So, I got isekai’d

Right after he closed the gap on me

"Not so fast!"

I was able to block his sword with mine, with a loud clashing sound forming

"Oh? Well, I did figure that you wouldn't be that easy"

"..."

...Is he taking it easy on me or what? I don't even feel a force from his sword at all...

I thought he said that there was no handicap to this?

"Then how about this!"

Master Shin then used his lower body to try and land a kick on me

I was able to dodge it with ease, distancing myself away from him once again

"..."

"..."

He then raised his other free hand, pointing it at me

Suddenly firing off multiple stone pebbles at me

"What the?!"

I sidestepped through the countless barrage of stone pebbles, at first, it was easy to dodge, but as time passes, I noticed that something was odd

"Its...getting bigger?"

"Anything goes in a battle. Always remember that"

"Thanks for the reminder then"

I said with sarcasm

Eventually, it reached to the point where it was almost impossible to dodge it with the stone pebbles increasing in size

"I guess I'll just have to do it then!"

"...?"

Instead of dodging it, I slashed each and every pebble that comes in my way instead

"..."

"I can do this all day until you ran out of Mana you know"

"Oh don't worry, just like you, I can do this all day too"

"Well let's see about that!"

"..."

"..."

...

A lot of minutes had passed, and there was no sign of Master Shin slowing down with his magic

Seriously? Just how much mana reserve Master Shin has?!

Although because of my Stamina Max skill that I don't feel any fatigue, there will be no end to this battle if I don't find a way out of it!

"I'll just have to get close to you then!"

I said, while slowly getting closer and closer to Master Shin...

...

Until I got to the point where he's within my melee range

"Gotcha!"

I strike my sword towards him, this time, not clashing with his sword

But with his shield that was created with his earth magic

"Oh what?!"

It then disappeared, letting me see Master Shin again

"Surprised?"

He said, as he started to counterattack

"?!"

Thanks to my quick reflexes, I was able to parry it on time

But right after I was able to parry it, the continuous clashing of both our swords started, just like what I always see in those fight scenes in animes

With every strike that Master Shin attempted at me, I parried it back, and then he parries it back, making it seem an unending battle between us

...

But in some point in our clash, my last parry blew his stance, making an opening for my next move

"This time for sure!"

Yet he was able to block it by turning his wrist, making his sword face downwards, blocking my strike 

"Urk!"

"You ain't getting me that easy!"

He then tried to disarm me by kicking my sword. to which he was unsuccessful

"Looks like all that previous training regime paid off"

"..."

When will you take me seriously, Master Shin?!

I feel like he's been playing with me this whole time

"Why..."

"...?"

"I thought you said there's no handicap or any advantages earlier"

"?!"

"You said to fight like our lives depend on it despite it being a mock battle"

"But I am-"

"Take me seriously Master Shin!"

"..."

He then became silent, suddenly gave me a somewhat "3 kick combo" as well as another earth magic that made me distance myself from him again

"Finally, you're taking this seriously-?!"

By the time I looked around, I knew I was in a bad situation...

He had already surrounded me with his earth magic. Every big boulders floating around me, leaving me with no means of escape

"It seems that you had the wrong impression of me, kid"

"...?"

"I do what I say, and I do what I promised. Since when did I said I was going easy on you?"

What...?

If he wasn't going easy on me this whole time...

Then that means-

"I am taking this seriously"

He said with a serious face, as he rained down the first wave of boulders at me

"Aghh! This is a lot!"

With all my might, I slashed back and forth the boulders that was coming at me in every direction

By far, this is the hardest thing that I've done. Looking at every projectile in every direction, correctly timing my slashes, continuously keeping up my form and stance, and syncing everything seamlessly, was taking up toll on not my stamina, but rather on my mental mind

...

After a few more minutes of blocking everything, the "first wave" that he released ended. Giving me a few seconds to breathe 

"..."

He definitely wasn't holding back now, but there seems to be no changes to his earth magic either

...

But right after that, he created another set of boulders at me, this time, twice as many

"Haha...I did last more than a minute, but I think this is my limit..."

Well, I don't feel any fatigue from what I'm doing up until now, but the first thing that will get exhausted is my mind trying to keep up!

I closed my eyes while I took a deep breath...

...

...huh...?

...

...What's this...?

...

...For real...?

At this timing?!

...

While I was in the midst of accepting my loss from Master Shin, he had already raised his hand down, signalling for all of his boulders to come at me...