When the black smoke cleared, Caius wasn't surprised to see Cynthia standing unscathed. Once again, her durability was sure to remain no matter how determined she was to make this fight fair.
And that was because it could never BE fair.
And she knew it.
After all, they were to duel until exhaustion, which Caius was sure to arrive at first because he was at a lower Magic Circle. Again, just as he had thought when it all started, this seemed like a duel he was not meant to win, but Caius still believed he could make something out of the situation.
For example, because Cynthia was keeping herself from using her incredible higher circle reflexes and senses, the black smoke robbed her of sight for the one precious second that allowed the few ~Dark Missiles~ darts to catch up with her.
If she acted as she would at her true Magic Circle, Cynthia could still have reacted to the darts but her pride didn't let her cheat. At least not in this way.
