Free Web NovelChapter 135: Zaran Versus Olivia
A while before Beatra and Martha flew away.
"..."
In the spot, where the academy of Loogam should have been, only a vast and wide crater remained.
During the confrontation between Mika and the white-haired demon, the entire building was caught up in their fight and as a result, it was destroyed without leaving a trace of the academy behind.
And in the midst of that crater, Mika was sleeping peacefully.
"Took you long enough to take this seriously."
"I’m curious how much longer you can run that mouth of yours."
Olivia, who stood in front of Mika, was infusing her body with lightning, whereas darkness seeped out of Zaran.
[Wake up.]
"..."
[Zaran is here.]
"..."
[If you do not reply within the next five seconds, you will be unable to wear any clothes for an entire week.]
"..."
Despite all the notifications from the system, Mika did not react and kept on sleeping.
[...]
The system heaved a sigh.
It came to the realization that it would take a while until Mika would wake up.
Meanwhile, it seemed like Olivia and Zaran were ready.
"Straight kick." Zaran muttered.
At the same moment, Olivia charged straightforwardly at him, launching a straight kick to his stomach.
"Didn’t you learn your lesson? I know what’s going on in your mind." Zaran said, dodging her kick.
He was about to swing his sword.
"Crouching down."
"!"
Zaran stopped his attack abruptly and instead, he aimed his knee at her face.
But Olivia managed to grab his knee before it could touch her face.
She tightened her grasp, intending to crush his knee.
"..."
Without hesitation, Zaran raised his sword and was about to thrust it into her back.
"Rolling away."
Olivia let go of the knee and pushed herself to the side, rolling on the soil.
"No matter what you do, you won’t escape me."
"Tch."
He was behind her.
"Is that really the strength of the Grand Order’s captain?"
"Do I even have to bother answering?" Olivia replied with a carefree attitude.
She stood up casually.
"You said that you were going to take this seriously but in the end, you’re also just playing around." she said, smirking right in front of him.
The two were so close to each other that they could both feel the other’s breath.
"..."
He shifted his focus for a moment but Olivia picked that up.
"Heh."
She shrugged her shoulders.
"I don’t even need a mind-reading ability to know your reason." she stated.
"It looks like you’re cautious around him. But who am I to judge? Even I can’t grasp his ceiling." Olivia huffed.
"He went toe-to-toe with that ridiculous being a moment ago. Against someone, who whooped your ass without breaking into a sweat. That’s why you’re preserving your strength for him, right? In case you have to fight against Mika, whose true powers are still unknown."
"..."
He just stared down at her.
"Just interpret it the way you want."
Zaran narrowed his eyes slightly.
"However, if I were you then I wouldn’t take this fight lightly either. I may have the luxury to go easy on you but can the same be said about you?"
"..."
Olivia just smirked and crossed her arms.
Her eyes were closed.
"That’s true." she replied.
Then, the words ’Kick to the chin.’ crossed her mind.
"!"
Olivia launched a rapid kick, just like she imagined, and grazed Zaran’s chin.
Even though he read her mind, his body could not keep up when she launched the kick.
Not only that, but the potency of that attack seemed different than before.
"Everyone else did their part. Now, it’s my turn to do my job." she said, crackling her knuckles.
Zaran took up his fighting stance and had a fiercer expression on his face now.
"After a few seconds from now on, you won’t have the luxury to take it easy anymore."
Oliva’s grin widened.
"You animal." he muttered.
’Punch to the left cheek.’
"!"
And again, despite reading her thoughts, she was able to graze him.
"Tch..."
His mind started to receive a lot of information at the same time.
He sharpened his eyes when looking at Olivia.
"What are these kinds of thoughts...?"
She dashed towards him again.
Her hand was stretched out and aimed at his neck.
But Zaran adjusted his sword in a way that her palm would be pierced by its peak.
Blood came out of her palm and rolled down the blade.
He was about to pull it out.
"?"
However, the blade did not move.
’Right cheek.’
"Keh...!"
For the first time, Olivia landed a clear hit on his cheek.
