Angel Monarch-Chapter 372: Beating Knowledge Into Victoria

One swing, that's all she managed before ending up on the hard ground. Vicky didn't give up, though. She jumped to her feet immediately, to Yvonne delight.

After reorienting herself, she tried stabbing with her training sword. The tall woman moved quickly, much quicker than Vicky could've reacted.

She grabbed her overextended arm, then using the leverage, she tossed the Princess over her shoulder.

Vicky landed with a heavy crunch a few meters away while her sword stayed in Yvonne's hand.

"Don't stab forward with your entire body. Every time you make this mistake, you'll end up on the mat! Also, don't swing wildly, it's very predictable!… Now, reset!"

The young girl's white eyes snapped open, and with a stiffed curse she climbed to her feet. A moment ago, when she landed, her shoulder dislocated, but her Transcended regeneration already healed all of her wounds.

She prepared to attack again, but with a clear plan in mind. In less than a second, she made a plan of attack!

The young Princess stepped forward, her arms moved with improved speed and precision. The sword arced towards Yvonne's neck, and she began bending away from the weapon.

That's when Vicky turned her weapon mid swing and changed its direction to Yvonne's side.

The smile on the tall woman's face widened as the weapon nearly hit her. However, she was still fast enough to evade it.

Yvonne then stepped forward and tried punching the girl in the face. Luckily, Vicky recovered quick enough, and she tried swinging at the woman's neck again… A mistake on her part…

The swing was a perfect replication of her first, and Yvonne recognized that too. She didn't intend falling for it twice.

Instead, she ducked below the swing. With her right foot, she kicked out Vicky's legs, then while the Princess still fell towards the ground, she punched her in the face.

Vicky felt her nose shatter under Yvonne's fist. Her legs already broke partially from her kick. As she hit the metal ground, a few ribs and the back of her skull fractured.

She gasped from the sudden pain, but her tolerance was much too high. The pain felt closer to a nuisance, an annoyance. In fact, she was more concerned about her failure than the broken bones.

A few seconds later, she climbed back to her feet, while spitting blood and a few teeth on the ground. Bloody marks stained her skin and the metal mat below, even though all her wounds were already healed.

Even Yvonne couldn't hide her surprise. The Princess's regeneration was truly impressive!

However, while this will be a saving grace in battle, in training, quick healing meant more pain and suffering.

"First, never repeat moves! Second, your stance isn't wide enough, so you can't dodge appropriately! And third, try evading my blows for fuck's sake!… Reset!"

Vicky didn't say a word. She knew full well the mistakes of her every action, but Yvonne's pointers helped her a lot.

Her will to learn hadn't dimmed even after these beatings, and so she treated Yvonne's advice like the word of god.

The next few hours went by fairly quick. Vicky continued finding new problems, and Yvonne happily beat the solutions into her body.

After each failure, Thea winced, still watching from the bench. She knew her sister wouldn't do any permanent damage to the Princess, however the brutality of her punches sent shivers down Thea's spine.

Quite a few times, she shouted for her to be less intense, but Yvonne either ignored her words or hadn't heard her.

Luckily, as time passed, Vicky's beatings lessened. Not because Yvonne held back her strength. Her fighting capabilities simply increased in rapid rates.

Even Yvonne felt pleasantly surprised by how quickly Vicky learned.

At first, she lasted maybe one or two attacks. By the first hour, she could endure a dozen exchanges before getting hit… Right now, a few hours later…

Vicky stood in front of her dueling partner. Her stance seemed much more confident than when she began. Even a small smile appeared on her face while staring into Yvonne's metallic gray eyes.

She twirled her sword once before stepping forward with unimaginable speed. Her blade stabbed forward, aiming at the tall woman's heart. Yvonne grinned widely as she leaned away from the thrust.

However, Vicky turned her weapon, and using her momentum, closed the distance into a horizontal slash, aimed at Yvonne's neck.

Her teacher ducked under the sword with a hint of disappointment. While crouched, she tried sweeping Vicky's legs.

The young Princess learned from her mistakes, though. She flipped over the woman's legs, while jumping high enough that even Yvonne's unnatural height couldn't catch her.

She landed behind the tall woman and stabbed towards her back. But the blow only hit the metal ground as Yvonne rolled forward.

In the next moment, she was back on her legs, running straight at Vicky. Her grin came back and even widened with genuine joy.

