Nea’s palm strike.
I dodged it cleanly.
And drove a counterpunch straight into her gut.
「Gahh!!?」
Nea was sent flying back nearly three meters.
She somehow managed to land without falling, but the pain was written all over her face as she dropped to one knee.
I gave her a confident, cold grin.
「Heh… What’s wrong? On your knees already?」
「Tch…!」
Nea glared up at me.
Her expression showed clear shock—this was the first time she’d taken a solid hit.
But she shook off the surprise and quickly stood back up.
「Don’t underestimate me!!」
With that defiant cry, she rushed in again.
She threw a punch.
I dodged.
Then came a flurry of strikes.
A punch.
A kick.
Another kick.
Then a punch.
And finally, a flying spinning kick.
The speed and precision of her combo were nothing short of deadly.
But I handled them all effortlessly.
Then.
「Haaah!!」
Her right fist came flying toward my face.
I leaned back, letting it pass by harmlessly—and immediately drove a counter-kick into her side.
「Aghh!!?」
Nea winced in pain.
I pressed the attack.
First, a punch to her cheek.
「Guh!?」
Then her stomach.
「Augh!?」
And then, an uppercut straight to the chin.
「Gah—!!?」
She staggered back, reeling, and finally dropped to both knees.
I chuckled darkly as I spoke.
「You’re soft.」
And slammed a kick right into her face.
「Ughh!?」
Nea was sent tumbling across the ground.
I let out a triumphant laugh.
「Fuhahahahaha!! How pathetic you look, right in front of all your little followers! And you still call yourself a proud spirit of the Theocracy!?」
「You…!」
Nea pushed herself up again.
She glared at me with eyes that could kill, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.
I said to her,
「Come to think of it, you said you weren’t using your full power, didn’t you?」
Then added,
「Well then, by all means, go ahead and unleash it. …Not that I think a weakling like you has anything worth calling ‘full power’.」
「————」
Nea’s face twisted in fury, her whole body trembling with rage.
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