There are two ways to win against someone with the dominion of seer if you lack the same dominion. The first was to overwhelm the opponent with sheer force. Give no time to the opponent or force her so violently that she could not do a thing, even if she can see through all the attacks.

Sadly, I lacked that sheer amount of power. Despite Purgatory being a feasible option, I would not like to force everything out because it would leave me unconscious again. I reckon I will need to use purgatory soon, so I would like to save it for that. What’s more, this was only a spar, and it's not like I don’t have any option.

That left me with only one choice: waste time in the duel and wait for an opportunity. Even though this ability was outrageous and could peer into the next moves of the opponents, there were clear limitations in it.

The first was it takes a lot of mental fortitude and focus to precisely use it. For a knight like Noyar, it wouldn’t be more than a couple of minutes at once. It mostly depended on the perception attribute and supposedly, even people with grade-A perception could only use it for about five minutes at once.

With Noyar's ability, she could only use it for two minutes at best. I have to get that two minutes out of her.

After dodging the full-slash that I used with Knowing the Flame stance, Noyar turned off the dominion. She knows how to use it efficiently. It will be harder than I thought.

With the nail sword in my arm, I crept at her again. Fire and water charging one another, none ready to lose out to one another. On that note, I have to move around further to avoid her blades of heavy water. Noyar really polished her moves in the years she had, while my fire attribute held the advantage in its power.

Her sword move could reach out for at least five metres and she could bend in that direction by twisting her force and sword as well. Well, I could do that as well, but not so skilfully, and it's pretty hard to bend the overwhelming flames of purgatory.

We really wrecked the yard with fire and water, destroying the grass as well as the wall surrounding it. Though the flames and water created through spirit force dissolve quickly after they were not fuelled with spirit force, they had left more than just a few scars on the yards.

As we battled, Noyar seemed to get frustrated at not finishing only a student with her expertise. She was efficient in using her Dominion and movements, but she lacked that threatening force to end me without effort. Moreover, I planned out this spar before the match began.

Frustrated, she turned on the dominion and her eyes lit up in oceanic blue again. Her eyes gazed at me and my sword before moving swiftly towards me, attempting a feint with a half-slash.

What startled me was that I actually managed to see through it, but actually, it was more complicated than that. She currently has the dominion turned on, so this was likely to be a trap. So, I could see through her feint only because she wanted me to.

Why would someone of her calibre show her feint before making her move? She was likely trying to trap me.

I was right; it was a trap, however, I was prepared for her trap and had a trap of my own. I went directly to her faint and my sword to move it towards her right thigh. She saw through it easily, and that was what I actually wanted. Her half-slash changed to a full-slash as blades of water bolted at me.

At that very moment, I did something insane. Well, I was preparing for it, yet at the spar of moment, I couldn’t help but feel a jolt of excitement.

I dropped every bit of spirit force out of my sword, as well as the armament coating. However, that was not enough. Even if I didn’t revolve spiritual energy, Dominion of Seer could see through the residual aura. That’s where came the ring I borrowed from Rosalyn.

At the very spar of moment, I triggered the runes in the ring as it hid all the residual aura surrounding my body. And then I feinted my sword, ignoring her open thigh to dodge the full-slash lashing my way. Next My elbows bend together, as I hid the sword, pointing upwards.

There was no spiritual force on the on the attack, nor any residual aura. How could you read my moves? This plan was stupid, but it's the only way for a non-seer user like me to keep my attack hidden from her.

Completing the third stance, Young Flame, I lurched at her, sweeping the sword at a frightening speed. Her eyes yelped in surprise as I feinted again, the sweep from her chest to lower body. Her sword missed mine, as Punisher slammed her lower body, shattering the armament coating like clear glass.

I didn’t hold back my physical strength, as I did not have the armament of the spirit force. However, I never imagined my attack would shatter her defence of the lower body so easily.

Noyar fell to the ground with startled eyes, however, it was not my win here. A surge of heavy water blew under my foot, twisted and coiled around my foot like a snake to jerk with a sudden pull.

Next, I joined Noyar on the ground. I guessed I should’ve expected something like this from a seasoned Knight.

“This should be it for now." Shailyn clapped her palms to get our attention as we both stared at each other, dumfounded. “Let's escape quickly, or we’ll be yelled at by the Gardener."

Saying that she actually ran off on her own, leaving her nephew and partner on the ground. I stood up immediately as well and with an exchange of glances with Noyar, we both took off as well, leaving a wreck of a yard with scarred plaster on the walls.

"I did not expect you to do something so . . .'' Noyar paused to find the right word.

"Insane?" I asked.

What I did was actually a little crazy, but it certainly was effective. Without the knowledge from the book, something like this would never come to my mind. The Dominion of Seer peers into the flow of spirit force, so the only way to counter it for me was this little insane plan.

That’s the other way to battle against someone with the dominion of seer. Drop your spirit armament so that you can hide your moves.

However, another person with more expertise will still see-through, it was not the same with Noyar. After all, she was a young Knight, and it may not even be that long before she got hold of the dominion.

This spar actually excited me about the power of Dominion. I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the dominion that I was looking for. That power was not as outrageous as the dominion of Seer, however, nobody knows how to fight it yet.

My little showcase of craziness seemed to earn a little respect from Noyar, while my aunt yelled at me for trying something like that. She only stopped when Noyar admitted it was an effective plan if someone was confident in their skills.

Looks like I would be saved from my aunt's babysitting, though I'm sure she won't leave me on my own entirely.

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