Esdeath only wanted to fight, while Merraid genuinely wanted to obtain the Strategy Guide. Neither held back, and they immediately began a fierce battle.
In a head-on fight, Esdeath was stronger than Merraid, who specialized in Assassination Techniques. However, Esdeath had sparred with Broly for a long time during the journey that morning and afternoon, leaving her seriously drained. She did not have much of an advantage now.
Merraid, on the other hand, was still in peak condition, but she could not actually kill anyone. She could not use some of her deadliest Assassination Techniques. For a time, the two fought evenly, unable to determine a winner anytime soon.
The place where Merraid had invited Esdeath for a sincerity-for-sincerity talk was not far from where the group planned to camp that night.
Thus, their fight soon drew the attention of the children gathering branches and fetching water.
"Come quickly! Sister Esdeath and Sister Merraid seem to be fighting!"
A younger child shouted.
"Huh?!"
The children who were setting up tents were startled. They rushed over to the lake to see what was happening.
When they arrived, they saw Esdeath and Merraid rapidly trading attacks and defenses.
Esdeath's Physical Techniques and Merraid's Physical Techniques were somewhat alike. Both were extremely concise, with not a trace of wasted movement.
The difference was that one had been honed through killing Danger Beasts, emphasizing broad, powerful movements with wide kicks and punches.
The other had been learned and honed through killing people in practice. Its movements were much smaller, making it difficult to judge the exact intent of an attack merely from the movement of the opponent's muscles.
"So amazing!"
The scene before them looked like a real-life martial arts movie with all the slow parts edited out, leaving the children awestruck. When Esdeath