Daisy watched with concern for a moment. Not bad. Apparently, so as not to leave Diana's palace littered with casualties, Thea had only used conventional magic—chants, gestures, incantations. She had not invoked the deathly power unique to her Cosmic God Tier. The two fought at high speed, magical arrows and rays pouring down like rain. For a time, all kinds of magical energies interwove in a dazzling display.
"I'm good with a sword and shield. What about you?" Diana took out her usual equipment and turned to ask Daisy.
A sword and shield too? That would be a little awkward. Besides, her former identity as Wonder Woman had been completely fake. She had never put any effort into training, basically relying on brute strength to smash people. A counterfeit running into the real thing—she should keep a low profile.
She took out two longswords and weighed them in her hands. Neither too light nor too heavy; they felt just right.
She held the blade in her left hand horizontally before her and raised her right sword high, taking a stance and signaling Diana to attack first.
Diana was unwilling to take advantage and gently shook her head, indicating that Daisy should make the first move.
Daisy flicked her wrist, making the blade spin in a flourish. Amid the flashing light, it seemed to contain the mysteries of an entire universe. From the Star Brand, she had derived light, life, fairness, kindness, spring, confusion, lies, and a great many other things. It could not be called absolute justice, since lies and confusion were not justice in the conventional sense, but neither was she evil.
Conventional notions of good and evil had long ceased to measure her. Thea was the same. She possessed not only death, destruction, old age, and pain, but