Facing Lamias, who was standing right there on the snow, Suya became even more afraid to move recklessly... Sure enough, the thing she feared most had come to pass.
She felt a pressure descending upon the snow where she was hiding. Suya had already walked directly above her hiding place.
A dangerous feeling surged into her heart.
Almost instinctively, Lamias broke through the snow burying her body. At the same time, a sharp longsword stabbed downward!
Lamias was terrified. If she had hesitated for even an instant, she definitely would not have dodged the thrust. This proved one thing: Suya had discovered her long ago.
The two female warriors had followed Suya to this place. When Lamias arrived, she had not seen anyone at all. That could only mean Suya had arrived before her.
Suya had even seen through her entire attempt to bury herself in the snow.
"That was close. We know each other, after all." Lamias quickly adjusted her stance. "Sister Suya, you really don't show any mercy to an acquaintance."
"You arrived earlier than I expected." Suya held her sword in reverse, seemingly abandoning the idea of continuing the attack. "Perhaps it was luck, or perhaps I underestimated you."
"Luck." Lamias answered swiftly while suspiciously sizing Suya up.
Silver?
Sister Suya was Silver... Those two female warriors naturally had no chance of resisting her. But if Suya was Silver, why had she needed to be tracked by two female warriors?
With the strength of a Silver Saint, she would have no opponents in this challenge. She could simply plow straight through it. Suya had no need to keep Lamias alive so that she could wear down the other challengers in the final Icefield.
But none of that was the point. The key was...
"Sister Suya, since you're