Undead Beast Master: Living Solely for My Desires-Chapter 184: Edge of Victory

Sofia dashed with everything she had from the get-go. It was a bad idea giving Grace time to prepare.

Behind her, several rays of water appeared, all ready to attack in multiple directions. In reply, Grace smiled as she took a step back and willed dozens of golden threads to appear, surrounding Sofia.

Sofia, not showing even the slightest amount of hesitation or fear, slashed with her sword forwards.

One of the water rays reached her strike, while the others attacked in proximity.

Her sword, as well as the water, collided with the golden threads and managed to snap them.

"Oh?" Grace spoke with a hint of amusement in her voice. It seemed that the unwanted princess had more fight in her than others said was the case.

"No matter what, I'll win in the end." Grace flicked her fingers, sending more threads shooting out. At the same time, she started circling the arena, moving quickly to keep her distance.

Her threads were powerful and hard to control, requiring all ten of her fingers to wield. Because of that, she couldn't use a weapon or fight up close.

As such, her strategy was to keep as far away from her opponent as possible, while Sofia's goal was to close that distance.

With each step Sofia took, it felt as if the ground couldn't contain her power, cracks forming with every step she left behind.

Her legs weren't the only things moving, however, as her hands moved with blinding speed.

She was slashing so fast it appeared as a blur to the audience. But just because she was cutting down the dozens of threats in her way didn't mean she wasn't using force—in fact, quite the opposite.

Each attack was so precise that it was a wonder how she managed to keep up with the barrage for so long.

But she had trained for a long time for this moment, quite intensely at that, so she wasn't going to be an easy opponent.

'Ten left. Twenty right, about a dozen more from the back.' Sofia's mind was going into overdrive, trying to keep up with all the threats that were slowly closing in on her.

If her sword failed to reach the threat, then one of the water rays around her body would shoot forward and snap it.

"Shit," a quiet curse escaped from her mouth. While these water rays were certainly powerful, it took a lot from her to keep them maintained. It wasn't just mana, but the moisture from her body was slowly dwindling as well.

Of course, Sofia had drunk multiple liters of water before the start of the fight, so all she could do now was try her best and hope her enemy would tire out before her.

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"This is fun!" Grace shouted as her heart began to beat faster.

She halted her attacks on Sofia and began to gather the threads, weaving them together as they wrapped around one another.

One, five, ten, a hundred.

As the barely perceptible threads began to warp around one another, they visibly grew in size.

Sofia, taking advantage of the fact that the attacks aimed at her had stopped, closed the distance as much as possible.

But a second later, she was forced to stop, raising her sword in defense. The giant golden thread that Grace had finished wielding was ready and shot forward at Sofia.

It shot forward with such speed that it was like it broke through the sound barrier. Colliding with Sofia's sword, she gritted her teeth as she felt a powerful shockwave pass through her body and was sent back a few meters.

"If that's the case, I have a hidden trump card too!" Sofia exclaimed, as the number of water rays surrounding her body doubled, again and again.

The newly formed dozen water rays converged into one, it resembled a giant wave on dry land.

Feeling a dangerous amount of mana leave her mana core, Sofia shot forward like an arrow. As the wave wrapped around her sword,

Aiming to do as much damage as humanly possible, she jumped and slashed with both hands holding the sword tightly.

Her strength, amplified by the water wave and combined with gravity, struck the giant golden threads.

A ear-piercing crack was heard around the arena, as the audience was forced to cover their ears to prevent their hearing from being damaged.

This wasn't the only action they were forced to do, however, as their eyes squinted before they could even react.

Once Sofia's sword collided with the giant threads, numerous water arcs and golden rays exploded in all directions.

Some of them were aimed directly at the audience.

Some rose from their seats out of reflex, trying to protect themselves, while others closed their eyes in fear.

Fortunately, before any of the audience were hit, a magic barrier appeared and stopped all the attacks before they could cause harm.

"I am not done!" Sofia shouted. Her attack had barely managed to cut through the giant golden thread, but that didn't mean Grace was done. She began to attack with more threads as usual.

Sofia could feel that her mana core was close to being completely emptied out, but she hoped that this was the case for Grace as well.

Pushing past her limit, she forced her body to move despite the pain she was feeling.

Using everything she had and cutting the threads in her way, she came close to cutting Grace.

But just before her sword could reach, she was stopped as a few of the threads she had missed wrapped around her leg, preventing her from taking another step.

"You!" Sofia shouted as she gazed into Grace's eyes.

Her opponent looked tired as well, and yet there was one emotion that was easy to make out—excitement.

Grace was excited to fight such a strong opponent, being pushed to the limit.

But in the end, it seemed that she won, as making use of the fact that Sofia had been caught and the water rays around her seemed to have weakened, making them unable to cut her threads, Grace moved and twisted the hand with which Sofia was holding her weapon.

In protest, Sofia tried to break free with brute force alone, but her strength proved to be lacking as she was still locked in place.

Taking ragged breaths, Sofia looked around, trying to find a way out of the situation, but it was hopeless.

Her leg was caught, and her dominant hand that was holding the sword as well.

With each second that passed, Grace was using more and more threads to keep Sofia in place, and she, in turn, could only grit her teeth as she felt the threads going deep into her skin, causing wounds.

Not long after, the emperor's voice rang out, announcing the end of the match and Grace's victory.

As soon as the emperor's words echoed through the arena, the audience erupted into cheers as Grace released her hold on Sofia, who collapsed to the ground, completely spent.

Grace wasn't feeling much better, as her mana core had been exhausted so much that it had almost cracked.

She was forced to go beyond her limit to win the match.

Taking horse breaths, trying to calm down her beating heart, she gazed at Sofia.

"Monster," she muttered with a hint of sarcasm.

Shifting her gaze to the audience, who were cheering her victory, she chuckled quietly. 'And yet I won... I guess I am a monster as well