Dimensional Descent

Simona's pupils constricted. The instant Aina moved, it was as though the weight of an expert bore down from all sides. Her powerful thighs grew a size, her toned torso flexed, her slender arms pulsed with a power their slight frame had no business having… Every movement was efficient to an extreme and refined to the final detail.

She was a work of art.

Simona's expression calmed, her arms leaving their relaxed position and her hands raising. The long, painted nails that graced them curled like claws, shimmering with delicately designed gems.

Her arm swept at the air even as Aina's ax swung downward.

BANG!

Claw and blade met. On one side, a dark violet gown danced wildly in the wind and on the other, a long cascading river of jet black hair flowed as though a single cohesive whole.

Sparks flew between them, neither woman taking even a single step backward.

Simona's arm trembled, her gaze narrowing further. In that instant, what looked like a stalemate collapsed.

BANG!

from her body

had been equal to Simona's suddenly erupted past her, forcing

little puppy that had been dancing around her ankles quickly dodging out of the way to avoid being crushed

warning. It wasn't his fault that she hadn't listened. But, then

control over her body was so finely tuned that she had put out only just enough strength to negate Simona's own counter in that instant. Then, when Simona was feeling confident that their strengths were about equal after a single probe, Aina erupted with

exchange with intent to humiliate. And, the only way you could get away with such a thing is if you had the

was left her momentum just before reaching the edge

by this result. Physical strength was clearly Aina's strong suit but it wasn't even something Simona would list in her top

back immediately, but she hadn't chosen to do this. Instead, she had thrown down an obvious gauntlet. She didn't just plan to win

in Simona's gaze grew, a fog

the fact her expression

Aina said lightly. "Unless you're seeking to be

out of the hide of a dragon. Her left palm flipped over to reveal a slender silver blade that seem a bit too long to be considered

was a specialty of the Pyius family. A tail-like whip and

With a single step, Simona's gown tore a gash from its hem to her hip, revealing a gorgeous sight of supple calf and thigh. A garter pressed

leg to take

through the air, only to be deflected by a

only to have its