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The one with the spear pointed his weapon at Saki, "I forgot to introduce myself. My peers call me Vol Ironwand!"

Saki introduced herself, ""My peers call me Saki Sasaki!!""

Her pressured voice shook Vol. By broadening his eyes, he charged forward. His spear paved its way towards Saki's face.

---clank---

A metal sound exuded. Vol blinked his eyes. His weapon didn't go through her. Instead, it was grappled by two of her fingernails. He yelled, "How many trials did you go through?!"

She said, ""30!""

He jolted, "No way, you blocked an attack from me, who completed 93 trials?!!!"

She exclaimed, ""Take it my monstrosity!""

---smack---

In the blink of an eye, her right hand pulled the spear that Vol was tightly holding onto, due to which he too got pulled inwards. She then implied a left punch on the right part of his ribs, thereby rendering him unconscious.

---thud---

He fell to the floor.