Leona Bares Her Fangs

Leona Jarnefeldt rolls 10 Monster Die for the enemies.

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-Bellum, The Western Grasslands near Lake Kyrie-

Wearing her green, white, and gold outfit with black bike shorts on underneath the skirt, Leona wore her Adaptable Armor on her torso and her Argent Gloves on her hands. She carried her Scout Laser Pistol in its holster on her right hip and her Silver Longsword in its scabbard on her left hip. In her right boot was Ses Revanche. After going to the Ishgar Symposium without adequate equipment and experiencing the unpleasant consequences of her lack of preparation she was not going to make that mistake again.

Leona walked towards the village she was sent to protect from a Viking raiding party and took a quiet breath as the wind picked up and blew her hair about. Bellum was needing every soldier they could get for operations going on elsewhere and they could ill afford to divert any of their forces to protect this village, so Leona decided to go it alone and deal with this raiding party without support. She was a Wizard Saint and was supposed to be strong enough to fight on her own.

Today she was going to prove that she was not a paper tiger.

As she approached her destination she saw that it was an ordinary village of wooden houses with nothing special about them. There were two main paths into the village and both of those paths were laid out in a straight line. While Leona could see into the village, anyone standing on the path could see out of the village. She was not worried about being stealthy... she wanted to draw the Vikings towards her and divert their attention away from the villagers, who were hopefully holed up in their homes instead of lying dead somewhere nearby.

Leona continued to approach the village and at thirty meters spotted six men wearing brown leather armor with white wolf pelts and carrying knives standing on the right path as if they were waiting for her. They spotted her and sprinted towards her with knives out in a tight formation with two men in the middle and two men on the left and right sides. Leona turned around and used a Zephyr Dash to put some distance between her and her targets because she was about to use a Wind Blast spell and did not want to run the risk of damaging the village with it.

Leona reappeared 100 meters later and turned to face her pursuers, then raised her right hand towards them. She prepared and cast a Wind Blast spell that hit all six men with a powerful blast of wind that did nothing to slow them down. She watched them approach and when they got close enough prepared and cast an Air Burst spell, sending a visible cone of wind towards her opponents. Two of the men were hit by the Air Burst and fell to the ground, but the other four saw the incoming spell and scattered before they could be hit. The four survivors immediately went on the offensive, approaching her from both the left and the right in two-man teams.

Leona jumped back a single leap and drew her Silver Longsword, then stepped forward and slashed at the first man on the left to get close to her. She caught him with a slash to the torso that cut him from the shoulder to the hip, causing him to yell in pain and do a 180-degree spin before falling to the ground. His partner immediately attacked her in a series of knife slashes that were aimed at her face, throat, and arms. Leona dodged all of his attacks but took four hits to the right arm, one of which made her feel the sensation of frostburn near her elbow. Seeing that she was surrounded, Leona turned and ran to avoid being encircled, taking another hit to her left arm just below the left pauldron of her Adaptable Armor as she ran.

The Wizard Saint ran for forty meters and got the space she needed to prepare a counterattack. The three men ran towards her and Leona wiped her sword off on the grass at her feet, then sheathed it and faced the lone man approaching from the left who was roughly twenty-two meters away. Using her Sonic Slash spell, she then dashed towards the target in a "flash step" and reappeared in front of him, slashing at him with her right hand coated in sharp wind. The slash caught him in a left-to-right strike across his midsection and cut him deeply, causing him to scream and clutch his wound before falling onto his back and expiring moments later.

Leona turned to face the other two men and saw them running back towards the village. She let them go for the time being and took a moment to think about her next move.

They likely had wanted her to follow them into the village so that she would run into other Vikings waiting for her and be overwhelmed by sheer numbers.

Leona would do no such thing.

She spent a few more seconds in thought and then walked towards the village. She was going to let as many enemies as possible come to her so that she could fight them on terms more favorable to her. Leona did not have to wait long for more enemies to appear because sixty meters away she spotted a burly man wielding two axes and two more knife-wielding men running straight for her.

Leona stopped where she was and waited for them to approach her so that she could make a powerful counterattack when they were too close to her to retreat.

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Leona waited until her enemies were within thirty meters of her, then prepared and fired an Air Pressure spell with her right hand at the burly Viking. The horizontal column of compressed air hit the target but did not seem to have any effect on him. Leona stood her ground and prepared an Air Burst spell, then cast it at him and the two knife-wielding men to his left and right. The burly man was hit, but his colleagues dodged the cone of wind by sprinting to the side and avoiding it at the last second. The enemies soon closed with her and Leona remained calm as she turned around to face the way she had walked to get here and used a Zephyr Dash to get away from her opponents and give her some room to plan a counterattack.

