[Activate-Avenger]

Clang!!!

In the cylindrical ruin chamber, the clash of steel against steel rang loud enough to become echoes, reverberating endlessly through the space and making the bursting sparks seem especially dazzling.

Ais and Revis entered the most direct kind of fierce battle almost instantly—one already at a fever pitch. There was no probing, no hesitation, and not a single wasted word as their swords aimed straight for each other's vital points.

The instant the silver saber and black longsword collided, astonishing force erupted between them. The recoil was unbelievably powerful.

Yet Revis withstood that force, while Ais could not endure it at all. She was sent flying, her toes tapping the ground several times before she finally dispersed the force and stabilized her rapidly retreating body.

By then, Ais had already activated her "Wind" magic. Raging currents of air had wrapped around her body, forming sturdy Wind Armor and strengthening her physique.

Even so, after exchanging a blow with Revis, Ais was still effortlessly blasted away by her opponent.

"Your strength has improved quite a bit since last time. It seems that after leaving this den of monsters, you underwent some intense training."

Revis coldly gave a brutally realistic assessment.

"Unfortunately, you're still human. You're no match for me, who possesses the strength of a monster."

As she spoke, Revis's figure blurred. Her red hair streaked through the chamber like a blood-colored afterimage, and then she closed in on Ais at a horrifying speed invisible to the naked eye, slashing at her with her sword.

"!"

Ais's expression changed slightly. Her vision blurred, and the enemy had already appeared before her, swinging a fatal slash at her.

Ais immediately leaped backward almost on instinct, twisting her footing to evade the sword coming straight at her.

However, before the first strike