Flashy Adventurer System : Show Off to Get Stronger! - Chapter 833

Chapter 833: Obtaining Big Brother’s Acknowledgment
A young man and a young woman—both with ash-colored hair—stood face to face with each other.

In their hands were wooden weapons.

Shye held two wooden greatswords while Maia grasped a dagger in her right hand, an excited smile on her face.

It had been so long since she had sparred with her big brother.

Naturally, she wanted to see for herself the prowess of the legendary Shye Crowley of the Black Dawn.

Maia already knew she would lose.

However, she didn’t care, as she cared far more about the fight itself than the results.

“Big brother, you absolutely must not hold back!” Maia said.

Shye, who had recovered from his anger and already apologized to his little sister, chuckled upon hearing her words.

“Heh, then you better make me go all out,” Shye responded, his expression relaxed as he waited for Ian to start the match.

Soon, Ian extended his right arm and jerked it skyward, declaring:

“Begin!”

As soon as she heard the signal, Maia sprinted across the metallic floor of the sparring area, smiling as she failed to contain her excitement.

She dashed in a zigzagging pattern—short bursts to the left, sharp yet long sprints to the right, mixing things up.

The unpredictability of her movements brought a smile to Shye’s face.

Just from this, he could already discern that her physical attributes, while slightly lower compared to his captains, were high enough for her talent in combat to shine through and fill the gaps, allowing her to fight on equal footing against Seira and the others.

His little sister was indeed around the level of his unit’s captains, though visibly inferior compared to the likes of Ian and Shirley.

Still, while her movements might confuse others, it wouldn’t work on Shye

She simply wasn’t fast enough to escape Shye’s sharp eyes and inhuman reaction time, honed in and used to battles of such a level or even higher.

A moment later, Maia arrived within striking distance, lunging at Shye from his left and slashing her wooden dagger toward his neck.

She didn’t expect this attack to hit its mark.

However, she also hadn’t expected for it to be dodged so easily with a simple step back.

‘Crap!’ she cursed inwardly, realizing that a knee strike was coming from below.

*PAH!*

A loud, crisp sound echoed across the sparring grounds as Maia somehow managed to block her big brother’s left knee with her left palm, positioning her right arm in a cross to support her left arm and absorb the blow effectively.

She was sent flying skyward by the force, but at least she had managed to defend herself, though her palms and forearms were numb and shaking afterward.

‘Hahaha, big brother is indeed strong!’ she inwardly laughed in satisfaction as she felt the wind on the back of her arms.

While she could sense that Shye was holding back, he had at least hit her with enough force to make the spar more exciting for her.

For now, this was enough for Maia, though she naturally planned on forcing her big brother to go all out if she could.

Soon, she felt herself falling back down, noticing that her big brother was waiting below, like a crocodile waiting for the meat to fall into its horrifying maws.

‘Oops, gotta focus!’ she reminded herself.

Maia played along with her brother’s game, seemingly allowing herself to fall to her defeat.

Of course, losing couldn’t have been farther from what she had in mind, as she used the current situation only to bait Shye into attacking her with a rather predictable finisher.

It was a risky combat strategy.

However, this has been her combat style all along—aggressive and fearless.

Unlike most, including Shye, Maia didn’t fancy the idea of ‘saving the best for last,’ which, in this case, would have meant holding back on using her trump card.

She believed that it would be more efficient to end the fight as soon as possible.

This didn’t mean that she would use her trump card without thinking much, but rather, taking the initiative and setting her trump card up with either aggressive or crafty maneuvers to ensure that she would hit her target with a high chance of success.

There was no need to waste time waiting for the opponent to use their trump card before using hers.

Of course, her high-risk high-reward style could only be pulled off if one didn’t have shaky nerves, especially in crucial situations where she had to improvise on the fly.

Basically, her style was impossible to mimic without three core elements: high combat IQ, lightning-fast reflexes, and a fearless heart.

All three were essential prerequisites for even attempting to replicate Maia’s fighting style.

Shye smiled at his little sister’s bravery in challenging him to a battle of wits and reflexes, inwardly proud.

With how she dared to fall right in front of him—despite the seemingly panicked expression on her face—Shye was certain that the dangling opportunity before him was nothing but bait.

Even back when they sparred at the academy, Maia had already shown a tendency to use herself as bait before launching a vicious counterattack.

He was a hundred percent certain that the current situation was a trap.

Nonetheless, confident of his own strength and curious about what his little sister was planning, Shye dove right in, activating [Power Slash] and slashing the wooden greatsword on his right hand towards Maia.

Realizing that her brother took the bait, the panicked expression on Maia’s face disappeared, replaced by an excited one.

‘You fell for it, big brother!’ she remarked inwardly.

The next moment, another Maia appeared in front of her, willingly receiving Shye’s blow.

The clone was slashed apart, turning into black goo that shot towards her big brother’s face.

Of course, despite not expecting such tricks, Shye’s well-trained reflexes allowed him to easily tilt his head to the side and dodge the goo.

However, this was exactly what Maia was hoping for.

As long as the goo could momentarily shift her big brother’s attention, she could execute her plan.