Leona reappeared 100 meters later and turned around, then quickly aimed herself at the axe-wielding man as he ran towards her without stopping. She used a Sonic Slash spell to perform a "flash step" that put her in front of the man, then slashed horizontally left-to-right at his midsection. The attack cut him deeply, but he still remained on his feet long enough to try for one last attack. He responded to the Sonic Slash by trying to bury the ax in his right hand in her face before he expired.

She jumped back to avoid the descending axe and when it missed saw him fall to his knees, then fall onto the ground and lay motionless. Once she was sure he had been defeated she spun around and faced the knife-wielding man who was rushing at her, then drew her Silver Longsword. She received a slash to her right arm in a place not covered by the Argent Gloves, but Leona exacted revenge when she took a single step forward and slashed at the man with a two-handed diagonal slash from right to left, cutting him across the chest and creating a wound that hurt him badly. He immediately lashed out with a knife aimed at her throat, but Leona stepped back and retaliated with a one-handed diagonal slash at his torso that created another deep wound... this time the sword attack killed him and he fell to the ground never to move again.

The remaining enemy had not been idle while she was dealing with the other knife-wielding man. He moved in and attacked the Wizard Saint with a flurry of knife slashes aimed at her face and throat that she proceeded to dodge with well-timed backsteps and sidesteps. He finished his flurry with one last strike aimed at her throat. Leona raised her left Argent Glove to block it. The knife bounced off of the left Argent Gloves with a CLANG and Leona lowered her left arm. The man quickly backed away and started to retreat as she spotted two knife-wielding men approaching her from the village.

Leona turned to face them and prepared and waited until they were twenty meters and closing, then cast a Wind Blast spell with her left hand that hit them and made them fall to the ground, never to rise again. Leona turned to face her opponent again and saw him ten meters away from her. She saw him begin to spin with enviable grace, then saw him throw a knife aimed at her face with incredible accuracy during the spin. Leona ducked under the knife just in time and jumped to her feet, then rushed at him. He rushed at her and the two began to fight.

Leona swung at him with her sword but missed when he stepped back to avoid the blade. He came in swinging with his two knives, slashing at her face, throat, and the areas of her arms not protected by her Argent Gloves. Leona did a series of backsteps and sidesteps to avoid the flurry of attacks and avoided them all, then took a big step back and prepared a Wind Bullet spell with her left hand. The opponent lunged forward and lashed out at her left arm just as she fired, causing the Wind Bullet to fly over his head and into the distance.

She lowered her arm just in time to avoid taking a hit and slashed at him with her sword, hitting him on the right arm and cutting him but not stopping him. He spun to face her and made another series of rapid attacks aimed at any vital place not covered by armor. She dodged all of the attacks and he finished up with a lunging stab aimed at her right leg. Leona sidestepped it with a step to the right, then took a big step forward and slashed at him with a two-handed diagonal slash aimed at his right shoulder.

She hit him with the slash just as he turned to face her in order to launch another series of attacks. The slash cut him from his right shoulder to his left hip and he yelled in pain before falling to the ground. Leona took a moment to catch her breath before she turned to the right and started walking back to the village. Everything was going her way right now, but she did not know how many more opponents lay in wait for her in the village.

The Wizard Saint had walked the 100 meters she had covered with the Zephyr Dash when she spotted more enemies heading her way. There were two knife-wielding men followed closely by a trio of red-haired Vikings wearing brown leather armor and carrying axes.

Leona stopped and took a moment to power herself up with her Forceful Tempest spell. When it was ready the swirling column of air that had surrounded her expanded outwards, leaving her hands and feet covered with a faint aura of silver magic that swirled about as if hinting at the power she had just tapped into. She then faced the enemies and braced herself for another tough fight.

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As the quintet of new enemies rushed at Leona the Wizard Saint wiped the blood off of her sword on the grass and put it back in its scabbard, then remained where she was. She was not going to retreat from them this time. She was going to take the fight to them... after thinning out their numbers, of course.

Leona stood her ground until the enemies were within ten meters of her, then raised her right hand and cast a Wind Blast spell at them. The two knife-wielding Vikings saw what was coming and dodged by turning and sprinting out of the way, but the three red-haired Vikings had built up too much momentum to change direction and were hit by the spell. They all fell to the ground never to move again.

The other two opponents rushed at Leona and she aimed herself at the first of them. She used a Sonic Slash spell to disappear in a "flash step" and reappeared in front of the man, slashing at his midsection. The slash hit and wounded him deeply, causing him to scream in pain and clutch his bleeding midsection wound with both hands before falling onto his back and lying motionless on the ground.

