"What is this? I’m having a hard time keeping track of Aileen from up here." Shion gasped. "When did she hit Clovis?"
Shion checked the recording. As expected, the recording could actually follow her movement since her presence didn’t really matter to the camera.
However, her movement wasn’t as quick as she imagined it to be. Nonetheless, whatever she was doing was actually effective against Clovis.
"How can someone erase their presence to this degree? Is this Aileen’s true power? Clovis is having a hard time against her, but it can’t be helped. There is a trick to hide one’s presence, and I have encountered someone good at it. You will have a hard time seeing that person even if that person is in front of you. I believe that Clovis is experiencing something even worse."
As Shion explained, Clovis had finally turned aggressive. "Oh?! I saw injuries on Aileen as well. It seems that he is able to sense her."
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"Ha… Ha…" Clovis panted while raising both swords. While he had a lot of injuries on his body, but he started getting used to sensing her presence.
This time, Aileen came from the front. He squinted his eyes, seeing Aileen a bit more clearly. He struck her multiple times, trying his best to follow all of her strikes this time.
Aileen blocked him a few times, but she soon tossed her dagger into the air.
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"!!!" Clovis’ body became stiff for a split second as he got distracted. "Tsk."
His focus returned to Aileen, but it was too late. Aileen had passed him, cutting his arm from the lower arm to the upper arm. This might be the worst injury he got from this match.
’She diminished her already low presence by misdirecting my focus to the dagger? The fact she did it meant she had some assurance left. Another trump card? No, another level of distraction?’ Clovis glanced to the side where she threw her dagger earlier.
As expected, the dagger was already gone. Aileen must have retrieved it, Clovis thought.
Just when he got used to her presence, she pulled something like this. She really planned to reveal one trick at a time so that he wouldn’t get used to her presence.
"I can finally understand why Erwin wants me to fight you." Clovis smiled, feeling even more excited.
Aileen, who was hiding behind a pillar, couldn’t help but furrow her eyebrows. He didn’t talk much during the previous battles. "If you think you can locate me by distracting me with your words, you’re wrong."
Clovis glanced to the side. As Aileen said those words, she was moving to a different spot to make him lose track of her again.
However, Clovis simply said, "No. I just want to say that… you are kind of boring."
’Boring?’ Aileen frowned when Clovis mentioned that word.
"It’s obvious for you to win. Your talent will simply be greater than others. You will overwhelm them. You’ve gotten used to that feeling so much that it becomes too natural. Without realizing it, you have lost your own ambition. That’s why I say you’re boring." Clovis shook his head.
He finally understood why he was more interested in inviting Erwin compared to Aileen, despite the latter being much more talented and stronger.
Aileen seemed to understand the meaning behind his words as well.
From a very young age, she had heard a lot of praise coming from her surroundings.
"You can do it."
"As expected of Aileen."
"You’re very talented."
But those praises were actually poison that continued to destroy her heart. Without her noticing it, her path had disappeared.
She won against her opponent simply because she was stronger. People were envious because she was more talented. She had everything to the point where it was natural for her to be the best.
Ambition? She obviously could fulfill it because it was her, not because she wanted it. She stopped trying new things, thinking that she would end up becoming stronger and that the gap between her and the others would just become even wider.
"I guess I’ll make Erwin owe me a bit." Clovis smirked. "Your head is already too high. I’ll bring it back down in a bit."
Yes. Since she had lost her heart because she had become too strong, Clovis simply had to drag her back down by defeating her.
But the problem would be whether he was capable of doing it or not.
It seemed that Clovis’ arrogance had triggered something in Aileen’s heart.
After all, he suddenly had a cut on his calf.
"Kh!" Clovis barely avoided it. He looked stunned because the battle had just returned to the previous state, where Clovis could barely sense her again.
Even the Tier 6 referees couldn’t help but furrow their eyebrows. The two referees actually lost her for a split second. Probably the only one who could see her clearly right now was the referee with Brain Affinity.
It was clear that Aileen had just become even stronger. Or she might have just chosen to use her full power.
After the shock ended, Clovis couldn’t help but smile.
"This is it…" Clovis became even more excited. He lowered both of his sword.
Aileen noticed something wrong with Clovis’ stance. It was different, but more importantly, she could feel the sharpness of a beast’s eye. In fact, it looked like Clovis was using his instinct like that of a beast.
To test her theory, Aileen approached him from behind with the same technique.
When she was three meters away from Clovis, the latter suddenly turned around and opened his legs. By shifting his center of gravity back, he would look like he was getting away, increasing the distance between him and her.
This would allow Clovis more time to react. However, Aileen felt Clovis’ gaze had changed. It was as if she were being preyed upon by a wolf.
Clink!
Clink!
Clink!
A series of clicking sounds echoed, but the winner of that clash was clear.
Blood spurted from Aileen’s body as a sword wound appeared from her shoulder all the way to her lower arm.
Aileen’s eyes couldn’t go any wider when she passed Clovis. Not only did she fail to hit Clovis, but Clovis actually managed to injure her this much.