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"Clang—!"
The sound of metal striking metal and the sparks bursting from the collision still echoed through the air.
Under the watchful eyes of Noah, Yuri, and Lilliana, Erica and Ena were engaged in an exchange of offense and defense that only masters of swordsmanship could achieve.
Neither side gave ground, and the battle remained evenly matched.
Just as Lilliana had said, Erica and Ena were practically equal in their mastery of swordsmanship, making their offense and defense nearly flawless.
However, that was only the current situation.
Aside from Lilliana, both Noah and Yuri knew that Ena still had her trump card hidden away.
That secret technique known as Deity Descent possessed the power to drive even the Martial King's direct disciple, whose martial arts were peerless beneath heaven, into a desperate corner. Even Erica, hailed as a prodigy, would likely find herself unable to handle it despite wanting to.
After all, it was a technique capable of borrowing a god's power.
Even if the borrowed power amounted to only a tiny fraction, it was still not something humans could resist.
Without power capable of standing alongside Divine Beasts and The One, there was simply no way to fight against it.
In Europe, knights who possessed power of that level were granted the highest honor of Holy Knight.
This rank was only one level above that of Great Knight, but the gulf between the two was like heaven and earth.
To give an example, it would not be strange for someone bearing the title of Holy