Battling Blades Review Novels & Stories

The blade inside was a bright silver, and from just staring at it he could tell the blade was extremely sharp. He tested it by swinging the blade outward and halting it before it touched the walls. “It's so smooth, and light. I like this one.” Rainer took a few more practice swings, it felt like the katana was made for him to use. The grip was perfect, the weight was light, and the length was just right. In the middle of a swing the intercom interrupted his concentration "Number seven hundred, please report to the arena. Your fight is about to begin in twenty minutes. Please be sure to make your final preparations." said the voice

The steel settles into place with a smooth click. My eyebrows rise as I flex my fingers. “Damn. That's pretty fucking smooth.” The metal slides like nothing I've ever seen before. Its smooth anatomical design makes it feel like an armored second skin. Like it belongs there. Elliot pushes away from the wall. “Looks good. Now let's see how well you can fight with it.” I slash experimentally through the air. The blades whistle. Sharp. Deadly. Efficient. “You sure you want to risk it. Wouldn't want to ruin your pretty face.”

I sprinted towards it, yanking it free just as the next wave of Tainted surged forward. This blade was heavier, but its reach would give me an advantage. I swung it with both hands, cleaving through the nearest Tainted’s arm. The creature howled in pain, but I didn’t stop. I slashed and stabbed with ferocity, each strike more desperate than the last. I could feel my muscles burning, my movements growing sluggish.

With a guttural growl, he lunged towards Axe, his movements fueled by a surge of adrenaline. Time seemed to slow down once again as the knife gleamed in the pale moonlight, and Axe's senses heightened, his mind processing every detail in rapid succession. He could feel his heart pounding in his chest, each beat thundering through his veins, as his body prepared to face this new threat. Reacting with a lightning-fast reflex, Axe instinctively twisted his body to the side, narrowly evading Kaine's lethal strike. The knife sliced through the air, as it missed Axe's by an inch of his hair.

The speed of his swing also caused the previously wedged log on his axe to slip and ricochet off the pillar it hit behind. Ok, that might not be the best attempt, but now, Zen confirmed that ‘Bladeless’ worked on anything. In fact, the combo points did not appear to have a limit for the time being because Zen simply wasn’t skilled enough to test its limitations. For now, he looked over to the pile of firewood that required chopping. The axe might be dull, but it certainly was better at cutting wood than the wooden sword. Zen might be able to return the wooden sword to Ben without destroying it this time. His only concern was how long it would take for him to finish chopping all five hundred

We continued like that for a while. Knives first. Then he switched to short practice blades closer to small swords. The weight difference was immediately obvious. “These are closer to what you’d carry in a real fight,” he explained. “Short swords are faster.” I tried a few movements. Nearly dropped the blade. Bastian caught it easily. “Relax,” he said. “I’m trying.” He studied me for a moment. “You know what your biggest problem is?” “What?” “You expect to fail.” The words surprised me.

"It seems that I'll have to use all I have this time." The sword light flashed, and besides holding onto the Dual Blades of Fire and Ice, Omar was biting onto his third sword, the Blade of Wind. As soon as the Blade of Wind appeared, Omar's entire momentum also changed. The air in their surroundings sounded as if sharp blades had slashed it, and it was frightening.

The tunnel beyond the chamber stretched on for what felt like an eternity, the darkness pressing against them like an unseen force. The only light came from the faint glow of the two enchanted blades they carried—Elior’s Veliblade and Rael’s newly claimed sword. The crimson veins along its length pulsed with an eerie rhythm, as if responding to Rael’s very heartbeat. For a while, no one spoke. The tension of the battle still lingered in the air, and the presence of Rael’s weapon was undeniable. It was not just a blade, it was something more, something aware.

i cursed under my breath. The next thing I saw was one of the blade flying towards me with a chain attached to its handle.Then time slowed to a snails pace. While the blade was flying towards me at slow motion i took some seconds to acess the blade.The blade was pure black in colour and it had uneven edges with the middle part of the blade having some indiscernible inscriptions sparkling orange color sparks.The chains on the handle of the blade seem to be connected to his wrist like Spiderman's web.And i don't know how he did that.I side stepped the blade only to find the other flying towards where i was.It was at this point that i knew that it wasn't just some child's play.This guy was real

“This is perfectly safe” A few nervous laughs followed, shallow and unsure. “The swords have been equipped with non-lethal composite tips,” she explained, motioning toward the rounded, dark ends—elegant, polished, deceptively harmless. “They won’t draw real blood… just bruised egos…and…reveal who deserves to wear a crown next to the goddess Inanna..” She smiled and my fists clenched more. “Each blade is pressure-sensitive. One clean hit is all it takes to register a strike.” She continued with a light tone.