Chapter 34 – Duel [2]
Isolde didn't know how much time had passed since the duel began, but it was long enough for her to feel the drain through her body and essence.
The temperature of the room had risen to a blistering level, so hot her face was soaked with sweat, steam rising off her body, every movement made harder under the constant waves of heat slamming into her from Cassius.
Yet her face was grinning so wildly it looked ready to crack open.
'He is improving!'
She thought with a delight that surprised even herself, watching Cassius deflect her kick and parry her left hand before countering with a sharp elbow strike.
She barely blocked it, taking her distance. She exhaled, lungs struggling under the smoke, and looked at him.
The man wore the same wild grin as her, his face bloodied from the many times her fists had connected mercilessly. He had not yet managed to touch her face, though she couldn't say the same for her forearms, which were red and slowly swelling.
