Chapter 4

Kpaa!!!

Kpaa!!!

The opponent fended off both the attacks of Sasha and Senro simultaneously, by parrying the kick of Sasha with her right forearm and slapping the forearm of Senro with the back of her left palm to deflect away his dagger onslaught. Senro, then improvised on the spot. He took a step back and came at the opponent again, this time around with a sweeping kick, aimed at the opponent's calf, with the intention of throwing her off balance. But, the opponent had already anticipated his move, as she swiftly took a couple of steps backwards, letting the attack miss her completely. Before she could afford the time to relax though, she suddenly sensed danger from her rear. Sasha, who had already snuck to the opponent's rear before Senro delivered his kick, attempted a karate chop to the left side of the opponent's neck, but the opponent, with her cat-like reflexes, swiftly swerved out of the way, avoiding the attack. Senro, not giving the opponent a moment to breathe or rest, with no hesitation, came at her again, swinging his dagger towards the opponent's face.

Kpaa!!!

The opponent deflected the onslaught by again slapping the forearm of Senro's hand clutching onto the dagger hard, with the back of her palm. Sasha threw a fast punch, with its destination headed straight for her face, but, she tilted her head to the opposite direction, dodging the attack, before taking a couple of steps backwards to give herself a slight breather.

Swish!! Kpaa!!!

Swish!! Kpaa!!!

Three minutes went by.... Five minutes went by.... Seven minutes went by.... Nine minutes, thirty seconds went by....

In eleven minutes, Senro and Sasha had attempted a flurry of fast-paced combos at the opponent, but not a single one connected. All was to no avail, as the opponent blocked, swerved, ducked, parried and deflected every single attack thrown at her. Even though it seemed that Senro and Sasha had the upper hand due to the fact that all the opponent had done so far was to dodge or parry every attack coming her way, their breathing, especially Senros breathing was becoming heavier and rigid and they were beginning to sweat profusely, while the opponent was the definition of calm and composed, not breaking into a sweat so far and breathing lightly.

Kpaa!!!

The opponent deflected another dagger attack swung at her by Senro smoothly, but this time around, instead of taking a step back to give herself a light breather or prepping for the onslaught to be thrown by Sasha, she suddenly counter attacked. Her fist flew at breakneck speed, swishing through the air, as it hurtled very dangerously towards Senro's face. Though very flustered, Senro's reflexes kicked in. He swiftly ducked by tilting his head to the opposite direction of the punch and then took a couple of steps backwards quickly, as he didnt want to take any more chances.

Badump!! Badump!!

He could feel his heart thumping heavily inside his chest. It wasn't thumping heavily due to the fact that he had thrown every possible attack he could think of, with every single strength he could muster for the past three minutes. No, his heart was thumping heavily due to fear. Pure, unquestionable fear. Recalling the velocity and ferocity in which the opponent's punch hurtled and tore through the air, sent shivers down his spine. Without a doubt, if that punch had kissed his face, then it would definitely had been lights out for him.

'She definitely was hiding her true strength.' Senro thought to himself. The opponent wasn't bluffing. Her strength had increased and thinking back on it now, the speed at which she parried and dodged his and Sasha's attacks, indicated that her speed and reflexes had doubled as well. Cold sweat trickled from Senro's forehead down to his chin before it dripped to the floor. He now realized that the opponent was only now just taking them on seriously. This realization caused his confidence to take a ginormous hit, almost shattering it to its very core. The chances of he and Sasha's victory was getting slimmer and slimmer by the second. They might actually not make-

"Snap out of it, man." Senro whispered to himself, as he clutched the dagger in his hand tightly. This was no time to freak out. So what if the opponent's strength and reflexes has doubled? He just had to think and act smarter than before. Every single move of his has to be precisely calculated and coordinated with no room for errors, so as to avoid counters. This wasn't a battle he couldn't win. He could do this. He just needed to believe in himself more and also believe that his sister, Diana, would definitely come through as well.

Senro took in a deep breath, as he quickly thought up a plan on the spot. He then dashed towards the opponent, who just ducked an attack from Sasha and swung his dagger, which he held in reverse grip, towards his opponent, like he had done before. The opponent, as expected, swung the back of her left palm to deflect the attack.

'Alright, let's do this.'

All of a sudden, just before the moment the opponent's back palm impacted on Senro's forearm, Senro flipped the dagger from his right hand, which was clutching onto on to the dagger, causing it to spin in the air. He caught the dagger in mid-air with his left and swung at the opponent with twice the velocity he attempted previously.

Swish!!

The opponent, although caught unawares, slightly arched her body backwards, barely ducking the attack. It just missed her by nearly half an inch. But, before she could balance herself properly, she suddenly sensed danger from her right side. Sasha, as if waiting for this opportunity, break-neckingly hurled a kick, which hurtled its way towards the opponent's right rib.

Gbomp!!!

Although, the opponent was already on guard, after sensing the danger, there was no way she could duck or dodge the kick due to her loss of balance. The kick propelled and hurled the opponent across the hallway, violently causing her to travel two hundred meters away from her previous location.

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