[Three women make a market.] Though there was a saying like that, it didn't fit these three, and each one of took a wooden sword from the corner of the dojo.
"Since Shisho says so, I'll abide, but... I don't think that someone of the Saint rank would be able to overpower me."
With her hand to her mouth, Isolte mumbled as if only Reyda could hear her.
"...That's true. Please go easy on me," said Nina.
"Hmph..."
Eris snorted.
Isolte's cheap provocations easily stirred up the Sword God Style genius who was easily fired up.
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One hour later, Eris was collapsed in the dead centre of the dojo.
"Haa... Haa..."
Her eyes opened, and her breathing was wild. She had been completely beaten down by Isolte. Eris's sword hadn't touched Isolte even once.
Eris's sword boasted a speed that was in the top 10 even in this dojo. Because of her solo practice swings, her swings boasted speed and strength that approached Ghyslaine's, and because of the rhythm particular to her, it was difficult evading even one of her strikes. Furthermore, once the techniques of the North God Style were added in, Eris's strength far surpassed any ordinary Sword Saint.
However, Isolte had completely parried all of Eris's strikes, and met her with counters. Only 30 minutes into the match, were they using real swords, the number of times Eris would have died approached three digits.
"..."
Next to Eris lay Isolte. After Eris's defeat, the one who overwhelmed the triumphant Isolte was Nina.
[In the end, a savage style with only speed and power like the Sword God Style can never break through the techniques of the refined Water God Style.]
Nina easily crushed Isolte's conceited thoughts.
Nina's strike flew at Isolte without mercy, and as if sucked in, struck her in the temple. The result was that Isolte was thoroughly defeated. It only took one strike.
"The result was pretty interesting, huh."
The one who said that was the one sitting at the head seat of the dojo, Sword God Gull Farion.
"..."
Nina gave a deep bow to the Sword God. He had said that it was an interesting result. He had probably not thought that she would win, even until the end. Though Nina had some discouraging thoughts like that, having been given the type of setting that allowed her to show her growth, Nina was happy as well. Nina too, enjoyed the feelings of victory.
"The result wasn't interesting or anything else."
The one who said this was Reyda. To her, this conclusion was natural. A beast that didn't even try to conceal its bloodlust was like a sitting duck to the Water God Style. Eris was certainly strong. She had potential. As a bundle of fighting spirit, she was like a heaven sent child when it came to battles, but even so, she couldn't defeat the Water God Style.
As for the fight between Nina and Isolte, the result of this too, was obvious to Reyda. Even at that age, with that much ability, Nina wasn't conceited. It was probably that because of that Eris girl that Nina had no room to become conceited. The result of training without being conceited was that she was able to defeat Isolte, who on the contrary trained with conceit.
Comparing Nina's slashes to Eris's, they weren't especially fast. On the contrary, they were just a tiny bit slower. When it came to the heaviness of their strikes, Eris's ability to overwhelm was probably higher.
However, Nina's strike was a strike that wasn't fuelled by her emotions. There was no bloodlust at all; without even preparing her emotions, a single strike. Let alone bloodlust, Isolte couldn't even sense any intent to strike.
"However, the results were satisfactory, weren't they? How about it? Do you want to learn Water God techniques from me?"
Being asked that, Nina showed that she was thinking about it for a little, but in the end, she shook her head.
"No, I intend to master the Sword God Style."
"I see, I see. That's fine."
Reyda laughed with interest.