Aldis uses barriers to prevent or deflect the magical attacks that the woman creates in succession, and dodges the stabs of daggers that are delivered in between.
　The woman also fired a series of fireballs, rocks, windbreaks and ice cubes at the woman, but none of the attacks were effective.

　However, this is just like seeing what happens to each other.
　It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're going to do with it.
　It seems that the woman is also the same, and she throws out a small attack as if to measure this one's strength. It's a good idea to be able to have a good idea of what you're looking for.

''My lord, why don't you show some seriousness?　...... Oh, so that's what you mean.

　The woman who stopped her hand to ask the question was self-servingly convinced when she looked at the mercenary who was looking at her with only his heavenly eyes averted to the side.

　As for Ardis, she didn't want to show off too much of a bad name with her sword magic crap.
　It is fine to attract attention as a strong man, but I believe that attracting attention as the owner of a special ability is only a source of trouble.

　I've been chanting before using magic if possible, and I've kept my mouth shut on opponents like Greshet, Michelle and others who have shown sword magic.
　Of course, as long as it was only a 'request', I was prepared for it to become known eventually.

　The woman's conviction is probably because she sensed that kind of inner feelings in Ardis. He raised one hand above his head and said in a whisper.

'Well, let's get rid of him for a bit.

　At the tip of the woman's upraised palm, a ball of light begins to be born.
　The ball of light quickly increases in size, eventually reaching about fifty centimeters before it is shot at Aldis.

　Aldis quickly dodged from the point of impact and simultaneously deployed a magical barrier.
　The light ball that collided with the ground burst off with an explosion.

　The power is orders of magnitude more powerful than the previous kleptocratic examination, so the barrier deployed by Ardis is also subject to a reasonable load.
　The woman's attack and Ardis's magical barriers were battling each other, and the magic power leaked out as a blue-white light.

''Ho. ''No surprise.''

　When the blast subsided, there was Aldis standing there unharmed.
　To Ardis, an attack of this magnitude would not pose a threat. But to the mercenaries who were watching in the surrounding area, it would be different.
　The explosion had covered the entire area around it with heat and blast, and its aftermath had also affected the mercenaries who had decided to be onlookers in the surrounding area.

　Of course, it wasn't an attack that would cause direct damage, but its original power was its power.
　The aftermath alone was enough to blow away a few meters of a small person and stagger everyone else.

''Nah, I didn't expect the impact to come this far: ......!

Hey, ......, this isn't funny.

　Then the woman's hands are raised above her head again. This time it's two hands.

Now, how about this?

　With a fearless smile, the woman began to create another light ball at the tip of her palm.

''Hey, wasn't that a bad idea?''

How big are you going to get?

That kind of power for a guy the size of a moment ago: ......

　The size of the light ball expanded even more than the one before.
　With many mercenaries staring at it, it was well over three meters long and was still growing in size.

''Wouldn't it be better to run away ......?

　The words of one of the mercenaries triggered everyone to turn their backs on Aldis and the others and run off in a hurry.

　Even the peddlers, who had been doing their business slowly and comfortably until Aldis arrived, began to flee in a hurry. Some of them even left their goods behind in a panic.
　The woman's arms swing down toward Aldis, as if to take advantage of the fact that the human figure has disappeared from her surroundings.
　In front of the light ball that attacked with a dazzling glow, a triple magical barrier that Ardis deployed stood in front of it.

'The Triple Magic Barrier (Fel Toora Manina)'

　The first magic barrier was shaped like a sharp, sharpened blade and split the light ball into shreds, the second was a cotton-like barrier that looked like a stack of webs to attenuate its power, and the third, solid barrier prevented penetration.

''No more obstructing glances. Is your master now ready to get serious?''

　Even though she was prevented from being enchanted to the extent that a skilled mercenary would run away, the woman's face did not show a single trace of impatience.

　It's also a natural look for Ardis.
　I'm sure you'll be able to see that the purpose of the glowing sphere of light just now is to wipe out all the spectators from the surroundings.

It's up to you whether or not you're serious. ...... But first, are you willing to listen to me maturely, even if it's too late now?

It's all right. Do you still speak in such a manner at this time? If you wish to speak to me, let me make you do it!

