Clang!
Just as Esdeath felt a flicker of surprise, seeing Yorii Tsugikuni make no move at all, her azure eyes suddenly narrowed, her pupils shrinking to pinpoints. Somehow, a black-and-red flash of sword light had appeared before her blade, effortlessly blocking her attack.
"Good!"
Yorii Tsugikuni still stood where he had been, seeming not to have moved from beginning to end.
Esdeath was somewhat astonished by Yorii Tsugikuni's speed, but that only stirred her interest and fighting spirit even more.
The white sword and the black-and-red Nichirin Blade touched in midair, then immediately sprang apart.
Then they intertwined through the air at speeds almost too fast to see, filling the silent Crimson Land Forest Sea with crisp, pleasant rings of steel.
Sparks scattered through the air as fierce currents of wind whirled endlessly around them.
Dust from the ground was swept into the sky by those currents, forming tornadoes, only to be thoroughly scattered by the aftershocks of their attacks.
The sword in Esdeath's hand danced faster and faster.
A hint of delight spread across her delicate, fair face, which had flushed slightly with excitement.
Neither of them used any other techniques, and Esdeath did not use the power of Demon's Extract either.
They were simply competing with physical strength and swordsmanship.
Yet it was precisely this kind of contest that made Esdeath incomparably excited. Yes, excited.
Because Esdeath discovered, to her astonishment, that in terms of pure physical strength and swordsmanship, she was no match for Yorii Tsugikuni at all.
Esdeath belonged to the Barust people, who hunted Dangerous Species and had lived amid ice and snow since childhood. Her physical abilities were far greater than those of ordinary people.
When she had been only a few years old, she had already been able to kill Dangerous Species many