Slowly, the manwoman lifted her war pick. After seeing this action, Entoma spoke in a troubled voice for the first time.
“Then, have we met before?”
The manwoman had an incredulous expression, and thought to herself “Could that be?”, but did not voice this out loud.
“I am here because of work. Having you as my opponent will be troublesome, and moreover my stomach is full right now.”
“...Please excuse me. I am one of the Kingdom’s top-class adventurers. Upon encountering a man-eating monster, I cannot allow you to get away. Your continued existence in the human world is a problem.”
“Ah, so troublesome. But you are strong. In that case I’ll turn you into preserved food.
For the first time Entoma looked straight at the manwoman.
She couldn’t help thinking that this was a powerful warrior.
Mm, yes, definitely very strong.
Entoma was not a pure warrior, so she had no means to assess the strength of her opponent. However, she did not consider the other side to be stronger than herself.
“Oriyaaa!”
The manwoman darted over, and sent her war pick crashing downwards.
Entoma elegantly dodged the attack. But a follow-up attack immediately pursued her, with the war pick making a significant change in direction mid-swing, heading straight for Entoma. This movement was not a smooth blow relying on centrifugal force, but was instead a move purely based on an illogical amount of brute force.
Once again Entoma flashed out of the way, and activated her special ability.
“Ah!? Do you only know how to run?”
The war pick began rotating, creating a large vortex of wind which circulated above the manwoman’s head, ruffling her hair.
“Heh, do you like to spin things around and make woosh woosh sounds?”
The manwoman clicked her tongue in response to this jeering. When Entoma once again activated her skill, the hammer swung downwards from above. With some difficulty she managed to dodge and the war pick buried itself deeply into the ground after missing its target.
Entoma laughed at her using the same move. Her expression did not change, and the mocking gesture exposed their difference in strength.