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Chapter 10

Clara: Just kidding~

She answered with a dodge instead of an attack, making the defense of the shrine maiden wasted. After her feint, she returned to her attack and created another wound that will damage her soon.

Maria: Is that all you got? I was expecting more from a witch.

She called the guest that she was facing on her own, parrying a star that was launched at her with nothing but her thin rapier. Jumping between 2 bookshelves to reach a higher elevation, the woman that all librarians relied on stood her grounds easily. Her red suit fluttered in the wind created by her rapid movements and faced Marisa.

Marisa: Gotta say, you sure know a lot of tricks, wouldn't mind learning a few things from ya!

Maria: *Chuckle* Good luck with that goal.

Brandishing her mighty rapier, she jumped off of the bookshelf and defied gravity itself just to attack the witch. Fairly quick, she went out of the way and saw from the corner of her eyes the girl abruptly changing direction. As a rapid attempt to throw her off, she shot a Danmaku shaped like a star at her. Not slowing down she stabbed the bullet and attacked her with the side of the pointed blade.

Jenna: Y/N! Are you alright?

The one who only attacked once ran to the man who had to endure 8 attacks in a row. His body emitting smoke, he felt like he was on fire and his body wouldn't let him move from his spot.

Jenna: Crap, he's stunned.

Of course, unaware of his blessing, she placed herself next to him and was ready to take a hit just to make sure he wasn't attacked while he was in this state. The librarians and guests took a moment to recover some energy and the second waves of attacks began. With Y/N stunned, it was 4 librarians against 2 guests. Choices taken, they followed their plans and the fight resumed, new actions prepared.

First clash was Maria and the witch, still fighting. Many stars formed into the air and created a sky that the library would never be able to see otherwise. Shining brightly, it fell down onto her head. Attentive as ever, she swung her blade like a sword instead of her rapier and deflected one of the stars, jumping through the hole it was leaving. Above the curtain of bullets, she moved her thin weapon in a diagonal manner and intercepted a star trying to attack her in mid-air.

Maria: Too bad for you, I got enough experience with stars to deal with them, you gonna have to try something else!

Second clash was between Clara and the shrine maiden. With them, it was all about predicting each other's attacks and react as such. Reimu silently observed her opponent who kept her smile from the very start of this duel.

Clara: Hit and miss~ I wonder what will happen? Maybe I should with an- Attack!

She stopped herself and went for a quick stab, avoided by the shrine maiden. Still smiling, she side-stepped and swiftly dodged her opponents' attack. Going along with the flow of the battle, she moved her blade downwards and left a wound on her guest.

Clara: You shouldn't waste you energy on little me~ Especially with her.

Reimu: ?

Confused, she turned around and saw Alice violently charging at her and performing rapid swings up and down to create a large gash. Avoided at the last moment, she went for a quick burst of Danmaku to damage the opponent. Alice, unfazed by her counter, stabbed the ground with her spear and performed a full turn counterclockwise by holding onto the spear and spinning around.

Alice: No clashes remaining, performing one-sided parry.

At the end of her turn, she pulled the spear out of the ground and replaced it with one of her feet. With almost no time to react, she did a second spin in the same direction with the momentum she had and once facing the shrine maiden, smashed the side of her feet in the right side of her face. Staggered for a moment, she gritted her teeth and jumped away from the duo that caught her off-guard.