Twenty minutes later...
The members of the Student Council all filed out of the training ground.
Todo Touka, who walked at the very front, wore a trace of bitterness on her face.
The Student Council members behind Todo Touka looked incredulous yet had no choice but to accept reality. They exchanged glances before falling silent in unison.
The group left the training ground just like that.
Then...
"I really can't help wondering whether this is all a dream."
Mibarai Izuru spoke helplessly.
"Touka's 'Raikiri' was actually broken through again and again. It's practically a nightmare."
Mibarai Izuru voiced what everyone present was thinking.
But wasn't that exactly what had happened?
"No one has ever broken through the president's 'Raikiri' head-on before."
Kudohara Kanata sighed softly.
"Even the current 'Seven Star Sword King' couldn't break through 'Raikiri'..."
"And yet it was broken through again and again by a group of first-years..."
Usamaru Koko and Suiro Rai found it even more unbelievable.
Even Todo Touka gave a rare bitter smile.
There was nothing they could do about it.
"I can accept the result of my duel with Stella."
The battle between Stella and Todo Touka had been no less intense than Ikki's battle with her, but the nature of the fight had been completely different.
Ikki and Todo Touka had engaged in an ultimate close-quarters battle, a clash of blades that could be called the pinnacle of swordsmanship.
The battle between Stella and Todo Touka, on the other hand, had been an ultimate long-range battle—a contest of magic.
Stella had seemed determined to put as much distance between herself and Todo Touka as possible. Like those who feared 'Raikiri,' she had refused to enter Todo Touka's cross range, continuously using long-range Blade-Breaker Techniques. Flames had run rampant, fire dragons had roared, magma