"What?!!" Erza's expression changed dramatically. Tightening her grip on the Ten Commandments Magic Spear, she pointed its sharp tip straight at Achill. Unable to contain her shock and panic any longer, she demanded, "Who the hell—are you?!!"
"Who am I? Heh, I..." Achill seemed to find teasing this Erza from Edolas amusing. He shook his head with a chuckle. "Haven't you already figured it out? Isn't asking again a little redundant, Erza...?" He even made a gesture suggesting she had a screw loose.
An enormous vein bulged on Erza's forehead, and her pretty face darkened completely! Feeling insulted, she could no longer contain her fury. She stomped hard on the wyvern's back and charged straight at Achill with the Ten Commandments Magic Spear in hand!
"I'll show you what happens when you insult the dignity of our Kingdom's army!!! You bastard!!!"
Having reached Achill, Erza raised her spear high, then smashed it down at his head with a savage expression!!!
"They're fighting—!" The Fairy Tail members watching below all cried out in alarm!
"Too many openings!" Yet to everyone's astonishment, Achill merely turned sideways and easily avoided Erza's overhead strike! His left hand reached forward and pressed down, landing squarely on her right wrist as she tried to pull her spear back. "And your movements are far too wide," he said flatly. "Too much wasted motion..."
"Damn you—!" Erza yanked back her spear hand. At the same time, she bent forward and whipped a powerful kick toward Achill's chest, trying to force some distance between them!
"Now that's a little more like fighting." Releasing Erza's wrist, Achill saw her vicious kick sweep toward him and, without hesitation, lightly pushed off the Hollow. His body slid more than ten meters backward.
Meanwhile, Erza took advantage of the distance she had forced