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- "Wonderful."
- Raising her chin a little, Violet offered a bow to her floating father.
- "I'll make great use of it father." The Archon's daughter soon switched her attention to her friend, nodding at her statement. She then turned her gaze back to Zaruma.
- "Before I leave father, do you wish to spar a little? Do not expect me to scratch you-- but I would like to know how strong I have become."
- "It's important for me."
- (Violet)
- A nod of acknowledgement was given to her words.
- While he was concerned that in her captivity, the lies of Jianghese would get to her, he was rather glad that it was exactly the opposite. There was faith in her mission, considering that she chose to report back to him.
- "Very well. I wish you luck in your endeavours. Do remember that nothing matters more than your own life - if it comes to it, leave their settlement if you see that you can no longer stay to pick out their people."
- Although, with a pause, he heard out her request. To spar against her father? It was understandable why, albeit slightly surprising, but he'd abide nonetheless.
- "I suppose I'll spoil you a little by giving you what you want."
- A remark with a wry smirk upon his expression, if only to continue.
- "Let's step into the field, then."
- (Zaruma)
- Neytiri is now observing Violet
- Violet chuckles.
- "We shall see, we shall see." Retrieving her bow from her back, the Archon's daugted smirked. This will be interesting for sure, does she stand a chance against her father's brute strength and speed?
- Violet's weapon of choice was a composite bow made of Mythril and Orchilacum, fancy purple runes could be seen and if Zaruma could recognize it-- the rune of a certain Lust Sin was on her daughter's bow.
- It was naturally making Violet a little more … aggressive in combat but not too much!
- Flames and lightnings would soon emit from her form to merge together and create supercharged electricity with an impressive amount of heat. Settling into her fighting stance, Violet was ready to fight.
- (Violet)
- A practice against his own daughter - she had certainly grown strong enough to actually request such a thing. Now, what sort of a father he would be to decline her willingness to test herself like that?
- Yet, although she's his daughter, it didn't mean that he would hold back. There was no allowance of weakness in their family, and Zaruma knew that much - he needed to make an example to his protégés, one that they would be able to properly follow.
- The winds surrounded him in caressing cloak that was much akin to a shroud; it defied friction around him, cutting through atmosphere and reality alike as a shield. If looked upon closely, it'd seem that it might just deflect a spell or two- combined with the thrusters of wind building up around him, it was the superior speed he'd be granted with.
- And the peak of him becoming the wind - he was leaving Afterimages of himself, creating illusion of several Zaruma copies standing by his side.
- Was he moving this quick, or already defying the speed limits?
- Either of that, it was not his intention to exercise such, no- he was readying himself to practice the technique that Usiel had suggested to him before, to deflect the magic with the wind.
- "We shall."
- (Zaruma)
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- Your body begins heating up painfully!
- Your body begins heating up painfully!
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- Your body begins heating up painfully!
- Violet has rolled 1 or under: they may be captured!
- The battle was rather swift.
- While Violet had a good control of flames and lightning alike, it didn't live up to Zaruma's speed and overwhelming strength; at each turn, she was outclassed, and at each turn, he was faster to deliver the blow that would weaken her by the large margin.
- The flames had surely burned him, and lightning has proven to be quite the adversary, and yet-- the spells have razed her attempts to strike out against him, with the winds deflecting most of the spells.
- Certainly, some have managed to come through. Perhaps it's the issue with maintaining the proper stance for this long- but he needed to practice as well.
- "Could do better. I know you can do better."
- "Impress me."
- (Zaruma)
- "This was brutal."
- Violet rose back onto her feet, she couldn't Believe what happened here. Her father's movements were too fast for her to follow, in fact, she didn't know if she could see through this blur her father was.
- She had managed to shoot powerful waves of fire but-- Zaruma's strikes were so fast and devastating that she fell onto the ground under a minute.
- Staring at her opponent, she frowned a little.
- "I know I can do better … "
- (Violet)
- Neytiri is now observing Violet
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- Your body begins heating up painfully!
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- Your body begins heating up painfully!
- Violet has rolled 2 or over: they may escape capture attempts (unless otherwise specified)!
- Superior speed combined with grace of deflecting spells.
- That combination appeared to be a struggle for Violet. No matter how fast she fled, Zaruma was already there- no matter how many fires she launched at him, the wind cloak was there to deflect and block it.
- Combined with his speed and grace, he was able to stay afloat whenever the fires have covered the ground- much like Usiel has adviced him, he avoided the ground attacks while maintaining the assault. To top it off, he'd fly between the fires at each wave launched, prompting him to, quite frankly, dodge the attack entirely.
- Yet still, there were mild imperfections, all to flesh out with practice and honing of the skill. The art of Garuda was not easily grasped like this, in the late stages of his life, but he was still willing to keep learning.
- "You focus too much on aggression, but you leave yourself out open."
- "Pay attention to defence."
- (Zaruma)
- Despite Violet's efforts, despite her father's advices-- the teenager couldn't do much against the Archon.
- Too strong, too fast, it was clear she wouldn't defeat him this evening … in fact, would she ever put him down? The Archon's daughter had managed to pull of a series of powerful spells against her father, it was clear Violet was hitting hard.
- But she was frail.
- Violet could see her father's efforts to attempt and dodge her powerful waves but even unsucessful, he put her down with relative ease. One could find this depressing, Violet thought it was inspiring.
- She knew her father was not born as the powerhouse he is today, like the others, he slowly evolved and became what he is today. I will do the same if not better …
- Getting back onto her knees, Violet offered a slight bow to the Archon.
- "Thank you, father. You taught me humility." She chuckled. "Next time, I'll make sure I'll do better."
- (Violet)
- The winds have stilled, and soon enough, they all fell down.
- A shield, a barrier that persisted around him was no more, and his movement had seemed to be... calming, no longer generating the afterimages of his own visage all around himself. The superior speed he wielded was toned down, in a favour of holding a simple conversation with his daughter at this point.
- Besides, he has had the practice he wished for. There was no need to continue, for now.
- "You will rise further, Violet."
- "Even now, your flame burns hot and your lightning strikes true. I have no doubt that you'd become a powerful magi- and once you tap into the power of Chaos, you'll grow beyond this."
- "But you managed to impress me already. Your magic is already strong. Keep going like this, and no doubt you'll surpass many powerful magi that stand today."
- (Zaruma)
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