"What!? You don't know Cain? He's the incredible fighter who slew the Three-Headed Red Dragon in the Three Magic Nations! The Second-Generation Sword God of the Sword Sanctum!"
"Oh, I see! He must be the companion Orsted mentioned..."
Screech! A piercing crack rang out as the blade-sharp Battle Aura coating Cain's Wooden Sword slashed hard against the Dragon Saint Battle Aura.
Boom! The two powerful auras collided, setting off a violent sonic boom!
The shrill clash made everyone seated nearby clap their hands over their ears.
Whoosh! Cain and Orsted sprang apart and faced each other.
As the wind cleared the smoke from the sonic boom, a crater more than ten meters wide came into view at the center of the field, gouged out by their colliding Battle Auras.
What terrifying Battle Aura... Everyone stared in astonishment. Only Eris folded her arms and gave a pleased little huff. That's right. Master Cain really is that strong!
As one of the people closest to Cain, she had seen him spar with Orsted before. He could hold his own against the Dragon God, ranked second among the Seven Great Powers.
Only Master Cain, ranked sixth among the Seven Great Powers, could do that. As for the North God and Water God, who cares about them? Eris was certain that her master, Sword God Cain, was the strongest.
Cain looked at the Wooden Sword in his hand, now covered in cracks. He shook out his numb arm and clicked his tongue helplessly.
No one but Orsted had ever damaged a weapon coated in his Battle Aura this badly. Cain suspected an iron sword would have fared the same. An iron sword could have cut all the way through the Dragon Saint Battle Aura, though, and this was only a sparring match. Someone might