*Swish! Thud!*

"Kuh!"

In the end, Deathmaster couldn’t hold out for long after Eleanora entered her second phase. Her sword struck his shoulder, forcing him to his knees with a grunt of pain. Though he gritted his teeth and tried to rise again, Eleanora’s sword was already pointed at his throat.

Eleanora appeared slightly surprised.

"Impressive. Your martial arts were sharp. Is this the combat style of your world? And some of your movements involved mana... You call them 'skills,' it seems. You don’t appear to have undergone internal training, so it must be a technique unlike the laws of …