"Tch." Mami clicked her tongue and leaned to the side, barely striking both spears. Theo's spear managed to pierce her lower right arm while his clone only grazed her thigh.
Mami endured the pain without a single groan, despite tears coming out of her eyes. She truly felt it was hard.
Even so, it didn't stop her from leaping back to set herself free and used her Invisibility again. However, the blood that dripped down her arm gave away her location, so she stopped using it.
Mami took a few deep breaths while sweating profusely. She kept glaring at Theo as if telling him that it wasn't over yet.
Theo smiled and raised his spear, responding to her determination.
…
Meanwhile, Alea waved her sword to the right. "Ha."
Clink.
Her sword struck Masahiko's sword that came from the opposite direction, carrying all the momentum of his dance.
Their power was about the same, but Alea boosted her strength with another strike from her scabbard, hitting the back of her sword.
Bang.
Masahiko frowned because he started getting suppressed after Alea used her scabbard.
'How can she be so proficient with two hands? Although I can say that the power of her scabbard and the sharpness of her swing can't be compared to her sword, it's still so hard to handle her. And the fact that she didn't use it until now and only used it with her scabbard, all this came from her whim. Yet, why is she so proficient as if she had once used it for a long time?' Masahiko couldn't understand Alea's secret, thinking they must have missed some information.
"To think you have been hiding your power this whole time… Don't you think you could win if you used it when you fought against the United Kingdom?" Masahiko said while clashing with Alea.
"Hmph. I got thanked for losing. That's enough." Alea sneered, knowing she couldn't say she only thought about it just now.
"For losing?" Masahiko widened his eyes as if he was looking at a fool. They might be able to grasp the victory against the United States if they beat Nella's team, yet, someone thanked her for losing? He couldn't understand. "Don't tell me you were bribed?"
"Nope. It's more important than a bribe." Alea shook her head and released her Magic Power. Suddenly, her sword glowed. "Inch…"
Masahiko raised his sword to block that attack. He couldn't help but recall how Alea had abandoned her Fire Skills because it was suppressed by his water affinity. Hence, she had been focusing on her Inch Slash and Skill Verse this whole time.
Knowing that this attack was quite powerful, Masahiko stomped the ground to gain a stronger footing to confront this attack.
However, he was taken aback when the Inch Slash that was supposed to come disappeared, leaving only a normal swing.
Clink.
The sound was also fresh in his ears as he quickly turned around to observe the sword, realizing her scabbard started glowing.
"What?!" Masahiko widened his eyes.
"Inch Slash." She waved her scabbard as hard as possible, hitting him with her strongest attack.
Bam.
Masahiko was blown away.
"Second Labour, Swift Hind." Alea used her fastest speed to catch up with him and struck him again.
The moment she arrived before him, Alea struck him. "Herculean Strike!"
"Kh!" Masahiko somehow managed to block it with his blade, but he crashed to the ground with pain spreading all over his back.
Alea kept using her strength to pin him on the ground.
"You… You are nasty. I thought you were not capable of using something like this."
"If I didn't improve, he would leave me in the dust. It's not something I can allow yet." She smirked.
"Even so, you can only keep me here for a minute or two. You can't defeat me." Masahiko tried to move his body, but Alea would overpower him in that instant, so he could only buy time for Mami.
However, Alea made a smile that seemed to contain her cunningness. "I know, but he can."
In that instant, Alea used her Fortitude to block everything that came to her body while Masahiko couldn't do anything yet.
"!!!" With the blinding sunlight as the cover, twenty Magic Bullets fell from the sky.
"What?!" Masahiko widened his eyes, knowing that these were Theo's Magic Bullets. "No, I can't block it."
He gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, knowing his role was over.
The Magic Bullets rained down on him but were blocked by Diego's barrier as the aged's voice resounded across the arena. "Masahiko is out."
Alea couldn't help but recall what Theo said to her earlier. He said he couldn't trust her, so when she thought about it another way, it turned out to have a hidden meaning.
Theo actually trusted her ability. What he couldn't trust was the fact that Alea would defeat Masahiko. Hence, she changed her target to pin him down and let Theo defeat him because he and his clone would always maintain a different perspective, so she would always be in his vision the whole time.
Still, Alea couldn't help but smile because Theo actually believed in what she said earlier. He knew that Alea would think about why he made such a decision, allowing her to gradually understand his plan. With that smile on her face, she then waved her sword upward, "Third Labour, Devouring Hydra."
"I'm coming!"
All nine heads flew in all directions, surrounding Mami, who had gotten into trouble because of Theo's tricks.
"Roast those eels!" Mami pointed the star fire on her back to the hydra and burned them one by one.
"Second Labour, Swift Hind." Alea appeared in front of her and struck her, forcing Mami to use both her daggers.
Theo came from the other two sides, trying to defeat her in this one moment.
Mami used her Flight Skill to get away, but Theo surrounded her with all his Magic Bullets, which forced her to return to the ground. In the end, she leaped back to avoid everything.
Theo and his Clone used their Blink at the same time, but Theo grasped Alea's hand for a second to bring her as well.
"Three?" Mami gritted her teeth, knowing she couldn't avoid this one. She thought, 'I have Magic Bullets from the sky, a wall behind me, and three people in three different directions. This is it… I guess.'
As she predicted, Diego appeared and protected her from all attacks while announcing the conclusion. "3-1. This is Thersland's Victory!"
"Uoh!"