"Huh? Didn't Lady Erotica say that people here were stronger than we thought? Isn't she pretty weak?"
A Succubus spoke up with a frown on her face.
"Perhaps she is the weakest out of all of them?"
Another Succubus spoke.
"Hmm? But with how she challenged Maya, I don't think that is the case." An Incubus commented as well.
"Indeed, she looked like she was pretty strong."
"Maybe Lady Erotica judged incorrectly?"
"But they did kill Gartos."
"You think they teamed up?"
"You think Lady Erotica would let that happen?"
"…"
"Maybe the man who defeated Gartos was different."
"Mhm, I think that is true as well."
"Indeed, the rest of the humans here are pretty weak."
"Mhm, I feel like I will be able to defeat her as soon as I become an Emperor."
"Same."
The demons started talking with each other, and although they were only whispering, Astaria could hear their comments very clearly.
"You had an unfair disadvantage to begin with. The distance between the two of us was too big, you were forced to close that distance while all I had to do was to fire my spells at you.
How about we spar again, this time, we would only stand 5 meters apart. What do you say?"
Maya offered.
Astaria glanced at Maya and a weak smile appeared on her face,
"I know what you are trying to do.
Don't worry, Nux is not that petty.
I was the one who wanted to spar with you, you defeated me in a fair match, you did nothing wrong.
Nux will not target you, or these demons who were just watching the match.
You can relax."
"I wasn't even thinking about that."
Maya replied without a single change in her expression.
"I noticed your hesitation when you were casting your spells in the middle of the battle, also, your expression changed each time these demons said anything, your eyes even started looking around, trying to find someone, and well, your face is a slightly paler than normal as well."
Astaria had noticed all this from the start,
"A being only acts like this when they are scared of something or someone.
In your case, it is most probably Erotica.
Although I do not know why you are so scared of her when both of you are at the same stage, I do know that she has warned you about Nux and told you what he did to Gartos,
Someone you fear warned you about someone else,
It is natural that you will be wary as well."
Astaria spoke up as she drank a Health Potion.
Seeing that, Maya's expression changed, she rushed towards Astaria and gave her a bottle that had Green Colored Potion,
"Drink this."
"What is it?"
"A High Tier Health Potion."
"High Tier?"
"Well, I have seen the Health Potion you people use, its effect is well… poor.
Just drink it."
Maya replied, Astaria decided to trust Maya and drank the Potion.
The Potion worked frighteningly quickly, not only did it restore her health, it even restored some of her stamina and washed away her fatigue.
Astaria was impressed,
She glanced at Maya and smiled,
"Thank you."
Maya extended her hands, Astaria grabbed the hand and Maya pulled her up.
"Do you really not wish to spar again?"
"No, rather, I want your honest opinion, what do you think about my Battle Style, how strong do you think I am compared to other Emperors outside this continent?"
"Umm…"
"Please answer honestly."
"If you wish for it…
Well, if you weren't holding back when you fought right now… then honestly, you should not compare yourselves with other Emperor Stage Cultivators outside the Continent.
Honestly speaking, we Sex Demons aren't really known for our strength."
Maya replied.
Astaria lowered her head and started thinking about different things.
'Preparing to fight against Sages my ass… We can't even fight against the Emperors…
Someone like her isn't even known for her strength…
Just how strong the people outside this continent actually are?
Would we… really be fine?'
Astaria started thinking.
Maya, however, misunderstood that and thought she was feeling down because of her loss but she didn't try to flatter her.
Maya could sense it.
Astaria was a perceptive person.
She could sense what you are thinking immediately, therefore, lying to her was not a good move.
However,
"Using Mana to increase your strength when you are a Mana Cultivator… it is a creative way to fight, it can make Mana Cultivators not be in a difficult position when an opponent closes their distance… Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g
But in the end… is it not just a cheap copy of Body Cultivation?
Why not use spells instead?
They are much more efficient, rather than working on your weakness, shouldn't you accept it and work on your strength instead?"
Maya understood that the best way to get close to Astaria was to talk about spars, ways to get stronger, spells, and fighting techniques, therefore, to continue their talk, she questioned.
"You… know about Body Cultivation?"
Astaria, however, was stuck on a completely different point.
"Huh? What do you mean? Of course I know what Body Cultivation i-"
Maya replied, however, in the middle of giving her answer, she suddenly paused as she realized something.
Something all of them had completely missed.
"…the residents of this continent are all humans, unlike us demons, Humans aren't especially gifted with Magic or Mana… then…
Why are there no Body Cultivators here?"
Maya questioned as she glanced at Astaria and questioned.
"That is because none of us know something like Body Cultivation exists."
"Huh? But… you seem to know about it."
"Well, I only know it because Nux somehow found a Body Cultivation Technique and cultivated it. Only me, him, my sisters, and a few others know about Body Cultivation."
"But then why are you all fighting like Body Cultivators."
"None of us knew something like Spells existed. We had Skills, yes, but after becoming Emperor and being able to directly control Mana, using Skills was not as efficient as before, we thought strengthening our attacks using Mana was the correct way to fight but apparently, we have been doing it incorrectly all this time."
Astaria sighed. Then, she suddenly furrowed her brows as she glanced at Maya,
"Well, we didn't know about Body Cultivation, but what about you?
Why do you not have any Body Cultivators with you?"
"Why would we train our Body when we demons are gifted with Magic?"
"You could try both, can't you? Having a strong body will give you a fearsome advantage."
"Huh? You think we have a death wish?"
"Death wish?"