Her fists aimed at Vicky's face, chest and side, but the young Princess moved like an eel, evading every blow.

She sent her right fist towards Vicky's jaw. The young girl ducked below the blow, then rolled to the side, avoiding Yvonne's kick.

With a handspring she shot back onto her legs, just in time to lean away and dodge her teacher's mean left hook.

That's when Yvonne made a mistake by overextending. Vicky's eyes widened in surprise and moved in to punish immediately.

All the strength in her small body culminated into her arms as she slash vertically towards Yvonne.

They were too close, so dodging her weapon was impossible. Yvonne realized this too, so to avoid getting hit on the head, she raised her arm in defense.

The metal sword connected with Yvonne's arm. A sickening crunch echoed in the wide hall, as both bones in her forearm cleanly broke.

Vicky took a deep breath, her smile growing. For a singular moment, she let her guard down… That's all Yvonne needed!

While in her mind the young Princess celebrated, she blinked once. As her eyes opened, she saw Yvonne's other fist centimeters from her face.

Another even more sickening crunch echoed in the hall as Vicky's face crumpled. She fell heavily on the metal ground, while coughing up blood.

A second or two later, all her injuries healed, and after spitting out more teeth, she turned towards Yvonne with an angry expression.

"Hey! You said when I land a blow, we reset! You lied!"

The tall woman flexed her left hand while wincing from the pain. Her wounds mended themselves a lot slower than Vicky's.

She took deep, painful breaths while the bones moved back to their place and connected. Eventually, she sighed heavily, then turned towards the young, angry girl with evident shame.

"Yes, I know… Sorry Princess! I let myself get absorbed in the fight, and before I realized my fist moved towards you… I try my best to stay in control, but it might happen again…"

Yvonne done a few hand curls, testing her muscles and bones. Her metallic gray eyes then turned back to Vicky with pride.

"This is actually another lesson for you! Never let your guard down, when in combat!… Anyway, you finally landed a blow! Great job! I thought it would take you much longer, at least a week… You're full of surprises, little Princess!"

The tall woman began stretching her recently broken arm, while moving towards the edge of the fighting mat.

"Break time! Let's go eat breakfast!" Said Yvonne without turning around.

Vicky followed close behind and stared at the woman with confusion. "What do you mean, breakfast? It's already noon!"

Shamlessly, Yvonne shrugged while walking towards her younger sister. "Then we eat both breakfast and lunch! Perfect!… Hey Little Sis, are you coming?"

Thea didn't react to her sister's words. Her silver eyes stayed glued to the dueling mat, which had splatters of blood and sweat covering its surface.

A strange mix of fear and powerlessness overwhelmed her, however soon she felt pure awe.

Unlike those two Transcended monsters, she witnessed their fights, at what she saw amazed her.

As an Ascended, she could barely recognize each move. They attack each other maybe two dozen times, but it was probably more, since her vision simply couldn't keep up with the monsters.

But what truly made her awestruck was how fast they moved. They exchanged dozens of moves… In under three seconds…

It was also clear both could move faster, but Vicky's inexperience didn't let either to fight at their full potential.

While she stared at the mats, her elder sister leaned in, grabbed her shoulders and 'gently' shook her.

"Hey! Little Sis! Arey there anyone home? Should I call mom to train with you?"

Suddenly, Thea's eyes widened and she jumped to her feet, looking around in fear. After she saw Luzia was nowhere to be seen, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Yvonne just giggled at her sister's reaction. This little trick always worked on everyone inside their family… Luzia's training truly left all her children traumatized!

The trio left behind the gym and went straight to the mansion's kitchen, where the maids already worked tirelessly, preparing lunch.

However, they didn't appreciate two bloodied, sweaty person in training clothes trying to steal food.

Most of Thea's family was away. Only Marko remained in the house, but he always ate alone in his room, so the trio ended up eating breakfast and lunch together in the dining room.

The maids in Luzia's household were truly skilled cooks. Both Vicky and Yvonne ate themselves full, which meant they consumed several families' worth of food.

While Thea found their fighting monstrous, their eating habits were even worse.

She even began to wonder if her sister possessed the young, diligent Princess Thea taught in the past few weeks. This Vicky appeared entirely unlike her usual self! freewebnσvel.cѳm

After eating, they sat out in the garden. There they waited until they digested enough of their meal, so they could return to the dueling mats!