Chapter 713

Fran raised up a gear and attacked Biscot with the intention of settling the match. Although she hadn't used Black Lightning Rush yet, she had achieved great speed by using Awakening and some magic skills.

She's now capable of achieving this much speed without using her life-consuming trump card.

However, even though Fran's speed had become much faster than before, Biscot was beginning to react to her attack.

「Guard Shift!」

「Guh!」

Biscot used his shield to block Fran's attacks, and his body to block other attacks. And just like that, he managed to withstand the thunderbolt magic that Fran fired when she was away from him as well.

「Swing!」

「Too slow!」

「You're just too fast! I'll hit you with the next one!」

「Not gonna happen」

「I don't care if it's impossible, but I'm gonna try! Now, come at me!」

The frequency and amount of damage he takes from Fran should be much more than it was in the beginning, but Biscot's vigor doesn't seem to change much from when the match started.

He was still able to throw a sharp counter from time to time with a speed that did not match his huge body.

His fighting style was completely different, but his overall strength was probably equal to Mordred and Colbert. And in certain situations, he could be more troublesome than them.

Nevertheless, Fran still had the advantage. After all, Biscot's attack had yet to hit Fran.

He has a high level of skill with shields and an inhuman level of toughness. He has a tough personality that could encourage himself and his companions. He is the embodiment of the perfect shield user for fighting magic beasts.

In contrast to his defense, his attack was slightly inferior. Well, it was still powerful enough for a weaker opponent though.

He should have no problem if his opponent was a magic beast. With his solid defense, he can catch their attacks and counter them to deal damage. With his monstrous strength, he can deliver a blow with his mace that no matter what the opponent is, if it hits, they won't get away without an injury.

But in the end, that was all he got.

There are magic beasts that can move faster than Fran. But there's no magic beast that can use their speed like Fran, has the same level of technique as Fran, and can compete on the same level as Fran.

Biscot probably had no experience in fighting someone like Fran either. No matter how perfectly timed his counter was, he couldn't hit Fran.

「Tsk! There!」

「That was close」

「I got you!」

「Kuh!」

He almost got her. But gradually, there were more and more times when Fran used me to parry. And eventually failed to evade in time.

Biscot must have thought that it was time to go on the offensive.

「Spiral Bash!」

He unleashed an attack with his shield, which he had been saving until now. He must be thinking that it should be difficult to respond to such an attack for the first time.

But Biscot's full force attack did not hit Fran.

「What!」

「I've seen that attack before」

Fran had seen this kind of attack before and had been aware of it from the beginning. Her experience from fighting Dullahan, an evil person who used shield attacks had given Fran a premonition of this.

Also, in the Royal Capital, she had a chance to work together with Zephyrd of the Skywall, an A-Ranked adventurer who uses a shield.

Ironically, the shield technique that Biscot used was the same technique that Zephyrd had used. And once Fran had seen the technique, it makes it even easier for her to avoid it.

「You got me, huh!?」

「Fufun~」

Biscot seemed to have finally realized that he had fallen into Fran's trap.

In order to provoke Biscot to make a big move, Fran deliberately took his attack at the very last second to make him believe that she was being cornered.

To be honest, I had my doubts about whether it would work. If the opponent had been Mordred or Colbert, I think they would have seen through her.

But Biscot couldn't see through it. After all, he's someone that specialized in dealing with magic beasts. But that worked to his disadvantage this time.

「An opening!」

「Come!」

Biscot's stance is shaken as Fran manages to avoid his Spiral Bash. Even so, he still has plenty of room to maneuver, probably due to his confidence in his defensive abilities.

He must have thought that he should be able to withstand the killing blow that Fran would deliver and fight back. I also thought that Fran would use Heaven Judgement or Sheaths of Wind after activating Brilliant Lighting Rush. But to my surprise, she used something different.

Just before launching her attack, Fran grinned at Biscot. Fran's choice was not an all-out attack that would penetrate even Biscot's defense.

「Haah!」

「M-My feet...!」

Fran used her earth magic to transform the stage into a downward slope and froze Biscot's feet to the ground with ice magic.

The sudden change was a disaster for Biscot, who had been holding his ground for the attack.

Then Fran rushed into him by using magic release to accelerate herself from the higher ground.

Biscot managed to take Fran's attack with his shield, but it was also in Fran's plan.

「Shiiit!」

「Bye bye」

Fran then pushed him down the icy slope with a series of wind magic and there was nothing Biscot could do at this point.

『I-It's settled! What a shocking ending! I didn't think she would end the match like this! Fran the Black Lighting Princess, wins by a landslide!』

Even I didn't think that Fran would choose this method. Biscot was probably even more surprised than me.

『Fran, I have no idea how you came up with that idea』

(Me too, I just wanted to try various things)

It seems that she wanted to imitate Mordred and try out a different way of fighting. Well, it's a good thing to have choices other than brute force.

The result was a complete victory for Fran for being able to save her trump cards and wasn't too worn out. Well, it was the worst result for Biscot though.