Three days later, in the Spartan Colosseum.
Kratos stood perfectly straight on one side of the arena, like a javelin.
Across from him, Diana was drenched in sweat and looking somewhat disheveled. She gritted her teeth and tightly gripped the longsword that she could barely lift anymore.
Panting heavily, Diana struggled to move her arms.
She pointed her sword at Kratos and let out a low roar.
"Again!!!"
Whoosh!
Even though her legs had gone weak, Diana still charged forward like a hurricane. Dust flew beneath her feet as she reached Kratos in an instant.
But facing the charging Diana, Kratos merely shifted his feet slightly.
"You've reached your limit!"
He roared as he easily sidestepped Diana's charge.
Then he suddenly raised his foot and viciously kicked Diana's arm before she could pull it back.
As Diana inevitably staggered sideways, Kratos raised the shield in his left hand.
Boom!
The shield slammed fiercely into the arm Diana had barely managed to raise in defense.
Although Diana had blocked, Kratos's shield strike still sent her flying.
After rolling across the ground more than a dozen times, Diana lay sprawled on the floor, staring lifelessly up at the sky.
At the same time, in the stands.
Leonidas nodded approvingly.
"She's very tenacious!"
After saying that, Leonidas looked toward Heisenberg and added.
"Even in Sparta, she could rank among the top five!
She's exceptional!"
"But nowhere near exceptional enough!"
Heisenberg gently shook his head at Leonidas's words.
"Compared to you, Diana is certainly exceptional. And she is still growing quickly and constantly. She truly has talent.
But talent alone cannot help her cross the mountain called Ares."
"My lord!"
Leonidas clearly did not agree with Heisenberg's assessment. He shook his head stiffly, almost mechanically, before rebutting him.
"Ares is not a mountain. He