Um… I did say that the real battle starts now…

But let’s skip some details and say that Alstroe won with just a few scratches and a missing Vampire in the vicinity.

“Lord Mrothgir, here is the Yggdrasil Sap as the winning bet on your side. I am presenting it on behalf of my missing master.”

“OOHHHH! It’s the real deal! It’s been over hundreds of year since I held one!”

Lirin presents a vial with sparkling crystal liquid inside. Upon closer look, it shines with rainbow color when it is illuminated by the sun.  This must be that Yggdrasil Sap Master is getting excited about.

“Still…I can’t believe that that woman has such monstrous strength.”

“Yeah… she sent Gria in a really far place. I was really shocked when she showed us that.”

“To think someone can do that to Father…”

Yes…Alstroe did something outrageous to the Immortal Vampire Gria whose regeneration is instantaneous.

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[Slitting Vectors]

Black lines with arrowhead start appearing around Gria. Gria soars in the sky and starts shooting the vectors at a terrifying speed. Alstroe-nee dodges the vectors with ease and counters with a drop kick.

Upon crashing to the ground creating another large crater, Gria stood there and the vectors that we thought was gone, attacks Alstroe without rest.

Since Alstroe countered with a dropkick in the air, she is defenseless so the vectors made its way to Alstroe’s arm and legs, leaving scratches all over.

For a while, the battle drags where Alstroe will land consecutive hits on Gria which he only regenerates effortlessly. After Alstroe-nee’s attack is the restless assault from Gria’s vector, making more scratches on Alstroe.

“Master, what are those lines?”

“It’s Gria’s specialty. It can actually cut limbs and such by invoking magic in the bloodstream of the enemy and pulling it to rupture a wound. It’s surprising that it only make scratches on Miss Alstroe.”

“Hmm? Master, in terms of power, who’s stronger? You or Lord Gria?”

“Fufufu. It will be Gria who will be victorious if we fight inside the demon continent. It’s his domain after all. But if we fought outside anywhere the demon continent, I am the sure winner.”

“Why is that?”

“I am not sure but Gria’s regeneration solely relies on the amount of magic around him. The demon continent is rich in magic so he probably draws out from it.”

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Within our conversation, the match suddenly stops.

Gria visibly has taken no damage while Alstroe has scratches here and there but nonetheless, she doesn’t look like in pain or even tired.

“This is amazing Lass. Your body is tough that my attacks only do scratches!”

“Ehehehe!~ You’re amazing too! What’s up with that body of yours!”

“Magnifico! I have other Alas here but I doubt they would work on you. My choice of skill is the best, is what I assess base on the damage you receive.”

“Muh! It means that you are still holding back.”

“I may or may not be. Anyway, I can keep this up, I wonder if you can. I am immortal, you are not. You will tire eventually and you will just waste a large amount of time.”

“Why is that?”

“I have a trick that let me draw magic from this continent naturally like I am just breathing. With an unlimited supply of magic that came from the past demon lords that make this land their graves and their overflowing power seep through their body even though they are just a corpse now, I can infinitely regenerate as long as I am on this continent. That only means your hope of defeating me is close to nothing.”

“I am dumb so I really don’t get even half of the things you said, but basically, I win if you are not on this continent right?”

“Yes. So I recommend that you give up now.”

“Hehehe. Then, I just have to kick you out of this continent. It’s simple for an idiot like me!”

“Eh?”

Upon Alstroe’s words, the atmosphere had a drastic change. It feels like something powerful is coming. Alstroe-nee closes her eyes and starts a praying stance.

Diyu shouts at Gria worriedly.

“F-Father, are you going to let that?!”

“I am kind of excited to see what kind of power she will show us.”

[Eight Fold Paths]

Right View of understanding the Noble Truths.

Right Resolve to go beyond the seeking of ”I” and for what is mine.

Right Speech marked by self-control and consideration.

Right Action in where we must practice the Five Precints.

Right Livelihood in where we must avoid any job that violates human life.

Right Concentration to attain a detached and calm attitude.

And.

Right Contemplation to come to the true knowledge with intuition and insight.

I pray and wish for an understanding of this world to reach the state of...

[Nirvana]

As Alstroe’s prayer ends, pale red light emits from her body and it crawls to her limbs forming red tattoos.

Contrary to our expectations like chaos is going to break out, stillness and calmness envelop the surrounding. But Alstroe, even though we can’t feel how Ki works, now exudes the calmest tempest of a disaster.

Upon the sight, Master broke out in cold sweat while saying…

“Fuck that. What the hell. I thought that her normal strength is the one we see every day. Instead of thinking up how to defeat, I should think of a way to escape from her if we ever have a battle! Does she even have any weakness?!”

I too thought of that. I doubted Cecille’s words about Alstroe being too powerful because of how I see Alstroe every day. Now those doubts are cleared. Alstroe’s strength on a daily basis is already suppressed. This is her true power unrestricted.

“Are you ready Gria?!~ This is my strength folded eight times. I can finally use this on someone!”

“Ahahaha… Dios mio…”

??!!!

In an instant, Alstroe is in a kicking stance on where Gria is standing before and the vampire is nowhere to be found.

Eh?

Not even a blink of an eye can describe what happened.

After realizing that Gria is gone, I felt Master’s magic swells up to a terrifying degree.

[Sage Protection!]

Then…

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOSHHH

A strong torrent of gust comes destroying everything in where Alstroe-nee kicked. A white thin barrier protects everyone here.

The barrier creaks several times like it cannot hold out any longer. Before it completely breaks, the wind stops. Alstroe is standing there. The trace of the Ki is vanishing from her body.

With just one kick, something like a disaster happened. If she uses this in her Divine Ascension form… Gods better be prepared.

The barrier is dispelled and master approach Alstroe.

“Mi  Alstroe! What in the world… how come… there’s a strong gust of the wind from your attack…but… not from your own movement?! And what happened to Gria?!”

“Where is father?!”

Alstroe scratches the back of her head and laughs.

“Ehehehe… it seems he flew so far away from here. Should I follow him to finish the battle?” 

“No need. If you really want to kill father, do so. But, where did he go? Seriously.”

“Miss Alstroe, please tell me what happened. For research purpose!"

“For starters, I unleashed my normally suppressed strength. With my mutual understanding of this world, with stillness and calmness that brought by my own mind, I was able to control thing around me to a degree. Like how movement didn’t have any wind. Because the world itself doesn’t consider me as a violator of nature, the movement I made isn’t recognized by the wind for it to act with violence. That doesn’t apply to my attack though. In the form…I can even float and descend at the bottom of the sea without any problems. As for Gria…In my estimate, he will most likely land on the human continent. Is he going to be okay?”

“Yeah… as long as he has magic, even minimum, he won’t die easily and he’ll just pop in this city like nothing happened.”

“I see.”

“Ehem.”

Lirin interrupts the conversation.

“I shall announce the winner now.”

“Ok…”

“The winner of the third match is Miss Alstroemeria. And abiding by the conditions of this match, Lord Mrothgir will receive the Yggdrasil sap.”

It can’t be helped. It’s Alstroe after all.