Three months later, winter of Sea Origin Calendar 190.
Garratt Duchy, Black Sea Coastal Area, in a valley at the southern end of the Abayachi Mountains.
The highest peak was blanketed in snow beneath towering pines. Looking down from here, the vast enclosed valley was overflowing with white clouds, forming a magnificent, ethereal sea of clouds like a fairyland.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
At this moment, the sea of clouds churned violently as Extraordinary Aura flashed. The clash of metal became deafening thunder that echoed continuously through the valley, startling flocks of birds of every color into flight.
One blue and one golden streak of blazing light chased each other at high speed through the sea of clouds, tumbling as they fought in a tangled mass.
Whenever the silver rapier collided with the golden lance, the escaping energy blasted huge holes into the sea of clouds and even shook the dense forest below.
One of the combatants was Angie, wielding the Golden Holy Lance · Longinus.
Flashing Light Magic Circuits lit up across her body. A pair of snow-white wings spread from her back, waist, and ankles respectively, giving her a holy yet valiant appearance, as though she had truly become an angel just like her name suggested.
She used no spells, relying purely on physical abilities against her opponent.
Yet the other side was not Olivia, who had also just been promoted, but a petite girl barely one and a half meters tall.
Her long black hair was braided into glossy plaits. She wore a fitted, practical uniform with narrow sleeves, a black pleated skirt, matching stockings and boots, and a sapphire-blue cloak draped diagonally across her body.
Most eye-catching of all was the brilliant golden Gemstone Crown atop her head. It clearly looked like nothing more than a valuable