The other knife-wielding Viking approached Leona from behind and circled around to her right side, then began a flurry of knife swings. Leona turned to face him and began to dodge, ducking under one of the swings to use a Lion's Tail Sweep technique. He saw what she was doing and jumped over the sweep kick, then resumed attacking. Leona recovered from the technique and began sidestepping the knife swings until he backed off for a moment.

She took the opportunity to take the fight to him instead of waiting to be attacked. Leona sprinted at him and started off with a Storm Impact spell cast a meter away from him. He was caught in the radius but was not daunted by the spell. He went on the attack and started swinging his knives at her, aiming for her face and throat with each swing. Leona dodged them all until he lashed out with a knife slash aimed at her throat.

She ducked under it by a margin so slim that she heard the knife WHOOSH over her head and felt his hand brush against her hair as it passed overhead. She ducked under the knife slash only to be kicked in the face, taking a boot to the right cheek. He backed off from her to put some space between him and her, but distance was not going to save him from the Wizard Saint.

Leona stood up and leaped up straight into the air, then descended on him with a Meteor Jump Kick technique aimed at his face. She descended too fast for him to dodge and hit him directly in the face, her heel connecting with his right face cheek and forcing his head far to the right. Leona heard the sound of his neck breaking from the sudden force of the kick applied to his face and he crumpled to the ground.

After delivering the lethal kick she landed on both feet and one hand in a three-point landing, then stood up straight and faced towards the village, where she saw more enemies heading towards her. This group consisted of three more red-haired Vikings, two more knife-wielding Vikings, and a axe-wielding burly man. Leona took a quiet breath, tried to keep the surge of adrenaline under control before it ran away with her and made her do something stupid, and took a moment to plan what to do about them.

If she were not so close to the village she would cast a Silver Tempest spell to hit them all at once, but the radius of the spell was so wide that the village would get caught in it too. Leona's job was to protect the village, not destroy it. As a result her Silver Tempest and Razor Tornado spells were not an option. However, Leona still had plenty of other options to use against her enemies.

She had her weapons, her other spells, and her techniques. Leona lacked a lot of things, but she was not lacking for ways to defeat her adversaries. She just had to keep the adrenaline-fueled side of her brain from clouding her judgment and slow down to think about how to use the tools she had. While the Wizard Saint weighed her options her enemies continued to advance towards her, but that was little cause for concern. They were playing right into Leona's hands... the closer they were to her the less likely they could retreat to the shelter of the village to prevent her from attacking them for fear of causing collateral damage.

To lure them further away from the village Leona waited until they got within seven meters of her, then turned around and used a Zephyr Dash to relocate 100 meters away. None of them disengaged from her after she did that... apparently they thought she was abandoning the fight instead of luring them away from any potential shelter, a misunderstanding that they would not live to learn from. They still kept advancing in her direction, so she prepared to take them on.

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The Vikings were moving towards her as fast as they could go in a side-by-side formation, but Leona was not worried. She was still eager to fight and had plenty of energy with which to fight. Leona waited until her enemies got to within ten meters of her, then raised her right hand towards them and prepared a Wind Blast spell. When it was ready she cast the spell, hitting all six of the Vikings in one casting.

The red-haired Vikings all fell to the ground like puppets whose strings had been cut, ending the threat they posed. The knife-wielding men and the axe-wielding burly man kept charging at her without regard for what had happened to their colleagues. Leona knew that the knife fighters had to go before she took on the big guy because they were swift and their knives hurt quite a bit. If she left them alone they could cut her to shreds while she was busy dodging the attacks of the burly Viking.

Leona aimed her body towards the knife-wielding man five meters to her left, then used a Sonic Slash spell to close the distance for a lethal strike. The flash step put her right in front of the target and she slashed at his midsection with her right hand. The slash hit and cut the man deeply, causing him to scream and fall onto his back with a deep wound. He expired moments later, leaving only one more knife user and the burly guy.

Leona spun around to face the remaining two opponents and was confronted with the last knife fighter, who had gotten in her face and was giving her everything he had. He started off with a slash aimed at her face, which Leona ducked under. She stood up and swiftly transitioned into a Lion's Tail Sweep technique, but he jumped over the sweep kick and retaliated when he stood up by lashing out at her with a knife swing aimed at her face. She quickly raised her left arm to block it but raised her left arm too high and caught a knife slash just above her left elbow that made her suffer from instant frostburn.

Leona attempted to retaliate with a Mach Straight technique delivered with her right hand, but the knife fighter leaned to the left and dodged the straight punch aimed at his face. Leona saw the ax-wielding man approaching from her right and jumped to the left, narrowly avoiding an ax swing aimed at her right shoulder. The Wizard Saint faced right and ducked under a thrown knife aimed at her face, then jumped backwards three jumps to put some space between her and the enemies.

