She had been able to take all of that burden onto herself alone, and she had managed to survive the whole time while carrying out everything to the best of her abilities.
With fewer people around, it was no longer so crowded and cluttered, but she still needed to be careful about her surroundings as she chose where to go next.
One wrong move and she could end up getting cornered with no retreat left open to her.
Despite there being fewer people around, there was still a lot going on in the present.
There was still quite a lot happening that could be distracting or dangerous in many ways.
The fight itself could easily be decided in an instant.
All it would take would be either side making a big enough mistake for the other side to take full advantage of that moment to strike a decisive blow that could turn things around and end things.
The pressure on Ash's shoulders was extremely heavy the whole time.
That pressure only kept increasing the longer that the fight went on.