She proceeded to pull on his hair and gave him a headbutt.
"Ack!"
The entire time she was grabbing the blade with her pierced hand, not allowing him to move from the spot.
"Ugh!"
She pushed her knee into his stomach.
Then, lightning gathered in her free hand.
"Damnit!"
Zaran had to let go of his sword and jumped to the back.
"..."
He was wiping the blood from his mouth.
As reluctant as he was, he had to finally admit that Olivia Rostanta was a troublesome foe.
Currently, she was relying more on her battle instincts than her thoughts.
Her thoughts were simple.
And yet, they were dangerous as she would improvise on the spot, which would make it hard for Zaran to adapt.
Therefore, he made a decision.
"This will get even more troublesome if I don’t get serious..." he murmured indifferently.
Olivia was leaping to him again, letting Zaran’s sword fall to the ground.
’Calf kick.’
However, this time, Zaran faced her head-on and also launched a kick, which would, in turn, block her calf kick.
Unlike previously, he used more force and did not hold back anymore.
That way, Olivia could not dominate the fight any longer by relying on her beast-like instincts and strength.
In terms of physical abilities, the two were more similar to each other than they knew.
"..."
With a stern expression, Olivia retracted her electrified fist.
And the moment, she went for a punch, Zaran quickly pushed her upper arm from beneath with his palm.
A fierce lightning beam was launched by her punch, which Zaran was able to evade.
Using this small opening, Zaran sneaked behind her, attempting a punch to the back of her head.
However, Olivia instinctively swung her left leg diagonally, blocking the punch.
Zaran anticipated that and grabbed her left leg.
"!"
He pulled strongly on her leg and let go before he clenched his fist again.
And this time, his punch connected to her face.
She slid on the ground.
"..."
Taking a small breather, Zaran picked up his sword again.
Following that, he rushed to her before she stood up.
"Ack!"
He stepped on her foot and twisted his heel on her ankle.
Zaran raised his swords.
His sharp and fierce eyes were focused on her. freeweɓnovel.cøm
And then, he swung his sword down.
"Hngh!"
The blade pierced her flesh in her chest area.
"...!"
However, he could not push his blade further into her as his forearm was pierced by something white.
It looked like a pole with a peaky spearhead.
But the pole was long. Unusually long.
"..."
His eyes wandered to the direction, where the spear was coming from.
Far away from them was a yawning boy.
"I’m awake now, okay? So stop nagging so much already..."
[Took you long enough.]
While Zaran and Olivia were fighting, the two unconsciously moved far away from the crater’s center.
Thus, Mika, who just woke up, was unharmed.
He already took on his other appearance and summoned the Holy Spear, which was stuck in Zaran’s forearm, hindering him from fatally injuring Olivia.
"What a timing..." Zaran muttered annoyed.
’Expand the spear.’
"!"
Hurriedly, Zaran pulled out the spear from his forearm and jumped away.
"So he can read my mind even from that distance~?" Mika stated, following up with a yawn.
"Good job, Mika!" Olivia complimented him as she stood up.
Blood dripped down from her chest wound.
She twisted her foot, which was stomped on by Zaran.
"Tch..." she clicked her tongue.
[2 minutes and 40 seconds left.]
Mika flew over to Olivia’s side.
"W-wings? You never cease to amaze me, you know...? she said surprised.
Sweat rolled down her face.
"..."
He looked at her fresh wound.
"Heh, you cheeky brat... This is not the time to look at my assets." she joked.
Mika did not say anything.
He just looked her in the face and then quickly turned around.
He had a light frown on his face.
"What is this feeling...?" he muttered.
For unknown reasons, Mika felt disgusted.
[...]
"Stay back for now. I will take over for now." Mika proclaimed sternly as he stepped forward.
"Hey, are you perhaps underestimating me, brat?" Olivia did not back down.
She was about to move forward, too.
"Don’t come closer to me."
Mika’s tone was colder.
Due to her being surprised by his tone, she did as he said.
Her eyes were wide and her smirk faded.
Mika turned his head to the front again.
"You would only get in the way."
