nagpurpolice Chapter 1697 Strdl Vs Ronldo Continued!
Chapter 1697 Strdl Vs Ronldo Continued!
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"Getting tired?!" shouted Ronldo as he swiped lazily at Strdl and used his sleeve to wipe away his own sweat to keep up the illusion that he was completely fine.
"Justice NEVER RESTS" shouted Strdl in response as she stomped on the ground summoning crystals between Ronldo’s legs forcing him to jump to the side. As soon as he chose a direction Strdl swung out her staff at the same time to try and catch him.
Ronldo responded by activating an enchantment on his boots and sliding underneath the staff like a limbo dancing and slashing out at Strdl’s legs. Her sturdy boots managed to withstand the light nick as he wasn’t close enough to get a proper hit off. Strdl tried to follow up with a kick but Ronldo was already rolling away and to his feet.
"Ah, but is this justice? Killing a man in cold blood?" asked Ronldo.
"I can assure you my blood is BURNING at the moment," retorted Strdl as she swung her staff despite being out of range. Ronldo was confused for a moment, and that was just long enough for him to remain in range of the spiked crystals that shot from the staff at Strdl’s urging.
Ronldo took the crystals on the arm, pushing mana into a bracer he’d hidden under his sleeves. A stone shield appeared for a few moments as it took the attacks intended for the one behind it. Strdl growled and tried to follow up with some more crystals from the ground, swinging her staff once again to summon them up.
Throughout the fight, even as they both got progressively more tired Strdl had been getting more and more comfortable with this moderately familiar weapon. Usually she had a police baton, something that barely hurt and was more of a one handed thing. It felt... wrong for her to use it in this instance, like she would be betraying something fundamental and so she picked what she thought of as the next best thing once her gesture casting proved insufficient.
Now that she was more used to it, Strdl could channel her magic through the staff the same as her hands. It didn’t always produce quite the same moves, but she could usually intuit exactly what was going to happen anyway. The only issue was the mana cost. She’d burned through most of her mana to summon the walls trapping them both inside, and hadn’t really given her pool a chance to rest.
It meant she was starting to run on empty, magic wise. She had one or two more spells before collapse. It was annoying as the two she’d just used at been her hopes to finish the fight but somehow Ronldo had both blocked the first volley and somehow noticed the line approaching from the ground despite the fact that he had a block of stone in front of his eyes. A gamble, and a failure.
It was one of these failures that would spell the end to the battle. Strdl came in for a strake that Ronldo dodged easily. At least, that was the plan. Despite not using them, the sole of his boot tore free in the motion, causing him to stumble in place, just barely safe from the current attack... but not the follow ups.
Strdl capitalised on the misstep and grew two chunks of crystal from the ground, capturing Ronldo’s arms and holding them him in place. "Ah, saved by honour at the last moment, I should’ve expected it!" said Ronldo with a grin. "I really did think you were going to go through with it.
Strdl said nothing as she summoned more crystals. She covered his legs and hands. She surrounded his waste. Strdl ensured that as long as Ronldo didn’t teleport away he was no danger to her and would not be escaping. "I can still do it you know,"
"Ah... but you won’t" stated Ronldo. Solid in his belief. Strdl glared stalking forward as she let her staff change into a knife. She pressed it against Ronldo’s neck but he didn’t so much as twitch. Not even when the pressure drew up a bit of blood. He didn’t say anything, lest he risk his movement being the thing that ended him.
Seconds passed as Strdl held the knife there. Ronldo, smug grin still affixed while Strdl matched it with a glare. Ten seconds. Twenty. A whole minute passed and Strdl cursed under her breath as she stepped backwards. "Haha! I knew you didn’t-" Ronldo’s cheer was cutch short as the knife morphed into a sword and Strdl separated his arm from his shoulder.
"AAAAH! BITCH! That fucking hurt! Going to cost a fortune to get that fixed!" hissed Ronldo.
"You were right... I couldn’t bring myself to do it. To plunge my knife into your disgusting heart... but from now on you’ll be down a hand," stated Strdl brokenly.
"Perhaps... for a time... but I’m sure I can get a good discount on a healer," said Ronldo despite the pain.
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"Perhaps... but I hope to make it REAL hard for you," grumbled Strdl.