Leona saw the knife fighter closing in on her and stepped forward to perform a Tornado Kick technique. She jumped up and executed the spin, aiming her right foot at his left cheek. She caught him in mid-run and kicked him with great force, causing his head to turn violently and for his neck to break from the force of the kick. He groaned and fell to the left, landing on his left side and lying motionless.

Leona recovered from performing the Tornado Kick only to be punched in the side of the head by the burly man. Her vision was jarred for a moment as she wobbled forward and took another hit to the back of the head from another powerful punch. The Wizard Saint quickly sprinted away from her attacker and put ten meters between him and her, then spun around and prepared an Air Pressure spell with her right hand. She prepared the spell and cast it, hitting him with the horizontal column of compressed air.

The burly Viking continued to run towards her and soon got within melee range. He lashed out at her with a swing of the right axe and Leona stepped back. She stood her ground and prepared a Silver Blade spell with her right hand, then cast the spell and swung the index and middle fingers of her right hand at her opponent. She cut him diagonally across the chest and opened a deep wound in his torso.

He swiftly retaliated with an axe swing aimed at her right shoulder and she dodged it by jumping back. He collapsed to his knees from the wound created by Silver Blade and glared at her for a moment, then fell to the ground. Leona took a deep breath.

She was not sure if the fight for the village was over, but she had gained the upper hand. She did not need to become complacent, though. There might still be Vikings in the village waiting for her to relax and stop being vigilant so that they could take her down with a knife to the throat or an axe to the face when she least expected it.

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-Three hours later-

Leona had combed the entirety of the village in search of any more Vikings who might have been waiting for her, but she had not found any. She had searched for three straight hours and had come up with nothing, so the only logical conclusion that she could reach was that she had wiped out the raiding party that had attacked this village. That conclusion made the Wizard Saint more than a little happy. Adding to her happiness was the fact that she had not had any help during this battle.

Leona had won this victory entirely by herself.

Leona had claimed victory without any Combat Pets, without any Summons, and without her longtime friend Samira Nassar at her side. She had triumphed by the strength of her magic, techniques, and weapons. No one could rightfully say that she had won against superior numbers only because she had had help from anyone or anything.

As the adrenaline started to let up a little Leona began to review her performance and felt like she had done a lot of things right this time.

She had brought enough equipment for the fight including a ranged weapon, she had been more aggressive in combat instead of hanging back and letting her enemies dictate the flow of the fight, she had kept the adrenaline-fueled side of herself under enough control to enable herself to make smart decisions instead of poor decisions, and she had held little back when she went on the offensive. Those were things she needed to keep doing in future fights. Those were things she should have done at the Ishgar Symposium.

Trying to shake off the negative emotions associated with that tragic event, Leona took a deep breath before she did one final sweep of the village to check for any enemies who had somehow evaded her last few sweeps. As she walked she began to form a more balanced view of her performance. For all of the things Leona had done right today she had still made a few mistakes.

One of the most glaring mistakes she had made was losing situational awareness. She had let two knife-wielding Vikings land several knife slashes on her arms early in the fight due to focusing too much on what was in front of her to the exclusion of anything around her. She needed to work on being aware of her surroundings at all times, not just when she took hits from the sides or from behind.

Another big mistake she had made was trading hits when she did not have to. In a way that fault was a drawback inherent to Wind Strike Magic, which required her to be in melee range to hit with her techniques. She had let the adrenaline-soaked portion of her brain take over and she was lucky that some of her opponents had taken the bait and engaged her in close-quarters combat instead of backing away and attacking from long range while she tried to close the distance to get in melee range.

All in all Leona was proud of herself for keeping the big mistakes to a minimum. She had not relied too much on her weapons and had balanced the use of weapons, magic, and techniques. She had retreated from unfavorable situations instead of trying to charge in and take on multiple opponents at once. She had also been unafraid to put herself at risk to take out more threatening opponents early rather than let them slip away and attack her again at a time of their choosing. Had she let those fast and agile knife users retreat to the cover of the village earlier they could have made the fight much more difficult than it had been.

There were still aspects of her performance that she needed to improve on, but this victory was one she had desperately needed to restore part of her low self-confidence and prove to herself that she still had what it took to be a Wizard Saint.

Being careful not to break her arm from patting herself too hard on the back, Leona voluntarily ended her Forceful Tempest spell and continued her sweep of the village. She would check it thoroughly before thinking about the return trip to Silver Wolf Guild Hall. Once she got back to Fiore she was going to go on a vacation within the next few days.

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