THE BATTLE OF 1000 SPIRITS

CHAPTER 19: THE SHADOW STEP

Myro who had just finished from the toilet opened the toilet door and planned to leave after cleaning his hands.

But Myro who was just standing in front of the men's toilet stopped his steps, he stared towards the front which should be empty without anyone standing there "Have you been waiting for me since? It is a great honor because a person like me can make a noble figure like a Marquis and a spirit who was a great figure in the past wait, I feel like an important person now".

Suddenly a dark shadow appeared in front of Myro, then the figure of Jirfa with the Marquis was seen.

Marquis Bonjer stared intently at Myro before smiling mockingly "Aren't you Myro Aras the Eternal Ice of Barga Kingdom? We haven't met in person on the battlefield before, who would have thought we could meet now, let alone you alone still alive. For a great person like you, I don't mind waiting any longer in front of the toilet. After all, you hate the Talem Kingdom that has destroyed the kingdom you once were, right? If there is no 1000 Spirit Battle, we might be able to become partners".

Myro shook his head "No matter if the 1000 Spirit Fight exists or not, we definitely do not become partners because I myself forgot all my grudges against the Talem Kingdom! Even compared to Talem Kingdom itself, I hate the nobility or the royal family in my territory that refused to be firm and resulted in the defeat of the entire kingdom. Marquis Bonjer, continuing talks like this only takes our time, why don't we start the fight earlier? I'm sure your purpose for coming here wasn't to greet me kindly, was it?".

Hearing Myro's question, the smiling Marquis Bonjer rushed towards him.

The power of rank 5 exploded from Marquis Bonjer's body, he took out the sword at his waist and prepared to attack Myro.

"As expected of a Marquis, in terms of strength you are quite good, but", Myro took out his spear which had been covered by a white cloth "All the moves you make are very clear, whether your target is attacking or where you're going to attack!".

Instead of attacking Marquis Bonjer who was in front of him, Myro stabbed his spear into the right side.

"But!".

The sound of an iron collision rang out, Jirfa's figure appeared on Myro's right side who was stopping his spear attack wearing a dagger "Master, now!".

Following Jirfa's shout, Marquis Bonjer slashed towards Myro who was busy holding Jirfa back.

"Dead!", cried the Marquis who slashed towards Myro full of killing intent.

"Shelf!".

The Marquis was shocked to find that his sword did not cut Myro at all, but rather Myro's legs were kicking his stomach.

Marquis Bonjer's body was thrown for several meters before crashing into the wall of the ship, Myro said coldly "Our strength is the same rank 5, he said, but there's still a big difference because you don't seem to be on the battlefield very often. As I said earlier, your movements are too visible".

"Don't be too arrogant, Shadow Steps!", cried Jirfa, his figure turning into a shadow on the ground that disappeared without a trace, it was quite difficult for Myro to sense his existence.

Myro looked around while trying to notice the whereabouts of the disappearing Jirfa, this time different from before as Myro did not feel the slightest bit of existence from Jirfa.

"Dash!".

Myro thrust his spear forward when he sensed the killing aura from there, the figure of Jirfa dodging Myro's spear was finally seen by the eyes. Despite failing to kill Myro secretly, Jirfa's body moved around Myro nimbly before arriving in front of him as well as directly slashing towards Myro's neck.

"Dash!".

Despite successfully stopping his deadly attack, a small slash wound still appeared on Myro's face.

"Wide, Ice Prison!", cried Myro again who made his ice sword spread around, trying to catch Jirfa.

Without hesitation, Jirfa leapt back to the side of Marquis Bonjer with less than a second to make him escape from the Myro ice prison.

Looking at Jirfa who had kept his distance, Myro threw away the ice sword in his hand and took his spear back.

"Shocking! From the very beginning I had thought you were very strong, yet I never expected you to be able to survive this far, the nickname Eternal Ice was indeed suitable for you. Although you are not the strongest ice magician I know, at least your ice magic is the fastest and unique of all the people I have met so far" Jirfa acknowledged Myro's abilities.

Myro blotted out the blood flowing from the small slash wound from the Jirfa dagger on his face "I am honored to remember all the spirits were once famous figures in the past, receiving a confession from a great person like you is an honor. Besides, I have to admit, you're really an expert as a killer, your every move is accurate to kill a target and the ability to disappear that you use so well that I can't find any trace of you. You must have been a great killer in the past".

"I am quite famous, even though my father is still far above me, I need to learn a lot more in order to successfully pursue his abilities" said Jirfa, then suddenly a dark black aura burst out from all over his body "I think our warming is over, next I will use all my strength, I hope you get ready".

Myro also raised his spear in response to the burst of aura belonging to Jirfa, slowly an Ancient Rune that covered the entire Myro spear shone "Since you use all your strength, I will not hesitate either! Better not underestimate me or you'll die!".

"Shadow Steps!", muttered Jirfa where her figure turned into a shadow again "Let me see how long the energy can last to continuously use ice magic".

"Don't worry, I'm not that weak to fall just because most use magic" said Myro who thrust his spear into the ground "Stop all the moves of my enemy, Freezing!".

The ground around Myro began to freeze and spread rapidly to the area of the ships around them. Passengers in rest cabins were shocked to find walls and toilet floors turning to ice, some of whom began fleeing the cabin in panic as they found out, that ice came from someone's fight. Most of the passengers here were neither fighters nor low rank fighters, so they were afraid of being drawn into Myro's fight.

After the entire ground in the room froze, Jirfa's once silent movements became audible. Every time he stepped on the ice ground, there would be the sound of ice cracking or beeping due to holding his weight.

Upon hearing the sound of the first ice move, Myro stabbed his spear towards it without hesitation.

"But!".

Again Jirfa held Myro's spear easily as if Myro's spear would not be able to hit him.

Myro did not panic at all to find his spear being held back by the 2 Jirfa daggers, however he had been prepared from the start since Jirfa had already stopped his spear attack many times.

"Es, spread out!", cried Myro who was ready from the beginning that Jirfa would catch his spear attack again.