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"Bang—!"
Accompanied by a heavy, muffled impact, a figure was violently sent flying down a street in the ruined city. She crashed hard onto the ground, skidded a distance, and only then came to a stop.
She was an Elf User dressed in a red-and-white uniform decorated with strange patterns.
Judging by her uniform, the girl was an Elf User from the Sanctified Lugia Kingdom.
In other words, she was a member of the Holy Spirit Knights.
As an Elf User from a major power on par with the Austia Empire, and one qualified to represent the Sanctified Lugia Kingdom in the finals of the Spirit Sword Dance Festival, her strength was self-evident.
Yet at this moment, the Elf User had been knocked to the ground with almost no ability to fight back. The intense pain coursing through her body made her groan.
"Damn it..."
The girl could only lie prone on the ground as she struggled to raise her head and look ahead.
A man and a woman were slowly approaching from there.
They were none other than Noah and Ren.
The girl glared at Noah and Ren with hatred in her eyes and spoke in a hoarse voice.
"Why are a male Elf User and the strongest Sword Dance Princess acting together?"
They were neither representatives of the same nation nor companions. They were even enemies, so why were they acting together?
No matter how she thought about it, the Sanctified Lugia Kingdom's Elf User could not understand.
Of course, Noah and Ren had no need to explain anything to her.