The Magician of Sound

Despite all the fights on the entire battlefield, the fiercest one was none other than Ria Ross against the shark, Marza. 

Both of them were close combat fighters that focused on offensive battle, leaving nothing to defend themselves. 

From the very first move, Ria utilized her most powerful form without hesitation. "Sword Saint Form."

Her body was soon wrapped in white light and a sword tattoo appeared below on her right eye. Five swords were hovering around her while she also wielded two swords. 

Marza squinted his eyes and said, "It seems you have become even stronger."

Without saying anything, Ria disappeared and attacked him. 

"Tsk." Marza clicked his tongue and covered his entire body with water. This layer of water was far stronger than Ria's swords as he simply raised his arm to block both swords. 

Ria never had any interest in his bullsh*t, so she decided not to say anything in this battle. 

Seeing her attack blocked, Ria took a step back and kicked his waist.

Normally, Marza wouldn't look at this kind of attack, but he found something interesting in her kick.

Another white blade, shaped perfectly to follow the line of her foot, emerged and hit his water armor. He waved his tail to smack the foot away before throwing a punch directly to her face. 

Suddenly, Ria's sword turned into a shield, protecting her from that punch. She then waved her other sword that soon changed its shape into a mace. 

Bam. 

The collision between the armor and the mace produced a clicking sound along with a small shock wave. 

"Kh. I feel that one." Marza gritted his teeth and punched her stomach. 

A plate of white armor formed before her stomach and contained the punch, albeit the force still blew her away. 

"…" Ria also felt the pain from the punch but didn't show any reaction to appear strong. 

"An ever-changing magic." Marza gradually understood Ria's magic, especially after a series of attacks. He never thought that someone could master something like this. He said, "How can you do something like this? Each shape is different and there are other details. And you're still fighting me in close combat…" 

Ria raised her head, looking down at Marza as if saying, "I'm stronger than you."

Marza took a deep breath and increased Ria's worth. He thought for a moment and formed another shape from his body armor. It was a blade. 

"I shall seriously fight you." He leaped to the front and waved his sword down. 

Ria took a few steps to the side before changing both swords into a glaive, striking his abdomen. 

Marza used more strength to increase his speed and struck the glaive, using gravity to help him. 

However, Ria simply overpowered him by summoning a pillar from the ground that hit the handle, launching the glaive into the air. 

With this boost, Ria knocked him away before stabbing him with the five swords around her. 

Marza raised his hands and tried to block his head that seemed to be the target of the swords. 

Boom.

Boom.

Boom.

The swords hit the arms in succession because Ria wanted to attack one same spot. And because of her strategy, there was a small gap between the water where Marza's arm wasn't protected by the water.

In other words, Ria managed to break through his water barrier. On top of that, there was a small scratch that led to bleeding.

"…" Marza felt the pain as his body started shaking. He could endure the pain, but he couldn't bear the humiliation of becoming the first to be injured. 

Marza's eyes turned bloodshot as the sword disappeared from his hand. He grabbed Ria's sword, so she didn't move and punched her on the chest. 

"!!!" Ria was surprised when Marza didn't raise his guard like earlier. She hurriedly struck his hand a few times in order to destroy the water barrier. 

Unfortunately, Marza's fist also hit her on the chest, blowing her away.

"Gah." She coughed a few times and looked at Marza's hand that was also bleeding. 

"Okay. I have decided. I am going to kill you!" Marza glared at Ria Ross and leaped forward. "Water Punch."

The punch released a massive horizontal water tornado and engulfed her. But Ria Ross wasn't someone who took the beating. Several white lights appeared from within and sliced the wave multiple times, revealing Ria's appearance. 

She was unscathed. 

"Hmph." Ria Ross harrumphed while waving her sword. 

A crescent-shaped white light ran through the ground, leaving a white trail as it passed.

This was Ria's usual attack, but the shark soon noticed the difference.

"Wait. This attack… Aren't you supposed to create the trail first? This attack formed the trail as it passed?" Marza knew that Ria's strength had gone to an unprecedented level.

She never thought Ria could become this much stronger within a year. He took a glance at Ria's people as well and noticed their increase in power. 

He was shocked because they had gone past his expectations. 

"Is this the human's adaptability that is said to be the reason they can survive and rule the land since ancient times?" Marza gritted his teeth. 

Of course, Marza hadn't taken into account their individual talent and the experience they had with Kai. 

They had constantly been pushing their limit just by becoming his teammate. Those three years in high school weren't a waste. If they hadn't met Kai, their strength would be limited like Haruko's. 

The one-year training they received from Leah was simply to let their talent bloom and reach its peak. 

With this newfound power, the entire group created their own fighting style that could surprise their opponents, making them shocked by their increase in power. This would create an illusion they were equal against them. 

If the sea monsters actually fought them in a battle of attrition, the girls would have lost. That was why Ayaka and Sofia gained those injuries. They needed to change the battle from attrition warfare to a flash fight, deciding the battle in an instant. 

And Ria, who already far surpassed them in the past, trained harder than anyone else to prove that her throne wasn't for them to take. 

She raised her swords and combined them together. 

The two swords turned into a spear and Ria thrust forward. "Extend!" 

The spear extended at fast speed, catching up with the shark's movement. 

"This is easy!" The shark stepped to the side, avoiding the spear. 

However, a Magic Circle suddenly appeared on the spear's handle, aiming at him. 

Another flying sword emerged from the Magic Circle and hit the shark.

"That is surprising, but…" The shark snorted and let the sword hit his water armor.

As one would expect, the water armor stopped the sword easily. 

"See, this is my po—"The shark turned back to Ria Ross, only to find her fist coming toward his face. "What?!" 

Bam.

The shark bounced to the ground a few times before stopping after thirty meters. He raised his vision and saw Ria coming toward him. On her hands were gloves coupled with blades, ready to break through his armor. 

"Shark in the deep." Marza gritted his teeth and placed his hand on the ground. 

Suddenly, the water burst out of the ground and formed a huge shark's head, moving forward to devour Ria. 

Although Ria stopped, Marza witnessed his shark split in half with Ria holding a long two-handed sword. 

"Seriously… This woman… She can use every weapon.. She is the one blessed by the sword."