Chapter 81: 53 – Progression

Time remaining until the armistice ends: ~995 years (Teyrin).

 

Amara grinned as the wind brushed over her back, followed by the echo as the dark troll's fists struck the floor behind her. As the troll’s fists bounced into the air, it used the momentum to bring its arms up to strike down at her again. 

As the clenched fists were changing direction, she prepared herself to activate her divine power, waiting until the last moment. 

Divine Body Strengthening!

Amara timed her strike, slapping the fists that were bearing down on her to make them strike the floor next to her. Once again feeling the brush of air that rushed past her, Amara looked up at the monster’s face as she chuckled. “Come on, Grumpy. You can do better than that.”

The dark troll growled in response as it opened its fists to grab her. With the heat surging up in her body, she leaped up and away, making her body revolve in the air to bring her legs out of reach from the giant hands. 

Landing on her feet three meters back, she grinned at Grumpy that growled in anger before it started approaching her. “Too slow!”

While Ezme was forced to spend a lot of time away, Amara had found that fighting was the best way to reduce her stress - to the point that it became addicting. When she first started training on her own again, she had held back quite a bit and been careful to avoid injuries. But with time she grew bored, and started wishing for more excitement in the fights. 

“Oops. Sorry!” Amara exclaimed as she struck Grumpy a little harder than she intended to, causing the bones underneath the thick skin to crack. She raised her palm towards the troll that was holding its broken forearm while mewling. 

Poor thing. Divine Regeneration.

[Ding!]