haruto's sword can manipulate the wind, so he should be fine in the middle of that storm. AH………… . . 」

When Celia answered so, the smoke and sandstorm that swirled in the middle of the battle quickly disappeared. It was clean until it could see the situation.

And what they saw was a fallen Alfred who no longer held his sword and an unharmed Rio.