"Big brother!! You came!! Watch me!" Maia eximed equally loudly, ted upon seeing her big brother.


    "S-Shye Crowley has arrived to cheer his little sister on!! However, the question is, will it make a difference?! Maia Crowley''s situation is simply too dire!" Bart eximed with unmatched excitement right after.


    The Eusford camp didn''t understand why, but at that moment, they had a foreboding feeling that something unexpected and unfavorable was about to ur.


    Sure enough, after the short exchange between siblings, Maia''s movements suddenly became different.


    Way different.


    Not only was she faster, but she also became way more aggressive.


    It was as though she was showing off to gain her big brother''s seal of approval.


    The Colzen Khimaira resumed its fierce assault, attempting to smash the five-foot-three young woman before it with its colossal simted paws to meat paste.


    To its frustration, no matter how hard it tried to catch the ashen-haired young woman, Maia consistently evaded with unparalleled finesse and precision at thest possible moment, narrowly avoiding lethal strikes time and again, mere millimeters from the massive paws.


    Soon after, she even began counter-attacking—her eyes coldly focused on the enormous monster in front of her.


    Her attacks only did very minimal damage, though, barely piercing the simted creature''s skin.


    "H-Hey…I''m not dreaming, am I? Is a student actually fighting a simted (A) ranked monster head-on?"


    "I''m aware that she''s barely managing to damage it but…isn''t Shye Crowley''s little sister a bit too crazy? She should y it safe, no?"


    "Hmmph! What do you know? This young woman is clearly destined to be another legend!"


    "Indeed! They''re siblings indeed!"


    Hearing the crowd''s words, Maia became even more pumped, causing her to act in a more insane and aggressive manner.


    It was as though her nerves were made of ice.


    Her academy''s fate is in her hands, yet, she didn''t seem nervous one bit, causing even the guild master of the first-ranked guild, Divine Judgment, to consider giving everything she would ask for just to secure her recruitment.


    Who knows? Maybe Shye Crowley would even transfer to them should they manage to acquire his little sister.


    Nheless, with or without Shye Crowley, Maia''s talents alone were enough for every guild master to spoil her rotten as though she were their child.


    *BANG!*


    Meanwhile, in the Eusford half-sphere, an azure ray of light shot out from the dome, materializing into a frustrated male warrior representative who repeatedly punched the ground in anger after being eliminated.


    He could''ve yed it safer.


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    However, after watching Maia''s aggressive maneuvers, he was infected by her battle fervor.


    Perhaps he wanted to be like her.


    Unfortunately, he didn''t have Maia''s skills, reaction time, and unmatched focus.


    Hence, after sessfully dodging two paw smashes, he was mauled to death by the Khimaira.


    Naturally, the Eusford faculty was disappointed and somewhat angry with his reckless heroics, which had reduced their substantial lead to a two-on-one situation.


    With how Maia moved currently, the match had suddenly be anyone''s game.


    "Pixie! Restrain it for a few seconds and give me a mana shift enchantment!"


    "On it, Varris!"


    The Eusford representatives weren''t about to give up the match, instead coordinating more intensely and focusing on surviving the Khimaira''s attacks despite their teammate''s costly mistake.


    As for Maia, she just dodged a mana st that the Colzen Khimaira shot from its mouth, analyzing the trajectory of the follow-up paw smash with an ice-cold gaze before narrowly evading it by jumping.


    She thennded on its massive right paw, sprinted up its face, and delivered a somersault kick to its chin.


    Uponnding on the ground once more, she kicked up a cloud of dust as she used [Dash Stab] to instantly lunge toward its exposed throat, delivering a vicious stab.


    *ROAR!*


    Azure mana particles leaked out of the moderately deep wound as a primal bellow emerged from the Colzen Khimaira''s wounded throat.


    It was in pain.


    On the other hand, the Eusford Khimaira rampaged uncontrobly, shattering all the protective barriers cast by the Eusford priestess named Pixie to safeguard the remaining warrior representative and ace, Varris.@@novelbin@@


    It seemed as though the remaining Eusford duo would fail to hold on soon.


    A stark contrast to what seemed like an even battle between Maia and the Colzen Khimaira.


    "Hahahaha! That''s my little sister!" Shye eximed in utter delight and excitement.


    This was the first time he saw Maia fight in a rather long while.


    Hence, he was naturally ted upon seeing her prowess.


    She was undoubtedly way more talented than even the likes of Siegfried and Ian.


    Unfortunately, Maia,ser-focused on her monstrous adversary, didn''t hear Shye''s words. If she did, she would be smiling ear-to-ear.


    However, despite what seemed like evenpetition, the Khimaira was beyond Maia''s ability to kill at her current level.


    While her agility and dexterity were sufficient to keep her alive for a limited time, they did not trante into substantial damage due to her severelycking strength.


    She needed more time to blossom into a true lethal scout.


    …After five more minutes of chaos, both sides finally ran out of spells to use. Even their trump cards were on cooldown.


    Yet, despite simr circumstances, there was a huge difference between the facial expressions of the Eusford Representatives and Colzen''s ace.


    Varis'' and Pixie''s faces showed how difficult the situation was for them.


    On the other hand, there was a wide, almost insane smile on Maia''s face, her lips moving slightly.


    She was muttering something.


    Naturally, the live recording crystal zoomed in on her face, allowing the crowd to read her lips.


    "Hahahaha! A Khimaira, huh? What a powerful creature… Come on, show me what you''ve got! It''s like you''re a giant kitty, and I''m a little mouse… Let''s see if you can catch me!"


    A few momentster, uponprehending the seemingly innocent words the Colzen ace just muttered, the crowd''s eyes almost popped out of their sockets.


    Even a few guild masters watched nkly with their mouths agape, appearing extremely foolish.


    "T-This crazy young woman! She''s enjoying this!"