And so Eris is here.
Hurrying to her destination, almost passing by, then turning back after seeing a huge explosion. Hearing the sounds of a battle she searched, and searched, and continued to search in a frenzy.
After finding Rudeus on the verge of death she jumped.
Right in front of Orsted.
Eris confronted Orsted, raising one of the Sword God's seven swords [Phoenix Elegant Dragon Sword][2] above her head.
"Ghyslaine, I'll leave the rear to you!"
Orsted wasn't in a fighting stance.
He only looked at Eris with a dubious face.
No, he was looking at what was behind her.
Reflected in his eyes were two females who were rushing towards the collapsed Rudeus.
Eris carefully observed Orsted while looking at his eyes.
The upper half of his body was laid bare, with blood everywhere.
Blood was flowing down his head, and his entire body was listless.
The tips of his hair were burned, and there were bruises around his shoulders.
The damage had piled up.
He was still holding a curved sword in his right hand.
She had never seen such a sword before. She didn’t think she had discernment for swords, but she understood that it fit him.
Even compared to the Sword God's cherished sword, it was hiding a dreadful energy.
During their past meeting, he didn't use such a sword.
He didn't need to use it and won with just bare hands.
For Rudeus to damage him this far, even forcing him to use that sword, an indescribable feeling permeated her.
("Like Rudeus I'll... but, I shouldn't hurry. First I need to buy some time...")
Eris told herself.
She couldn't defeat Orsted alone.
She realized that the moment she confronted him.
She naturally understood.
In the past, she wouldn't have recognized it as beyond her.
Simply looking up a tower a hundred times higher than her, crudely thinking it was just tall.
Believing that it was climbable.
But now she was different.
She recognized the gap between Orsted and her.
Even so Orsted was high, very high.
At a height high enough to dazzle.
So high to the point it's impossible for Eris to climb.
"Eris Boreas Greyrat, huh? Is he that important to you? Someone who isn't Luke."
".....Luke?"
"The man fated to become your husband."
"I don't know anything about that."
Eris ignored Orsted's words.
She didn't know anyone called Luke.
The only one important to her is Rudeus.
Rudeus, just that one person.
She doesn't need anyone else.
"It seems so."
Orsted didn't take a fighting stance.
He observed Rudeus who is being healed.
His stance is full of openings.
Eris understood.
He was showing a lot of openings.
On purpose.
While doing so, he was waiting for Eris to move.
"..."
Eris was reminded of her last meeting with the Sword God.