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"Clang—clang—clang—clang—!"
The continuous clash of swords and halberds shook the air, echoing endlessly like reverberations.
Within the vast courtyard, dazzling sword light repeatedly collided with pitch-black sword light, sending up gusts of wind and showers of sparks that left the eye dazzled.
However, anyone watching closely would have noticed something.
As time passed, the black sword light gradually slowed, while the brilliant sword light seemed utterly effortless. Not only did it not weaken in the slightest, its strength and speed continued to rise, turning every slash into a blow no weaker than a meteor strike and shaking loose fragments of stone from the cracking ground.
In truth, Noah had indeed been holding back.
Otherwise, with abilities now comparable to Heracles as a Servant, Noah might not have been able to cut Grayvas down in an instant, but he could at least have ended the battle much sooner.
The reason he had not done so was simply that he did not want to injure Grayvas and make the hostile relationship between them impossible to resolve.
After all, Noah was the one who had trespassed into the academy known as Areishia Spirit Academy.
The one in the wrong was not Grayvas. It was Noah.
Still, Grayvas's strength had indeed exceeded Noah's expectations.
Her swordsmanship was in no way inferior to Noah's.
It was only because the gap in their physical abilities was so enormous that she had fallen into such an obvious disadvantage.
Just as Noah had once done when facing Heracles.
However, Grayvas possessed a kind of power similar in nature to magic power and Divine Power.
That power seemed to