Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem-Chapter 426: Tilting Scales
Yanael had already suspected Patient Zero’s intentions based on what she had said so far and what she could sense happening outside the tent. So, she was ready to intercept as soon as Patient Zero made a move. Before the four-armed woman could leave the tent, Yanael blocked her with her shield.
Patient Zero rammed first two fists then another two into the shield. The second round with the lower fists’ upward swing would have been enough to send the old Yanael flying. But now, Yanael’s feet dug into the ground, and she did not move an inch as she drew her sword. Filled with sacred energy, it lashed out to give Patient Zero the same treatment it had given the monsters just a few hours ago.
However, her sword barely scratched Patient Zero’s well-trained stomach. It didn’t even make her flinch as she reached for the sword when Yanael thrust it at her stomach again.
Patient Zero trapped Yanael’s sword between two hands while her two other hands grabbed the rim of her shield and tore it out of Yanael’s hand. Yanael let it happen. The shield wouldn’t do much in this fight anyway. In return, she punched Patient Zero in the face.
A thick drop of dark blood slowly trickled out of her nose as she looked at Yanael with a complicated expression before her gaze shifted into the distance behind her. Yanael wasn’t tricked, and she kept her attention on Patient Zero.
Patient Zero tugged on the sword, dragging the tip to the side and behind her, forcing Yanael to take a step forward. She could have let go since Patient Zero was already reaching for her shoulders. Instead, she stepped into Patient Zero’s tug and used the force of the powerful warrior of Ka to headbutt her.
Patient Zero grabbed the back of Yanael’s head and returned the headbutt with one of her own. Her other two hands let go of the sword and punched either side of Yanael’s torso. Yanael was too close to use the sword anyway, but now that Patient Zero had let go of it, she could transform it into a bracelet again and use her fist to try and match the four-armed woman’s strikes.
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She could.
Patient Zero needed to use two hands to keep Yanael in a headlock and keep her from headbutting again. It had only taken Patient Zero one exchange to figure out that Yanael’s headbutts dealt more damage to her than hers did to Yanael. It was because Yanael was fighting with sacred energy while Patient Zero was fighting with nothing but her physical body.
She also couldn’t release Yanael and let her step away since that would give her space to wield her sword again. While it had only scratched her skin, it was an advantage in the fight nonetheless.
However, the sword and shield weren’t Yanael’s only advantages in this fight. Her maid dress wasn’t made of simple fabric that did nothing to block the physical impact of Patient Zero’s strikes. It was part of her as a familiar and a Battle Maid variant. It couldn’t compare to the strength of her bones, but it was more durable than her skin. And there were several layers of cloth separating Yanael’s skin and Patient Zero’s knuckles.
If the battle had been determined by just that much and what each combatant had displayed so far, it would have strongly been in Yanael’s favor.
Unfortunately, Patient Zero was not that shallow of a being. There was more to her than taking a couple of hits and letting herself get trapped into a dogfight after trying to get out of the tent and toward the object coming her way as soon as possible.
Even so, her build, her four arms, her dense skull, her visual acuity and her compact muscles made her perfect for dogfights.
She was the last of her kind. The Ka were not all fighters, at least not until she was the last one. No people were solely made of fighters. If they were, they would not last long. But they were innately strong and versatile to the point where others found them dangerous by their mere existence.
Patient Zero was someone who survived others’ rejection of her kind. She was the lone survivor of their genocide and it had nothing to do with the whims or mercy of those who feared the Ka. They did not have the capacity for that, especially in death.
With her bare hands, she tore apart those who sought the destruction of her and her kind. And then, as if to escape the memories haunting her, she aimed to tear apart the sky and walk into the sea of stars.
She didn’t just try, either. She succeeded. She opened up a path beyond her world. She built the bridge between her world and the sea of stars beyond.
Unfortunately, it was a bridge that worked both ways, and before she could tear it down behind her, the Blight brought her back down to her world. The very same Blight that took over her world, save for a single mountain. The very same Blight that rendered all other living beings lifeless monsters with nothing but a thirst for more comrades tried to take control over Patient Zero, and it failed.
It seized control of her body, but her mind stayed mostly intact despite the Blight’s infection and the passage of millennia.
For thousands of years, Patient Zero had waged a cold war against not only the Blizzard, but also the Blight, and she had done it without moving so much as a muscle.
Her body was stiff and her movements were rusty.
It was only natural that Yanael had the advantage at the start. But if battles were decided by something as simple as a slight tilt of the scales, why train? Why sharpen one’s blade? Why hone one’s technique? Why improve one’s energy?
With each punch, Patient Zero shook the rust off her muscles and the dust off her skin. As if each strike dropped several stones off her body, Patient Zero’s moves became faster and faster.
Four glaringly white wings burst out of Yanael’s back in a gust of wind that sent the tent flying.
Right.
Another reason why Patient Zero wouldn’t lose that easily.
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She wasn’t alone.
