Versatile: Alternate World

Lina looked at Queen Tanya but she didn't respond. She glanced at me, waiting for my response.

"I am not against this matter. However, I am not the one who should decide whether she wants to fight or not. Lina is not my slave and even though she is my maid, she has her own free will to do what she needed to do. I don't have anything to say on it to her and I won't force her for a mock fight."

"Master, don't worry. I wish to partake in this battle. I haven't gotten to properly use my new abilities in battle after I got a class up. I want to see how much I have improved."

...

After the discussion, Queen Tanya went with Tina to the preparation rooms. Since the castle had its own private arena which is usually used only for practice by the knights and sometimes with Queen Tanya if she is bored. Lina geared up her skills. I didn't interfere with what skills she wanted to use, she only asked for some recommendations.

"Oh right, I asked Mother earlier to create an item that can allow you to carry multiple weapons. Unlike me who can change the form of my weapon in any form I want, you have to manually reequip a new weapon to properly fight back. She managed to create a new item and I think this is perfect for you.

[Versatile's Baldric]

Type: Gadget

Info: An item that allows the user to carry multiple weapons at once. It comes with the normal baldric that is used to carry a sword but this one is capable of carrying daggers and throwing knives and the hip baldric that allows carrying short swords and short axes. It also has a bonus holster in case the wielder is also a gun user. Made for Versatile class that struggles in weapon swapping.

Note: A new invention made by a lovely woman. Compared to her son, she makes quality goods of items. You will be certain you are using a top and quality item! The system vouches for this!

'F*CK YOU SYSTEM. IF YOU HAVE A REAL BODY, I WOULD LITERALLY RIP YOU TO SHREDS WITHOUT MERCY.'

Lina accepted the [Versatile's Baldric and equipped it. Since this is just a mock battle, the weapons that will be used are just the prototype weapons supplied in the arena. They are not lethal and they only deal 1 damage per hit.

"Will I be fine in this battle, Master?"

"Heh, why are you asking me that? You already know the answer and it all depends on how you achieve that today. I will not jinx it so make sure to win."

Lina smiled and she nodded. She equipped all the weapons necessary for her classes and went out of the preparation room to wait for Tina to appear.

After helping Lina in her preparation, I joined Queen Tanya in the spectator's stand. Of course, she is sitting on her own chair with her servants. She really likes to flaunt her authority though not in a boastful way.

"You want a seat too, Bladeheart? I can procure you a comfortable seat to your liking."

"Ah, no need, Queen Tanya. As much as you want me to sit on a chair similar to yours, I don't think I am going to be comfortable with it."

The horn sounded in the arena, signifying the beginning of the battle. Compared to the player arena where the opposing player must kill the opponent to win, the two will have to clash in battle and reduce a hundred HP on the opponent. The first who will be able to reduce a hundred HP to the opponent will be the winner. Since the weapons can only inflict 1 damage no matter if it was critical or not, it will only have 1 HP damage. Even spells are also going to only inflict 1 damage. That restriction was done so that accidental killing wouldn't be possible.

Tina pulls out her sword and gracefully wields it. Lina who learned a lot in my playstyle most of the time didn't pull out her signature weapon which is the morning star but used magic and fired it off to Tina.

"[Lightning Rain]!"

Lina quickly released a barrage of lightning down to Tina.

Tina is quick on her feet and immediately dodged all of the lightning strikes, allowing her to get a good way to close her distance to Lina. When she is on the 5-meter mark, Tina quietly goes into stance and performed a [Piercing Strike.] It was a fast-piercing-type sword attack. Although it is not a perfect method, it is used widely in quick and surprise attacks. It is pretty much the common method to deliver an attack in a distance and quickly close the gap between the two enemies.

Lina didn't flinch and immediately countered the attack with her dagger. She only needed a bit of a second before she reacted and blocked the incoming attack. Without even a warning, a painful punch hit on Tina's side and as an insect person, their body is very sensitive. So when Lina punched through Tina, Lina immediately defended her body as she retreats a bit far from her.

"Not bad, but I think you needed enough experience on this one," Lina said, as she gets herself ready."

"Heh, don't get cocky. Just because you managed to block me doesn't mean you will be able to defeat me like that."

"Less talk, more fight!"

Lina made a confusing movement and disappeared before Tina. As opposed to the reaction I expected from Tina, she remained calm and collected. Lina didn't appear on her back as most combatants do and strike on Tina's open side.

PENG!

The sword and the prototype morning star hit each other. Tina's defend was precise in that she didn't struggle immediately going from defensive to an offensive stance.

"HUP!"

Tina leaps up in the air and spins while pointing at Lina. It was so fast that even Lina who is usually quick to defend didn't get to react and was hit by the 15 hit attack head-on.

Tina continues to deal with an assault on Lina with her quick blows. Even though she is using a normal sword, it was like she is using the normal sword-like how a rapier would work. Despite Lina getting damaged with 15 flurries of blows, she managed to defend the follow-up attacks of Tina with her weapon.

Lina quickly distanced herself from Tina and cast another elemental skill, [Twister Gust], exclusive only to the Elementalist Battle Maid. Compared to her other Elemental Skill, [Dragon Breath Tornado], the former is quite weak while the latter is too strong that I doubt anyone can be strong enough to face it head-on. So why did Lina use [Twister Gust] instead of [Dragon Breath Tornado]?

It was due to the [Twister Gust] being capable of unleashing a flurry of attacks. She can do at least more than 25 attacks in one spell. The [Dragon Breath Tornado] is a burst attack and it only has 5 hits. Of course, it was a pretty strong skill if used, however, this is not a burst damage attack. Even if Lina used the [Dragon Breath Tornado], the damage will remain into 1 always and since it only has 5 hit counts, the registered damage will also be 5 as well. Since the battle was supposed to be the first one to drop the opponents' HP to 100 will win, Lina used the weak spell to accumulate enough damage.

Since the [Twister Gust] is instant cast, it was quick and Tina didn't get to notice the magic circle appearing beneath her feet before the strong gust of wind blow her off the ground.

"KUH!" Tina covered herself but due to the [Twister Gust]'s 25 hit count, she didn't manage to block a single blow and received 25 damage.

She might have damaged Lina first and chipped off 15 HP from her health bar butt Lina managed to chip off 25 HP damage. Tina is powerless up above the air so even though she tried her best to get off, she didn't get to move.

Lina took the opportunity and fired off a few range spells on Tina, receiving additional 6 damage. As soon as the [Twister Gust] undergoes a cooldown and the attack stopped, Tina took this opportunity and raised her hands in the air.

"You are not the only one capable of attacking multiple times! Take this!"

White strands of light appeared and immediately target Lina. Lina frowned as she quickly dodges the white strands of light. I immediately noticed that attack spell. I can't be mistaken about it due to how frequent I have seen in Queen Tanya's hard battles before. This is one of her signature moves. To inquire about it, I immediately feigned surprise and amazement. The surprise is fake since it's not really surprising. However, I am amazed is genuine. After all, this move is one of the hardest to master out of all Queen Tanya's trained spells. I even failed to master it even though I relied on my eidetic memory before. So only those who are geniuses capable of handling the power as well.

"Queen Tanya, am I seeing wrong? Isn't that the [Rainfall of Sirius]?"