　As the woman's arm moved, a tremendous gale of wind arose.
　Reminiscent of an oceanic storm, it swept over Ardis, undulating like a creature with a mind of its own.
　The earth erupts, and the rocks that have been raised are crushed and crushed into crumbs, filling the air around Ardis.

　Aldis deployed the shockwave all around him and blew it away, then unleashed two shortswords from his waist and drew his broadsword with his right hand.
　Seeing the shortswords floating in the air, the woman's sky-blue eyes shine.

''I see. So that's your fighting style?''

'You want to see what's really going on?　I'll show you and let you lean back a little.

　Smiling wryly, Aldis held up his broadsword.

　Aldis manipulated daggers and scythes of sorts from the luggage the peddler had left behind and deployed them around the shortsword.
　There were eighteen of them in total.
　They floated around Aldis with the broadsword at the ready, with the cutting edge pointed at the woman.

''Let's go.''

　With Aldis' words, eighteen blades struck the woman.
　At the same time, three colorless shock waves rained down on the woman from the side.

　The woman quickly produced seven lines of condensed light and released them into the blade that floats in the air.
　As the light penetrated the blade, the smell of molten metal burning hot spread to the surroundings.

　The woman dodged backwards while the three shock waves were instantly dampened by the deployed barrier.
　The eleven blades flying in the air folded up on the woman who had fallen behind.

　The woman intercepted the eleven blades from where she had taken them, holding a dagger in each hand.
　The two daggers in each hand and the physical barrier prevent the eleven blades from attacking at once.
　While dodging, the woman turned to attack when she dropped three of them by hitting them with ice chunks.

'How about this then?'

　An explosion erupted with a roar a short distance away from the two of them. Countless rocks rained down on the two of them from the dust cloud that rose up in the sky from the explosion.

　Rocks of all sizes and shapes attacked Ardis and the eleven blades with the speed of an arrow.
　Aldis deployed a pinpoint barrier only on the rocks that were directly hit.

　Even though the accelerated rocks drilled large and small holes in the surrounding ground, Ardis did not relax his attack.
　All of the eleven blades that were slashing at the woman were knocked down by the rocks, some bent and others lost their sharpness.
　Of course the user, the woman herself, was completely unharmed and was already developing her next magic.

　This time, seven light spheres appeared around the woman and seemed to contract for just a short time, and in the next moment, seven strands of cohesive light were unleashed towards Ardis.
　It was even stronger than the light that burned the blade in the air.

　Aldis also produces the seven light balls a moment later.
　That light ball is a perfect match for the one the woman created, but Ardis' was slightly larger.

　A seven-stranded cohesive light appeared from Ardis's photosphere as well, and it collided head-on with the cohesive light released by the woman.
　There was a roar as if lightning had struck up close, a bright white flash that filled the field of vision, and after both sides collided, there was an explosion that was incomparable to the previous ones.
　The ground in the surrounding area was turned upside down, and an enormous amount of dirt flew up in the air.

　With his vision completely blocked, Aldis rushed towards the woman with his broadsword in hand.
　The sword he swung down was blocked by the woman's dagger and made a high-pitched metallic sound.

　The woman creates a wind and shakes off the dust and smoke.
　Even though her vision is blocked, it doesn't hinder Ardis in any way, but it seems that's not the case for the woman.

　It's a good idea to be able to have a good idea of what you're looking for.
　That sword strike is sharp.

''Were you a swordsman, my lord!

Correct.

　The speed of the sword and the weight of the sword, even if the woman used her two-handed dagger, could barely prevent it.
　As expected, you can't use attack magic at this close range. This is because no matter how precise the control is, there is a possibility of accidentally getting yourself involved.
　It would be enough to get away from them once, but there is no way Ardis would allow that to happen.

　The woman's defense finally crumbled under the onslaught of attacks that were launched without a breath of air.

　The woman's left hand flicks off the dagger in her left hand, and Ardis' left hand grabs the woman's right hand.
　At that moment, the game was won. Aldis's broadsword had thrust the tip of its blade against the woman's throat.

'Does this make sense?'

　The woman answered Ardis's question with a glare, squinting her sky-blue eyes with satisfaction.

It's a letter of the alphabet. My Lord.