Snap!
Along with the ruby saber's dragon cry as it slid back into its sheath, the blood-lake sword light hanging upside down over the Woodland Arena also returned. Only when every last ray of sword light had flowed back did the tens of thousands of spectators in the arena finally relax their taut bodies. Many discovered they were drenched in cold sweat, artificers included.
The entire venue was dead silent. No one dared cheer or offer an opinion. Everyone was simply grateful to have survived the disaster. Perhaps this experience would become something they could brag about for decades to come, but at this moment, they would rather never have witnessed a battle between Legendary Arcanists.
They knew Legendary Arcanists were powerful, but if that Legendary Arcanist was Sonia Servia, the young artificer who had just been singing and dancing moments ago, it was hard for them not to assume Sonia belonged among the weaker ranks of legends. They knew Saint Domain Artificers were powerful too, especially when Star-Shooting Captain Ellie Hiss and six other Church Saint Domains appeared together. Even if Saint Domain Artificers could not match Legendary Arcanists, surely seven Saint Domains could at least stand on equal footing with one young legend?
On one side was a beautiful young Swordsman who had been an artificer for less than a year; on the other were seven long-famous Saint Domains who held important posts. Most people had thought this would be a spectacular duel of artificery.
Then Sonia used a sky full of sword light to show everyone that the vast gulf between legend and Saint Domain was not a gap numbers could fill.
Ellie Hiss and the other six Saint Domains were indeed impossible to defeat quickly, but time had never been on their side. Time only belonged