Nameless King

Gaur was knocked back by Nicole, but he quickly recovered as he got to his feet and was ready to fight.

Crackle.

Nicole did not wait and had no need to exchange a few phrases with Gaur, so she immediately attacked.

"Get it!" Nicole exclaimed, bringing her scythe down on Gaur with an excited smile.

"Pfff, that's too weak." Gaur snorted as the ring on his finger shone brightly. A massive sickle with a sharp rounded blade appeared in his hand.

Clang.

Their weapons clashed as the ground beneath Gaur cracked, however, he stood still and though he blocked Nicole's attack, with one hand, he did not tremble at all.

"You seem to be as fast as I am." Gaur spoke in a deadly voice, releasing his powerful aura.

Nicole's eyes went wide since she hadn't expected her opponent to be so resilient. She sighed, bounced off Guar's massive arm, and landed a few feet in front of him.

Crackle.

Once Nicole's gaze went forward, there was a flash and Gaur's fist slammed straight into her face, breaking her nose with a loud crack.

'What the hell...?" Nicole thought, flying aside with her eyes wide open, "He just hit me before I knew anything...? Yeah, it definitely happened, but how? Even the Dragon wasn't that fast!!!'

"Hmm... Just as I thought. Keira is fighting the owner of this Void since she even used her Form, you are definitely weaker than her opponent." Gaur muttered with a descent before taking a full turn.

At tremendous speed, his foot slammed into Nicole's stomach, throwing her backward a dozen feet. Waves of pain ran through her body as a clot of dark blood erupted from her mouth, for the first time since the battle with the Dragon.

Crackle. Crackle. Crackle.

Before she could stop, Nicole broke several ruins with her body before stopping on the cold, gray earth.

"Judging by the way that Lich was looking at me with a rather smirk, it was originally decided that you would be my opponent, wasn't it?" Gaur spoke with an arrogant look of slow pacing.

Nicole rose from the ground, shook her head to knock all the dust off, and took a deep breath.

"Damn, that hurt, you're not only fast, but you're strong. I love it!" Nicole exclaimed as a crazy smile appeared on her face.

"Hah, girl, you definitely have a fighting spirit, but you're a long way from my level." Gaur grinned as he swung his sickle, "Judging by your energy you have only recently reached the Demigod Stage, going against me was a big mistake!"

With a wave of his sickle, Gaur created a tornado of many sharp blades of wind. The tornado headed toward Nicole, destroying everything in its path and leaving a wide trail behind it.

Nicole removed the blood from the corners of her mouth and lunged forward, straight at the tornado. Her weapon was made of dragon fang, so she wasn't afraid of a few wind currents.

'This will be easy.' Erder said calmly as the scythe's blade flashed.

At the same moment, Nicole went through the tornado cutting it in two, making Gaur goosebumps.

'How is that possible...? She just couldn't answer any of my punches! How could she have handled my tornado so easily!?" Gaur inwardly exclaimed as he reflexively jumped aside when Nicole appeared before him.

She slashed horizontally, but the tip of the blade failed to reach Gaur, flying near his chest.

"Shit! Stop running!" Nicole shouted as she attacked a few more times as fast as she could.

Her arms turned into a blur and a hail of attacks came down on Gaur like white blades trying to cut him apart.

Gaur's pupils narrowed, his vision sharper and his reflexes better, and now he was taking this battle seriously, like a Beastfolk.

Whoooooooooooosh.

Gaur tracked Nicole's every attack and methodically dodged her every swing. He took a step to the side, tilted his body, ducked slightly, or even jumped, everything going so smoothly as if he'd known where Nicole would aim from the start.

'Why can't I hit him?! Is he really that much faster than I am?! I don't believe it!!! Nicole shouted to herself before her last attack, the most powerful.

This time it was too fast even for Gaur, he had no time to dodge since the scythe's sharp blade was hurtling right at him.

Gaur took a step back and raised his sickle above him, blocking the attack and taking full force from Nicole's swing.

Their collision sent a shockwave that blew debris all around, but Gaur still managed to remain unscathed.

"I have to admit it was pretty intense." Gaur said calmly looking at Nicole, "Looks like you're the kind of person who reaches the peak of your strength right during a fight. Well, that's good, after all, after Keira's opponent, you're second strongest here."

Whoooooooooooooosh.

Gaur swung his sickle, shifting Nicole's scythe to the side and leaping to the left, in a heartbeat behind her.

Gaur was ready to cut off Nicole's head as the blade of the sickle was on its way to her neck, but Nicole managed to turn and block the attack.

"You think I'm weaker than your ally's opponent, right?" Nicole asked with a frown, holding back the sickle that stopped right next to her face.

"Yeah, it's obvious. I can feel much stronger energy fluctuations from there, but that's not the main factor." Gaur said with an ice-cold stare, "Keira, had to use her Form, that's saying a lot. You're confident in your powers, I can see that clearly, but you'll never make me use my Form."

Nicole grimaced as her aura intensified several times. Above her appeared the silhouette of a wild beast with a huge jaw that stared at Gaur with predatory intent.

"Are you sure of your words?" Nicole looked up and down at Gaur.

"Sure... You're just a wild warrior with an abnormal amount of energy, not enough to defeat me."