The Player is a Part-Timer

Chapter 9: Unruly Introduction

Yet, Something was strange, as she reached closer, she recognized that Gillian hadn't moved. Not concerned with her ever-accelerating self.

"You should remember..." Gillian pulled out a sprinkler bottle from her pockets, Koneko recognizing the similar bottle immediately, making a maneuver to get out of the way of the first wave of vapor.

Yes! She was present during their meeting with Riser. She remembered how Gillian took care of him, she would never fall to such an obvious trap! Devils are naturally vulnerable to holy water; if she gets hit by that, her strength would be reduced, and the pain would make her vulnerable to an attack.

"Never run head-on into a battle." Gillian pulled the trigger ceaselessly, aiming the bottle against the petite girl, and Koneko dodged the waves of "holy water" endlessly, maneuvering to her opponent's side in under a moment!

She prepared to end the battle with a decisive strike, yet, what came next she didn't expect!

'Dodge!' Unexpectedly, Gillian could follow her movements, simply leaning away from the strike with the smallest of motion. Yet, it was not all she could muster; she continued her endless barrage, starting a special combo!

Koneko was apt with martial arts, and with throwing techniques, in this match, she proved her agility to Gillian. Unfortunately for her, she couldn't match the high amount of agility of the player — even handicapped and holding herself back — and thus, her reaction time fell way behind Gillian's restricted one.

Indeed, she was a Rook, not a Knight like Kiba was. She had high defense and physical attack power, possessing the speed befitting of a tank character in exchange — still surprisingly agile and fast despite this fact, maybe because of her small body and martial arts training.

The small girl followed her attack with an uppercut, then using her momentum to make a spinning kick. It was like a dance between two equal sides, none could gain the upper hand over the other!

With each hit, the strength behind Koneko's strikes increased, as well as her speed in an attempt to catch her opponent off guard!

The air was booming around her tiny fists ceaselessly. Mixing all of this with martial arts, she was really a deadly opponent.

"How impressive!" Gillian leaned away again, sprinkling a small amount from her bottle towards the Rook piece each time she dodged a strike — making Koneko pull back sometimes, squinting her eyes angrily as it seemed Gillian was just messing with her, sprinkling her like of a misbehaving cat.

She recognized since the last strike, it was not holy water. Still, the stench the liquid gave away irritated her nose. Gillian was up to something! She knew it! But what was her devious plan? She just couldn't figure it out!

"Senpai... please, take me seriously!"

"I take every opponent seriously, Koneko-chan... like if fighting a God or the Maou himself." Gillian grinned under her scarf, dodging her again with just a hairbreadth.

"Why doesn't Gillian return the attack?!" watching the match, Issei was indecisive which side to root for. For Gillian — who until now just dodged the attacks — or the small Koneko who dominated the match — reaching closer and closer to hit the other side with each strike.

Both were Something akin to friends — Koneko due to being a fellow devil and the member of ORC and Gillian being a fellow "buddy" of culture.

"Ara ara! It seems Gillian-chan is pushed back."

"I hope she will not get injured..." of course, Asia was worried, disliking such violent competition.

Indeed, as it was depicted, Koneko reached closer and closer, and Gillian was forced to move from her stationary position, jump and roll away from the hard and egile strikes that were ever intense! With each moment, Koneko reached closer and closer, barely missing her with a pulverizing strike.