Reincarnated in the Villainous Lust System!

Chapter 27: The duel part 2

[Enemy attack detected]

[Intitiating battle mode]

[You have a new quest]

[Quest: Defeat opponent]

[Reward: Mana control]

I blinked in surprise at the messages, I had to defeat Emily and the reward was mana control? I had been struggling to control the mana in my body for days now and the system was willing to give me as a reward.

Emily shot another fireball at me.

"Emily!" I yelled and jumped out of the way.

The fireball flew a few feet further in the air and dissolved into thin air.

It didn't travel far and burn down the fence like the ones she usually does. I thought. Maybe she's holding back.

Emily didn't stop at that. "Fireballs!" She yelled and shot two more fireballs at me, I scrambled to get out of the way and in the process, I stumbled and fell.

"Emily stop!" I shouted but Emily was in the air that instance.

"Fire spear". She shouted and the fire from her hands took the shape of a long spear, she pointed the triangle shaped head at me and struck down with all her might.

I rolled out the way just in time and kicked her side.

The reward for wining against her was mana control, I wondered what the punishment for losing was.

"Stop attacking me Emily!" I yelled and crawled away from her hastily.

"Fight back!" She shouted at me. "Use the magic you want to use so bad".

"I can't!" I shouted back but she was already running at me again.

"Fire spear!" She shouted and the long flaming rod appeared in her hands again.

I had never seen Emily use her magic like this before, she had only ever used fireballs and a fire whip. Although she told me there were other more advanced and more effective moves, however she said they were higher level and she hadn't mastered them yet.

I wondered why she was using unmastered moves now, could it be that she was too angry to exercise caution?

I also wondered what would happen if she lost control of one of the techniques, that might spell the end of the two of us.

"Emily!" I shouted again and got up hastily. "This is ridiculous!" I pulled out my knives.

Emily stabbed the fire spear at me repeatedly but I blocked each one with the knives but they were no match for raw magic, they soon flew off uselessly to the side.

"Ha!" Emily shouted smugly and her eyes lit up. She jabbed the firespear at me with huge force.

I jumped away and looked at her crazed eyes.

This woman is trying to kill me! I realized with a mixture of surpise, confusion and fear.

Emily had murderous intent in her eyes and she threw the spear at me with all her might. I dodged the spear but it brushed my shoulder, burning through the clothes and scalding my skin.

Owwww!

I yelled as pain seared through my body. "What is wrong with you!" I yelled at her.

If Emily heard what I said to her, she didn't show it, she immediately drew a symbol in the air.

"Cage of fire!" She shouted and four identical poles of fire rose from the ground vertically around me. The poles continued to grow longer and then they branched.

I realized too late that the flames were forming a cage around me. Just then, the poles of fire stopped growing, they shot back into the earth twice as fast as they shot out.

Emily hands exploded in front of her and she cried as she was lifted off her feet and thrown into the wall of the house.

Ahhhhh!

"Emily!" I shouted and ran to check on her but as soon I got near her she got to her feet and held one hand out at me.

"Fight me". She said, panting. Her voice was ragged and her face was covered in soot and ashes.

"I don't want to". I said helplessly.

"If you want me to reach you magic, then i have to be your master and you, my student". She replied, her hand was still aimed at me.

"I agree". I said. "You'll be my master".

"When your master says don't train, what do you do?" She asked.

"Obey". I replied in a low voice.

"What did you do last night?" She asked.

I said nothing and looked at her silence.

"What did you do?!" She repeated.

"I disobeyed". I replied.

"Pick up your blades". Emily said in a grave tone. "You will learn obedience".

"Emily". I said in a measured tone.

0Pick up the knives Levi". She repeated.

I saw the she wasn't about to budge, I sighed and went to pick up my knives.

As I bent down to pick them, a fireball came flying straight at me.

Ahh! I shouted in panic and raised my knife to the fireball, air shot out of the knife and fanned out the flames.

I stood up and stared at my knives, then I stared at Emily again. I had been struggling to bring out air in the right amount all this while and I just did it with ease.

Emily didn't give me time to celebrate however.

"Fire whip!" She shouted and twin whips of flame came out of her two hands. She snapped them threateningly at me.

I tried to think of an air technique but I knew none.

"Air whip?" I said uncertainly but nothing happened.

Emily suddenly rushed at me, swinging at me furiously with her flame whips, I ran for my life, dodging the flames like my life depended on it.

Well it does. A voice in my head said and I shook my head, trying to get rid of it.

Emily continued her relentless assault on me with her flame whips until one of them caught me on the neck, sending a stinging pain spreading through my body.

"Arghhhh!" I gritted my teeth to muffle my cry of pain.

The sting snapped something in me and I stared at Emily with anger, if she wanted a fight so badly, I would give her.

Emily saw the look in my eyes and smiled. "Flame knife" she said and rushed at me, I willed air to coat my knife but only the tip ended up being covered.

Just the tip. I thought and almost smiled.

Emily descended on me but I was ready, I met her blow for blow and parried all her attacks, sending some of mine.

She raised her hand to slash me with the flame knife, then I saw the opening, an opportunity for me to attack.

I dodged the strike and stepped into her, one quick slash to her arm made her retreat in pain, then I stepped closer and hit her jaw with my elbow.