A sharp gleam flashed in Sasamori Aya's pitch-black eyes.
"I've got you."
She pressed her fingertips together.
And thrust straight at Ryuu's ribs!
This woman...
Ryuu no longer dared to be the slightest bit careless.
She forcibly twisted her waist and shifted her footing.
Bam!!
A dull impact rang out.
Sasamori Aya's knife-hand struck Ryuu's arm hard.
Although Ryuu's Lv.4 Status protected her, leaving her without any actual injury.
But.
That pure, savage, terrifying force, as though it could cleave through everything.
Still pushed her half a meter backward across the ironwood floor.
Her soles scraped against the floor with an ear-piercing squeal.
Ryuu retreated three steps and steadied herself.
Her sky-blue eyes no longer showed any trace of the dismissiveness with which she had regarded Sasamori Aya earlier.
Ryuu lowered her head to glance at her right hand, which was still slightly numb.
She was inwardly shocked.
She finally understood what Haimo had meant earlier by "thick skin."
With a body this tough.
If an ordinary blunt weapon struck her, there was no telling which would break.
She was practically a humanoid weapon wearing human skin!
In that case.
She could get a little more serious, too.
"Lord Haimo."
"This girl, Amou..."
"Could she be some kind of humanoid monster hybrid?"
"I've never heard of a human training their body to this extent."
At that moment, Tsubaki couldn't help turning to look at Haimo as well.
"That's what relentless training does."
Haimo didn't explain much.
After all.
This was [Incarnate Blade].
Before receiving [Falna].
Sasamori Aya's specially trained body had already reached the point where even simultaneous sword attacks from Onigawara Rin and Kikakujō Mary couldn't harm her in the slightest.
However.
Even so.
The fight didn't last very long.
After all.
No matter how absurdly formidable