Vergil smirks as Mizu readies himself. They are just sparring matches. They are opportunities for Mizu to adapt and learn against an opponent with limits that go beyond his human targets even if the other swordsman hasn't yet tasted the true extent of Vergil's power. But he does as Vergil has always asked and approaches them with the ferocity becoming of a fight to the death, ready to push well past his limits rather than caving to whatever anxieties or doubts would bring others to yield well before.
Vergil had come quite close after Mizu put a pause to their spar to test his new ability. So, the distance is shorter than when they typically begin to clash blades, but Vergil is no less prepared to receive the other swordsman when he surges forward for his attack. He draws Mirage Edge and parries Mizu's strikes. Those that he cannot, he dodges. Mizu is faster than a baseline human—his Myth abilities see to that—but he's still not quick enough to best Vergil's own natural speed, leaving his blade to strike a false afterimage instead. Eventually, Vergil seeks to put a little distance so that he can reclaim the tempo for himself once again.
On Mizu's next strike, he locks their blades together and twists, driving their blades towards the ground with the intention of wedging Mizu's blade into the loose cobblestone. With his considerable strength, Vergil could leave Mizu without his blade entirely for the remainder of their sparring, but he's not interested in that fight today. Mizu should be able to yank it free with his own strength. He's more interested in creating leverage as he uses Mizu like a springboard, kicking off the other man to both free his blade and try to part Mizu from his own.
Vergil doesn't give Mizu the luxury of recovery time from the sudden foot to his gut, and even if he's not freeing Mizu of his blade for the remainder of the fight doesn't mean that he's simply going to allow the other swordsman to pluck it from the ground without any resistance. Summoned blades appear from above Mizu like a bed of nails, hanging in the air only long enough for them to form before they rain down upon him. Mizu should be familiar enough with them by now to know Vergil's formation of them is tight. Gaps between the blades are present, but the speed at which they fall makes purely dodging into those gaps without cutting a few of the out of the air as they fall near impossible. Being struck by them is also a poor outcome not just for their initial injuries but because they seem to cause whatever they strike to move so slowly they almost appear to come to a standstill. If they strike their target, Mizu is vulnerable to Vergil's follow-up swing of Mirage Edge.
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Vergil had come quite close after Mizu put a pause to their spar to test his new ability. So, the distance is shorter than when they typically begin to clash blades, but Vergil is no less prepared to receive the other swordsman when he surges forward for his attack. He draws Mirage Edge and parries Mizu's strikes. Those that he cannot, he dodges. Mizu is faster than a baseline human—his Myth abilities see to that—but he's still not quick enough to best Vergil's own natural speed, leaving his blade to strike a false afterimage instead. Eventually, Vergil seeks to put a little distance so that he can reclaim the tempo for himself once again.
On Mizu's next strike, he locks their blades together and twists, driving their blades towards the ground with the intention of wedging Mizu's blade into the loose cobblestone. With his considerable strength, Vergil could leave Mizu without his blade entirely for the remainder of their sparring, but he's not interested in that fight today. Mizu should be able to yank it free with his own strength. He's more interested in creating leverage as he uses Mizu like a springboard, kicking off the other man to both free his blade and try to part Mizu from his own.
Vergil doesn't give Mizu the luxury of recovery time from the sudden foot to his gut, and even if he's not freeing Mizu of his blade for the remainder of the fight doesn't mean that he's simply going to allow the other swordsman to pluck it from the ground without any resistance. Summoned blades appear from above Mizu like a bed of nails, hanging in the air only long enough for them to form before they rain down upon him. Mizu should be familiar enough with them by now to know Vergil's formation of them is tight. Gaps between the blades are present, but the speed at which they fall makes purely dodging into those gaps without cutting a few of the out of the air as they fall near impossible. Being struck by them is also a poor outcome not just for their initial injuries but because they seem to cause whatever they strike to move so slowly they almost appear to come to a standstill. If they strike their target, Mizu is vulnerable to Vergil's follow-up swing of Mirage Edge.